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Trump never saw a Wind Farm in China, but Beijing has half of all Installed Wind Capacity and will Eat America’s Lunch in this Industry
China

Trump never saw a Wind Farm in China, but Beijing has half of all Installed Wind Capacity and will Eat America’s Lunch in this Industry

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The dufus-in-chief perorated on Friday once again on wind power, complaining that the components are made in China but that […]

The Gaza Genocide is still far from being condemned in the West’s Rhetoric

The Gaza Genocide is still far from being condemned in the West’s Rhetoric

07/05/2025 By Ramona Wadi

Comics and Graphic Novels can empower Refugees to tell their Stories on their own Terms

Comics and Graphic Novels can empower Refugees to tell their Stories on their own Terms

07/05/2025 By The Conversation

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Climate Crisis
Hurricane Ian capped 2 Weeks of extreme Storms around the Globe: How Climate Change fuels Tropical Cyclones

Hurricane Ian capped 2 Weeks of extreme Storms around the Globe: How Climate Change fuels Tropical Cyclones

By Mathew Barlow, UMass Lowel and Suzana J. Camargo, Columbia University | When Hurricane Ian hit Florida, it was one of the United States’ most […]

The Conversation

Israel/ Palestine
New Israeli Policy of Targeted Assassination of Palestinians . . . by Drone

New Israeli Policy of Targeted Assassination of Palestinians . . . by Drone

By Ramona Wadi | – ( Middle East Monitor ) – For decades, the international community has sought to portray the occupied West Bank as […]

Middle East Monitor

Authoritarianism
'They Have Found The Courage': Iranian Women Go Hijab-Less In Public Amid Protests

‘They Have Found The Courage’: Iranian Women Go Hijab-Less In Public Amid Protests

( RFE/ RL ) – Two young Iranian women posted a photo of themselves having breakfast at a restaurant in Tehran without hijabs. The same […]

Golnaz Esfandiari

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Proliferation and Nuclear Winter: If Putin drops an Atom Bomb on Ukraine, Iran, Saudi Arabia -- Everyone -- will Want a Bomb

Proliferation and Nuclear Winter: If Putin drops an Atom Bomb on Ukraine, Iran, Saudi Arabia — Everyone — will Want a Bomb

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Russian President Vladimir Putin again threatened on Friday, as he announced the annexation of four provinces from Ukraine, to use […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
America’s Fickle Relationship with the Kurds:  Review of “Rethinking State-Non-State Alliances: Change and Continuity in the U.S.-Kurdish Relationship”

America’s Fickle Relationship with the Kurds: Review of “Rethinking State-Non-State Alliances: Change and Continuity in the U.S.-Kurdish Relationship”

Barcelona (Special to Informed Comment) – Review of Ozum Yesiltas, Rethinking State-Non-State Alliances: Change and Continuity in the U.S.-Kurdish Relationship (Lanham: Lexington Books, 2022). The […]

Marc Martorell Junyent

Australasia
There’s a huge Surge in Solar Production under Way – and Australia could show the World how to use It

There’s a huge Surge in Solar Production under Way – and Australia could show the World how to use It

By Andrew Blakers, Australian National University | – You might feel despondent after reading news reports about countries doubling down on fossil fuels to cope […]

The Conversation

Feminism
Choosing Life in a Pro-Violence Society

Choosing Life in a Pro-Violence Society

( Tomdispatch.com) – In significant parts of this country, the Supreme Court’s June 2022 decision to overturn Roe v. Wade returned Americans to a half-century-old […]

Andrea Mazzarino

Dissent
Iran Protests for Personal Freedoms Enter 3rd Week, as all Three Branches of Government Vow Crackdown

Iran Protests for Personal Freedoms Enter 3rd Week, as all Three Branches of Government Vow Crackdown

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Al Jazeera reports that President Ebrahim Raisi met Saturday with the Speaker of Parliament, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, and with the […]

Juan Cole

Apartheid
Joint Statement: States Should Act to Protect Human Rights in Palestine, and Dismantle Israel’s Apartheid

Joint Statement: States Should Act to Protect Human Rights in Palestine, and Dismantle Israel’s Apartheid

In August, Israeli authorities raided the offices of seven Palestinian civil society organizations and ordered their closure in an attempt to stop their critical work, […]

Human Rights Watch

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