Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Chinese firms dominate the manufacture of photovoltaic solar panels, accounting for 80% of the global market (along with most elements […]
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Trump, an American Stalin? Massive Population Transfers were a Feature of Communist Dictatorship
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Trump’s proposal to ethnically cleanse Gaza of its 2.3 million Palestinians constitutes a profound reversal of post-1945 U.S. norms, which […]
A Hostile Corporate Takeover of our Democracy
Never before has one billionaire so thoroughly infiltrated our government and bent it to their will for personal gain. By Alex Jacquez, Elizabeth Pancotti ( […]
Trump’s reversal of Climate Policies risks undermining U.S. Manufacturing — and could cost people Jobs
By Thomas Stuart, University of Victoria (The Conversation) – United States President Donald Trump’s early executive actions have set American manufacturing on a collision course […]
Ethnic Cleansing for “Gaza’s Riviera”? A Secret Israeli Memo and Trump’s Plan to Displace 2.3 million Palestinians
During a press conference with PM Netanyahu on Tuesday evening, President Trump said the United States “will take over” the Gaza Strip. Around the world, […]
The Greenland Ice Sheet is falling Apart – New Study
By Tom Chudley, Durham University Observing Greenland from a helicopter, the main problem is one of comprehending scale. I have thought we were skimming low […]
The Mass Deportation Handoff, Biden to Trump: And the Booming Border-Industrial Complex
By Todd Miller It didn’t take long for the border and immigration enforcement industry to react to Donald Trump’s reelection. On November 6th, as Bloomberg […]
Israel’s Increasingly Extremist Turn to Misogyny is Pinkwashed, while the Press Stereotypes Muslims
Belfast (Special to Informed Comment) – Pinkwashing of discrimination against women in Israeli politics and society has led western politicians and media to ignore the […]
The Great March of Hope: Gaza’s Defiance against Erasure
( Middle East Monitor ) – The return of one million Palestinians from southern Gaza to the north on 27 January felt as if history […]
Syrian Regime Change: How rebel Victories often lead to unstable, non-inclusive Governments
By Sally Sharif, University of British Columbia (The Conversation) – Syria’s rebel leader, Ahmed al-Sharaa, has defended his decision to fill his cabinet with wartime […]