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Sorry, White Nationalists, Europeans were Black until the Rise of Rome, and Rome was Multiracial
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Sorry, White Nationalists, Europeans were Black until the Rise of Rome, and Rome was Multiracial

Juan Cole

It wasn’t until the era of the foundation of Rome, however, than any significant number of Europeans began being lighter complected.

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“Came out by the Same Door:” FitzGerald’s The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:27

“Came out by the Same Door:” FitzGerald’s The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:27

11/30/2025 By Juan Cole

Yemen: Houthis’ Widespread, Arbitrary Detentions of Political Opponents

Yemen: Houthis’ Widespread, Arbitrary Detentions of Political Opponents

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Such a shift would be consistent with the Israeli far-right’s redemptionist dreams of Jewish supremacy and Greater Israel

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The Dawn that Never Broke: The Unresolved Israel-Iran War

The twelve-day war between Iran and Israel did not culminate in an Israeli triumph or an Iranian eclipse.

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Assaults on US Academic Freedom: Acquiescence and Resistance

Academic freedom siege in the US is under siege as never in our nation’s history

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Are Secretive Israeli Front Organizations Trying to Empty out Gaza? Palestinians sent to South Africa

When a chartered flight carrying more than 150 Palestinians from Gaza landed in Johannesburg last week, confusion filled South African airwaves

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U.S. interceptors have failed almost half their tests, and the secretary of defense responds by bellowing: “That’s what $50 billion buys us?”

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Practicing Social Ecology: From Bookchin to Kurdish Rojava and Beyond

Practicing Social Ecology: From Bookchin to Kurdish Rojava and Beyond

Murray Bookchin was one of the most significant thinkers – and activists – in the 20th century

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Israel/ Palestine
Gaza: As Cold and Rain Assault Homeless, Israel Blocks Entry of Tents

Gaza: As Cold and Rain Assault Homeless, Israel Blocks Entry of Tents

the health situation in the Gaza Strip is catastrophic as the population drinks contaminated water with high salinity

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Green Energy
Pacific Nations aim to go 100% Renewables, saving 25% of GDP

Pacific Nations aim to go 100% Renewables, saving 25% of GDP

In Papua New Guinea’s highlands, solar kits bring electric light to homes for the first time

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