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Archives for November 2017

Banking
Treasury Sec. Mnuchin is just an Enforcer for the 0.1%

Treasury Sec. Mnuchin is just an Enforcer for the 0.1%

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By Nomi Prins | ( Tomdispatch.com) | – – Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin doesn’t exactly come across as the guy you’d want in your corner in a playground tussle. In the Trump administration, he’s been more like the kid trying to cop favor with the school bully. That, at least, is the role he seems […]

Featured
Saudi Official views Lebanon as "at war with us"

Saudi Official views Lebanon as “at war with us”

Juan Cole

Riyadh’s struggle with Iran and Hizbullah sours relationship with Beirut

Houthi
Saudi-led forces close air, sea, land access to Yemen

Saudi-led forces close air, sea, land access to Yemen

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Move will worsen world’s worst Humanitarian Crisis

Donald Trump
The GOP Plot Against America’s 99%

The GOP Plot Against America’s 99%

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Trump is governing as a Pluto-Populist

Authoritarianism
Saudi Arabia: Is the Prince fighting on too many Fronts?

Saudi Arabia: Is the Prince fighting on too many Fronts?

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Carool Kersten | (OpenDemocracy.net) | – – The Saudi crown prince moves towards concentrating absolute power in his own hands, while escalating tensions on several fronts. If Machiavelli were alive today, he might have modeled his political treatise ‘The Prince’ on Saudi Crown Prince Muhammad bin Salman (MBS). Events on the first Saturday of November […]

Banking
Top 4 Things Paradise Papers tell us about Super-Rich

Top 4 Things Paradise Papers tell us about Super-Rich

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Tax avoidance is a booming industry

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Lebanon Hizbullah leader: Saudis dictated Hariri resignation

Lebanon Hizbullah leader: Saudis dictated Hariri resignation

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By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The Secretary-General of Hizbullah, the Lebanese party-militia, Hassan Nasrullah, gave a major speech Sunday in the wake of the resignation of prime minister Saad Hariri. Nasrullah characterized this step as a Saudi move dictated to Hariri by Riyadh. Lebanon’s three big religio-ethnic groups are Sunnis, Shiites […]

Donald Trump
Trump: Why didn't 'Samurai Japan' shoot down N. Korea Missiles?

Trump: Why didn’t ‘Samurai Japan’ shoot down N. Korea Missiles?

Juan Cole

TeleSur | – – The revelation comes after Trump warned that Asia should fear a robust military stance by Japan, “a warrior nation.” A perplexed President Donald Trump once noted that he couldn’t understand why Japan, a country of “samurai warriors” did not shoot down North Korean missiles, according to reports. The U.S. leader’s opinion […]

Donald Trump
Congress’ Tax Plan is a give-way to the Rich, not a Reform

Congress’ Tax Plan is a give-way to the Rich, not a Reform

Juan Cole

True tax reform would help working and middle classes

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