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Scientists Prove Justinian’s Plague, which Continued through the Rise of Islam, was Caused by Y. Pestis
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Scientists Prove Justinian’s Plague, which Continued through the Rise of Islam, was Caused by Y. Pestis

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The first recorded world-historical pandemic took place in the Roman Empire and Sasanian Iran, as well as neighboring areas such […]

Yemen: Journalists under Assault

Yemen: Journalists under Assault

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The 21st Century has a before and after Gaza: Brazilian Author Frei Betto,

The 21st Century has a before and after Gaza: Brazilian Author Frei Betto,

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Not "Clashes": Israeli Security Wounds Nearly 200 Palestinians in Ongoing Ethnic Cleansing Campaign at 3rd Holiest Islamic Site

Not “Clashes”: Israeli Security Wounds Nearly 200 Palestinians in Ongoing Ethnic Cleansing Campaign at 3rd Holiest Islamic Site

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Diya’ Hajj Yahya of Arab 48 reports that at least 180 Palestinians were injured Friday night by Israeli security forces […]

Juan Cole

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Why Human Rights Watch Designating Israel's Crimes as Apartheid Is a Very Big Deal

Why Human Rights Watch Designating Israel’s Crimes as Apartheid Is a Very Big Deal

By Phyllis Bennis | – ( Commondreams ) – Human Rights Watch is the best-known and arguably the most influential among Washington elites of any […]

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Authoritarianism
Fascism’s Global Spread is Real — As Real as the Spread of COVID-19

Fascism’s Global Spread is Real — As Real as the Spread of COVID-19

By Walden Bello | – ( Foreign Policy in Focus) – In the world’s largest democracies, far-right movements that embrace violence, reject democracy, and target […]

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Middle Eastern monarchies: how do Arab ruling families hold on to power?

Middle Eastern monarchies: how do Arab ruling families hold on to power?

By David B Roberts | – When the Jordanian royal family gathered on April 11 to celebrate 100 years since the kingdom’s foundation, it was […]

The Conversation

Authoritarianism
Chickens coming home to Roost: Liz Cheney's Father Pioneered the GOP Big Lie and Authoritarian Tactics in Iraq War

Chickens coming home to Roost: Liz Cheney’s Father Pioneered the GOP Big Lie and Authoritarian Tactics in Iraq War

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Rep. Liz Cheney has emerged as a voice for truth-telling in Trump’s Republican Party, standing up to the Big Lie […]

Juan Cole

Arab Americans
Yemeni people are being starved — so this Detroit organizer went on hunger strike in solidarity

Yemeni people are being starved — so this Detroit organizer went on hunger strike in solidarity

By Loretta Graceffo | – ( Waging Nonviolence) – During the early days of the war, when Iman Saleh called her family in Yemen, they […]

Waging Nonviolence

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Surging of Dangerous Greenhouse Gas Methane endangers our Planet: Why we Have to Stop It

Surging of Dangerous Greenhouse Gas Methane endangers our Planet: Why we Have to Stop It

By Drew Shindell | – Methane, the main ingredient in natural gas, is a larger climate problem than the world anticipates, and cutting its emissions […]

The Conversation

Afghanistan
Can Biden’s Withdrawal from Afghanistan escape the Shadow of Saigon?

Can Biden’s Withdrawal from Afghanistan escape the Shadow of Saigon?

( Tomdispatch.com) – Many of us have had a recurring nightmare. You know the one. In a fog between sleeping and waking, you’re trying desperately […]

Alfred W. McCoy

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44% of People in World Fear US will interfere with their Democracy, fearing China or Russia Less

44% of People in World Fear US will interfere with their Democracy, fearing China or Russia Less

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – A new Alliance of Democracies Poll conducted around the world with 50,000 people in 53 countries earlier this year finds […]

Juan Cole

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