Oxford (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – The reports of the past few days are extremely worrying. The acrimonious and open split between President Donald […]
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Solar would be Cheaper: US Pentagon has spent $8 Trillion to Guard Gulf Oil
By Juan Cole Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel was in the Gulf on Friday at a conference of defense ministers from the region, including the […]
The Mandela Problem of the AWM Wing of the GOP
The US Republican Party has become the party of the angry white man (AWM) in the United States, which is a large part of the […]
Collective Frustration, But No Collective Action, in Qatar
Date: December 7, 2013 Author(s): Justin Gengler In late June 2013, as neighboring Arab states continued their struggles against popular pressure for political reform or […]
FBi Laptop Camera Snooping and Orwell’s 1984: Side by Side Comparison
Jon Schwartz ( @tinyrevolution ) posted this to Twitter. It is a side by side comparison of a passage from “1984” to the news report […]
Interview with Jeremy Scahill Questions “War on Terror”
Euronews asks Jeremy Scahill about his new film, “Dirty Wars,” which has been nominated for an Academy Award. Scahill was also recently interviewed at Democracy […]
Crystal Night Must not be Repeated versus other European Minorities
By Anne-Ruth Wertheim, Amsterdam Crystal Night took place on the night between 9 and 10 November 1938. Across the whole of Nazi Germany and parts […]
Today’s South Africa by the Numbers (with Photos)
Population of South Africa: 51 million (slightly larger than South Korea) Annual Gross Domestic Product (nominal): $384 billion (in neighborhood of Taiwan, Austria, UAE) Rank […]
Photo of the Day: Apartheid South Africa Sign
This sign is left over from Apartheid days and is preserved under an awning in downtown Johannesburg, South Africa as a reminder of what was. […]
Photo of the Day: Mandela Training in Algeria
h/t Sami Ben Gharbia @ifikra Nelson Mandela training with the Algerian Liberation Front in 1962. The Algerians fought an 8-year war, 1954-1962, to become independent […]
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