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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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Authoritarianism
Prison Revolt, Fire, Gunshots at Notorious Evin Facility in Iran, which houses Political Prisoners, as Iran Protests enter 5th Week

Prison Revolt, Fire, Gunshots at Notorious Evin Facility in Iran, which houses Political Prisoners, as Iran Protests enter 5th Week

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Dubai-based Al-Arabiya assembles Tweets from Iran about the prisoner uprising at Iran’s maximum-security prison, Evin, which led to the outbreak […]

Juan Cole

Authoritarianism
What the historic women’s Uprising in Iran teaches us about resisting Authoritarianism

What the historic women’s Uprising in Iran teaches us about resisting Authoritarianism

By Nilofar Sakhi | – The death of Mahsa Amini, who was detained and beaten by Iranian morality police due to a violation of “Iran’s […]

Waging Nonviolence

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D.C. Attorney General Opens Investigation Into Republican Governors’ Shipping of Immigrants to the Capital

D.C. Attorney General Opens Investigation Into Republican Governors’ Shipping of Immigrants to the Capital

By Marilyn W. Thompson and Perla Trevizo | – ( ProPublica ) – District of Columbia Attorney General Karl Racine has opened an investigation into […]

ProPublica

Democratic Party
Why Biden’s Marijuana Pardons Are a Seismic Shift

Why Biden’s Marijuana Pardons Are a Seismic Shift

By Paul Armentano | – ( Otherwords.org) – The immediate impacts are modest, but the order marks a top-level recognition that 100 years of cannabis […]

OtherWords

Authoritarianism
Iran: Massive Baluch Protest in Zahedan; in NW, Security Forces attack School, Injuring and Disappearing Girls

Iran: Massive Baluch Protest in Zahedan; in NW, Security Forces attack School, Injuring and Disappearing Girls

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Because of internet blackouts, news of Iran’s ongoing protests only leaks out in dribbles and drabs, sometimes a couple of […]

Juan Cole

Authoritarianism
Not ‘powerless Victims’: how young Iranian Women have long led a quiet Revolution

Not ‘powerless Victims’: how young Iranian Women have long led a quiet Revolution

By Nasim Salehi, Southern Cross University | – The “Women, Life, Freedom” movement that has taken hold in Iran in recent weeks is not new. […]

The Conversation

Feminism
Marriage laws in Mideast put Women at increased risk of Child Marriage and Domestic Violence

Marriage laws in Mideast put Women at increased risk of Child Marriage and Domestic Violence

By Amelia Smith | – ( Middle East Monitor) – A new policy briefing by the NGO, Equality Now, on how marriage laws in the […]

Middle East Monitor

Climate Crisis
In Berlin, German Post Office to use Solar-Powered Riverboats on the Spree to deliver Mail

In Berlin, German Post Office to use Solar-Powered Riverboats on the Spree to deliver Mail

By Julian Wettengel | – ( Clean Energy Wire ) – German postal service Deutsche Post DHL is testing emission-free delivery on Berlin’s Spree river […]

Clean Energy Wire

Afghanistan
Did Trump's attempt to Withdraw  from Afghanistan and Somalia Prove he Knew he had lost?

Did Trump’s attempt to Withdraw from Afghanistan and Somalia Prove he Knew he had lost?

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – It has long been known that on November 11, 2020, as it became clear that Joe Biden had won, then […]

Juan Cole

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