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Scientists prove Extensive Viking Silver Trade with Abbasid Empire from British Silver Hoard
Abbasid Empire

Scientists prove Extensive Viking Silver Trade with Abbasid Empire from British Silver Hoard

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Northeastern England fell to the Vikings in 865, and they held it for several decades. They not only had what […]

Saudi Arabia: Executions Surge in bid to Crush Dissent (HRW)

Saudi Arabia: Executions Surge in bid to Crush Dissent (HRW)

08/13/2025 By Human Rights Watch

What Do We Forget When We Remember Hiroshima?

What Do We Forget When We Remember Hiroshima?

08/13/2025 By Juan Cole

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Climate Crisis
We Made the Climate Breakdown; We can Halt It, before it is too Late

We Made the Climate Breakdown; We can Halt It, before it is too Late

Greenfield, Mass. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature)In the summer of 2023, researchers “binge-watched 250 of the most-rated movies” of the past 10 years for climate […]

H. Patricia Hynes

Israel/ Palestine
In Too Much of the US, Israel’s Gaza Genocide Has Been Made Invisible

In Too Much of the US, Israel’s Gaza Genocide Has Been Made Invisible

With only rare exceptions, U.S. news media and members of Congress continue to dodge the reality of genocide against Palestinians in Gaza, normalizing atrocities on […]

Norman Solomon

Donald Trump
Did the US and Israeli Attack leave the Islamic Republic of Iran Stronger?

Did the US and Israeli Attack leave the Islamic Republic of Iran Stronger?

By Bamo Nouri, City St George’s, University of London (The Conversation) – Israel’s attack on Iran last month and the US bombing of the country’s […]

The Conversation

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Four Decades of War between Iran and America

Four Decades of War between Iran and America

San Marcos, Ca. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – A morose anniversary passed this month for Iranians, as it has been more than thirty-five years […]

Ibrahim Al-Marashi

European Union
EU: Suspend Trade Agreement with Israel (HRW)

EU: Suspend Trade Agreement with Israel (HRW)

Unions, Other Groups Urge Trade Pressure Amid Escalating Atrocities Human Rights Watch – (Brussels) – The European Union should immediately suspend its trade agreement with Israel as […]

Human Rights Watch

Authoritarianism
Checks and Balances? Dream on in the Age of Trump!

Checks and Balances? Dream on in the Age of Trump!

( Tomdispatch.com ) – “I must say,” Donald Trump commented, “I wish we had an occupying force.” It was June 1, 2020. The president, then […]

Karen J. Greenberg

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Israel continues to Starve, Target Gaza Civilians in ongoing Genocide

Israel continues to Starve, Target Gaza Civilians in ongoing Genocide

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The fascist government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu continues to wage war on Gaza civilians, in the longest and most […]

Juan Cole

Climate Crisis
Extreme Weather alone doesn’t Change Views on Climate Change, People need to Link Them

Extreme Weather alone doesn’t Change Views on Climate Change, People need to Link Them

By Omid Ghasemi, UNSW Sydney (The Conversation) – Climate change has made extreme weather events such as bushfires and floods more frequent and more likely […]

The Conversation

History
On the Electoral Tactics of the American Historical Association

On the Electoral Tactics of the American Historical Association

By Joan W. Scott professor emerita in the School of Social Science at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey. I was deeply disturbed […]

Joan W. Scott

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