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Pakistan now gets 25% of its Electricity from Solar, Plans Solar Panel factory
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Pakistan now gets 25% of its Electricity from Solar, Plans Solar Panel factory

Juan Cole

Only about 20 countries globally get a quarter or more of their power from solar.

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Protesting the U of Arkansas for Removing Middle East Center Director over her Condemnation of the Bombing of Iran

Protesting the U of Arkansas for Removing Middle East Center Director over her Condemnation of the Bombing of Iran

12/17/2025 By Committee on Academic Freedom

Who’s Responsible When a Military Order is Illegal? (Don’t Ask Donald Trump!)

Who’s Responsible When a Military Order is Illegal? (Don’t Ask Donald Trump!)

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Sudan's People Power Movement Forced the Military to Share Power, but is the Deal Falling Apart?

Sudan’s People Power Movement Forced the Military to Share Power, but is the Deal Falling Apart?

Khalil Charles | @khalilcharles | – ( Middle East Monitor) – The gap between the military and civilian government in Sudan appears to be widening. […]

Middle East Monitor

Climate Crisis
The Contribution of Indigenous People to Fighting Climate Change is Hanging by a Thread in Bolivia

The Contribution of Indigenous People to Fighting Climate Change is Hanging by a Thread in Bolivia

By Iokiñe Rodríguez and Mirna Inturias | – Earth’s forests oxygenate the atmosphere and store vast quantities of planet-warming carbon dioxide (CO₂). But research suggests […]

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Congress
Engel:  Trump gave out False Justification for Whacking Soleimani, Nearly starting a war with Iran

Engel: Trump gave out False Justification for Whacking Soleimani, Nearly starting a war with Iran

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Dan Mangan at CNBC reports that Rep. Eliot Engel, D-N.Y., is attacking Trump over his justification for assassinating Iranian Gen. […]

Juan Cole

Democratic Party
The Polls Show Americans want Big Changes, but "Moderate" Dems say Progressives Can't Win

The Polls Show Americans want Big Changes, but “Moderate” Dems say Progressives Can’t Win

(Otherwords) – Moderates consistently warn that progressive ideas can’t win “the middle.” But just look at the polls. By Jim Hightower | February 12, 2020 […]

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Israel/ Palestine
The Middle East Studies Association and 7 Other Associations Condemn Trump DoE Investigations of Universities for Criticizing Israel

The Middle East Studies Association and 7 Other Associations Condemn Trump DoE Investigations of Universities for Criticizing Israel

Middle East Studies Association | – Joint Statement on Department of Education Office for Civil Rights Investigations into NYU and UCLA | – The Middle […]

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Israel/ Palestine
UN's  List of Companies contributing to Illegal Israeli Settlements on Palestine aids Accountability (HRW)

UN’s List of Companies contributing to Illegal Israeli Settlements on Palestine aids Accountability (HRW)

List Reaffirms Global Rejection of Illegal Settlement Enterprise

Human Rights Watch

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Israel’s Netanyahu boasts of having Destroyed US 1st Amendment and Free Speech

Israel’s Netanyahu boasts of having Destroyed US 1st Amendment and Free Speech

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Israeli caretaker prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu, who has been indicted for corruption and is facing an election soon, just boasted […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Naming companies profiting from Israel’s occupation boosts Palestinians in this asymmetric struggle

Naming companies profiting from Israel’s occupation boosts Palestinians in this asymmetric struggle

By Yousef Alhelou | – (Middle East Monitor) – An overdue report has finally been published by the UN Human Rights office which lists 112 […]

Middle East Monitor

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Is America Addicted to War?

Is America Addicted to War?

(Tomdispatch.com) – My first question is simple enough: After 18-plus years of our forever wars, where are all the questions? Almost two decades of failing […]

Tom Engelhardt

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