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For First time in History, Renewables Overtook Coal in Global Electricity Production in H1

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Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Ember energy analysis firm has released its global electricity report for the first half of 2025, and it contains […]

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Israel/Palestine: States Should Act to Halt Atrocities

Israel/Palestine: States Should Act to Halt Atrocities

10/08/2025 By Human Rights Watch

A Case for Nonviolent Resistance:  MAGA Men and Rage

A Case for Nonviolent Resistance: MAGA Men and Rage

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Israelis Detain, expel Former Pres. of Tunisia from Gaza Aid Flotilla; he vows to return

Israelis Detain, expel Former Pres. of Tunisia from Gaza Aid Flotilla; he vows to return

By IMEMC | – – Israeli occupation authorities deported to France, late on Monday, former Tunisian president Moncef al-Marzouqi, who took part in Freedom Flotilla […]

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Entertainment
Daily Show Iraq: Ahmed Albasheer Fights ISIL/ Daesh With Comedy

Daily Show Iraq: Ahmed Albasheer Fights ISIL/ Daesh With Comedy

AJ+ | (Video Report) – – “Every week, millions of people tune in to watch Iraqi comedian Ahmed Albasheer lampoon ISIL on his version of […]

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African-Americans
If ISIL had burned down 4 Churches, it would have been Headline News

If ISIL had burned down 4 Churches, it would have been Headline News

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Seven African-American churches have burned down in the past week and at least four of these […]

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Authoritarianism
2 Years after Coup, will Assassination of Egypt's Att'y General be Pretext for More Repression?

2 Years after Coup, will Assassination of Egypt’s Att’y General be Pretext for More Repression?

By MariaGloria Polimeno | (The Conversation) | – – Hisham Barakat, Egypt’s most senior prosecutor, has been killed by a car bomb that hit his […]

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Barack Obama
Demonizing as Policy:  Washington Elites divided over which state to declare Enemy No. 1

Demonizing as Policy: Washington Elites divided over which state to declare Enemy No. 1

By Michael T. Klare | (Tomdispatch.com) | – – America’s grand strategy, its long-term blueprint for advancing national interests and countering major adversaries, is in […]

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Colonialism
Michael Oren, Neo-Orientalism and the Ghost of Edward Said

Michael Oren, Neo-Orientalism and the Ghost of Edward Said

By Daniel Brumberg | (Informed Comment) | – – Poor Edward Said cannot rest in peace. Twelve years after he passed away from cancer, his […]

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The Great Wall of Turkey? Ankara imagines DMZ w/ Kurds, ISIL

The Great Wall of Turkey? Ankara imagines DMZ w/ Kurds, ISIL

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – So I am going to tell you a story about Turkey, Syria and the United States. […]

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Israel
2 Israeli Squatters /week injured by Palestinians & 39 Palestinians /week by Israeli Forces

2 Israeli Squatters /week injured by Palestinians & 39 Palestinians /week by Israeli Forces

Ma’an News Agency | – – – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Three Israeli settlers [later reports say four] were injured in a shooting late Monday near […]

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journalism
The #SaudiCables reveal how Money Controls Media, Politicians & ... MTV?

The #SaudiCables reveal how Money Controls Media, Politicians & … MTV?

By Mohamed Hassan | ( Global Voices Online) | – – The half million leaked cables to be released about Saudi Arabia’s foreign policy by […]

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