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Archives for January 2019

Saudi Arabia
UN Takes Charge of Saudi Girl in Thailand seeking Asylum, Fearing Family Violence

UN Takes Charge of Saudi Girl in Thailand seeking Asylum, Fearing Family Violence

Middle East Monitor

She came from Kuwait with the intention of escaping what she described as violence by her family.

poetry
What the Witty, Irreverent, Sensual Poetry of Ghalib can Teach Americans

What the Witty, Irreverent, Sensual Poetry of Ghalib can Teach Americans

contributors

Love-crazed yet craving life. I worship fire./ But recant when lightning finds me out.

Featured
President Bolton overrules Feckless Trump Tweet on Syria Withdrawal

President Bolton overrules Feckless Trump Tweet on Syria Withdrawal

Juan Cole

US allies would not be left in the lurch, he pledged

Climate Change
Climate Sabotage & Forever Wars: Is America the Most Dangerous Country in the World?

Climate Sabotage & Forever Wars: Is America the Most Dangerous Country in the World?

Tom Engelhardt

On Climate Change, quagmire seems like an appropriate image, as long as we keep in mind that we are the aggressors.

Israel/ Palestine
Israeli Squatter attacks against Palestinian Natives Tripled in 2018

Israeli Squatter attacks against Palestinian Natives Tripled in 2018

Middle East Monitor

At least 482 attacks against Palestinians last year

Saudi Arabia
Saudi Men can no Longer Divorce Wives without Telling Them

Saudi Men can no Longer Divorce Wives without Telling Them

TeleSur

Oftentimes, wives would lose the alimony they were rightfully entitled to

Democratic Socialism
Rashida Tlaib and Working Class Authenticity v. Trump's Plutocrat Pretense

Rashida Tlaib and Working Class Authenticity v. Trump’s Plutocrat Pretense

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Why does Donald Trump get a pass on speaking and acting obscenely but Rashida Tlaib is pilloried for calling him a Mofo? It is because US corporate media and political elites expect the wealthy to do bad imitations of working class profanity (so as to fool the rubes into voting […]

Inequality
How Corporate Monopolies and High Prices are Making you Poor and Rich Richer

How Corporate Monopolies and High Prices are Making you Poor and Rich Richer

Sam Pizzigati

The more industries monopolize, the wider the gap between our richest and everyone else.

Iran
What is Behind Iran's Anti-Corruption Protest Drive?

What is Behind Iran’s Anti-Corruption Protest Drive?

Mina Yousefi

The Iranian people have found a way to expose poor governance such that the government itself cannot deny it.

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