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

Juan Cole

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

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

Zohran Mamdani’s Proposals to Help New Yorkers Are Surprisingly 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

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In War Crime, United Arab Emirates Drone Strike in Libya kills 8 Civilians

In War Crime, United Arab Emirates Drone Strike in Libya kills 8 Civilians

(Beirut) – An apparently unlawful drone attack by the United Arab Emirates that hit the Al-Sunbulah biscuit factory in Wadi al-Rabie, Libya, south of Tripoli, […]

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Climate Crisis
Lowest Solar bid in World History for new Abu Dhabi Facility, as expensive Coal, backed by Trump, declines further

Lowest Solar bid in World History for new Abu Dhabi Facility, as expensive Coal, backed by Trump, declines further

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Abu Dhabi has accepted a historically low bid of 1.35 cents a kilowatt hour for a new giant 1.5 gigawatt […]

Juan Cole

Climate Crisis
The Beginning of the End for Oil?  Energy in a Post-Pandemic World

The Beginning of the End for Oil? Energy in a Post-Pandemic World

( Tomdispatch.com) – Energy analysts have long assumed that, given time, growing international concern over climate change would result in a vast restructuring of the […]

Michael T. Klare

FBI
Has the FBI been spying on US citizens at Israel’s behest?

Has the FBI been spying on US citizens at Israel’s behest?

( Middle East Monitor ) – US Federal Bureau of Investigation documents obtained by The Intercept and published at the start of April made for […]

Asa Winstanley

Climate Crisis
Skyrocketing Carbon Dioxide is Bad News, and, no, Trees won't Save Us

Skyrocketing Carbon Dioxide is Bad News, and, no, Trees won’t Save Us

By Sebastian Leuzinger | – If carbon dioxide levels were to double, how much increase in plant growth would this cause? How much of the […]

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Donald Trump
Trump Narrative of Iran Meddling in Yemen dashed by Secession of Emirates-Backed Southerners in Aden

Trump Narrative of Iran Meddling in Yemen dashed by Secession of Emirates-Backed Southerners in Aden

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Al-Jazeera reports that the Southern Transitional Council (STC) in the Arabian Sea port of Aden has declared independence. Aden is […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Israel’s New Jim Crow Government is only United against the Palestinian-Israelis, 1/5 of the Population

Israel’s New Jim Crow Government is only United against the Palestinian-Israelis, 1/5 of the Population

( Middle East Monitor ) – Shortly after an agreement to form a “national emergency government” in Israel, leader of the Blue and White (Kahol […]

Ramzy Baroud

Climate Crisis
Even German Conservatives, Corporations make Green New Deal, Climate "Top Priority" after Pandemic

Even German Conservatives, Corporations make Green New Deal, Climate “Top Priority” after Pandemic

By Julian Wettengel | – ( Clean Energy Wire ) – Top politicians from Germany and more than 60 large companies have warned that the […]

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How the Corporate Food System Is Making the Coronavirus Crisis Worse

How the Corporate Food System Is Making the Coronavirus Crisis Worse

By Walden Bello | – ( Foreign Policy in Focus) – The global food system has been very much front and center in the COVID-19 […]

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