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

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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Israel/ Palestine
Israel:  Un-ban the 6 Palestinian human rights groups

Israel: Un-ban the 6 Palestinian human rights groups

Middle East Monitor Editorial | – Last Friday, Israel outright banned six leading Palestinian human rights groups. To do so, Defence”Minister Benny Gantz and his […]

Middle East Monitor

Anti-Vaccination
Your unvaccinated friend is roughly 20 times more likely to give you COVID

Your unvaccinated friend is roughly 20 times more likely to give you COVID

By Christopher Baker and Andrew Robinson | – As lockdowns ease in New South Wales, Victoria and the ACT, and people return to work and […]

The Conversation

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It is the Israeli Occupation of the Stateless Palestinians that is the settler Colonial State, and, yes, Apartheid

It is the Israeli Occupation of the Stateless Palestinians that is the settler Colonial State, and, yes, Apartheid

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Apologists for Israeli policy have taken umbrage at the characterization of Israel as a settler colonial state that practices Apartheid. […]

Juan Cole

Climate Crisis
In Bid to shut down New England’s last coal plant: Kayaktivists and Garden Blockaders try to Save Planet

In Bid to shut down New England’s last coal plant: Kayaktivists and Garden Blockaders try to Save Planet

Arnie Alpert | – ( Waging Nonviolence) – There’s one form of power that’s generated when hot water turns turbines to create electricity. There are […]

Waging Nonviolence

Israel/ Palestine
Remembering Israel's Brutal massacre of Palestinian Civilians in Kafr Qasem

Remembering Israel’s Brutal massacre of Palestinian Civilians in Kafr Qasem

By Nasim Ahmed | – ( Middle East Monitor ) – Israel’s seemingly never-ending drive to uproot Palestinians from their homes by force of arms […]

Middle East Monitor

Africa
Dune – a prophetic tale about the environmental destruction wrought by the colonisation of Africa

Dune – a prophetic tale about the environmental destruction wrought by the colonisation of Africa

By Oli Mould | – Director Denis Villeneuve’s most recent sci-fi epic is the latest attempt to tell the story of Frank Herbert’s acclaimed 1965 […]

The Conversation

Climate Crisis
Top 4 Reasons Sen. Manchin will Fail to Stop the Tsunami of Green Energy and Biden will get Climate Progress

Top 4 Reasons Sen. Manchin will Fail to Stop the Tsunami of Green Energy and Biden will get Climate Progress

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia may succeed in preventing Congress from legislating the quick demise of coal and gas […]

Juan Cole

censorship
Human Rights? Saudi Arabia put a Child Dissident on Death Row for 10 Years, but has Finally Released him

Human Rights? Saudi Arabia put a Child Dissident on Death Row for 10 Years, but has Finally Released him

By Bill Van Esveld | Associate Director, MENA, Children’s Rights Division | – Nearly ten years after Ali al-Nimr was arrested by Saudi authorities in […]

Human Rights Watch

African-Americans
Anti-Imperialism You Can Try at Home:  Reparations May Be One Cure for What Ails Us

Anti-Imperialism You Can Try at Home: Reparations May Be One Cure for What Ails Us

By Mattea Kramer | – ( Tomdispatch.com ) – Robin Rue Simmons had been very curious about the truth of American life as a young […]

Tomdispatch

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