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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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Climate Change
Darkening of Melting Arctic Amplifying Global Warming from CO2

Darkening of Melting Arctic Amplifying Global Warming from CO2

(By Jacob Chamberlain) One of nature's key defenses against global warming—the reflection of the sun's rays away from Earth by Arctic sea ice—has fallen victim […]

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Crime
4 Darknesses:  Internet being Manipulated, Deceived by Western Intel Trolls

4 Darknesses: Internet being Manipulated, Deceived by Western Intel Trolls

(By Juan Cole) Researchers on online behavior have shown that internet trolls (people who use insincere techniques to disrupt conversations) really are psychopaths, marked by […]

Juan Cole

Saudis 'seek Pakistani arms for Syrian rebels'

Saudis 'seek Pakistani arms for Syrian rebels'

DUBAI: Saudi Arabia is in talks with Pakistan to provide anti-aircraft and anti-tank rockets to Syrian rebels to try to tip the balance in the […]

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Turkey: Legislating the End of Democracy - 3 Laws for One-Party Rule

Turkey: Legislating the End of Democracy – 3 Laws for One-Party Rule

(By Ola Claësson) The government’s response to the Gezi protests in June 2013 and its obstruction of a graft probe targeting ministers in December the […]

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Africa
A World built on Slavery

A World built on Slavery

(By Greg Grandin) Many in the United States were outraged by the remarks of conservative evangelical preacher Pat Robertson, who blamed Haiti’s catastrophic 2010 earthquake […]

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Economy
The Promise and Existential Risks of Nanotechnology

The Promise and Existential Risks of Nanotechnology

Video by Dr. Kim Solez on Existential Risks [of Nanotechnology] prepared for the Lifeboat Foundation The Bill Joy video excerpt from the year 2000 in […]

Juan Cole

Eastern Europe
Not to Reason Why:  A New Crimean "War"?

Not to Reason Why: A New Crimean “War”?

(Juan Cole) The Russian-speaking population of the Crimean Peninsula in the Ukraine is upset by the popular movement in the west of the country that […]

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Domestic Surveillance
Not only Big Brother but Big Corporation is Tracking you Online Too

Not only Big Brother but Big Corporation is Tracking you Online Too

(Via Techdirt) What Happens When You Marry The NSA’s Surveillance Database With Amazon’s Personalized Marketing? (via Techdirt) By now, most people who shop online are […]

Juan Cole

Dissent
Israel's Curb on Freedom of Speech in Anti-Boycott Law Challenged in Court

Israel’s Curb on Freedom of Speech in Anti-Boycott Law Challenged in Court

(By Bill Van Esveld) On [last] Sunday, nine Israeli Supreme Court justices heard a petition to revoke the country’s “anti-boycott law” – a law that […]

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