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Archives: January 2017
![Trump’s Alt-Reality: White Terrorism against Mosque justifies Muslim Ban](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630221904im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/01/trumps-alt-reality-white-terrori-187x137.jpg)
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Starbucks Plans to Hire 10,000 Refugees After Trump Travel Ban
TeleSur | - - In a letter from the CEO, Starbucks told employees it would do everything possible to support affected workers. Starbucks Corp Chief Executive Officer Howard Schultz said on Sunday…![The Trump Effect: What will happen to 3 mn Syrian Refugees in Turkey?](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630221904im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/01/the-trump-effect-what-will-happe-187x137.jpg)
The Trump Effect: What will happen to 3 mn Syrian Refugees in Turkey?
By Katharine Jones and Esra Kaytaz | (The Conversation) | - - On Holocaust Memorial Day 2017 and amid the world’s greatest refugee crisis since World War II, Donald Trump imposed a…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630221904im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/01/People-from-seven-Muslim_-629x472-1-187x137.jpg)
72% of Refugees, Muslim & Otherwise, are Women and Children
By Salil Shetty | (Inter Press Service) | - - LONDON (IPS) - The gloves are off. With today’s Executive Order on “Protecting the Nation from Terrorist Attacks by Foreign Nationals,” President…![German Ambassador 1933: “Hostility to Jews Aimed Mainly at ‘Immigrants'”](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630221904im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/01/german-ambassador-1933-hostility-187x137.jpg)
German Ambassador 1933: “Hostility to Jews Aimed Mainly at ‘Immigrants'”
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Here are two newspaper articles from spring, 1933. They concern the issue of early Nazi policy toward Germany's Jews. In the first, the…![Demonizing Muslims: White Quebec Terrorists kill 5 in attack on Mosque](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630221904im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/01/demonizing-muslims-white-quebec-187x137.jpg)
Demonizing Muslims: White Quebec Terrorists kill 6 in attack on Mosque
TeleSur | - - Incidents of Islamophobia have increased in Quebec in recent years amid a political debate over banning the niqab. At least two people have been arrested in the aftermath…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630221904im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/01/bankersprins-180x137.jpg)
From ‘Draining the Swamp’ to Bankocracy: All Trump’s Betrayals
By Nomi Prins | ( Tomdispatch.com | - - Irony isn’t a concept with which President Donald J. Trump is familiar. In his Inaugural Address, having nominated the wealthiest cabinet in American…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630221904im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/01/blnd2-1-187x137.png)
This time Dr. Strangelove is President: On the Political Psychology of Donald Trump
By Daniel Brumberg | (Informed Comment) | - - Is Donald Trump rational? Is he sane? Often posed before his election, this question is now a matter of urgent debate among commentators,…![The Sadism of Racist Exclusion: Courts Temporarily Block Trump](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630221904im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/01/the-sadism-of-racist-exclusion-c-187x137.jpg)
The Sadism of Racist Exclusion: Courts Temporarily Block Trump
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Picking on immigrants and refugees is the act of a sadistic bully, since they are the one fairly large group of residents of…![Trump renders Green Cards for 250,000 Iraqis and Iranians Worthless](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630221904im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/01/trump-renders-green-cards-for-25-187x137.jpg)
Trump renders Green Cards for 250,000 Iraqis and Iranians Worthless
By Marcelo Rochabrun | ProPublica | - - Update: A spokeswoman for the Department of Homeland Security told Reuters on Saturday morning that the President’s executive order will, in fact, stop green…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630221904im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/01/walln-1-187x137.jpg)
Mexico ‘Astonished’ at Israel’s Netanyahu’s Tweet backing Wall
TeleSur | - - Earlier on Saturday, Netanyahu tweeted: "President Trump is right. I built a wall along Israel's southern border... Great success. Great idea." Mexico's government on Saturday rebuked Israel for…![Persecution and the threat to the refugee system](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630221904im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/01/persecution-and-the-threat-to-th-187x137.jpg)
Persecution and the threat to the refugee system
By Brad K. Blitz | (OpenDemocracy.net) | - - We need to accept that for millions of refugees persecution is the principal reason for flight today as it was before, during and…![Trump Visa Denials target same countries Bush vowed to Overthrow](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630221904im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/01/trump-visa-denials-target-same-c-187x137.jpg)
Trump Visa Denials target same countries Bush vowed to Overthrow
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Trump's shameful halt to the admission of refugees for 6 months and his 3-month pause in allowing entry to the US from seven…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630221904im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/01/Israeli_settlements_5872825037-1-187x137.jpg)
New report reveals top Israeli official living in illegal colonial settlement
IMEMC News | - - An Israeli Finance Minister, who is in charge of implementing a law to demolish Palestinian homes in the West Bank, is himself living in an unlicensed building…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630221904im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/01/implode-1-187x137.jpg)
Trump sees Press as Public Enemy No. 1 – Reporters w/out Borders
By IPS News Desk | - - ROME (IPS) - “Alarmed” by the new administration’s “repeated attacks on the media and blatant disregard for facts in the first three days of Donald…![Trump Is Carpet-Bombing . . . U.S. Foreign Policy](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630221904im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/01/trump-is-carpet-bombing-u-s-fore-187x137.jpg)
Trump Is Carpet-Bombing . . . U.S. Foreign Policy
By Phyllis Bennis | ( Foreign Policy in Focus ) | - - Already Trump is super-charging U.S. militarism, gutting diplomacy, and punishing the victims of wars Washington started. Very soon, Donald…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630221904im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/01/fakheri-1-187x137.jpg)
Torture works . . . to produce Fake News (and that’s how we Got into Iraq)
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - I told this story back in 2005 but it is a good story, has held up, and bears repeating now that President Trump…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630221904im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/01/splinterlandspbk-2-180x137.jpg)
