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Global South is now 1/3 of major EV Markets, Leaving US in the Dust
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Global South is now 1/3 of major EV Markets, Leaving US in the Dust

Juan Cole

The adoption of electric vehicles has spread to the Global South and is no longer only a Chinese, European and American phenomenon.

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3 Narratives of Gaza: Trump’s Riviera, Palestinians’ Two-States, Israel’s Genocide

3 Narratives of Gaza: Trump’s Riviera, Palestinians’ Two-States, Israel’s Genocide

12/23/2025 By Ramzy Baroud

“You will not Kill our Imagination:” Palestinian Memoirist Saeed Teebi

“You will not Kill our Imagination:” Palestinian Memoirist Saeed Teebi

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When will US admit Boots on Ground in Iraq (3000 Troops)?

When will US admit Boots on Ground in Iraq (3000 Troops)?

By Juan Cole President Obama’s announcement that he will send 1500 more troops to Iraq was made on a Friday, a day usually reserved in […]

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Iraq
Unlikely Cavalry:  Iraq's Sunni Tribes Split on ISIL, Pursue own Feuds

Unlikely Cavalry: Iraq’s Sunni Tribes Split on ISIL, Pursue own Feuds

By Mustafa Habib | Baghdad | via Niqash.org. Some tribes in the north of Iraq pledge allegiance to the extremist group, IS. In the south, […]

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Hizbullah
Can Hizbullah save Lebanon from ISIL?

Can Hizbullah save Lebanon from ISIL?

VICE: “As the Islamic State massacred its way throughout Iraq and Syria this summer, a separate battle took place in neighboring Lebanon. This summer, the […]

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Domestic Surveillance
Uncle Sam's Making a List, Checking it Twice & You Might be on It

Uncle Sam’s Making a List, Checking it Twice & You Might be on It

By Hina Shamsi and Matthew Harwood (Tomdispatch.com) It began with an unexpected rapping on the front door. When Wiley Gill opened up, no one was […]

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al-Qaeda
Canada's Reaction to War Memorial Attack:  Can Multiculturalism Fight Terrorism?

Canada’s Reaction to War Memorial Attack: Can Multiculturalism Fight Terrorism?

By Allan Christelow On October 22, 2014 a lone gunman killed a guard at Canada’s War Memorial in Ottawa, then went on to attack the […]

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Why McCain & GOP are Slamming Obama for Writing Iran re: ISIL

Why McCain & GOP are Slamming Obama for Writing Iran re: ISIL

By Juan Cole President Obama wrote a letter to Iran’s Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on the possibility of US-Iran non-military cooperation in defeating ISIL, as a […]

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Islam
Is the Qur'an Really Violent?  Not if you Read the whole Book!

Is the Qur’an Really Violent? Not if you Read the whole Book!

By Alexander Gaute (Your Middle East) “Analyses tend to misuse the references to the Qur’an, often only citing single verses” Following the advent of the […]

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Militarization
Will GOP Senate Hawks Deep-Six CIA Torture Report, push Ukraine Intervention?

Will GOP Senate Hawks Deep-Six CIA Torture Report, push Ukraine Intervention?

By Luke Johnson (RFE/RL) WASHINGTON — Republicans have captured control of the U.S. Senate for the first time in eight years, picking up at least […]

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Republican Party
If Orwell had had a "Ministry of Science" it would look Like GOP Science Committees

If Orwell had had a “Ministry of Science” it would look Like GOP Science Committees

Cenk Uygur, The Young Turks: “”The Republican Party is widely predicted to win control of the Senate as a result of today’s midterm elections. In […]

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