Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The first recorded world-historical pandemic took place (541–750 CE) in the Roman Empire and Sasanian Iran, as well as neighboring […]
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How Tutu, de Klerk, and Mandela would end Israeli Apartheid
( Mondoweiss) – What does the end of South African apartheid tell us about how Israeli apartheid can end? That sanctions on Israel are required, […]
Israeli Army loses control of Squatter-Settlers who are attacking Palestinians ever more Brutally
Adnan Abu Amer | – ( The Middle East Monitor) – The attacks carried out by the Israeli settlers against the Palestinians in the West […]
Iran, China and Russia face Dilemma of Taliban Control of Afghanistan
By Ron Synovitz | – ( RFE/RL ) – The chaotic withdrawal of U.S. and NATO forces from Afghanistan and the lightning collapse of the […]
Juan Cole on his new Book “Peace Movements in Islam” (Simon Mabon’s Podcast)
Many thanks to Simon Mabon, Professor of International Politics at Lancaster University and prominent Middle East specialist, for hosting me on his Sepad Podcast to […]
When Lawyers spin Lies for Presidents on behalf of Torture and Insurrection
By Jerry Elsea | – ( The Gazette ) – I like attorneys. Some of my best friends are attorneys. I love an attorney who […]
Protesting latest Israeli attacks on Palestinian universities and civil society organizations (MESA)
Committee on Academic Freedom | Middle East Studies Association | December 23, 2021 Committee on Academic Freedom Interventions Israel Birzeit University Naftali Bennet Palestinian civil […]
Archbishop Desmond Tutu: father of South Africa’s ‘Rainbow Nation’
By P. Pratap Kumar | – Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Mpilo Tutu has died at the age of 90. Archbishop Tutu earned the respect and love […]
Desmond Tutu, the Nonviolent Foe of Two Apartheids – South Africa and Israel-Palestine
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Ofeiba Quist-Arcton reports at NPR that Desmond Tutu has died in Cape Town, South Africa. He was 90. Tutu was […]
America’s Foreign Policy Death Spiral
(Counterpunch) – American foreign policy today is in a reactionary death spiral. Never has a new “national security” policy paradigm been more desperately needed, yet […]
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