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When even Saudi Arabia Jumps into Solar and Wind Power, You know Change is Here
Climate Crisis

When even Saudi Arabia Jumps into Solar and Wind Power, You know Change is Here

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Saudi Arabia’s massive oil deposits and its 9.53 million barrels per day (bpd) of petroleum production make it an enormous […]

How Europe is managing Guilt over Gaza: The Politics of moral Cleansing

How Europe is managing Guilt over Gaza: The Politics of moral Cleansing

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Trump Junk: Won’t Enforce Rules for Short-Term Junk Health Insurance Plans

Trump Junk: Won’t Enforce Rules for Short-Term Junk Health Insurance Plans

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Top 3 Signs Bill Clinton didn't kill himself to "give" the Palestinians a State

Top 3 Signs Bill Clinton didn’t kill himself to “give” the Palestinians a State

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Former President Bill Clinton on Saturday claimed “I killed myself to give the Palestinians a state,” […]

Juan Cole

Pollution
Michael Moore Says Flint Water Crisis Is a Racist 'Hate Crime'

Michael Moore Says Flint Water Crisis Is a Racist ‘Hate Crime’

TeleSur | – – Filmmaker Michael Moore calls the Flint water crisis an issue of racism, as the mostly Black and poor residents of the […]

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Colonialism
Britain should stop trying to pretend that its empire was benevolent

Britain should stop trying to pretend that its empire was benevolent

By Alan Lester | (The Conversation) | – – The recent debacle of David Cameron’s filmed condemnation of Nigerian and Afghan corruption and the Queen’s […]

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Islamic State of Iraq and Syria
Americans may see ISIL as No. 1 Threat, but Turkey & the Kurds have other Priorities

Americans may see ISIL as No. 1 Threat, but Turkey & the Kurds have other Priorities

By Abbas Djavadi | ( RFE/RL | – – For a long time the Turkish government was accused of assisting the Islamic State of Iraq […]

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Top Hizbullah Commander in Syria killed in Explosion; Radical Salafis blamed

Top Hizbullah Commander in Syria killed in Explosion; Radical Salafis blamed

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Mustafa Badreddine, the Hizbullah commander responsible for Syria, was killed Friday in an explosion near Damascus. […]

Juan Cole

Corruption
The Danger Of Dictatorship: How To Replace Iraq’s Flawed Political System?

The Danger Of Dictatorship: How To Replace Iraq’s Flawed Political System?

By Mustafa Habib | Baghdad | (Niqash.org) | – – Iraq’s Parliament has failed its people. This was the message from protestors last week. But […]

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Buddhism
Left For Dead: Myanmar’s Muslim Minority

Left For Dead: Myanmar’s Muslim Minority

VICE News | (Video report) | – – “In recent years, democratic reforms have swept through Myanmar, a country that for decades was ruled by […]

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Development
Surprise!  Despite Syria-Iraq Turmoil, Major Mideast Economies growing 3-4%

Surprise! Despite Syria-Iraq Turmoil, Major Mideast Economies growing 3-4%

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – When you only hear bad news from a place, you form a negative opinion of it. […]

Juan Cole

Colonialism
100th Anniversary:  What did the Sykes-Picot Agreement mean for the Middle East?

100th Anniversary: What did the Sykes-Picot Agreement mean for the Middle East?

By Stephen Pascoe | (The Conversation) | – – To mark the 100th anniversary of the Sykes-Picot Agreement, we’ve got a package with an explanatory […]

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