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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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Archaeology
Dear Tucker Carlson:  Iraqis Invented Civilization and, like, Literacy when "White Men" were Painting themselves Blue

Dear Tucker Carlson: Iraqis Invented Civilization and, like, Literacy when “White Men” were Painting themselves Blue

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Tucker Carlson has been playing David Duke with a northeast accent and bow tie for some years, but in radio […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Israeli Squatters Uproot Dozens of Olive Trees in Palestinian Nablus

Israeli Squatters Uproot Dozens of Olive Trees in Palestinian Nablus

Israel has been “using the land as its own: robbing land, exploiting the area’s natural resources for its own benefit”

Maan News Agency

CIA
In Blow to Democracy, Trump ends Requirement that CIA report Drone Strike Casualties

In Blow to Democracy, Trump ends Requirement that CIA report Drone Strike Casualties

Trump increasingly relies on the CIA, rather than the military, for lethal drone operations

AFP

Yemen
Saudi-Led Bombardment of Yemen kills 22, including Children, wounds 30

Saudi-Led Bombardment of Yemen kills 22, including Children, wounds 30

Huthis accused the coalition of “deliberately committing… this massacre,”

AFP

Drone Warfare
School Shootings and Drone Wars: America's Invisible Ways of Violence

School Shootings and Drone Wars: America’s Invisible Ways of Violence

The U.S. military and CIA drones that regularly terrorize, maim, and kill civilians, are the equivalents of the disturbed shooters

Tomdispatch

journalism
Rupert Murdoch Provocateur Tucker Carlson Exposed in Bubba the Love Sponge Interview (TYT Video)

Rupert Murdoch Provocateur Tucker Carlson Exposed in Bubba the Love Sponge Interview (TYT Video)

Media Matters for America has released an interview Tucker Carlson

Juan Cole

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Even Wonder Woman's Gal Gadot Slams Netanyahu's Racism: 'It is not a matter of ... Arabs or Jews"

Even Wonder Woman’s Gal Gadot Slams Netanyahu’s Racism: ‘It is not a matter of … Arabs or Jews”

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Can Wonder Woman take down Israel’s combative, far right wing prime minister over his disturbing racism? Actress Gal Gadot, who […]

Juan Cole

Algeria
Algeria:  Street Crowds, Youth, Overthrow sixth Arab President in 8 Years

Algeria: Street Crowds, Youth, Overthrow sixth Arab President in 8 Years

Little by little, Bouteflika returned the regime to its authoritarian ways.

AFP

Terrorism
The Long History of State Terrorism

The Long History of State Terrorism

By Mats Fridlund | – What is it that allows someone to be labelled as a terrorist? Recent acts of spectacular violence, such as the […]

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Committee on Academic Freedom

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