“Across the United States, there has been a growth in organizations that portray Islam as a threat. Over two years, the number of groups that make up what’s become known as the Islamophobia industry has more than tripled. This investigation reveals the tactics these groups use to instigate a fear of Islam, including how they […]

When Trump calls Latinos “Animals,” should we hear echoes of the SS’s Undermen?

Juan Cole

In the beginning of the internet back in the late 1980s and early 1990s when you for the first time had large and contentious discussions online at bulletin boards like Usenet, attorney Mike Godwin noticed that the longer a discussion went on, the more likely it was that someone would make a Hitler comparison. Some […]

Iran

How Trump’s Violation of nuclear deal will hurt Iran’s dissenters and activists

Omid Shams

(The Conversation) Now the Trump administration has withdrawn from the Iranian nuclear deal, the world is yet again bracing for an all-out confrontation between Washington and Tehran. But while Donald Trump’s decision inevitably has serious implications for the security balance of the Middle East, it will also hit Iranian society hard – and in particular, […]

Poverty

Seattle Approves Tax on Amazon, Starbucks and Big Firms to Tackle Homelessness

TeleSur

(TeleSur) Seattle is the third U.S. region with highest number of homeless people, but Amazon and Starbucks think the move is hostile toward them. The Seattle city council approved a new “head tax” to its largest businesses, such as Amazon and Starbucks, to help fund homeless emergency services and affordable housing, and companies are not […]

Israel/ Palestine

Canada’s Trudeau calls for inquiry into Israeli Killings in Gaza

AFP

Ottawa (AFP) – Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Wednesday called for an “independent investigation” after the death of 60 Palestinians killed by the Israeli army during protests on Monday. “Reported use of excessive force and live ammunition is inexcusable,” he said. “It is imperative we establish the facts of what is happening in Gaza.” […]

Pentagon

Blowback Machine: How our forever Wars are opening the Gates of Hell

Tom Engelhardt

( Tomdispatch.com) As I was putting the finishing touches on my new book, the Costs of War Project at Brown University’s Watson Institute published an estimate of the taxpayer dollars that will have gone into America’s war on terror from September 12, 2001, through fiscal year 2018. That figure: a cool $5.6 trillion (including the […]

wind energy

Are you ready for America’s Coming Offshore Wind Revolution?

The Conversation

By Matthew Lackner and Erin Baker | – – There are only five wind turbines operating in U.S. waters today. But that will likely soon change, partly because of states with ambitious offshore wind targets. Massachusetts, for example, is about to pick one of the three bids it got from companies vying to build one […]

Israel/ Palestine

Turkey recalls Ambassador from “Apartheid State” Israel, Israelis expel Turkish Consul

Stuart Williams

With Raziye Akkoc in Ankara | – – Istanbul (AFP) – Turkey and Israel on Tuesday ordered envoys to leave in tit-for-tat moves and exchanged bitter accusations as a row over the Israeli army’s killing of dozens of Palestinians threatened a 2016 reconciliation deal. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan hit back at Prime Minister Benjamin […]

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