Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Saudi Arabia’s massive oil deposits and its 9.53 million barrels per day (bpd) of petroleum production make it an enormous […]
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Ten Foreign Policy Fiascos Biden Can Fix on Day One (and Should)
( Code Pink ) – Donald Trump loves executive orders as a tool of dictatorial power, avoiding the need to work through Congress. But that […]
Merchants of Arms: Who wants a Conflict with China?
By Cassandra Stimpson and Holly Zhang | – ( Tomdispatch.com ) – War: what is it good for? Apparently, in Washington’s world of think tanks, […]
Is it the Trump-Monster or capitalist Plutocracy? With 250,000 Dead, why is the US Virus Response so Particularly Bad?
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Holly Yan, Christina Maxouris and Theresa Waldrop at CNN report that the United States has passed the grim milestone of […]
Criticizing Israel is not antisemitic — it’s academic freedom
By Jasmin Zine, Greg Bird and Sara Matthews | – This summer controversy arose around the hiring of Valentina Azarova as the director of the […]
Letter regarding ongoing denial of Palestinians in Gaza right to study abroad
Committee on Academic Freedom, Middle East Studies Association Letter regarding ongoing denial of Palestinians in Gaza right to study abroad Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu Fax: […]
How the concentration of property rights within corporations has led to a rejection of democracy and a rise in inequality
By Jean-Philippe Robé | – Jean-Philippe Robé discusses how multinational enterprises morphed into political organisations with global reach and power, but without the corresponding responsibilities. […]
Is Trump leaving 2500 Troops in Iraq and in Afghanistan as a Poison Pill for Biden?
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Dustin Jones at NPR reports that Trump has instructed the Pentagon to bring most US troops home from Iraq and […]
We only need $1.5 Trillion to meet Paris climate goals, a fraction of what Gov’ts are spending on Pandemic Relief
By David L. McCollum | – As of late summer, governments around the world had pledged US$12.2 trillion of relief in response to the coronavirus […]
The Federal Gov’t owns 92% of Student Debt. Will Biden Wipe it Out?
By Sarah Anderson and Margot Rathke | – ( Inequality.org) – Washington is abuzz with ideas for actions the Biden-Harris administration could take that would […]
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