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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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US politics
Gil Scott-Heron Explains 'The Revolution will not be Televised'

Gil Scott-Heron Explains ‘The Revolution will not be Televised’

Gil Scott-Heron explains what he meant by the phrase “The Revolution will not be Televised”

Juan Cole

Egypt
Egypt: One Soldier Dead, 3 Wounded, as Muslim Brotherhood Clashes with Army, Secularists in Provinces

Egypt: One Soldier Dead, 3 Wounded, as Muslim Brotherhood Clashes with Army, Secularists in Provinces

The markets in Egypt reacted with sheer joy to the Egyptian Revolution 3.0, with the Egyptian stock market rising 7% and adding billions to the […]

Juan Cole

Egypt
Egypt’s “Revocouption” and the future of Democracy on the Nile

Egypt’s “Revocouption” and the future of Democracy on the Nile

The argument over whether what happened in Egypt on Wednesday, July 3, was a coup or a revolution is really an argument over the legitimacy […]

Juan Cole

Domestic Surveillance
How Unreasonable Searches of Private Documents Caused the American Revolution

How Unreasonable Searches of Private Documents Caused the American Revolution

Just FYI, the Restore the Fourth movement in defense of the Fourth Amendment of the Constitution is holding protests all over the US today. On […]

Juan Cole

Environment
No Atheists in Foxholes, no Climate Change Deniers at front Lines of Wildfires

No Atheists in Foxholes, no Climate Change Deniers at front Lines of Wildfires

The western US is facing the prospect of worse and worse severe wildfires over the next century, according to a study summarized by The Scientific […]

Juan Cole

Egypt
Fourth of July Comes a Day Early to Cairo after Fundamentalist President is Removed (video)

Fourth of July Comes a Day Early to Cairo after Fundamentalist President is Removed (video)

RT has video:

Juan Cole

Egypt
Egypt's Countdown to Meltdown: Morsi Refuses to Deal

Egypt’s Countdown to Meltdown: Morsi Refuses to Deal

The Egyptian military’s ultimatum to the Muslim Brotherhood President Muhammad Morsi and his left, liberal & centrist political opposition to find a compromise by 4 […]

Juan Cole

Government surveillance
Snowden Fall-out:  European Denial of Overflight to Bolivian President Angers South America

Snowden Fall-out: European Denial of Overflight to Bolivian President Angers South America

As Bolivian President Evo Morales was returning from Moscow in a private jet after consultations on energy, his pilot was suddenly informed that France and […]

Juan Cole

Government surveillance
Uncle Peeping Tom: US Surveils EU (Jamiol Cartoon)

Uncle Peeping Tom: US Surveils EU (Jamiol Cartoon)

courtesy Paul Jamiol

Juan Cole

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