Review of Amin Saikal, “How to Lose a War: The Story of America’s Intervention in Afghanistan” (New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2024). Munich, […]
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On Turning 70 in a Graying, Climate-threatened World where Christians and Muslims must learn to Understand Each Other
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – A daily column is inevitably personal, even if the focus is, as with Informed Comment, on current events. Today I’m […]
Ministry of Truth? Critics Warn Turkey’s new “Disinformation” Law is a Backdoor to Heavy-handed Censorship and outlawing Dissent
By Arzu Geybullayeva | – Turkish lawmakers approved a bill on October 13 purportedly meant to combat fake news and disinformation, but local civil society […]
More than half of all daily Papers in America are owned by just 10 Syndicates, most of which don’t care about Journalism.
By Jim Hightower | – ( Otherwords.org) – My newspaper died. Well, technically it still appears. But it has no life, no news, and barely […]
Germany to Give Electricity Rebates, financed with Windfall Profit Tax on Energy Corporations
( Clean Energy Wire ) – The German government plans to introduce a power price brake that will grant electricity consumers a lower price for […]
Israeli Squatters in Palestinian West Bank launch 100 attacks in 10 Days, Pepper-Spray own Troops like Jan. 6 Insurrectionists
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Palestinian West Bank, which is militarily occupied by Israel and which is being steadily colonized by Israeli squatters on […]
The World’s Last Colony, Palestinian Gaza, has no Say as Israel May Usurp Natural Gas Resources off its Coast
By Motasem A Dalloul | – ( Middle East Monitor) – Since the beginning of October, news reports have mentioned a tripartite agreement between Egypt, […]
‘Just Stop Oil’s’ Tomato Juice on van Gogh: Do Radical Protests actually Backfire or do they Raise Consciousness?
By Colin Davis, University of Bristol | – Members of the protest group Just Stop Oil recently threw soup at Van Gogh’s Sunflowers in the […]
The U.S. Never Banned Asbestos. These Workers Are Paying the Price
By Kathleen McGrory and Neil Bedi, photography by Rich-Joseph Facun, graphics by Haisam Hussein | – Co-published with NPR News ( ProPublica ) – Henry […]
Top Iran Prosecutor Threatens Death Penalty for Leading Protests, as Government arrests over 7,000
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – BBC Monitoring reports that the protests in Iran are continuing, both in small towns and big cities, though the situation […]
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