By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The Kurdistan referendum held today is probably not as likely to produce immediate turmoil in the Middle East as some pundits would have it. The “Domino Theory” that if the Kurds secede from Iraq then they will secede from Turkey, Iran and Syria as well, may […]
Trump tries to Camouflage Muslim Ban with a Few Venezuelans and N. Koreans
TeleSur | – – The addition of North Korea and Venezuela broadens the restrictions from the original, mostly Muslim-majority list. U.S. President Donald Trump has announced that Venezuela and North Korea will be added to the list of countries banned from traveling to the United States. The order outlines different restrictions for each country on […]
Trump Casino and White House, Inc.
Lobbying and Secret Money in Administration is worse than Citizens United
Merkel barely holds on as Neo-Fascists enter German Parliament
Alarming rise of racist Right in German politics
“Those People:” Trump plays to White nat’lism from N. Korea to NFL
President’s tweetstorm appeals to racial division
New Customized Muslim Banned planned by Trump
Xenophobic policy will harm US Economy
Failing dam in Puerto Rico, endangering 70,000, a reminder that Climate Denialism Kills
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – President Trump, notoriously, tweeted that climate change is a Chinese hoax. Some 70,000 US citizens in Puerto Rico living along the Guajataca River are in danger as a dam in the vicinity is failing. Built in the 1920s, the earthen dam faces a drainage problem in […]
As Muslims rally for the Rohingya, what About the Rest of Us?
By John Feffer | ( Foreign Policy in Focus ) | – – If only Muslims reach out to help the Rohingya, the international community will suffer another blow to its reputation. They were Muslims, and they were leaving the country in droves. Their homeland, a remote corner of a multiethnic country, had become a […]
Iranian Leader: Trump is “Disturbed,” speaks like a Cowboy or Mobster
Iran president: if Trump reneges on nuclear deal, no one will ever trust the US again
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