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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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Boycotting Indiana over anti-Gay Religious Discrimination

Boycotting Indiana over anti-Gay Religious Discrimination

Cenk Uygur | (The Young Turks) – “Cenk Uygur (http://www.twitter.com/cenkuygur) and John Iadaola (https://twitter.com/jiadarola) host of The Young Turks discusses the backlash and boycotts from […]

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Apartheid
Israel's Hidden Palestinians fight Eviction

Israel’s Hidden Palestinians fight Eviction

AJ+ – “100,000 Palestinian Bedouins living in villages in Israel’s Negev desert are being threatened with eviction. Their communities are not recognised by the State […]

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Displaced and Refugees
As Aden falls to Houthis & Saudis Bomb, Yemenis buy up Food, Fuel

As Aden falls to Houthis & Saudis Bomb, Yemenis buy up Food, Fuel

By Almigdad Mojalli – SANA’A, 1 April 2015 (IRIN) – Yemen’s war continued to escalate on Wednesday, with Saudi-led airstrikes in most major cities and […]

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As Iran talks Progress, US, Iran forces cooperate in taking Tikrit

As Iran talks Progress, US, Iran forces cooperate in taking Tikrit

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) – By now the Iraqi government has a long history of claiming areas are “liberated” when the local picture […]

Juan Cole

Apartheid
Barghouthi: “Joining ICC A Significant Move To Strip Israel’s Illegal Immunity”

Barghouthi: “Joining ICC A Significant Move To Strip Israel’s Illegal Immunity”

By IMEMC News | – Secretary-General of the Palestinian National Initiative, Dr. Mustafa Barghouthi, stated that by joining the International Criminal Court (ICC), Palestine would […]

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Climate Change
Half of all new Energy world-wide last year was Green

Half of all new Energy world-wide last year was Green

By Sean Buchanan | – ROME, Mar 31 2015 (IPS) – Driven by solar and wind, world investments in renewable energy reversed a two-year dip […]

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Afghanistan
Afghanistan's China Card

Afghanistan’s China Card

By Dilip Hiro | (Tomdispatch.com) – Call it an irony, if you will, but as the Obama administration struggles to slow down or halt its scheduled withdrawal […]

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War with Iran, by the Numbers

War with Iran, by the Numbers

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) – Sen. John McCain and others on the American Right are in favor of dropping those pesky negotiations with […]

Juan Cole

Afghanistan
Lynching Farkhunda: Birth of Gender Equality and Accountability in Afghanistan?

Lynching Farkhunda: Birth of Gender Equality and Accountability in Afghanistan?

By Solaiman M Fazel | (Informed Comment) The brutal murder of a 27 year old Afghan female student, Farkhunda, at the hands of an angry […]

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