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The Silence of the Scholars:  How leading Academics gave Cover to Genocide in Gaza
Academic Freedom

The Silence of the Scholars: How leading Academics gave Cover to Genocide in Gaza

Shamai Leibowitz

Silver Spring, Md. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – The true measure of a scholar is not the number of books they publish or the […]

“But still the Vine her ancient Ruby Yields:” Fitzgerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:5

“But still the Vine her ancient Ruby Yields:” Fitzgerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:5

08/22/2025 By Juan Cole

‘All Eyes On Gaza City’ as Israel Ramps Up Campaign of Conquest and Ethnic Cleansing

‘All Eyes On Gaza City’ as Israel Ramps Up Campaign of Conquest and Ethnic Cleansing

08/22/2025 By Common Dreams

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Israel/ Palestine
Israeli Ruling Party Votes to Annex West Bank and Seize Last Palestinian Lands

Israeli Ruling Party Votes to Annex West Bank and Seize Last Palestinian Lands

TeleSur | – – “This is a historic event that we have been waiting for,” an extremist member of Prime Minister Netanyahu’s Likud Party said. […]

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Nonviolence
Soldiers of Peace: How to Wield the Weapon of Nonviolence With Maximum Force

Soldiers of Peace: How to Wield the Weapon of Nonviolence With Maximum Force

H. Patricia Hynes, Review of Paul K. Chappell, Soldiers of Peace (Easton Studio Press, 2017) Author and prominent peace educator Paul Chappell observed that he […]

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Democratic Socialism
Can Corporate Power Be Controlled in the Age of Trump? Steps Toward a Constructive Liberal-Left Alliance

Can Corporate Power Be Controlled in the Age of Trump? Steps Toward a Constructive Liberal-Left Alliance

By G. William Domhoff |( Who Rules America?) | – – Based in good part on findings within the subfield of sociology known as power […]

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Donald Trump
Top 5 Signs Trump doesn't Actually Care about Iranian Protesters

Top 5 Signs Trump doesn’t Actually Care about Iranian Protesters

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Trump has tweeted as though he cares about the welfare of the Iranian protesters in small […]

Juan Cole

Climate Change
When Companies Deny Climate Science, Their Workers Pay

When Companies Deny Climate Science, Their Workers Pay

General Electric doubled down on coal. Now, 12,000 workers are paying the price.

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Colonialism
2017 was so Gross we even had to relitigate Evils of Colonialism

2017 was so Gross we even had to relitigate Evils of Colonialism

Joseph McQuade | (The Conversation) | – – Recently an academic article, asserting the historical benefits of colonialism, created an outcry and a petition with […]

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censorship
Social Media Imperialism? Facebook Bans Palestinian Content at Behest of Israel, US

Social Media Imperialism? Facebook Bans Palestinian Content at Behest of Israel, US

TeleSur | – – Facebook has been working with Israeli Government officials to suppress Palestinian voices in the social media sphere according to a report […]

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Did the US cause Iran's Economic Protests & will Trump Take Advantage?

Did the US cause Iran’s Economic Protests & will Trump Take Advantage?

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The scattered urban protests that began in Mashhad on Thursday spread to several other provincial cities […]

Juan Cole

Copts
Egypt: Armed attack on Church south of Cairo leaves 10 Dead

Egypt: Armed attack on Church south of Cairo leaves 10 Dead

Middle East Monitor | – – Egyptian media sources have reported that the Mar Mina Church in Helwan, south of Cairo, was attacked this morning, […]

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