Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The United Nations is again warning of imminent famine in northern Gaza. A panel of the Integrated Food Security Phase […]
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Systemic Journalistic Malpractice: How Western Journalism Failed in covering Gaza
At the beginning of their classic Manufacturing Consent, Noam Chomsky and Edward S. Herman pondered the proposition that “media are independent and committed to discovering and […]
Washington Chooses Genocide over Diplomacy in the Middle East
( Code Pink ) – On February 7, 2024, a U.S. drone strike assassinated an Iraqi militia leader, Abu Baqir al-Saadi, in the heart of […]
In our National Crisis, We need Public Voices of Optimism — not Gadflies circling a Black Hole
Sacramento (Special to Informed Comment) – Who is a public intellectual? What role should they play? Searching the internet yields several answers. Alan Lightman’s The […]
The Utter Madness of Nuclear Arsenals, as Global ‘Titanic’ Picks up Speed
By Norman Solomon ( Tomdispatch.com) – Yes, the Doomsday Clock keeps ticking — it’s now at 90 seconds to midnight, according to the Bulletin of the Atomic […]
Saudis Contradict Blinken: Want Actual Palestinian State now, not Vague ‘Peace Process’
Oxford (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – On Tuesday afternoon (6 February 2024), U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken took part in a joint press […]
Why Cutting the Funding of the UN Relief and Works Agency in Gaza is a Humanitarian Catastrophe
By Emilie El Khoury, Queen’s University, Ontario | – (The Conversation) – Shortly after the International Court of Justice (ICJ) issued its ruling in the […]
A Trumpian Bacchanalia in 2024?
( Tomdispatch.com ) – I was born on July 20, 1944, almost two years after Joe Biden arrived on this planet and almost a year […]
Super Bowl Conspiracy: How the MAGA Republicans are (Taylor) Swift-Boating Themselves
Oakland, Ca. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – I love how Republicans are using the romance of pop star Taylor Swift and football great Travis […]
Israel isn’t Complying with the International Court of Justice Ruling – What Happens Next?
By Basema Al-Alami, University of Toronto | – (The Conversation) – More than a week has passed since the International Court of Justice (ICJ) mandated […]