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Archives for February 2019

BDS
Lawsuit Against Salaita & American Studies Assn for Boycotting Israel Dismissed

Lawsuit Against Salaita & American Studies Assn for Boycotting Israel Dismissed

Democracy Now!

These desperate lawsuits brought to silence advocates of Palestinian rights make it even clearer who wants to silence debate

workers
Labor Strikes, once Blunted by GOP and Corporations, are Back and Shaping Public Policy

Labor Strikes, once Blunted by GOP and Corporations, are Back and Shaping Public Policy

John Buell

The teachers strikes have been focused on demands that have a major impact on the quality of classroom instruction

Donald Trump
Trump Hawks don't Care about Democracy, they Want a Brutal Coup for Venezuelan Oil

Trump Hawks don’t Care about Democracy, they Want a Brutal Coup for Venezuelan Oil

Peter Certo

This fall, the same Pompeo shared a photo of himself beaming and shaking hands with the murderous Saudi Arabian crown prince

Israel/ Palestine
Palestinians Fear Caravan of Illegal Immigration – of Israeli Squatters to Palestine

Palestinians Fear Caravan of Illegal Immigration – of Israeli Squatters to Palestine

Maan News Agency

Jerusalem Court ruled that if Israeli settlers built a settlement on private Palestinian land with “good intentions,” it should not be removed

Donald Trump
Trump Can't escape having called Nazis "Very Fine People" by SOTU Spectacle

Trump Can’t escape having called Nazis “Very Fine People” by SOTU Spectacle

Juan Cole

So this is the story of how Donald Trump tried to use misdirection at his State of the Union address to take the spotlight off his Neonazi tendencies, which underlie his hatred of African-Americans (against whom he was found to discriminate as a landlord), of Mexicans, of Muslims, and other peoples not coded as “white” […]

Pentagon
US must probe if Saudis gave US Weapons to al-Qaeda in Yemen: General

US must probe if Saudis gave US Weapons to al-Qaeda in Yemen: General

AFP

Saudi-led coalition has allegedly transferred American-made weapons and military vehicles to Qaeda-linked fighters, hardline Salafi militias

Israel/ Palestine
"Gaza" Documentary on "largest open air prison" wins 33rd Goya Award

“Gaza” Documentary on “largest open air prison” wins 33rd Goya Award

Maan News Agency

McConnell, a photojournalist, first visited Gaza in 2010 and in 2012 he teamed up with documentary filmmaker, Keane, for the film.

Donald Trump
America's Endless Wars on Autopilot in our Endless Trumpworld

America’s Endless Wars on Autopilot in our Endless Trumpworld

Andrew J. Bacevich

Still, I find myself wondering: If a proposed troop drawdown in Afghanistan qualifies as a “mistake”

Israel/ Palestine
On Empathy and other Liberal Zionist Canards

On Empathy and other Liberal Zionist Canards

contributors

By Yoav Litvin | – (Aljazeera) – The “peace process” between Israeli and Palestinian representatives is long dead, yet the funeral still has not been held. Israel continues to disenfranchise, persecute and displace Palestinians, while it deepens its bonds with fascistic forces worldwide, including the United States, Hungary, Philippines and Brazil. Disillusioned with politicians, Palestinian […]

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