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When even Saudi Arabia Jumps into Solar and Wind Power, You know Change is Here
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When even Saudi Arabia Jumps into Solar and Wind Power, You know Change is Here

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Saudi Arabia’s massive oil deposits and its 9.53 million barrels per day (bpd) of petroleum production make it an enormous […]

How Europe is managing Guilt over Gaza: The Politics of moral Cleansing

How Europe is managing Guilt over Gaza: The Politics of moral Cleansing

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Trump Junk: Won’t Enforce Rules for Short-Term Junk Health Insurance Plans

Trump Junk: Won’t Enforce Rules for Short-Term Junk Health Insurance Plans

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Yemen: Will Saudis try to Impose Ahmed Ali Saleh, son of Dictator?

Yemen: Will Saudis try to Impose Ahmed Ali Saleh, son of Dictator?

Brian Whitaker | ( al-Bab.com) | – – When Yemen held parliamentary elections in 1997 Ahmed Ali Saleh, then aged 24, was a first-time candidate. […]

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Internet
How Big Media Money & Monopolies Affect You: Disney/Murdoch to Net Neutrality

How Big Media Money & Monopolies Affect You: Disney/Murdoch to Net Neutrality

By Des Freedman | ( OpenDemocracy.net) | – – This week’s events have shown that the new digital media landscape is every bit as monopolistic […]

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Donald Trump
Fascism’s return and Trump’s war on youth

Fascism’s return and Trump’s war on youth

By Henry Giroux | (The Conversation) | – – Fascism is all too often relegated to the history books. The word conjures up a period […]

Juan Cole

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The Mideast has a Militia Problem: Does Iraq's Ayatollah Sistani Have the Answer?

The Mideast has a Militia Problem: Does Iraq’s Ayatollah Sistani Have the Answer?

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani has called for Iraq’s Shiite militias to come under control of the […]

Juan Cole

Middle Class
The GOP Tax Plan Will Complete the Destruction of America’s Middle Class Wealth

The GOP Tax Plan Will Complete the Destruction of America’s Middle Class Wealth

By Bob Lord | ( Inequality.org ) | – – In fact, if the GOP tax plan becomes law, we may be looking at a […]

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Arab World
Why Arabs And Muslims Aren't Exotic: The Grip of Orientalism  (Video)

Why Arabs And Muslims Aren’t Exotic: The Grip of Orientalism (Video)

AJ+ | (Video Report) | – – “From Aladdin to Bodak Yellow, the media is obsessed with portraying Arabs and Muslims as exotic and mysterious. […]

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Donald Trump
Our Pyromaniac President in a Flammable World

Our Pyromaniac President in a Flammable World

San Francisco (Tomdispatch.com) | – “I’ve just heard that my family home near Carpenteria is literally in flames at this moment,” a friend told me […]

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Israel/ Palestine
Turkey to defy Trump, open Embassy to Palestine in E. Jerusalem

Turkey to defy Trump, open Embassy to Palestine in E. Jerusalem

Middle East Monitor | – – Turkey will open an embassy in East Jerusalem, President Tayyip Erdogan said on Sunday, days after leading calls at […]

Juan Cole

Extreme Weather
Puerto Rico: On top of Everything Else, GOP Tax Bill is Racist

Puerto Rico: On top of Everything Else, GOP Tax Bill is Racist

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Puerto Rico’s governor, Ricardo Rosselló Nevares, sent a letter to all the members of Congress yesterday, […]

Juan Cole

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