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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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Egypt: Military Rule, Arbitrary Jailing of Protesters, and... Public Silence

Egypt: Military Rule, Arbitrary Jailing of Protesters, and… Public Silence

(By Daniel Nour) This article will probably annoy you. Telling the truth about Egypt, speaking frankly – not appropriately, or prudently, but just plain honestly […]

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Domestic Surveillance
Google Follows Snowden’s Advice, Encrypts All Gmail Messages

Google Follows Snowden’s Advice, Encrypts All Gmail Messages

Whether you think former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden is a hero or a traitor, at the very least you now know that the National Security Agency has expanded the scope of its surveillance of American citizens quite a bit. The government…

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Massive increase in Israeli Squatter settlements in West Bank blamed for Collapsing Peace Talks

Massive increase in Israeli Squatter settlements in West Bank blamed for Collapsing Peace Talks

Israel settlements led to peace talks impasse: Palestinians (via AFP) US-sponsored peace talks with Israel have reached an impasse because of Jewish settlement activity, a […]

Juan Cole

Dissent
Top attempts by Dictators to Shut down Twitter in Mideast (including Turkey’s PM Erdogan)

Top attempts by Dictators to Shut down Twitter in Mideast (including Turkey’s PM Erdogan)

(By Juan Cole) Trying to close down social media such as Twitter, Facebook and YouTube has been a desperate ploy of dictatorial regimes throughout the […]

Juan Cole

Israel
US Special Interest Groups in the Middle East Peace Process

US Special Interest Groups in the Middle East Peace Process

(by Mahmoud M.A. Abdou) In this post, Mahmoud Abdou presents a summary of his book The Middle East Peace Process and U.S. Special Interest Groups. […]

Juan Cole

censorship
Google's Larry Page: We can't Have NSA Spying and a Functioning Democracy

Google’s Larry Page: We can’t Have NSA Spying and a Functioning Democracy

Google’s Page says US online spying threatens democracy (via AFP) Google co-founder Larry Page on Wednesday condemned US government snooping on the Internet as a […]

Juan Cole

Climate Change
Climate Change: ‘Abrupt,’ ‘Unpredictable,’ ‘Irreversible’ and ‘Highly Damaging’

Climate Change: ‘Abrupt,’ ‘Unpredictable,’ ‘Irreversible’ and ‘Highly Damaging’

In a rare move, the world’s largest scientific society released a report nudging the public to wake up to the scientifically sound and increasingly frightening reality of climate change. “As scientists, it is not our role to tell people what they…

Juan Cole

Domestic Surveillance
Col. Manners on the Protocols of CIA Torture and his Love for the NSA's Aunt Zelda

Col. Manners on the Protocols of CIA Torture and his Love for the NSA’s Aunt Zelda

(By Tom Engelhardt for Tomdispatch) [Editor’s note]: Our old friend Colonel Manners (ret.) made his first appearance at TomDispatch last October.  Today, he’s back for the third time.  […]

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On Iranian New Year, Russia hints it May Swing Support to Tehran over Crimea Sanctions

On Iranian New Year, Russia hints it May Swing Support to Tehran over Crimea Sanctions

(By Juan Cole) Iran may have gotten a New Year’s gift via the Crimea crisis, as Russia threatens to play the Iran card over proposed […]

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