From Ugly American to American Bully
By William J. Astore | ( Tomdispatch.com ) | - - I came of age during America's Cold War with the Soviet Union, witnessing its denouement while serving in the U.S. military.…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630221904im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/01/8126627367_0d68501294_k-600x300-1-187x137.jpg)
How Trump’s ‘Alternative Facts’ Will bite his own Supporters on the Ass
By Peter Certo | ( Otherwords.org ) | - - If Trump can sell a plain-as-day lie about his inauguration crowd, he can lie about anything — including things that hurt his…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630221904im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/01/nationalpark-1.jpg_1718483346-1-187x137.jpg)
US Government Scientists Go ‘Rogue’ in Defiance of Trump
TeleSur | - - Twitter accounts are being used as a tool of resistance to fight censorship and bring reliable scientific information to the public. Employees from more than a dozen U.S.…![Iraqi Leaders Denounce Trump over Oil, Jerusalem; US Troops in Political Crossfire](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630221904im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/01/iraqi-leaders-denounce-trump-ove-187x137.jpg)
Iraqi Leaders Denounce Trump over Oil, Jerusalem; US Troops in Political Crossfire
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Since his inauguration, Donald J. Trump has not been making a good impression in Iraq, where the US has 6,000 troops, according to…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630221904im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/01/tyger-378x230-1-187x137.gif)
In a Dark Time, the Eye Begins to See: Going Local, remaining Indivisible
By H Patricia Hynes | (Informed Comment) | - - “In a dark time, the eye begins to see.” Writing decades ago, the poet Theodore Roethke could not have foreseen these dimmest…![Why the Great Wall of Trump will be a Costly Failure](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630221904im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/01/why-the-great-wall-of-trump-will-187x137.jpg)
Why the Great Wall of Trump will be a Costly Failure
David Cook Martín | (The Conversation) | - - Donald Trump tweeted on Jan. 6 that “any money spent on building the Great Wall (for the sake of speed), will be paid…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630221904im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/01/413506C-1-187x137.jpg)
Council of Europe condemns illegal Israeli siege of Gaza as ‘collective punishment’
Ma'an News Agency | - - BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) -- The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe adopted a report on Tuesday outlining the dire humanitarian situation in the besieged Gaza Strip…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630221904im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/01/Shepard-GreaterThanFear-Flag-Hijab-720x960-1-187x137.jpg)
Trump’s Visa Ban is about anti-Muslim Bigotry, not Security
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Reuters is reporting that on Wednesday, Trump will announce a halt to the issuing of visas to citizens of Syria, Iraq, Iran, Libya,…![The Dutch to Trump: We have the Second best Words](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630221904im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/01/the-dutch-to-trump-we-have-the-s-187x137.jpg)
The Dutch to Trump: We have the Second best Words
VPRO zondag met lubach | (Video Satire> | - - "The whole world was watching for the inauguration of the 45th president of the United States: Donald J. Trump. Because we realize…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630221904im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/01/splinterlandspbk-1-180x137.jpg)
Trump’s ‘nationalism’ is just the Globalism of the 1%
By John Feffer | ( Tomdispatch.com) | - - Donald Trump is a worldly fellow. He travels the globe on his private jet. He’s married to a Slovene and divorced from a…![Trump Signs Executive Orders Pushing Dakota, Keystone Pipelines](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630221904im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/01/trump-signs-executive-orders-pus-187x137.jpg)
Trump Signs Executive Orders Pushing Dakota, Keystone Pipelines
TeleSur | - - The decision comes as a blow to environmentalists and Indigenous groups opposing the controversial projects. U.S. President Donald Trump signed executive orders Tuesday to revive the controversial Dakota…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630221904im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/01/zip-1-187x137.jpg)
Israeli former Minister Cancels Belgium Visit fearing Arrest for Gaza War Crimes
IMEMC News | - - Former Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni has reportedly cancelled her trip to Belgium, according to the PNN, over threats of arrest for war crimes in Gaza. On…![Trump to al-Sisi: Syria’s al-Assad is a Brave, steadfast Man](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630221904im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/01/trump-to-al-sisi-syrias-al-assad-187x137.jpg)
Trump to al-Sisi: Syria’s al-Assad is a Brave, steadfast Man (Beirut Report)
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - al-Diyar (The Lands) [Beirut] reports on what Egyptian officials allegedly leaked about the telephone conversation between Donald J. Trump and Egyptian president `Abdel…![Netanyahu vows Israeli squatter settlement expansion in Palestinian E. Jerusalem](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630221904im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/01/netanyahu-vows-israeli-squatter-187x137.jpg)
Netanyahu vows Israeli squatter settlement expansion in Palestinian E. Jerusalem
Ma'an News | - - BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) -- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu promised his far-right government on Sunday that he would lift all restrictions on settlement construction in occupied East Jerusalem,…![Your Presidency Sucks: The Republican Party and its Orange Bunny](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630221904im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/01/your-presidency-sucks-the-republ-187x137.jpg)
Your Presidency Sucks: The Republican Party and its Orange Bunny
By David Faris | (Informed Comment) | - - When the late Roger Ebert saw director Vincent Gallo’s film The Brown Bunny at the Cannes Film Festival in 2003, he gave it…![Oil-Rich Arab States Quietly Join Israel in Cheering for Trump](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630221904im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/01/oil-rich-arab-states-quietly-joi-187x137.jpg)
Oil-Rich Arab States Quietly Join Israel in Cheering for Trump
TeleSur | - - Saudi Arabia and its Persian Gulf Arab allies are happy to see Obama leave office as President Donald Trump would be “very, very tough” on Iran. While the…![Will Saudi Reforms be enough to Forestall big Trouble ahead?](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630221904im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/01/will-saudi-reforms-be-enough-to-187x137.jpg)
Will Saudi Reforms be enough to Forestall big Trouble ahead?
