Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Morocco produced 35% of its electricity last year from wind, solar, and hydroelectric sources, putting it on track to its goal of getting 42% from green sources by 2020. It had a further goal of 52% renewables by 2030, but now hopes to go even faster. In contrast, the US […]
Archives for February 2019
Defeating Fascism: What a Danish Woman Imam and Swiss Progressives can teach us
She used her networking skills to track down some of the extremist leaders of the anti-immigrant movement, then she went to see them.
Half a Million Dead, $5.9 Trillion Bill: The True Costs of US ‘Global War on Terror’
in the last two years, the U.S. has launched strikes in Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, Pakistan, Somalia, Syria, and Yemen.
French Neo-Nazis Desecrate Jewish Cemetery with Swastikas in Alsace
Strasbourg (AFP) – Around 80 graves have been daubed with swastikas at a Jewish cemetery in eastern France, local officials said, hours ahead of nationwide marches on Tuesday against a rise in anti-Semitic attacks. The damage was discovered on Tuesday morning at a cemetery in the village of Quatzenheim, close to the border with Germany […]
John Legend: “For too long it has been out of balance for progressives to speak up for the rights of Palestinians”
“It means we see a young Palestinian kid not as a future security threat or demographic challenge, but as a future father, mother and lover.”
Sleepwalking into our Constitutional Crisis in the Age of Trump
As a historian of the Middle East, let me just point out that declaring a state of emergency is a means of creating a president for life
Resetting the Nuclear Doomsday Clock
In addition to the mini-nukes to be loaded onto missiles on nuclear subs, Trump is also advocating a modernized anti missile defense system
Over our Heads: Climate Crisis Produces Stationary Catastrophic Weather Systems
If tropical cyclones are moving more slowly, this can leave particular regions bearing the brunt of the rainfall
Israeli Anchor on IDF Troops sent to Occupied Palestine: ‘We get back Animals’
The New Right Party will call on Attorney General Mandelblit to investigate Kotler’s comments for libel.
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