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The Long Knives Come out in Baghdad

The Long Knives Come out in Baghdad

Juan Cole

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – In principle, the idea of streamlining the Iraqi government and making it more efficient is a capital one. But the reforms being pursued by Prime Minister Haydar al-Abadi have to raise some questions about the direction the country is taking. One step al-Abadi has taken announced […]

Censors
How the Israel Lobbies hurt U of Illinois-UC & 1st Amendment (Salaita Case)

How the Israel Lobbies hurt U of Illinois-UC & 1st Amendment (Salaita Case)

Juan Cole

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – There is no honor among thieves or ideologues, and it is sad to see a great university’s leadership descend into petty squabbling and vicious infighting over the illegal firing of Professor Steven Salaita. In recent days new revelations and developments have emerged that make clearer the […]

Climate Change
GOP Hopefuls Get $62M From Fossil Fuel Donors: Origins of Climate Denialism?

GOP Hopefuls Get $62M From Fossil Fuel Donors: Origins of Climate Denialism?

contributors

Elliot Hill and Mark Sovel | (TheLipTV Video Report) | – – “Eight out of the 17 Republican presidential candidates have received at least $62m in donations from a small number of wealthy individuals and corporations with close ties to the fossil fuel industries, according to a report by Greenpeace and the Center for Media […]

Campaign Finance
Jimmy Carter: US “Now is just an Oligarchy . . . Subversion of our System”

Jimmy Carter: US “Now is just an Oligarchy . . . Subversion of our System”

contributors

Thom Hartmann | (Video Interview) | – – “Thom Hartmann talks with President Jimmy Carter, 39th President of the United States (1977 to 1981) / Humanitarian / Awarded Nobel Peace Prize in 2002.” Thom Hartmann: “President Jimmy Carter: The United States is an Oligarchy…”

Apartheid
Security Zones Being Used to Further Expand West Bank Settlements

Security Zones Being Used to Further Expand West Bank Settlements

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By IMEMC | – – “Land confiscated from Palestinians for the purpose of security buffer zones around illegal Israeli settlements in the West Bank is actually being utilized as “land reserves or for agriculture,” according to an investigation by Israeli newspaper Haaretz.” The buffer zones were originally created during the Second Intifada [Palestinian Uprising] reportedly […]

Civil Rights
Your Fourth of July and My Fourth of July

Your Fourth of July and My Fourth of July

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Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Revised for the 2010s: Your Fourth of July is invasions and wars. My Fourth of July is the pure sunbeam of peace. Yours is the Confederate flag and nostalgia for the hierarchies of slavery. Mine is ‘all men are created equal.’ Yours is kowtowing to billionaires in […]

Corruption
Iraq’s Displaced People are Selling Body Parts For Food

Iraq’s Displaced People are Selling Body Parts For Food

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Niqash.org | Sulaymaniyah | – – “Authorities in Iraqi Kurdistan suspect that displaced people are selling their kidneys to feed their families. Problem is, they don’t know how to stop it because there’s nothing illegal about donating a kidney.” The flood of internally displaced people into the semi-autonomous northern region of Iraqi Kurdistan is not […]

Authoritarianism
Democracy in retreat in Half the 193 UN Member States

Democracy in retreat in Half the 193 UN Member States

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By Thalif Deen | – – UNITED NATIONS (IPS) – Democracy is on the retreat and authoritarianism is on the rise in more than 96 of the U.N.’s 193 member states, according to a new report released here. The two regions of “highest concern” for defenders of civic space are Sub-Saharan Africa and the Middle […]

Arab Spring
Wikileaks Docs Reveal Saudi intrigues against Bahrain’s Arab Spring

Wikileaks Docs Reveal Saudi intrigues against Bahrain’s Arab Spring

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By Faten Bushehri | (Global Voices) | – – The Saudi Cables, released by WikiLeaks, includes a treasure trove of information in secret exchanges between Saudi diplomats on restive Bahrain Saudi Arabia's meddling in Bahrain's internal affairs has been revealed in top secret documents released by whistle blowing site WikiLeaks from June 20. WikiLeaks published […]

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