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

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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DOJ finally orders FBI to Investigate Israeli Killing of US Journalist Shireen Abu Akleh; Israel Sniffs: Will not Cooperate

DOJ finally orders FBI to Investigate Israeli Killing of US Journalist Shireen Abu Akleh; Israel Sniffs: Will not Cooperate

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – AP reports that the Department of Justice gave the Federal Bureau of Investigation the charge of investigating the Israeli killing […]

Juan Cole

Authoritarianism
The Veil in Iran has been an enduring Symbol of Patriarchal Norms – but its Use has Changed depending on Who is in Power

The Veil in Iran has been an enduring Symbol of Patriarchal Norms – but its Use has Changed depending on Who is in Power

By Amy Motlagh, University of California, Davis | – In images of the uprising that followed the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini on Sept. 16, […]

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Israel/ Palestine
Palestinians and Native Americans are both the Oppressed Indigenous Peoples of their Lands

Palestinians and Native Americans are both the Oppressed Indigenous Peoples of their Lands

( Middle East Monitor ) – At a recent conference in Istanbul that brought many Palestinian scholars and activists together to discuss the search for […]

Ramzy Baroud

Donald Trump
SCOTUS: Chair of Arizona GOP, Kelli Ward, must turn over her Phone Records to Jan. 6 House Panel

SCOTUS: Chair of Arizona GOP, Kelli Ward, must turn over her Phone Records to Jan. 6 House Panel

By Tori Gantz | – ( Cronkite News ) – WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court said Monday that Arizona Republican Party Chairwoman Kelli Ward has […]

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Campaign Finance
Emirates has Spent $154 mn on Lobbying US since 2016, and has Illegally Influenced US Politics: Intel Report

Emirates has Spent $154 mn on Lobbying US since 2016, and has Illegally Influenced US Politics: Intel Report

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The UAE has spent more than $154 million on lobbyists since 2016, according to Justice Department records. It has spent […]

Juan Cole

Houthi
Yemen:  ‘What Have we Left Behind’ by Bushra Al-Maqtari – “Only victims are real in this war”

Yemen: ‘What Have we Left Behind’ by Bushra Al-Maqtari – “Only victims are real in this war”

Barcelona (Special to Informed Comment) – Review of Bushra Al-Maqtari, What Have You Left Behind? (London: Fitzcarraldo Editions, 2022.) “Only victims are real in this […]

Marc Martorell Junyent

Progressive Politics
Ballot Initiatives let the People sidestep Right-Wing Politicians in this Election, So the Right wants to Abolish Them

Ballot Initiatives let the People sidestep Right-Wing Politicians in this Election, So the Right wants to Abolish Them

By Sarah Anderson | – ( Otherwords.org) – This fall, in the lead-up to the midterm elections, a group of Catholic nuns, Protestant ministers, and […]

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Climate Crisis
The “Rules-Based International Order” Has a Priorities problem, stressing War over Food Security and Climate

The “Rules-Based International Order” Has a Priorities problem, stressing War over Food Security and Climate

( Todmispatch.com ) – Washington’s vaunted “rules-based international order” has undergone a stress test following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and here’s the news so far: […]

Rajan Menon

Climate Crisis
If a Warnock win gives the Dems 51 in the Senate, Sen. Manchin will no Longer be a drag on Green Energy Progress

If a Warnock win gives the Dems 51 in the Senate, Sen. Manchin will no Longer be a drag on Green Energy Progress

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Ladies and gentlemen, the results are in, and the winner of the 2022 midterms is . . . the earth’s […]

Juan Cole

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