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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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Pakistan
Death of Pakistani Progressivism?

Death of Pakistani Progressivism?

Salman Tasir, the governor of Punjab Province in Pakistan, was assassinated by one of his own guards Tuesday, allegedly for his desire to repeal Pakistan’s […]

Juan Cole

Afghanistan
Wrong Again, Sen. Graham:  Cole in Truthdig

Wrong Again, Sen. Graham: Cole in Truthdig

My column is just out in Truthdig, entitled “Wrong Again, Sen. Graham,” on the South Carolina senator’s modest proposal to keep two big American air […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Women enlist as Fighters in Gaza

Women enlist as Fighters in Gaza

CNN reports on a handful of militant women in Gaza who have joined the radical al-Nasir Salahuddin Brigades and gained training as guerrillas. The women […]

Juan Cole

Afghanistan
Taliban Getting Stronger, As US Public Support for Afghanistan War Collapses

Taliban Getting Stronger, As US Public Support for Afghanistan War Collapses

Afghan President Hamid Karzai is getting weaker over time, and the Taliban are getting stronger, according to Jessica Mathews, president of the Carnegie Endowment for […]

Juan Cole

Environment
5000 Birds fall out of Sky in Arkansas

5000 Birds fall out of Sky in Arkansas

An environmental mystery: The blogosphere is abuzz about the mystery of thousands of birds falling out of the sky in Arkansas. Such things happen sometimes […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Glaspie Memo Vindicates Her, Shows Saddam’s Thinking

Glaspie Memo Vindicates Her, Shows Saddam’s Thinking

Wikileaks has released the July 25, 1990 cable by US Ambassador to Iraq April Glaspie in which she reported her meeting with Saddam Hussein over […]

Juan Cole

Egypt
Christian Crowds Protest Violently in Egypt

Christian Crowds Protest Violently in Egypt

Crowds of Christian youth protested in the hundreds in Alexandria and Cairo on Sunday. The protesters in Alexandria were prevented by riot police from reaching […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Wikileaks: Israel Plans Total War on Lebanon, Gaza

Wikileaks: Israel Plans Total War on Lebanon, Gaza

The Norwegian newspaper Aftenposten has summarized an Israeli military briefing by Israeli Chief of Staff Gen. Gabi Ashkenazi of a US congressional delegation a little […]

Juan Cole

al-Qaeda
Mubarak: We will Cut off the Head of the Snake;  Al-Azhar: This was an Attack on all Egyptians

Mubarak: We will Cut off the Head of the Snake; Al-Azhar: This was an Attack on all Egyptians

The semi-official Egyptian newspaper, al-Ahram, reports that Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak asserted in a speech to the nation on Saturday that a foreign hand was […]

Juan Cole

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