Over a decade later, the Nakba, or Palestinian catastrophe, of 1948 ripped apart Palestinian society, devastating the social and institutional infrastructure that the women’s movement had built in the preceding decades. ..…

A financial catastrophe and exodus precipitated by violence committed by Chinese authorities would be a humiliation for the party and perhaps even an existential political moment for Xi Jinping. . ..…

“Everyone knows the catastrophe that the construction of this hydro-electric plant would create.” . . ..…

Hiroshima and Nagasaki were chosen which is what saved Kyoto, and because the two cities had not yet been firebombed, as had Tokyo and many other places. ... And U.S., in polls, is turning against the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the ability to someday oppose their repetition.. ..…