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Global Battle Royale at COP30 between Fossil Fuel Producers and Green Energy Advocates
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Global Battle Royale at COP30 between Fossil Fuel Producers and Green Energy Advocates

Juan Cole

A bloc is attempting to deep-six the pledge made at COP28 to “transition away from fossil fuels.”

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Protesting Canada’s Detention of Former UN Special Rapporteur Richard Falk over Palestine Rights Advocacy

Protesting Canada’s Detention of Former UN Special Rapporteur Richard Falk over Palestine Rights Advocacy

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Trump using Jews to Ban Free Speech: The Ultimate in Antisemitism

Trump using Jews to Ban Free Speech: The Ultimate in Antisemitism

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The Specter of “Woke Communism:” How Corporate America became the Bogeyman of Today’s Anti-Communist Crusaders

The Specter of “Woke Communism:” How Corporate America became the Bogeyman of Today’s Anti-Communist Crusaders

By Steve Fraser | – ( Tomdispatch.com ) – Ron DeSantis, governor of Florida and perhaps the next president of the United States, is waging […]

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Antarctica
More Evidence that the Massive Thwaites Glacier is Melting Fast, Threatening the world’s Coasts

More Evidence that the Massive Thwaites Glacier is Melting Fast, Threatening the world’s Coasts

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Thwaites Glacier in Antarctica is in the news again. We are fascinated with it because it is the Godzilla […]

Juan Cole

Climate Crisis
Should a repressive petrostate get to host UN climate talks?  The UAE Plans for a Fossil Fuel Friendly COP28

Should a repressive petrostate get to host UN climate talks? The UAE Plans for a Fossil Fuel Friendly COP28

By Joey Shea | – ( Foreign Policy in Focus) – In recent weeks, grave concerns have emerged about the conflicts of interest posed by […]

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Israel/ Palestine
Russia's Occupation of Ukraine presents Israel with a Dilemma, and Underlines Hypocrisy of Occupation of Palestine

Russia’s Occupation of Ukraine presents Israel with a Dilemma, and Underlines Hypocrisy of Occupation of Palestine

( Middle East Monitor ) – Israel has struggled for a whole year to articulate a clear and decisive position regarding the Russia-Ukraine war. The […]

Ramzy Baroud

Displaced and Refugees
Turkey and Syria earthquake: Long-Term Funding is Needed to Support Search-and-Rescue After Major Disasters

Turkey and Syria earthquake: Long-Term Funding is Needed to Support Search-and-Rescue After Major Disasters

By Ali Asgary, York University, Canada | – The strong and disastrous earthquake that shook southern Turkey and Syria on Feb. 6 drew attention to […]

The Conversation

China
Iran's Raisi Visits Beijing, Signs 20 Agreements, as Iranian Lion and Chinese 'Yellow Dragon' seek to Outflank US Pressure

Iran’s Raisi Visits Beijing, Signs 20 Agreements, as Iranian Lion and Chinese ‘Yellow Dragon’ seek to Outflank US Pressure

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi visited China on Tuesday in response to an invitation from Chinese President Xi Jinping. China is […]

Juan Cole

Haredim
Israel enters a dangerous period – public protests swell over Netanyahu’s plan to limit the power of the Israeli Supreme Court

Israel enters a dangerous period – public protests swell over Netanyahu’s plan to limit the power of the Israeli Supreme Court

By Dov Waxman, University of California, Los Angeles | – (The Conversation) – Proposals by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s right-wing government to radically diminish the […]

The Conversation

African-Americans
Was Charles Austin Beard a Racist Historian?

Was Charles Austin Beard a Racist Historian?

( Counterpunch ) – Controversy about Charles Austin Beard began in 1913 when he published An Economic Interpretation of the Constitution of the United States. […]

Richard Drake

Arms Sales
Merger Mania in the Military-Industrial Complex:  Tackling Pentagon Waste Means Battling the Big Weapons Makers and Asking More of Congress

Merger Mania in the Military-Industrial Complex: Tackling Pentagon Waste Means Battling the Big Weapons Makers and Asking More of Congress

By Julia Gledhill and William D. Hartung | – ( Tomdispatch.com ) – It’s early in the new Congress, but lawmakers are already hotly debating […]

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