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America may have invaded Iraq for its Oil, but Solar Power is what Iraqis now Want
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America may have invaded Iraq for its Oil, but Solar Power is what Iraqis now Want

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Iraqi farmers, tired of high electricity bills and frequent blackouts, are turning to solar panels, according to Khalid Al-Mousuly at […]

Despite Efforts to Shift the Blame, Israeli Policies Are Starving Children

Despite Efforts to Shift the Blame, Israeli Policies Are Starving Children

08/21/2025 By Human Rights Watch

We’ll all Feel the Abrupt Changes Striking Antarctica Sea Ice and Ocean Currents

We’ll all Feel the Abrupt Changes Striking Antarctica Sea Ice and Ocean Currents

08/21/2025 By The Conversation

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Academic Freedom
Protesting Notre Dame’s Cancellation of a Palestine Keynote

Protesting Notre Dame’s Cancellation of a Palestine Keynote

Committee on Academic Freedom | Middle East Studies Association | – Letter to the University of Notre Dame expressing concern over the cancellation of a […]

Committee on Academic Freedom

Donald Trump
How News Corps lost the Plot on Covering Trump

How News Corps lost the Plot on Covering Trump

By Nan Levinson It’s not a good time to be an American journalist. Or a consumer of American journalism. Or, for that matter, even a […]

Tomdispatch

Donald Trump
The Evils of MAGA’s “Moral Distance” — What we Can Learn from Iraq and Sweden

The Evils of MAGA’s “Moral Distance” — What we Can Learn from Iraq and Sweden

(Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – Sahar first told me about moral distance one May morning on a beach in Cadiz. Born in Baghdad, Sahar […]

Alex Poppe

Iran
Iran Accuses Israel’s Netanyahu Of Trying To Derail Nuclear Talks

Iran Accuses Israel’s Netanyahu Of Trying To Derail Nuclear Talks

By RFE/RL (RFE/ RL ) – Iran’s top diplomat has accused Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of trying to dictate US policy toward Iran after […]

Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty

Donald Trump
Condemning the Trump Administration’s Terrorizing Students with Unlawful Visa Cancellations

Condemning the Trump Administration’s Terrorizing Students with Unlawful Visa Cancellations

Middle East Studies Association Board | – The MESA Board of Directors and the MESA Task Force on Civil and Human Rights call on all […]

Middle East Studies Association

Biodiversity
The Serviceberry:  Native American Ecology and the End of Carbon Capitalism

The Serviceberry: Native American Ecology and the End of Carbon Capitalism

Greenfield, Mass. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – No one wrote more powerfully about humans’ poisoning the Earth and its consequences than biologist Rachel Carson–with […]

H. Patricia Hynes

Israel/ Palestine
To Stand With Palestine: Transnational Resistance and Political Evolution in the US

To Stand With Palestine: Transnational Resistance and Political Evolution in the US

( Middle East Monitor ) – “At the very centre of it, settler-colonialism is a zero-sum game. It’s either the coloniser’s account or that of […]

Ramona Wadi

Donald Trump
What’s Preventing a United Front against the Trump Regime?

What’s Preventing a United Front against the Trump Regime?

( Tomdispatch.com) – America desperately needs a united front to restrain the wrecking ball of the Trump regime. While outraged opposition has been visible and […]

Norman Solomon

Donald Trump
Trump, the Suez Canal, and the end of Eisenhower’s World Order

Trump, the Suez Canal, and the end of Eisenhower’s World Order

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – AFP reports that Trump has said, “American ships, both military and commercial, should be allowed to travel, free of charge, […]

Juan Cole

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