Informed Comment - Part 1386

Erdogan-Putin Syria Bromance as Turkey accuses US of backing ISIL

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Turkey and Russia are announcing they have reached a cease-fire deal in Syria. The ceasefire reached […]

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Coal

Trump mires us in carbon Swamp with fossil cronies in key roles

The Tree | (Content for Climate Communicators) | – – Instead of draining the swamp as promised, U.S. President-elect Donald Trump is doing the opposite, […]

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Books

6 Reasons Feminist Carrie Fisher Was Ahead of Her Time

TeleSur | – – While all Star Wars (male) fans only remember Carrie Fisher in her sex-slave golden bikini, the late actress had a feminist […]

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Israel Lobbies

After Israel Land-Theft Vote, will Trump & GOP Congress try to defund the UN?

By Thalif Deen | (Inter Press Service) | – – UNITED NATIONS (IPS) – The United States has had a longstanding love-hate relationship with the […]

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Now is the time for Obama to Recognize Palestine

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – I’d like to return today to an argument I made two years ago in The Nation, […]

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Green Energy

How a Green Energy Revolution in Small-Town America will make Trump Irrelevant

By James and Deborah Fallows | (The Atlantic video Report) | – – “A move towards sustainable energy is often talked about as an issue […]

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Bernie Sanders

Sanders: Trump’s Dangerous Nukes Talk Must be Challenged

By Jon Queally, staff writer | (Commondreams.org) | – – ‘Presidents, Republicans and Democrats, have understood that our goal must be to reduce the number […]

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Human Rights

Israeli TV Regulators Ban Ad for Calling Out Racism, Homophobia

By IMEMC | – – Calling Palestinian rights ‘problematic’ and LGBT rights a matter ‘in public dispute,’ the TV authority bans a public service announcement […]

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