Istanbul (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – After nearly five decades of armed conflict with the Turkish state, the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) has begun […]
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From this AFP Report, it Seems Vietnam gave Warmer Tributes to McCain than Trump White House
Informed Comment syndicates select AFP pieces, and as I prepared this one for publication, the difference between the reported Vietnam response to his death and […]
What 15 Years of US Occupation have Produced: Angry Iraqis
Militant protests continue in the oil rich city of Basra
Burning Coal, Gas & Oil putting Millions at Risk of Starving
Rising levels of carbon dioxide in the air threaten to sap wheat, rice, and other staple grains of valuable nutrients
Iran Parliament Fires Finance Minister, as US Sanctions Bite (Cost Iran $1.1 Trillion)
Iran’s parliament on Sunday fired the Finance Minister, Massoud Karbasian, in a severe political setback for president Hassan Rouhani. The Iranian rial has fallen dramatically […]
Are You Ready for the Trump Admin. to Know Everything about You?
By Judith Coburn | – (Tomdispatch.com) – Now that we know we are surveilled 24/7 by the National Security Agency, the FBI, local police, Facebook, […]
Prison Workers Strike Nation-wide against Modern Slavery, Dehumanizing Conditions
By Fizz Perkal | – (Inequality.org) – A nationwide strike takes charge at everything from slavery to sentencing. Organizers say it could be the largest […]
Trump Admin. to Withdraw from Palestinian Refugees All Rights of Return
BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — The United States Donald Trump administration will announce a suspension of funding to the United Nations Relief and Work Agency for Palestinian […]
America, and the World, Cannot Afford Trump’s Dirty Coal Plan
By Daniel Fiorino | – Is climate change a problem? Consider the evidence: wildfires in California, Sweden and Siberia; flooding in coastal areas due to […]
That Time the Republican Party Made McCain Black to Defeat his Presidential Bid
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Racism is so pervasive in the United States, and white power elites work so hard to stigmatize minorities, that the […]