Montréal (Special to Informed Comment; Featured) – With missiles flying across West Asia, I am reminded of my trip to Iran in 2016, when I […]
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Can Iran get around Trump’s Coming Embargo of its Petroleum?
Tehran (AFP) – Iran faces a potentially crushing loss of oil exports when US sanctions return in November, but the impact could be blunted by […]
Today, Europe Lost the Internet. Now, We Fight Back
( Electronic Frontier Foundation) – Today, in a vote that split almost every major EU party, Members of the European Parliament adopted every terrible proposal […]
UN says Gaza Situation ‘Catastrophic,’ as Trump anti-Palestinian Aid Cuts Bite
Geneva (AFP) – The UN said Wednesday that the situation in Gaza was “catastrophic” after 11 years of “economic siege” and warned that Washington’s decision […]
Top 3 Charges on which John Bolton should be Tried at Int’l Criminal Court
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – National Security Adviser John Bolton appears to be spiraling down into the same miasma of madness that possesses other members […]
After Mobs Burn Iran Consulate in Basra, US Blames, Threatens Iran for Iraqi Attacks on US Facilities
London (Middle East Monitors) – The United States warned Iran on Tuesday it will “respond swiftly and decisively” to any attacks by Tehran’s allies in […]
Global Heating Boosts Hurricane Florence, as Climate Denialist Governors Urge 1.5 Million to Flee
(Watchers.news) – The National Weather Service has issued hurricane and storm surge warnings for portions of the coasts of North and South Carolina on September […]
The Irrelevance of Trump: America was a Plutocratic Nat’l Security State and Still Is
Boston ( Tomdispatch.com) – Donald Trump’s tenure as the 45th U.S. president may last another few weeks, another year, or another 16 months. However unsettling […]
Did Trump almost start WW III with Russia with Proposed Massive Bombing of Syrian AF?
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – According to Bob Woodward’s just-released book, “Fear,” Donald Trump had been pressed to use 200 cruise missiles to destroy the […]
Could Massive Solar and Wind Farms make the Sahara Green Again?
By Alona Armstrong | – Switching from fossil fuels to renewable energy is an important and necessary step towards averting climate change. However, in our […]