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Archives for May 2019

Islam
Muslims need an Alternative Political Paradigm

Muslims need an Alternative Political Paradigm

contributors

The abuse of Islam and its teachings by radical groups like Daesh [ISIL] and Al Qaeda is a reality that no one can ignore

Featured
Conspiracy-Theorist-in-Chief Trump Tweetstorms the Far Right after Facebook Deplatformed Them

Conspiracy-Theorist-in-Chief Trump Tweetstorms the Far Right after Facebook Deplatformed Them

Juan Cole

Despite sharp rise in white nationalist violence toward minorities

Bernie Sanders
Biden vs. Bernie—a Foreign Policy Faceoff

Biden vs. Bernie—a Foreign Policy Faceoff

Reese Erlich

Supporters of former Vice President Joe Biden praise him as a man with extensive foreign policy experience. He’s living proof, however, that extensive doesn’t necessarily mean good. Biden reflects the mindset of the previous generation of mainstream Democratic leaders who are out of touch with the anti-interventionist sentiments of most Americans. “We don’t like his […]

Rape
White Nationalism is a Lost Cause in an Increasingly Rainbow America

White Nationalism is a Lost Cause in an Increasingly Rainbow America

The Conversation

The U.S. will never be a white country again

Feminism
Can Feminist Foreign Policy make us More Secure and our Societies more Just?

Can Feminist Foreign Policy make us More Secure and our Societies more Just?

contributors

By Kristina Lunz, Nina Bernarding | – ( Heinrich Boll Stiftung) – Introduction: Kristina Lunz and Nina Bernarding, who are leading the Centre for Feminist Foreign Policy in Germany explain why a peaceful world will remain an utopia without a feminist foreign policy. This article is part of our special on “Feminist Foreign Policy”. When […]

Climate Change
Tipping Point:  For 1st Time in US History, Renewables made more Electricity than Coal in April

Tipping Point: For 1st Time in US History, Renewables made more Electricity than Coal in April

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Avery Thompson Popular Mechanics reports that in the month of April for the first time in US history, the country produced more electricity with renewables than with coal. Part of the solution to this puzzle is economic. In much of the US, Thompson notes, you could actually make more money […]

Donald Trump
Why did the Trump Admin. Obstruct UN Resolution against War Rape that Amal Clooney Supported?

Why did the Trump Admin. Obstruct UN Resolution against War Rape that Amal Clooney Supported?

The Conversation

Trump is a vulgar libertine with overwhelming support from evangelicals

Climate Change
Ruining the Planet: Not only are the German Far Right Scary Racists, they're Climate Denialists to Boot

Ruining the Planet: Not only are the German Far Right Scary Racists, they’re Climate Denialists to Boot

Clean Energy Wire

Right-wing parties poised to bring climate scepticism to European parliament, with Germany’s AfD leading the way

Israel/ Palestine
Why Hunger Strikes? Most of the 800,000 Palestinians who have cycled through Israeli Jails haven't Committed a Crime

Why Hunger Strikes? Most of the 800,000 Palestinians who have cycled through Israeli Jails haven’t Committed a Crime

Ramzy Baroud

One of the many ways in which Israel seeks to oppress and control the Palestinian population is by imprisoning those who lead the resistance to its occupation and settler colonialist project. In Palestine, a Palestinian prisoner in an Israeli jail is referred to as “aseer“, or captive, because he or she is not a criminal. […]

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