Istanbul (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – After nearly five decades of armed conflict with the Turkish state, the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) has begun […]
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Trump Knew COVID-19 Could Kill. He Just Didn’t Care
By Mitchell Zimmerman | – (Otherwords.org) – “Captain,” said the first mate, “we just crashed into an iceberg — the hull’s been breached!” “An iceberg. […]
Trump doesn’t Understand History any more than he Understands Epidemics
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Trump has a long history of proclaiming that he understands things better than the people who are experts in those […]
Palestinians denounce “Abraham” agreement as “normalization of Apartheid”
Belfast (Special to Informed Comment) – The normalization deal between UAE, Bahrain and Israel came as a culmination of years of talks. Regardless of the […]
Climate Emergency feedback Loop: Trees are growing faster, dying younger – and will soon store less carbon
By Roel Brienen and Emanuel Gloor | – As the world warms and the atmosphere becomes increasingly fertilised with carbon dioxide, trees are growing ever […]
Taking the Next Knee: Is this Athletic Revolt For Real and Is It a Danger to Donald Trump?
By Robert Lipsyte | – ( Tomdispatch.com ) – Last year, when LeBron James described some of President Trump’s public statements as “laughable and scary,” […]
Wagging the Dog: As Trump and Iran square off on Venezuela Oil Shipments, will US Go full Pirate of the Gulf?
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Trita Parsi writing at Responsible Statecraft wonders if the Trump administration is planning to widen its piracy against Iranian vessels […]
The Pandemic and Oil
Foreign Policy in Focus) – With oil prices down and wealthy countries bungling COVID-19, the pandemic has exposed the weaknesses that wealth papers over. During […]
How do Democrats and Republicans Differ on Palestine and Israel?
( Middle East Monitor ) -The polarized nature of American politics often makes it difficult to address fundamental differences between the country’s two main political […]
Demons of the deep state: how evangelicals and conspiracy theories combine in Trump’s America
By S Jonathon O’Donnell | – Are demons active forces in American life and politics? That is what a large number of evangelicals in the […]
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