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Turkiye hosts Largest Solar Power Plant of any European Country, as its Solar Installations Surge to 3.1 GW in H1
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Turkiye hosts Largest Solar Power Plant of any European Country, as its Solar Installations Surge to 3.1 GW in H1

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Turkiye [Turkey] is a European country, since part of its territory lies in Europe. So the following sentence is true: […]

Palestinian Statehood is winning major new Supporters at UN – but symbolic Action won’t make it happen

Palestinian Statehood is winning major new Supporters at UN – but symbolic Action won’t make it happen

09/20/2025 By The Conversation

Protesting UC Berkeley handing Names of Faculty and Students  to Dept. of Education

Protesting UC Berkeley handing Names of Faculty and Students to Dept. of Education

09/20/2025 By Committee on Academic Freedom

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al-Qaeda
CIA Cache: Bin Laden loved watching 'Resident Evil'

CIA Cache: Bin Laden loved watching ‘Resident Evil’

Also: Evidence Iran tried to use terrorist mastermind of al-Qaeda

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Colonialism
Israeli forces suppress protests marking Balfour Declaration centenary

Israeli forces suppress protests marking Balfour Declaration centenary

Ma’an News Agency | – – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Clashes erupted between Palestinians and Israeli forces in Bethlehem city on Wednesday following a march commemorating […]

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Dear John Kelly: Yes, Slavery was wrong in 1860s & Muslims helped Convince Americans to end It

Dear John Kelly: Yes, Slavery was wrong in 1860s & Muslims helped Convince Americans to end It

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – John Kelly’s ignorant remarks about the Civil War and compromise on Laura Ingraham’s show have rightly […]

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Corruption
How dangerous to Trump are charges against Manafort, Gates & Papadopoulos?

How dangerous to Trump are charges against Manafort, Gates & Papadopoulos?

By Rachel Caufield | (The Conversation) | – – Five months into Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation of cooperation between Donald Trump’s campaign and Russia […]

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Bill of Rights
Is Israel trying to Occupy the US 1st Amendment?

Is Israel trying to Occupy the US 1st Amendment?

Anti-BDS Legislation backed by Israel Lobbies threatens Americans’ Freedom of Speech

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al-Qaeda
Is Bin Laden Shaping America more than our Founding Fathers?

Is Bin Laden Shaping America more than our Founding Fathers?

The ‘War on Terror’ is destroying Democracy

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Slavery and Trafficking
That Time when Muslim Tunisia advised the Antebellum US to Abolish Slavery

That Time when Muslim Tunisia advised the Antebellum US to Abolish Slavery

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Revised classroom version Some observers imply that in 1861, most people in the world believed in […]

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Donald Trump
No Compromise: Let's not forget Kelly's 'Empty Barrel' Smear

No Compromise: Let’s not forget Kelly’s ‘Empty Barrel’ Smear

Kelly seems not to think enslaving people of African Heritage was Always Wrong

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African-Americans
Upshot of Mueller Probe: Putin did to US what we did to Iran and Iraq

Upshot of Mueller Probe: Putin did to US what we did to Iran and Iraq

US Middle East policy often seemed similar to Putin’s Plot on America via Trump

Juan Cole

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