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Behind Islamophobia Is a Global Movement of Anti-Semites

Behind Islamophobia Is a Global Movement of Anti-Semites

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By Nafeez Mosaddeq Ahmed, | – ( Foreign Policy in Focus) – The world’s Jewish and Muslim communities are both in the firing line of far-right groups forged in the historic bowels of Nazism. By Nafeez Mosaddeq Ahmed, August 26, 2019. Print Neo-Nazis and Neo-Confederates rally in Charlottesville, VA (Shutterstock) The global rise of white […]

India
This Time, the World Is Watching in Kashmir

This Time, the World Is Watching in Kashmir

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By taking over Kashmir at gunpoint, India has set itself up to reap the whirlwind

Israel/ Palestine
As the Far Right goes Global, so do Bills trying to Outlaw boycott of Israel

As the Far Right goes Global, so do Bills trying to Outlaw boycott of Israel

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By Rachel Hodes | – (Foreign Policy in Focus) – An increasingly global campaign to tar the BDS movement as “anti-Semitic” comes as Israel’s staunchest global defenders are increasingly anti-Semites themselves. Israeli politics have moved into uncharted territory over the past several months, as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu found himself unable to form a coalition […]

Israel/ Palestine
Trump’s Calls to “Send Them Back” are Mainstream in Israel

Trump’s Calls to “Send Them Back” are Mainstream in Israel

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The affinity between Trump and Netanyahu is more than personal. It’s rooted in a shared fantasy of a perfectly homogeneous society.

Arms Sales
The US is Flooding the World with Guns: Congress Can Stop That

The US is Flooding the World with Guns: Congress Can Stop That

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By John Lindsay-Poland | – ( Foreign Policy in Focus) – When gun exporters and importers gather at a trade conference at the Trump Hotel in Washington later this month, they will confront mixed trends in their industry. Gun manufacturing in the United States fell sharply in the first year of the Trump presidency, by […]

Iran
Iranians are not our Enemies: Can Public Diplomacy Work?

Iranians are not our Enemies: Can Public Diplomacy Work?

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When foreign policy as we know it isn’t working, creative citizen diplomacy can step in to humanize the real people who would be most impacted by war.

Immigration
American Concentration Camps, Then and Now

American Concentration Camps, Then and Now

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By Harry Blain | – ( Foreign Policy in Focus) – When human beings are framed as a national security threat, barbed wire is the next logical step. But unlike during the Japanese internment, today there’s high-level political resistance. By Harry Blain, July 1, 2019. Print A Japanese-American internment camp in Colorado (Shutterstock) In our […]

Donald Trump
Trump's incessant Talk of Mexico Tariffs is about White Nationalism, not Trade

Trump’s incessant Talk of Mexico Tariffs is about White Nationalism, not Trade

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By Laura Carlsen | – (FPIF) – There’s nothing “uncontrollable” about people applying for asylum. All the U.S. has to do is meet its obligations under international law. Donald Trump has once again torpedoed the U.S. relationship with Mexico — its third-largest trade partner, closest neighbor and, actually, an ally — by announcing his decision […]

racism
Why Brown Terrorists are 'Terrorists' and White Terrorists are just 'Mentally Ill'

Why Brown Terrorists are ‘Terrorists’ and White Terrorists are just ‘Mentally Ill’

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By Maha Hilal | – ( Foreign Policy in Focus) – Whether authorities classify an act as “terrorist” depends almost entirely on who carries it out, not what they did. Terrorist attacks by white supremacists have been on the rise. But federal law enforcement agencies aren’t simply failing to respond. In many cases, they’re failing […]

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