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The Silence of the Scholars:  How leading Academics gave Cover to Genocide in Gaza
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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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Winning the War for Earth: Kim Stanley Robinson’s subversive new Novel Rejects Doomism and Imagines a Hopeful Solution to the Climate Emergency

Winning the War for Earth: Kim Stanley Robinson’s subversive new Novel Rejects Doomism and Imagines a Hopeful Solution to the Climate Emergency

Chicago (Special to Informed Comment) – In the wake of a killer heat wave that slaughters millions, eco-terrorism spreads across the globe and capitalism ruptures […]

Dan Dinello

China
With Huge Iran Deal, China Hopes Deep Pockets Further Boost Influence In Middle East

With Huge Iran Deal, China Hopes Deep Pockets Further Boost Influence In Middle East

By Reid Standish | – Beijing has inked a sweeping 25-year investment deal with Iran that could see China’s economic, political, and military influence there […]

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Joe Biden
Remaking America: Biden to put $100 bn. into High Capacity Grid to Move Electricity from Wind and Solar Farms to Cities

Remaking America: Biden to put $100 bn. into High Capacity Grid to Move Electricity from Wind and Solar Farms to Cities

By James D. McCalley | – Many kinds of extreme events can disrupt electricity service, including hurricanes, earthquakes, floods, wildfires, extreme heat, extreme cold and […]

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In Historical Irony, Israel can only have a Government with Palestinian-Israeli (and maybe Muslim Brotherhood) Support

In Historical Irony, Israel can only have a Government with Palestinian-Israeli (and maybe Muslim Brotherhood) Support

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – In a great historical irony, the immediate future of Israeli politics may depend on the Israeli branch of the Muslim […]

Juan Cole

Pentagon
Can America finally kick the Habit?  – “The Greatest Purveyor of Violence in the World”

Can America finally kick the Habit? – “The Greatest Purveyor of Violence in the World”

( Tomdispatch.com ) – Fifty-four years ago, standing at the pulpit of Riverside Church in New York City, Martin Luther King, Jr., delivered his now-famous […]

Liz Theoharis

Republican Party
Dismissing 'Low Quality Voters,' Republican officials no longer support democracy — and they aren’t bothering to hide it

Dismissing ‘Low Quality Voters,’ Republican officials no longer support democracy — and they aren’t bothering to hide it

( Otherwords.org) – Hey, you, get away from those polling places! We don’t want your kind here! Scram! That’s a stupid, shameful, and ultimately self-defeating […]

Jim Hightower

Climate Change
How Solar technologies can speed up vaccine rollout in the Global South

How Solar technologies can speed up vaccine rollout in the Global South

By Cyrus Sinai and Rob Fetter | – There’s hope that some industrialised countries will achieve near-universal vaccination against COVID-19 in the coming months. Yet […]

The Conversation

Antisemitism
What Christians can Learn from the Qur’an’s denial that Jews bore Responsibility for Christ’s Crucifixion

What Christians can Learn from the Qur’an’s denial that Jews bore Responsibility for Christ’s Crucifixion

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Through Christian history, and especially since Christians became numerous and powerful as the Roman Empire adopted the faith as its […]

Juan Cole

Immigration
Advocates call on Biden to ‘tear down this wall,’ repair border damage

Advocates call on Biden to ‘tear down this wall,’ repair border damage

By Sarah Oven ( Cronkite News ) – WASHINGTON – Advocates called on President Joe Biden to “tear down this wall” Tuesday and fulfill his […]

Cronkite News Arizona PBS

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