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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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Women Targeted by Militarism in Strong States and Extremism in weak ones

Women Targeted by Militarism in Strong States and Extremism in weak ones

By Thalif Deen UNITED NATIONS, Nov 6 2014 (IPS) – Ongoing military conflicts in the strife-torn Middle East – specifically in Iraq, Syria, Libya and […]

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Internet Liberty at Stake in Obama World Wide Web Policy

Internet Liberty at Stake in Obama World Wide Web Policy

By Juan Cole President Barack Obama on Monday called on the Federal Communications Commission to treat Internet Service Providers (ISP’s) as common carriers, sort of […]

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Denmark to ban Coal in Favor of Wind Energy

Denmark to ban Coal in Favor of Wind Energy

Wochit General News “Denmark’s climate minister said on Saturday that Denmark should ban coal use by 2025 to make the Nordic nation a leader in […]

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Iraq
Iraq War 3.0?  What could possibly Go Wrong?

Iraq War 3.0? What could possibly Go Wrong?

By Peter Van Buren (Tomdispatch.com) Karl von Clausewitz, the famed Prussian military thinker, is best known for his aphorism “War is the continuation of state […]

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Bush
ISIL Grew out of Bush's Destruction of Iraq's Socialist Economy

ISIL Grew out of Bush’s Destruction of Iraq’s Socialist Economy

By Noah Bassil via The Conversation To explain the disaster befalling Iraq, as well as the rise of Islamic State (IS), you have to go […]

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In Creeping Annexaton, Israel Plots to Apply Israeli Law in Palestinian West Bank

In Creeping Annexaton, Israel Plots to Apply Israeli Law in Palestinian West Bank

BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Palestinian official Nabil Shaath said Sunday that a proposed Knesset bill to apply Israeli laws to West Bank settlements was dangerous and […]

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Ferguson & Israel?  Netanyahu Calls for Stripping Palestinian-Israelis of Citizenship

Ferguson & Israel? Netanyahu Calls for Stripping Palestinian-Israelis of Citizenship

By Juan Cole On Sunday Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said he was looking into whether Israel could strip citizenship from those who speak out […]

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Israeli PM Netanyahu Is a National Security Risk—And Washington Knows It

Israeli PM Netanyahu Is a National Security Risk—And Washington Knows It

An anonymous U.S. official caused a dustup when he called the Israeli prime minister "chickenshit." Others might have said worse. By Adil E. Shamoo and […]

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EU Foreign Affairs Head:  A Palestinian State or Endless Conflict

EU Foreign Affairs Head: A Palestinian State or Endless Conflict

Frederica Mogherini, the European Union High Representative for Foreign Affairs in the Juncker Commission, is a former Foreign Minister of Italy and a member of […]

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