Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Nadeem Badshah at The Guardian reports that British Prime Minister Keir Starmer is expected to recognize a Palestinian state today, […]
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Breadcrumbs and Circus Reruns: How and why US News gave Egypt Short Shrift (Cunningham)
Philip J. Cunningham writes in a guest column for IC When the Roman empire fell into decline, the people were treated to bread and circuses. […]
Egypt: 8 Wounded in Clashes as Salafi Fundamentalists Object to Elbaradei as PM
Amid a general calming on Saturday in Egypt, the Sinai Peninsula remained a hot spot, when a gas pipeline was bombed, probably by Muslim radicals […]
Evo Morales of Bolivia joins in Offering Leaker Snowden Asylum
Evo Morales, the president of Bolivia, on Saturday said that he would offer Edward Snowden asylum if asked. He joins the presidents of Venezuela and […]
Egypt: Fundamentalists hurl Kids from Building, Beat Them (Caution: Explicit)
This video is circulating via YouTube showing two kids being hurled from what looks like a 20-feet-high parapet to the roof of an apartment building […]
Brotherhood, Army risk Civil War: 30 Dead, Hundreds Wounded
Egypt veered sharply toward the looming specter of civil war on Friday, as the leadership of the Muslim Brotherhood continued to call for resistance to […]
Venezuela’s Maduro: Unlike US Asylees, Snowden didn’t Blow anything Up, just said ‘This is not Right’
Globovision reports that President Nicolás Maduro of Venezuela on Friday offered asylum to US leaker Edward Snowden, in order, he said, to protect him from […]
Gil Scott-Heron Explains ‘The Revolution will not be Televised’
Gil Scott-Heron explains what he meant by the phrase “The Revolution will not be Televised”
Egypt: One Soldier Dead, 3 Wounded, as Muslim Brotherhood Clashes with Army, Secularists in Provinces
The markets in Egypt reacted with sheer joy to the Egyptian Revolution 3.0, with the Egyptian stock market rising 7% and adding billions to the […]
Egypt’s “Revocouption” and the future of Democracy on the Nile
The argument over whether what happened in Egypt on Wednesday, July 3, was a coup or a revolution is really an argument over the legitimacy […]
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