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Academic Freedom Under Siege: Right Wing Repression and Principled Resistance
Academic Freedom

Academic Freedom Under Siege: Right Wing Repression and Principled Resistance

Mehmet Rakipoglu and İbrahim Ozcosar

By Mehmet Rakipoğlu and İbrahim Özcoşar | – Exeter, UK and Mardin, Türkiye (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – In the aftermath of 7 October […]

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Israel’s Latest Strikes on Gaza expose the fragile illusion of Peace

Israel’s Latest Strikes on Gaza expose the fragile illusion of Peace

10/21/2025 By Middle East Monitor

Trump pushing Allies to Buy US Gas is bad Economics and a Climate Catastrophe

Trump pushing Allies to Buy US Gas is bad Economics and a Climate Catastrophe

10/21/2025 By The Conversation

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Israel/ Palestine
Nelson Mandela’s Grandson:  We have a Moral Duty to Boycott Israel over its Apartheid against Palestinians

Nelson Mandela’s Grandson: We have a Moral Duty to Boycott Israel over its Apartheid against Palestinians

South African MP and the grandson of Nelson Mandela, Nkosi Zwelivelile Mandela, addressed a sold out crowd at the Palestine Expo in London yesterday, saying […]

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Donald Trump
Trump's Economic War on Iran: 88% reduction in Oil Exports, 6% Shrinkage of Economy

Trump’s Economic War on Iran: 88% reduction in Oil Exports, 6% Shrinkage of Economy

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The United States is already at war with Iran, squeezing its economy down to nothingness. If another country tried to […]

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Sudan
What the Press Gets Wrong about the Sudan Crisis: It isn't (Mainly) about Secular Democracy

What the Press Gets Wrong about the Sudan Crisis: It isn’t (Mainly) about Secular Democracy

Portland, Or. (Informed Comment) – Almost all reporting on the Sudan crisis has in common is that the reports have been uneven or flat-out incorrect. […]

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Donald Trump
UK Ambassador: Trump 'radiating insecurity,' inventing 'false statistics' and Dreads Unpopularity of any War with Iran

UK Ambassador: Trump ‘radiating insecurity,’ inventing ‘false statistics’ and Dreads Unpopularity of any War with Iran

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Isabel Oakeshott at the Mail on Sunday has gotten hold of troves of UK diplomatic cables back to Whitehall from […]

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Climate Change
Climate Emergency: Reforestation is no Substitute for Leaving Fossil Fuels in the Ground

Climate Emergency: Reforestation is no Substitute for Leaving Fossil Fuels in the Ground

By Mark Maslin | – Restoring the world’s forests on an unprecedented scale is “the best climate change solution available”, according to a new study. […]

The Conversation

Iran
What Sanctions Mean for My Iranian-American Family

What Sanctions Mean for My Iranian-American Family

As innocent people suffer, break-ins are on the rise — including at my grandparents’ house.

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Climate Change
Humans set new Record putting Heat-Trapping CO2 into Atmosphere and What that Means

Humans set new Record putting Heat-Trapping CO2 into Atmosphere and What that Means

By Adam Voiland | – (NASA Earth Observatory) – In May 2019, when atmospheric carbon dioxide reached its yearly peak, it set a record. The […]

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Donald Trump
If Trump's Steampunk History of Revolutionary War Airbases isn't Grounds for Impeachment, What is?

If Trump’s Steampunk History of Revolutionary War Airbases isn’t Grounds for Impeachment, What is?

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Suhauna Hussain at the LA Times reviews Trump’s fragile grasp of history, from his Revolutionary War airports to his Revolutionary […]

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Iran
Former Revolutionary Guards Chief Says Iran Should Consider Talking To Trump

Former Revolutionary Guards Chief Says Iran Should Consider Talking To Trump

( RFE/RL) – Amid escalating tensions with the United States and mounting sanctions pressuring Iran’s economy, a former senior commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards […]

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