By Bernard Haykel | (Project Syndicate) | - - In 2017, Saudi Arabia will continue to pursue two key goals: to reduce its economy's dependence on oil revenues and government spending; and…![Kurds Will Come Together to Discuss Independence With Baghdad](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630221904im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/01/kurds-will-come-together-to-disc-187x137.jpg)
Kurds Will Come Together to Discuss Independence With Baghdad
TeleSur | - - Kurdish independence “is a reality that will come true,” said Masoud Barzani, President of the Kurdistan Region in northern Iraq. Kurdish parties will meet with the Iraqi government…![Trump to CIA: We now have 2nd Chance to take Iraq’s Oil](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630221904im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/01/trump-to-cia-we-now-have-2nd-cha-187x137.jpg)
Trump to CIA: We now have 2nd Chance to take Iraq’s Oil
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Donald Trump has had a contentious relationship with the US intelligence community, in part over their conviction that the Russian Federation attempted to…![Dispatch from DC: On the National Mall, the state of a nation](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630221904im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/01/dispatch-from-dc-on-the-national-187x137.jpg)
Dispatch from DC: On the National Mall, the state of a nation
By Lisa Benton-Short | (The Conversation) | - - On Jan. 20, Americans focused their attention on Washington, D.C., as the presidential inauguration ceremony took place on the National Mall, a place…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630221904im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/01/laprotest-1-187x137.gif)
Protesters Face Increasing Criminalization in Trump Era
TeleSur | - - Changes aim to hit protestors with criminal records and beefed up fines and impunity for police who accidentally kill them. Donald Trump was officially sworn in Friday as…![All the terrible things Trump plans to do to Women (besides that one)](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630221904im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/01/all-the-terrible-things-trump-pl-187x137.jpg)
All the terrible things Trump plans to do to Women (besides that one)
By Juan Cole | - - About 1 million women and their supporters demonstrated in Washington, D. C. on Saturday, but many millions more rallied in cities like New York, Chicago, Los…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630221904im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/01/413519C-1-187x137.jpg)
Thousands of Palestinian-Israelis rally after Israel Razed Bedouin Village
Ma'an News Agency | - - ARARA (Ma'an) -- Thousands of demonstrators took to the streets Saturday in the town of Arara in northern Israel, in the wake of a demolition campaign…![The left’s response to Trump and US Neofascism must be international](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630221904im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/01/the-lefts-response-to-trump-and-187x137.jpg)
The left’s response to Trump and US Neofascism must be international
By Sayantan Ghosal | (The Conversation) | - - With Donald Trump’s inauguration as American president, one more event considered by many to be beyond the realm of possibility has come to…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630221904im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/01/ldah6rdp6ukvngoyqi1fcg-187x137.gif)
Translating Trump’s inaugural Speech from the original German
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Donald Trump's inaugural speech, like the candidate himself, was a chain of falsehoods, saber-rattling and scary Neofascist uber-nationalism. But it could be difficult…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630221904im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/01/bgd_img-1-187x137.jpg)
The Future of Iraq? As Police Lose Control Of Streets, Militias Take Over
Mustafa Habib | (Baghdad) | (Niqash.org) | - - The volunteer militias formed to fight the Islamic State group are now policing Baghdad’s neighbourhoods. But as they do, they compete with the…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630221904im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/01/lastunicorn-180x137.jpg)
Top 3 Ways to rig an Election
By William deBuys | ( Tomdispatch.com ) - - Donald Trump was right. The election was rigged. What Trump got wrong (and, boy, does he get things wrong) is that the rigging…![Even after Russia included US in Syria Peace Talks, can they Succeed?](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630221904im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/01/even-after-russia-included-us-in-187x137.jpg)
Even after Russia included US in Syria Peace Talks, can they Succeed?
By Mohammed Nuruzzaman | (Informed Comment) | - - The Middle East keeps going its way as usual, continuously creating global news headlines. Two such current and hot news events are the…![The Inauguration of White Supremacy](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630221904im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/01/the-inauguration-of-white-suprem-187x137.jpg)
The Inauguration of White Supremacy
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Trump's cabinet has no Latinos, the first time that minority, which comprises 18 percent of Americans, is absent for twenty-five years. Trump famously…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630221904im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/01/148486081875814-1-187x137.jpg)
Is Trump the Shock America needs to Transition to Social Democracy?
David Graham Sweet | (Informed Comment) | - - Here on the “Left Coast” there’s much anguish & foreboding over the results of our recent election, and talk of “resistance.” I’m anguished…![How Much is a Palestinian Life Worth? Disappointment at Azaria Sentence](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630221904im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/01/how-much-is-a-palestinian-life-w-187x137.jpg)
How Much is a Palestinian Life Worth? Disappointment at Azaria Sentence
By Ilaria Grasso Macola | (GlobalVoices.org) | - - On January 4, 2017, Elor Azaria, an Israel Defense Forces (IDF) soldier, was convicted of manslaughter by the Israeli military court. Azaria, now…![Will Donald Trump bring back torture? Can Foreign leaders stop him?](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630221904im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/01/will-donald-trump-bring-back-tor-187x137.jpg)
Will Donald Trump bring back torture? Can Foreign leaders stop him?
