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Solar Power outstripped all others in Europe last Month for First Time
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Solar Power outstripped all others in Europe last Month for First Time

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – As the Trump Department of Energy and the Republican tax bill try to kneecap solar energy in the United States, […]

‘Come meet us in Dubai’: the new Offshoring of grand Corruption

‘Come meet us in Dubai’: the new Offshoring of grand Corruption

07/12/2025 By The Conversation

Stop Israel’s Dystopian Concentration Camp in Gaza before it is Too Late

Stop Israel’s Dystopian Concentration Camp in Gaza before it is Too Late

07/12/2025 By Medea Benjamin

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Interview with Jeremy Scahill Questions "War on Terror"

Interview with Jeremy Scahill Questions “War on Terror”

Euronews asks Jeremy Scahill about his new film, “Dirty Wars,” which has been nominated for an Academy Award. Scahill was also recently interviewed at Democracy […]

Juan Cole

Human Rights
Crystal Night Must not be Repeated versus other European Minorities

Crystal Night Must not be Repeated versus other European Minorities

By Anne-Ruth Wertheim, Amsterdam Crystal Night took place on the night between 9 and 10 November 1938. Across the whole of Nazi Germany and parts […]

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Africa
Today's South Africa by the Numbers (with Photos)

Today’s South Africa by the Numbers (with Photos)

Population of South Africa: 51 million (slightly larger than South Korea) Annual Gross Domestic Product (nominal): $384 billion (in neighborhood of Taiwan, Austria, UAE) Rank […]

Juan Cole

Africa
Photo of the Day: Apartheid South Africa Sign

Photo of the Day: Apartheid South Africa Sign

This sign is left over from Apartheid days and is preserved under an awning in downtown Johannesburg, South Africa as a reminder of what was. […]

Juan Cole

Africa
Photo of the Day: Mandela Training in Algeria

Photo of the Day: Mandela Training in Algeria

h/t Sami Ben Gharbia ‏@ifikra Nelson Mandela training with the Algerian Liberation Front in 1962. The Algerians fought an 8-year war, 1954-1962, to become independent […]

Juan Cole

Book of condolence to open at South African embassy in Abu Dhabi

Book of condolence to open at South African embassy in Abu Dhabi

Ambassador to the UAE also plans memorial service in Abu Dhabi next week.

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Yemen attacks should be assessed in terms of internal political conflicts

Yemen attacks should be assessed in terms of internal political conflicts

Attacks in Yemen are a part of the political transition that’s taking place there, and as for the Islamist groups there is a deep degree […]

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Africa
Mandela:  We want equal Political Rights; When Protest was Outlawed, we chose Sabotage

Mandela: We want equal Political Rights; When Protest was Outlawed, we chose Sabotage

Mandela’s declaration to the court as his trial began in Pretoria at the Supreme Court of South Africa on April 20, 1964 I am the […]

Juan Cole

Environment
NAS: From Ice Sheet Collapse to Mass Extinctions, You're not Ready for Climate Change

NAS: From Ice Sheet Collapse to Mass Extinctions, You’re not Ready for Climate Change

By John Queally Hang on. Get Ready. Those are at least two of the takeaways from a new report released by scientists in the National […]

Juan Cole

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