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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
Sudan's Revolution is vulnerable to Saudi & UAE Repression

Sudan’s Revolution is vulnerable to Saudi & UAE Repression

The death of Egypt’s revolution in 2013 came when Saudi Arabia and the UAE backed the military takeover

Jonathan Fenton-Harvey

journalism
Assange: Press Freedom Endangered by Charge of Conspiracy between Publisher and Source

Assange: Press Freedom Endangered by Charge of Conspiracy between Publisher and Source

(Committee to Protect Journalists) – New York, April 11, 2019–The Committee to Protect Journalists today said it was deeply concerned by the U.S. prosecution of […]

Committee to Protect Journalists

Muslim-Americans
Muslims arrived in America 400 years ago as part of the slave trade and today are vastly diverse

Muslims arrived in America 400 years ago as part of the slave trade and today are vastly diverse

They are from Africa and the Middle East, as well as South and Southeast Asia

The Conversation

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Netanyahu's Reelection Further Dooms Millions of Palestinians to Decades of Statelessness, Denial of Basic Rights

Netanyahu’s Reelection Further Dooms Millions of Palestinians to Decades of Statelessness, Denial of Basic Rights

I once heard an Israeli historian say that the Israelis had by now done to the Palestinians everything the Nazis did to the Jews by 1939

Juan Cole

journalism
Assange's Arrest means that any Journalist can be extradited to US  for Publishing the Truth

Assange’s Arrest means that any Journalist can be extradited to US for Publishing the Truth

“Before we turn our backs on Assange,” Sullivan wrote, “we ought to think deeply about what’s at stake.”

Common Dreams

Israel/ Palestine
Israel: Likud PR company with Squatter Links boasts Secret Cameras Suppressed Arab-Israeli Turnout

Israel: Likud PR company with Squatter Links boasts Secret Cameras Suppressed Arab-Israeli Turnout

In the run-up to the election, commentators predicted that Arab-Israeli turnout would struggle to reach 50 per cent

Middle East Monitor

Sudan
How Sudan's Protesters Forced a Long-Ruling Dictator from Power

How Sudan’s Protesters Forced a Long-Ruling Dictator from Power

Protesters upped the stakes by trying to gain support from the army

The Conversation

Donald Trump
Trump and our Second Gilded Age-- Even more Disgusting than the First

Trump and our Second Gilded Age– Even more Disgusting than the First

Why, then, when Veblen saw America’s plutocratic bent so clearly, is he now neglected?

Tomdispatch

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Peak Crisis in Sudan as Army elements side with Youth, Women against Dictator Bashir

Peak Crisis in Sudan as Army elements side with Youth, Women against Dictator Bashir

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Omar Hassan al-Bashir, b. 1944, has been deposed as president of Sudan in the wake of a military coup, according […]

Juan Cole

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

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