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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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How Far Right Ecofascists Are Fueling Racism and Deadly Violence

How Far Right Ecofascists Are Fueling Racism and Deadly Violence

By Stan Cox | – ( Tomdispatch.com ) – It’s not often that conservative lobbyists beat the drum for increased environmental oversight and regulation. But […]

Tomdispatch

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As Fox Dumps Tucker Carlson: Remembering how he Plagiarized the "Great Replacement" from Cringey French Nazism

As Fox Dumps Tucker Carlson: Remembering how he Plagiarized the “Great Replacement” from Cringey French Nazism

Revised. Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – David Folkenflik at NPR reports that Fox Cable News on Monday ousted inflammatory racist anchor Tucker Carlson. Carlson had […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Crossing a Line: Laws, Violence, and Roadblocks to Palestinian Political Expression (Review)

Crossing a Line: Laws, Violence, and Roadblocks to Palestinian Political Expression (Review)

  Review of Amahl A. Bishara, Crossing A Line: Laws, Violence, and Roadblocks to Palestinian Political Expression (Stanford: University of Stanford Press, 2022).   Barcelona […]

Marc Martorell Junyent

Education
University of Michigan Won’t Pay Striking Grads, Rejects Proposals, as Tensions Rise and Professors delay Submission of Grades

University of Michigan Won’t Pay Striking Grads, Rejects Proposals, as Tensions Rise and Professors delay Submission of Grades

By: Jon King –   Updated, 10:42 a.m., 4/24/23 ( Michigan Advance) – Negotiations have hit an impasse between the University of Michigan and the […]

Michigan Advance

Education
Department of History, University of Michigan, Delays Grade Posting until May 12th in Support of Striking Grads

Department of History, University of Michigan, Delays Grade Posting until May 12th in Support of Striking Grads

Monday, April 24, 2023 To the University President, Provost, and Administration: We are deeply troubled by reports that the administration intends to punish faculty, staff, […]

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China
Peace may finally be returning to Yemen, but can a fractured Nation be put back Together?

Peace may finally be returning to Yemen, but can a fractured Nation be put back Together?

By Leena Adel, Curtin University and Ben Rich, Curtin University | – Last month, China brokered a rapprochement between Saudi Arabia and Iran, a landmark […]

The Conversation

Archaeology
Egypt in uproar over Netflix’s “Black” Cleopatra, but Race is the Wrong Lens Anyway

Egypt in uproar over Netflix’s “Black” Cleopatra, but Race is the Wrong Lens Anyway

Ann Arbor ( Mustafa Amin at the Akhbar al-Yawm [News Today] reviews the controversy in Egypt over Jada Pinkett Smith’s African Queens series of documentaries […]

Juan Cole

Canada
Recent Mosque attacks raise Questions about the Affinity between White Supremacy and Far-Right Hindu Nationalism

Recent Mosque attacks raise Questions about the Affinity between White Supremacy and Far-Right Hindu Nationalism

By Zeinab Farokhi, University of Toronto | – (The Conversation) – During Ramadan, a man attacked a mosque in Markham, Ont. He allegedly yelled slurs, […]

The Conversation

Israel/ Palestine
Cementing Gaza’s History by Sketching its Ancient Sites

Cementing Gaza’s History by Sketching its Ancient Sites

  Mohammed Asad   ( Middle East Monitor) – Gaza is a region we hear about often but how much do we know about its […]

Middle East Monitor

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