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Trump never saw a Wind Farm in China, but Beijing has half of all Installed Wind Capacity and will Eat America’s Lunch in this Industry
China

Trump never saw a Wind Farm in China, but Beijing has half of all Installed Wind Capacity and will Eat America’s Lunch in this Industry

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The dufus-in-chief perorated on Friday once again on wind power, complaining that the components are made in China but that […]

The Gaza Genocide is still far from being condemned in the West’s Rhetoric

The Gaza Genocide is still far from being condemned in the West’s Rhetoric

07/05/2025 By Ramona Wadi

Comics and Graphic Novels can empower Refugees to tell their Stories on their own Terms

Comics and Graphic Novels can empower Refugees to tell their Stories on their own Terms

07/05/2025 By The Conversation

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Trump's China Shell Game: Bashes Biden on Beijing but asks Xi for reelection Help

Trump’s China Shell Game: Bashes Biden on Beijing but asks Xi for reelection Help

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Trump administration has been running ads against Joe Biden accusing him of being soft on Beijing. And the Biden […]

Juan Cole

Iran
Washington's 'Maximum Pressure' seeks Regime Change in Iran, but such changes Have usually been disasters for US Interests

Washington’s ‘Maximum Pressure’ seeks Regime Change in Iran, but such changes Have usually been disasters for US Interests

Washington, D.C. (Special to Informed Comment) – The United States’ unilateral withdrawal from the unanimous UNSCR 2231—the “Iran nuclear deal” -— along with the enactment […]

David Belt

African-Americans
No, Racial Justice Protesters aren’t ‘Maoists’; Conservatives just aren’t Comfortable with Black Lives Matter

No, Racial Justice Protesters aren’t ‘Maoists’; Conservatives just aren’t Comfortable with Black Lives Matter

( Foreign Policy in Focus ) – In their effort to transform their discomfort with the current #BlackLivesMatter protests into a superficially sophisticated critique, right-wing […]

John Feffer

prison reform
Being convicted of a crime has thousands of consequences besides incarceration – and some last a lifetime

Being convicted of a crime has thousands of consequences besides incarceration – and some last a lifetime

By Cynthia A. Golembeski | – At least 77 million U.S. adults have criminal records, including nearly 7 million currently in prison or jail or […]

The Conversation

Donald Trump
"Trump Heights": Illegal New Israeli Squatter Settlement on Occupied Syrian Golan Approved

“Trump Heights”: Illegal New Israeli Squatter Settlement on Occupied Syrian Golan Approved

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Israel’s government has formally greenlighted a new squatter settlement on the Syrian Golan Heights, to be named for US president […]

Juan Cole

Inequality
Bailouts for Weapons Firms, Tent Cities for Vets: Covid Reveals U.S. Military Priorities

Bailouts for Weapons Firms, Tent Cities for Vets: Covid Reveals U.S. Military Priorities

Greenfield, Mass. (Special to Informed Comment) – On May 18, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) launched a Salvation Army-like charity drive asking the public […]

H. Patricia Hynes

Donald Trump
Trump's Misinformed America is the Highest Stage of Post-Truth

Trump’s Misinformed America is the Highest Stage of Post-Truth

Sacramento, Ca. (Special to Informed Comment) – No American president in memory has pursued his personal and public ambitions largely by willfully misinforming the American […]

Bahman Fozouni

Epidemics
Yemen's health system is collapsing as coronavirus spreads, UN warns

Yemen’s health system is collapsing as coronavirus spreads, UN warns

(Al-Bab.com) – Yemen is desperately short of medical supplies, though some are still getting through. Photo:

Brian Whitaker

Donald Trump
The Ostrich Policy: Trump ready to Kill Hundreds of Thousands to avoid bad Coronavirus Optics for Election

The Ostrich Policy: Trump ready to Kill Hundreds of Thousands to avoid bad Coronavirus Optics for Election

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Trump and Pence on Monday were busy trying to spread the Big Lie that the only reason the US coronavirus […]

Juan Cole

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