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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 Tomdispatch

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The Wretched of Palestine: Frantz Fanon Diagnosed the Pathology of Colonialism and Urged Revolutionary Humanism

The Wretched of Palestine: Frantz Fanon Diagnosed the Pathology of Colonialism and Urged Revolutionary Humanism

Chicago (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – “The colonized took up arms not only because they were dying of hunger and witnessing the disintegration of […]

Dan Dinello

Counter-Terrorism
The Peril of Forgetting Guantánamo

The Peril of Forgetting Guantánamo

( Tomdispatch.com ) – Last weekend my father, Larry Greenberg, passed away at the age of 93. Several days later, I received an email from […]

Karen J. Greenberg

Climate Crisis
80% of All Fossil Fuel and Cement C02 Emissions since 2016 produced by 57 Companies and Countries

80% of All Fossil Fuel and Cement C02 Emissions since 2016 produced by 57 Companies and Countries

By Matthew Carl Ives, University of Oxford; Belinda Wade, The University of Queensland; and Saphira Rekker, The University of Queensland | – Just 57 companies […]

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The U.S. used to Stand up to Israeli Expansionism: Time for Biden to Show Eisenhower's Spine

The U.S. used to Stand up to Israeli Expansionism: Time for Biden to Show Eisenhower’s Spine

Istanbul (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – President John. F Kennedy coined the term “special relationship” to describe the American-Israeli relationship. This “special relationship” has […]

Mohamed Jegham

Genocide
Against genocide: A conversation with Ofer Cassif

Against genocide: A conversation with Ofer Cassif

Stephanie Van Hook

Waging Nonviolence

Israel/ Palestine
Why Countries selling Israel Weapons for Gaza Campaign are Violating International Law

Why Countries selling Israel Weapons for Gaza Campaign are Violating International Law

By Lawrence Hill-Cawthorne, University of Bristol | – The UK government has received internal legal advice that Israel has broken international humanitarian law in its […]

The Conversation

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Israel on the Brink as Ultra-Orthodox Exemption from Military Service is Set to End

Israel on the Brink as Ultra-Orthodox Exemption from Military Service is Set to End

Oakland, Ca. (Special to Informed Comment; Featured) – On March 29, the Israeli Supreme Court ordered the government to stop subsidizing the academies and yeshivas […]

H. Scott Prosterman

Food Insecurity
Israel's Attacks on Aid Workers Must End

Israel’s Attacks on Aid Workers Must End

By Mitchell Zimmerman | ( Otherwords.org) – Israel has come under intense criticism for killing aid workers helping the civilian victims of its war in […]

OtherWords

Iran
With Its Deterrence Strategy Weakened, Iran Faces Pressure To Hit Israel

With Its Deterrence Strategy Weakened, Iran Faces Pressure To Hit Israel

By Kian Sharifi | – ( Radio Free Europe/ Radio Liberty ) – Iran’s strategy of deterrence against Israel has suffered greatly since the outbreak […]

Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty

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