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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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Is Trump a bigger danger to the US or Europe?

Is Trump a bigger danger to the US or Europe?

By Joschka Fischer | (Project Syndicate) | – – BERLIN – Little more than a month after US President Donald Trump’s inauguration, it has become […]

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Iraq
After Mosul: Can Iraq survive without a unified National Army?

After Mosul: Can Iraq survive without a unified National Army?

By Balsam Mustafa | (The Conversation) | – – The operation to retake Iraq’s second city of Mosul from the so-called Islamic State [group] (IS) […]

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Censors
Trump Official detained, nearly Deported French Holocaust Scholar

Trump Official detained, nearly Deported French Holocaust Scholar

TeleSur | – – “My situation was nothing compared to some of the people I saw who couldn’t be defended as I was,” Rousso said […]

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African-Americans
Would Trump let Oscar Winner Mahershala Ali back into the Country?

Would Trump let Oscar Winner Mahershala Ali back into the Country?

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Mahershala Ali, 43, last night won an Oscar for best supporting actor, in Moonlight . The […]

Juan Cole

censorship
Turkey's Coup aftermath and Human Rights: A Feminist Perspective

Turkey’s Coup aftermath and Human Rights: A Feminist Perspective

By Banu Gökarıksel | ( Duke University Blog ) | – – Feminist critiques of political power reveal the central function of gender, sexuality, and […]

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Donald Trump
Trumpocalypse:  How the U.S. Invaded, Occupied, and Remade Itself

Trumpocalypse: How the U.S. Invaded, Occupied, and Remade Itself

By Tom Engelhardt | (Tomdispatch.com) | – – It’s been epic! A cast of thousands! (Hundreds? Tens?) A spectacular production that, five weeks after opening on […]

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Culture
Iran's Oscar-Winning Director Hopes Anti-Fascist Movement Grows

Iran’s Oscar-Winning Director Hopes Anti-Fascist Movement Grows

TeleSur | – – “We believe there is no best country, best gender, best religion or best color,” the directors of the five Oscar foreign […]

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Authoritarianism
Spurned Reporters should dump Trump Briefings, turn to Investigative Journalism

Spurned Reporters should dump Trump Briefings, turn to Investigative Journalism

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Donald Trump was unhappy Saturday that the major media had neglected to report a point made […]

Juan Cole

Houthi
As Trump Goes In:  Foxing the public over Yemen and Iran

As Trump Goes In: Foxing the public over Yemen and Iran

By Brian Whitaker | ( Al-Bab.com ) When it comes to reporting the conflict in Yemen, Fox News is exceptionally bad. Fox has been fooling […]

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