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Turkey threatens war against US/Kurdish Force in Syria
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The US announcement that it would form a 30,000 strong policing force in northeast Syria from […]
Washington State activists launch ‘Climate Countdown’ for Urgent Legislative Action
Brandon Jordan | (Waging Nonviolence) | – – Climate Countdown activists rallied outside the Washington state capitol building in Olympia last week (Twitter / 350 […]
Not Fighting Climate Change cost $1.5 Trillion Last Year & it is only the Beginning
By Mark Trahant | ( TrahantReports.com ) | – – The Trump administration, and its allies in Congress, are fighting a losing war. They continue […]
UN Slams Saudi Arabia for Human Rights Atrocities in Yemen
TeleSur | – – Widespread destruction from the U.S-backed Saudi airstrikes has displaced over a million people in the region. A U.N. report on human […]
What Africa taught the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr.
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – In 1957 Martin Luther King and his wife Coretta went to Ghana in connection with its […]
The Rise and Fall of America’s Middle Class
By Jim Hightower | (Otherwords.org) | – – The middle class was built by movements — and can be rebuilt by movements. Ever since 1776, […]
Saudi Prince Alwaleed in talks with gov’t over demand he surrender Billions
Middle East Monitor | – – Saudi Arabia’s billionaire Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, detained for over two months in an anti-corruption crackdown, is negotiating a […]
Israeli Prosecutors Throw Book at Palestinian Child Protestor
Military Court to Decide if Ahed Tamimi to Be Released on Bail
The Tunisian revolution seven years on
By Lakhdar Ghettas | (OpenDemocracy.net) | – – Seven years after the Tunisian revolution one can dissect four main conflict issues in Tunisia today. A […]