Judy Woodruff | (PBS Newshour Video Report) | – – “Three days out from the Iowa caucuses, Democrats are weighing whether to go with the presumed favorite, Hillary Clinton, or to defy expectations by championing Bernie Sanders. For both candidates, women are a crucial demographic. Judy Woodruff reports on how Iowa’s female voters see the […]
Iowa Primary wins Predict Nothing: #Iowasowhite & doesn’t look like America
By Donald Kaul | (Otherwords.org) | – – Who prevails in the Iowa caucuses won’t matter much, except in the fevered imaginations of the political reporters covering the spectacle. The Iowa caucuses are upon us. Hooray, whoopee, and two cheers. The contests mark the official beginning of the 2016 presidential campaign, which already feels like […]
World can Bomb Syria but Can’t negotiate end to War
By Simon Mabon | (The Conversation) | – – International talks meant to help resolve the Syrian Crisis are due to commence in Geneva, but a range of impossible problems still stand in the way. Now nearly five years old, the conflict has claimed hundreds of thousands of lives and displaced around 11m people. Other […]
Iran: The New China?
By: Pepe Escobar | ( TeleSur) | – – If Iran successfully engages in a Chinese-style economic development program it would further enhance its geopolitical status and significance. It’s currently quite a toss-up when it comes to naming the hardest working man in geopolitical business: Chinese President Xi Jinping or Iranian President Hassan Rouhani. Their […]
Iran’s Rouhani: “US now sees Iran as only country able to fight terrorism in the region”
France24 English | Exclusive | (Video News Report) | – – ‘The Iranian president Hassan Rouhani is in Europe for a historic trip. A visit both to renew economic ties and also warm the diplomatic relations. Especially with France, an ally of the United States. On the US, Rouhani declared: “the US now see Iran […]
Anne Frank’s Stepsister: Donald Trump Is Another Hitler
TeleSur | – – Eva Schloss, an Auschwitz concentration camp survivor, said the U.S. presidential candidate was acting like Hitler, while the world acts as “bystanders” to the refugee crisis. Donald Trump is acting like another Adolf Hitler, Eva Schloss, an Auschwitz concentration survivor and Anne Frank’s stepsister said in a column published by Newsweek […]
While Flint Was Being Poisoned, Gov.’s office sent State Workers Water Coolers
By Common Dreams staff | ( Commondreams.org) | – – Following release of new document and emails, Gov. Snyder told he must ‘explain to the people of Flint why his administration trucked water into a state building while allowing residents to drink unsafe water’ A newly obtained document and related emails released on Thursday show […]
Will Yemen be the Graveyard of the new Saudi Empire?
By Helen Lackner | ( OpenDemocracy) | – – Those deciding for war in March 2015 gave little thought to Yemeni realities, military, logistic, topographic, social or political, human cost, or an exit strategy. But questions are being raised. Defence Minister Prince Mohammad Bin Salman, April 2014. Wikicommons/Mazen AlDarrab. Some rights reserved.In 1934 the newly […]
Will Trump destroy the Republican Party, or Push it to Far Right?
By Liam Kennedy | (The Conversation) | – – When Richard Hofstadter described “a paranoid style in American politics” in 1964, he was referring to “the sense of heated exaggeration, suspiciousness, and conspiratorial fantasy” that was roiling the Republican Party. Sound familiar? Throughout the 2016 Republican primary campaign, the electorate’s fears and resentments have been […]
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