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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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Disney Targeted on Gay Rights by both DeSantis' Christian Taliban and Saudi Muslim Obscurantism

Disney Targeted on Gay Rights by both DeSantis’ Christian Taliban and Saudi Muslim Obscurantism

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Florida Governor Ron DeSantis notoriously just came after the Walt Disney Co. for its opposition, if belated, to his “don’t […]

Juan Cole

Climate Crisis
Stop the Wars. Save the Planet

Stop the Wars. Save the Planet

Greenfield, Mass. (Special to Informed Comment) – This report “is an atlas of human suffering and a damning indictment of failed climate leadership.” Such was […]

H. Patricia Hynes

Israel/ Palestine
Israel: Release Long Detained Gaza Aid Worker: 6 Years After Arrest, Mohammad al-Halabi Has Not Been Convicted of a Crime

Israel: Release Long Detained Gaza Aid Worker: 6 Years After Arrest, Mohammad al-Halabi Has Not Been Convicted of a Crime

Human Rights Watch – (Jerusalem) – Israeli authorities should immediately release Mohammad al-Halabi, a humanitarian worker from Gaza detained for nearly six years both before […]

Human Rights Watch

Climate Crisis
Colonialism: why leading Climate Scientists have finally acknowledged its Link with Climate Change

Colonialism: why leading Climate Scientists have finally acknowledged its Link with Climate Change

By Harriet Mercer, University of Cambridge | – The International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)‘s sixth and latest report on the impact of global warming […]

The Conversation

Democracy
France: Macron's Pyrrhic Victory -- Is his Neoliberalism Producing the Far Right?

France: Macron’s Pyrrhic Victory — Is his Neoliberalism Producing the Far Right?

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Romain Brunet at France 24 termed Emannuel Macron’s win in the presidential election a “Pyrrhic victory.” In 280-275 BC, Pyrrhus, […]

Juan Cole

Food Security
Ukraine Crisis: Yemen urgently needs Seeds to Avoid Famine given Global Wheat Shortages

Ukraine Crisis: Yemen urgently needs Seeds to Avoid Famine given Global Wheat Shortages

(Special to Informed Comment) – On top of the world’s worst humanitarian crisis created by a seven year war, Yemen is facing a new threat […]

Daniel Martin Varisco

Climate Crisis
The Double Whammy of Industrial Waste and the Climate Crisis

The Double Whammy of Industrial Waste and the Climate Crisis

Birmingham, Ala. (Special to Informed Comment) – According to the Government Accountability Office (GAO) of the United States Congress, about one-third of chemical facilities in […]

Gregory A. Cade

Climate Crisis
Are We Approaching the most Dangerous Point in Human History?

Are We Approaching the most Dangerous Point in Human History?

( Tomdispatch.com ) – Face it, we’re living in a world that, while anything but exceptional, is increasingly the exception to every rule. Only the […]

Tom Engelhardt

Christianity
E. Orthodox Christians in Jerusalem accuse Israel of Violating Freedom of Worship over Easter Holy Fire Ceremony

E. Orthodox Christians in Jerusalem accuse Israel of Violating Freedom of Worship over Easter Holy Fire Ceremony

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Palestine’s foreign ministry on Saturday called on the Biden administration to pressure Israel to cease its encroachments on the religious […]

Juan Cole

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