Informed Comment - Part 1292

Trump & Macron Consult on Syria Cease Fire in Shadow of Don Jr. Scandal

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – French President Emmanuel Macron and his American counterpart Donald J. Trump consulted on a number of […]

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Donald Trump

Trump’s Worst Collusion Isn’t With Russia — It’s With Corporations

By Peter Certo | (Otherwords.org) | – – The billionaires who backed Trump are making out a lot better than Putin. I’ve always been a […]

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Iraq

Does Sunni Fragmentation after ISIL threaten Iraq’s Future?

By Mustafa Habib | Baghdad | (Niqash.org) | – – As the date for a Baghdad summit on unity nears, the cracks are showing. It […]

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Militarization

What good is our Nat’l Security State if we’re afraid to Leave Home?

By William J. Astore | ( Tomdispatch.com) | – – Has there ever been a nation as dedicated to preparing for doomsday as the United […]

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Arab World

Arab Youth Bulge: Could this Generation Explode Again?

By IPS World Desk ROME/AMMAN (IPS) – More than ever before, the Arab region now registers an unprecedented youth population growth while facing huge challenges […]

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Donald Trump

The Real Victims of Trump-Putin Illiberalism: Women

By Gail Ukockis | (Informed Comment) | – – When I first read about the Russian government decriminalizing domestic violence recently, my first thought was: […]

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Books

Novelist Arundhati Roy and her mission to inspire in the ‘Ministry of Utmost Happiness’

By Ali Kazimi | (The Conversation) | – – Anjula Gogia, the activist bookseller from Another Story Bookshop in Toronto, had patiently nudged me over […]

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Donald Trump

Resistance is Fertile

Frida Berrigan | ( Tomdispatch.com) | – – In the wake of Donald Trump’s inauguration, George Orwell’s 1984 soared onto bestseller lists, as did Sinclair […]

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Donald Trump