After the war with Iraq, Tehran developed a “new strategy” aimed at confronting US influence around the region
Archives for February 2019
A Well-Regulated Militia in the Hands of an Out-of-Control President: Is Nat’l Guard his Toy?
(Tomdispatch.com) – A young friend is seriously considering joining her state’s National Guard. She’s a world-class athlete, but also a working-class woman from a rural background competing in a rich person’s sport. Between seasons, she works for a local farm and auctioneer to put together the money for equipment and travel. Each season, raising the […]
Climate Emergency: Australian Judge Strikes down Coal Mine in Part because of its Carbon Emissions
The environmentalists also entered into the proceedings Australia’s having signed on the the Paris Agreement
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Has Ethics Cmte Play ‘How to Get away w/ Murder’ in US Politics
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez | (Video Clip) – “Democratic Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s full hearing on U.S. campaign finance laws, corruption, PACs, and why America’s system is ‘fundamentally broken’.” Channel 4 News: “Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on ‘fundamentally broken’ US finance laws – full speech”
Saudi Arabia Creates App to Track Women’s Movements
Apple and Google are facing criticism for hosting the app and have been accused of facilitating misogyny and helping “enforce gender apartheid”
Israeli Ministers Sign Petition to Settle 2 Million Israelis in Palestinian West Bank
Ayelet Shaked and Naftali Bennett of New Right party were among signatories on a petition to abandon the two-state solution
Trump says ‘it’s time’ to end Afghan war – can he?
“Ultimately, we need to get to a Taliban-Afghanistan discussion”
Iran’s Khamenei: ‘Death to America’ means US Rulers, not American Public
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The clerical Leader of Iran, Ali Khamenei, said Friday on the anniversary of the Islamic Revolution of 1979, that Iran has good relations with all the countries of the world. He observed that he does not urge breaking relations with any European country. “The slogan ‘Death to America,’” he said, […]
‘Muslim women are stuck between Islamophobes and Islamic fundamentalists’
In Europe, we’re seeing rising right-wing populism
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