Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, in office continuously since 2009, is facing a perfect storm. His trial on corruption charges […]
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Killing Democracy in America: The Military-Industrial Complex and Forever Wars as our other Pandemic
( Tomdispatch.com) – The phrase “thinking about the unthinkable” has always been associated with the unthinkable cataclysm of a nuclear war, and rightly so. Lately, […]
The World War in Libya: Russo-Turkish, Turko-Egyptian Conflicts Recall Multi-Polar 19th Century
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Libya has become a multipolar battleground unusual in the era since 1946. The UN-recognized General National Assembly (GNA) government in […]
Understanding Trump’s game plan in Portland could be the key to preventing a coup in November
George Lakey | – (Waging Nonviolence ) – While outrage was still growing in Oregon over federal agents’ intervention in Portland, President Trump on July […]
How to Fund the Green New Deal: With the money we spend on Immigration Enforcement, we could solar power nearly 35 million homes.
By Josue De Luna Navarro | ( Otherwords.org ) – The climate crisis is perhaps the greatest challenge humanity is facing. Yes, it threatens everyone’s […]
Is the Coronavirus deflating the Far Right?
By Georgios Samaras | – In recent years, far-right political parties in Europe have capitalised on crises to build their support bases. Many have made […]
First the Nat’l Security State Surged Baghdad, now it is Surging Portland and Seattle
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – USA Today’s headline went, “Mayors see broken trust, political agenda in Trump’s surge of federal officers to US cities.” Surge? […]
The Worst Possible Leader in a Pandemic: Trump’s Authoritarianism is all about Him
( Otherwords.org ) – The Trump administration is apparently undertaking its latest effort to make 2020 more of a Kafkaesque nightmare than it already is. […]
How US Immigration Policies Foreshadowed Violence Against Protesters
Trump Administration Planning to Send Federal Agents to Other Cities
What Biden’s presidency means for the US-Iran Cold War
By Brett Sudetic and Giorgio Cafiero | – ( Middle East Monitor ) – The upcoming US presidential election’s outcome is bound to significantly impact […]