Chicago (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – The UN General Assembly has just (September 12) endorsed the New York Declaration on the two-state solution between […]
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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 […]
The “Bomb Iran!” Lobby Gears Up for 2016
By Sina Toossi | ( Foreign Policy in Focus) | – “A tight-knit group of neocon dead-enders is pushing Iran to the forefront of the […]
Caught in ISIL crossfire, 8.2 Million Iraqis In Need of Emergency Humanitarian Assistance
By Kanya D’Almeida | – UNITED NATIONS (IPS) – As fighting drags on between Iraqi armed forces and the Islamic State in Iraq and the […]
It’s Getting hot in Here: There never was a Pause in Global Warming: Scientists
By Jay Lawrimore | (The Conversation) | – National and international studies have shown that the Earth is warming, and with this warming, other changes […]
On eve of Turkish Election, Leftist Women Turn backs on Pres. Erdogan in Twitter Campaign
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – In Turkey, left of center and Kurdish women took to Twitter on Wednesday to post pictures […]
Boston Terrorism suspect Rahim switched from Hate Speech Activist Geller to Police as Target
WCVB Channel 5 Boston | (Video) | – – “Boston terror suspect Usaamah Rahim originally plotted to behead conservative activist Pamela Geller but changed his […]
Coal comeback in Europe threatens Climate, Environment (already kills 18,000 a year)
Euractiv | – – Forcible displacements, thousands of deaths and harmful CO2 emissions – the “2015 Coal Atlas”, published by Germany’s Heinrich Böll Foundation, shows […]