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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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The Bigger Picture:  Trump didn't Start America's Decline, and Can't Stop It

The Bigger Picture: Trump didn’t Start America’s Decline, and Can’t Stop It

(Tomdispatch.com) – Donald Trump was partly voted into office by Americans who felt that the self-proclaimed greatest power on Earth was actually in decline — […]

Dilip Hiro

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Europe, Defying Trump, Implements New Currency Exchange with Iran

Europe, Defying Trump, Implements New Currency Exchange with Iran

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Frances Coppola at Forbes reports that European powers have made operational their Instex exchange mechanism, which will allow European and […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Lesson for Kushner in Manama: The Palestinian Resistance can Never be Bought

Lesson for Kushner in Manama: The Palestinian Resistance can Never be Bought

By Abdulaziz Kilani | @AZ_Kilani | – The wheels of US President Donald Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner’s, peace plan for the Middle East are now […]

Middle East Monitor

Colonialism
Great Powers in Latin America have Tried to Make Walls before: It didn't End Well

Great Powers in Latin America have Tried to Make Walls before: It didn’t End Well

By Alberto P. Marti | – Despite the US administration’s renewed interest in Cuba, including new travel restrictions, few have paid attention to a little-known, […]

The Conversation

Climate Change
Why We Can’t Address the Climate Emergency without confronting Plutocracy

Why We Can’t Address the Climate Emergency without confronting Plutocracy

By Tom Athanasiou Something has changed, as most everyone in the climate movement agrees, and we have plenty of signposts that track the shift, from […]

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Inequality
Is Bernie Sanders Right that 3 Billionaires Have more Wealth than Half of America?

Is Bernie Sanders Right that 3 Billionaires Have more Wealth than Half of America?

By Chuck Collins | – And in addition to the 3 billionaires Bernie mentioned, we should also be worried about the expanding fortunes of multi-generational […]

Institute for Policy Studies

Israel/ Palestine
Jared Kushner's Steal of the Century: Stolen Land, Stolen Water, Stolen Images

Jared Kushner’s Steal of the Century: Stolen Land, Stolen Water, Stolen Images

By Bill Law | – Jared Kushner and Benjamin Netanyahu must have considered it the longest of long shots but what if the Palestinians by […]

Middle East Monitor

Climate Change
Dear Trump: CO2 is Polluting our Atmosphere and Acidifying our Water: They aren't "the Cleanest"

Dear Trump: CO2 is Polluting our Atmosphere and Acidifying our Water: They aren’t “the Cleanest”

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – In remarks to the press at the G20 meeting in Osaka, Trump was asked about climate change. He replied that […]

Juan Cole

Climate Change
Global Heating Paradox: Europe's Heat Waves are Driving Air Conditioning Sales-- Which Cause more Global Heating

Global Heating Paradox: Europe’s Heat Waves are Driving Air Conditioning Sales– Which Cause more Global Heating

By Benjamin Wehrmann | – The second summer in a row with record temperatures has fuelled worries about the global climate crisis in Germany and […]

Clean Energy Wire

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