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Shell, terrified of EVs, expects ‘low forever’ Gasoline Prices; it is too Optimistic
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The Telegraph reports that Royal Dutch Shell, the massive oil company, has abruptly decided that petroleum […]
Want Iranian Democracy? We had one & CIA overthrew it
By Joseph McQuade | (The Conversation) | – – The US and Iran have a complicated relationship. At the moment, it is tense, divisive and […]
Turkish Legislators hold Sit-in to protest Creeping Dictatorship
TeleSur | – – Under the changes, lawmakers can also vote to ban for three sessions fellow parliamentarians who use expressions such as “Kurdistan” or […]
Syria: The American War on Civilians
By Laura Gottesdiener | ( Tomdispatch.com ) | – – It was midday on Sunday, May 7th, when the U.S.-led coalition warplanes again began bombing […]
Mideast’s ‘Only Democracy’ joins push to Silence Al Jazeera: Netanyahu
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Trump has his Twitter. Apparently far right wing Israeli prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu has his Facebook. […]
UN Says Yemen Is Now the Largest Global Humanitarian Crisis
TeleSur | – – Arab nation is said to be on the brink of famine after almost 2 years of war and disease. In Yemen, […]
Island sinking b/c of Climate Change Seeks Seat on UN Security Council
By Thalif Deen | (Inter Press Service) | – – An aerial view of the Village of Kolhuvaariyaafushi, Mulaaku Atoll, the Maldives, after the Indian […]
Can Nukes really be Banned? Are we Safe if they Aren’t?
By H. Patricia Hynes | (Informed Comment) | – – Against all odds, 122 countries agreed on July 7 to ban nuclear weapons. At the […]
Is Trump’s Cabinet Collapsing?
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Trump keeps tweaking his attorney general, Jeff Sessions, in press interviews and on twitter, complaining bitterly […]
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