Media with Conscience News | – – The US state recently passed a law requiring all state contractors to pledge they do not support a boycott of Israel. A US judge has temporarily blocked the implementation of a law that bars anyone from entering into a contract with the state of Kansas without first pledging […]
With Nunes Memo McCarthyism, time to remember Margaret Chase Smith
By Gail Ukockis | (Informed Comment) | – – The release of the Nunes Memo, yet another attempt to discredit and even derail the Mueller investigation into the Trump-Russia connection, may or may not be historically significant. James Comey’s recent tweet message about it included this line: “Not a lot of streets or schools are […]
Turkey & Vatican tag team Trump over Jerusalem
Middle East Monitor | – – Both Erdogan and Pope Francis are opposed to US President Donald Trump’s decision to recognise Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, which many US allies say could doom Middle East peace efforts. Tayyip Erdogan made the first visit by a Turkish president to the Vatican in 59 years on […]
Can American Democracy survive six Standing Wars?
William J. Astore | ( Tomdispatch.com ) | – – Whether the rationale is the need to wage a war on terror involving 76 countries or renewed preparations for a struggle against peer competitors Russia and China (as Defense Secretary James Mattis suggested recently while introducing America’s new National Defense Strategy), the U.S. military is […]
The ‘Girls of Revolution Street’ Protest Iran’s Compulsory Hijab Laws
By Mahsa Alimardani | ( GlobalVoices.org ) | – – A spate of defiant Iranian women have taken to the streets of Tehran to protest against compulsory veiling. Photos of their demonstrations have been widely circulated online under the hashtag #دختران_خیابان_انقلاب (translated to #Girls_of_Enghelab_Street). As of the afternoon of January 29, at least two women […]
Turkey/Syria: Border Guards Shoot, Block Fleeing Syrians
Exposes Asylum Seekers to Further Risk, Abuse
Young US Jews Write 700 Letters of Solidarity to Ahed Tamimi
TeleSur | – – Two left-wing groups in the U.S. organized the letters campaign and protests marking the the 17th birthday of the imprised Palestinian teen. More than 700 Jewish young people from the U.S. wrote letters of solidarity to Ahed Tamimi, the iconic Palestinian 17-year-old who was arrested by Israeli authorities last month and […]
Huge Military Budgets Make Us Broke, Not Safe
By Miriam Pemberton | (Otherwords.org) | – – Backing down from nuclear war would make us a lot safer than piling more money into the Pentagon. We’re all tense. Hearing about our fellow citizens in Hawaii scrambling around, looking for a place to hide from a nuclear bomb, will do that to you. So will […]
Clashes between Saudi forces, armed gangs in Yemen
Middle East Monitor | – – Violent clashes broke out Thursday in Al-Mahrah governorate between Saudi Arabia’s forces and unidentified armed smugglers, Aden Tomorrow reported. Sixteen armed smugglers entered the governorate in four vehicles when an encounter with Saudi forces led to exchange of gun fire. There was no clear indication on casualties, but one […]
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