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The Mortal Sins of Patriarchy
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The Mortal Sins of Patriarchy

H. Patricia Hynes

Greenfield, Mass. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – How much are women and girls–half of humanity–valued?  When men violate us for sex in prostitution.  When […]

The 6 Superpowers that Faith Communities bring to nonviolent Struggle

The 6 Superpowers that Faith Communities bring to nonviolent Struggle

10/05/2025 By Waging Nonviolence

Hamas and Israel are on the Verge of a Ceasefire; Denial of Palestinian Agency Could Derail it

Hamas and Israel are on the Verge of a Ceasefire; Denial of Palestinian Agency Could Derail it

10/05/2025 By The Conversation

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Afghanistan
Once Again Pompeo Displays Hopeless Ignorance of Sunni & Shiite, Iran and Taliban

Once Again Pompeo Displays Hopeless Ignorance of Sunni & Shiite, Iran and Taliban

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Washington Post reports that when US Secretary of State “Benghazi Mike” Pompeo gave his breathless news conference last Thursday […]

Juan Cole

Iran
What does the Trump Administration Really Want from Iran?

What does the Trump Administration Really Want from Iran?

By Noah Weisbord | – Two oil tankers were attacked on June 13 off the coast of Oman, forcing the crew members of one burning […]

The Conversation

Israel/ Palestine
Israeli Snipers have Killed yet Another Palestinian medic in Gaza; But Where is Justice?

Israeli Snipers have Killed yet Another Palestinian medic in Gaza; But Where is Justice?

By Motasem A Dalloul | @abujomaaGaza | – Al-Judaily was the fifth paramedic to be killed by Israeli forces during the Great March of Return […]

Middle East Monitor

Israel/ Palestine
Gaza: Unlawful Attacks in May Fighting

Gaza: Unlawful Attacks in May Fighting

Israeli Airstrikes Kill 13 Civilians; Palestinian Rockets Kill 6

Human Rights Watch

Climate Change
No More War for Oil: Buy an Electric Car & Never hear about Tankers Again

No More War for Oil: Buy an Electric Car & Never hear about Tankers Again

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – As the warmonger faction in the Trump administration milks the attack on two oil tankers near the Straits of Hormuz […]

Juan Cole

Iran
Saudi and Iran: how our two countries could make peace and bring stability to the Middle East

Saudi and Iran: how our two countries could make peace and bring stability to the Middle East

By Samira Nasirzadeh and Eyad Alrefai | – Relations between the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the Islamic Republic of Iran have rarely been worse, […]

The Conversation

Iran
Oil-Tanker Attacks Potentially A 'Dangerous Escalation' in US-Iran Confrontation, Expert Says

Oil-Tanker Attacks Potentially A ‘Dangerous Escalation’ in US-Iran Confrontation, Expert Says

(RFE/RL) – Attacks on two commercial oil tankers in the Gulf Of Oman have escalated tensions in the Middle East and raised the prospect of […]

Frud Bezhan

Israel/ Palestine
Israeli Intelligence Agency Mossad makes War on Boycott-of-Israel Movement (BDS)

Israeli Intelligence Agency Mossad makes War on Boycott-of-Israel Movement (BDS)

By Abdel Nasser Issa | – Israel not only uses its highly-trained military and security forces against what it calls Palestinian or Islamist “terrorists”, but […]

Middle East Monitor

Iran
Russia is Calling Trump's Bluff on Iran and Syria, and Winning Big

Russia is Calling Trump’s Bluff on Iran and Syria, and Winning Big

By trying to isolate Russia and Iran, the US is only isolating itself. (Moscow) – President Donald Trump won’t go to war with Iran. That […]

Reese Erlich

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