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Archives for November 2018

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We can Break Saudi Arabia's Hold over the US by Driving Electric Cars

We can Break Saudi Arabia’s Hold over the US by Driving Electric Cars

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Trump has openly and consistently given Saudi control of oil prices as the reason for which he doesn’t want to sanction Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman for having dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi murdered and then dismembered. Trump is, as usual, wildly exaggerating. Saudi Arabia produces perhaps 11% of the […]

Feminism
Syrian Kurdish Women March to End Gender-Based Violence

Syrian Kurdish Women March to End Gender-Based Violence

AFP

“Women must organise and reach decision-making positions”

Climate Change
Climate Crisis:  Wildfire Smoke is Becoming Nationwide Health Threat

Climate Crisis: Wildfire Smoke is Becoming Nationwide Health Threat

The Conversation

By Richard E. Peltier | – (The Conversation) – The impacts of recent forest fires in California reach well beyond the burned areas. Smoke from the Camp Fire created hazardous air quality conditions in San Francisco, more than 170 miles to the southwest – but it didn’t stop there. Cross-country winds carried it across the […]

Israel/ Palestine
Israeli Squatters in West Bank uproot 1,000 Palestinian Olive Trees a Month (800,000 since 1967)

Israeli Squatters in West Bank uproot 1,000 Palestinian Olive Trees a Month (800,000 since 1967)

Maan News Agency

Israeli settlers uprooted dozens of olive trees, on Saturday, near Turmusayya village near Ramallah

Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia: Free Dr. Hatoon al-Fassi

Saudi Arabia: Free Dr. Hatoon al-Fassi

contributors

His Majesty King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud King of Saudi Arabia and Custodian of the two Holy Mosques Fax: (via Ministry of the Interior) +966 11 403 3125 His Royal Highness Mohammad bin Salman Al Saud Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia Fax: (via Ministry of the Interior) +966 11 403 3125 His Royal Highness […]

Featured
India Doubles Iran Oil Imports: Are Trump's Sanctions Cratering?

India Doubles Iran Oil Imports: Are Trump’s Sanctions Cratering?

Juan Cole

China is also resuming imports from Iran

Saudi Arabia
Tunisia Lawyers, Bloggers Sue over Bin Salman Visit b/c Khashoggi Murder

Tunisia Lawyers, Bloggers Sue over Bin Salman Visit b/c Khashoggi Murder

Middle East Monitor

A group of lawyers in Tunisia are preparing to file a lawsuit to prevent Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman from visiting the country following the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. A number of journalists and bloggers requested the action be taken, the 50 Lawyers for the Defence of Freedoms and Addressing the Abuse of […]

Democratic Socialism
Can Social Democracy Work In America?  The Rise of DSA (Video)

Can Social Democracy Work In America? The Rise of DSA (Video)

Francesca Fiorentini

“The middle class is dying. And that has young Americans turning to democratic socialism for solutions.” Can Social Democracy Work In America? | AJ+

Climate Change
Trump’s Climate Denial could Cost US $500 bn. a Year

Trump’s Climate Denial could Cost US $500 bn. a Year

Kerry Sheridan

Climate change is expected to cause growing losses to American infrastructure and property and impede the rate of economic growth

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