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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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Uygur:  Bush Targetting of Juan Cole proves that NSA can't be trusted with our Personal Data

Uygur: Bush Targetting of Juan Cole proves that NSA can’t be trusted with our Personal Data

Cenk Uygur at Young Turks makes the point that the National Security Agency and other US intelligence (services who are ending up with massive amounts […]

Juan Cole

Israel president 'ready to meet Iran counterpart'

Israel president 'ready to meet Iran counterpart'

Israeli President Shimon Peres said Sunday he would be prepared to meet his Iranian counterpart Hassan Rouhani, even though their two countries consider each other […]

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Egypt: Harsh Sentences Commuted but Case a Dangerous Message for Protesters

Egypt: Harsh Sentences Commuted but Case a Dangerous Message for Protesters

By Human Rights Watch Update: December 7, 2013 The Sidi Gaber Minor Offenses Court on December 7 commuted the sentences for the 21 female Brotherhood […]

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Are British Spies Complicit in US Drone Strikes? Court of Appeals Takes Case

Are British Spies Complicit in US Drone Strikes? Court of Appeals Takes Case

by Jack Serle An unprecedented attempt to discover if British officials are complicit in the CIA drone campaign in Pakistan reached the Court of Appeal […]

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Solar would be Cheaper:  US Pentagon has spent $8 Trillion to Guard Gulf Oil

Solar would be Cheaper: US Pentagon has spent $8 Trillion to Guard Gulf Oil

By Juan Cole Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel was in the Gulf on Friday at a conference of defense ministers from the region, including the […]

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The Mandela Problem of the AWM Wing of the GOP

The Mandela Problem of the AWM Wing of the GOP

The US Republican Party has become the party of the angry white man (AWM) in the United States, which is a large part of the […]

Juan Cole

Collective Frustration, But No Collective Action, in Qatar

Collective Frustration, But No Collective Action, in Qatar

Date:  December 7, 2013 Author(s):  Justin Gengler In late June 2013, as neighboring Arab states continued their struggles against popular pressure for political reform or […]

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FBi Laptop Camera Snooping and Orwell’s 1984: Side by Side Comparison

FBi Laptop Camera Snooping and Orwell’s 1984: Side by Side Comparison

Jon Schwartz ( @tinyrevolution ) posted this to Twitter. It is a side by side comparison of a passage from “1984” to the news report […]

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Interview with Jeremy Scahill Questions "War on Terror"

Interview with Jeremy Scahill Questions “War on Terror”

Euronews asks Jeremy Scahill about his new film, “Dirty Wars,” which has been nominated for an Academy Award. Scahill was also recently interviewed at Democracy […]

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