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Massive Morocco Rainstorms, Flooding: “Passing from a stable Climate System”
Climate Crisis

Massive Morocco Rainstorms, Flooding: “Passing from a stable Climate System”

Juan Cole

Gemenne said that we are passing from a relatively stable climate system to an unstable one, where extreme weather events will multiply

Steadfast Resistance under Occupation from Minneapolis to Palestine

Steadfast Resistance under Occupation from Minneapolis to Palestine

02/09/2026 By Waging Nonviolence

Our Enduring Nuclear Nightmare: The End of New START

Our Enduring Nuclear Nightmare: The End of New START

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By Juan Cole | — What an incredible year this has been! Informed Comment has gone from strength to strength. We expect 2015 to be […]

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Bush
Bush Admin. Spent Billions on an Iraqi Army with 50,000 "ghost" Soldiers

Bush Admin. Spent Billions on an Iraqi Army with 50,000 “ghost” Soldiers

By Juan Cole | — Iraqi Prime Minister Haydar al-Abadi announced to his parliament on Sunday that inspectors had uncovered 50,000 non-existent soldiers in four […]

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Climate Change
20% Efficiency gain through Printing Blu-Ray Disc Patterns on Solar Panels

20% Efficiency gain through Printing Blu-Ray Disc Patterns on Solar Panels

Northwestern University News | — Megan Fellman writes: “An interdisciplinary research team [from Northwestern University] has discovered that the pattern of information written on a […]

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Egypt
Egypt's Female Genital Mutilation Shame and the Failure of Prosecution

Egypt’s Female Genital Mutilation Shame and the Failure of Prosecution

Human Rights Watch | — (Beirut) – Egyptian authorities need to take clear action to end the practice of female genital mutilation (FGM) following the […]

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Arab Spring
The Workers Movement and Class Struggle in the Egyptian Revolution

The Workers Movement and Class Struggle in the Egyptian Revolution

Middle East Eye “The 2011 Egyptian revolution is usually thought of as an uprising against dictatorship and corruption, with the aim of establishing a European […]

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Christianity
Pope Francis in Turkey calls for interreligious dialogue to stop terrorism

Pope Francis in Turkey calls for interreligious dialogue to stop terrorism

Reuters | — “On the first day of his visit to Turkey, Pope Francis has called for interreligious dialogue “so that there will be an […]

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Arab Spring
Cairo Erupts as Mubarak, Adly Declared Innocent in Deaths of Protesters

Cairo Erupts as Mubarak, Adly Declared Innocent in Deaths of Protesters

By Juan Cole | — An Egyptian court on Saturday found found deposed dictator Hosni Mubarak and his former interior minister Habib Adly not guilty […]

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Humor
The Rolex Caliph's Camel Selfie: How Iraqi Youth are Ridiculing Daesh/ISIL Online

The Rolex Caliph’s Camel Selfie: How Iraqi Youth are Ridiculing Daesh/ISIL Online

By Cathrin Schaer | Berlin | (Niqash.org) — The extremist Islamic State group has been very effective on social media, terrifying their enemies and boosting […]

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Israel
Far-Right Israeli FM Lieberman: Offer Israeli Arabs Money to Move to [Non-Existent] Palestinian State

Far-Right Israeli FM Lieberman: Offer Israeli Arabs Money to Move to [Non-Existent] Palestinian State

Wotchit | — “Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman proposed on Friday that Arab citizens of Israel be offered financial incentives to leave the country and […]

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