Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Palestine President Mahmoud Abbas spoke remotely to the UN General Assembly on Thursday because the Trump administration denied him a […]
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Can Making Black Lives Matter Rescue a Failing State?
By Rebecca Gordon | – ( Tomdispatch) – You know that feeling when you trip on the street and instantly sense that you’re about to […]
Sauce for the Gander: Iran Seeks Interpol Red Notice on Trump for Soleimani Murder
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Mehr News Service reports that Tehran prosecutor Ali al-Qasi Mehr issued an arrest notice with Interpol on Monday for President […]
Liberty Endangered: This July 4, let’s lay claim to the freedom we’ve celebrated, but seldom practiced
By Robert P. Alvarez | ( Otherwords.org ) – When I was a child, I learned to believe that Americans valued freedom and equality more […]
The Real Enemy: US Elites Squandered Trillions on War Spending and Underfunded Public Health
By Mandy Smithberger | – In response to the Covid-19 pandemic, Washington has initiated its largest spending binge in history. In the process, you might […]
History’s crystal ball: What the past can tell us about COVID-19 and our future
(The Conversation) – During this pandemic, historians have been consulted like the Oracle of Delphi. Is COVID-19 like the Black Death? The 1918 flu? What […]
As Odd Bed Fellows Fall out, Israel bans Evangelical GOD TV for Evangelizing Jews
What did the Likud Government Expect? “Evangelical” is right there in their Name
Amid Pandemic and BLM Protests, Why Minimum Wage Must be Defended and Expanded
You can’t fault them for lack of effort. Having lost a series of political, legislative, and legal battles to defeat minimum wage increases in cities […]
What Will It Take to Defeat Trumpism? Learning Lessons from the End of the Confederacy, Nazi Germany, and Saddam’s Iraq
( Tomdispatch.com) – Let’s assume that Donald Trump loses the election in November. Yes, that’s a mighty big assumption, despite all the polls currently favoring […]
How Modern Human-Driven Climate Change began with European colonisation, mass slavery and the ‘great dying’ of the 16th century
By Mark Maslin and Simon Lewis | – The toppling of statues at Black Lives Matter protests has powerfully articulated that the roots of modern […]