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Rhodesian Flag, Confederate Flag: Roof & the Legacies of Racial Hate
Benjamin Foldy | (Informed Comment) | – – When the perpetrator in the horrific massacre at the Emanuel AME church in Charleston was first publicly […]
Our reply to Dylann Roof’s Hate: Donate to “Mother Emanuel” AME Church
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – There are many essential responses to the racist terrorism that attacked Emanuel AME Church, which the […]
Since 2002, Right-wing White Terrorists have Killed More Americans Than Muslim Extremists
Cenk Uygur | (The Young Turks Video) | – – “When we have certain kinds of attacks in this country, there is terrorism world-wide, it’s […]
End of Sykes-Picot: Is Independence for Iraqi Kurdistan a Decade Away?
Niqash.org | Sulaymaniyah | – – As Iraqis and Syrians fight, Kurds are holding elections and drafting laws. After Kurds also won in Turkish elections, […]
From Iran: Sanctions help the Hardliners
William Beeman | (Informed Comment) | – – Bill Beeman writes from Iran: I am continuing my trip through Iran traveling from Yazd to Isfahan […]
Down the Iraqi Rabbit Hole (Again): Washington in Wonderland
By Andrew J. Bacevich | (Tomdispatch.com) | – – There is a peculiar form of insanity in which a veneer of rationality distracts attention from […]
Another White non-Terrorist Kills 9, Makes Bomb Threats
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Update: Suspected shooter Dylann Roof has been apprehended. He had a gun with him at the […]
Why Conservatives fear Pope’s Climate Letter: A Radical Attack on the Logic of the Market
Steffen Böhm | (The Conversation) | – – What makes Pope Francis and his 187-page encyclical so radical isn’t just his call to urgently tackle […]
French Telco CEO Receives Death Threats, is Cyberstalked over Withdrawal from Israel
By IMEMC | – – Orange boss Stephane Richard has taken legal action after receiving death threats against himself and family members amid a row […]