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We are What we Eat: A Step We all Can take to Fight Climate Breakdown
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We are What we Eat: A Step We all Can take to Fight Climate Breakdown

H. Patricia Hynes

Greenfield, Mass. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – Nuclear physicist Edward Teller predicted in 1959 that the risks of burning fossil fuels, by increasing carbon […]

FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 2

FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 2

08/07/2025 By Juan Cole

The Verdict of History: How political Calculations betrayed Gaza

The Verdict of History: How political Calculations betrayed Gaza

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Baghdad and Manchester:  Let's Commemorate ISIL Victims in Both

Baghdad and Manchester: Let’s Commemorate ISIL Victims in Both

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – ISIL (ISIS, Daesh) lashed out at the civilian population in Iraq on Tuesday with three bombings […]

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Coal
Coal in Death spiral as India cancels 14 gigs, and Solar prices Plummet

Coal in Death spiral as India cancels 14 gigs, and Solar prices Plummet

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – China and India have knocked the United States off the top spot of the index of […]

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If They’re Wrong, the Planet Dies

If They’re Wrong, the Planet Dies

By Edward Hunt. | ( Foreign Policy in Focus) | – – The Obama administration could have done more to stop climate change. The Trump […]

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Donald Trump
The rising homegrown terror threat on the right

The rising homegrown terror threat on the right

By Arie Perliger | (The Conversation) | – – The murder in College Park, Maryland of Richard Collins III, an African-American student who had recently […]

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European Union
Germany:  We Europeans must Depend on Selves, not Trump's USA

Germany: We Europeans must Depend on Selves, not Trump’s USA

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Angela Merkel, the Chancellor of Germany, certainly knew what she was doing when she made her […]

Juan Cole

Climate Change
Beautiful A-Bombs and CO2:  All the ways a Disturbed Trump could Blow up the World

Beautiful A-Bombs and CO2: All the ways a Disturbed Trump could Blow up the World

By Tom Engelhardt | ( Tomdispatch.com) | – – He’s huge. Outsized. He fills the news hole at any moment of any day. His over-tanned […]

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Democracy
Is Rouhani's Reelection a step toward Democracy for Iran?

Is Rouhani’s Reelection a step toward Democracy for Iran?

Ebrahim Deen | (Informed Comment) | – – Hassan Rouhani’s victory in Last Friday’s Iranian presidential election, by a large majority, portents a continuation of […]

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censorship
Egypt Ups Systematic Efforts to Silence Independent Media

Egypt Ups Systematic Efforts to Silence Independent Media

By Salma Essam | ( Globalvoices.org) | – – The Egyptian government’s efforts to crack down on critical media platforms reached news heights this week […]

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Anger and youth fan flames of terror – not race and religion

Anger and youth fan flames of terror – not race and religion

Simon Mabon | (The Conversation) | – – The bombing of Manchester Arena on May 22 struck the very heart of British society. It was […]

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