By Vincent Charles Keating | (The Conversation) | - - There can be no doubt that the swearing in of Donald Trump on January 20 will usher in a new era for…![All Dutch Electric Trains are Wind-Powered & other Advances Trump’s US will Miss out On](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630221904im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/01/all-dutch-electric-trains-are-wi-187x137.jpg)
All Dutch Electric Trains are Wind-Powered & other Advances Trump’s US will Miss out On
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Although Donald Trump has complained about America's failing airports, bridges and roads and expressed admiration for those of Dubai, his opposition to green…![Along with pardoning Manning, Obama should have repealed 1917 Espionage Act](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630221904im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/01/along-with-pardoning-manning-oba-187x137.jpg)
Along with pardoning Manning, Obama should have repealed 1917 Espionage Act
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - In a daring and bold move that showed his profound humanitarian side, President Obama has commuted the 35-year sentence of Chelsea Manning, a…![Will Americans go along with Authoritarian Trumpism?](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630221904im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/01/will-americans-go-along-with-aut-187x137.jpg)
Will Americans go along with Authoritarian Trumpism?
By Thomas Pepinsky | (TeleSur) | - - Everyday life in the modern authoritarian regime is boring and tolerable. Malaysia is a country that I know well, and whose political system I…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630221904im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/01/353332C-1-187x137.jpg)
Palestinian Parliamentarians say Israeli Legislation aims to annex West Bank
Ma'an News Agency | - - BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) -- The Israeli parliament, the Knesset, passed a controversial bill on Tuesday that would allow verdicts from military court proceedings in the occupied West…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630221904im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/01/klarepbk2012-180x137.jpeg)
Screwed?: 4 Top International Crises we have to depend on Trump to Resolve
By Michael T. Klare | ( Tomdispatch.com) | - - Within months of taking office, President Donald Trump is likely to face one or more major international crises, possibly entailing a risk…![Trump feuds with Merkel, EU, BMW, NATO, China, CIA but not with Putin](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630221904im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/01/trump-feuds-with-merkel-eu-bmw-n-187x137.jpg)
Trump feuds with Merkel, EU, BMW, NATO, China, CIA but not with Putin
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Donald Trump picked a fight with almost everyone but his buddy Vladimir Putin this weekend. His continued tweaking of China over its claims…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630221904im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/01/sepp_blatter_and_putin-187x137.jpeg)
Credible: Author of Trump’s dirty dossier ‘had UK agencies’ for clients
By Georgi Gotev, James Crisp | Euractiv.com | - - EXCLUSIVE/ Christopher Steele, the former MI6 spy and author of the dirty dossier on President-elect Donald Trump, claimed to have carried out…![World’s Richest 8–All Men–as Wealthy as Half of Humanity: Oxfam](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630221904im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/01/worlds-richest-8-all-men-as-weal-187x137.jpg)
World’s Richest 8–All Men–as Wealthy as Half of Humanity: Oxfam
TeleSur | - - The world will have its first trillionaire in only 25 years, the organization found. Just eight individuals, all men, own as much wealth as half of the world's…![Israeli Soldiers Uproot Hundreds Of Olive Tree For Illegal Colonialist Road](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630221904im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/01/israeli-soldiers-uproot-hundreds-187x137.jpg)
Israeli Soldiers Uproot Hundreds Of Olive Trees For Illegal Colonialist Road
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Trump and the Pee-Pee Party: Alec Baldwin at SNL
NBC's Saturday Night Live | (Video Skit) | - - "President-elect Donald Trump (Alec Baldwin) holds his first press conference since getting elected." Donald Trump Press Conference Cold Open - SNL![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630221904im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/01/segregation-1-187x137.png)
In the Age of Trumpian Reaction, is MLK’s Legacy to the 99% being Reversed?
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Reaction has two main meanings in English. One is to respond to some new situation (not specifying the nature of the reaction). The…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630221904im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/01/trumpcrowd-1-187x137.jpg)
Instead of Stereotyping Trump Voters, Progressives need to Get them Back
By George Lakey | ( Waging Nonviolence ) | - - In ordinary times, progressives might get away with casual images of their political opponents, but these are not ordinary times. If…![Islam Ban sought by Far Right Austrian Party founded by ex-Nazis](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630221904im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/01/islam-ban-sought-by-far-right-au-187x137.jpg)
Islam Ban sought by Far Right Austrian Party founded by ex-Nazis
TeleSur | - - Before he announced his proposal, Strache warned the crowd of the “existential threat” posed by Islam to Europe. As the vortex of right-wing populism courses through Europe, Austria…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630221904im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/01/John_lewis_official_biopic-1-187x137.jpg)
5 Images that refute Trump’s attack on Hero John Lewis
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - It began when Rep. John Lewis (D-GA) announced that he would not attend the inaugural of Donald J. Trump because he did not…6 Lessons From Nonviolent Organizing for Resisting Trumpism
The Beautiful Trouble Team | ( Waging Nonviolence ) | - - Trouble vs. Trump Drawing from the Beautiful Trouble and Beautiful Rising toolboxes, here are six key concepts that may prove…![Dangers of Trump’s Militarization of Government](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630221904im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/01/dangers-of-trumps-militarization-187x137.jpg)
Dangers of Trump’s Militarization of Government
By Rut Diamint | (The Conversation) | - - Should Latin Americans be concerned that Donald Trump has picked General John Kelly to lead the United States Department of Homeland Security? Kelly…![The Pope Says Yes to Palestine: Embassy Opens in Vatican](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630221904im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/01/the-pope-says-yes-to-palestine-e-187x137.jpg)
The Pope Says Yes to Palestine: Embassy Opens in Vatican
TeleSur | - - On Saturday Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will meet Pope Francis to inaugurate Palestine’s first embassy to the Holy See ahead of Paris peace talks. On Saturday Palestine will…![From Syria to Sanctions, Flynn-Russia Quid Pro Quo?](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630221904im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/01/from-syria-to-sanctions-flynn-ru-187x137.jpg)
From Syria to Sanctions, Flynn-Russia Quid Pro Quo?
