Auburn, Al. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – It’s not surprising that Pope Leo XIV took the name Leo in honor of Pope Leo XIII […]
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Global Warming: G7’s Coal Plants are Weapons of Mass Destruction aimed at World’s Poor
By Sean Buchanan | (Inter Press Service) | – – LONDON, Jun 6 2015 (IPS) – As heads of state and government of the G7 […]
Weapons of the Wet: ISIL/ Daesh Cuts water to Iraqi Towns south of Ramadi
Ben Wedeman | (CNN Video) | – – “Baghdad, Iraq (CNN) ISIS has closed off a dam to the north of the Iraqi city of […]
Iraq needs another National Party: Tariq Aziz’s Baath Party Ruined the Country
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | — Tariq Aziz, the former deputy prime minister and former foreign minister of Iraq, is dead at 79. […]
Surprise! Corporate Media declining to report on Big Money in Politics
By Deirdre Fulton, staff writer | (Commondreams.org) | – – “Now more than ever before Americans deserve to know about the need for campaign finance […]
Will the fight against ISIL Bankrupt the Iraqi Gov’t? Is it hemorrhaging hundreds of billions?
By Ibrahim Saleh | Baghdad | (Niqash.org) It’s hard to get an accurate figure on how much Iraq’s fight against the Islamic State group has […]
Yemen: Saudi Airstrikes kill 58, including dozens of Women and Children
RT | (Video report) — “Saudi-led coalition warplanes are continuing to pound Houthi targets in Yemen despite the rebels agreeing to UN-backed peace talks. The […]
Will Turkey’s Election end hopes for Turkish-Kurdish Rapprochement?
By Mustafa Gurbuz | (Informed Comment) | – – Whatever the election outcome on Sunday, prospects for Kurdish Peace Process are grim. Yet, regardless whether […]
The Wrath of Netanyahu: What does Orange Telecom’s departure from Israel really Mean for BDS?
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Stephane Richard, the CEO of the French telecommunnications company Orange embroiled himself in an international incident […]
The True Cost of America’s Ongoing Wars: Sebastian Junger, Spencer Ackerman et al.
Michael Moynihan, “The Business of Life” | VICE News Video | — “The AUMF (The “Authorization of the Use of Military Force”) was a bill […]