“Russia’s role in Iranian history since the nineteenth century is well known, to be sure. But especially for the period until World War I, it […]
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Hawaii goes Green and other Big Renewables Stories
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – The Hawaii legislature has just passed a bill by an overwhelming margin that sets a goal of […]
Is Sen. Tom Cotton right that ISIL is Winning?
John Iadarola, Jimmy Dore, Ana Kasparian | (The Young Turks) — “Senator Tom Cotton has a lot of faith in the military prowess of ISIS, […]
Palestinians: “”The face of a new form of racist, discriminatory Israel has been revealed”
By IMEMC Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s new right-wing religious “government of war” is a blow to an already stagnating peace process, PLO officials said […]
Why won’t US, Israel Ratify Nuclear Test Ban Treaty but seek Iran Sanctions?
By Kanya D’Almeida UNITED NATIONS (IPS) – With the four-week-long review conference of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) underway at the United Nations, hopes and […]
Hizbullah, Syrian Army push back al-Qaeda in Qalamoun as Christian militia mobilizes
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – Smarting from a string of losses, the proregime coalition of Hizbullah and the Syrian Arab Army is […]
Syria: What if Turkey and Saudi Arabia install al-Qaeda in Damascus?
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – Journalists such as the intrepid Liz Sly covering the Syrian Civil War were struck with the victories […]
Iraqi Shiite cleric al-Sadr threatens USA as GOP Draft Seen aiming at Partition
Mustafa Habib | Baghdad | (Niqash.org) | — Fighters loyal to cleric Muqtada al-Sadr staged a military parade after al-Sadr protested the US’ draft law. […]
HUGE WIN FOR PRIVACY! Court Rules NSA Spying Is Illegal
John Iadarola, Jimmy Dore, Ana Kasparian | (The Young Turks) | – “The second circuit court of appeals has ruled that the bulk collection and […]
The Wall Street Connection: The Clintons and their Banker Friends
By Nomi Prins | (Tomdispatch.com) | – The past, especially the political past, doesn’t just provide clues to the present. In the realm of the […]
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