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Iran Seeks China’s help to Install 7 gigs of new Solar Capacity in “4th Industrial Revolution”
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Iran Seeks China’s help to Install 7 gigs of new Solar Capacity in “4th Industrial Revolution”

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – With the prospect of new Iranian nuclear power plants looking dim after Israeli and American bombing of its civilian nuclear […]

Gaza and the Death of Conscience

Gaza and the Death of Conscience

09/13/2025 By Middle East Monitor

The ‘Gaza Riviera’ is a fantasy Plan that relies on Urbicide and Expulsion

The ‘Gaza Riviera’ is a fantasy Plan that relies on Urbicide and Expulsion

09/13/2025 By The Conversation

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Palestinian Hunger Games

Palestinian Hunger Games

Some 2000 of the estimated 4600 Palestinians held in Israeli prisons are now hunger striking. Three hundred of them have been deprived of the right […]

Juan Cole

Omar Khayyam
Omar Khayyam (103) The sword of fate is sharp

Omar Khayyam (103) The sword of fate is sharp

Take care, for the age  is in an uproar. Don’t be assured, since the sword of fate  is sharp. If destiny puts candy in your […]

Juan Cole

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On the Consequences of Oppression (Simone de Beauvoir Poster)

On the Consequences of Oppression (Simone de Beauvoir Poster)

Juan Cole

Egypt
Military-Salafi Clashes in Egypt Injured hundreds, Kill 1 Soldier

Military-Salafi Clashes in Egypt Injured hundreds, Kill 1 Soldier

The Egyptian military pushed back Friday against largely Salafi protesters, who insisted on attempting to get near to the Ministry of Defense in the al-Abbasiya […]

Juan Cole

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“Democracy becomes a government of bullies . . .” (Ralph Waldo Emerson Poster)

“Democracy becomes a government of bullies . . .” (Ralph Waldo Emerson Poster)

Juan Cole

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Romney v. Carter (Jamiol Cartoon)

Romney v. Carter (Jamiol Cartoon)

Courtesy Paul Jamiol

Juan Cole

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No, Virginia, Iran isn’t in Bed with Al-Qaeda (Abbotabad Trove)

No, Virginia, Iran isn’t in Bed with Al-Qaeda (Abbotabad Trove)

The al-Qaeda documents released by West Point’s Center for Combatting Terrorism (which needs to be better funded by Congress) show that the whole warmonger meme […]

Juan Cole

Omar Khayyam
Omar Khayyam (128):  Lovers are at home in heaven and in hell

Omar Khayyam (128): Lovers are at home in heaven and in hell

Seekers of the truth look at the  lovely and the ugly  as the same. Lovers are at home in heaven and in hell. Those who’ve […]

Juan Cole

Energy
Raging Weather & Climate Change (McKibben)

Raging Weather & Climate Change (McKibben)

Bill McKibben writes at Tomdispatch.com Too Hot Not to Notice? A Planet Connected by Wild Weather By Bill McKibben The Williams River was so languid […]

Juan Cole

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