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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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Sudan
Songs of Freedom: The Soundtracks of Political Change in Sudan

Songs of Freedom: The Soundtracks of Political Change in Sudan

In 2019, songs provided motivation and guidance

The Conversation

Pentagon
One Hell of a Hangover: All the American Wars We haven't remembered Fighting that are Still going On

One Hell of a Hangover: All the American Wars We haven’t remembered Fighting that are Still going On

More than two years into the era of Donald TrumpAmerican air strikes in… yep, Somalia, are precipitously on the rise

Tom Engelhardt

Israel/ Palestine
Israeli Forces Attack young Palestinian Students in Hebron, Nablus in Continuing Occupation Tactic affecting 60,000/ year

Israeli Forces Attack young Palestinian Students in Hebron, Nablus in Continuing Occupation Tactic affecting 60,000/ year

1. Israeli forces attack, injure school children in Hebron HEBRON (Ma’an) — Israeli forces attacked young Palestinian students in the southern occupied West Bank city […]

Maan News Agency

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How Classic Anti-Semitic Tropes are being Marshaled against Ilhan Omar and Muslim-Americans

How Classic Anti-Semitic Tropes are being Marshaled against Ilhan Omar and Muslim-Americans

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The attacks on Ilhan Omar, one of the first two Muslim-American women to serve in Congress and the first of […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Israel's Netanyahu campaigned on Destroying every Palestinian Dream: Now for the Implementation

Israel’s Netanyahu campaigned on Destroying every Palestinian Dream: Now for the Implementation

“Jerusalem has already gone, and Israel is going to annex area C, which is home to 350,000 Palestinians and 400,000 Israeli Jewish settlers”

Middle East Monitor

Democratic Party
Why isn't the Democratic Party Leadership coming to Ilhan Omar's Defense?

Why isn’t the Democratic Party Leadership coming to Ilhan Omar’s Defense?

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Nancy Pelosi’s response to Donald Trump’s tweet lying about Ilhan Omar and maliciously twisting her words to make her seem […]

Juan Cole

Climate Change
Feeding us in a Climate Friendly Way requires Reducing Livestock

Feeding us in a Climate Friendly Way requires Reducing Livestock

( Clean Energy Wire) – Greenhouse gas reduction targets for 2030 in the agriculture sector cannot be reached without implementing measures to reduce the livestock, […]

Clean Energy Wire

Israel/ Palestine
Trump Admin. blocks Entry to US of Palestinian leader of Israel Boycott

Trump Admin. blocks Entry to US of Palestinian leader of Israel Boycott

Barghouti was barred from boarding a flight to US, on Wednesday, despite having the required travel documents and a valid visa.

Maan News Agency

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Republicans & Rupert Murdoch Created al-Qaeda when Ilhan Omar's Somalia upheld Scientific Socialism

Republicans & Rupert Murdoch Created al-Qaeda when Ilhan Omar’s Somalia upheld Scientific Socialism

As for Somalia, from 1969 to 1990 it was ruled by a secular system of Scientific Socialism and disallowed the Muslim Brotherhood

Juan Cole

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Israel’s Abduction of the Gaza Aid Flotilla is a clear Violation of International Law

The Conversation

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Committee on Academic Freedom

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Why the Saudi-Pakistan Bilateral Defense Pact is unlikely to Revive Muslim Unity

Abdullah al-Ahsan

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