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Suggestive Terrorism:  Trump, Pipe Bomber and the ISIL Technique

Suggestive Terrorism: Trump, Pipe Bomber and the ISIL Technique

Juan Cole

The attempted pipe bombings directed at former US president Barack Obama, former vice president Joe Biden, former secretary of state Hillary Clinton, former attorney General Eric Holder and several other targets of the wrath of Donald Trump are unlikely to be the last acts of terrorism galvanized by Trump’s savaging of his perceived enemies. Trump […]

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Far right urging of jailing of Political Rivals linked in History with Bombings

Far right urging of jailing of Political Rivals linked in History with Bombings

Juan Cole

The mass right wing parties of Europe in the 1920s and 1930s were led by charismatic leaders who whipped up the hatreds of mobs by denouncing immigrants and ethnic and religious groups as threats to the nation and as terrorists and saboteurs. Somehow when politicians set such a tone, in which alternative political leaders and […]

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Juan Cole on "Muhammad: Prophet of Peace" @ Zero Hour (Video)

Juan Cole on “Muhammad: Prophet of Peace” @ Zero Hour (Video)

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The Zero Hour with RJ Eskow

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Will its Renewables Revolution  Give China an Edge over the US?

Will its Renewables Revolution Give China an Edge over the US?

Juan Cole

The Asia-Pacific is poised for 355 GW in New Solar, 43 GW in Offshore Wind in the next Decade

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"I am a Nationalist" - Donald Trump apes Mussolini in Drive to destroy America

“I am a Nationalist” – Donald Trump apes Mussolini in Drive to destroy America

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Trump proudly says he is a “nationalist.” He is, of course, saying this to shore up support among white nationalists. The Nazi sites on the web were all having wet dreams in the aftermath. From the 1990s, polling has found that about 10% of Americans support far right militias. These […]

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Does Turkey Aim to unseat Saudi Crown Prince MBS via Khashoggi Affair?

Does Turkey Aim to unseat Saudi Crown Prince MBS via Khashoggi Affair?

Juan Cole

Turkey columnist: Jared Kushner, UAE crown prince Bin Salman made up a ‘devils triangle’

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Germany halts arms Sales to Riyadh, as Investors sell $1 bn in Saudi Stocks

Germany halts arms Sales to Riyadh, as Investors sell $1 bn in Saudi Stocks

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Sunday that Germany would put arms sales to Saudi Arabia on hold in light of the murder in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul of dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi. She said that they “could not take place in our current circumstances.” Meanwhile, foreign investors sold […]

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Socialism is Healthy: US Barracuda Capitalism is Literally Killing us

Socialism is Healthy: US Barracuda Capitalism is Literally Killing us

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The US has fallen off a cliff on global health statistics, plummeting an unprecedented 21 places in the world index. Moreover, the US is expected to fall even further behind over the next 20 years. Mellan Solly at The Smithsonian Magazine analyzed the numbers in a just-published Lancet article While […]

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Top Five Ways Trump Enabled MBS Murder of Journalist Khashoggi

Top Five Ways Trump Enabled MBS Murder of Journalist Khashoggi

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Trump said Friday that he finds “credible” the bald-faced and ridiculous lies the Saudi government came up with to explain the death of dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi. He thereby signaled his intention of sweeping the affair under the table for the sake of Saudi arms sales. His position is no […]

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