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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

11/21/2025 By Committee on Academic Freedom

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

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

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
Israel/Palestine: States Should Act to Halt Atrocities

Israel/Palestine: States Should Act to Halt Atrocities

2 Years Since October 7, 2023 Highlights Need to Protect Civilians Human Rights Watch – (Jerusalem) – United States President Donald Trump’s “Comprehensive Plan to End […]

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A Case for Nonviolent Resistance:  MAGA Men and Rage

A Case for Nonviolent Resistance: MAGA Men and Rage

( Tomdispatch.com ) – One strangely hot November afternoon, I waited for my elementary-school-aged kids to arrive at their bus stop. The quiet in our […]

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No, Despite Hegseth, we Don’t need an even “More Lethal” NATO

No, Despite Hegseth, we Don’t need an even “More Lethal” NATO

By Pieter Smit and Anne-Ruth Wertheim | – Translated by Kevin Cook | – ( BNNVARA.NL ) – After Secretary-General Mark Rutte said in his […]

Anne-Ruth Wertheim

Israel/ Palestine
Trump’s Gaza Initiative: Chance for Peace or Empty Words?

Trump’s Gaza Initiative: Chance for Peace or Empty Words?

  by Azmat Ali ( Middle East Monitor ) – After nearly two years of war in Gaza, a sudden and surprising development has emerged. […]

Middle East Monitor

Israel/ Palestine
The Two Years of Fighting since October 7 have transformed the Middle East

The Two Years of Fighting since October 7 have transformed the Middle East

By Simon Mabon, Lancaster University (The Conversation) – The morning of October 7 2023 set in process a series of events which have profoundly changed […]

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IC Fundraising Appeal:  Support Independent Journalism in a Year of Living Dangerously

IC Fundraising Appeal: Support Independent Journalism in a Year of Living Dangerously

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – These are parlous times for people who speak out against injustice, and I cannot thank our loyal readers enough for […]

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Why Weren’t the October 7 attacks Avoided?

Why Weren’t the October 7 attacks Avoided?

On October 7, 2023 – two years ago – the Hamas-led offensive was portrayed as “Israel’s 9/11” that came out of the blue. This assumption […]

Dan Steinbock

Iran
“The Rose as where some buried Caesar bled:” FitzGerald’s The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám  1:18

“The Rose as where some buried Caesar bled:” FitzGerald’s The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:18

Stanza 18 in the first edition of Edward FitzGerald’s The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám is the last in the series that emphasizes the impermanence of […]

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