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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 […]

‘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

Cartoonish Trump is making America a Caricature, and I should Know

Cartoonish Trump is making America a Caricature, and I should Know

08/22/2025 By Tom Engelhardt

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Democracy
Turkey's Elections no longer for Democracy but for Nationalist-Conservative Domination

Turkey’s Elections no longer for Democracy but for Nationalist-Conservative Domination

By Umit Cizre | ( OpenDemocracy) | – – Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s readiness to circumvent elections, illustrates that promises to end the conflict were contingent […]

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Islamic State of Iraq and Syria
How to Empower the Women and Girls rescued from ISIL

How to Empower the Women and Girls rescued from ISIL

Leanne K Simpson | (The Conversation) | – – Violence against women, especially in war, is so pervasive around the world it’s often not considered […]

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Elections
Elections in Iran, a Test for the Regime

Elections in Iran, a Test for the Regime

By Farhang Jahanpour | (Inter Press Service) | – – Farhang Jahanpour is a former professor and dean of the Faculty of Foreign Languages at […]

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Archaeology
Anti-Orientalism: Artists 3-D Scan looted Egyptian treasure in German museum

Anti-Orientalism: Artists 3-D Scan looted Egyptian treasure in German museum

By Cory Doctorow | ( Boing Boing | – – Nora Al-Badri and Jan Nikolai Nelles, an Iraqi/German artistic duo, covertly scanned a famous looted […]

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Acidification of Oceans
Great Barrier Reef Endangered:  Ocean turning Acidic from our Our Coal, Oil, Gas emissions

Great Barrier Reef Endangered: Ocean turning Acidic from our Our Coal, Oil, Gas emissions

By Mathieu Mongin, Andrew Lenton, Jennifer Skerratt & Mark Baird | (The Conversation) | – – Those of us who have been fortunate enough to […]

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Kerry warns of break up of Syria; but is that Realistic?

Kerry warns of break up of Syria; but is that Realistic?

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Amid ongoing talks in Geneva around a cessation of hostilities in Syria, Secretary of State John […]

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How the US went Fascist:  Mass media Makes excuses for Trump Voters

How the US went Fascist: Mass media Makes excuses for Trump Voters

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The rise of Donald Trump to the presumptive Republican standard bearer for president in 2016 is […]

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Democratic Party
The $10 Billion Contest:   Money and the 2016 US Presidential Elections

The $10 Billion Contest: Money and the 2016 US Presidential Elections

By Jack Rasmus | ( TeleSur ) | – – Poll after public opinion poll in the US today consistently show that US voters overwhelmingly […]

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Israel/ Palestine
Wikileaks:  Netanyahu used Italy to pressure US on Illegal Squatter Settlements in Palestine

Wikileaks: Netanyahu used Italy to pressure US on Illegal Squatter Settlements in Palestine

By Nadia Prupis, staff writer | (Commondreams.org) | – – Among the NSA’s targets was UN Secretary General Ban-ki Moon. “If the Secretary General can […]

Juan Cole

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