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Trump never saw a Wind Farm in China, but Beijing has half of all Installed Wind Capacity and will Eat America’s Lunch in this Industry
China

Trump never saw a Wind Farm in China, but Beijing has half of all Installed Wind Capacity and will Eat America’s Lunch in this Industry

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The dufus-in-chief perorated on Friday once again on wind power, complaining that the components are made in China but that […]

The Gaza Genocide is still far from being condemned in the West’s Rhetoric

The Gaza Genocide is still far from being condemned in the West’s Rhetoric

07/05/2025 By Ramona Wadi

Comics and Graphic Novels can empower Refugees to tell their Stories on their own Terms

Comics and Graphic Novels can empower Refugees to tell their Stories on their own Terms

07/05/2025 By The Conversation

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Iran
Netanyahu and Iranian Jeans:  Ironies of Modernity and Tradition

Netanyahu and Iranian Jeans: Ironies of Modernity and Tradition

Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu provoked a lot of mocking humor by saying in an interview for BBC Persian that “if Iranians were free they […]

Juan Cole

Environment
Stop it Now!   Keystone XL will Bring Us the Dirtiest Oil on the Planet (Giesen)

Stop it Now! Keystone XL will Bring Us the Dirtiest Oil on the Planet (Giesen)

Tom Giesen writes in a guest column for Informed Comment The US already imports over 2.5 million barrels of Canadian oil each day. Much of […]

Juan Cole

Egypt
Day of Division in Middle East: Bloody Clashes in Egypt, Iraq

Day of Division in Middle East: Bloody Clashes in Egypt, Iraq

Sunday was another bloody day in the Middle East. In Egypt, the establishment commemorated the success of the Egyptian army 40 years ago in crossing […]

Juan Cole

Energy
The Great Solar Car Race begins in Australia: Can it save Humankind?

The Great Solar Car Race begins in Australia: Can it save Humankind?

On Sunday, the every-other-year great solar car race (the Bridgestone World Solar Challenge) began in Australia, as vehicles powered by sunlight competed to get from […]

Juan Cole

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Cole on Middle East Crises (Chuck Mertz interview)

Cole on Middle East Crises (Chuck Mertz interview)

Here is the interview Chuck Mertz did with me for Saturday’s episode of his long-running dissident show, “This is Hell, ” covering the situation in […]

Juan Cole

US politics
Shutdown Anthem:  Boehner & Bachmann “We Can’t Stop” (SNL Miley Cyrus spoof video)

Shutdown Anthem: Boehner & Bachmann “We Can’t Stop” (SNL Miley Cyrus spoof video)

Miley Cyrus and Taran Killam on Saturday Night Live this weekend as Michele Bachmann and John Boehner in a spoof of the government shutdown to […]

Juan Cole

Iran
Iran’s Leader “Optimistic” about Rowhani’s US Diplomacy, but Skeptical of Washington, Israel

Iran’s Leader “Optimistic” about Rowhani’s US Diplomacy, but Skeptical of Washington, Israel

Iran’s supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, spoke on Saturday to cadets at a military school, and in the course of his speech he referred to […]

Juan Cole

Environment
Oceans turning Acid, Lifeless faster than any time in 300 million Years from Human CO2 Emissions (Queally)

Oceans turning Acid, Lifeless faster than any time in 300 million Years from Human CO2 Emissions (Queally)

Jon Queally writes at Commondreams: The latest audit by an international team of marine scientists at the International Programme on the State of the Ocean […]

Juan Cole

Egypt
Top Ten Signs Solar Energy is rapidly Winning

Top Ten Signs Solar Energy is rapidly Winning

The recent UN report on climate change points out that the world does not have much time to switch to renewables if it is to […]

Juan Cole

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