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Iran Seeks China’s help to Install 7 gigs of new Solar Capacity in “4th Industrial Revolution”
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Iran Seeks China’s help to Install 7 gigs of new Solar Capacity in “4th Industrial Revolution”

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – With the prospect of new Iranian nuclear power plants looking dim after Israeli and American bombing of its civilian nuclear […]

Gaza and the Death of Conscience

Gaza and the Death of Conscience

09/13/2025 By Middle East Monitor

The ‘Gaza Riviera’ is a fantasy Plan that relies on Urbicide and Expulsion

The ‘Gaza Riviera’ is a fantasy Plan that relies on Urbicide and Expulsion

09/13/2025 By The Conversation

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Trump's Crackdown on Iran's Oil Exports Could Backfire Badly-- With Serious Risks to Global Economy

Trump’s Crackdown on Iran’s Oil Exports Could Backfire Badly– With Serious Risks to Global Economy

Inflation-adjusted oil prices nearly doubled during the 1973 embargo

The Conversation

Israel/ Palestine
How Israel's anti-BDS Tactics Mirror White South Africa's Defense of Apartheid

How Israel’s anti-BDS Tactics Mirror White South Africa’s Defense of Apartheid

South Africa’s supporters felt that many in the West had an “obsession” with the country, and questioned the disproportionate attention it received from governments

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Saudi Arabia
Comedian Hasan Minhaj Calls out Jared Kushner at Gala,  Demands Release of Saudi Woman Dissident

Comedian Hasan Minhaj Calls out Jared Kushner at Gala, Demands Release of Saudi Woman Dissident

It would be crazy if there was a high ranking official in the White House here that could WhatsApp MBS

Middle East Monitor

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Iran designates US CENTCOM Troops "Terrorists"

Iran designates US CENTCOM Troops “Terrorists”

Likewise, some Iranian officials have threatened to close the Straits of Hormuz

Juan Cole

Buddhism
Sri Lanka's Mainstream Muslims Caught in Nexis of Extreme Nationalisms and Fringe Radicalism

Sri Lanka’s Mainstream Muslims Caught in Nexis of Extreme Nationalisms and Fringe Radicalism

Even though most Sri Lankan Muslims are Sunni, it is a diverse community, with some following the mystical form of Islam, Sufism

The Conversation

Israel/ Palestine
The Palestine Marathon: A Window Into Occupation and Survival in a Less Than Holy Land

The Palestine Marathon: A Window Into Occupation and Survival in a Less Than Holy Land

By Jen Marlowe | – (Tomdispatch.com) – I never intended to run a marathon, but when I realized that I would be on hand for […]

Tomdispatch

Israel/ Palestine
Notre Dame of Gaza:  Our Mosques and Churches are Also Burning

Notre Dame of Gaza: Our Mosques and Churches are Also Burning

(Ma’an) – As the 300-foot spire of the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris tragically came tumbling down on live television, my thoughts ventured to Nuseirat […]

Ramzy Baroud

Climate Change
Our Climate Emergency and 'Extinction Rebellion:' disruption and arrests can bring social change

Our Climate Emergency and ‘Extinction Rebellion:’ disruption and arrests can bring social change

It takes just 3.5% of a nation’s population engaged in sustained nonviolent resistance to topple a dictatorship

The Conversation

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In Drive to Overthrow Iran, Trump stops Waivers for Oil Purchases from Tehran

In Drive to Overthrow Iran, Trump stops Waivers for Oil Purchases from Tehran

Lord knows what monstrosity yet another US coup in Iran will produce

Juan Cole

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