Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Syria’s parliamentary elections on October 5 raised alarm flags for me on several grounds. First, they were not conducted on […]
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What is Congress Suing Obama about? Drones? Surveillance? Unauthorized War? Guess!
RT Redacted Tonight: “House Speaker John Boehner is suing President Obama. Is it for drone bombing or NSA surveillance? Of course not!” RT America: “You […]
Gaza’s Schools on the Battlefield (HRW)
By Bede Sheppard via Human Rights Watch Follow @BedeOnKidRights On July 30 a school in the Jabaliya refugee camp in Gaza run by the United […]
Washington Condemns Israeli Shelling of UN School w/out Mentioning Israel
BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — … [O]n Wednesday, another 16 people were killed when at least two Israeli tank shells slammed into a UN school in Jabaliya […]
Turkish Women Have Last Laugh on Twitter, Reject Gov’t Puritanism
Euronews: ‘ “A woman should not laugh in front of everyone. She should protect her honour.” These were the words which landed Turkey’s Deputy Prime […]
Gaza and Soweto
By Juan Cole On June 16, 1976, some 20,000 students rose up to protest in the slum of Soweto on the outskirts of Johannesburg. Here […]
Impeachment is a Cash Cow (Colbert Report)
Colbert Report: “Rising Calls for Obama’s Impeachment” The Colbert ReportGet More: Daily Show Full Episodes,Indecision Political Humor,The Colbert Report on Facebook ——
Veiled Mona Lisa, Missiles over Big Ben: Israeli War Propaganda Hits New Lows
By Lior Sternfeld It has been a month since the current war in Gaza started. The number of casualties is beyond our ability to comprehend. […]
Gaza and the Art of War: Palestinians Illustrate their Suffering
By Mariam Elba via Waging Nonviolence A breathtaking piece of art highlighting the struggles of Palestinians in Gaza (Bushra Shanan) It’s hard to find the […]
In Orgy of Destruction, IS Radicals reduce Ancient Iraqi Holy Sites To Rubble
By RFE/RL The Islamic State initially exhibited some restraint after entering northwestern Iraq in June, focusing on establishing control of the territories it held and […]
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