Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – In a dramatic signal that the Arab Gulf nations have completely lost faith in the American security umbrella, on Wednesday […]
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Yes, America, there is a Class War, and you Just Lost It
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The Republican Party did not just overhaul the tax code and they did not cut “your” […]
Will Palestine Request Full UN Membership in January 2018?
TeleSur | – – Egypt introduced a draft resolution to the Security Council to reject a decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. […]
Saudi strikes have killed 136 civilians in Yemen, as Huthis Rocket Riyadh
Middle East Monitor | – – Air strikes by the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen have killed at least 136 civilians since 6 December, Reuters reported. […]
How Hawks and ambitious Generals pioneered our generational Warfare
By Danny Sjursen | ( Tomdispatch.com) | – – I remember the day President Obama let me down. It was December 1, 2009, and as […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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