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Taylor Swift’s Superfans Strike a Blow Against Monopolies
By Bella DeVaan | – ( Otherwords.org ) – After a nightmare ticket sale, monopolies made a powerful enemy. That’s good news for all of […]
Just Stop Oil: Research shows how Activists and Politicians talk differently about Climate Change<
By Clare Cunningham, York St John University | – The environmental activist group Just Stop Oil has grasped public attention with a series of “art […]
Israel: Ultra-Far-Right Ben-Gvir Given Nat’l Security Ministry – As though KKK took over Homeland Security in US
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Israeli newspaper Arab 48 reports that the Likud Party of Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu signed a deal on Friday […]
‘A Nightmare’: Iran Intensifies Deadly Crackdown In Kurdistan Region As Protests Rage
( RFE/RL ) – Iranian authorities have intensified their deadly crackdown in the country’s western Kurdistan region, which has been the epicenter of the anti-establishment […]
No more “Marry your Rapist”: Repeal Laws Discriminating against Women in the Middle East – ‘Equality Now’
By Amelia Smith | – ( Middle East Monitor ) – The women’s rights NGO, Equality Now, has released a policy brief to mark International […]
COP27: how the Fossil Fuel Lobby Crowded out Calls for Climate Justice
By Alix Dietzel, University of Bristol | – COP27 has just wrapped up. Despite much excitement over a new fund to address “loss and damage” […]
Did the Ukraine War kill ‘Natural Gas?’ Solar Power is 10 times Cheaper over the long Term
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The independent energy research firm Rystad Energy, headquartered in Oslo, has found that it would be ten times less expensive […]
Ukraine War, Energy Crisis, pushes Germans’ Acceptance of Wind Turbines to Record Level
By Sören Amelang | – ( Clean Energy Wire ) – Onshore wind power has become more popular than ever among people living in Germany […]
Will Netanyahu’s new Religious Right Gov’t Turn Israel into an Iran, with Gender Segregation and Pampered Seminarians?
( Middle East Monitor ) – Outgoing Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid has asked Likud voters a series of questions related to the current impasse […]