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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?

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GOP:  No Climate Change because, Bible

GOP: No Climate Change because, Bible

Opposing views points to the scary ignorance and bible-thumping to which GOP representatives in Congress are appealing in their genocidal stand against quick action on […]

Juan Cole

Best-Selling German Satirical Novel About Return of Hitler To Be Made Into Film

Best-Selling German Satirical Novel About Return of Hitler To Be Made Into Film

A best-selling German satirical novel about the return of Adolf Hitler to modern-day Germany is being adapted into a film. Click here for the rest […]

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Jazz Oud from Tunisia:  Dhafer Youseff, "Eastern Waves"

Jazz Oud from Tunisia: Dhafer Youseff, “Eastern Waves”

Tunisian oud jazz by Dhafer Youseff Dhafer Youseff Quartet, “Eastern Waves” (“Les Ondes Orientales”) For more on the artist see CCTV :

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Almost Human: How Robots, Race and Neoliberalism killed Detroit and what it Means for You

Almost Human: How Robots, Race and Neoliberalism killed Detroit and what it Means for You

Detroit can go into bankruptcy, a judge has ruled. Likely it means that workers’ pensions will be at least in part stolen from them. It […]

Juan Cole

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Nevada's "Crescent Dune" Solar Facility will Produce Energy at Night

Nevada’s “Crescent Dune” Solar Facility will Produce Energy at Night

Jared Anderson at Breaking Energy writes of technologies for solar power storage that allow the energy generated by the sun to be released at night: […]

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Blacked Out:  Could Governments just Erase Dissidents from the Internet with a Click?

Blacked Out: Could Governments just Erase Dissidents from the Internet with a Click?

By Peter Van Buren What if Edward Snowden was made to disappear? No, I’m not suggesting some future CIA rendition effort or a who-killed-Snowden conspiracy […]

Juan Cole

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Sunni-Shiite Tensions soar in Lebanon; Hizbullah accuses Saudis in Iran Embassy Bombing

Sunni-Shiite Tensions soar in Lebanon; Hizbullah accuses Saudis in Iran Embassy Bombing

Several dramatic accusations and events have heightened Sunni-Shiite tensions in Lebanon, as the Syrian Civil War continues to spill over onto Beirut’s politics. In the […]

Juan Cole

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On the 80th Anniversary of Repeal of Prohibition, Why isn't Marijuana Legal?

On the 80th Anniversary of Repeal of Prohibition, Why isn’t Marijuana Legal?

It is the eightieth anniversary of the repeal of Prohibition. Among the many reasons for the popularity of banning alcohol in the US then were […]

Juan Cole

Dissent
The Public Professor: Dissent in Commodified Higher Education

The Public Professor: Dissent in Commodified Higher Education

by Christian Christensen The Public Professor: Dissent in Commodified Higher Education Or…What Kind of University Will My Daughter Attend in 2027? The following is the […]

Juan Cole

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