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Lebanon’s Solar Capacity surged since 2020 to 1.5 gigawatts, as Homeowners tired of Blackouts
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Lebanon’s Solar Capacity surged since 2020 to 1.5 gigawatts, as Homeowners tired of Blackouts

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Lebanese Ministry of Energy has let three bids for new solar farms of 15 megawatts each, for a total […]

Syria: Israel Forcibly Displaces Villagers in Occupied South

Syria: Israel Forcibly Displaces Villagers in Occupied South

09/29/2025 By Human Rights Watch

A Strategy for Controlling an Out-of-Control Government: Alliance, Defiance, Noncompliance

A Strategy for Controlling an Out-of-Control Government: Alliance, Defiance, Noncompliance

09/29/2025 By Tomdispatch

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In our Era of Plague and Depression, Ecstasy:  Juan Cole on the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam for NIAC (Video):

In our Era of Plague and Depression, Ecstasy: Juan Cole on the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam for NIAC (Video):

Juan Cole is interviewed. “We are living in an era of plague, economic depression, and civil unrest. We worry about our loved ones every day […]

Juan Cole

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Amid Pandemic Spike, Israel cuts Electricity to Palestinian Hamlets in Apparent Pressure to accept Annexation

Amid Pandemic Spike, Israel cuts Electricity to Palestinian Hamlets in Apparent Pressure to accept Annexation

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Palestinians are saying that Israel, the Occupation Authority, cut off their electricity last week. Akram al-Waraa at Middle East Eye […]

Juan Cole

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Iran? N. Korea?  If Trump needs a war to win in November, which enemy will he choose to wag the dog?

Iran? N. Korea? If Trump needs a war to win in November, which enemy will he choose to wag the dog?

By Paul Rogers | – ( OpenDemocracy.net) – With the US presidential election less than four months away, Donald Trump trails Joe Biden in the […]

Open Democracy

Democracy
The Other Black Lives Matter Protests are in Africa: Sudanese wanted Democracy, not a Long Military-Civilian Transition

The Other Black Lives Matter Protests are in Africa: Sudanese wanted Democracy, not a Long Military-Civilian Transition

By David E Kiwuwa | – In the last few days, tens of thousands of people have, once again, taken to the streets of Sudan’s […]

The Conversation

Donald Trump
Trump, Convicted of University Fraud, wants to Defund the Universities to Stop People Thinking

Trump, Convicted of University Fraud, wants to Defund the Universities to Stop People Thinking

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Trump notoriously set up a phony “university” to bilk prospective students of millions of dollars. He lost a civil suit […]

Juan Cole

Children
Syrian Refugee Children Are Still Being Robbed of an Education

Syrian Refugee Children Are Still Being Robbed of an Education

By Breanna Small and Bill Van Esveld | ( Human Rights Watch ) – June 30 was possibly the most important day of 2020 for […]

Human Rights Watch

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Europe’s Tunisian Heritage:  Common German, English Words Suggest Carthage was Present in the North

Europe’s Tunisian Heritage: Common German, English Words Suggest Carthage was Present in the North

By Robert Mailhammer | – Remember when Australians paid in shillings and pence? New research suggests the words for these coins and other culturally important […]

The Conversation

Donald Trump
For Trump, Schools are just a Pawn:  He wants the Parents back at work for his Reelection Campaign

For Trump, Schools are just a Pawn: He wants the Parents back at work for his Reelection Campaign

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Trump is insisting that schools must open normally in the fall or he will cut their funding. About 10 percent […]

Juan Cole

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Supreme Court Slaps down Trump's Claim of Immunity from Grand Jury Subpoena

Supreme Court Slaps down Trump’s Claim of Immunity from Grand Jury Subpoena

By Stanley M. Brand | – In a 7-2 decision, the Supreme Court has ruled that President Donald Trump has no immunity, by virtue of […]

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