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Alabama Passes Bill to Protect Confederate Monuments even at cost of Economy
TeleSur | – – Some Southern cities are rethinking the appropriateness of keeping such emblems on public property. Not Alabama. Alabama lawmakers on Friday approved […]
Palestinians: ‘Day of Rage’ against Trump in occupied West Bank
Ma’an News Agency | – – RAMALLAH (Ma’an) — Palestinian factions in the central occupied West Bank city of Ramallah have called upon the Palestinian […]
If Trump can Hunt the Undocumented by Cell Phone, what can he do to You?
By Adam Schwartz | (Electronic Frontier Foundation) | – – In the latest sign of mission creep in domestic deployment of battlefield-strength surveillance technology, U.S. […]
Wikileaks’ Assange claims Victory after Sweden drops Charges, Vows to Publish More
TeleSur | – – Swedish prosecutors dropped the rape investigation into WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange on Friday, saying the investigation had not been able to […]
Are Iran and Saudi Arabia Heading Toward War?
By Mohammed Nuruzzaman | (Informed Comment) | – – Relations across the Persian Gulf are deteriorating fast. Iran and Saudi Arabia are once again at […]
Disaster or Repair? Trump heads to Saudi for Islam Address
by Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Trump left Friday afternoon for Saudi Arabia, where he will be feted with steak and ketchup […]
Trump calls Special Counsel a “Witch Hunt”: But what is his relation to Russia?
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Now that a Special Counsel (former FBI director Robert Mueller) has been appointed by the deputy […]
Was Chelsea Manning trying to stop the Endless War? Whistleblowing and Morality
By Peter Van Buren | (Tomdispatch.com) | <p>“My guilt will never go away,” former Marine Matthew Hoh explained to me. “There is a significant portion […]
Revival of Iraqi Communism among Youth alarms Shiite Militias
Mustafa Habib | (Niqash.org) | – – Last week’s kidnapping of seven activists in Baghdad could be another sign of increasing tensions between secular parties […]