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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

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Sexism, Racism and Terrorism: Roof's Misuse of Women to justify Lynching

Sexism, Racism and Terrorism: Roof’s Misuse of Women to justify Lynching

By Lisa Wade | (The Conversation) | – – Many important things will be said in the next few weeks about the murder of nine […]

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Children
Wars, Disasters displaced 14 Million last Year, 50% Children

Wars, Disasters displaced 14 Million last Year, 50% Children

By Roger Hamilton-Martin | – – UNITED NATIONS (IPS) – A horrific year of war, humanitarian crises, human rights violations and persecution has caused a […]

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African-Americans
Rhodesian Flag, Confederate Flag:  Roof & the Legacies of Racial Hate

Rhodesian Flag, Confederate Flag: Roof & the Legacies of Racial Hate

Benjamin Foldy | (Informed Comment) | – – When the perpetrator in the horrific massacre at the Emanuel AME church in Charleston was first publicly […]

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African-Americans
Our reply to Dylann Roof's Hate:  Donate to "Mother Emanuel" AME Church

Our reply to Dylann Roof’s Hate: Donate to “Mother Emanuel” AME Church

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – There are many essential responses to the racist terrorism that attacked Emanuel AME Church, which the […]

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African-Americans
Since 2002, Right-wing White Terrorists have Killed More Americans Than Muslim Extremists

Since 2002, Right-wing White Terrorists have Killed More Americans Than Muslim Extremists

Cenk Uygur | (The Young Turks Video) | – – “When we have certain kinds of attacks in this country, there is terrorism world-wide, it’s […]

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Iraq
End of Sykes-Picot:  Is Independence for Iraqi Kurdistan a Decade Away?

End of Sykes-Picot: Is Independence for Iraqi Kurdistan a Decade Away?

Niqash.org | Sulaymaniyah | – – As Iraqis and Syrians fight, Kurds are holding elections and drafting laws. After Kurds also won in Turkish elections, […]

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Economy
From Iran:  Sanctions help the Hardliners

From Iran: Sanctions help the Hardliners

William Beeman | (Informed Comment) | – – Bill Beeman writes from Iran: I am continuing my trip through Iran traveling from Yazd to Isfahan […]

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Barack Obama
Down the Iraqi Rabbit Hole (Again):  Washington in Wonderland

Down the Iraqi Rabbit Hole (Again): Washington in Wonderland

By Andrew J. Bacevich | (Tomdispatch.com) | – – There is a peculiar form of insanity in which a veneer of rationality distracts attention from […]

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African-Americans
Another White non-Terrorist Kills 9, Makes Bomb Threats

Another White non-Terrorist Kills 9, Makes Bomb Threats

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Update: Suspected shooter Dylann Roof has been apprehended. He had a gun with him at the […]

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