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Turkiye hosts Largest Solar Power Plant of any European Country, as its Solar Installations Surge to 3.1 GW in H1
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Turkiye hosts Largest Solar Power Plant of any European Country, as its Solar Installations Surge to 3.1 GW in H1

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Turkiye [Turkey] is a European country, since part of its territory lies in Europe. So the following sentence is true: […]

Palestinian Statehood is winning major new Supporters at UN – but symbolic Action won’t make it happen

Palestinian Statehood is winning major new Supporters at UN – but symbolic Action won’t make it happen

09/20/2025 By The Conversation

Protesting UC Berkeley handing Names of Faculty and Students  to Dept. of Education

Protesting UC Berkeley handing Names of Faculty and Students to Dept. of Education

09/20/2025 By Committee on Academic Freedom

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Lawsuit alleges former University of Michigan Employees were fired for participating in Protests

Lawsuit alleges former University of Michigan Employees were fired for participating in Protests

By: Anna Liz Nichols – ( Michigan Advance ) – Former employees of the University of Michigan are suing the leadership of the school, alleging […]

Michigan Advance

Plutocracy
The Only Winners in This Trade War Will Be Trump and His Fellow Billionaires

The Only Winners in This Trade War Will Be Trump and His Fellow Billionaires

Trump’s erratic tariffs aren’t a recipe for an industrial comeback. They’re a recipe for corruption. By Peter Certo | April 30, 2025 ( Otherwords.org ) […]

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Jerusalem Hills Wildfires: Climate Breakdown, Gov’t Incompetence and Green Colonialism

Jerusalem Hills Wildfires: Climate Breakdown, Gov’t Incompetence and Green Colonialism

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The massive wildfires that broke out near Jerusalem and which threatened residents of the city appear to have been largely […]

Juan Cole

Iran
The Economic Fallout From Deadly Blast At Iran’s ‘Golden Gateway’ Of Trade

The Economic Fallout From Deadly Blast At Iran’s ‘Golden Gateway’ Of Trade

By Kian Sharifi I’m RFE/RL correspondent Kian Sharifi. In this edition, I’m looking at the potential economic impact of a massive explosion at Iran’s Shahid […]

Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty

Israel/ Palestine
Silenced Witnesses: Israel is killing Journalists in Gaza at Historic Rates

Silenced Witnesses: Israel is killing Journalists in Gaza at Historic Rates

In the deadliest war on the press, journalists in Gaza are being killed with no accountability. Written by Walid El Houri ( Global Voices ) […]

Global Voices

Academic Freedom
Saying Goodbye to a University System that Supports Genocide

Saying Goodbye to a University System that Supports Genocide

May 1, 2025. I’m reaching out today to share a public message. Around the world, today is Labor Day, and it’s a good day to […]

Samer Ali

Bill of Rights
From the Chinese Exclusion Act to pro-Palestinian Activists: The Evolution of politically motivated Deportations

From the Chinese Exclusion Act to pro-Palestinian Activists: The Evolution of politically motivated Deportations

By Rick Baldoz, Brown University (The Conversation) – The recent deportation orders targeting foreign students in the U.S. have prompted a heated debate about the […]

The Conversation

Climate Crisis
Climate Change Summer or Nuclear Winter in Trumpworld

Climate Change Summer or Nuclear Winter in Trumpworld

( Tomdispatch.com ) – Yes, give us human beings credit. In our relatively brief history, it’s no small thing to have come up with two […]

Tom Engelhardt

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Before Gaza, there was the US Genocide in Vietnam

Before Gaza, there was the US Genocide in Vietnam

Vancouver (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – I am writing this essay on the 50th anniversary of the liberation of Vietnam from the genocidal war that […]

Peter G. Prontzos

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