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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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Donald Trump attacks Pope Francis as puppet of Mexico on Immigrants' Rights

Donald Trump attacks Pope Francis as puppet of Mexico on Immigrants’ Rights

TeleSur | – – Trump accused Pope Francis of being an instrument of the Mexican government because of his pro-immigration stance. The Vatican responded. U.S. […]

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Israel/ Palestine
PA: Israel concealed prisoner's hunger strike for 43 days

PA: Israel concealed prisoner’s hunger strike for 43 days

Ma’an News Agency | – – JERUSALEM (Ma’an) — The Palestinian Authority Committee for Prisoners’ Affairs on Tuesday accused Israel of concealing a 43-day long […]

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Banking
The Chinese are Coming: First 'New Silk Road' Train reaches Iran's Capital

The Chinese are Coming: First ‘New Silk Road’ Train reaches Iran’s Capital

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – In a sign of China’s increasingly powerful role in Central Asia and the Middle East, on […]

Juan Cole

al Qaeda in the Arabian Penisula
Do Drug Profits actually drive Terrorism in the Muslim World?

Do Drug Profits actually drive Terrorism in the Muslim World?

Robert Rotberg | (The Conversation) | – – Terrorists are in it as much for the loot as for the ideology. . . . ISIS, […]

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Authoritarianism
Turkey:  Erdogan's Domestic War for a Presidential System

Turkey: Erdogan’s Domestic War for a Presidential System

By Rosa Burç and Burak Çopur | TeleSur | – – The current war against the Kurds and oppositional voices is being waged to push […]

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Employment
Why Americans are Angry:  The Minimum Wage Trap

Why Americans are Angry: The Minimum Wage Trap

By Peter Van Buren | ( Tomdispatch.com) | – – When presidential candidate Bernie Sanders talks about income inequality, and when other candidates speak about […]

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Russia
Syria: Instead of a Cease-Fire, have Great Powers unleashed new Proxy Wars?

Syria: Instead of a Cease-Fire, have Great Powers unleashed new Proxy Wars?

By Baher Kamal | (Inter Press Service) | – – MADRID (IPS) – – When 25 million Syrians–half of them refugees abroad or at home […]

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George W. Bush, who Mirrored & Inflamed Public passions, attacks Trump for It

George W. Bush, who Mirrored & Inflamed Public passions, attacks Trump for It

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – George W. Bush came out of political exile on Monday to be his brother JEB!’s surrogate […]

Juan Cole

Campaign Finance
Hot Sugar Daddies Of The 2016 Election

Hot Sugar Daddies Of The 2016 Election

Francesca Fiorentini | (AJ+ Video Report) | – – “Political sugar daddies have a strong grip on the 2016 election. These billionaires know what they […]

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