Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – On Thursday, the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France, passed a resolution asking European Union member states to recognize a Palestinian […]
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“The Exact measure of Injustice” (Frederick Douglass Poster)
A Memorial Day to Break your Heart (Engelhardt)
Tom Engelhardt writes at Tomdispatch.com: May is the official month of remembrance when it comes to our war dead, ending as it does on the […]
Iran, UNSC talks have the effect of Averting War
The meeting of the five permanent members of the UN Security Council plus Germany (P5+1) with Iran in Baghdad is apparently producing a lot of […]
Are Egyptians voting Ideologically?
Interpreting political behavior in a brand spanking new democracy such as Egypt is trying to become is littered with pitfalls, and these are multiplied when […]
Americans pay $1 Trillion a year for War and ‘Security’ – Why? (Hellman & Kramer)
Chris Hellman and Mattea Kramer write at Tomdispatch: Recent months have seen a flurry of headlines about cuts (often called “threats”) to the U.S. defense […]
Iran-Azerbaijan Tensions, Human Rights Outcry, over Pop Music ‘European Idol’
Iran has withdrawn its ambassador to neighboring Azerbaijan, in part over Baku’s hosting of the Eurovision pop singing contest, which the ayatollahs consider to be […]
Israel, Electric Cars, and Existential Threats
Israeli entrepreneur Shai Agassi has launched an Israeli electric car, and also arranged for four recharging stations. Israel is a perfect place for this experiment, […]
Israeli Squatters fire with Impunity at Palestinian civilians as Israeli Army watches
The slow civil war in the Palestinian West Bank, occupied illegally by Israel, between the hundreds of thousands of Israeli squatters planted there by the […]
Egypt between the Left, Muslim Fundamentalism, and the Old Regime
The campaigns of the candidates for president of Egypt drew to a close at midnight on Sunday, in preparation for voting on Wednesday and Thursday. […]
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