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Authoritarianism
Asian Doctor Violently Pulled Off US Plane by Security Guards

Asian Doctor Violently Pulled Off US Plane by Security Guards

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TeleSur | – – While he was allowed back on the flight, the man’s face was bleeding from the force the guards exerted. A viral video has yet again stirred controversy around United Airlines after footage showed security personnel dragging a screaming man off a plane Sunday evening. The flight, from Chicago O’Hare Airport to […]

China
Sorry, Trump:  China is Leading World toward first "Ecological Civilization"

Sorry, Trump: China is Leading World toward first “Ecological Civilization”

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David Tyfield | (The Conversation) | – – The Trump administration’s hostility towards climate action and research leaves a void in global climate politics. Could China step up? The world’s largest absolute emitter could certainly use US inaction as an excuse to backslide on its promises of greenery. But China could instead see this as […]

Donald Trump
Why We Need Political Islam

Why We Need Political Islam

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By Shlomo Ben-Ami | (Project Syndicate) | – – MADRID – US President Donald Trump has put on the back burner an executive order that would designate the Muslim Brotherhood as a terrorist group. He should leave it there permanently. Inclusive governments that are seen to represent the overwhelmingly devout Muslim societies of the Arab […]

Climate Change
Can the West Coast throw up a Green wall against Trump's Assault on Environment?

Can the West Coast throw up a Green wall against Trump’s Assault on Environment?

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By Arun Gupta. | ( Yes! Magazine ) | – – Despite a string of victories in the last few years limiting the expansion of fossil fuel infrastructure on the West Coast, Donald Trump’s presidency shows it was never going to be easy to defeat the oil and gas industry. In two months, Trump has […]

Bashar al-Assad
Will the US missile strike be the turning point in Syria's shifting war?

Will the US missile strike be the turning point in Syria’s shifting war?

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By Harout Akdedian | (The Conversation) | – – The US has struck the Syrian airbase used to launch a suspected sarin gas attack against Khan Sheikhun that killed more than 80 civilians. US President Donald Trump and Secretary of State Rex Tillerson cited the chemical attack as the reason for their country’s first direct […]

Israel/ Palestine
Recalling Heartbreaking Zionist Massacre of Palestinian Civilians at Deir Yassin

Recalling Heartbreaking Zionist Massacre of Palestinian Civilians at Deir Yassin

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Ma’an News Agency | – – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — The Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) marked on Sunday the 69th anniversary of the Deir Yassin massacre, when at least 100 Palestinians were killed by Zionist militias in the Jerusalem-area village of Deir Yassin in 1948. PLO Executive Committee member Hanan Ashrawi mourned the “heartbreaking tragedy” in […]

Climate Change
"No new Coal Plants!" - European Energy Companies

“No new Coal Plants!” – European Energy Companies

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Newsy |. (Video News Clip) | / The Tree | – – “Energy companies representing almost the entire European Union have promised not to build new coal power plants after 2020.” Newsy: “EU energy companies make major coal announcement” The Tree notes that anyway there soon won’t be any growth in consumer demand for coal […]

Climate Change
When it comes to Climate Change, you are what you Eat

When it comes to Climate Change, you are what you Eat

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By Sarantis Michalopoulos | ( EURACTIV.com) | – – Governments are “trapped” by lobbyists, and it’s hard to fight climate change. But if young people are mobilised and turn to healthy lifestyles, there is hope, according to scientists. EURACTIV.com reports from Lyon.> Speaking at the Biovision 2017- The World Life Sciences Forum in Lyon, environmentalists […]

Israel/ Palestine
Can you do anything for Israeli-Palestinian Peace?

Can you do anything for Israeli-Palestinian Peace?

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By Mike Merryman-Lotze | (Otherwords.org) | – – The White House is creating new problems in Israel-Palestine, but ordinary people can start setting things right. While news swirled around health care and climate rules last month, another potentially momentous development slipped through the cracks. It was the Senate’s quiet confirmation of David Friedman to serve […]

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