TeleSur | – – Steve Bannon resigned as chief executive of Breitbart News, the right-leaning website said on Tuesday The resignation occurred after the former White House ex-strategist was attacked by President Donald Trump for criticizing his eldest son. Bannon, who was fired from the White House in August, was quoted in the book “Fire […]
Archives for January 2018
Why Israel doesn’t run on Solar: Netanyahu’s son boasts of father’s gas deal at strip club
Middle East Monitor | – – A recording emerged yesterday of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s son Yair boasting that his father had set up a $20 billion business deal for businessman and gas tycoon Kobi Maimon. Published by the Israel Television News Company, the report has stirred renewed controversy at a time when Netanyahu […]
From Afghanistan to Somalia, Special Ops Achieves Less with More
By Nick Turse | ( Tomdispatch.com) | – – At around 11 o’clock that night, four Lockheed MC-130 Combat Talons, turboprop Special Operations aircraft, were flying through a moonless sky from Pakistani into Afghan airspace. On board were 199 Army Rangers with orders to seize an airstrip. One hundred miles to the northeast, Chinook and […]
“Do Kids die, Mom?” Facing the Future With Trepidation in the Age of Trump
Frida Berrigan | ( Tomdispatch.com) | – – As a mother and an activist, here’s what I’ve concluded as 2018 begins: it’s getting harder and harder to think about the future — at least in that soaring Whitney Houston fashion. You know the song: “I believe the children are our future, teach them well and […]
Iran’s Khamenei blames Early English Learning for Unrest, Bans Classes
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Iran’s government has apparently discovered the real reason for the protests that swept its small towns and working class neighborhoods during the past couple of weeks. English was being taught to third graders in some schools. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the clerical Leader of the country, has […]
Kushner’s financial ties to Israel raise further doubts over peace broker role
Middle East Monitor | – – Doubts have been raised as to the suitability of US President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and senior adviser Jared Kushner for the role of Middle East peace negotiator, amid new revelations of his ongoing business ties to Israel. A report in the New York Times yesterday revealed that Kushner has […]
Israelis ‘Blacklist’ 20 pro-BDS groups, Including Quakers, Jewish Voice for Peace
TeleSur | – – U.S., European, South African and Chilean branches of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement (BDS) also featured on the blacklist. Israeli authorities, on Sunday, announced that members and representatives of 20 foreign nongovernmental organization are barred from entering the territory, noting the groups’ advocacy of boycotting the Israeli settler state over […]
GOP Heroes led charge Against Nixon; Where are Counterparts Today?
By Gail Ukockis| (Informed Comment) | – – As Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation deepens and Trump’s behavior becomes even more erratic, comparisons to the Watergate crisis are inevitable. In 1974, certain Republican lawmakers led their party through a constitutional crisis by doing the right thing. The actions by heroes such as Representative Robert McClory […]
Over 100 Artists Pen Letter Backing Lorde’s Israel Boycott
TeleSur | – – The well-known artists and authors expressed their support for the young singer for canceling her show in Israel after Palestinian calls for boycott. More than 100 writers and artists signed a letter in support of the New Zealand singer Lorde after she was harshly attacked over her decision not to perform […]
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