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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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Afghanistan
As ISIL goes Global, Will the 'War on Terror' extend for Decades?

As ISIL goes Global, Will the ‘War on Terror’ extend for Decades?

By Paul Rogers | ( OpenDemocracy.net) | – – The war against ISIL has seen 18 months of of airstrikes by United States-led coalition forces […]

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African-Americans
Black, Brown and Progressive: A New Voter Majority in the US?

Black, Brown and Progressive: A New Voter Majority in the US?

By Sonali Kolhatkar | ( TeleSur With the US becoming more racially diverse, left-leaning people of color in alliance with their white counterparts means that […]

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Israel/ Palestine
Gaza: Palestinian Women's unemployment reaches "astronomical" levels as Israeli siege Continues

Gaza: Palestinian Women’s unemployment reaches “astronomical” levels as Israeli siege Continues

Ma’an News Agency | – – GAZA (Ma’an) — The unemployment among women in the Gaza Strip has reached more than 60 percent, a women’s […]

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Will Syrian Kurds defeat ISIL , helping Democrats win White House in 2016?

Will Syrian Kurds defeat ISIL , helping Democrats win White House in 2016?

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Bad news came out of Syria for Daesh (ISIS, ISIL) on two fronts Friday: Aleppo and, […]

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Climate Change
Strongest Tropical Storm ever in S. Hemisphere Hits Fiji (It's Getting Hot in Here)

Strongest Tropical Storm ever in S. Hemisphere Hits Fiji (It’s Getting Hot in Here)

Breaking News | (Video, Twitter report) | – – Cyclone Winston: Incredible conditions in Savusavu, Fiji | 20 02 2016 Winston now strongest tropical cyclone […]

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Climate Change
Koch Brothers Declare War On Electric Cars

Koch Brothers Declare War On Electric Cars

Cenk Uygur, John Iadarola, Ana Kasparian & Ben Mankiewicz | (The Young Turks Video) | – – “This is the election where we’re finally focusing […]

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censorship
Iran:  Poet of Gender Discrimination flees Lashes, 11.5 Year Sentence

Iran: Poet of Gender Discrimination flees Lashes, 11.5 Year Sentence

By Golnaz Esfandiari | ( RFE/RL ) | – – To get her first book of poetry past the Iranian censor, Fatemeh Ekhtesari did what […]

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Government surveillance
How the FBI is endangering everyone's Security to get at one iPhone

How the FBI is endangering everyone’s Security to get at one iPhone

By Joseph Bonneau | ( Electronic Frontier Foundation) | – – The legal dispute between Apple and the FBI might prove pivotal in the long-running […]

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France
France: Turkish-Russian 'War' Possible over Syria

France: Turkish-Russian ‘War’ Possible over Syria

TeleSur | – – The French president said Russia and Turkey could engage in war over Turkish involvement in Syria as Russia called for an […]

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