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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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Thousands of Palestinian-Israelis rally after Israel Razed Bedouin Village

Thousands of Palestinian-Israelis rally after Israel Razed Bedouin Village

Ma’an News Agency | – – ARARA (Ma’an) — Thousands of demonstrators took to the streets Saturday in the town of Arara in northern Israel, […]

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Authoritarianism
The left's response to Trump and US Neofascism must be international

The left’s response to Trump and US Neofascism must be international

By Sayantan Ghosal | (The Conversation) | – – With Donald Trump’s inauguration as American president, one more event considered by many to be beyond […]

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Translating Trump's inaugural Speech from the original German

Translating Trump’s inaugural Speech from the original German

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Donald Trump’s inaugural speech, like the candidate himself, was a chain of falsehoods, saber-rattling and scary […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
The Future of Iraq?  As Police Lose Control Of Streets, Militias Take Over

The Future of Iraq? As Police Lose Control Of Streets, Militias Take Over

Mustafa Habib | (Baghdad) | (Niqash.org) | – – The volunteer militias formed to fight the Islamic State group are now policing Baghdad’s neighbourhoods. But […]

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Donald Trump
Top 3 Ways to rig an Election

Top 3 Ways to rig an Election

By William deBuys | ( Tomdispatch.com ) – – Donald Trump was right. The election was rigged. What Trump got wrong (and, boy, does he […]

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Syria
Even after Russia included US in Syria Peace Talks, can they Succeed?

Even after Russia included US in Syria Peace Talks, can they Succeed?

By Mohammed Nuruzzaman | (Informed Comment) | – – The Middle East keeps going its way as usual, continuously creating global news headlines. Two such […]

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Donald Trump
The Inauguration of White Supremacy

The Inauguration of White Supremacy

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Trump’s cabinet has no Latinos, the first time that minority, which comprises 18 percent of Americans, […]

Juan Cole

Donald Trump
Is Trump the Shock America needs to Transition to Social Democracy?

Is Trump the Shock America needs to Transition to Social Democracy?

David Graham Sweet | (Informed Comment) | – – Here on the “Left Coast” there’s much anguish & foreboding over the results of our recent […]

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Israel/ Palestine
How Much is a Palestinian Life Worth?  Disappointment at Azaria Sentence

How Much is a Palestinian Life Worth? Disappointment at Azaria Sentence

By Ilaria Grasso Macola | (GlobalVoices.org) | – – On January 4, 2017, Elor Azaria, an Israel Defense Forces (IDF) soldier, was convicted of manslaughter […]

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