( 48hills.org) – Washington, DC is buzzing with talk of troop withdrawals and the impact on peace talks in Afghanistan. The US may start withdrawing troops within months, the start of what would be a gradual withdrawal of all 14,000 US troops from the country. President Donald Trump wants to leave the impression that he […]
Archives for September 2019
China Defies Trump on Iran Big time with $400 bn Belt-and-Road Investment, 5000 Security Personnel*
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif was in Beijing recently for what turns out to have been the biggest triumph of his career. China has decided it has nothing further to fear from the Trump administration, and has decided to incorporate Iran into its One Belt, One Road plan with […]
At Height of Hurricane Disaster Season, Trump moves $100 mn. from FEMA to Jailing Immigrants
(Otherwords.org) – The Trump administration is moving money away from disaster relief to lock up more immigrants. Donald Trump discusses immigration as if the benefits of residence in the U.S. are a pie. When immigrants get more, the people who were already here get less. In general, that’s not true. When immigrants come here, they […]
Why ‘moderates’ don’t have a clue what to do about Israel’s settlements
By Ahmed El Kady | – Earlier this month, the High Planning Committee (HPC) of the Israeli Civil Administration authorised the construction of 2,304 new settlement units, just days after the approval of another 6,000 units in the occupied West Bank. These alarming developments are nothing if not predictable to those following recent events in […]
What is Ashura? How this Shiite Muslim holiday inspires millions
By Noorzehra Zaidi | – Tens of millions of Shiite Muslims from around the world will visit Iraq on Sept. 10 this year to see the shrines of Hussain, grandson of Prophet Mohammed, and his brother Abbas on the day of “Ashura.” Ashura in Syria. Tasnim News Agency, CC BY-SA This annual pilgrimage marks the […]
Burning Down the House: Far Right Nihilism in US, UK & Brazil Menaces the Planet
By John Feffer | – (Foreign Policy in Focus ) – Far-right governments in the U.S., UK, and Brazil are laying bare their nihilistic roots and full destructive potential. Doesn’t idiocy ever take a vacation? As August wound down, the populist troika of Donald Trump, Boris Johnson, and Jair Bolsonaro proved once again that the […]
Trumpism as the Invasion of the Attention-Snatchers, & Other Invasions
(Tomdispatch.com ) – He crossed the border without permission or, as far as I could tell, documentation of any sort. I’m speaking about Donald Trump’s uninvited, unasked-for invasion of my personal space. He’s there daily, often hourly, whether I like it or not, and I don’t have a Department of Homeland Security to separate him […]
Jason Greenblatt, who Screwed the Palestinians Royally, Resigns from Steal of the Century
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Jason Greenblatt, the Trump organization lawyer (what does that tell you about him?) who was appointed to spearhead the Trump administration “deal” between Palestinians and Israelis, has stepped down after nearly three years of screwing over the Palestinians and Arabs, taking food out of Palestinian mouths, and annexing vast swathes […]
Kashmir: How Modi’s Virulent Hindu Nationalism Brought India & Pakistan to the Brink, Again
By Abdullah Yusuf | – August is immensely important in the history of the Asian subcontinent, marking the month that India and Pakistan gained independence from the British in 1947. Now, in 2019, it has once again proved momentous, when, ten days before India’s Independence day celebrations, prime minister Narendra Modi’s government revoked the autonomy […]
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