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Archives for July 2017

Displaced and Refugees
UN Says Yemen Is Now the Largest Global Humanitarian Crisis

UN Says Yemen Is Now the Largest Global Humanitarian Crisis

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TeleSur | – – Arab nation is said to be on the brink of famine after almost 2 years of war and disease. In Yemen, the world’s worst cholera outbreak is unfolding amid the largest global humanitarian crisis, crippling health, water and sanitation facilities. Three United Nations agencies say the conditions are now ideal for […]

Climate Change
Island sinking b/c of Climate Change Seeks Seat on UN Security Council

Island sinking b/c of Climate Change Seeks Seat on UN Security Council

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By Thalif Deen | (Inter Press Service) | – – An aerial view of the Village of Kolhuvaariyaafushi, Mulaaku Atoll, the Maldives, after the Indian Ocean Tsunami. Credit: UN Photo/Evan Schneider UNITED NATIONS, Jul 26 2017 (IPS) – The Maldives, one of the world’s low-lying, small island developing states (SIDS) — threatened with extinction because […]

nuclear weapons
Can Nukes really be Banned? Are we Safe if they Aren't?

Can Nukes really be Banned? Are we Safe if they Aren’t?

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By H. Patricia Hynes | (Informed Comment) | – – Against all odds, 122 countries agreed on July 7 to ban nuclear weapons. At the heart of the United Nations treaty is an explicit ethical goal: to protect peoples of the world from the humanitarian catastrophe that would ensue if nuclear weapons were employed. Once […]

Donald Trump
Is Trump's Cabinet Collapsing?

Is Trump’s Cabinet Collapsing?

Juan Cole

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Trump keeps tweaking his attorney general, Jeff Sessions, in press interviews and on twitter, complaining bitterly that Sessions recused himself from the Russia investigation, which started in motion the appointment of Robert Mueller as special counsel. Trump seems to imagine that if only he could get […]

Donald Trump
Top Ten Ways your Taxes pay for Endless War

Top Ten Ways your Taxes pay for Endless War

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By William D. Hartung | ( Tomdispatch.com) | – – You wouldn’t know it, based on the endless cries for more money coming from the military, politicians, and the president, but these are the best of times for the Pentagon.  Spending on the Department of Defense alone is already well in excess of half a […]

African-Americans
Trump's US sees Spike in Hate-Fueled Violence, as Tweets distract Public

Trump’s US sees Spike in Hate-Fueled Violence, as Tweets distract Public

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By Joe Sexton | ProPublica | – – Last Wednesday, July 19, was something of a busy news day. There was word North Korea was making preparations for yet another provocative missile test. The Supreme Court, in its latest ruling in the controversial travel ban case, said that people from the six largely Muslim countries […]

India
India: With 370% increase in Solar, aims at Electricity for all by 2030

India: With 370% increase in Solar, aims at Electricity for all by 2030

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World Bank. | (Video Report) | – – “With a sweeping commitment to solar power, innovative solutions and energy efficiency initiatives to supply its people with 24×7 electricity by 2030, India is emerging as a front runner in the global fight against climate change. In this video, the country’s Minister of State for Power, Coal, […]

Featured
Trump: Aid to Syrian Rebels was 'Massive,' 'Dangerous;' slams Post

Trump: Aid to Syrian Rebels was ‘Massive,’ ‘Dangerous;’ slams Post

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By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Trump trashed the Washington Post on Monday, calling it the Amazon Washington Post and implicitly complaining about a July 19 article on his halt to funding Syrian rebels. Trump tweeted: The Amazon Washington Post fabricated the facts on my ending massive, dangerous, and wasteful payments to […]

Israel/ Palestine
The challenges and strengths of Palestine’s ‘orchestra’ of civil resistance

The challenges and strengths of Palestine’s ‘orchestra’ of civil resistance

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By Molly Wallace | ( Waging Nonviolence / Peace Science Digest) | – – Contrary to widespread stereotypes regarding the nature of Palestinian resistance, there has long been a tradition of unarmed civil resistance against Israeli occupation — a tradition renewed with Israel’s construction of the so-called “separation barrier” (a.k.a. “apartheid wall” [Palestinians] or “security […]

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