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - The headlines about Trump and his team on the one hand and the Russian Federation on the other are coming fast and furious.…![2017: The Rise of the Demagogues: Trump & the Euro-Populists](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630221904im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/01/2017-the-rise-of-the-demagogues-187x137.jpg)
2017: The Rise of the Demagogues: Trump & the Euro-Populists
Human Rights Watch | - - (Washington, DC) – The rise of populist leaders in the United States and Europe poses a dangerous threat to basic rights protections while encouraging abuse by…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630221904im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/01/assange-1-187x137.jpg)
Assange Agrees to Extradition if US Releases Chelsea Manning
TeleSur | - - Manning is currently serving a 35-year sentence in solitary confinement for handing over 700,000 sensitive documents from the U.S. State Department. WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will agree to…![Is the next big US-Iran Conflict control of Iraq-Syria Border?](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630221904im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/01/is-the-next-big-us-iran-conflict-187x137.jpg)
Is the next big US-Iran Conflict control of Iraq-Syria Border?
Mustafa Habib| (Niqash.org) | - - The border of Syria and Iraq looks likely to be the next testing ground for the newly conciliatory – yet unsteady – relationship between Iran and…![All the President’s Deniers](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630221904im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/01/all-the-presidents-deniers-187x137.jpg)
All the President’s Deniers
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - This week, we've seen a parade of Donald J. Trump's far-right cabinet appointees attempting to tone themselves down (with help from pliant GOP…![Israeli Parliament self-boycotts by seeking to Ban BDS Supporters from Israel](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630221904im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/01/israeli-parliament-self-boycotts-187x137.jpg)
Israeli Parliament self-boycotts by seeking to Ban BDS Supporters from Israel
Ma'an News Agency | - - BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) -- A Knesset committee approved on Wednesday a first reading of a bill that would ban supporters of the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS)…The US media pack needs to rediscover its teeth, for the Sake of Democracy
By Carmel O'Toole | (The Conversation) | - - In the style of some thuggish boxing promoter at a weigh in, the US president-elect, Donald Trump, gave us a clear and unsavoury…![The Russian Honeypot: Putin has had big plans for Donald Trump](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630221904im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/01/the-russian-honeypot-putin-has-h-187x137.jpg)
The Russian Honeypot: Putin has had big plans for Donald Trump
By John Feffer | Foreign Policy in Focus | - - [I wrote this article about Russian efforts to cultivate Donald Trump as an asset last week for a Korean newspaper where…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630221904im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/01/menonconceit-180x137.jpg)
The Iranian Connection in the Age of Trump
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Trump does Poor imitation of Tin-Pot Dictator at “Press Conference”
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - In his first news conference in months, president-elect Donald J. Trump engaged in a series of petulant tirades. For anyone like myself, who…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630221904im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/01/41qRIpDIQhL._SX335_BO1204203200_-1-187x137.jpg)
US Iraq-Afghanistan ‘Burn Pits’ – Poisoning America’s Soldiers
Reviewed by H. Patricia Hynes | (Truthdig) | - - “The Burn Pits: The Poisoning of America’s Soldiers” A book by Joseph Hickman They are called “this generation’s Agent Orange”—the open fire…![If Trump moves US Embassy to Jerusalem, all Hell will Break Loose](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630221904im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/01/if-trump-moves-us-embassy-to-jer-187x137.jpg)
If Trump moves US Embassy to Jerusalem, all Hell will Break Loose
By Phyllis Bennis | (Institute for Policy Studies) | - - If the U.S. goes ahead with the GOP plan, says Phyllis Bennis, "all bets are off." In of the very first…![Last Year the US Dropped 26,171 Bombs on 7 Muslim-Majority Countries](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630221904im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/01/last-year-the-us-dropped-26171-b-187x137.jpg)
Last Year the US Dropped 26,171 Bombs on 7 Muslim-Majority Countries
TeleSur | - - The countries include Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya, Yemen, Somalia and Pakistan. In the waning days of the Obama administration, new research by the Council on Foreign Relations, CFR,…![Climate Activists fear Tillerson, Call him Out for Lying About Warming During Hearing](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630221904im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/01/climate-activists-fear-tillerson-187x137.jpg)
Climate Activists fear Tillerson, Call him Out for Lying About Warming During Hearing
By Deirdre Fulton, staff writer | ( Commondreams.org ) | - - 'Listening to his hearing, it would be easier to conclude Tillerson is under criminal investigation than under consideration for secretary…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630221904im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/01/IMG_6720-1-187x137.jpg)
Informed Comment Fundraiser Success- with Profound thanks
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Many, many thanks to everyone who contributed during the annual IC Fundraiser! I'm bowled over by your generosity, and pledge to keep Informed…![For Russian hold on Trump, follow the Money, not the Sex tapes](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630221904im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/01/for-russian-hold-on-trump-follow-187x137.jpg)
For Russian hold on Trump, follow the Money, not the Sex tapes
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Buzzfeed has published the unverified allegations by a former MI6 analyst with good Russian contacts, contained in a two-page hitherto secret annex to…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630221904im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/01/gordonnuremberg-180x137.jpg)
A Living Wage & a Right to Live: Resisting a government of Generals and Billionaires
By Rebecca Gordon | (Tomdispatch.com) | - - Many of the folks I know are getting ready to play serious defense in 2017, and they’re not wrong. Before we take up our…![As Trump guns for Iran Deal, can its Reformists survive death of Hashemi-Rafsanjani?](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630221904im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/01/as-trump-guns-for-iran-deal-can-187x137.jpg)
As Trump guns for Iran Deal, can its Reformists survive death of Hashemi-Rafsanjani?
