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Global Battle Royale at COP30 between Fossil Fuel Producers and Green Energy Advocates
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Global Battle Royale at COP30 between Fossil Fuel Producers and Green Energy Advocates

Juan Cole

A bloc is attempting to deep-six the pledge made at COP28 to “transition away from fossil fuels.”

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Protesting Canada’s Detention of Former UN Special Rapporteur Richard Falk over Palestine Rights Advocacy

Protesting Canada’s Detention of Former UN Special Rapporteur Richard Falk over Palestine Rights Advocacy

11/21/2025 By Committee on Academic Freedom

Trump using Jews to Ban Free Speech: The Ultimate in Antisemitism

Trump using Jews to Ban Free Speech: The Ultimate in Antisemitism

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How Wars ravage the Environment, and the Legal Response

How Wars ravage the Environment, and the Legal Response

Research demonstrates that the equivalent of over 32 million tonnes of CO₂ was generated in the first 15 months of the Gaza war.

The Conversation

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On the Occasion of Dick Cheney’s Passing:  “All the Vice President’s Men”

On the Occasion of Dick Cheney’s Passing: “All the Vice President’s Men”

Dick Cheney and the Iraq War – was it about Oil? How Cheney coarsened American politics

Juan Cole

Democratic Socialists of America
Zohran Mamdani’s Proposals to Help New Yorkers Are Surprisingly Affordable

Zohran Mamdani’s Proposals to Help New Yorkers Are Surprisingly Affordable

It would be nice if all Revolutions were this Cheap! Mamdani’s proposals are eminently affordable

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The Multipolarism of Fools: The BRICS are not the Answer

The Multipolarism of Fools: The BRICS are not the Answer

Trump depended on the Liberal Int’l Order he Despises

John Feffer

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Conflicting Visions of an International Force for Gaza in Istanbul and Washington

Conflicting Visions of an International Force for Gaza in Istanbul and Washington

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Two visions of the future of Gaza are congealing, in two different power centers. One is the Arab and Muslim […]

Juan Cole

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Israel didn’t silence Palestinian Journalists Alone; We Helped

Israel didn’t silence Palestinian Journalists Alone; We Helped

  by Tony Rigopoulos A few days ago, in a full room at the opulent gardens of Schönbrunn Palace in Vienna — once home to […]

Middle East Monitor

Academic Freedom
Protesting U of Tennessee’s Firing of Professor Tamar Shirinian for Protected Speech

Protesting U of Tennessee’s Firing of Professor Tamar Shirinian for Protected Speech

Committee on Academic Freedom | Middle East Studies Association | – Letter to the Chancellor of the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, denouncing the suspension pending […]

Committee on Academic Freedom

African-Americans
When Zohran Mamdani campaigned in Arabic, He was Speaking an old American Language

When Zohran Mamdani campaigned in Arabic, He was Speaking an old American Language

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani made a campaign ad in quite passable colloquial Arabic for the some 180,000 Arab residents of […]

Juan Cole

Muslim-Americans
How Zohran Mamdani is the Future: Affordability and the Dignity of Working People

How Zohran Mamdani is the Future: Affordability and the Dignity of Working People

By Douglas H. White ( Tomdispatch.com ) – On Tuesday, New York, the largest city in America, has an opportunity to elect Zohran Mamdani, a […]

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