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![Politics Above Law: How Trump channels Far Right icon Carl Schmitt without Knowing It](http://web.archive.org./web/20171010212852im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/09/politics-above-law-how-trump-cha-187x137.jpg)
Politics Above Law: How Trump channels Far Right icon Carl Schmitt without Knowing It
By Andrew Kolin | (Informed Comment) | - - Trump’s various public statements have made clear that he is not an avid reader. He has remarked that he does not have…![Qatar: New Law Gives Domestic Workers Labor Rights](http://web.archive.org./web/20171010212852im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/08/qatar-new-law-gives-domestic-wor-187x137.jpg)
Qatar: New Law Gives Domestic Workers Labor Rights
Human Rights Watch | - - (Beirut) – Qatar’s adoption of a new law on domestic workers provides labor rights for domestic workers for the first time, Human Rights Watch said today.…![Habitual Labor abuser Saudi Arabia elected to UN body Promoting Workers](http://web.archive.org./web/20171010212852im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/06/habitual-labor-abuser-saudi-arab-187x137.jpg)
Habitual Labor abuser Saudi Arabia elected to UN body Promoting Workers
By Brian Whitaker | ( Al-Bab.com ) | - - In a grotesque development earlier this week, Saudi Arabia – a world leader in the exploitation of migrant workers – won a…![Retraining Workers for Climate Action: How the Light Gets In](http://web.archive.org./web/20171010212852im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/05/retraining-workers-for-climate-a-187x137.jpg)
Retraining Workers for Climate Action: How the Light Gets In
H. Patricia Hynes | (Informed Comment) | - - Every now and then I re-visit these lines of the Canadian poet and songwriter, Leonard Cohen: Ring the bells that cannot ring Forget…![American Workers in Age of Trump just aren’t being Paid Fairly](http://web.archive.org./web/20171010212852im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/05/american-workers-in-age-of-trump-187x137.jpg)
American Workers in Age of Trump just aren’t being Paid Fairly
By Josh Hoxie | ( Otherwords.org ) | - - Imploring people to simply work harder ignores the fact that most jobs don’t pay enough to get ahead. The gap between the…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20171010212852im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/03/menonconceit-180x137.jpg)
Why $54 bn for Pentagon won’t fix US Security
By Rajan Menon | ( Tomdispatch.com ) | - - Donald Trump’s supporters believe that his election will end business as usual in Washington. The self-glorifying Trump agrees and indeed his has,…![As Trump Budget Hurts Old, Meals on Wheels Sees Donations Surge](http://web.archive.org./web/20171010212852im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/03/as-trump-budget-hurts-old-meals-187x137.jpg)
As Trump Budget Hurts Old, Meals on Wheels Sees Donations Surge
TeleSur | - - One in six seniors "struggles with hunger," according to Meals on Wheels, which provides free services to those who cannot afford to pay. Meals on Wheels America, the…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20171010212852im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/03/wind-1-187x137.png)
Wind Power Juggernaut Really doing for 100K Workers what Trump only Promised
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Big news on the wind power front. First, it has emerged in the US as the number one renewable energy source, generating more…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20171010212852im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/03/image-20170308-24192-1xrq31w-750x580-1-187x137.jpg)
The Rural-Urban Divide in the US in 6 Charts!
By Brian Thiede, Lillie Greiman, Stephan Weiler, Steven C. Beda, Tessa Conroy | (The Conversation) | - - Editor’s note: We’ve all heard of the great divide between life in rural and…![Let them eat iPhones: Jason Chaffetz on Health Care & the Poor (Young Turks)](http://web.archive.org./web/20171010212852im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/03/let-them-eat-iphones-jason-chaff-187x137.jpg)
Let them eat iPhones: Jason Chaffetz on Health Care & the Poor (Young Turks)
Cenk Uygur | (The Young Turks Video Clip) | - - TYT metadata: "Poor people don’t fund Jason Chaffetz’s campaigns, so they can take a long walk off a short pier. Cenk…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20171010212852im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/02/bsoci-1-187x137.jpg)
Is the answer to Alt-NeoNazism Bernie’s Democratic Socialism?
TeleSur | - - Maria Svart of DSA speaks to teleSUR about how her organization is using Sanders’ vision to fight Trump and neoliberalism within the Democratic party. While the U.S. has…![Renewables now creating more jobs than Coal, Oil and Gas](http://web.archive.org./web/20171010212852im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/02/renewables-now-creating-more-job-187x137.jpg)
Renewables now creating more jobs than Coal, Oil and Gas
TeleSur The findings of a new U.S.report bolster climate justice movement arguments that transitioning to renewables will not only save the planet but save the economy. The U.S. Department of Energy found…![Feature, not Bug: Trump’s Chaos Theory of Government](http://web.archive.org./web/20171010212852im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/02/feature-not-bug-trumps-chaos-the-187x137.jpg)
Feature, not Bug: Trump’s Chaos Theory of Government
Jacek Rostowski | (Project Syndicate) | - - WARSAW – In the weeks since Donald Trump’s inauguration as President of the United States, it has become clear that he intends to roll…![“This Land:” The pro-Immigrant Radicalism of Lady Gaga and Guthrie at Half-Time](http://web.archive.org./web/20171010212852im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/02/this-land-the-pro-immigrant-radi-187x137.jpg)
“This Land:” The pro-Immigrant Radicalism of Lady Gaga and Guthrie at Half-Time
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - By beginning with Irving Berlin's "God Bless America" and then switching to Woody Guthrie's "This Land is your Land," Lady Gaga (Stefani Germanotta,…![Even in the Trump Era, Inequality can be Reduced](http://web.archive.org./web/20171010212852im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2016/12/even-in-the-trump-era-inequality-187x137.jpg)
Even in the Trump Era, Inequality can be Reduced
By Josh Hoxie | (Otherwords.org) | - - With Washington looking hopeless, it's up to local communities to close the gap between the richest and the rest. In a lot of ways,…![Trump won b/c we Let ourselves be Divided & Conquered: Standing Rock was the Opposite](http://web.archive.org./web/20171010212852im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2016/12/trump-won-bc-we-let-ourselves-be-187x137.jpg)
Trump won b/c we Let ourselves be Divided & Conquered: Standing Rock was the Opposite
By David Korten | Yes! Magazine ) | - - We’ve been pitted against each other for too long. Now is the time to come together to fix our corrupt political systems.…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20171010212852im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2016/12/5ea3f71722228ebb05459982db954ace.square-1.png)
It’s the Economy, Stupid: Ending ‘Religious’ Violence in the Middle East
Moha Ennaji | (Project Syndicate) | - - FEZ – The escalation of radicalism, violence, and civil wars in the Middle East since the so-called Arab Spring revolts began in 2010 has…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20171010212852im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2016/11/51zkBgydslL._SX312_BO1204203200_-1-187x137.jpg)
Election Postmortem: Did the Labor Unions get Taken for a Ride?
By Andrew Kolin | (Informed Comment) | - - According to a recent article in the Wall Street Journal, “Labor Unions Step Up Presidential Election Spending,” labor unions contributed to Hillary Clinton…![Four years of Trump could really sink the planet](http://web.archive.org./web/20171010212852im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2016/11/four-years-of-trump-could-really-187x137.jpg)