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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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Israel’s bombardment of Gaza is not self-defence – it’s a war crime

Israel’s bombardment of Gaza is not self-defence – it’s a war crime

This letter of attorneys and academics appeared in the Times of London on Sunday. I suggest that all bloggers who agree with it just reprint […]

Juan Cole

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Massive Protests in London, Barcelona

Massive Protests in London, Barcelona

Some videoblogging for a snowy Sunday (where I am). Israel renewed its strikes and shelling against targets in densely-populated Gaza on Sunday morning. Some 850 […]

Juan Cole

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Save the Congresspersons, Save the World

Save the Congresspersons, Save the World

Regarding the Congressional resolution on Gaza, The breakdown of the vote is here. (h/t Antiwar.com. You may be looking at an endangered species list.Cont’d . […]

Juan Cole

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On the Uselessness of Street Protest; And the Usefulness of Web 2.0 Lobbying

On the Uselessness of Street Protest; And the Usefulness of Web 2.0 Lobbying

This kind of headline about large street protests against the Israeli attack on Gaza annoys me no end. The mechanisms are well known whereby the […]

Juan Cole

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Lind: If Israel Bombed Iran US Army in Iraq Could be Lost

Lind: If Israel Bombed Iran US Army in Iraq Could be Lost

Iran’s PressTv is alleging that its building in Gaza took Israeli fire, wounding two of its employees. An Israeli spokesman denied that the building had […]

Juan Cole

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Lind: If Israel Bombed Iran US Army in Iraq Could be Lost

Lind: If Israel Bombed Iran US Army in Iraq Could be Lost

Iran’s PressTv is alleging that its building in Gaza took Israeli fire, wounding two of its employees. An Israeli spokesman denied that the building had […]

Juan Cole

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UN: Ceasefire Call Ignored; The Miseries of Settler Colonialism

UN: Ceasefire Call Ignored; The Miseries of Settler Colonialism

The United Nations has now called for a ceasefire in the Israeli war on Gaza, which is probably a sign that it will wind down […]

Juan Cole

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UN: Ceasefire Call Ignored; The Miseries of Settler Colonialism

UN: Ceasefire Call Ignored; The Miseries of Settler Colonialism

The United Nations has now called for a ceasefire in the Israeli war on Gaza, which is probably a sign that it will wind down […]

Juan Cole

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Rocketry 101

Rocketry 101

I don’t think it is going to be easy to stop Gazans from making rockets if they want to. /End

Juan Cole

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