Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Israeli squatters on Palestinian land in the militarily occupied West Bank conducted a pogrom against the Christian-majority village of Taybeh, […]
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5 Images that refute Trump’s attack on Hero John Lewis
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – It began when Rep. John Lewis (D-GA) announced that he would not attend the inaugural of […]
6 Lessons From Nonviolent Organizing for Resisting Trumpism
The Beautiful Trouble Team | ( Waging Nonviolence ) | – – Trouble vs. Trump Drawing from the Beautiful Trouble and Beautiful Rising toolboxes, here […]
Dangers of Trump’s Militarization of Government
By Rut Diamint | (The Conversation) | – – Should Latin Americans be concerned that Donald Trump has picked General John Kelly to lead the […]
The Pope Says Yes to Palestine: Embassy Opens in Vatican
TeleSur | – – On Saturday Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will meet Pope Francis to inaugurate Palestine’s first embassy to the Holy See ahead of […]
From Syria to Sanctions, Flynn-Russia Quid Pro Quo?
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The headlines about Trump and his team on the one hand and the Russian Federation on […]
2017: The Rise of the Demagogues: Trump & the Euro-Populists
Human Rights Watch | – – (Washington, DC) – The rise of populist leaders in the United States and Europe poses a dangerous threat to […]
Assange Agrees to Extradition if US Releases Chelsea Manning
TeleSur | – – Manning is currently serving a 35-year sentence in solitary confinement for handing over 700,000 sensitive documents from the U.S. State Department. […]
Is the next big US-Iran Conflict control of Iraq-Syria Border?
Mustafa Habib| (Niqash.org) | – – The border of Syria and Iraq looks likely to be the next testing ground for the newly conciliatory – […]
All the President’s Deniers
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – This week, we’ve seen a parade of Donald J. Trump’s far-right cabinet appointees attempting to tone […]