Oakland, Ca. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu is trying to position Israel as the modern day Sparta, and to sell […]
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Our Thirty Years War of the 21st Century
New York (Tomdispatch.com) – Fair warning. Stop reading right now if you want, because I’m going to repeat myself. What choice do I have, since […]
#NottheEnemy: Ben Franklin warned that attack on Free Press Turns Liberty to Tyranny
“Freedom of speech is a principal pillar of a free government: When this support is taken away, the constitution of a free society is dissolved, and tyranny is erected on its ruins.”
As Trump Expands Failed War in Afghanistan, he Stops Boasting about It
(San Francisco ( 48hills.org) – President Donald Trump is back on the stump, trumpeting his alleged triumphs since the 2016 elections. Somehow, he never mentions […]
Devastating Dolphin Loss in Florida Red Tide Industrial Farming Pollution Crime
More than 100 tons of dead sea creatures have been shoveled up from smelly, deserted beaches in tourist areas along Florida’s southwest coast as a […]
Qatar Emir Supports Crisis-Hit Turkey with Visit, Pledges $15 bn in New Investment
Doha (AFP) – The emir of wealthy Qatar flew to Turkey Wednesday to meet close ally President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in an apparent show of […]
Trump wouldn’t have let her in the Country, but Ilhan Omar is Likely joining Congress
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Ilhan Omar, a refugee and a Somali-heritage Muslim woman who veils, has won the Democratic primary for Minnesota’s Fifth District […]
Turkey’s Pres. Erdogan announces Boycott of US Electronic Goods
Istanbul (AFP) – President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday said Turkey would boycott US electronic goods in retaliation for punitive sanctions by Washington against Ankara […]
How Trump is Turning US Diplomats into Arms Merchants to the World
New York ( Tomdispatch.com) – American weapons makers have dominated the global arms trade for decades. In any given year, they’ve accounted for somewhere between […]
Saudi Women can Finally Drive, But are their Voices Being Heard?
By Nermin Allam | – Earlier this summer, Saudi Arabia lifted the decades-long ban on women’s driving. The move is part of a series of […]
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