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Antisemitism
IfNotNow’s ‘Jewish Day of Resistance’ against Trump and appointees

IfNotNow’s ‘Jewish Day of Resistance’ against Trump and appointees

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By Sarah Aziza | (Waging Nonviolence) | – – Demonstrators gathered in over 30 U.S. cities last Wednesday as part of a “Jewish Day of Resistance” against President-elect Donald Trump and his appointment of Stephen Bannon as chief strategist and senior counselor. The group responsible for organizing the day’s events is IfNotNow, an organization of […]

Climate Change
Denialist GOP House "Science Committee" Retweets Fake News Breitbart

Denialist GOP House “Science Committee” Retweets Fake News Breitbart

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Deirdre Fulton, staff writer | ( Commondreams.org ) | – – Committee’s tweet comes during hottest year on record. Displaying a troubling disregard for science, the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology on Thursday tweeted a misleading article from right-wing, white nationalist website Breitbart News—one written by a climate denier and debunked by actual […]

Israel/ Palestine
Israeli Occupation economically suffocates Palestinian East Jerusalem

Israeli Occupation economically suffocates Palestinian East Jerusalem

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By: Al-Shabaka | (Ma’an News Agency) | – – In an unusual move, and after years of neglect, American and European delegations and development agencies have recently been visiting East Jerusalem and showing an increased interest in “doing something” about its deteriorating socioeconomic conditions. Moreover, the Palestinian Authority (PA) is, after a prolonged silence, working […]

Central Intelligence Agency
The Election that Changed everything and Could be History’s Deal-Breaker

The Election that Changed everything and Could be History’s Deal-Breaker

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By Tom Engelhardt | ( Tomdispatch.com) | – – For decades, Washington had a habit of using the Central Intelligence Agency to deep-six governments of the people, by the people, and for the people that weren’t to its taste and replacing them with governments of the [take your choice: military junta, shah, autocrat, dictator] across […]

Egypt
Egypt’s Special Courts in time of Crisis are Nothing New

Egypt’s Special Courts in time of Crisis are Nothing New

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by Yoram Meital | (Informed Comment) | – – The toppling of a regime, whether by civil insurrection or military coup, invariably gives rise to a fierce struggle over the lineaments of the new order. This transition phase is the moment of truth in every revolution. It is informed by a collapse of the justice […]

Bill of Rights
Can Trump be checked and balanced?

Can Trump be checked and balanced?

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By Ulrike G. Theuerkauf | ( OpenDemocracy.net) | – – The US Presidential system has been much heralded as a prime example of horizontal accountability, but there is no guarantee how Donald Trump will be kept in check.  The US presidential system has been much heralded for its system of checks and balances. But Trump’s victory has given […]

Climate Change
Too bad, Trump: As EVs take off, Dirty Petroleum in Death Spiral

Too bad, Trump: As EVs take off, Dirty Petroleum in Death Spiral

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The Tree | – – The renewable energy revolution is now well underway, but many continue to underestimate just how fast and transformative it is going to be. Despite a conservative approach to energy markets, the International Energy Agency (IEA) has just announced that ‘we are witnessing a transformation of global power markets led by […]

Donald Trump
Hateful letters to More mosques warning Trump will 'cleanse' US of Muslims

Hateful letters to More mosques warning Trump will ‘cleanse’ US of Muslims

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TeleSur | – – The threatening letters have been sent to mosques in at least seven states. “To the children of Satan,” begins the letter that was first sent to sent to three California mosques but has has now been dispatched to mosques all over the country. “You Muslims are a vile and filthy people.” […]

Climate Change
Urgent:  Soil carbon release under global warming to equal U.S. emissions

Urgent: Soil carbon release under global warming to equal U.S. emissions

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By Kevin Dennehy | ( YaleNews | – – For decades scientists have speculated that rising global temperatures might alter the ability of soils to store carbon, potentially releasing huge amounts of carbon into the atmosphere and triggering runaway climate change. Yet thousands of studies worldwide have produced mixed signals on whether this storage capacity […]

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