Informed Comment - Part 1600

What is terrorism? The Charleston massacre and Palestinian resistance

By Heike Schotten | (Ma’an News Agency) | – Well before the advent of the US “War on Terror,” Edward Said wrote: “As a word […]

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Climate Change

Dirty Energy vs. Clean Power The Past Battles the Future at Seneca Lake

By Ellen Cantarow | (Tomdispatch.com) | – – Let’s amend the famous line from Joni Mitchell’s “Yellow Taxi” to fit this moment in the Finger […]

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African-Americans

South Carolina removes the Physical Flag: Can it remove the Spiritual Illness of Racial Discrimination?

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The South Carolina legislature has voted to remove the Confederate flag from the grounds of the […]

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Apartheid

Amira Hass: “Let me be blunt: Gaza is a Huge Concentration Camp”

By Amira Hass / Julie Poucher Harbin | ( ISLAMICommentary) | – – by JULIE POUCHER HARBIN, EDITOR, ISLAMiCommentary Amira Hass, Haaretz correspondent for the […]

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Climate Change

Big Oil, Coal Racketeering: Corp. Memos Reveal Decades of Climate Lies

Union of Concerned Scientists | (Video Report) | – – “For nearly three decades, many of the world’s largest fossil fuel companies have knowingly worked […]

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Democratic Party

The Rear-View Mirror on Hillary Clinton’s Campaign Bus (Political Cartoon)

James MacLeod | (Political Cartoon) Via MacLeod Cartoons

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Alevis

Why defeating ISIL/ Daesh with military might is starry eyed idealism

By David Alpher | (The Conversation) | – – Just this past weekend of July 4, US-led coalition aircraft targeted the ISIS stronghold of Raqqa […]

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Christianity

As Glaciers Melt in Ecuador, Pope Francis challenges Technocrats, touts “Keeping” the Environment

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Pope Francis continues to preach environmentalism as he addresses crowds in Latin America, a challenging message […]

Juan Cole

Apartheid