Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Rubaie Sawaid, writing for the Israeli newspaper Arab 48, reports that on Saturday enormous crows demonstrated in Israel against the […]
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Why do so Many US-trained Foreign Officers Make Coups at Home?
Nick Turse | ( Tomdispatch.com ) | – – Winning! It’s the White House watchword when it comes to the U.S. armed forces. “We will […]
Should Western Countries be Selling Masses of Arms to Saudi Arabia?
By Riccardo Labianco | (The Conversation) | – – Since the catastrophic Yemeni civil war began in 2015, the British public has woken up to […]
Kissinger pushes Iranophobia, fear of ‘radical empire’ as ISIL declines
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Henry Kissinger at 94 is still misinforming Washington about Iran. Now he is warning of an […]
People Power is only way to Oppose Scott Pruitt’s Anti-EPA
By Adam Lynch | ( Yes! Magazine) | – – A Former EPA Adviser on How to Push for Environmental Justice Under Trump “In our […]
Trump’s Mulligan in Afghanistan: Mercenaries
By John Feffer | ( Foreign Policy in Focus) | – – Donald Trump loves to play golf. So far, he has teed off twice […]
The Message on Climate must be ‘Yes We Can,’ not Apocalypse Now’
By Jon Christensen | (The Conversation) | – – There’s been no shortage of pessimistic news on climate change lately. A group of climate scientists […]
“Fire & Fury” or “Shock and Awe”: it is always the start of a Quagmire
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – If we weren’t talking about two nuclear-armed states with unhinged leaders, the war of words between […]
America’s Passionate Intensity: What Rough Beast Slouches toward Mar-a-Lago?
By Andrew J. Bacevich | ( Tomdispatch.com ) | – – Like it or not, the president of the United States embodies America itself. The […]
Did Saudi ‘Cheap Oil’ Policy throw Venezuela into Crisis?
Bulent Gökay | (The Conversation) | – – Venezuela is sinking ever deeper into a political and economic calamity. Inflation is above 700% and GDP […]