Oxford (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – After thirty years of agitation, incitement, lies and provocation, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has finally succeeded in […]
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Leader of Free World Angela Merkel Rips Bark off Trump for humiliating German Auto Industry
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – In a major speech on Saturday at the Munich Security Conference, German Chancellor Angela Merkel expressed anxiety that the world’s […]
The Geopolitics of Walls: The Sense of Security is an Illusion
The wall addresses a core psychological insecurity. Trump supporters — and many others — feel as if their own privileges are evaporating.
Capitalism vs. Socialism Is a False Choice: We need true democracy to Avoid self-extinction.
( Yes! Magazine) – Economic power is—and always has been—the foundation of political power. Those who control the peoples’ means of living rule. In a […]
40 Years after the Iranian Revolution, Can the Opposition Still Hope for Change?
All opposition groups overuse the abstract notion of “secular democracy” without clearly explaining what exactly they have in mind
Trump’s Attempt to Strongarm Europe on Iran Crashes and Burns
The agreement “is a basic pillar of the architecture of nuclear non-proliferation at the global level”
European Union has Documented Israeli War Crimes, but When Will it Punish Them?
By Kamel Hawwash | – The lack of action to bring Israel to account for more than seven decades’ worth of crimes against the Palestinian […]
Democracy and the Green New Deal Demand higher Taxes on Rich
Tie the U.S. corporate tax rate to the ratio between CEO and worker pay
Israeli Troops in Palestine Detained over 500 Palestinians, including 89 Children
This brings the number of Palestinians held in Israeli prisons to around 5,700 including 48 women and 230 children under 18.
Trump’s Wall an Ugly Scar Across Hot Zone of Biological Diversity, Threatening Endangered Species
Prevents migration of ringtail cats, bighorn sheep, kit foxes, and Mexican gray wolves