San Marcos, Ca. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – A morose anniversary passed this month for Iranians, as it has been more than thirty-five years […]
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Dragon v. Eagle: China & the US compete for Eurasia
By Pepe Escobar | ( Tomdispatch.com ) – – The U.S. is transfixed by its multibillion-dollar electoral circus. The European Union is paralyzed by austerity, […]
“A Profile in Cowardice” (Political Cartoon)
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“Give us Your Huddled Masses.” But Syrians “Need Not Apply.”
By Brian Glyn Williams | (Informed Comment) | – – Perhaps no words more beautifully define who we are as a people than those etched […]
Trump’s call for Spying on US Muslims recalls FBI bugging of MLK, Black Churches
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – As Donald Trump supporters beat a ‘Black Lives Matter’ protester at his rally in Birmingham, Ala., […]
Bernie Sanders: “Turning our backs on refugees destroys the idea of America”
Gwen Ifill/ Bernie Sanders | (PBS News Hour Video) | – – “Sanders: Turning away refugees destroys the idea of America Blurb: How would Democratic […]
Paris Attackers: What radicalized one Brussels Neighborhood?
By Martin Conway | (The Conversation) | – – Just as during the German invasions of 1914 and 1940, war, it seems, is coming to […]
In Bipartisan display of Bigotry, 47 Democrats Join with House GOP to Refuse Syrian Refugees
By Jon Queally, staff writer | (Commondreams.org) | – – “Not much is bipartisan these days, but apparently bigotry is something both sides of the […]
US think tank says Israel has around 115 nuclear weapons
Ma’an News Agency | – – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — A Washington-based think tank published a study Friday reporting Israel’s possession of around 115 nuclear weapons, […]
“For Paris” on Russian Missiles hitting Syria as ISIL Oil Facilities Targeted
By Juan Cole | (Informed Coment) | – – the Syrian observatory said that the Russian strikes on the eastern province of Deir al-Zor killed […]