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Greta Thunberg and 11 other Volunteers set out on Mercy Mission to Gaza
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Greta Thunberg and 11 other Volunteers set out on Mercy Mission to Gaza

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Anadolu Agency reports that the humanitarian aid ship, the “Madeleine,” set out for Gaza on Sunday from Catania in […]

Climate Change and the Border-Industrial Complex in the Trump Era

Climate Change and the Border-Industrial Complex in the Trump Era

06/02/2025 By Tomdispatch

Iran faces Twin Power-Grid and Nutritional Crises

Iran faces Twin Power-Grid and Nutritional Crises

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ABC:  Bush's Neocon Spokesman for Illegal US Occupation of Iraq Slams Russia for Crimea

ABC: Bush’s Neocon Spokesman for Illegal US Occupation of Iraq Slams Russia for Crimea

It just baffles me that failed Neocons like Dan Senor are still given a hearing inside the Beltway. ABC News actually interviewed Senor, the spokesman […]

Juan Cole

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TYT: MSNBC's Chuck Todd Rips CNN for "Breaking News" Malaysia Plane Fraud, Discovers MSNBC Doing it Too

TYT: MSNBC’s Chuck Todd Rips CNN for “Breaking News” Malaysia Plane Fraud, Discovers MSNBC Doing it Too

Ana Kasparian of The Young Turks says when she was a guest on another cable news channel, the producer told her, “remember: our viewers are […]

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Are Some Iraqi Politicians being Disqualified because they Criticized PM Nouri al-Maliki?

Are Some Iraqi Politicians being Disqualified because they Criticized PM Nouri al-Maliki?

(From a Niqash Special Correspondent in Baghdad) A number of high profile MPs have been banned from running in Iraq’s upcoming general elections – allegedly […]

Juan Cole

Climate Change
Big Oil and Gas Wants your Drinking Water, Too:  UN

Big Oil and Gas Wants your Drinking Water, Too: UN

(By Jacob Chamberlain) An unrelenting increase in energy production, including unconventional methods such as tar sands extraction and fracking, will severely damage the world's already […]

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India
India's Massive Youth Vote tilting to Right Wing Hindu Nationalist

India’s Massive Youth Vote tilting to Right Wing Hindu Nationalist

(By James Tapper) 100 million new voters are about to transform India (via GlobalPost) NEW DELHI, India — With only a few weeks until India […]

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Climate Change
5 Signs Solar Power is Taking over the World

5 Signs Solar Power is Taking over the World

(By Juan Cole) Burning fossil fuels (coal, natural gas and oil) is putting 32 billion metric tons of carbon dioxide annually into the atmosphere. Since […]

Juan Cole

Environment
Maddow: Duke Energy busted in N Carolina for Toxic Dumping as Enviro Groups Targeted

Maddow: Duke Energy busted in N Carolina for Toxic Dumping as Enviro Groups Targeted

Rachel Maddow follows up on a report from earlier in the week about environmental activists who accused a Duke Energy power plant of dumping toxic […]

Juan Cole

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Egypt: Military Rule, Arbitrary Jailing of Protesters, and... Public Silence

Egypt: Military Rule, Arbitrary Jailing of Protesters, and… Public Silence

(By Daniel Nour) This article will probably annoy you. Telling the truth about Egypt, speaking frankly – not appropriately, or prudently, but just plain honestly […]

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Domestic Surveillance
Google Follows Snowden’s Advice, Encrypts All Gmail Messages

Google Follows Snowden’s Advice, Encrypts All Gmail Messages

Whether you think former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden is a hero or a traitor, at the very least you now know that the National Security Agency has expanded the scope of its surveillance of American citizens quite a bit. The government…

Juan Cole

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