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IUS Editors

Two actionists on a roof using paint to disrupt a weapons factory.

On Pacifism

By Prahlad Iyengar. Editorial note: The author is a doctoral candidate in the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and a recipient of the US National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship. He has been barred from MIT campus until January 2026 for publishing this

A mass funeral in Gaza with mourners and shrouded corpses.

Genocide for Skeptics

by Flavio Del Santo. Israel has been bombing Gaza for over 13 months: the humanitarian crisis across Palestine, as well as in neighboring areas of the Middle East, has reached unprecedented critical levels. The UN estimates that more than 43,000 Palestinians have been killed, including around 17,000 children,

Webinar: International student movements against genocide in Palestine

Webinar: International student movements against genocide in Palestine

Webinar at UTC (GMT) 15:00 on Saturday, 2 November 2024. Register. The Israeli genocide against the Palestinian people of the last year, representing just the latest chapter in decades of apartheid, ethnic cleansing, and displacement, has resulted in a dramatic expansion in the world-wide movement in support of Palestinian

Appeal For a West Asia Free of Nuclear Weapons

Appeal For a West Asia Free of Nuclear Weapons

by Giorgio Ferrari and Emanuela Bavazzano Editorial note: As scientists, we are deeply concerned about the threat of nuclear weapons, particularly in the context of West Asia ('the Middle East'). Since 1974, the UN General Assembly has passed 44 resolutions urging the establishment of a denuclearized zone in

Hamas: From Candidate Enforcer to Implacable Foe

Hamas: From Candidate Enforcer to Implacable Foe

by Assaf Kfoury. Editorial note: A strategic action’s unforeseen negative consequences are referred to as blowback. For the United States, the prototypic security blowback followed the CIA’s 1953 overthrow of Iran’s moderate nationalist Prime Minister in favor of the autocratic Shah; this subjugation eventually led to the

Dr Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo, the President-elect of Mexico, sitting in a car. [Image: Luis Antonio Rojas]

Claudia Sheinbaum: activist, scientist, politician, and the first woman president of Mexico

by Pablo Meyer Rojas On the 2nd June 2024, Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo was elected president of Mexico. Her election represents three firsts for the Mexican presidency: the first woman, the first person of Jewish descent, and the first scientist to hold the office. She won a large majority in both

Photo of Stephen Kapos, 87 a Holocaust survivor protesting against genocide in Gaza. [image Alisdare Hickson]

The right to protest endangered in Europe, Amnesty International reports

Global civil rights organization Amnesty International has published a new 209-page report entitled “Under Protected and Over Restricted: The state of the right to protest in 21 European countries”. In this comprehensive report, Amnesty has analyzed the state of the right to protest, using a questionnaire taken between December 2022