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Global Solar skyrockets 64% in H1, as Trump SecEnergy Wright gets Schooled
Climate Crisis

Global Solar skyrockets 64% in H1, as Trump SecEnergy Wright gets Schooled

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Ember energy consultancy reports that in the first half of 2025, the world put in 380 gigawatts of new […]

“But come with old Khayyam and leave the Lot,” FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:9

“But come with old Khayyam and leave the Lot,” FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:9

09/04/2025 By Juan Cole

The full Seizure of Gaza: A Path toward Isolation and Collapse

The full Seizure of Gaza: A Path toward Isolation and Collapse

09/04/2025 By Middle East Monitor

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Arab League Suspends Syria as Israeli Warns of "Islamic Empire"

Arab League Suspends Syria as Israeli Warns of “Islamic Empire”

The Arab League suspended Syria on Wednesday at its meeting in Rabat, Morocco, and gave the Baath government three days to cease shooting protesters or […]

Juan Cole

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Police Crackdowns on OWS Coordinated among Mayors, FBI, DHS

Police Crackdowns on OWS Coordinated among Mayors, FBI, DHS

Oakland Mayor Jean Quan let slip in an interview with the BBC that she had been on a conference call with the mayors of 18 […]

Juan Cole

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McCain Plays Politics with Obama's Iraq Withdrawal

McCain Plays Politics with Obama’s Iraq Withdrawal

Senator John McCain (R-AZ) played shameless politics during a hearing on Tuesday on the US withdrawal from Iraq. McCain more or less called Secretary of […]

Juan Cole

Tomgram: Bill McKibben, Puncturing the Pipeline

Tomgram: Bill McKibben, Puncturing the Pipeline

Conventional wisdom has it that the next election will be fought exclusively on the topic of jobs…

Juan Cole

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NYPD Attack on OWS and the End of the First Amendment

NYPD Attack on OWS and the End of the First Amendment

Not only did the police, at the orders of billionaire mayor Michael Bloomberg, abruptly move on the protesters, they are alleged to have deliberately kept […]

Juan Cole

Energy
Only Green Energy Can Save Yemen

Only Green Energy Can Save Yemen

No one gives any credence to Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh’s pledge on Monday to step down in 90 days, since he’s made such commitments […]

Juan Cole

Islamophobia
Muslim- and Liberal-Hater Breivik Confronted by Survivors in Open Court

Muslim- and Liberal-Hater Breivik Confronted by Survivors in Open Court

Norway’s mass murdered Anders Behring Breivik, a right wing white Christian supremacist who has confessed to killing 77 Labor Party youth activists and allegedly wounded […]

Juan Cole

Libya
Herman Cain Painfully Clueless on Libya

Herman Cain Painfully Clueless on Libya

Herman Cain more or less admits that he has no idea what he would have done about the Libyan Revolution and no idea whether his […]

Juan Cole

Uncategorized
GOPers Promise you War on Iran & Torture & Poverty

GOPers Promise you War on Iran & Torture & Poverty

Saturday’s Republican debate, sponsored by CBS and the National Journal, revealed a Republican field that is promising war on Iran and a revival of the […]

Juan Cole

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