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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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The New Energy Wars (Klare)

The New Energy Wars (Klare)

Michael Klare writes at Tomdispatch.com: The Energy Wars Heat Up Six Recent Clashes and Conflicts on a Planet Heading Into Energy Overdrive By Michael T. […]

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Kenyan police accused of brutal attacks on Somalis (Serle)

Kenyan police accused of brutal attacks on Somalis (Serle)

Jack Serle writes at the Bureau of Investigative Jounalism: For more than two decades Somalia has been pummelled by a bloody conflict. The country has […]

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Israel/ Palestine
New Israeli government likely won't launch Iran attack

New Israeli government likely won’t launch Iran attack

Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu moved from the far right to just the Right on Tuesday by bringing into his government the center-right Kadima Party, […]

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Power and Money in America (Noam Chomsky)

Power and Money in America (Noam Chomsky)

Noam Chomsky writes at Tomdispatch.com Plutonomy and the Precariat On the History of the U.S. Economy in Decline By Noam Chomsky The Occupy movement has […]

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India
Why India blew Hillary Clinton off about Iran

Why India blew Hillary Clinton off about Iran

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said in India on Monday that New Delhi can reduce its oil imports from Iran further, pressuring that country to […]

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How the people’s rights are abridged (James Madison Poster)

How the people’s rights are abridged (James Madison Poster)

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Islamophobia
Sarkozy’s Loss in Part due to his Islamophobia

Sarkozy’s Loss in Part due to his Islamophobia

The bad economy in France and outgoing President Nicolas Sarkozy’s refusal to do a stimulus program, preferring instead “austerity,” were the primary reasons he lost […]

Juan Cole

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“Material things kill us painlessly but love revives through torments”  (Kahlil Gibran Poster)

“Material things kill us painlessly but love revives through torments” (Kahlil Gibran Poster)

From Kahlil Gibran, “The Vision,” available at Amazon.com.

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Palestinian Hunger Games

Palestinian Hunger Games

Some 2000 of the estimated 4600 Palestinians held in Israeli prisons are now hunger striking. Three hundred of them have been deprived of the right […]

Juan Cole

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