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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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George Clooney Report Ruffles Feathers in South Sudan

George Clooney Report Ruffles Feathers in South Sudan

TeleSur | – – The report “can only jeopardize the pursuit of peace and stability,” South Sudan representatives said. A new report claiming that South […]

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In Massive Intel Error, US Kills 80 Syrian Troops, Helps ISIL Advance

In Massive Intel Error, US Kills 80 Syrian Troops, Helps ISIL Advance

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – In a massive intelligence failure, the US Air Force hit a Syrian military installation in Deir […]

Juan Cole

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The Green Current:  A Superhero

The Green Current: A Superhero

By Juan Cole | Informed Comment | (Graphic Novel) | – – Ali Saleh was an ordinary American teenager at Dearborn High. His father, Dr. […]

Juan Cole

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"Pigs! Crusaders!": US-Backed Fundamentalist Militias drive US Commandos out of al-Ray, Syria

“Pigs! Crusaders!”: US-Backed Fundamentalist Militias drive US Commandos out of al-Ray, Syria

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – As Raf Sanchez of The Telegraph writes, fundamentalist militiamen of the US-backed Free Syrian Army chased […]

Juan Cole

Climate Change
Is the Native American pipeline resistance in N. Dakota about climate justice?

Is the Native American pipeline resistance in N. Dakota about climate justice?

By Kyle Powys Whyte | (The Conversation) | – – Over the past months, hundreds of indigenous persons and their allies have gathered near the […]

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Guns
Trump: Disarm Sec. Clinton's bodyguards: & "let's see what happens to her."

Trump: Disarm Sec. Clinton’s bodyguards: & “let’s see what happens to her.”

CNN | (Video News Report) | – – “During a Miami rally, Donald Trump wondered aloud what would happen to Hillary Clinton should her Secret […]

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Arms Sales
Arms Sales to Saudi Arabia Must End, Says UK Parliament Report

Arms Sales to Saudi Arabia Must End, Says UK Parliament Report

TeleSur | – – Two parliamentary committees said it was likely Saudi Arabia used U.K. weapons to target civilians, but Tory lawmakers blocked a vote […]

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Authoritarianism
"This Parrot is no More":  The 2016 Presidential Election did not Take Place

“This Parrot is no More”: The 2016 Presidential Election did not Take Place

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) The French sociologist and philosopher Jean Baudrillard wrote a book in 1991 entitled The Gulf War did not Take […]

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Islam-hatred
Muslim-Americans are *Americans* & can’t be Reduced to stage Props for the 2 Parties

Muslim-Americans are *Americans* & can’t be Reduced to stage Props for the 2 Parties

By Raed Jarrar | ( Otherwords.org) Both Democrats and Republicans are spreading the same Islamophobic message: you're either with us, or you're against us. On […]

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