Informed Comment - Part 1479

Syria: As fierce Fighting reignites, Aleppo on brink of ‘Humanitarian Disaster’

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Syria’s largest city, Aleppo has seen a worrying outbreak of violence in the past week that […]

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Bernie Sanders

Chomsky: Sanders Mobilizes Force That Could Change the Country

TeleSur | – – During a public event on Tuesday, renowned professor Noam Chomsky took time to reflect on the political impact of the Bernie […]

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Israel/ Palestine

Seven members of Israeli ‘terror cell’ indicted for dozens of attacks on Palestinian civilians & property

By Celine Hagbard | (IMEMC) | – – Updated. On Monday, an Israeli court indicted seven Israelis, including two sons of a leading rabbi, a […]

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Republican Party

Boehner: Ted Cruz is Lucifer, most miserable SOB I’ve worked with

New York Daily News | (Video News Report) Ada Statler-Throckmorton of The Stanford Daily reported: “When specifically asked his opinions on Ted Cruz, Boehner made […]

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Fossil Fuels

The Collapse of the Old Oil Order

By Michael T. Klare | ( Tomdispatch.com) | – – Sunday, April 17th was the designated moment. The world’s leading oil producers were expected to […]

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Featured

Trump’s Foreign Policy is just GOP Boilerplate, only more Confused

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Donald Trump tried his hand at foreign policy on Wednesday, and the results weren’t any prettier […]

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censorship

Egypt arrests Hundreds to Stop Protest, including Journalists, Lawyers

Human Rights Watch | – – (Beirut) – Egyptian security forces arrested at least 382 people in the days leading up to and during the […]

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Arms Sales

Big Money in Politics Doesn’t Just Drive Inequality. It Drives War.

By Rebecca Green | ( Otherwords.org) | – – Military contractors have shelled out over $1 million to the 2016 presidential candidates — including over […]

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War