Informed Comment - Part 1546

“Ai Weiwei Will Not Let You Forget About Europe’s Refugee Crisis (AJ+)”

Al Jazeera+ reminds the world about the ongoing refugee crisis sparked by a mass exodus of peoples from Syria…

Palestinians Need a Strategy & it must Achieve their Rights

By: Amal Ahmad | al-Shabaka | Ma’an News Agency | – – The Palestinian people began the New Year facing a bleak political situation, with […]

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Bernie Sanders

Foreign Policy Winners and Losers in Iowa

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The Iowa Caucus voters likely voted mainly on domestic policy issues, though security and terrorism have […]

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Children

Fears of Trafficking: 10,000 Refugee Children Missing In Europe

AJ+ | (Video News Report) | — “At least five children and 34 adult refugees died after their boat capsized off the Turkish coast. But […]

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Far Right

Also-Ran Trump urges Thugs to Knock ‘the Crap’ out of Protesters, will cover Legal Fees

Cenk Uygur | (The Young Turks Video Report) | – – “Donald Trump has encouraged his followers to commit violence before. Now he’s taking it […]

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Afghanistan

Iran Dragooning Thousands of Undocumented Afghans as Cannon Fodder in Syria

Human Rights Watch | – – (New York) – Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) has recruited thousands of undocumented Afghans living there to fight in […]

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Human Rights

After Prisoner Deal, Iranian Nobelist Calls on Tehran to ‘Make Peace With Its Own People’

Global Voices Online/ International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran | – – While expressing joy at Iran’s recent release of four imprisoned Iranian-Americans, Nobel […]

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Central Intelligence Agency