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Archives for December 2018

Donald Trump
Why does the MSM let Trump set the News Agenda, Every Minute of Every Day?

Why does the MSM let Trump set the News Agenda, Every Minute of Every Day?

Tom Engelhardt

And why so little reporting on the 50 US bases in the Middle East?

Bahrain
Is Kushner Covering for Bin Salman Murder Charge so Israel can Usurp Palestinian West Bank?

Is Kushner Covering for Bin Salman Murder Charge so Israel can Usurp Palestinian West Bank?

Juan Cole

Khashoggi’s last words were”I can’t breathe!”

Middle East
Middle East Women Won Changes, Rights in ’18 Despite Backlash

Middle East Women Won Changes, Rights in ’18 Despite Backlash

AFP

From driving in Saudi Arabia to Compulsory Hijab in Iran

Israel/ Palestine
US Evangelicals have Sent $65 mn. to Support Israeli Squatters in Palestinian West Bank

US Evangelicals have Sent $65 mn. to Support Israeli Squatters in Palestinian West Bank

Maan News Agency

1,700 volunteers were sent by Christian Evangelical groups to the illegal Israeli settlement of Har Brakha

France
Why isn't anyone Asking *Why* the French Yellow Vest Protesters are Rallying?

Why isn’t anyone Asking *Why* the French Yellow Vest Protesters are Rallying?

John Buell

The tax on diesel followed a whole series of tax gifts to the most wealthy French citizens and businesses

Bill of Rights
A Protest Against ‘Climate of Fear’ at U of Michigan over standing for Palestinian Rights

A Protest Against ‘Climate of Fear’ at U of Michigan over standing for Palestinian Rights

Alan M. Wald

A discussion is inhibited by the climate of fear that the administration has initiated on the campus by taking punitive action against instructors with no semblance of due process

Donald Trump
Top 8 Ways John Kelly was an Embarrassment as WH Chief of Staff

Top 8 Ways John Kelly was an Embarrassment as WH Chief of Staff

Juan Cole

Revised By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Trump announced Saturday that his chief of staff, John Kelly, will leave at the end of the month. It has been reported that the two men are not speaking. Kelly was often seen as a force for stability in the Trump administration, but as I […]

Israel/ Palestine
Israeli Army Snipers Wound another 33 Palestinians on Friday March of Return

Israeli Army Snipers Wound another 33 Palestinians on Friday March of Return

Maan News Agency

Sources added that Israeli snipers were deployed across the eastern border.

racism
All the Ways Charlottesville Survivors Continue Fight against Racism

All the Ways Charlottesville Survivors Continue Fight against Racism

AFP

Charlottesville, Va | AFP | – As the jury delivered its guilty verdict against a neo-Nazi accused of murder for ramming his car into a group of counter-protesters at a white supremacist rally last year, Wednesday “Al” Bowie burst into tears of joy. “I’m feeling the best I’ve felt in almost a year and a […]

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