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Archives for July 2019

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Top 4 Ways the Squad of young Congresswomen represent more Americans than Trump

Top 4 Ways the Squad of young Congresswomen represent more Americans than Trump

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Trump is again making a spectacle of himself, quite deliberately, in attacking the four congresswomen known as “the Squad.” They champion progressive principles like the Green New Deal, describe themselves as socialists or don’t object to the term, and most useful for our neo-Nazi president, they are not white. Trump […]

Saudi Arabia
As United Arab Emirates pulls out of Brutal Yemen War, is it now Saudi Arabia 's?

As United Arab Emirates pulls out of Brutal Yemen War, is it now Saudi Arabia ‘s?

Middle East Monitor

By Thembisa Fakude | Twitter: @fakudet | – The war in Yemen is entering its fifth year with no solution in sight. Every day thousands of people, including women and children, are injured and maimed. According to Amnesty International, “there is extensive evidence that irresponsible arms flows to the Saudi Arabia-led coalition have resulted in […]

Israel/ Palestine
3 Years Ago, the UN made a Database of Companies Facilitating Illegal Israel Squatting In Palestine: Where is It?

3 Years Ago, the UN made a Database of Companies Facilitating Illegal Israel Squatting In Palestine: Where is It?

Human Rights Watch

Human Rights Watch —– Bonus video added by Informed Comment: i24 News: “Amnesty International Calls for Settlements Tourism Boycott”

Israel/ Palestine
Palestine:  If Kushner only Knew . . .

Palestine: If Kushner only Knew . . .

contributors

By Dominique Eddé | – ( L’Orient Le Jour) – Had Mr Kushner taken the trouble to consider all the losses, the shattered lives, separations and humiliating defeats endured by the Palestinians, had he made any attempt to gauge the price paid by Palestine’s neighbours – Lebanon, Syria, Jordan and Egypt – over the last […]

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UK Ambassador: Trump Breached Iran Deal to Spite Obama & was "Diplomatic Vandalism" driven by "Personality Reasons"

UK Ambassador: Trump Breached Iran Deal to Spite Obama & was “Diplomatic Vandalism” driven by “Personality Reasons”

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Former British ambassador to the US Kim Darroch alleged in a diplomatic cable that Trump’s motivation in breaching the 2015 Iran nuclear deal was motivated by nothing more than spite, according to the Daily Mail , which saw the text. In spring of 2018, then foreign secretary Boris Johnson came […]

Israel/ Palestine
Israeli Jim Crow: Court Halts Park Entry Ban Deemed Racist by Palestinian-Israelis

Israeli Jim Crow: Court Halts Park Entry Ban Deemed Racist by Palestinian-Israelis

Middle East Monitor

A court on Sunday ordered a predominantly Jewish town in northern Israel to lift a ban on non-resident visitors to its parks, a prohibition that a rights group said was aimed at keeping Arabs out. The town of Afula denied the edict was racially motivated. In instructing the town to lift the order, Judge Danny […]

Brazil
We all Depend on the Amazon: Can the UN Stop Brazil's Far-Right Bolsonaro from Completely Destroying It?

We all Depend on the Amazon: Can the UN Stop Brazil’s Far-Right Bolsonaro from Completely Destroying It?

The Conversation

By Ash Murphy | – Deforestation of the Amazon rainforest in Brazil is at its highest rate in a decade, according to new satellite data. This comes after president Jair Bolsonaro has loosened environmental regulations, cut enforcement budgets, and supported further development in the region. Tarcisio Schnaider / shutterstock Trees absorb carbon dioxide naturally, and […]

Climate Change
From New Orleans to Bihar: Why the Climate Emergency is a Poor People's Issue, Too

From New Orleans to Bihar: Why the Climate Emergency is a Poor People’s Issue, Too

OtherWords

By Mallika Khanna | – Poor and working communities stand to gain the most from protections against corporations that expose them to pollution. If you’ve read anything about climate change over the past year, you’ve probably heard about the IPCC report that gives a 12-year deadline for limiting climate change catastrophe. But for many parts […]

Turkey
If Erdogan's Control over Turkey is Ending, what's Next for 17th Largest Economy?

If Erdogan’s Control over Turkey is Ending, what’s Next for 17th Largest Economy?

The Conversation

By Gary M. Grossman | – Mayoral elections in Turkish cities do not usually grab the world’s attention. But the defeat of the ruling party’s candidate for Istanbul mayor – once during its March election and then again, even more definitively in a June rematch – is a sign that Turkey’s most powerful political party […]

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