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America may have invaded Iraq for its Oil, but Solar Power is what Iraqis now Want
Climate Crisis

America may have invaded Iraq for its Oil, but Solar Power is what Iraqis now Want

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Iraqi farmers, tired of high electricity bills and frequent blackouts, are turning to solar panels, according to Khalid Al-Mousuly at […]

Despite Efforts to Shift the Blame, Israeli Policies Are Starving Children

Despite Efforts to Shift the Blame, Israeli Policies Are Starving Children

08/21/2025 By Human Rights Watch

We’ll all Feel the Abrupt Changes Striking Antarctica Sea Ice and Ocean Currents

We’ll all Feel the Abrupt Changes Striking Antarctica Sea Ice and Ocean Currents

08/21/2025 By The Conversation

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After Tlaib & Omar are Barred by Netanyahu, why would any Self-Respecting Dem Congressman do the AIPAC Tour Again??

After Tlaib & Omar are Barred by Netanyahu, why would any Self-Respecting Dem Congressman do the AIPAC Tour Again??

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has barred Reps. Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib from visiting Israel. This is an about-face […]

Juan Cole

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Trump wrong Again: Offshore Wind a "New Industrial Revolution"

Trump wrong Again: Offshore Wind a “New Industrial Revolution”

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Donald Trump is both an ignoramus and a loudmouth, and has used his vast fund of cluelessness to talk down […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
If the US Recognizes Israel's Usurpation of Palestinian West Bank, what will Int'l Community Do?

If the US Recognizes Israel’s Usurpation of Palestinian West Bank, what will Int’l Community Do?

By Ramona Wadi | The UN has advanced no further than acknowledging that Israel is seeking to “advance a claim of sovereignty” over settlements in […]

Middle East Monitor

Desertification
Rivers of Dust: The Future of Water and the Middle East

Rivers of Dust: The Future of Water and the Middle East

Without international diplomacy, the Middle East is going to run out of water — and it won’t be alone.

Conn M. Hallinan

China
Trump's Trade War is tanking US Economy & Destroying 70 Years of World Order

Trump’s Trade War is tanking US Economy & Destroying 70 Years of World Order

By Shiro Armstrong |- President Trump’s “America First” agenda is rapidly trashing the global economic system and the rules and norms the US has championed […]

The Conversation

Banking
‘Slowbalization’: Is the Slowing Global Economy a Boon or Bane?

‘Slowbalization’: Is the Slowing Global Economy a Boon or Bane?

( Foreign Policy in Focus) – Some economists worry the world has passed “peak globalization.” But that could be good for the planet. By John […]

John Feffer

Israel/ Palestine
Bernie Sanders: Criticizing the Israeli Gov't is not anti-Semitic & Palestinians Deserve Rights

Bernie Sanders: Criticizing the Israeli Gov’t is not anti-Semitic & Palestinians Deserve Rights

US Democratic candidate and presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders has said that criticising Israeli government policy is not anti-Semitic. Speaking at a town hall meeting in […]

Middle East Monitor

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"World-Wide Welcome:" No, Cuccinelli, the Statue of Liberty and Lazarus Poem are not about Whiteness

“World-Wide Welcome:” No, Cuccinelli, the Statue of Liberty and Lazarus Poem are not about Whiteness

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Chris Cillizza at CNN quotes the interchange between Erin Burnett and Ken Cuccinelli, acting director of US Citizenship and Immigration […]

Juan Cole

Militarization
In Wars and Weapons We Trust: America’s Militarized Profession of Faith

In Wars and Weapons We Trust: America’s Militarized Profession of Faith

(Tomdispatch.com ) – When I was a teenager in the 1970s, I looked to the heavens: to God and Christianity (as arbitrated by the Catholic […]

William J. Astore

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