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America may have invaded Iraq for its Oil, but Solar Power is what Iraqis now Want
Climate Crisis

America may have invaded Iraq for its Oil, but Solar Power is what Iraqis now Want

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Iraqi farmers, tired of high electricity bills and frequent blackouts, are turning to solar panels, according to Khalid Al-Mousuly at […]

Despite Efforts to Shift the Blame, Israeli Policies Are Starving Children

Despite Efforts to Shift the Blame, Israeli Policies Are Starving Children

08/21/2025 By Human Rights Watch

We’ll all Feel the Abrupt Changes Striking Antarctica Sea Ice and Ocean Currents

We’ll all Feel the Abrupt Changes Striking Antarctica Sea Ice and Ocean Currents

08/21/2025 By The Conversation

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Displaced and Refugees
S. Africa Will Arrest Dual Nationals Fighting in Gaza, Demands Halt to Starvation of Palestinians

S. Africa Will Arrest Dual Nationals Fighting in Gaza, Demands Halt to Starvation of Palestinians

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – South Africa’s Townpress reports that Naledi Pandor, the country’s foreign minister, pledged this week to arrest any South African/ Israeli […]

Juan Cole

Books
The film ‘Dune’: Techno-Orientalism, and Intergalactic Islam

The film ‘Dune’: Techno-Orientalism, and Intergalactic Islam

“Based on Herbert’s 1965 science fiction classic, “Dune” is a tale of a rising duke, intergalactic power struggles, a precious spice, and lethal spaceworms. The […]

Ibrahim Al-Marashi

Donald Trump
Trump Showed Us Who He Is the First Time: Term 2 Would Be a Thousand Times Worse

Trump Showed Us Who He Is the First Time: Term 2 Would Be a Thousand Times Worse

( Tomdispatch.com ) – Recently my partner and I had brunch with some old comrades, folks I first met in the 1996 fight to stop […]

Rebecca Gordon

Climate Crisis
In First, Rich Nations Cut CO2 4.5% in ’23 but still Grew, as Coal fell to 1900 Levels

In First, Rich Nations Cut CO2 4.5% in ’23 but still Grew, as Coal fell to 1900 Levels

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The International Energy Agency issued a report this month that contains a kernel of significant hope for halting the poisoning […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Israel Partisans' use of Disinformation

Israel Partisans’ use of Disinformation

by Tariq Kenney-Shawa  ( Al-Shabaka ) – During campaigns of genocide and ethnic cleansing, disinformation is a potent weapon—a tool to dehumanize victims, justify mass violence, […]

Al-Shabaka

Ecology
Calls for a ‘Green’ Ramadan revive Islam’s long Tradition of Sustainability and Care for the Planet

Calls for a ‘Green’ Ramadan revive Islam’s long Tradition of Sustainability and Care for the Planet

By Noorzehra Zaidi, University of Maryland, Baltimore County | – For many Muslims breaking fast in mosques around the world this Ramadan, something will be […]

The Conversation

CIA
US Intelligence: Israel's Netanyahu not Viable, not Moderate and is Provoking Terrorism

US Intelligence: Israel’s Netanyahu not Viable, not Moderate and is Provoking Terrorism

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Annual Threat Assessment of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (Avril Haines) contains some important information that […]

Juan Cole

Anti-intellectualism
Protesting the Suspension of Professor Jairo Fúnez-Flores by Texas Tech University

Protesting the Suspension of Professor Jairo Fúnez-Flores by Texas Tech University

Committee on Academic Freedom | Middle East Studies Association | – Tedd Mitchell Chancellor, Texas Tech University System Tedd.mitchell@ttuhsc.edu   Lawrence Schovanec  President, Texas Tech […]

Committee on Academic Freedom

China
The American Empire in (Ultimate?) Crisis

The American Empire in (Ultimate?) Crisis

( Tomdispatch.com ) – Empires don’t just fall like toppled trees. Instead, they weaken slowly as a succession of crises drain their strength and confidence […]

Alfred W. McCoy

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