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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Activist Student Movements have Shaped Iran at Every Turn: The Islamic Republic won’t be the Same
Newark, Del. (Special to Informed Comment) – Iran’s student movement has never gone away. On 16th of Azar/ December 7, 1953, three students, Ghandchi, Bozorgnia […]
Bohra Muslim digital Entrepreneurship shows how religious Communities can help Women Thrive
By Arwa Hussain, Concordia University | – (The Conversation) – Women from religious communities around the world, like the Dawoodi Bohras, are harnessing the potential […]
Optimism of the Will: Noam Chomsky on Organizing, Labor and taking on the Corporations
By David Barsamian and Noam Chomsky | – ( Tomdispatch.com) – [The following is excerpted in shortened form from Chapter 9 of Notes on Resistance […]
Iran: School and University Women Lead Rallies, Sit-ins Bareheaded, as Leader Khamenei Softens on Compulsory Veiling
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – On Monday in Iran, demonstrations, marches and rallies continued for the 17th day, spearheaded by high school and college students. […]
Hurricane Ian capped 2 Weeks of extreme Storms around the Globe: How Climate Change fuels Tropical Cyclones
By Mathew Barlow, UMass Lowel and Suzana J. Camargo, Columbia University | When Hurricane Ian hit Florida, it was one of the United States’ most […]
New Israeli Policy of Targeted Assassination of Palestinians . . . by Drone
By Ramona Wadi | – ( Middle East Monitor ) – For decades, the international community has sought to portray the occupied West Bank as […]
‘They Have Found The Courage’: Iranian Women Go Hijab-Less In Public Amid Protests
( RFE/ RL ) – Two young Iranian women posted a photo of themselves having breakfast at a restaurant in Tehran without hijabs. The same […]
Proliferation and Nuclear Winter: If Putin drops an Atom Bomb on Ukraine, Iran, Saudi Arabia — Everyone — will Want a Bomb
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Russian President Vladimir Putin again threatened on Friday, as he announced the annexation of four provinces from Ukraine, to use […]
America’s Fickle Relationship with the Kurds: Review of “Rethinking State-Non-State Alliances: Change and Continuity in the U.S.-Kurdish Relationship”
Barcelona (Special to Informed Comment) – Review of Ozum Yesiltas, Rethinking State-Non-State Alliances: Change and Continuity in the U.S.-Kurdish Relationship (Lanham: Lexington Books, 2022). The […]
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