By Farhang Jahanpour | (Informed Comment) | - - Ayatollah Akbar Hashemi-Rafsanjani’s death on Sunday January 8 in Tehran at the age of 82 marks the end of an era in Iran’s…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630221904im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/01/image-20170110-29009-16s2n1m-750x500-1-187x137.jpg)
Understanding Islam means understanding its and our Multiculturalism
Kishwar Rizvi | (The Conversation) | - - There has been much misinformation about Islam. Reports in Western media tend to perpetuate stereotypes that Islam is a violent religion and Muslim women…![Obama’s Farewell Address: Racial Discrimination a Challenge Ahead](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630221904im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/01/obamas-farewell-address-racial-d-187x137.jpg)
Obama’s Farewell Address: Racial Discrimination a Challenge Ahead
NBC | (Video Report) | - - "As President Barack Obama's time in office comes to a close, he delivers his Farewell Address from Chicago." President Barack Obama's Farewell Address (Full Speech)…![Welcome to Psychopathocracy](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630221904im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/01/welcome-to-psychopathocracy-187x137.jpg)
Welcome to Psychopathocracy
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - We are now on the brink of a new form of government, undreamed of by Aristotle, who spoke of monarchy, aristocracy and democracy.…![Turkish President Erdogan Sees Better Ties with US Under Trump](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630221904im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/01/turkish-president-erdogan-sees-b-187x137.jpg)
Turkish President Erdogan Sees Better Ties with US Under Trump
TeleSur | - - "I believe we will accelerate dialogue when Mr. Trump takes office," Erdogan said. Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday he believed relations with Washington would improve under…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630221904im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/01/image-20170108-18659-1fbqo3l-187x137.jpg)
Exxon’s Rex Tillerson and the rise of Big Oil in American politics
Brian C. Black | (The Conversation) | - - “How Big Oil Bought the White House and Tried to Steal the Country” is the subtitle of a book that tells the story…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630221904im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/01/penceisrael-1-187x137.jpg)
‘Onward Christian Zionists’: Trump, Israel and the Inauguration
Shalom Goldman | (Informed Comment) | - - While US support for Israel has never been stronger (witness the 38 billion dollar aid package signed by the president in December) the perception…![Meryl Streep calls out Trump: Having Bully-in-Chief Coarsens whole Culture](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630221904im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/01/meryl-streep-calls-out-trump-hav-187x137.jpg)
Meryl Streep calls out Trump: Having Bully-in-Chief Coarsens whole Culture
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Occasionally entertainment and politics intersect, often hitting a false note. You never want your screenplay to be, as they say in Hollywood, "on…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630221904im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/01/bacevichamericaswar-180x137.jpg)
How the Arrogance of Cold War Triumph brought us this Low
By Andrew J. Bacevich | ( Tomdispatch.com ) | - - The fall of the Berlin Wall in October 1989 abruptly ended one historical era and inaugurated another. So, too, did the…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630221904im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/01/51988225-1-187x137.jpg)
Comey should be fired if it’s the last thing Obama Does
By William W. Keller | (Informed Comment) | - - James Comey is keeping a low profile these days. Not even a peep. Not even after the FBI, CIA, and NSA finally…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630221904im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/01/ntyu-1-187x137.gif)
Israel’s Netanyahu bribed Major Newspaper to get Positive Coverage
TeleSur | - - The Israeli right-wing leader tried to negotiate with the owner of a critical and highly circulated newspaper to get positive coverage. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, under police…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630221904im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/01/icon-set-1142000_1280-1-187x137.png)
10 Social Media Lessons from the Middle East for 2017
by Damian Radcliffe | ( Mediashift.org ) The past year has been another fascinating 12 months for social media watchers in the Middle East. I’ve been charting these developments in an annual…![US Media outraged by Russia, won’t Notice Israeli plot on UK Parliament](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630221904im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/01/us-media-outraged-by-russia-wont-187x137.jpg)
US Media outraged by Russia, won’t Notice Israeli plot on UK Parliament
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment)- - Washington is obsessed by the story put out by US intelligence agencies that Russia tried to interfere in the US presidential election. But for reasons…![Liberal Berlin Fights Fake Nazi anti-Muslim News by Bannon’s Breitbart](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630221904im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/01/liberal-berlin-fights-fake-nazi-187x137.jpg)
Liberal Berlin Fights Fake Nazi anti-Muslim News by Bannon’s Breitbart
TeleSur | - - The "news" story portrayed a deliberate attack on a Dortmund church by a "mob" of Muslims. Far-right white nationalist website Breitbart has been criticized by German authorities and…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630221904im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/01/berbers-378x230-1-187x137.png)
