Exeter (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – As the Israeli attacks against Gaza have continued to rage, now spilling into Lebanon, a year of unspeakable […]
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Israel is determined to Criminalize Boycott Movement, but Ben and Jerry’s Ice Cream struck a blow for First Amendment
( Middle East Monitor) – Ben & Jerry’s decision to suspend its operations in the occupied Palestinian West Bank is an event that is proving […]
Yemen and the Prophet Muhammad: Abdulrahman al-Eryani interviews Juan Cole
Abdulrahman al-Eryani interviewed me on his InBoundTalk show on YouTube (link below) about my book, Muhammad: Prophet of Peace amid the Clash of Empires Available […]
‘Hopeless And Dissatisfied’: Growing Anger At Iranian Officials As Khuzestan Water Protests Spread
By Golnaz Esfandiari and Mohammad Zarghami | – ( RFE/RL) – Analysts say economic desperation and growing frustration in Iranian society have led to angry […]
More livestock, more carbon dioxide, less ice: the Climate Crisis is Worsening despite Politicians’ “Commitments”
By Thomas Newsome, Christopher Wolf, and William Ripple | ( The Conversation) – Back in 2019, more than 11,000 scientists declared a global climate emergency. […]
Half of Palestinians Killed by Israeli Air Strikes on Gaza in May were Civilians and other War Crimes: HRW
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Human Rights Watch conducted a detailed study of military actions by Israel and the Hamas party-militia in Gaza and concluded […]
Taliban ‘has not changed,’ say women facing subjugation in areas of Afghanistan under its extremist rule
By Homa Hoodfar and Mona Tajali | – The Taliban insurgents continue their deadly war to seize control of Afghanistan after the departure of United […]
Why we need to stop Warehousing the Mentally Ill in Jail: Only Private Prison Corps. Profit
Gainesville, Florida (Special to Informed Comment) – By essentially rejecting the provisions of the U.S.Joint Commission on Mental Illness and Health, a very well designed […]
Imperial Overstretch: Is the American Empire going the way of the Soviet Union?
By Tom Engelhardt | – ( Tomdispatch.com ) – It was all so long ago, in a world seemingly without challengers. Do you even remember […]
Sleight-of-Hand in Baghdad: The Biden Pull-Out from Iraq that Isn’t
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Mursi Abu Tawq at Al-Zaman (The Times“) in Baghdad reports that President Joe Biden on Monday announced that the US […]