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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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We're not at War: Why is Congress giving $778 Billion of our Money to the Pentagon?

We’re not at War: Why is Congress giving $778 Billion of our Money to the Pentagon?

( Code Pink) – Despite a disagreement over some amendments in the Senate, the United States Congress is poised to pass a $778 billion military […]

Medea Benjamin and Nicholas J.S. Davies

Climate Crisis
Top 6 Ways to Rescue Our Planet

Top 6 Ways to Rescue Our Planet

By Phoebe Barnard and William Moomaw | – For some time, the Earth’s natural resources have been depleted faster than they can be replaced. The […]

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Nuclear Talks:  Iran thumbs nose at US, betting on China as new Superpower

Nuclear Talks: Iran thumbs nose at US, betting on China as new Superpower

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The recent round of talks in Vienna between Iran and Germany plus the 4 members of the UN Security Council […]

Juan Cole

Donald Trump
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

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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

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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

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