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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 Juan Cole

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Afghanistan
War as Terrorism:  Conflicts We Can’t Win, Suffering We Don’t See

War as Terrorism: Conflicts We Can’t Win, Suffering We Don’t See

( Tomdispatch.com) – Anyone who grew up in my generation of 1980s kids remembers G.I. Joe action figures — those green-uniformed plastic soldiers you could […]

Andrea Mazzarino

Jewish History
Shavuot: A Jewish holiday of renewing commitment to God

Shavuot: A Jewish holiday of renewing commitment to God

By Alan Avery-Peck, College of the Holy Cross | – The festival of Shavuot, marked this year on June 5 and 6, celebrates the biblical […]

The Conversation

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Shouting "Death to Arabs," Far Right Israeli Squatters Storm Palestinian Holy Sites, Towns and Schools

Shouting “Death to Arabs,” Far Right Israeli Squatters Storm Palestinian Holy Sites, Towns and Schools

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Israeli newspaper Arab 48 reports that hundreds of Israeli squatters on Palestinian land organized taunting processions “of the flag” […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
The Death of a Thousand Cuts: This is how Israel is illegally Annexing the Palestinian West Bank

The Death of a Thousand Cuts: This is how Israel is illegally Annexing the Palestinian West Bank

(Middle East Monitor ) – Israel’s Supreme Court has decided that the Palestinian region of Masafer Yatta in the southern hills of Hebron is to […]

Ramzy Baroud

Climate Crisis
Stubborn US, UK Oil Investments Expose Corporations, Investors to $1.7 Trillion in Stranded Assets

Stubborn US, UK Oil Investments Expose Corporations, Investors to $1.7 Trillion in Stranded Assets

By Laureen Fagan | – ( Sustainability Times ) – Universities, governments, faith groups and others are changing their investment policies to better align with […]

Sustainability Times

European Union
If Western Countries demand that Russia follow International Law, Why don't They Themselves?

If Western Countries demand that Russia follow International Law, Why don’t They Themselves?

By Amyn Sajoo, Simon Fraser University | – With a passion that recalls the aftermath of the Second World War, politicians and commentators are demanding […]

The Conversation

Bashar al-Assad
On Memorial Day, let's get the 900 US Troops out of Syria and away from any War with Russia or Iran

On Memorial Day, let’s get the 900 US Troops out of Syria and away from any War with Russia or Iran

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Memorial Day or Decoration Day (referring to the decoration of the graves of soldiers killed in combat) began after the […]

Juan Cole

Climate Crisis
Oil Profiteering: High Gas Prices, Climate Change, and the War in Ukraine share a Common Cause

Oil Profiteering: High Gas Prices, Climate Change, and the War in Ukraine share a Common Cause

By Lindsay Owens and Hebah Kassem | – ( Afterwords.org) – Amid the ongoing atrocities in Ukraine, rising gas prices, and the existential threat of […]

OtherWords

Feminism
Interview: How Turkey’s Failure to Protect Women Can Cost Them Their Lives:  Authorities Need To Act To Prevent Femicides

Interview: How Turkey’s Failure to Protect Women Can Cost Them Their Lives: Authorities Need To Act To Prevent Femicides

( Human Rights Watch ) – According to the most recent official data, around four out of ten women in Turkey have suffered physical and/or […]

Human Rights Watch

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