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The Hot Tub of Death? Bill Gates, Hurricane Melissa, and a Civilization Under Threat
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The Hot Tub of Death? Bill Gates, Hurricane Melissa, and a Civilization Under Threat

Juan Cole

As it turns out the high-tech sector that has produced so many billionaires isn’t pro-environment; instead simply pro-billionaire

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“Your Reward is Neither Here nor There!”  FitzGerald’s The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:24

“Your Reward is Neither Here nor There!” FitzGerald’s The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:24

11/24/2025 By Juan Cole

Is Venezuela the New Iraq?

Is Venezuela the New Iraq?

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What Policies Can Help Solve Iran’s Climate-Driven Water Shortage?

What Policies Can Help Solve Iran’s Climate-Driven Water Shortage?

In Tehran, and in Mashhad some reservoirs are at less than 5% and 3% capacity, respectively

The Conversation

Academic Freedom
Assaults on US Academic Freedom:  Acquiescence and Resistance

Assaults on US Academic Freedom: Acquiescence and Resistance

Academic freedom siege in the US is under siege as never in our nation’s history

H. Scott Prosterman

Israel/ Palestine
Are Secretive Israeli Front Organizations Trying to Empty out Gaza? Palestinians sent to South Africa

Are Secretive Israeli Front Organizations Trying to Empty out Gaza? Palestinians sent to South Africa

When a chartered flight carrying more than 150 Palestinians from Gaza landed in Johannesburg last week, confusion filled South African airwaves

Middle East Monitor

Arms Sales
The Ultimate Con: Arms Contractors are Making out Like Bandits

The Ultimate Con: Arms Contractors are Making out Like Bandits

U.S. interceptors have failed almost half their tests, and the secretary of defense responds by bellowing: “That’s what $50 billion buys us?”

Tomdispatch

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Practicing Social Ecology: From Bookchin to Kurdish Rojava and Beyond

Practicing Social Ecology: From Bookchin to Kurdish Rojava and Beyond

Murray Bookchin was one of the most significant thinkers – and activists – in the 20th century

Peter G. Prontzos

Israel/ Palestine
Gaza: As Cold and Rain Assault Homeless, Israel Blocks Entry of Tents

Gaza: As Cold and Rain Assault Homeless, Israel Blocks Entry of Tents

the health situation in the Gaza Strip is catastrophic as the population drinks contaminated water with high salinity

International Middle East Media Center

Green Energy
Pacific Nations aim to go 100% Renewables, saving 25% of GDP

Pacific Nations aim to go 100% Renewables, saving 25% of GDP

In Papua New Guinea’s highlands, solar kits bring electric light to homes for the first time

The Conversation

BDS
Imposing Sanctions on Israel with Love

Imposing Sanctions on Israel with Love

As an Israeli Jew in voluntary political exile since 1983 facing horrors being done in my name and without my consent

Waging Nonviolence

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Why Jewish Squatter Violence in the West Bank is Skyrocketing

Why Jewish Squatter Violence in the West Bank is Skyrocketing

As with the Gaza atrocities, 1 in every 5 Palestinians killed by Israeli forces in 2025 across the West Bank is a child

Dan Steinbock

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