Rimbo, Sweden | AFP | – Yemen’s warring parties on Thursday agreed to a ceasefire on a vital port in a series of breakthroughs in UN-brokered peace talks that could mark a major turning point after four years of devastating conflict. If implemented, the deal on the Hodeida port, a key gateway for aid and […]
Archives for December 2018
Natalie Portman: Israel’s ‘Nation-State Law’ is ‘Racist’ and ‘a Mistake”
“Because I care about Israel, I must stand up against violence, corruption, inequality, and abuse of power.”
Wall Street, Inequality and the Anger of the People
( Tomdispatch.com ) – As we head into 2019, leaving the chaos of this year behind, a major question remains unanswered when it comes to the state of Main Street, not just here but across the planet. If the global economy really is booming, as many politicians claim, why are leaders and their parties around […]
Annual Informed Comment Fundraiser: Support Independent Journalism
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – We need your help! Informed Comment is almost unique in systematically reporting on US foreign policy and Middle East affairs from a Left perspective. We hope readers have enjoyed and benefited from Informed Comment’s major redesign this past year. We also carried original reporting, and began […]
If Cohen and Pecker are Guilty of Campaign Finance Felonies, isn’t Trump?
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The special counsel’s investigation into hush money Trump paid to a Playboy model and a porn star turns out so far to be much more significant than Robert Mueller’s investigation of Trump’s collusion with Russia in 2016. The law on campaign finance violations, while not air tight, is far clearer […]
When Bin Salman Killed Khashoggi, he Killed his Futuristic Megacity, ‘Neom,’ Too
The concept was to create a start-up city founded on cutting-edge technologies from robotics to artificial intelligence.
Is Saudi Crown Prince using Kushner to Manipulate Trump?
Rising up with Sonali featured an interview with me on “Saudi Crown Prince Might Be Manipulating Trump Through Kushner” by Sonali Kolhatkar. Watch @jricole explain how “Saudi Crown Prince Might Be Manipulating Trump Through Kushner?” by @RUWithSonali on #Vimeo https://t.co/DgfKGfPJV1 — Rising Up W/ Sonali (@RUWithSonali) December 12, 2018
In Rebuke to Trump, US Senate will Vote on Ending Military Support for Saudis in Yemen
Mounting anger may prompt a separate measure accusing Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of murder.
The Rightwing ‘American Spectator’ doesn’t Want you to read my ‘Muhammad: Prophet of Peace ‘
Harrod’s argument is one of the most grievous fallacies of anachronism ever to be committed in the history of humankind.