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While Trump Fiddles, China declares Eurasia Open for Business at At Shanghai Cooperation Org. Summit
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While Trump Fiddles, China declares Eurasia Open for Business at At Shanghai Cooperation Org. Summit

Neil Thompson

Beijing raised its profile at the annual Shanghai Cooperation Council summit of non-Western countries just by providing a forum. London (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) […]

“Take the Cash in Hand:” Edward FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:12

“Take the Cash in Hand:” Edward FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:12

09/11/2025 By Juan Cole

Israeli Strike in Doha crosses a new Line from which Relations with Gulf may not Recover

Israeli Strike in Doha crosses a new Line from which Relations with Gulf may not Recover

09/11/2025 By Kristian Coates Ulrichsen

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Massive Meteoroid Impact on Moon shines like Small Star (NASA Video)

Massive Meteoroid Impact on Moon shines like Small Star (NASA Video)

That boulder-sized meteoroid that hit the moon on the 17th, causing a star-bright conflagration? NASA reports that it likely was part of a whole pack […]

Juan Cole

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Climate Change Denial is Costing us Trillions, Threatening Farming, Fishing, Animals (Video)

Climate Change Denial is Costing us Trillions, Threatening Farming, Fishing, Animals (Video)

Michael Mann: Climate change is already costing us $1 trillion a year. Aljazeera asks Professor Mann why there is still confusion among Americans about the […]

Juan Cole

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The Lotto Symbolizes the False Promises of Barracuda Capitalism, and it Won’t make you Happy to Win

The Lotto Symbolizes the False Promises of Barracuda Capitalism, and it Won’t make you Happy to Win

Late capitalism in the United States is a process whereby more and more of the national income is going every month to a smaller number […]

Juan Cole

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"I will Survive" the Muslim Brotherhood: Leftist Egyptian Youth Music Video

“I will Survive” the Muslim Brotherhood: Leftist Egyptian Youth Music Video

Not an endorsement, but this cover by secular leftists of Gloria Gaynor’s 1978 “I will Survive,” with satirical Arabic lyrics (translated in subtitles) about the […]

Juan Cole

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The Great Benghazi Conspiracy and Republican Forgeries

The Great Benghazi Conspiracy and Republican Forgeries

John Aravosis at AmericaBlog has been all over the Republican congressmen who forged versions of alleged White House emails on Benghazi and falsified them to […]

Juan Cole

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Moapa Band of Paiutes Celebrates switch from Coal to Solar Energy in Nevada

Moapa Band of Paiutes Celebrates switch from Coal to Solar Energy in Nevada

The Moapa Paiutes are celebrating the advent of solar power and the beginning of the end of coal power in southern Nevada. They are having […]

Juan Cole

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The Great American Descent into Plutocracy (Kroll)

The Great American Descent into Plutocracy (Kroll)

Andy Kroll writes at Tomdispatch.com Billionaires with an axe to grind, now is your time. Not since the days before a bumbling crew of would-be […]

Juan Cole

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Really Star-Trekking: Skylab Astronauts Reflect on Life in Outer Space (Video)

Really Star-Trekking: Skylab Astronauts Reflect on Life in Outer Space (Video)

Three astronauts from the International Space Station did a Google hangout with the stars of “Star Trek: Into Darkness.” Meanwhile, VOA profiles an earlier generation […]

Juan Cole

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Bombing Kills 15 in Kabul, 6 Americans: Is this What Winning Looks Like? (+ VICE video)

Bombing Kills 15 in Kabul, 6 Americans: Is this What Winning Looks Like? (+ VICE video)

Gulbuddin Hikmatyar’s Hizb-i Islami [the Islamic Party] guerrilla group bombed a military convoy in Kabul this morning, killing 15, including 6 Americans. The Reagan administration […]

Juan Cole

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