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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

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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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The Second Iran-Iraq War and the American Switch

The Second Iran-Iraq War and the American Switch

Iran has decided to intervene directly in Iraq and has already sent fighters to the front, according to the Wall Street Journal, based on Iranian […]

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Seven Key Takeaways From Eric Cantor’s Shocking Defeat

Seven Key Takeaways From Eric Cantor’s Shocking Defeat

No incumbent majority leader had lost a seat in Congress since 1899, when the post was first created. Rep. Eric Cantor (R-VA) broke that streak last night. He’s announced that he’ll step down from leadership within weeks. Cantor’s stunning defeat…

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Egypt:  15-Yr. Sentence for Hero of Tahrir Revolution, blogger Alaa, 24 others

Egypt: 15-Yr. Sentence for Hero of Tahrir Revolution, blogger Alaa, 24 others

By Joe Stork, Human Rights Watch (Beirut) – A Cairo court on June 11, 2014, sentenced the prominent Egyptian activist Alaa Abdel Fattah and 24 […]

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After Piketty, is the Study of Economics the Study of Rising Inequality?

After Piketty, is the Study of Economics the Study of Rising Inequality?

By Chris Edwards, University of East Anglia The economic and political focus is increasingly on the inequality of income and wealth as they both rise […]

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Climate Change
Tallest German Residential High-Rise Will Also Be Solar Aktivhaus

Tallest German Residential High-Rise Will Also Be Solar Aktivhaus

Award-winning proposed Aktivhaus apartment tower at Skyline Plaza complex in Frankfurt (skyscrapercity.com) The European residential high-rise boom has a green twist these days. Magnus Kaminiarz & Cie unanimously won this spring’s design award for…

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Iraq: Looming War of Shiite, Kurdish, Extremist-Sunni Militias

Iraq: Looming War of Shiite, Kurdish, Extremist-Sunni Militias

By Juan Cole The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria [ISIS] is apparently keeping control of Mosul, Iraq’s second largest city of 2 million, and […]

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Lighting the Darkest Corners of Government:  Review of Glenn Greenwald’s No Place to Hide

Lighting the Darkest Corners of Government: Review of Glenn Greenwald’s No Place to Hide

Book review and discussion questions for reading groups In No Place to Hide, Glenn Greenwald shows that a modern investigative reporter doesn’t just need the courage to take on the United States government and established media. He also needs a whole…

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Afghanistan
US Military Fail:  Long Asian Land Wars a Route to Disaster since 1963

US Military Fail: Long Asian Land Wars a Route to Disaster since 1963

By Tom Engelhardt via Tomdispatch.com The United States has been at war — major boots-on-the-ground conflicts and minor interventions, firefights, air strikes, drone assassination campaigns, […]

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Barack Obama
And the Walls Come Tumbling Down: Israeli PM Netanyahu on Notice from both Left and Right

And the Walls Come Tumbling Down: Israeli PM Netanyahu on Notice from both Left and Right

By Carlyn Meyer If there was any doubt about which side came out stronger from the failed Kerry peace initiative, it’s been put to rest […]

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