Colonialists have long used Starvation as a Tool of Oppression
By Ateqah Khaki, The Conversation and Vinita Srivastava, The Conversation | – In this episode of Don’t Call Me Resilient, we continue our conversation about forced famine and its use as a powerful tool...
View ArticleWill the Freedom Flotilla Sail to Gaza?
( Code Pink ) – The non-violence training to join the Freedom Flotilla Coalition’s ships to Gaza has been intense. As hundreds of us from 32 countries gathered in Istanbul, we were briefed about what...
View ArticleIsrael is not giving Aid Groups what they need to to run operational...
By Raymond Offenheiser, University of Notre Dame | – (The Conversation) – Amid persistent calls from the United States and other countries that Israel needs to make it easier for life-saving aid to...
View ArticleHousing, Not Handcuffs: The Moral Response to Homelessness
By Liz Theoharis and Shailly Gupta Barnes ( Tomdispatch.com ) – On April 22nd, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments for Grants Pass v. Johnson, a case that focuses on whether unhoused — the term that...
View ArticleNot just Bombs: Israeli-caused Hunger is killing Palestinian Children in Gaza
By Wafa Aludaini | – ( Middle East Monitor ) – Two Palestinian children died last week of starvation, dehydration and lack of medicine amid desperate conditions in the southern areas of the besieged...
View ArticleUN: Israel-caused Famine to encompass all Gaza by July, killing as many as...
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – A new joint report from the Food and Agriculture Organization and the World Food Program warns that even as North Gaza is now facing famine, “it is highly likely that the...
View ArticleIPC warns of Imminent Israeli-caused Famine in Gaza, with 133K facing...
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The United Nations is again warning of imminent famine in northern Gaza. A panel of the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification committee (IPC) released an alarming...
View ArticleThe Trump Administration Said These Aid Programs Saved Lives. It Canceled...
by Anna Maria Barry-Jester and Brett Murphy ( ProPublica ) – After the Trump administration moved to freeze nearly $60 billion in foreign aid in January, officials like Secretary of State Marco Rubio...
View ArticleAmerica, the Unhappy: Lonely, Suspicious, Gun-ridden, and Stingy, the US...
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The 2025 “World Happiness Report,” produced by the Wellbeing Research Centre at the University of Oxford, powered by Gallup analytics and in partnership with the UN, is...
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