Informed Comment - Part 1181

Trump Nat’l Security Speech: Is he the real threat to National Security?

Trump’s National Security Strategy document is about as confused and wrongheaded piece of writing you’d ever want to see. It says, “Jihadist terrorist organizations present […]

Juan Cole

Saleh

Yemen: Will Saudis try to Impose Ahmed Ali Saleh, son of Dictator?

Brian Whitaker | ( al-Bab.com) | – – When Yemen held parliamentary elections in 1997 Ahmed Ali Saleh, then aged 24, was a first-time candidate. […]

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Internet

How Big Media Money & Monopolies Affect You: Disney/Murdoch to Net Neutrality

By Des Freedman | ( OpenDemocracy.net) | – – This week’s events have shown that the new digital media landscape is every bit as monopolistic […]

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Donald Trump

Fascism’s return and Trump’s war on youth

By Henry Giroux | (The Conversation) | – – Fascism is all too often relegated to the history books. The word conjures up a period […]

Juan Cole

Featured

The Mideast has a Militia Problem: Does Iraq’s Ayatollah Sistani Have the Answer?

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani has called for Iraq’s Shiite militias to come under control of the […]

Juan Cole

Middle Class

The GOP Tax Plan Will Complete the Destruction of America’s Middle Class Wealth

By Bob Lord | ( Inequality.org ) | – – In fact, if the GOP tax plan becomes law, we may be looking at a […]

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Arab World

Why Arabs And Muslims Aren’t Exotic: The Grip of Orientalism (Video)

AJ+ | (Video Report) | – – “From Aladdin to Bodak Yellow, the media is obsessed with portraying Arabs and Muslims as exotic and mysterious. […]

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Donald Trump

Our Pyromaniac President in a Flammable World

San Francisco (Tomdispatch.com) | – “I’ve just heard that my family home near Carpenteria is literally in flames at this moment,” a friend told me […]

Rebecca Gordon

Israel/ Palestine