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Archives for January 2019

Islamophobia
Can Online anti-Muslim Hate Speech be Combated? There's an App for that

Can Online anti-Muslim Hate Speech be Combated? There’s an App for that

The Conversation

By Bertie Vidgen and Taha Yasseri | – In a landmark move, a group of MPs recently published a working definition of the term Islamophobia. They defined it as “rooted in racism”, and as “a type of racism that targets expressions of Muslimness or perceived Muslimness”. In our latest working paper, we wanted to better […]

Syria
Al-Qaeda-Linked Guerrillas make Gains in Northwest Syria

Al-Qaeda-Linked Guerrillas make Gains in Northwest Syria

Middle East Monitor

Tahrir al-Sham, formerly affiliated to al Qaeda, had launched an attack on Tuesday against towns in the western countryside of Aleppo

Afghanistan
Trump Spews Incomprehensible Nonsense on Kurds, Syria, Afghanistan

Trump Spews Incomprehensible Nonsense on Kurds, Syria, Afghanistan

Juan Cole

“A Commentary on the words that spewed from Trump’s mouth at his news conference during a cabinet meeting on January 2, 2019,” or, “A Ph.D. who has been teaching at a public Ivy since 1984 is forced to spend his time chasing the rabid ferrets running around in the head of a decrepit reality t.v. […]

Bahrain
Bahrain Upholds 5-Year Sentence on Critic of Yemen War, Human Rights Violations

Bahrain Upholds 5-Year Sentence on Critic of Yemen War, Human Rights Violations

Human Rights Watch

Nabeel Rajab Sentenced to Remain Behind Bars Until 2023

Israel
Will Israeli PM Netanyahu be Defeated by the Far-Right Monster he Created?

Will Israeli PM Netanyahu be Defeated by the Far-Right Monster he Created?

Maan News Agency

The leaders of the ‘Jewish Home’ are now the leaders of the ‘New Right’.

Environmentalism
Can the Green New Deal Save the Planet *and* Create Jobs?

Can the Green New Deal Save the Planet *and* Create Jobs?

Norah Vawter

By Norah Vawter | – (Otherwords.org) – Lately there’s been a lot of bad news about climate change and the future of humanity. In October, the United Nations issued a major report warning of a climate crisis as soon as 2040. The day after Thanksgiving, the Trump administration tried to bury the release of its […]

Holocaust
Quantifying the Holocaust: Measuring murder rates during the Nazi genocide

Quantifying the Holocaust: Measuring murder rates during the Nazi genocide

The Conversation

Hitler “ordered all action speeded up.”

Featured
Saudi Arabia muscles Netflix over Minhaj Criticism of Khashoggi Murder

Saudi Arabia muscles Netflix over Minhaj Criticism of Khashoggi Murder

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Netflix has been forced to pull Episode 2 of comedian Hasan Minhaj’s “Patriot Act” for Saudi viewers because it criticizes the murder of dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi on October 2 at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, in which a bone saw was used to cut up the corpse. Netflix points […]

Islamophobia
Facebook's 'Virtual Coercive' Implicated in Rohingya Genocide

Facebook’s ‘Virtual Coercive’ Implicated in Rohingya Genocide

The Conversation

Is access to Facebook a pillar of free speech if the platform can be harnessed for the purpose of eliminating an entire population?

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