Oakland, Ca. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu is trying to position Israel as the modern day Sparta, and to sell […]
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Locked up with no escape: refugees and migrants in Libya face bombs,virus and everything in between
By Marwa Mohamed | – (openDemocracy.net) – Libya today is facing its greatest challenge to date. In spite of years of internal conflict, the country […]
The Church of QAnon: Will Trumpian conspiracy theories form the basis of a dangerous new religious movement?
By Marc-André Argentino | – Followers of the QAnon movement believe in wild and dangerous conspiracy theories about U.S. President Donald Trump. Now a faction […]
Did Trump fire State Dept. Inspector to Protect Shady Arms Deal with Saudi Arabia?
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The mystery deepens. Late last Friday, Trump summarily fired the State Department Inspector General, Steve Linick. While in US law […]
Palestinian Workers in Israel and Coronavirus Vulnerability
Belfast (Special to Informed Comment) – The novel coronavirus pandemic, by its nature, highlights inequalities of race, class and gender in its victims. Palestine is […]
The Trump Administration Is Rushing Deportations of Migrant Children During Coronavirus
By Lomi Kriel | – ( ProPublica) – The girls, 8 and 11, were alone in a rented room in a dangerous Mexican city bordering […]
When Leaders like Trump call for Vigilanteism, White Supremacists have through History been Happy to Oblige
By Shannon M. Smith | – White supremacist and militia organizations are exploiting the government’s chaotic response to the coronavirus for recruitment efforts. Whatever his […]
Iran et États-Unis: l’ironie d’une curieuse affinité
Introduction par Tom Engelhardt 19 mai 2020. Traaduit de l’américain par Jean Granoux Nous sommes dans un moment religieux étrangement viral. Récemment encore, une Maison […]
Top 3 Ways Netanyahu’s New Gov’t in Israel is a Catastrophe Waiting to Happen
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Israel’s leaders have finally formed a government, after three elections that left the country in a political quagmire. The new […]
Omar Khayyam Day (5/18) in Lockdown: “My Diamond is your Ecstasy”
The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam: Quatrain of the Day For the earliest collection of verse attributed to Omar Khayyam see my just-published The Rubaiyat of […]
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