By Bertie Vidgen and Taha Yasseri | – In a landmark move, a group of MPs recently published a working definition of the term Islamophobia. They defined it as “rooted in racism”, and as “a type of racism that targets expressions of Muslimness or perceived Muslimness”. In our latest working paper, we wanted to better […]
Archives for January 2019
Al-Qaeda-Linked Guerrillas make Gains in Northwest Syria
Tahrir al-Sham, formerly affiliated to al Qaeda, had launched an attack on Tuesday against towns in the western countryside of Aleppo
Trump Spews Incomprehensible Nonsense on Kurds, Syria, Afghanistan
“A Commentary on the words that spewed from Trump’s mouth at his news conference during a cabinet meeting on January 2, 2019,” or, “A Ph.D. who has been teaching at a public Ivy since 1984 is forced to spend his time chasing the rabid ferrets running around in the head of a decrepit reality t.v. […]
Bahrain Upholds 5-Year Sentence on Critic of Yemen War, Human Rights Violations
Nabeel Rajab Sentenced to Remain Behind Bars Until 2023
Will Israeli PM Netanyahu be Defeated by the Far-Right Monster he Created?
The leaders of the ‘Jewish Home’ are now the leaders of the ‘New Right’.
Can the Green New Deal Save the Planet *and* Create Jobs?
By Norah Vawter | – (Otherwords.org) – Lately there’s been a lot of bad news about climate change and the future of humanity. In October, the United Nations issued a major report warning of a climate crisis as soon as 2040. The day after Thanksgiving, the Trump administration tried to bury the release of its […]
Quantifying the Holocaust: Measuring murder rates during the Nazi genocide
Hitler “ordered all action speeded up.”
Saudi Arabia muscles Netflix over Minhaj Criticism of Khashoggi Murder
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Netflix has been forced to pull Episode 2 of comedian Hasan Minhaj’s “Patriot Act” for Saudi viewers because it criticizes the murder of dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi on October 2 at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, in which a bone saw was used to cut up the corpse. Netflix points […]
Facebook’s ‘Virtual Coercive’ Implicated in Rohingya Genocide
Is access to Facebook a pillar of free speech if the platform can be harnessed for the purpose of eliminating an entire population?