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Archives for November 2018

Climate Change
On Thanksgiving, We must confront our Climate Emergency as the Pilgrims did Theirs

On Thanksgiving, We must confront our Climate Emergency as the Pilgrims did Theirs

Juan Cole

Revised for 2018 By Juan Cole | — The popular story about Thanksgiving is an environmental parable that we would do well to remember today. It was a harvest festival in 1621, participated in by the 50 (out of 100) survivors at Plymouth Plantation and 90 Native Americans. Some of these latter, such as Squanto, […]

Supreme Court
John Roberts, SCOTUS Chief Justice, Slams Trump in Extraordinary Rebuke

John Roberts, SCOTUS Chief Justice, Slams Trump in Extraordinary Rebuke

AFP

“We do not have Obama judges or Trump judges”

UAE
United Arab Emirates Court Sentences British Student to Life for Espionage

United Arab Emirates Court Sentences British Student to Life for Espionage

AFP

by Mohamad Ali Harissi Dubai (AFP) – A United Arab Emirates court sentenced British student Matthew Hedges to life in jail on spying charges on Wednesday, prompting a “shocked” Britain to warn of repercussions for relations with its longstanding Gulf ally. Hedges, a 31-year-old PhD student, had protested his innocence ever since his arrest at […]

Yemen
Saudi-Led War on Yemen has Killed 85,000 Children

Saudi-Led War on Yemen has Killed 85,000 Children

Middle East Monitor

The United Nations (UN) warned that around 14 million Yemenis were “on the brink of a famine.”

Featured
Top five ways Trump put America Last with Whitewash of Saudi Prince

Top five ways Trump put America Last with Whitewash of Saudi Prince

Juan Cole

Trump has dishonored the Constitution.

Israel/ Palestine
Israel has Jailed 900 Palestinian Children since Start of 2018: PPS

Israel has Jailed 900 Palestinian Children since Start of 2018: PPS

Maan News Agency

Children are usually detained in the middle of the night from their family homes, often severely beaten, and threatened

Donald Trump
He Really did intend to Lock Her Up: Trump went after Clinton and Comey

He Really did intend to Lock Her Up: Trump went after Clinton and Comey

AFP

McGahn, who has since left the White House, advised Trump that he could face the risk of impeachment if he took such a measure

National Security State
US Planetary Military: From Failed Mideast Counter-Insurgency to Nuclear Brinkmanship

US Planetary Military: From Failed Mideast Counter-Insurgency to Nuclear Brinkmanship

Danny Sjursen

Make no mistake: war with Russia would be an unnecessary disaster — and it could go nuclear.

Donald Trump
Ivanka Trump’s use of Personal Email for Gov’t Business called a “blatant derogation of the law.”

Ivanka Trump’s use of Personal Email for Gov’t Business called a “blatant derogation of the law.”

AFP

Cummings: “We need those documents to ensure that Ivanka Trump, (her husband) Jared Kushner and other officials are complying with federal records laws…”

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