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Manufactured Famines in Gaza began almost 2 Decades Ago, So why Haven’t they been Halted?
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Manufactured Famines in Gaza began almost 2 Decades Ago, So why Haven’t they been Halted?

Dan Steinbock

New York (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – Recently, international media has highlighted the mass famine in Gaza. Yet, there have been effectively three waves […]

“A thousand Blossoms with the Day Woke:” FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:8

“A thousand Blossoms with the Day Woke:” FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:8

09/02/2025 By Juan Cole

Symbolism, Exile and Identity explored in Paintings: An Interview with Massoud Hayoun

Symbolism, Exile and Identity explored in Paintings: An Interview with Massoud Hayoun

09/02/2025 By Global Voices

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Climate Crisis:  How Weather ‘Blocks’ have Triggered more Extreme Heatwaves and Floods across Europe

Climate Crisis: How Weather ‘Blocks’ have Triggered more Extreme Heatwaves and Floods across Europe

Tim Woollings, University of Oxford | – (The Conversation) – On several occasions this summer, Europe’s weather seemed to get itself stuck, leading to prolonged […]

The Conversation

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ISIL Extremists Bomb Mosques in Pakistan, in Bid to outlaw Celebrating the Birth of the Prophet Muhammad (Yes)

ISIL Extremists Bomb Mosques in Pakistan, in Bid to outlaw Celebrating the Birth of the Prophet Muhammad (Yes)

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Muhammad Shahid at The National (Dubai) reports that there were two attacks on mosques in northern Pakistan on Friday. The […]

Juan Cole

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Germany Covers 52 percent of Electricity Consumption with Renewables so Far this Year

Germany Covers 52 percent of Electricity Consumption with Renewables so Far this Year

By Sören Amelang | – ( Clean Energy Wire) – Renewables covered more than half of Germany’s electricity consumption so far this year, according to […]

Clean Energy Wire

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Despite the Welcome Surge of Green Energy, the World is not on Track to keep Heating below 1.5C; We must do More

Despite the Welcome Surge of Green Energy, the World is not on Track to keep Heating below 1.5C; We must do More

By Pep Canadell, CSIRO | – It was a rare bit of good news on climate. The International Energy Agency this week released its latest […]

The Conversation

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Macron Pledges to end Coal by 2027,  to get to 60% Renewables by 2030, and to Ramp up French EV Production; Is it Enough?

Macron Pledges to end Coal by 2027, to get to 60% Renewables by 2030, and to Ramp up French EV Production; Is it Enough?

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Kim Willsher reported this week at the Guardian on French President Emmanuel Macron’s announcement of a “French environmental plan” (l’écologie […]

Juan Cole

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Portuguese youths sue 33 European Governments at EU Court in largest Climate Case Ever

Portuguese youths sue 33 European Governments at EU Court in largest Climate Case Ever

By Marta Torre-Schaub, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne | – (The Conversation) – A little over three years ago, a group of Portuguese youths filed a […]

The Conversation

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At the Brink? Contemplating the Unimaginable Costs of a Nuclear War

At the Brink? Contemplating the Unimaginable Costs of a Nuclear War

( Tomdispatch.com) – Here’s something strange about our all-too-nuclearized planet: in my youth during the 1950s and early 1960s, the possibility of an obliterating nuclear […]

Andrea Mazzarino

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Sister Cities in Climate Crisis: New Orleans, Basra, Alexandria face Saltwater Intrusion, Fresh Water Shortage

Sister Cities in Climate Crisis: New Orleans, Basra, Alexandria face Saltwater Intrusion, Fresh Water Shortage

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Eric Zerkel and Angela Fritz at CNN report on the great saltwater intrusion that is threatening drinking water over the […]

Juan Cole

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Facebook’s News Retreat: A Death Knell for Independent Mideast Local News

Facebook’s News Retreat: A Death Knell for Independent Mideast Local News

( Globalvoices.org ) – Google and Meta, commonly referred to as the duopoly of the internet, dominate online access to information. In a recent showdown […]

Global Voices

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Why Even “Progressive” Dem Leaders won’t Stand up on Gaza: AIPAC’s Undue Influence

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