By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Trump has tweeted as though he cares about the welfare of the Iranian protesters in small towns across that country who are upset about reduced government subsidies for commodities such as eggs and gasoline. His administration tried to prosecute protesters for laughing at VP Mike Pence. […]
Archives for December 2017
When Companies Deny Climate Science, Their Workers Pay
General Electric doubled down on coal. Now, 12,000 workers are paying the price.
2017 was so Gross we even had to relitigate Evils of Colonialism
Joseph McQuade | (The Conversation) | – – Recently an academic article, asserting the historical benefits of colonialism, created an outcry and a petition with over 10, 000 signatures calling for its removal. The Case for Colonialism, published in Third World Quarterly by Bruce Gilley, argues Western colonialism was both “objectively beneficial and subjectively legitimate” […]
Social Media Imperialism? Facebook Bans Palestinian Content at Behest of Israel, US
TeleSur | – – Facebook has been working with Israeli Government officials to suppress Palestinian voices in the social media sphere according to a report published on Saturday in The Intercept. The partnership between the social media giant and officials in Tel Aviv has resulted in the censorship, removal or blocking of content deemed critical […]
Did the US cause Iran’s Economic Protests & will Trump Take Advantage?
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The scattered urban protests that began in Mashhad on Thursday spread to several other provincial cities on Friday, including Qom, Rasht, Kerman and Qazvin. This is like protests in the US starting in Boston and spreading to Denver and Cleveland. Predictably, Trump had to get involved, […]
Egypt: Armed attack on Church south of Cairo leaves 10 Dead
Middle East Monitor | – – Egyptian media sources have reported that the Mar Mina Church in Helwan, south of Cairo, was attacked this morning, resulting in the death of several people, including the attacker. The sources reported that an armed gunman tried to raid the church and an exchange of fire occurred between him […]
If only they Were Houston: 45% Puerto Ricans still lack Power
US citizens of island “Territory” treated differently from White Mainland by Trump Administration
Goodbye to 2017, the Year Trump Coarsened our World
From ignoring Rohingyas to threatening Trade Wars to deep-sixing Mideast Peace
No, Trump, you don’t want more Climate change for Northeast
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Trump said Thursday that given the cold snap in the northeast, that region could do with some global warming. As others have pointed out, Trump does not get the difference between climate (long term patterns) and weather (one-off phenomena). The cold snap is weather. The heating […]
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