Informed Comment - Part 1601

The Confederate Flag flew in Iraq as Symbol of Empire and Militarism (“Valor”)

By Greg Grandin | (Tomdispatch.com) | – – The Pentagon just can’t let go. In the wake of the Charleston Massacre, Amazon and Walmart have […]

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Children

“Books, Not Bullets,” Malala Yousafzai Urges at Oslo Summit

By Aruna Dutt | (Inter Press Service) | – – UNITED NATIONS (IPS) – Nobel Peace Prize laureate and education activist Malala Yousafzai spoke Tuesday […]

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Balkans

Desperate Afro-Asian Migrants flee war, famine through risky Balkans on The Road To EU

By Iva Martinovic | (RFE/ RL) | – – These days, the park flanking Belgrade’s bus terminal and the nearby railway station teems with migrants. […]

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Featured

Obama: No more US troops to fight Daesh/ ISIL, but more Training

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – President Obama on Monday went for a briefing at the Pentagon on the fight against Daesh […]

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Latinos

Donald Trump Tries To Backpedal But Can’t Stop Saying Racist Things

Cenk Uygur | (The Young Turks Video) | — “Donald Trump continues putting his foot in his mouth, Trump retweeted something he probably regrets and […]

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Climate Change

California’s Drought Is Part of a Much Bigger Water Crisis. Here’s What You Need to Know

By Abrahm Lustgarten, Lauren Kirchner and Amanda Zamora | (ProPublica) | — Why do I keep hearing about the California drought, if it’s the Colorado […]

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Human Rights

Daesh/ ISIL Marked Women and Children for Death in Syria’s Kobani

Human Rights Watch | (New York) — Armed militants believed to be members of Islamic State, also known as ISIS, deliberately targeted people they knew […]

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Apartheid

Security Zones Being Used to Further Expand West Bank Settlements

By IMEMC | – – “Land confiscated from Palestinians for the purpose of security buffer zones around illegal Israeli settlements in the West Bank is […]

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Banking