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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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Rightwing False Flag: German Officer Posed as Syrian Refugee, Planned  Attack

Rightwing False Flag: German Officer Posed as Syrian Refugee, Planned Attack

TeleSur | – – The man knew no Arabic and is of German heritage, but successfully posed as a Syrian asylum-seeker. German authorities have uncovered […]

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Israel/ Palestine
In Photos: Palestinians launch general strike in support of imprisoned hunger strikers

In Photos: Palestinians launch general strike in support of imprisoned hunger strikers

Ma’an News Agency | – – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — A general strike was held across the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem on Thursday, as […]

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Bush
Planet Ravagers: How Trump & GOP are like Aliens in "Independence Day"

Planet Ravagers: How Trump & GOP are like Aliens in “Independence Day”

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – “They’re like locusts. They’re moving from planet to planet, their entire civilization. Once they consume every […]

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Algeria
Dear Marine Le Pen: Only a Fascist would Praise Colonialism . . . Oh Wait

Dear Marine Le Pen: Only a Fascist would Praise Colonialism . . . Oh Wait

Jessica Northey | ( OpenDemocracy.net) | – – Marine Le Pen’s declaration that colonialism was a positive thing is not only a denial of France’s […]

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Donald Trump
Can Progressives Mobilize to Save the Middle Class?

Can Progressives Mobilize to Save the Middle Class?

By James A. Haught | (Charleston Gazette-Mail) | – – The progressive vision for America — to make life better for all families, not just […]

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Climate Change
Climate March:  Can we Save the Planet without Taking on the Pentagon?

Climate March: Can we Save the Planet without Taking on the Pentagon?

By H Patricia Hynes | ( Portside ) | – – If we are not united in peace, we cannot save the planet. – Thich […]

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Donald Trump
Trump Sanctuary Threat Quashed by Court - Is anything he does Constitutional?

Trump Sanctuary Threat Quashed by Court – Is anything he does Constitutional?

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – US district judge William Orrick responded to a lawsuit by the county of San Francisco and […]

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Bashar al-Assad
Syria’s forgotten pluralism and why it matters today

Syria’s forgotten pluralism and why it matters today

By Andrea Williams | (The Conversation) | – – The Syrian Civil War has been raging for six years. It has killed nearly half a […]

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Corruption
Do Illegal Flynn Russia-Turkey Payments Implicate Trump White House?

Do Illegal Flynn Russia-Turkey Payments Implicate Trump White House?

Al Jazeera English | (Video News Clip) | – – “Michael Flynn, former national security adviser, may have broken the law by not disclosing payments […]

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