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25 Nations Toothlessly Demand Israel end Gaza War Now:  Suffering of Civilians has Reached “New Depths”
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25 Nations Toothlessly Demand Israel end Gaza War Now: Suffering of Civilians has Reached “New Depths”

Juan Cole

The foreign ministers of 25 nations, including much of Europe along with Japan, Canada and Australia, have issued a Joint Statement demanding that the Israeli […]

Protesting Georgetown U’s Sanctioning of Prof. Jonathan Brown for Speaking out on Iran War

Protesting Georgetown U’s Sanctioning of Prof. Jonathan Brown for Speaking out on Iran War

07/22/2025 By Committee on Academic Freedom

How Electric Vehicles and Water Heaters are turning Cities into giant Batteries

How Electric Vehicles and Water Heaters are turning Cities into giant Batteries

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"Don't Send these Climate Denying Poll-Cats back to Congress: Send them back to Science Class" - Jesse Ventura

“Don’t Send these Climate Denying Poll-Cats back to Congress: Send them back to Science Class” – Jesse Ventura

Jesse Ventura “Off The Grid” “Don’t send these Poll-cats back to Congress. Send them back to science class!” Today, Jesse Ventura runs down three of […]

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Coal
Top 5 Good News Solar Energy Stories Today

Top 5 Good News Solar Energy Stories Today

1. Morocco has announced that the first of a planned five solar mega-plants will go operational in 2015. The North African country, which is poor […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
If Baghdad & the Kurds are allied against ISIL, why is Baghdad Starving Kurdistan of Money?

If Baghdad & the Kurds are allied against ISIL, why is Baghdad Starving Kurdistan of Money?

From a blogger in the region: Following international media reporting, it is easy to think about war only in terms of uniforms, boots and steel. […]

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Bill of Rights
Edward Snowden and the Golden Age of Spying: Interview with Laura Poitras

Edward Snowden and the Golden Age of Spying: Interview with Laura Poitras

By Tom Engelhardt and Laura Poitras via Tomdispatch.com Here’s a Ripley’s Believe It or Not! stat from our new age of national security. How many […]

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Epidemics
Dear USA:  Liberian-Americans don't Have Ebola

Dear USA: Liberian-Americans don’t Have Ebola

By Philippa Garson (Follow @PhilippaGarson ) NEW YORK, 17 October 2014 (IRIN) – Africans living in the US from the three Ebola-affected countries of Liberia, […]

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Defying Turkey, US airdrops arms to Kobane Kurds

Defying Turkey, US airdrops arms to Kobane Kurds

By Juan Cole In a step that over-ruled America’s Turkish NATO ally, US jets dropped food, first aid and weaponry into the besieged Syrian Kurdish […]

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Islamic State of Iraq and Syria
The Kobane Crisis:  Where are Turkey, the PKK and the Kurds Going?

The Kobane Crisis: Where are Turkey, the PKK and the Kurds Going?

By Mustafa Gurbuz For many Kurds, Ankara’s spectator role in Kobane is a systematic policy to weaken PKK to get more leverage in the peace […]

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Economy
Top 1% 'own half global wealth'

Top 1% ‘own half global wealth’

BBC News: “The richest 1% of people own nearly half the world’s wealth, according to a report out this week. With total global wealth more […]

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Islam
Give Democracy a Chance in the Middle East, include the Muslim Religious Parties

Give Democracy a Chance in the Middle East, include the Muslim Religious Parties

London (Informed Comment) – When many Westerners think of the Middle East today they tend to see a region gripped by religious and sectarian violence. […]

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