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China’s Power Sector Emissions fall 5.8% in Q1, as Renewables rapidly Replace Coal
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China’s Power Sector Emissions fall 5.8% in Q1, as Renewables rapidly Replace Coal

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Lauri Myllyvirta writes at Carbon Brief that China’s CO2 emissions over-all fell by 1% in the past 12 months, and […]

Trump and Bukele: The Few Repressing the Many

Trump and Bukele: The Few Repressing the Many

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That Sucking Sound you hear is Trump Flushing America down the Toilet

That Sucking Sound you hear is Trump Flushing America down the Toilet

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Why is False News about Iran All Right?  No, Khamenei didn’t Threaten Trump on Golf Course, and no, his Twitter account wasn’t Banned

Why is False News about Iran All Right? No, Khamenei didn’t Threaten Trump on Golf Course, and no, his Twitter account wasn’t Banned

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – No, Ayatollah Ali Khameni’s twitter account did not carry an image of Donald Trump being droned on a golf course, […]

Juan Cole

Donald Trump
The Other Capitol Mob: How the Billionaires funded the Insurrection

The Other Capitol Mob: How the Billionaires funded the Insurrection

Much to the embarrassment of major corporations, their political donations were traced to the mayhem of January 6. ( Otherwords.org ) – You can’t poke […]

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Israel and Palestine:  Apartheid or Settler Colonialism

Israel and Palestine: Apartheid or Settler Colonialism

( Middle East Monitor) – When I first began my journey into the Palestine solidarity movement two decades ago, there was much debate about whether […]

Asa Winstanley

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Did America really Duck the Dark Night of Fascism?  The delusion of normalcy that haunts the United States

Did America really Duck the Dark Night of Fascism? The delusion of normalcy that haunts the United States

By Liam Kennedy | – The election of Joe Biden as the 46th president of the United States was received across much of the world […]

The Conversation

Democratic Party
Biden's own Moderates and Hardliners Battle it Out on reviving Iran Nuclear Deal

Biden’s own Moderates and Hardliners Battle it Out on reviving Iran Nuclear Deal

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Two and a half days into the Biden administration, it is already clear that the Problem of Iran is going […]

Juan Cole

Democracy
Maybe now the U.S. should stop talking down to the World about “Democracy Promotion”

Maybe now the U.S. should stop talking down to the World about “Democracy Promotion”

Because of the events of the last weeks, months and years, should “democracy promotion” be permanently removed from the U.S. foreign policy lexicon? ( Foreign […]

John Feffer

Donald Trump
Can Biden roll back Trump’s escalation and end catastrophic Yemen War?

Can Biden roll back Trump’s escalation and end catastrophic Yemen War?

The Biden Administration has a chance to undo a disastrous label and open the door for peace. ( 48hills.org) – One day before the Inauguration, […]

Reese Erlich

Donald Trump
Despite Uneventful Inauguration, US could face a simmering, chronic domestic terror problem

Despite Uneventful Inauguration, US could face a simmering, chronic domestic terror problem

By Luis De la Calle | – After President Joe Biden took office on Jan. 20, 2021 without any violent incidents, many in the United […]

The Conversation

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The first thing we do, let's kill all the Coal Plants: How Joe Biden can save the Planet

The first thing we do, let’s kill all the Coal Plants: How Joe Biden can save the Planet

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – My title is from William Shakespeare’s Henry the VI. In the original, Dick “the Butcher” is speaking of ways to […]

Juan Cole

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