Reflections by a Middle Easterner on the Electoral College as a Remnant of Elite Tribalism
By Hsain Ilahiane | (Informed Comment) | - - The Founding Fathers wrote the electoral college in the United States Constitution. In late summer 2004, I became a naturalized United States citizen…![Those Times the NSA Hacked America’s Allies](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630221904im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/01/those-times-the-nsa-hacked-ameri-187x137.jpg)
Those Times the NSA Hacked America’s Allies
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - The hysteria about Russian hacking of the Democratic National Committee and the Republican National Committee servers and the phishing scam run on Hillary…![Under Saudi Bombing, Specter of Famine Haunts Yemen’s Children](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630221904im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/01/under-saudi-bombing-specter-of-f-187x137.jpg)
Under Saudi Bombing, Specter of Famine Haunts Yemen’s Children
By Tharanga Yakupitiyage | (Inter Press Service) | - - UNITED NATIONS, Jan 6 2017 (IPS) - Millions of Yemenis could soon face widespread famine if no action is taken to improve…![Pain and torture: state violence in Egypt](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630221904im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/01/pain-and-torture-state-violence-187x137.jpg)
Pain and torture: state violence in Egypt
By Maged Mandour | ( OpenDemocracy.net) | - - The root of state violence and torture is not poor police training, nor a political decision that can be reversed, it is the…![Bruited Trump pick for Nat’l Intel shreds 4th Amendment, wants Total Surveillance](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630221904im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/01/bruited-trump-pick-for-natl-inte-187x137.jpg)
Bruited Trump pick for Nat’l Intel shreds 4th Amendment, wants Total Surveillance
TeleSur | - - On Thursday multiple mainstream media outlets reported that U.S. President-elect Donald Trump has picked former Republican Senator Dan Coats, an outspoken advocate of illegal domestic surveillance programs, to…![Circus of Liars: How Trump & GOP are Twisted into Pretzels over Putin Hack](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630221904im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/01/circus-of-liars-how-trump-gop-ar-187x137.jpg)
Circus of Liars: How Trump & GOP are Twisted into Pretzels over Putin Hack
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Donald J. Trump has picked another fight with the elders of his own Republican Party, over whether Russia engaged in hacking aimed at…![Violence brought us Trump, but Nonviolent Protest will Stop Him](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630221904im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/01/violence-brought-us-trump-but-no-187x137.jpg)
Violence brought us Trump, but Nonviolent Protest will Stop Him
Kazu Haga | ( Waging Nonviolence ) What’s next? That is the big question facing this country after the election. And many people have been sharing their thoughts on that over social…![Yes, Whites are victims of Hate Crimes, too, but most Victims are Minorities](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630221904im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/01/yes-whites-are-victims-of-hate-c-187x137.jpg)
Yes, Whites are victims of Hate Crimes, too, but most Victims are Minorities
By Joe Sexton | ProPublica | - - The meaning and enforcement of the Illinois hate-crimes statute seems destined for intense scrutiny with the arrest this week of four young black adults…![Netanyahu supports pardon for Israeli soldier who killed defenseless Palestinian Prisoner](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630221904im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/01/netanyahu-supports-pardon-for-is-187x137.jpg)
Netanyahu supports pardon for Israeli soldier who killed defenseless Palestinian Prisoner
Ma'an News Agency | - - BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) -- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu came out on Wednesday in support of pardoning Elor Azarya, as right-wing Israeli officials further coalesced in support…![Why American TV needs a Muslim Modern Family – Reza Aslan](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630221904im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/01/why-american-tv-needs-a-muslim-m-187x137.jpg)
Why American TV needs a Muslim Modern Family – Reza Aslan
Reza Aslan / Vox | (Video Report) | - - "Writer Reza Aslan thinks a Muslim Will and Grace could truly change American perceptions of Islam." Vox: "Why American TV needs a…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630221904im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/01/rocco_martin-161x137.jpg)
Top 4 Ways Bush even more Outrageously Dissed the Intelligence Community
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Philip Mudd, former deputy director of the Central Intelligence Agency counter-terrorist center and FBI National Security Branch, has been on CNN maintaining that…![Muslim Shockwaves as New Congress’ Bill seeks all Jerusalem for Israeli Colonization](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630221904im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/01/muslim-shockwaves-as-new-congres-187x137.jpg)
Muslim Shockwaves as New Congress’ Bill seeks all Jerusalem for Israeli Colonization
TeleSur | - - Three U.S. senators introduced a bill calling for U.S. embassy to be relocated to Jerusalem and recognizing city as Israeli capital. As it convened for the first Tuesday…![Could Erdoğan be losing his grip on a dangerous, divided Turkey?](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630221904im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/01/could-erdogan-be-losing-his-grip-187x137.jpg)
Could Erdoğan be losing his grip on a dangerous, divided Turkey?
