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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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Armenia
Trying To Be Neutral: Iran Worried Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict Could Turn Into Wider War

Trying To Be Neutral: Iran Worried Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict Could Turn Into Wider War

(RFE/RL ) – Sharing a frontier with both Armenia and Azerbaijan as they fight a bitter war over the breakaway Nagorno-Karabakh territory, Tehran is closely […]

Golnaz Esfandiari

Donald Trump
Fearing Rout, Republicans unleash their Inner Racist

Fearing Rout, Republicans unleash their Inner Racist

( Otherwords.org ) – If you’re a rich Republican who’s done nothing in the House of Representatives for so long that you’re essentially seen as […]

Jim Hightower

Dissent
Is Turkey spying on Dissidents in the West?

Is Turkey spying on Dissidents in the West?

By Mehmet Bastug and Davut Akca | – Turkey’s long arm and espionage activities against dissidents living in exile in Canada has become a growing […]

The Conversation

Donald Trump
America is Complicit, as Yemen Spirals toward Mass Starvation

America is Complicit, as Yemen Spirals toward Mass Starvation

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Mark Lowcock of the United Nations gave an impassioned and apocalyptic speech on Thursday warning that 4 million Yemenis who […]

Juan Cole

Climate Crisis
Germany aims at becoming "pioneer" in CO2-neutral aviation

Germany aims at becoming “pioneer” in CO2-neutral aviation

By Sören Amelang | – ( Clean Energy Wire ) – Germany wants to extend its landmark energy transition (Energiewende) to the skies to become […]

Clean Energy Wire

Campaign Finance
Creeping Plutocracy after ‘Citizens United’: How US Election Spending skyrocketed to the GDP of some whole Countries

Creeping Plutocracy after ‘Citizens United’: How US Election Spending skyrocketed to the GDP of some whole Countries

By William C.R. Horncastle | – The amount of money spent on US elections eclipses the annual total economic output of some small countries. The […]

The Conversation

Democratic Party
At Townhall, Biden Promises Big Green Infrastructure and Jobs:  Spain's Example Suggests he is Right

At Townhall, Biden Promises Big Green Infrastructure and Jobs: Spain’s Example Suggests he is Right

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – In his townhall on Thursday evening, Joe Biden pointed to the way infrastructural investments in green energy will help the […]

Juan Cole

Jabhat al-Nusra
Russia and Syria are committing War Crimes, Targeting Civilian Infrastructure

Russia and Syria are committing War Crimes, Targeting Civilian Infrastructure

Unlawful Attacks on Hospitals, Schools, Markets Forced Idlib Population Out

Human Rights Watch

Barack Obama
Who really defeated the Islamic State – Obama/Biden or Trump/Pence?

Who really defeated the Islamic State – Obama/Biden or Trump/Pence?

By Brian Glyn Williams | – One common claim by President Donald Trump’s reelection campaign has been that his administration beat IS, or what’s formally […]

The Conversation

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