By Andrew Edward Tchie | – Following months of protests, and a prolonged sit-in outside the military headquarters in Khartoum, Sudanese president Omar al-Bashir was placed under house arrest on April 11 as the country’s military prepared for a transitional government. Many have described the Sudanese uprising as a “bread protest” against a rise in […]
Archives for April 2019
Trump and our Second Gilded Age– Even more Disgusting than the First
By Ann Jones | – Distracted daily by the bloviating POTUS? Here, then, is a small suggestion. Focus your mind for a moment on one simple (yet deeply complex) truth: we are living in a Veblen Moment. That’s Thorstein Veblen, the greatest American thinker you probably never heard of (or forgot). His working life — […]
Peak Crisis in Sudan as Army elements side with Youth, Women against Dictator Bashir
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Omar Hassan al-Bashir, b. 1944, has been deposed as president of Sudan in the wake of a military coup, according to Alarabiya (United Arab Emirates). Alarabiya also says that current and former government officials have been detained by the coup-makers. As I write, the state television has gone blank and […]
IRGC’s ‘Terrorist’ Designation Raises U.S. Stakes Over Iran
(RFE/RL) – The U.S. designation of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) as a foreign terrorist organization (FTO) marks the first time Washington has officially used that label on a foreign state institution. “It underscores the fact that Iran’s actions are fundamentally different from those of other governments,” U.S. President Donald Trump said in an […]
Airbnb pivots, will List Israeli Squatter Settlements on Palestinian Land in West Bank
BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Home-renting company, Airbnb, confirmed it would not implement a planned delisting of Israeli settlements, which are considered illegal under international law, in the occupied West Bank and would “donate proceeds from any of these bookings to international humanitarian aid organizations,” on Tuesday. In November 2018, the company decided to remove about 200 […]
Netanyahu won in Israel because his Rivals campaigned as Netanyahu Lite
Guy Ziv | – The close results of the April 9 Israeli elections, with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as the apparent winner, represent a missed opportunity for his centrist rivals. As a foreign policy scholar who researches Israeli politics, I believe that perhaps the greatest irony of the election was the failure of Netanyahu’s challengers, […]
Zionist OA’s Mort Klein uses House Panel on White Nationalism to spread anti-Muslim Blood Libel
Zionist Organization of America head Morton Klein testified Tuesday before a congressional inquiry into white nationalism and promptly excused white nationalism. Klein denied that the Tree of Life synagogue shooter or the New Zealand mosque shooter were animated by right wing ideas. Rafi Schwartz at Splinter observed, “Klein conveniently neglected to mention that the Tree […]
Far Right, Expansionist Netanyahu Poised to win 5th Term as Israeli PM
Prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu appears to have won the Israeli national elections, securing a record fifth term in office despite having to run against popular rival Benny Gantz, the country’s three main television channels said on Wednesday. With 97 percent of the votes counted, none of the candidates’ parties had captured a ruling majority, but […]
Decriminalizing the Drug War: The Damage done by a Century of Drug Prohibition
We live in a time of change, when people are questioning old assumptions and seeking new directions. In the ongoing debate over health care, social justice, and border security, there is, however, one overlooked issue that should be at the top of everyone’s agenda, from Democratic Socialists to libertarian Republicans: America’s longest war. No, not […]
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