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Archives for December 2016

Climate Change
Low-Carbon 'Eat Local' Movement taking Spain by Storm

Low-Carbon ‘Eat Local’ Movement taking Spain by Storm

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By Oscar Tomasi Pancorbo | EFEAgro | Euractiv Concepts like “100% local” and “zero kilometer” products are now on an upward trend in Spain and are forcing the food industry to rethink how it does business. EurActiv’s partner EFEAgro reports. Beyond the usual advertising messages, sector and consumer association representatives admit it is not easy […]

Donald Trump
Muslim Americans work with Silicon Valley to build opposition to Trump’s proposed registry

Muslim Americans work with Silicon Valley to build opposition to Trump’s proposed registry

contributors

By Sarah Aziza | ( Waging Nonviolence) | – – With just over a month to go before the inauguration of Donald Trump, Muslim activists are working to block the president-elect’s long-standing pledge to crack down on their community. Trump has proposed banning Muslims from entering the United States, voiced his support for the surveillance […]

Iraq
Could Iraqi Parliament Recognition of Shiite Militias re-Tribalize the Sunnis?

Could Iraqi Parliament Recognition of Shiite Militias re-Tribalize the Sunnis?

contributors

By Ibrahim Saleh | (Baghdad) | Niqash.org | – – Although many Sunni politicians tried to block the passage of a November law that legitimized Iraq’s Shiite volunteer militias, some did not. They want the 30,000 or so Sunni volunteer fighters to get their share too. In late November, the Iraqi government passed the controversial […]

Featured
Hard Truth: Aleppo Rebels weren't defeated by Main Force but b/c they alienated Syrians

Hard Truth: Aleppo Rebels weren’t defeated by Main Force but b/c they alienated Syrians

Juan Cole

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Syria was in a better position to attain peace last spring, when a ceasefire had unexpected success. It would have been better if the rebels had been able to keep East Aleppo and the rest of their territory, and the regime had been forced to dicker […]

Islam
Can Faith and Modernity coexist under Muslimism?

Can Faith and Modernity coexist under Muslimism?

contributors

By Neslihan Cevik | (Socialtrendsinstitute.org) | – – There is a new brand of Muslim religious orthodoxy on the rise in places like Turkey, which seeks to engage modernity through the sincere religious belief of individuals. Neslihan Cevik uses the term “Muslimism” to set it apart from other trends. Neslihan Cevik's new book, Muslimism in […]

Central Intelligence Agency
The last Time we had a President bored by Intel Briefings, we got 9/11

The last Time we had a President bored by Intel Briefings, we got 9/11

contributors

By Ronald Stockton | (Informed Comment) | – – Former CIA head and Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta recently said that if President Elect Trump refuses intelligence briefings and something bad happens, he would be responsible. These are ominous words. I just finished Panetta’s memoir, Worthy Fights. Two things stood out. First, that much of […]

Donald Trump
In Aftermath of Trump's Win, More Than 1,000 Hate Crimes in a Month

In Aftermath of Trump’s Win, More Than 1,000 Hate Crimes in a Month

contributors

TeleSur | – – Over one-third of the incidents made mention of President-elect Donald Trump. Over 1,000 hate crimes have been reported since Donald Trump won the U.S. presidential election, the rate dropping since the days after election day but over a third of them still making reference to Trump. Most of the incidents were […]

Democracy
Demonization of Putin as "Personally" behind Clinton Hack is old Propaganda Technique

Demonization of Putin as “Personally” behind Clinton Hack is old Propaganda Technique

Juan Cole

Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The leaked allegations supposedly from the CIA that Russian President Vladimir Putin “personally” directed how hacked emails from the Clinton campaign should be treated with a good deal of skepticism. I have already said that the allegations of effective Russian interference in the US election do not […]

Israel/ Palestine
Trump Taps Man More Far-Right Than Netanyahu to Be Israel Envoy

Trump Taps Man More Far-Right Than Netanyahu to Be Israel Envoy

contributors

TeleSur | – – The U.S. president-elect choose David Friedman, who runs a group supporting ultra-right Jewish settlers in Palestine, as his ambassador to Israel. President-elect Donald Trump will nominate far-right bankruptcy lawyer David Friedman as U.S. ambassador to Israel as Friedman said he looked forward to taking up his post, a step that could […]

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