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

Juan Cole

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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Why ISIL's Attacks on Shiites of Saudi Arabia Threaten World Economy

Why ISIL’s Attacks on Shiites of Saudi Arabia Threaten World Economy

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – Daesh (ISIL, ISIS) took responsibility for a terrorist attack Friday on the Shiite al-Husayn Mosque in Dammam, […]

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Christians
Armed Bikers Protest at Arizona Mosque

Armed Bikers Protest at Arizona Mosque

AJ+ | – “Anti-Islam activists have planned a “peaceful” protest at an Arizona mosque. Protesters are encouraged to bring American flags and “to utilize their […]

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Displaced and Refugees
85,000 Refugees from Ramadi Restricted from Entering Baghdad, despite 110°F Heat

85,000 Refugees from Ramadi Restricted from Entering Baghdad, despite 110°F Heat

Human Rights Watch | – (Beirut) – Iraqi authorities are preventing thousands of families fleeing the fighting in Ramadi from reaching safer parts of the […]

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Acidification of Oceans
Bahamas will lose 80% of Land in this Century to Climate Change, Builds Sea Walls

Bahamas will lose 80% of Land in this Century to Climate Change, Builds Sea Walls

By Desmond Brown | – NASSAU (IPS) – Small Island Developing States (SIDS) have championed the phrase “1.5 to stay alive” in demanding that global […]

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Colonialism
Kaplan's Fantasies of Empire and the Myth of the Arab Strongman

Kaplan’s Fantasies of Empire and the Myth of the Arab Strongman

By Ari Heistein | (Informed Comment) | – Robert Kaplan explains the current conflicts in the Middle East as the inevitable results of the withdrawal […]

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Democratic Party
How Mainstream is Bernie Sanders?

How Mainstream is Bernie Sanders?

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – Sen. Bernie Sanders, the presidential candidate for the Democratic nomination, has trouble being taken seriously by the […]

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Democracy
As Elections approach, Turkey’s Political Wildcard is the Kurds

As Elections approach, Turkey’s Political Wildcard is the Kurds

H. Akın Ünver | (Informed Comment) | – Regardless of the outcome of June 7 elections, Kurds have already grown into Turkey’s main corrective political […]

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Apartheid
Palestinians drop motion on Expelling Israel from In'tl Soccer for Apartheid

Palestinians drop motion on Expelling Israel from In’tl Soccer for Apartheid

Update: Having made their point, Palestine dropped this motion at FIFA on Friday, likely because of behind the scenes assurances the harassment will stop. (note: […]

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Foreign Policy
Hawks think the US alone can Still Garrison the Planet:  How's that Working Out?

Hawks think the US alone can Still Garrison the Planet: How’s that Working Out?

By Michael T. Klare | (Tomdispatch.com) | – Take a look around the world and it’s hard not to conclude that the United States is […]

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