By Moritz Pieper | (The Conversation) | – – The cake is quite big, but everyone wants a slice. Italian prime minister, Matteo Renzi, visited Iran last month accompanied by business leaders from the energy, transportation and defence sectors. It was a return visit after the Iranian president, Hassan Rouhani, had made Italy his first […]
Can Leonardo DiCaprio save Iran’s incredible shrinking Lake Urmia?
By Tori Egherman | ( Globalvoices.org ) | – – In one “regram,” American actor Leonardo DiCaprio has brought a flood of attention to Iran's drying Lake Urmia. Lake Urmia (sometimes spelled Orumyeh or Urmieh) has been an issue for Iranian environmentalists and water engineers for years. The lake was once the largest salt water […]
Yemen: Saudis Using US Cluster Munitions
Human Rights Watch | – – End Production, Transfer of These Banned Weapons (Washington, DC) – Saudi Arabia has used US-made cluster munitions near civilian areas in Yemen, leaving behind unexploded submunitions, Human Rights Watch said today. The United States should cease its production and transfer of cluster munitions to conform with the widely accepted […]
Chomsky: Who Rules the World? (Hint: Not States any more)
By Noam Chomsky | ( Tomdispatch.com) | – – [This piece, the first of two parts, is excerpted from Noam Chomsky’s new book, Who Rules the World? (Metropolitan Books). Part 2 will be posted on Tuesday morning.] When we ask “Who rules the world?” we commonly adopt the standard convention that the actors in world […]
Is Turkish PM’s forced exit a Harbinger of greater Authoritarianism?
By Winston Obertan | ( GlobalVoices.org ) | – – Turkey's Prime Minister of nearly two years Ahmet Davutoğlu has announced his intention to quit his post “for the unity of the party” amid evidence of a bubbling conflict with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. Davutoglu was the second most important figure in the AKP […]
These 5 Intellectuals Smash the ‘Anti-Zionism Is Anti-Semitic’ Argument
TeleSur | – – As controversy surrounding the "new anti-Semitism" rages in Europe, important public intellectuals argue that critiquing Israel is not anti-Semitism. Israeli Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked commented recently on the controversy of "anti-Semitism" from the United Kingdom’s Labour party, which has lead to the suspension of Labour politicians. Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn "must clarify that anti-Semitic […]
Sadiq Khan: Is London’s first Muslim Mayor the ultimate weapon against Radicalism?
Parveen Akhtar | (The Conversation) | – – In Pakistan, the chances that the son of a bus or rickshaw driver could secure a high-ranking political position in the country’s capital city are minuscule. But now, the people of London have elected Sadiq Khan – the son of an immigrant Pakistani bus driver – to […]
Why do 93% of Iraqi Youth think the US is their Enemy?
Dena Takruri | (AJ+ Video Report) | – – “93% of Iraqis see the United States as their enemy – but after a look at recent history, can you blame ’em?” AJ+: “Why Do Young Iraqis Blame The U.S.?”
The Next Libyan Revolution Will Be Led by Women Wielding Words—Not Guns
By Alaa Murabit | ( Yes!) | – – This article was originally published by New America Weekly. The Next Libyan Revolution Will Be Led by Women Wielding Words—Not Guns “Soft power” gives communities words and tools to fight against violence, fear, and corruption and offers youth weapons of peace against an enemy that wants […]
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