By Naser Ghobadzadeh | – Iran’s ruling clergy are celebrating the 40th anniversary of the 1979 revolution, during which Shi’ite Islamists, led by religious leader Ayatollah Khomeini, toppled Mohammad Reza Shah’s secular monarchy. The linchpin of the Islamic Republic’s political system is Ayatollah Khomeini’s doctrine of Wilayat-i Faqih, or guardianship of the jurist, which makes […]
Archives for February 2019
Trump’s Attempt to Strongarm Europe on Iran Crashes and Burns
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – France24 reports that Trump’s attempt to dissuade the Europeans from continuing their support for the 2015 Iran nuclear deal has backfired. On Friday at a Munich security meeting, Germany’s foreign minister, Heiko Maas, replied to the chiding of Vice President Mike Pence that Iran is destabilizing the region. Maas remarked […]
European Union has Documented Israeli War Crimes, but When Will it Punish Them?
By Kamel Hawwash | – The lack of action to bring Israel to account for more than seven decades’ worth of crimes against the Palestinian people is obvious. “Enough is enough” is an overused phrase, but in the case of the people of occupied Palestine, it does not even scratch the surface in terms of […]
Democracy and the Green New Deal Demand higher Taxes on Rich
( Inequality.org ) – Innovative proposals like tying income tax rates for America’s riches to the minimum wage for America’s poorest could help high tax rates survive over the long haul. Jan Schakowsky doesn’t need to apologize for anything. This veteran member of Congress from Illinois has a record second to none on issues that […]
Israeli Troops in Palestine Detained over 500 Palestinians, including 89 Children
RAMALLAH (Ma’an) — Israel detained 509 Palestinians in January from occupied Jerusalem, the West Bank and Gaza Strip, including 89 children and eight women, according to Palestinian prisoners rights groups. The Palestinian Prisoner’s Society (PPS), the Palestinian Prisoners and Former Prisoners’ Affairs Committee, and Addameer said in a joint statement that the Israeli authorities detained […]
Trump’s Wall an Ugly Scar Across Hot Zone of Biological Diversity, Threatening Endangered Species
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Trump’s Wall, like most Trump fantasies, is more symbolic than real, which is why he can never remember what its shape would be or what to call it. The fact is that it is just a projection of his racist anxieties, something standing between him and the rapists, murderers, and […]
School Climate Strikes: Children taking Radical Action and “Adults” have no Right to Object
By Rupert Read | – A worldwide wave of school climate strikes, begun by the remarkable Greta Thunberg, has reached the UK. Some critics claim these activist-pupils are simply playing truant, but I disagree. Speaking as both a climate campaigner and an academic philosopher, I believe school walkouts are morally and politically justifiable. Philosophy can […]
European Union to add Saudi Arabia to Money Laundering, Terror Blacklist
The European Commission proposed adding seven countries including Saudi Arabia to the EU’s money-laundering blacklist of governments that do too little to thwart the financing of terrorism and organised crime Brussels (AFP) – The European Commission on Wednesday proposed adding seven countries including Saudi Arabia to the EU’s money-laundering blacklist of governments that do too […]
An Obituary for the Republic: Hail the Tweetocracy
What dreamers they were! They imagined a kind of global power that would leave even Rome at its Augustan height in the shade. They imagined a world made for one, a planet that could be swallowed by a single great power. No, not just great, but beyond anything ever seen before — one that would […]
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