Informed Comment - Part 1417

The Vanity of the Billionaires: Circuses and no Bread

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Rome was a republic until between 40 and 27 BCE, when the generals overthrew it. Military […]

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Houthi

US Should Stop Making Excuses for Saudi Violations in Yemen

By Priyanka Motaparthy | ( Human Rights Watch) | – – Despite rising outrage over the bloody civilian toll in Yemen’s war, the United States […]

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Censors

Journalist Amy Goodman to Surrender and Fight Dakota Charges

By TeleSur | – – Update: North Dakota prosecutor changes charge against Amy Goodman to ‘rioting.’ The Democracy Now! host said the charge is a […]

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Iraq

Sunni Clans in Iraq threaten Reprisals against ISIL Collaborators

Kamal al-Ayash | Anbar | (Niqash.org) | – – In Ramadi, tribes are marking houses belonging to suspected Islamic State [group] collaborators with special graffiti. […]

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Christians

Were Kansas White Terrorists Self-Radicalized? or was it Trumpism?

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Tim Potter and Amy Renee Leiker of The Kansas City Star report that 3 southwest Kansas […]

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racism

Trump’s voter intimidation revives tactics of Jim Crow white supremacists

By Donald Nieman | (The Conversation) | – – Donald Trump has a lot in common with former Confederates – white southerners who “redeemed” the […]

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Islam-hatred

Muslim Americans eager to take revenge on Trump… at Ballot Box

TeleSur | – – More than 70 percent of U.S. Muslims said that they will vote for Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton in the U.S. presidential […]

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Israel/ Palestine

PA welcomes UNESCO resolution criticizing Israeli policies toward Aqsa

Ma’an News Agency | – – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Following a controversial UNESCO vote that saw the adoption of a draft resolution that sharply criticized […]

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