By AFP bureaux | – Montreal (AFP) – Classrooms in capitals from Bangkok to Berlin and Lagos to London emptied as organizers of the student strike called demonstrations in more than 100 countries. Students flooded into the streets across Europe, North and South America, and Asia carrying placards reading: “There is no planet B”, “You’re […]
Archives for March 2019
Trump Dismisses White Nationalism Threat after N. Zealand Killings
By Sebastian Smith | – Washington, DC (AFP) – US President Donald Trump on Friday dismissed concerns that the massacre by an apparent white supremacist in New Zealand indicates a dangerous trend. Trump was asked if the killing of at least 49 people in two mosques in Christchurch by a man claiming that white people […]
New Zealand: Is Trumpism now replacing ISIL as a major Cause of Stochastic Terrorism?
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – One of the tactics of the so-called “Islamic State group” or ISIL had been to put out calls on the internet and social media for people to engage in random acts of violence. In some instances, these fevered and vague expression of violent grievance infested the nightmares of unstable young […]
White Supremacist Gang Massacres Innocent Muslims in N. Zealand; PM: The Muslim Victims “are us”
Christchurch (AFP) – The mosques were packed with worshippers gathering for Friday afternoon prayers, and members of the Bangladesh cricket team were arriving when the shooter opened fire. Local media reported at least nine people were dead and the South Island city was placed in lockdown as police hunted for an “active shooter.” “This is […]
The Syrian Civil War Exiled Millions and Produced ISIL; But how did it Start?
By Wendy Pearlman | – Amid headlines about the Islamic State group and photographs of rubble, it can be easy to forget that the Syrian war began as a nonviolent uprising. March 15, the uprising’s eighth anniversary, serves as a reminder that any enduring end to the Syrian conflict must address the grievances and aspirations […]
Can Global Youth Revolt force the Trump Generation to tackle Climate Crisis?
By Frida Berrigan | – ( Tomdispatch.com) – Kids are taking over the streets in other countries, rallying and chanting and refusing to go to school one day a week. Young people across the world are striking to draw attention to the ravages of climate change. They are demanding — with their bodies and their […]
In Historic Rebuke to Trump, Senate invokes War Powers to Halt US aid to Saudi War on Yemen
The US Senate voted 54 to 46 to invoke the 1973 War Powers Act and to end US support for the Saudi-led war on Yemen. The Yemen War has involved extensive war crimes, in which the US is complicit. Tens of thousands of people have been killed since the Saudis launched the war in spring […]
Jared Kushner is Poster Boy for Elite Universities’ Pay to Play Scandal
By Thomas URBAIN New York (AFP) – The scandal of parents paying to cheat their children’s way into elite US universities has put a harsh spotlight on the ultra-competitive college admissions process, in which the haves hold a massive advantage over the have-nots. Thirty-three wealthy parents — financiers, lawyers, and two famous actresses among them […]
What do Lonely Hearts Columns tell us about Social Crises in the Arab World?
By Andrea Rugh | – Recently an article by N. A. Hussein, “No Money; No Marriage” highlighted the costliness of marriage in Egypt. A problem long in the making, social issues like this rarely reach public attention until they are full blown crises. In this case, young men are calling for a boycott of marriage […]
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