Belfast (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – Like most Palestinians, I was initially excited about the ceasefire agreement in Gaza — even though, judging by […]
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Top 5 Contradictions in Obama’s Emerging ISIL Strategy
By Juan Cole In the past week, Secretary of State John Kerry has marshaled support of some sort from both European nations and from countries […]
Climate Change: Neoliberal Capitalism is Fundamentally at War with Life on Earth (Naomi Klein)
The National: “Naomi Klein discusses her new book This Changes Everything, in which she says it’s time to stop counting on the politicians to save […]
Arab Allies will wage Financial war on ISIL: Is it Enough?
By Charles Recknagel via RFE/RL As Washington vows to put together a broad coalition to fight Islamic State militants in Iraq and Syria, the outlines […]
ISIL Threatens to Assassinate Twitter Employees
TheLipTV: “An ISIS group has threatened to assassinate Twitter employees who close down accounts linked to the extremist group. The group tweeted urging “lone wolves” […]
The Gaza Siege is Passing from Media Memory but the Social Statistics are Still Terrifying
AJ+ “It’s been a little over two weeks since the Gaza – Israel ceasefire. The United Nations has just released a report detailing what the […]
Media, Politicians should stop Letting ISIL Manipulate them
By Juan Cole Ever since George W. Bush invaded Iraq and created the circumstances under which al-Qaeda could take root and flourish there from 2003 […]
War or Counterterrorism? John Kerry denies it is a War
By RFE/RL White House spokesman Josh Earnest said that the United States is “at war with ISIL” on September 12, after Secretary of State John […]
The Plutocracy Strikes Back: The Pathologies of Rule by a Handful of Billionaires
By Steve Fraser via Tomdispatch.com George Baer was a railroad and coal mining magnate at the turn of the twentieth century. Amid a violent and […]
The Death of Palestine: Israeli Ambition and Palestinian Weakness
By Tareq Ramadan Given the history of Israeli-Palestinian relations alongside the current policies of the Netanyahu administration, the recent Gaza episode can be viewed, in […]
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