By Alpaslan Ozerdem and Bahar Baser | (The Conversation) | - - Turkey’s New Year was marred by a terrorist attack, claimed by the so-called Islamic State (IS), that killed 39 people…![Iran reaps the benefits, as US and Saudi Flounder in ME](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630221904im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/01/iran-reaps-the-benefits-as-us-an-187x137.jpg)
Iran reaps the benefits, as US and Saudi Flounder in ME
By Shahram Akbarzadeh | (Informed Comment) | - - The Islamic republic of Iran starts 2017 in a strong regional position, much to the annoyance of its detractors. Iran has managed to…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630221904im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/01/LN-1-187x137.jpg)
Rebuking Fundamentalists, Funeral for Palestinian-Israeli Istanbul Victim draws Thousands
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - One of the thirty-nine victims of the Daesh (ISIL, ISIS) shooting at the Reina nightclub in Istanbul, Layan Nasser, 19, was buried on…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630221904im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/01/Fracking-629x472-1-187x137.jpg)
Can Anti-Fracking Movement mount resistance to Trump?
By Emilio Godoy | (Inter Press Service) | - - LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, USA , Jan 4 2017 (IPS) - Earl Hatley, a descendant of the Cherokee/Delaware tribe, has witnessed the consequences…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630221904im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/01/splinterlandspbk-180x137.jpg)
Some Animals are Better: An American Version of the One-Party State
By Tom Engelhardt | ( Tomdispatch.com ) | - - Know thyself. It was what came to mind in the wake of Donald Trump’s victory and my own puzzling reaction to it.…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630221904im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/01/moshe_edri_graphic_0-750x375-1-187x137.jpg)
Some Israeli Officials Backing ‘Shoot-to-Kill’ disarmed Palestinian Suspects
Human Rights Watch | - - Calls for Extrajudicial Killings of Palestinian Suspects Proliferate (New York) – Some senior Israeli officials have been encouraging Israeli soldiers and police to kill Palestinians they…![Iran confident Trump’s bond with Putin will Benefit it, too](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630221904im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/01/iran-confident-trumps-bond-with-187x137.jpg)
Iran confident Trump’s bond with Putin will Benefit it, too
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Iran's pundits are confident that the country is sitting in the catbird seat. They are elated over the Syrian regime of Bashar al-Assad…![Turkey’s Syrian blowback](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630221904im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/01/turkeys-syrian-blowback-187x137.jpg)
Turkey’s Syrian blowback
Neil Thompson | (Informed Comment) | - - With the New Year terrorist attack in Istanbul now being claimed by the Islamic State (IS) movement, it is clear that Turkey has suffered…![Can Popular Mobilization & Sanctuary stop Trump’s Deportation Plans?](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630221904im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/01/can-popular-mobilization-sanctua-187x137.jpg)
Can Popular Mobilization & Sanctuary stop Trump’s Deportation Plans?
By Lauren McCauley, staff writer | (Commondreams.org) | - - Cost, impossible logistics, political opposition, and community resistance could spell the end of the president-elect's anti-immigrant scheme. President-elect Donald Trump built his…![GOP Russia Hawks attack Trump: McCain Says he Must ‘Stand Up’ to Putin](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630221904im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/01/gop-russia-hawks-attack-trump-mc-187x137.jpg)
GOP Russia Hawks attack Trump: McCain Says he Must ‘Stand Up’ to Putin
TeleSur | - - On Friday, Trump congratulated Putin for not retaliating to Obama's expulsions. On the same day a top aide to President-elect Donald Trump said the White House may have…![Preparing for the Normalization of a Neofascist White House](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630221904im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/01/preparing-for-the-normalization-187x137.jpg)
Preparing for the Normalization of a Neofascist White House
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - It is 2017, and shortly the White House will be inhabited by an unscrupulous, corrupt narcissist who has shamelessly mobilized the Neo-Nazi fringe…![No, it’s not a new Cold War: The USSR is Gone Forever](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630221904im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/01/no-its-not-a-new-cold-war-the-us-187x137.jpg)
No, it’s not a new Cold War: The USSR is Gone Forever
By Ghia Nodia | (Project Syndicate) | - - MOSCOW – This New Year’s Eve marks the 25th anniversary of the formal dissolution of the Soviet Union. But, rather than celebrating, many…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630221904im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/01/393363C-1-187x137.jpg)
2016: A deadly year in Israeli-occupied Palestinian territory and Israel
Ma'an News Agency | - - BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) -- The past year has been one of the deadliest and most violent in recent years for Palestinians living in the occupied West Bank…![Wall Street Journal Wouldn’t Call a Lie a Lie If Trump Says It](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630221904im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/01/wall-street-journal-wouldnt-call-187x137.jpg)
Wall Street Journal Wouldn’t Call a Lie a Lie If Trump Says It
TeleSur | - - The paper is worried about objectivity, said WSJ editor-in-chief Gerard Baker. The Wall Street Journal would not call a lie a lie if it was told by President-elect…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630221904im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/01/trumpme-1-187x137.jpg)
America’s Major Challenges in Middle East Policy, 2017
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - The incoming Trump administration is riven by a profound division between those determined to avoid deep entanglements in the Middle East, such as…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630221904im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/01/20161230-agent-orange--187x137.jpg)
Rethinking The Cost of War
By Mike Hixenbaugh for The Virginian-Pilot, and Charles Ornstein, ProPublica | - - There are many ways to measure the cost of U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War: In bombs (7 million…![2016 mean till the end: New Year’s Eve Massacre in Istanbul](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630221904im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/01/2016-mean-till-the-end-new-years-187x137.jpg)
2016 mean till the end: New Year’s Eve Massacre in Istanbul
Aljazeera English | (Video News Report) | - - Aljazeera English: "Dozens killed in Istanbul nightclub shooting"![Palestine 2017: Time to bid farewell to Washington and embrace the globe](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630221904im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2016/12/palestine-2017-time-to-bid-farew-187x137.jpg)