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California AB 715, Criminalizing Criticism of Israel, Aims to Quash Free Speech
Academic Freedom

California AB 715, Criminalizing Criticism of Israel, Aims to Quash Free Speech

H. Scott Prosterman

Censoring academic content does nothing to promote “a safe learning environment,” as Newsom’s signing statement concludes.

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COP30 Report Reveals Climate Change is Spreading Infectious Diseases to new Regions

COP30 Report Reveals Climate Change is Spreading Infectious Diseases to new Regions

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Escalating the Escalation: A Short History of the Long War on Drugs in Latin America from Richard Nixon to Donald Trump

Escalating the Escalation: A Short History of the Long War on Drugs in Latin America from Richard Nixon to Donald Trump

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Far Rightwing Israeli Gov't's Actions risk fueling Global Anti-Semitism While Republicans Stoke Islamophobia

Far Rightwing Israeli Gov’t’s Actions risk fueling Global Anti-Semitism While Republicans Stoke Islamophobia

Oakland, Ca. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – The compounding tragedies in Israel and Palestine lead to a sad and harsh realization: Today’s mutant form […]

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China
Israel-Hamas Conflict puts China's Strategy of 'Balanced Diplomacy' in the Middle East at Risk

Israel-Hamas Conflict puts China’s Strategy of ‘Balanced Diplomacy’ in the Middle East at Risk

By Andrew Latham, Macalester College | – On Oct. 30, 2023, reports began to circulate that Israel was missing from from the mapping services provided […]

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Palestine's Obituary

Palestine’s Obituary

Bob Scheer interviews Juan Cole at Scheerpost. [Radio]. Scheerpost: Palestine’s Obituary (w/ Juan Cole) [YouTube Video] Transcript: Robert Scheer: Hi, this is Robert Scheer with […]

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Juan Cole:  The Rise and Fall of Oil and the US  Invasion of Iraq

Juan Cole: The Rise and Fall of Oil and the US Invasion of Iraq

Here is the closing plenary panel of a conference held in mid-September by the Qatar branch of Georgetown University on “The Invasion of Iraq: Regional […]

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How a Big Pharma Company Stalled a Potentially Lifesaving Vaccine in Pursuit of Bigger Profits

How a Big Pharma Company Stalled a Potentially Lifesaving Vaccine in Pursuit of Bigger Profits

By Anna Maria Barry-Jester | – ( ProPublica) – Ever since he was a medical student, Dr. Neil Martinson has confronted the horrors of tuberculosis, […]

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Yemen's Houthis enter the Israel-Gaza Conflict: What Impact on US and Saudi Arabia?

Yemen’s Houthis enter the Israel-Gaza Conflict: What Impact on US and Saudi Arabia?

By Mahad Darar, Colorado State University | – Yemen’s Houthi movement launched missiles and drones at Israel on Oct. 31, 2023 – provoking fears of […]

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The Invisible Slaughter of Palestinian Children

The Invisible Slaughter of Palestinian Children

Berkeley, Ca. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – According to our most reliable news sources, the children of Gaza are being slaughtered at a horrific […]

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From Armenia to Gaza: War, Crimes, Truth and Denial

From Armenia to Gaza: War, Crimes, Truth and Denial

By Arnold Isaacs ( Tomdispatch.com) – This month’s catastrophic violence in Israel and Gaza — specifically, the contradictory statements from each side on the other’s […]

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We Need an Immediate Ceasefire in Gaza

We Need an Immediate Ceasefire in Gaza

By Phyllis Bennis | ( Otherwords) – The violence in the Middle East is bringing horrifying new levels of human suffering to both Israelis and […]

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