Tiffin, Ohio (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – During some of the large anti-war demonstrations during the 1960’s some of the protesters gave flowers to the […]
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Abusing the Sea: from Garbage Dump to Rising Waters & CO2 (Lapham)
[This essay by Lewis Lapham will appear in “The Sea,” the Summer 2013 issue of Lapham’s Quarterly. This slightly adapted version is posted at TomDispatch.com with […]
Dear US Government: Your ‘Terror’ map of the Muslim World is from the Time of Shakespeare (Kurzman))
Charles Kurzman writes at Islamicommentary Screenshot of the National Counterterrorism Center’s Interactive Map, April 30, 2013. “The United States is not at war with Islam,” […]
Stateless! The Core of the Palestinian Crisis (Juan Cole Video)
My talk at the Jerusalem Fund (the 2013 Hisham B. Sharabi Memorial Lecture with Dr. Juan Cole) The Jerusalem Fund & Palestine Center: Hisham B. […]
PBS, Self-Censorship and the Koch Big Oil Empire (Democracy Now!)
Following up on a hard-hitting article by the New Yorker’s Jane Mayer, Democracy Now! asks if PBS self-censored to avoid offending a major donor, the […]
Syria needs a dozen S-300 batteries to protect itself – Russian general; Kerry Denounces Plan
Secretary of State John Kerry on Friday deplored the Russian plan to ship S-300 anti-aircraft systems to Syria, saying that it will not lead to […]
Top Ten Green Energy Good News Stories, 6/1/13
1. Scotland Goes Ahead With World’s Largest Wave Energy Project. “At 40 megawatts (MW), it will provide energy to nearly 30,000 homes” once the requisite […]
Taksim Square Protests in Turkey Spread to other Cities, Police accused of Brutality
Protests at Taksim Square in Istanbul that began by opposing the privatization of a park (one of the last spots of green in that part […]
Falsely Accused Pot Mom Released in Mexico; Case Argues for Decriminalization
The release of Yanira Maldonado from a Mexican jail after an apparent attempt to frame her for marijuana trafficking underlines the need to end the […]
A German Guru and his Solar Park for the Brahma Kumari Community in Rajasthan
The Brahma Kumari spiritual community in Mt. Abu, Rajasthan, seeks to live a life in harmony with nature. Their solution to the need for power […]
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