By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani has called for Iraq’s Shiite militias to come under control of the central government. One of the problems facing the Middle East has been the rise of autonomous militias, who are often more powerful than the state and its army. You have […]
Archives for December 2017
The GOP Tax Plan Will Complete the Destruction of America’s Middle Class Wealth
By Bob Lord | ( Inequality.org ) | – – In fact, if the GOP tax plan becomes law, we may be looking at a future where our 1,600 richest hold more wealth than the nation’s entire middle class. The wealth of America’s middle class, under siege for four decades, is now hanging on life […]
Why Arabs And Muslims Aren’t Exotic: The Grip of Orientalism (Video)
AJ+ | (Video Report) | – – “From Aladdin to Bodak Yellow, the media is obsessed with portraying Arabs and Muslims as exotic and mysterious. So why is this sort of imagery so pervasive?” Why Arabs And Muslims Aren’t Exotic | AJ+
Our Pyromaniac President in a Flammable World
San Francisco (Tomdispatch.com) | – “I’ve just heard that my family home near Carpenteria is literally in flames at this moment,” a friend told me recently. She was particularly worried, she said, because “my mom has MS. She and my dad got the call to evacuate after midnight last night. They were able to grab […]
Turkey to defy Trump, open Embassy to Palestine in E. Jerusalem
Middle East Monitor | – – Turkey will open an embassy in East Jerusalem, President Tayyip Erdogan said on Sunday, days after leading calls at a summit of Muslim leaders for the world to recognise it as the capital of Palestine. “God willing, the day is close when officially, with God’s permission, we will open […]
Puerto Rico: On top of Everything Else, GOP Tax Bill is Racist
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Puerto Rico’s governor, Ricardo Rosselló Nevares, sent a letter to all the members of Congress yesterday, begging on bended knee for a supplemental disaster aid appropriation. That he had to write this letter is a profound embarrassment to the United States, since he had to remind […]
Solar & Wind: How free electricity would change the world (Economist Video)
The Economist | (Video News Report) | – – “magine if heating and powering homes became free in the next decade. What would that mean for the world?” How free electricity would change the world | The Economist
Iraq: Parliament Rejects Marriage for 8-Year-Old Girls
Human Rights Watch | – – Amendments Would Have Instated Discriminatory Laws on Family Matters (Beirut) – Iraq’s parliament has rejected proposed amendments to Iraq’s Personal Status Law (PSL) that would allow religious judges to impose discriminatory law on family matters, Human Rights Watch said today. The amendments would have covered areas including inheritance and […]
Global Heating: 3 Largest Wildfires in California History all have Raged since 2012
The Watchers | – – The Thomas Fire in California is burning for the 13th day in a row and has now grown to 259 000 acres (104 813 ha), making it the third largest wildfire in the history of California. As of December 16, the fire is only 40% contained and is still growing. One […]
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