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Turning Point: Wind and Solar outstrip Fossil Fuels in Europe for First Time
Climate Crisis

Turning Point: Wind and Solar outstrip Fossil Fuels in Europe for First Time

Juan Cole

It is another clear piece of proof that humanity can get to carbon neutral by 2050 if it wants to.

Can American Youth Organize to save us from Despotism?

Can American Youth Organize to save us from Despotism?

02/04/2026 By Liz Theoharis

Inside the Challenges faced by Journalists covering Iran’s Protests

Inside the Challenges faced by Journalists covering Iran’s Protests

02/04/2026 By The Conversation

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Arab Spring
Juan's Interviews re: "The New Arabs," Majority Report, The World, Daily Beast

Juan’s Interviews re: “The New Arabs,” Majority Report, The World, Daily Beast

By Juan Cole Today is the anniversary of the overthrow of Muhammad Morsi in Egypt, one year ago. I have a detailed account of this […]

Juan Cole

Dissent
Not War on Poverty but War on the Poor:  Washington's Real Foreign Policy Aims

Not War on Poverty but War on the Poor: Washington’s Real Foreign Policy Aims

By Noam Chomsky via Tomdispatch The question of how foreign policy is determined is a crucial one in world affairs.  In these comments, I can […]

Juan Cole

Apartheid
Israel's search for missing settlers shines light on depth of the West Bank’s occupation

Israel’s search for missing settlers shines light on depth of the West Bank’s occupation

By: Ola al-Tamimi Ramallah – What does the occupied West Bank look like 47 years into the occupation? The Palestinian state was about to be […]

Juan Cole

Bill of Rights
Police: No Searching Journalists' Cellphones w/out a Warrant, Either (SCOTUS Decision)

Police: No Searching Journalists’ Cellphones w/out a Warrant, Either (SCOTUS Decision)

By Josh Stearns According to the Supreme Court, police need a warrant to search the cellphones of people they arrest. The unanimous decision, which was […]

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Syrian Opposition: Baghdadi "Caliphate" lame attempt to take Spotlight off his Crime Spree

Syrian Opposition: Baghdadi “Caliphate” lame attempt to take Spotlight off his Crime Spree

By Juan Cole Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi’s proclamation of himself as “caliph” is rather like the Grand Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan declaring himself the […]

Juan Cole

Bill of Rights
SCOTUS:  Corporate "Persons" have Religions, can Deny You Birth Control Coverage

SCOTUS: Corporate “Persons” have Religions, can Deny You Birth Control Coverage

By Mindy Fischer On Monday the Supreme Court handed down its ruling on the Hobby Lobby case. They ruled in a 5-4 decision that corporations […]

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censorship
Ruling Hindu Tea Party wants to "Develop" India for its 1%

Ruling Hindu Tea Party wants to “Develop” India for its 1%

By Gyanendra Pandey New Delhi Through the President’s address to Parliament on June 9, 2014, the newly elected Indian Government has officially outlined its short […]

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Human Rights
Uneasy Caliphate: Inside Hawija in Iraq

Uneasy Caliphate: Inside Hawija in Iraq

By Shalaw Mohammed | Hawija NIQASH visited Hawija, a large northern Iraqi town near Kirkuk, which is currently controlled by Sunni Muslim extremists and local […]

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Bush
Blackwater: Nice State Dept. you have here, shame if Anything happened to It

Blackwater: Nice State Dept. you have here, shame if Anything happened to It

State Department official documented in memo that mercenary threatened him just weeks before Nisour Square massacre By Jon Queally As the trial continues against Blackwater […]

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