Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian met with his cabinet on Sunday, according to the president’s website, and announced that Trump’s offer […]
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Microplastics Hinder Plants’ Photosynthesis, threatening Massive Crop and Seafood Losses
By Jack Marley, The Conversation (The Conversation) – A graph I saw in high school appeared to show the Earth breathing. It was a graph […]
CO2 in Atmosphere Higher than in 2 Million Years, with 2024 the Hottest Year Ever Recorded
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The annual report of the World Meteorological Organization concludes that in 2023, the latest year for which a complete analysis […]
Middle Eastern Monarchies in Sudan’s War: what’s driving their Interests
By Federico Donelli, University of Trieste (The Conversation) – The civil war in Sudan that began in April 2023 involves several external actors. The conflict […]
Trump’s Shock and Awe: Move Fast and Break Things
( Tomdispatch.com ) – Yes, “shock and awe” is back in the second age of Donald Trump. His border czar, Tom Homan, used that very […]
“Being Jewish after the Destruction of Gaza:” Peter Beinart in Conversation with Juan Cole
Peter Beinart in conversation with Juan Cole on Beinart’s book, “Being Jewish after the Destruction of Gaza: A Reckoning”; Program in Arab and Muslim American […]
Israel’s war on Gaza is deliberately targeting Children – new UN Report
By Rachel Rosen, UCL and Mai Abu Moghli, Doha Institute for Graduate Studies (The Conversation) – A fresh round of Israeli airstrikes on Gaza which […]
Free Online Films on Palestine
A colleague writes to the University of Michigan Academic Freedom Network: In light of the current events in Palestine, a large number of filmmakers have […]
Israel’s Renewed Gaza Genocide on Black Tuesday: 420 Dead (175 Children) and 540 Wounded
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Israeli newspaper Arab 48 reports that Israeli airstrikes shattered the supposed ceasefire in Gaza on Tuesday, dropping heaving munitions […]
Letter from a Palestinian Political Prisoner in Louisiana: Mahmoud Khalil
Note from Juan Cole: I used to write letters to totalitarian governments on behalf of Amnesty International complaining about their detention of political prisoners for […]
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