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Archives for December 2018

Syria
Defeated by Russia and Iran, US Throws in Towel on Syria Regime Change

Defeated by Russia and Iran, US Throws in Towel on Syria Regime Change

AFP

Washington, too weak to Achieve Goals, Still wishes for a Way to Force Iran Out

Featured
Global Islam and Australia: Why Recognition of ‘West Jerusalem’ Capital is bad news for Israel

Global Islam and Australia: Why Recognition of ‘West Jerusalem’ Capital is bad news for Israel

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The decision of the Australian government of PM Scott Morrison to recognize “West Jerusalem” as the capital of Israel but to hold off moving its embassy there until there is a peace settlement in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict might look on the face of it like a victory for Israel. It […]

Israel/ Palestine
Palestine: Two Schools Evacuated as Israeli Gunman Fires in Air Outside

Palestine: Two Schools Evacuated as Israeli Gunman Fires in Air Outside

Middle East Monitor

What Settler Colonialism Looks like, Day in and Day Out

Saudi Arabia
Saudis angrily attack US Senate vote against Crown Prince as ‘Blatant Interference’

Saudis angrily attack US Senate vote against Crown Prince as ‘Blatant Interference’

Anuj Chopra

The senate on Thursday voted to hold Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman responsible for Khashoggi’s killing.

Climate Change
How the Right missed the Real Globalist Conspiracy, of Big Oil to Heat the Planet

How the Right missed the Real Globalist Conspiracy, of Big Oil to Heat the Planet

John Feffer

There is indeed a new global order. It’s called climate change

Solar Energy
What can I do about Global Heating?

What can I do about Global Heating?

Daniel E. Moerman

Generally, it seems, we are not supposed to do anything about the climate emergency producing global heating. It’s a Chinese plot. It doesn’t exist. It’s “libtard nonsense.” Well, I don’t agree. I think it’s really serious. So, what can I DO about it? Well, there is one thing, for homeowners and building owners: This is […]

Climate Change
Despite US, Russian & Saudi Opposition, Climate Summit Reaffirms Paris Goals

Despite US, Russian & Saudi Opposition, Climate Summit Reaffirms Paris Goals

Juan Cole

If the world does nothing to cut down on carbon dioxide, it will heat up by 3 degrees C. this century, or an average of 5 degrees F

science
How the Trump Admin's War on Science is also a War on Ethics

How the Trump Admin’s War on Science is also a War on Ethics

Jill Richardson

A new report by the Union of Concerned Scientists accuses Trump’s Interior Department of “relentless attacks on science”

Saudi Arabia
Are Saudi Students Ready for Kant and Heidegger? Ban on Philosophy Ends

Are Saudi Students Ready for Kant and Heidegger? Ban on Philosophy Ends

Middle East Monitor

Saudi Arabia previously did not include philosophy on the curriculum, a decision based on several fatwas (rulings) issued by senior muftis

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