By Alfred W. McCoy | ( Tomdispatch.com) | – – In 2016, something extraordinary happened in the politics of diverse countries around the world. With surprising speed and simultaneity, a new generation of populist leaders emerged from the margins of nominally democratic nations to win power. In doing so, they gave voice, often in virulent […]
PM May: Take back the Balfour Declaration – Israel reneged on the Bargain
By Ian Berman | (Informed Comment) | – – Dear Prime Minister May: The centennial of the Balfour Declaration is upon us. Accordingly, we think it is time the British Government revisited the document that helped determine the course of history. When it was apparent in 1917 that Britain would gain control of Palestine after […]
What history reveals about surges in anti-Semitism and anti-immigrant sentiments
By Ingrid Anderson | (The Conversation) | – – This February, more than 100 gravestones were vandalized at the Chesed Shel Emeth Society Cemetery outside of St. Louis, Missouri and at the Jewish Mount Carmel Cemetery in Philadelphia. The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) has called anti-Semitism in the U.S. a “very serious concern.” An ADL task […]
ISIL Threatens To Conquer Iran, issuing Rare Video In Persian
Golnaz Esfandiari | ( RFE/RL) | – – The militant group Islamic State (IS) has vowed in a rare video message in Persian that includes the apparent beheading of four captured soldiers that it will conquer Iran. In an appeal to sectarian divides, the group also calls on Iran’s Sunni minority to rise up against […]
The Hundred Days From Hell
David Faris | (Informed Comment) | – – As the sun rises on the 11th full week of the disgrace-riddled Barnum & Bailey dystopia known as the Trump Administration, revelations about the Russia scandal continue to do fresh damage. From Michael Flynn’s failure to note his status as a lobbyist for the Turkish dictatorship to […]
Is Trump really a Fascist?
By David Prochaska | (Informed Comment) | – – The “highly unusual,” “unprecedented” Trump administration is leading us into “uncharted territory,” but where exactly? Since last November’s election, some commentators trying to understand what happened have used the “F” word, fascism, but without defining it. Many more have avoided it altogether as too toxic and […]
The White House Wouldn’t Post Trump Staffers’ Financial Disclosures. So We Did
by Ariana Tobin and Derek Kravitz | (ProPublica) | – – In a remarkable Friday night news dump, the Trump administration made dozens of White House staffers’ financial disclosure forms available. But they did it with an extra dose of opacity. These are important disclosures from the people who have the president’s ear and shape […]
Israel knicks 25 Acres Of Palestinian Lands In Salfit for Colonial Purposes
IMEMC | – – The Israeli government is planning to illegally confiscate 25 acres of Palestinian lands, in Salfit district, in the northeastern part of the occupied West Bank, to build a college and many colonialist units, in addition to planning two railroad lines. Jamal al-Ahmad, the coordinator of the Committee for Defending Salfit Lands, […]
Mosul: ISIL Deploys Ideological Booby Trap As It Retreats
David Patrikarakos | ( RFE/RL ) | – – The coalition battling to take the Iraqi city of Mosul from the extremist [so-called] “Islamic State” group (IS) is closing in. Earlier this year, coalition forces captured eastern Mosul (the city is bisected by the Euphrates River) and are now squeezing the city’s western half. According […]
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