Informed Comment daily updates (03/15/2024)

 

S. Africa Will Arrest Dual Nationals Fighting in Gaza, Demands Halt to Starvation of Palestinians Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – South Africa’s Townpress reports that Naledi Pandor, the country’s foreign minister, pledged this week to arrest any South African/ Israeli dual citizen who fought in Gaza. She said at a pro-Palestinian gathering in Pretoria attended by a number of officials from the ruling African National Congress, “I have already issued […]

The film ‘Dune’: Techno-Orientalism, and Intergalactic Islam “Based on Herbert’s 1965 science fiction classic, “Dune” is a tale of a rising duke, intergalactic power struggles, a precious spice, and lethal spaceworms. The story, which deals with religion, politics, myth, destiny, heritage, environmental decay and colonialism resonates as much with audiences today as it did when the novel was first published.” ( TRT […]

Trump Showed Us Who He Is the First Time: Term 2 Would Be a Thousand Times Worse ( Tomdispatch.com ) – Recently my partner and I had brunch with some old comrades, folks I first met in the 1996 fight to stop the state of California from outlawing affirmative action. Sadly, we lost that one and, almost three decades later, we continue to lose affirmative action programs thanks to a Supreme Court […]

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In First, Rich Nations Cut CO2 4.5% in ’23 but still Grew, as Coal fell to 1900 Levels Israel Partisans’ use of Disinformation Calls for a ‘Green’ Ramadan revive Islam’s long Tradition of Sustainability and Care for the Planet US Intelligence: Israel’s Netanyahu not Viable, not Moderate and is Provoking Terrorism Protesting the Suspension of Professor Jairo Fúnez-Flores by Texas Tech University The American Empire in (Ultimate?) Crisis We are all Palestinian: Music Video by Mistahi

Informed Comment daily updates (03/14/2024)

 

In First, Rich Nations Cut CO2 4.5% in ’23 but still Grew, as Coal fell to 1900 Levels Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The International Energy Agency issued a report this month that contains a kernel of significant hope for halting the poisoning of the earth by carbon dioxide emissions. The IEA found that emissions from the advanced economies actually fell in 2023, although global emissions increased slightly, by 1.1%. The report says, […]

Israel Partisans’ use of Disinformation by Tariq Kenney-Shawa  ( Al-Shabaka ) – During campaigns of genocide and ethnic cleansing, disinformation is a potent weapon—a tool to dehumanize victims, justify mass violence, and most importantly, sow seeds of doubt designed to muzzle calls for intervention. When information is weaponized, confusion and doubt no longer emerge from the “fog of war” as a […]

Calls for a ‘Green’ Ramadan revive Islam’s long Tradition of Sustainability and Care for the Planet By Noorzehra Zaidi, University of Maryland, Baltimore County | – For many Muslims breaking fast in mosques around the world this Ramadan, something will be missing: plastics. The communal experience of iftars – the after-sunset meal that brings people of the faith together during the holy month – often necessitates the use of utensils designed […]

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US Intelligence: Israel’s Netanyahu not Viable, not Moderate and is Provoking Terrorism Protesting the Suspension of Professor Jairo Fúnez-Flores by Texas Tech University The American Empire in (Ultimate?) Crisis We are all Palestinian: Music Video by Mistahi QZionism hits Peak Conspiracy Theory with Smears of Oscar-Winning Jonathan Glazer The Meaning of the Ramadan Fast for those in Gaza and other War Zones The Ongoing Genocidal Violence against the Palestinian People and their Cultural Heritage in Gaza: MESA