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Dilemma of the Left: How to be anti-racist, anti-War and yet oppose Radical Islamism?
By Max Farrar and Rumana Hashem | (Open Democracy) | – – After the 13/11 atrocities in Paris, with global elites increasingly turning their dreams […]
Upheaval in Palestine and Israel: Occupation and beyond (96 Palestinians, 17 Israelis Killed since Oct. 1)
By Mahmoud Jabari | (Ma’an News Agency) | – – It can be argued that the rising escalation in tensions and confrontations between the Israelis […]
8,124 Murders by Firearm in US in 2014 vs. 29 (Equiv. 144) in UK
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Revised The United States continues to be peculiar in handing out powerful magazine-fed firearms to almost […]
US to send Spec Ops troops to Iraq to fight ISIL, but do Iraqis want them?
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – US Secretary of Defense Ash Carter announced Tuesday that the US would send more Special Operations […]
Terrorist mocks Islam, talks ISIL, then shoots Muslim-American Taxi Driver on Thankgiving
TomoNews | (Video Report) | – – 1. TomoNews | – Update: The shooter is allegedly one Anthony Mohamed, the first name indicating a Christian. […]
Former US Military Chief: US invasion of Iraq spawned ISIL: (“Huge Error”)
By Nadia Prupis, staff writer| (Commondreams.org) | – – The U.S. is poised to repeat all the same mistakes in Syria that it made in […]
After 2008 Wall Street Crash, did US White Working Class Drink itself to Death?
Barbara Ehrenreich | ( Tomdispatch.com) | – – The white working class, which usually inspires liberal concern only for its paradoxical, Republican-leaning voting habits, has […]
Don’t wait for Gov’ts in Paris to fix Climate Change: We can do it Ourselves
James Dyke | (The Conversation) | – – It’s now almost certain that 2015 will be the warmest year ever recorded. However, rather than reduce […]
The End of Press Freedom in Turkey?
By Joris Leverink | (Inter Press Service) | – – ANKARA, Turkey (IPS) – Days after the 1 November general elections in Turkey, Beyza Kural, […]