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Lebanon’s Solar Capacity surged since 2020 to 1.5 gigawatts, as Homeowners tired of Blackouts
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Lebanon’s Solar Capacity surged since 2020 to 1.5 gigawatts, as Homeowners tired of Blackouts

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Lebanese Ministry of Energy has let three bids for new solar farms of 15 megawatts each, for a total […]

Syria: Israel Forcibly Displaces Villagers in Occupied South

Syria: Israel Forcibly Displaces Villagers in Occupied South

09/29/2025 By Human Rights Watch

A Strategy for Controlling an Out-of-Control Government: Alliance, Defiance, Noncompliance

A Strategy for Controlling an Out-of-Control Government: Alliance, Defiance, Noncompliance

09/29/2025 By Tomdispatch

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Colonialism
Was/Is there an Islamic Enlightenment? (de Bellaigue)

Was/Is there an Islamic Enlightenment? (de Bellaigue)

William Eichler interviews Christopher de Bellaigue | Informed Comment | – – Eichler: 1. In the conclusion to The Islamic Enlightenment you describe modern jihadists […]

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Donald Trump
America Should stay the Course with Rouhani

America Should stay the Course with Rouhani

By Robert Harvey | (Project Syndicate) | – – LONDON – Hassan Rouhani has won re-election as Iran’s president in a landslide, meaning that it […]

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Donald Trump
Trump on Islam: Neo-Orientalism and anti-Shi'ism

Trump on Islam: Neo-Orientalism and anti-Shi’ism

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Trump’s speech on Islam, written by notorious Islamophobe Stephen Miller, who used to organize Orwellian Two […]

Juan Cole

Donald Trump
Trump in Absolute Monarchy during Iran's Election

Trump in Absolute Monarchy during Iran’s Election

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The spectacle of Trump and of cronies such as alt-Neo-Nazi Steve Bannon hobnobbing with the Saudi […]

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Internet
Should Facebook & Google be Taxed to fund Journalism?

Should Facebook & Google be Taxed to fund Journalism?

Ben Eltham | (The Conversation) | – – There was a fascinating moment towards the end of Wednesday’s hearings of the Senate Inquiry into the […]

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Far Right
Alabama Passes Bill to Protect Confederate Monuments even at cost of Economy

Alabama Passes Bill to Protect Confederate Monuments even at cost of Economy

TeleSur | – – Some Southern cities are rethinking the appropriateness of keeping such emblems on public property. Not Alabama. Alabama lawmakers on Friday approved […]

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Israel/ Palestine
Palestinians: 'Day of Rage' against Trump in occupied West Bank

Palestinians: ‘Day of Rage’ against Trump in occupied West Bank

Ma’an News Agency | – – RAMALLAH (Ma’an) — Palestinian factions in the central occupied West Bank city of Ramallah have called upon the Palestinian […]

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Government surveillance
If Trump can Hunt the Undocumented by Cell Phone, what can he do to You?

If Trump can Hunt the Undocumented by Cell Phone, what can he do to You?

By Adam Schwartz | (Electronic Frontier Foundation) | – – In the latest sign of mission creep in domestic deployment of battlefield-strength surveillance technology, U.S. […]

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Censors
Wikileaks' Assange claims Victory after Sweden drops Charges, Vows to Publish More

Wikileaks’ Assange claims Victory after Sweden drops Charges, Vows to Publish More

TeleSur | – – Swedish prosecutors dropped the rape investigation into WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange on Friday, saying the investigation had not been able to […]

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