San Francisco (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – This week will go down in history as a time when the governing body of the Democratic […]
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Christie, Clapper and other Officials who should be in Jail instead of Snowden
(By Juan Cole) The vindictiveness toward Edward Snowden in official Washington has nothing to do with law-breaking and everything to do with the privileges of […]
US Scam: Give the Rich Money & and they might Make us Slightly Less Poor (David “The Wire” Simon)
Bill Moyers interviews David Simon on “America as Horror Show” and the fate of the “extra people” left over once the jobs were shipped to […]
Ms. Marvel Comics a lightning Rod for Islamophobic Intolerance
(By A. David Lewis for IslamiCommentary) A. David Lewis Kamala Khan is not the first Muslim superhero. She’s neither the first American Muslim superhero, the […]
Israeli Business Leaders, Fearing Boycotts, Pressure Israeli Gov’t to make Peace
(Via AFP) Israel concerned at growing boycott threat (via AFP) Israeli government and business leaders are alarmed by a growing international boycott movement and the […]
Gaza Photo Blog: Palestinian Fishermen Idled by Israeli Policies
(By Muhamad Sabah via B’Tselem) Following are images of the fishing docks in Gaza as captured by B’Tselem field researcher Muhammad Sabah. There is no […]
Dirty Fuel Corporations to American Public: Frack You!
(By Ellen Cantarow) For the past several years, I’ve been writing about what happens when big oil and gas corporations drill where people live. “Fracking” […]
US Economic Policy in Afghanistan Doomed it: From Dogmatic Privatization to Neglect of Rural Sector
(By Graciana del Castillo via The Boston Review) . . . The promises made by President Bush in April 2002 to help rebuild Afghanistan in […]
Rep. Cathy Rodgers Exemplifies GOP: Benefit from Gov’t yourself, Deny Benefits to Others
(By Juan Cole) Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers in giving her response to President Obama’s State of the Union message exemplified everything wrong with today’s Republican […]
Bad for the Jews: Israeli Annexation of Palestinian West Bank, Scarlett Johansson and BDS
(By Juan Cole) The determination of the Likud Party to annex the Palestinian West Bank is damaging the interests of world Jewry. This harm is […]
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