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Archives for February 2019

Kurds
Leftist Syrian Kurds who defeated ISIL Plead with Europe not to Abandon them as Trump Did

Leftist Syrian Kurds who defeated ISIL Plead with Europe not to Abandon them as Trump Did

AFP

European powers have already rebuffed US proposals for an observer force that would stay on in northeast Syria

Donald Trump
Top 5 Reasons Trump should not get the Nobel Peace Prize

Top 5 Reasons Trump should not get the Nobel Peace Prize

Juan Cole

Trump has likely just kicked off a nuclear arms race with Russia

China
Has the Coming Sino-American Conflict Already Begun?

Has the Coming Sino-American Conflict Already Begun?

Michael T. Klare

In the Western Pacific, the U.S. has stepped up its naval patrols and forged new basing arrangements

Israel/ Palestine
Yes, Ilhan, there is an Israel Lobby - Despite the Phony Controversy

Yes, Ilhan, there is an Israel Lobby – Despite the Phony Controversy

Walter L. Hixson

In a country that has elected a born-rich, incompetent, petulant child as its president nothing should really surprise us any longer, but the absurdities of contemporary American political life just keep on coming. Consider the controversy over Rep. Ilhan Omar’s (D-MN) flippant tweet, “It’s all about the Benjamins” alluding to the financial role of pro-Israel […]

Holocaust
Outreach of Israel’s Netanyahu to Polish Right Roiled by Holocaust Assertion

Outreach of Israel’s Netanyahu to Polish Right Roiled by Holocaust Assertion

AFP

A Polish law made it illegal to accuse the Polish nation or state of complicity in Nazi German crimes

Yemen
Despite House Resolution, US Military Still Helping Saudi-led Coalition in Yemen

Despite House Resolution, US Military Still Helping Saudi-led Coalition in Yemen

AFP

Should the Senate pass the resolution on Yemen, it could force Trump to issue the first veto of his tenure.

Donald Trump
Leader of Free World Angela Merkel Rips Bark off Trump for humiliating German Auto Industry

Leader of Free World Angela Merkel Rips Bark off Trump for humiliating German Auto Industry

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – In a major speech on Saturday at the Munich Security Conference, German Chancellor Angela Merkel expressed anxiety that the world’s ‘security architecture’ is unraveling. “What we see as an overall architecture underpinning our world as we know it is a bit of a puzzle now; if you like, it has […]

nationalism
The Geopolitics of Walls: The Sense of Security is an Illusion

The Geopolitics of Walls: The Sense of Security is an Illusion

John Feffer

The wall addresses a core psychological insecurity. Trump supporters — and many others — feel as if their own privileges are evaporating.

Climate Crisis
Capitalism vs. Socialism Is a False Choice:  We need true democracy  to Avoid self-extinction.

Capitalism vs. Socialism Is a False Choice: We need true democracy to Avoid self-extinction.

David Korten

( Yes! Magazine) – Economic power is—and always has been—the foundation of political power. Those who control the peoples’ means of living rule. In a democracy, however, each person must have a voice in the control and management of the means of their living. That requires more than a vote expressing a preference for which […]

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