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Archives for February 2019

Iran
40 Years after the Iranian Revolution, Can the Opposition Still Hope for Change?

40 Years after the Iranian Revolution, Can the Opposition Still Hope for Change?

The Conversation

All opposition groups overuse the abstract notion of “secular democracy” without clearly explaining what exactly they have in mind

Featured
Trump's Attempt to Strongarm Europe on Iran Crashes and Burns

Trump’s Attempt to Strongarm Europe on Iran Crashes and Burns

Juan Cole

The agreement “is a basic pillar of the architecture of nuclear non-proliferation at the global level”

Israel/ Palestine
European Union has Documented Israeli War Crimes, but When Will it Punish Them?

European Union has Documented Israeli War Crimes, but When Will it Punish Them?

Middle East Monitor

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 […]

Climate Crisis
Democracy and the Green New Deal Demand higher Taxes on Rich

Democracy and the Green New Deal Demand higher Taxes on Rich

Sam Pizzigati

Tie the U.S. corporate tax rate to the ratio between CEO and worker pay

Israel/ Palestine
Israeli Troops in Palestine Detained over 500 Palestinians, including 89 Children

Israeli Troops in Palestine Detained over 500 Palestinians, including 89 Children

Maan News Agency

This brings the number of Palestinians held in Israeli prisons to around 5,700 including 48 women and 230 children under 18.

Environment
Trump's Wall an Ugly Scar Across Hot Zone of Biological Diversity, Threatening Endangered Species

Trump’s Wall an Ugly Scar Across Hot Zone of Biological Diversity, Threatening Endangered Species

Juan Cole

Prevents migration of ringtail cats, bighorn sheep, kit foxes, and Mexican gray wolves

Climate Crisis
School Climate Strikes: Children taking Radical Action and "Adults" have no Right to Object

School Climate Strikes: Children taking Radical Action and “Adults” have no Right to Object

The Conversation

Our inaction that has led the world they will inherit to this pretty pass

Saudi Arabia
European Union to add Saudi Arabia to Money Laundering, Terror Blacklist

European Union to add Saudi Arabia to Money Laundering, Terror Blacklist

AFP

Dirty money is the driving force behind organised crime and terrorism

Donald Trump
An Obituary for the Republic:  Hail the Tweetocracy

An Obituary for the Republic: Hail the Tweetocracy

Tom Engelhardt

They applied their Roman-style vision of an imperial America to the actual world

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