San Francisco (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – This week will go down in history as a time when the governing body of the Democratic […]
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In anti-Trump surge, Renewables make 18% of US electricity & impel job growth
US Carbon Emissions Fall slightly
Grievance Politics for Insecure Majorities: Trumpism Worldwide
By John Feffer | (Foreign Policy in Focus) | – – It’s about propping up “besieged majorities” in multiethnic countries. Washington and New Delhi are […]
Buddhist Burma Bulldozing Muslim Rohingya Villages: Satellite Photos
TeleSur | – – Human rights groups that fear the Burmese government is destroying crime scenes before any credible investigation takes place. Satellite imagery shows […]
Ahed Tamimi: father speaks of his pride as Palestinian activist prepares for trial
Emma Heywood | (The Conversation) | – – Popular resistance against the Israeli presence in the West Bank, be it violent or peaceful, is a […]
Are Kurds, Shiite Militias and the Baath Gov’t allying against Turkey’s Afrin Op?
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Fundamentalist Salafi militias, some linked to al-Qaeda, and backed by Turkey, have allegedly taken three new […]
New South African Gov’t to Cut ties with Israel over Apartheid toward Palestinians
Middle East Monitor | – – South Africa has been a staunch ally of the Palestinian struggle and regularly spoken out against the atrocities committed […]
Marco Rubio dismisses High-School Shooting Survivors as out of Mainstream
TeleSur | – – The event, hosted by CNN, offered a rare opportunity for people directly affected by the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School tragedy […]
Generational Wars and Short Memories: The 9/11 Hijackers Were Iraqis, Right?
San Francisco (Tomdispatch.com) | – I was teaching the day the airplanes hit the World Trade Center. It was the second meeting of “The Communist […]
Top Ten Signs the US is the most Corrupt nation in the World (2018 Edn.)
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Revised Those ratings that castigate Afghanistan and some other poor countries as hopelessly “corrupt” always imply […]