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

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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Quid Pro Quo: 4 GOP Defenses of Trump that Sondland and others have Shot Down

Quid Pro Quo: 4 GOP Defenses of Trump that Sondland and others have Shot Down

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – 1. No quid pro quo (“this for that”). The Republicans, and Trump himself, kept asserting that the president didn’t offer […]

Juan Cole

Politics&Culture
Why are there so many Mass Protests in Today's World but so Few real Revolutions?

Why are there so many Mass Protests in Today’s World but so Few real Revolutions?

By Peter McPhee | – We live in a world of violent challenges to the status quo, from Chile and Iraq to Hong Kong, Catalonia […]

The Conversation

Israel/ Palestine
Is Israel trying to hide its War Crimes by Shooting Journalists?

Is Israel trying to hide its War Crimes by Shooting Journalists?

By Motasem A Dalloul | @abujomaaGaza | – On Tuesday, doctors at Hadassah Hospital in Jerusalem announced that they had successfully removed the remains of […]

Middle East Monitor

Donald Trump
GOP Slammed Vindman as Immigrant:  But Many Founding Fathers and Constitution Framers were Foreign-Born

GOP Slammed Vindman as Immigrant: But Many Founding Fathers and Constitution Framers were Foreign-Born

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Republicans at the House impeachment hearings decided to try to smear Lt. Col. Alex Vindman as a foreigner and perhaps […]

Juan Cole

Iran
Iran: Violent Gov't Crackdown on Protesters with Live Fire and many Casualties, hidden by Internet Blackout

Iran: Violent Gov’t Crackdown on Protesters with Live Fire and many Casualties, hidden by Internet Blackout

(Human Rights Watch) – (Beirut) – Iranian security forces appear to be using excessive force against protests that emerged after an abrupt government increase in […]

Human Rights Watch

Israel/ Palestine
#MuathEye: A clash between the Israeli Occupation’s rifles and the Palestinian eyes opened to its violations

#MuathEye: A clash between the Israeli Occupation’s rifles and the Palestinian eyes opened to its violations

By Hossam Shaker | On Friday, November 15th, photojournalist Muath Amarneh left his home wearing his uniform and blue helmet to cover the demonstrations by […]

Middle East Monitor

Climate Crisis
Danger of Climate Feedback Loops: Lakes now Emit 1/4 of Global Carbon, but heating Could Double It

Danger of Climate Feedback Loops: Lakes now Emit 1/4 of Global Carbon, but heating Could Double It

Andrew J Tanentzap | – Lakes and ponds are the final resting place for many of the Earth’s plants. Rivers collect much of the planet’s […]

The Conversation

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Fascists R Us:  Trump/ Pompeo's Denial that Israeli Squatting on Palestinian Land is Illegal

Fascists R Us: Trump/ Pompeo’s Denial that Israeli Squatting on Palestinian Land is Illegal

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced Monday that the US no longer considers Israeli squatter settlements on Palestinian land to […]

Juan Cole

Lebanon
Lebanon's Peaceful Protesters have One Demand: The Whole Rotten Elite Must Go

Lebanon’s Peaceful Protesters have One Demand: The Whole Rotten Elite Must Go

By Jenny Gustafsson | – (Via Waging Nonviolence) – Unlike previous movements, demonstrations in Lebanon have spread to all parts of the country and are […]

Waging Nonviolence

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