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As the Military Occupies your Town, Give them Flowers and a Note
Authoritarianism

As the Military Occupies your Town, Give them Flowers and a Note

Arnold Oliver

Tiffin, Ohio (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – During some of the large anti-war demonstrations during the 1960’s some of the protesters gave flowers to the […]

The Fragile Peace of Trump’s Gaza Plan

The Fragile Peace of Trump’s Gaza Plan

10/02/2025 By Middle East Monitor

Where does the Arab and Muslim world stand on Trump’s Gaza peace plan? Expert Q&A

Where does the Arab and Muslim world stand on Trump’s Gaza peace plan? Expert Q&A

10/02/2025 By The Conversation

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Climate Change
Scottish Gov't Announces 'Climate Emergency' in response to Extinction Rebellion Call

Scottish Gov’t Announces ‘Climate Emergency’ in response to Extinction Rebellion Call

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Scotland’s First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon of the social-democratic Scottish National Party has called a “climate emergency,” doing so in response […]

Juan Cole

Iran
Trump appointee Bolton inventing a new "Axis of Evil," including Iran, to put US on War Footing

Trump appointee Bolton inventing a new “Axis of Evil,” including Iran, to put US on War Footing

(Foreign Policy in Focus ) – Bolton’s broadsides against Cuba, Nicaragua, and Venezuela hint at ambitions for much more dangerous geopolitical conflict — and nothing […]

John Feffer

Israel/ Palestine
Palestine, International Law, and a Radically Just Future

Palestine, International Law, and a Radically Just Future

We can learn from other cases of law and settler colonialism. These cases exhibit the same type of juridical erasure

Noura Erekat

Pentagon
Will Technology Make America's Forever Wars Permanent?

Will Technology Make America’s Forever Wars Permanent?

The U.S. and its coalition will continue its airstrikes and coordinated attacks on Syria until the “enduring defeat of ISIS.”

Tomdispatch

Antisemitism
Hatred of One is Hatred of All: San Diego Synagogue Shooter had Attempted to Burn down Mosque

Hatred of One is Hatred of All: San Diego Synagogue Shooter had Attempted to Burn down Mosque

Earnest is an object lesson in the intersection of Islamophobia and anti-Semitism

Juan Cole

Feminism
The Most Dangerous Time for Women's Rights in Decades

The Most Dangerous Time for Women’s Rights in Decades

State legislatures are escalating their assault on abortion rights

Martha Burk

Green Energy
Emirates aiming for 30% Renewables by 2030; Good for an Oil State, but not Nearly Enough for Paris

Emirates aiming for 30% Renewables by 2030; Good for an Oil State, but not Nearly Enough for Paris

Dubai will build the largest Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) project on a single site in the world

Global Voices

Islamophobia
“Islam” and “the West” are no longer useful Terms: No 'Clash of Civilizations' in a Globalized World

“Islam” and “the West” are no longer useful Terms: No ‘Clash of Civilizations’ in a Globalized World

For the Christian West, regardless of the Islamic precept and practice of religious tolerance, Islam has remained often threatening

The Conversation

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The American Tragedy:  Veteran Rams Hindu Family, thinking they were Muslims, in Sunnyvale

The American Tragedy: Veteran Rams Hindu Family, thinking they were Muslims, in Sunnyvale

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – An Iraq War veteran, who had spent 5 years in that country, was arraigned Friday. On Tuesday, he had plowed […]

Juan Cole

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