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Archives for November 2018

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Trump said Considering Extradition of Turkish Cleric to Quiet Erdogan on Khashoggi Murder

Trump said Considering Extradition of Turkish Cleric to Quiet Erdogan on Khashoggi Murder

Juan Cole

The US government has repeatedly denied such Turkish requests

Saudi Arabia
Saudi Young Woman Faces Death Penalty for Peaceful Protest

Saudi Young Woman Faces Death Penalty for Peaceful Protest

Global Voices

Al-Ghomgham was arrested in 2015 over her role in anti-government protests in Al-Qatif back in 2011

Donald Trump
The Trump Show:  The Real Fake News is obsessing about the President 24/7

The Trump Show: The Real Fake News is obsessing about the President 24/7

Tom Engelhardt

Never, not ever, has a single human being been so inescapable.

Iran
Trump's New Iran Oil Sanctions may Hurt Americans more than Iran

Trump’s New Iran Oil Sanctions may Hurt Americans more than Iran

The Conversation

Panic over prices at the pump

BDS
Top Chefs bow out of Israel Food Festival under BDS/ Boycott pressure

Top Chefs bow out of Israel Food Festival under BDS/ Boycott pressure

Middle East Monitor

Two leading chefs have pulled out of the Tel Aviv-hosted Round Tables food festival following pressure from the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) campaign, reported Haaretz. Gabrielle Hamilton, chef, and owner of the Prune restaurant in New York, cancelled, following the earlier cancellation by Ana Ros, a world-acclaimed chef from Slovenia. Ahead of the festival, […]

Climate Change
All our Dystopias Now: Climate Crisis, Plutocracy and Hyper-Nationalism

All our Dystopias Now: Climate Crisis, Plutocracy and Hyper-Nationalism

John Feffer

(Tomdispatch.com) – The mid-term elections are over, and the Democrats have regained the House, but the rest of American political reality remains intact. Meanwhile, the campaigns barely touched on the most important issues of our time: war, climate change, and the fracturing of the international community. So, let’s consider these larger issues from a different […]

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Scotland was first Industrialized Country to Run wholly on Wind in October

Scotland was first Industrialized Country to Run wholly on Wind in October

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Scotland generated enough wind power from onshore wind turbines in October to fuel electricity for five million homes, that is, virtually the entire country. By the end of 2017, renewable energy generated nearly 70% of Scotland’s electricity. That percentage continued to grow this year, led by wind projects. The next […]

Israel/ Palestine
Chomsky: Occupation, Gaza ‘Concentration Camp’ turning Israel Fascist

Chomsky: Occupation, Gaza ‘Concentration Camp’ turning Israel Fascist

Juan Cole

‘Keeping a Jackboot on people’s necks’

Israel/ Palestine
Israel: Lieberman Quits over PM refusal to War on Gaza, Gov’t Totters

Israel: Lieberman Quits over PM refusal to War on Gaza, Gov’t Totters

AFP

By Jonah Mandel | – Jerusalem (AFP) – Israeli Defence Minister Avigdor Lieberman announced his resignation on Wednesday and called for early elections after a sharp disagreement over a Gaza ceasefire deal, throwing the government into turmoil. Lieberman also said his party was quitting Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition, leaving the premier with only a […]

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