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Turkiye hosts Largest Solar Power Plant of any European Country, as its Solar Installations Surge to 3.1 GW in H1
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Turkiye hosts Largest Solar Power Plant of any European Country, as its Solar Installations Surge to 3.1 GW in H1

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Turkiye [Turkey] is a European country, since part of its territory lies in Europe. So the following sentence is true: […]

Palestinian Statehood is winning major new Supporters at UN – but symbolic Action won’t make it happen

Palestinian Statehood is winning major new Supporters at UN – but symbolic Action won’t make it happen

09/20/2025 By The Conversation

Protesting UC Berkeley handing Names of Faculty and Students  to Dept. of Education

Protesting UC Berkeley handing Names of Faculty and Students to Dept. of Education

09/20/2025 By Committee on Academic Freedom

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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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Lebanon
A-Pop & Hip-Hop:   "Wild Ones" -  Myriam Fares and Flo Rida

A-Pop & Hip-Hop: “Wild Ones” – Myriam Fares and Flo Rida

“Wild Ones” by Myriam Fares & Flo Rida Last summer American rapper Tramar Lacel Dillard a.k.a. Flo Rida reprised his 2011 hit with Sia, “Wild […]

Juan Cole

Arab Spring
As Ukraine's President Flees in Overthrow, Lessons for Kyiv from the Arab Upheavals

As Ukraine’s President Flees in Overthrow, Lessons for Kyiv from the Arab Upheavals

(By Juan Cole) The dramatic overthrow of Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych on Saturday, as he fled the presidential palace and it was occupied by extreme […]

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censorship
The Deep State is Vulnerable to People Power

The Deep State is Vulnerable to People Power

(By Juan Cole) My remarks below were published at Bill Moyers’ site this weekend. They came in response to Mike Lofgren’s important essay, “Anatomy of […]

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Books
Wind Turbines don't decline in Efficiency for 25 Years, contrary to Myth

Wind Turbines don’t decline in Efficiency for 25 Years, contrary to Myth

(By James Ayre) Wind Farms Blow Away Old Criticism — Research Shows That Wind Turbines Remain Productive For Up To 25 Years (via Clean Technica) […]

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Dissent
Why won't Western Politicians Condemn Israeli Crackdown on Palestinian Protesters, but do Complain about Ukraine?

Why won’t Western Politicians Condemn Israeli Crackdown on Palestinian Protesters, but do Complain about Ukraine?

(Via AFP) Hundreds demand reopening of key Hebron street (via AFP) Palestinians held a protest Friday in the West Bank city of Hebron to demand […]

Juan Cole

Domestic Surveillance
Judge:  All right for NYPD to spy on Muslim-Americans; not all right for Journalists to reveal it

Judge: All right for NYPD to spy on Muslim-Americans; not all right for Journalists to reveal it

(By Sarah Lazare) A federal judge ruled Thursday that the NYPD's secret spying on Muslims in schools, restaurants, and mosques with no evidence of wrongdoing […]

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