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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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The Donald Also Rises?   The Far Right Continues to Build Its International

The Donald Also Rises? The Far Right Continues to Build Its International

( Tomdispatch.com) – What alt-right guru Steve Bannon failed to create, German taxpayers have just stepped in to revive: a Nationalist International. Thanks to the […]

John Feffer

Islam
The Qur'an and Plato's Republic:  Hellenism and Early Islam  (Juan Cole Video Interview)

The Qur’an and Plato’s Republic: Hellenism and Early Islam (Juan Cole Video Interview)

Interview by Ziryab Jamal of Juan Cole | – “THE QUR’ĀN’S CHAPTER “The Cow” contains a verse (2:138) having to do with believers being dyed […]

Juan Cole

Feminism
How dual loyalties created an ethics problem for Chris Cuomo and CNN

How dual loyalties created an ethics problem for Chris Cuomo and CNN

By Jane E Kirtley | – CNN anchor Chris Cuomo conceded in March, 2021 that he could not, ethically, cover the sexual harassment allegations against […]

The Conversation

Featured
We do it to Ourselves: 30 Gun Homicides in England in 2020 (167 US Equiv.), vs. 13,620 in US

We do it to Ourselves: 30 Gun Homicides in England in 2020 (167 US Equiv.), vs. 13,620 in US

Revised The murders by a high school student in Oxford, Michigan, who was given a gun by his parents even though he was making death […]

Juan Cole

Corporations
Blame Corporate Greed for Inflation

Blame Corporate Greed for Inflation

By Sarah Baron | – ( Otherwords.org) – CEOs are taking every opportunity to further pad their own pockets. Here’s how to hold them accountable. […]

OtherWords

censorship
Yemeni journalist accused of spreading atheism is jailed for 15 years in Saudi Arabia

Yemeni journalist accused of spreading atheism is jailed for 15 years in Saudi Arabia

( Al-Bab.com) – A Yemeni journalist has become the latest victim of Saudi Arabia’s laws against religious disbelief. Thirty-year-old Ali Muhsin Abu Lahoum worked in […]

Brian Whitaker

Afghanistan
What’s next for Afghanistan under Taliban Rule?

What’s next for Afghanistan under Taliban Rule?

By Kambaiz Rafi and Scott Lucas | – In late August 2021, the US completed its withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan, ending a 20-year occupation. […]

The Conversation

Corporate Surveillance
We're all Palestinians Now:  Israel-backed NSO Spyware used against US State Department

We’re all Palestinians Now: Israel-backed NSO Spyware used against US State Department

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Reuters reports that at least nine US State Department officials had their smartphones hacked by Pegasus spyware, produced by the […]

Juan Cole

Displaced and Refugees
Urgent UN Action needed on Yemen Atrocities to end "Pandemic of Impunity"

Urgent UN Action needed on Yemen Atrocities to end “Pandemic of Impunity”

Human rights Watch – (New York) – The United Nations General Assembly should act swiftly to establish an investigative mechanism to gather and preserve evidence […]

Human Rights Watch

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