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Archives for January 2021

Authoritarianism
Trump was forced out, but he left a Legacy of Threats and Intimidation toward Elected Public Servants

Trump was forced out, but he left a Legacy of Threats and Intimidation toward Elected Public Servants

The Conversation

By Shelley Inglis | – As the impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump approaches, federal officials are investigating threats to attack or kill members of Congress. This comes in the wake of the Capitol riot, when a mob stormed the building where members of the House and Senate were preparing to certify the presidential […]

China
That Time when America was a Superpower before Trump surrendered to China

That Time when America was a Superpower before Trump surrendered to China

Alfred W. McCoy

( Tomdispatch.com ) – After four years of Donald Trump’s fitful tenure, America is awakening from a long, troubled sleep to discover, like the fictional character Rip Van Winkle, that the world it once knew has changed beyond all recognition. In that classic American tale by Washington Irving published in 1819, an amiable but shiftless […]

Climate Crisis
President Biden, We can do this too:  Europe generates more electricity with Renewables than Fossil Fuels for First Time

President Biden, We can do this too: Europe generates more electricity with Renewables than Fossil Fuels for First Time

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – A new report from Ember and Agora Energiewende finds that in 2020, the 27 countries of the European Union generated more electricity with renewables (wind, solar, hydro) than with fossil fuels (coal and natural gas). The growth in renewables has all come from wind and solar. These two increased by […]

Fundamentalism
Right Wing Laws to “protect religious freedom” Enable Fundamentalists to Discriminate

Right Wing Laws to “protect religious freedom” Enable Fundamentalists to Discriminate

James A. Haught

Charleston, W.Va. (Informed Comment) – Across America, right-wing politicians pass “religious freedom” laws that have a single purpose: to let narrow-minded believers discriminate against gays — an intolerance that is illegal for other people under human rights laws. In other words, only born-again Christians are allowed to express prejudice and hostility, while other Americans live […]

Epidemics
Will the Pandemic help Shift the world from Oil to Green Energy?

Will the Pandemic help Shift the world from Oil to Green Energy?

Middle East Monitor

By Elif Selin Calik | – ( Middle East Monitor) – It is crucial to an understanding of the global consequences of the coronavirus pandemic to consider the transition to alternative energy sources for the benefit of future generations. Covid-19 is affecting people all over the world, but a year ago it was just another […]

Islamophobia
Hating on Muslims in Western Media is based on the Big Lie

Hating on Muslims in Western Media is based on the Big Lie

The Conversation

By Stuart Chambers | – Although anti-Muslim sentiments certainly existed long before 2001, the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks and the response to them intensified anti-Muslim tropes, namely the presumption that Islam is inherently violent or that Muslims have a propensity for terrorism. Since 9/11, specific individuals have turned Islamophobia into an industry, scapegoating Muslims to […]

Arab Spring
Failures of Democracy in America and the Arab Spring

Failures of Democracy in America and the Arab Spring

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Today is ten years since Egyptian youth gathered in Tahrir Square in downtown Cairo demanding the resignation of Egypt’s brutal and corrupt Interior Minister, Habib Adly. Even those who called for the rally were surprised by the thousands of youth and workers that showed up, on Egypt’s Police Day, and […]

Israel/ Palestine
Confronting Total Collapse in Israeli-Occupied Gaza: Division and COVID-19

Confronting Total Collapse in Israeli-Occupied Gaza: Division and COVID-19

Al-Shabaka

By Ali Abdel-Wahab | – ( Al-Shabaka ) – Gaza has always been unique among the different parts of Palestine. Its current particularity stems from being caught between three major variables exacerbating its collapse: the Israeli occupation, division in Palestinian leadership, and the COVID-19 pandemic. This reality raises socio-political questions about the role of these […]

Far Right
Equal Opportunity Hate: The Angry White women of the Capitol Far Right

Equal Opportunity Hate: The Angry White women of the Capitol Far Right

The Conversation

By Jakana Thomas | – The terror inflicted on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 laid bare America’s problem with violent extremism. The FBI and other law enforcement agencies have begun to piece together the events of that day, while attempting to thwart any impending attacks. Scores of people have been arrested and charged over […]

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