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Global Battle Royale at COP30 between Fossil Fuel Producers and Green Energy Advocates
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Global Battle Royale at COP30 between Fossil Fuel Producers and Green Energy Advocates

Juan Cole

A bloc is attempting to deep-six the pledge made at COP28 to “transition away from fossil fuels.”

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Protesting Canada’s Detention of Former UN Special Rapporteur Richard Falk over Palestine Rights Advocacy

Protesting Canada’s Detention of Former UN Special Rapporteur Richard Falk over Palestine Rights Advocacy

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Trump using Jews to Ban Free Speech: The Ultimate in Antisemitism

Trump using Jews to Ban Free Speech: The Ultimate in Antisemitism

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Lebanon: Seek Justice for Journalists Killed by Israeli Forces

Lebanon: Seek Justice for Journalists Killed by Israeli Forces

2 Years since Killing of Issam Abdallah; Attacks on Civilians, Media Continue Human Rights Watch – (Beirut) – Lebanon’s announcement on October 9, 2025, that […]

Human Rights Watch

Climate Crisis
Why Trump is not a Death Knell for global Climate Action

Why Trump is not a Death Knell for global Climate Action

By Matt McDonald, The University of Queensland (The Conversation) – In his rambling speech to the United Nations last month, United States President Donald Trump […]

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Rashid Khalidi on the Gaza Ceasefire: The veil that has hidden the true nature of the Zionist project was shredded for good

Rashid Khalidi on the Gaza Ceasefire: The veil that has hidden the true nature of the Zionist project was shredded for good

Fariba Amini interviews Rashid Khalid, Edward Said Professor of History Emeritus, Columbia University on the Gaza Ceasefire

Fariba Amini

Feminism
Iran’s Streets ‘Transformed’ As More Women Shun The Mandatory Hijab

Iran’s Streets ‘Transformed’ As More Women Shun The Mandatory Hijab

By Fereshteh Ghazi and Farangis Najibullah ( RFE / RL ) – Iranian journalist Zeinab Rahimi has refused to wear the mandatory hijab for over two […]

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Israel/ Palestine
Daring to Dream after Two Years under Fire: Life in Gaza

Daring to Dream after Two Years under Fire: Life in Gaza

For two years, our lives have been on hold amid constant air strikes and fighting. Now, we finally have reason to hope By Hassan Herzallah […]

Open Democracy

Democracy
Syria’s Parliamentary Election Results look Alarmingly like Iraq 2005, which produced a Civil War

Syria’s Parliamentary Election Results look Alarmingly like Iraq 2005, which produced a Civil War

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Syria’s parliamentary elections on October 5 raised alarm flags for me on several grounds. First, they were not conducted on […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
A Gaza Ceasefire Is Not Enough: We Must Choose Life and Freedom

A Gaza Ceasefire Is Not Enough: We Must Choose Life and Freedom

( The Times of Israel ) – As we wait anxiously to see whether the ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas will take hold and […]

Shamai Leibowitz

Authoritarianism
We Must Not Look Away from Palestine: Resisting Oppression and Pursuing Justice

We Must Not Look Away from Palestine: Resisting Oppression and Pursuing Justice

Roy Eidelson Note: This essay is adapted from the author’s August address at the American Psychological Association annual convention and from a webinar he presented in early […]

Roy Eidelson

Climate Crisis
Wind and Solar Provide 40% of Brazil’s Electricity for first time

Wind and Solar Provide 40% of Brazil’s Electricity for first time

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – This month Brazil’s National Electric System Operator estimated that wind and solar are now producing nearly 40 percent of the […]

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