Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – In a dramatic signal that the Arab Gulf nations have completely lost faith in the American security umbrella, on Wednesday […]
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As they Liberate Villages from ISIL, Kurds drawing Syrians into Feminist Democracy
By Rahila Gupta | ( OpenDemocracy | – – Rojava is a fast moving, dynamic place where things change by the minute. What are the […]
US Centcom Commander in Syria to Coordinate Kurds, Arabs against ISIL
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Robert Burns of AP reported on the visit inside Syria of the head of the US […]
New Turkish PM Firmly Behind Erdogan on Executive Presidency
TeleSur | – – Binali Yildirim was unanimously selected by members of Turkey’s ruling party to be the country’s next prime minister. Turkey’s incoming prime […]
Student Protest, Black Lives Matter, & the Corporate University
By Aviva Chomsky | (Tomdispatch.com) | – – During the past academic year, an upsurge of student activism, a movement of millennials, has swept campuses […]
UN Overwhelmed: Climate & Conflict have created 60 mn Refugees, Half of them Children
By Baher Kamal | (Inter Press Service) | – – ROME, May 20 2016 (IPS) – “We cannot keep jumping from crisis to crisis. We […]
The Hottest Year on Record: 12th month in a row of unprecedented heat
Cenk Uygur | (The Young Turks) | – – “The planet keeps getting warmer. The level of destruction from natural disasters is also climbing. Cenk […]
Palestinians Capture Israeli Extremists Who Attacked Farmers
By IMEMC | – – Palestinian members of local neighborhood watch committee, in Talfit village, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, managed […]
Baghdad on Lockdown not from fear of ISIL but of poor Protesters
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Baghdad was a ghost town on Saturday,, as security forces fanned out, blocking key roads into […]
Egyptians “shocked” at Lieberman Appointment, note Barak’s accusation of “fascism” in Tel Aviv
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – What do Israel’s Arab neighbors think about the political earthquake that struck PM Binyamin Netanyahu’s cabinet […]
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