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During Israel’s war in Lebanon, pregnant women found themselves facing the same intense bombardment that much of the country was facing. Although it remains unclear whether a recent ceasefire will continue to halt fighting, Amélie David reports [ [link removed] ], Lebanon’s midwives are still working hard to provide care to those who need it.
War and conflict are rife with misnomers. One particularly worrisome example, David Cortright and William D. Hartung argue [ [link removed] ], comes with the recent case of nuclear “modernization,” which makes it sound as if boosting the Pentagon’s ability to conduct a potentially world-ending war is about the same as putting a new roof on your house.
In Greece, a recent rash of far-right attacks against migrants has dragged up fears of an escalation that reminds many of the violence carried out by now-banned neo-Nazi Golden Dawn party more than a decade ago. Now, as I report in a longform dispatch [ [link removed] ], anti-racist activists and migrant rights groups fear the far right is trying to rebuild its ranks in the streets.
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“On the Frontline with Lebanese Midwives [ [link removed] ]” by Amélie David (Dec. 9)
Since the Israel-Lebanon ceasefire on Nov. 27, the bombs and the explosions have stopped, at least north of the Litani River. But Lebanon’s maternal mortality rate has spiked in recent years, and pregnant women still need care.
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“The War Horse Sessions: What Poetry Taught Me About Moving Past [ [link removed] ] War” from Things That Go Boom (Dec. 9)
The first installment in Inkstick’s series of monologues, in partnership with The War Horse, is the story of paratrooper Bill Glose. When he came home from the Gulf War after leading his platoon, silence was his fortress. That all changed when he found poetry.
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“When It Comes to Nuclear Weapons, Tell It Like It is [ [link removed] ]” by David Cortright & William D. Hartung (Dec. 10)
Calling things what they aren’t by using bureaucratic language is an art form in Washington, and the Pentagon is the worst offender. Case in point: using the word “modernization” when referring to the Pentagon’s hugely expensive effort to build a new generation of nuclear weapons.
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“SpaceX Says It Is Building a Pathway to Mars in South Texas. Is It Also Testing a Military Asset? [ [link removed] ]” by Johannes Streeck (Dec. 11)
To its struggling shrimpers, the waters in South Texas are the Brownsville Shrimp Basin. In the language of the private aerospace corporation SpaceX, it is The Gateway to Mars. NASA has ceded much of its launch operations to SpaceX, and the Space Force relies heavily on the company’s services.
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“For Migrants in Greece, the Threat of Far-Right Violence Persists [ [link removed] ]” by Patrick Strickland (Dec. 12)
More than a decade ago, a once obscure neo-Nazi party blamed Greece’s economic crisis on refugees and migrants and surged in legislative elections. That party was banned in 2020, but advocates worry that the kind of anti-migrant violence it once spearheaded is on the rise again.
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“Deep Dive: The Far Right and Hegemony à la Française [ [link removed] ]” by Emily Tamkin (Dec. 13)
In a new article at Parliamentary Affairs, Aurelien Mondon sets out to take a different tack while examining the case of the French far right. Instead of looking squarely at the far right, the article probes “the past 50 years through a lens that focuses on power and those in a particularly privileged position to shape the agenda and public discourse.”
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