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Archives for May 2019

China
You'll Soon be Driving an Electric Car, but it will be Made in China and You won't be Great Again

You’ll Soon be Driving an Electric Car, but it will be Made in China and You won’t be Great Again

The Conversation

A major player is BYD, which stands for “Build Your Dreams,” headquartered in Shenzhen

Iran
Bolton in Wonderland: Will his Iran Warmongering be too Much even for Trump?

Bolton in Wonderland: Will his Iran Warmongering be too Much even for Trump?

John Feffer

Bolton has what he wants: a pretext for launching a retaliatory strike against Iran

Environment
Our CO2, Pesticides & Plastics Threaten a Million Plant and Animal Species with Extinction

Our CO2, Pesticides & Plastics Threaten a Million Plant and Animal Species with Extinction

contributors

By Mike Shanahan (China Dialogue ) – Major UN report warns 1 million species are at risk of extinction, with key threats to China Nature loss is accelerating worldwide at an unprecedented rate, with grave impacts for human wellbeing, according to a major report approved by more than 130 of the world’s governments. The report […]

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Top Ten differences between the Iraq War and Trump's Proposed Iran War

Top Ten differences between the Iraq War and Trump’s Proposed Iran War

Juan Cole

1. Iraq is 168,754 mi² and Iran is 636,400 mi²; that is, Iran is geographically 3.77 times bigger than Iraq, almost 4 times as big. 2. Iraq’s population when invaded was 26 million. Iran’s population today is 81 million. 3. General Eric Shinseki testified before Congress prior to Bush’s invasion that based on the US […]

Iran
Are they Journalists or Sheep?: Bolton Orchestrates the Press for Iran War (Cartoon)

Are they Journalists or Sheep?: Bolton Orchestrates the Press for Iran War (Cartoon)

Paul Jamiol

Courtesy Jamiol’s World

Houthi
The New Drone Wars: Houthis hit Saudi Oil Pumping Stations, avenging Riyadh's Strikes on Sana'a

The New Drone Wars: Houthis hit Saudi Oil Pumping Stations, avenging Riyadh’s Strikes on Sana’a

Middle East Monitor

Global oil prices rose on the report that Saudis closed the pipeline

Israel/ Palestine
In attack on Free Speech, Trump Admin. Bars Entry to Palestinian Activist Hanan Ashrawi

In attack on Free Speech, Trump Admin. Bars Entry to Palestinian Activist Hanan Ashrawi

Maan News Agency

“I’m over 70 and a grandmother… I’ve always been an ardent supporter of nonviolent resistance.”

censorship
How Democracy Dies:  Big Brother is Erasing the Public Record

How Democracy Dies: Big Brother is Erasing the Public Record

Karen J. Greenberg

The post-9/11 period stands out in American history for its relentless reliance on redacting material in government reports

Featured
Rashida Tlaib's Palestinian Theology of Good Samaritanism and Redemption

Rashida Tlaib’s Palestinian Theology of Good Samaritanism and Redemption

Juan Cole

“I don’t come from a place of violence. I come from a place of love, equality and justice.”

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