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Archives for March 2019

Russia
Despite Pentagon Threats, Turkey’s Erdogan Set on Russian S-400 Anti-Aircraft Batteries

Despite Pentagon Threats, Turkey’s Erdogan Set on Russian S-400 Anti-Aircraft Batteries

Juan Cole

The US believes the S-400 sale is part of Russian efforts to disrupt the NATO alliance with Turkey

Israel/ Palestine
In Weekly Gaza Fish-in-Barrel Shoot, Israeli Army Kills One Youth, Injures 48 (15 Children)

In Weekly Gaza Fish-in-Barrel Shoot, Israeli Army Kills One Youth, Injures 48 (15 Children)

Maan News Agency

Among those injured were four paramedics, two journalists, two women and 15 children

Colonialism
What does the World look like from Somalia? Explaining why Ilhan Omar Scares the Horses in DC

What does the World look like from Somalia? Explaining why Ilhan Omar Scares the Horses in DC

Juan Cole

Racist hierarchies and segregation, crushing wars of conquest, the disruption and displacement of entire regions

Climate Change
Why Critics of the Green New Deal are Just Plain Wrong

Why Critics of the Green New Deal are Just Plain Wrong

The Conversation

Carbon pricing isn’t the only game in town

Israel/ Palestine
Forgotten Palestinian Women of Jerusalem Struggling for their Rights as World Commemorated Women

Forgotten Palestinian Women of Jerusalem Struggling for their Rights as World Commemorated Women

Middle East Monitor

Among the most prominent violations of women by Israel is their arbitrary detention

Haredim
On Int’l Women’s Day, Thousands of Ultra-Orthodox Assault Women of the Wailing Wall

On Int’l Women’s Day, Thousands of Ultra-Orthodox Assault Women of the Wailing Wall

Maan News Agency

Sources confirmed that two members were injured and received necessary medical treatment

Archaeology
For Int’l Women’s Day: An Arabian Woman of Late Antiquity Prays to Goddesses for Peace

For Int’l Women’s Day: An Arabian Woman of Late Antiquity Prays to Goddesses for Peace

Juan Cole

For Int’l Women’s Day, via OCIANA a Safaitic Arabic inscription [c. 1-400 AD], by a wealthy woman calling on two goddesses for peace: “By Shamat daughter of Sar is the mule [owned] and O {Shahqam} —-m—- [and] Allat, [grant] {security} [for] the people of al-Ḍaf.” This inscription from the first centuries after Christ in Arabia […]

Corruption
Millionaire "Justice": 5 Petty Shoplifting Charges sentenced more harshly than Manafort's Hiding Millions

Millionaire “Justice”: 5 Petty Shoplifting Charges sentenced more harshly than Manafort’s Hiding Millions

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Trump’s campaign manager, Paul Manafort, was given 47 months in prison for his crimes on Thursday, in a jaw-dropping ruling that treated him as a good family man without priors. He only didn’t have priors because white collar criminals are so coddled in an American firmly under the thumb of […]

Saudi Arabia
UN Human Rights Council seeks Freedom for Saudi Women Activists, Justice for Khashoggi

UN Human Rights Council seeks Freedom for Saudi Women Activists, Justice for Khashoggi

Human Rights Watch

Geneva (Human Rights Watch) – A joint statement by 36 countries on March 7, 2019 calling on Saudi Arabia to improve its human rights record was a landmark step toward justice and accountability, Human Rights Watch said today. The statement, delivered by Iceland at the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva, condemns the murder […]

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