Tiffin, Ohio (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – During some of the large anti-war demonstrations during the 1960’s some of the protesters gave flowers to the […]
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Massive Oil spill from major pipeline threatens Israel nature reserve
AFP | — “A major pipeline leak has caused oil to gush into the Arava desert in southern Israel, threatening a protected nature reserve, officials […]
Threatened by ISIL/Daesh, Kurds Maneuver between Baghdad and Ankara
Iraqi Kurds Seek Greater Balance between Ankara and Baghdad By Mohammed A. Salih ERBIL, Dec 4 2014 (IPS) – After a period of frostiness, Iraq’s […]
Why SecDef Hagel is Really Out: As usual, the War Party Won
By Tom Engelhardt (Tomdispatch.com) It was the end of the road for Chuck Hagel last week and the Washington press corps couldn’t have been more […]
Watchdog Says World Internet Freedom In Decline
By RFE/RL | — A U.S.-based rights watchdog says Internet freedom around the world has deteriorated for the fourth consecutive year, with the steepest declines […]
UN General Assembly Demands Israel Mothball its Nuclear Arsenal
By Juan Cole | — The United Nations General Assembly (where all 193 countries in the world get a vote) has almost unanimously demanded that […]
Chokehold Victim Eric Garner’s Mother: “Justice System Failed Us”
AJ+ | — “Dec. 3, 2014, New York City: The widow of Eric Garner, the unarmed black man who died after an NYPD officer killed […]
Could Years more of Syrian Civil War be Avoided by Comprehensive Talks with Iran?
By James L. Gelvin, University of California, Los Angeles The most serious attempt to bring the Syrian regime and representatives of the opposition together around […]
Court allows Glenn Beck to be Sued For Defamation By Saudi He Constantly Defamed
By Cenk Uygur (The Young Turks) | — “”The conservative commentator Glenn Beck failed to persuade a federal judge to dismiss a defamation lawsuit by […]
The Beltway Beast: How two Tribes in D.C. are Destroying the Middle Class
By Munir Moon The area inside the Beltway consists of Washington, D.C., and surrounding counties, and what I call the Beast includes defense contractors, lobbyists, […]
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