By Nasser Lahham | Ma’an News Agency | — The shooting at a satirical magazine in Paris on Wednesday, which left 12 people dead, came at a very sensitive and dangerous time for both Palestinians and the Israelis. France has recently supported the Palestinian people and their cause at the UN Security Council, causing panic […]
“Anyone but Bibi’: Israeli PM popularity slumps as 90% of his Campaign Money Comes from US
RT | — “Israel’s Prime Minister has kicked off his re-election campaign, with a well-funded operation, much of which is coming from abroad. More than 230,000 dollars has come in from various donors in the United States. It makes up almost 90% of Benjamin Netanyahu’s re-election funds, most of it coming just from three American […]
The Big Carbon Empire strikes Back
By Michael T. Klare | Tomdispatch.com | — Around the world, carbon-based fuels are under attack. Increasingly grim economic pressures, growing popular resistance, and the efforts of government regulators have all shocked the energy industry. Oil prices are falling, colleges and universities are divesting from their carbon stocks, voters are instituting curbs on hydro-fracking, and […]
‘Cartoonists for Peace’ respond defiantly to Paris Terrorists
By A. D. McKenzie PARIS, Jan 8 2015 (IPS) – “They are cowards who react to satire by going for their Kalashnikovs.” That was how renowned French cartoonist Plantu described the killers of 10 media workers and two policemen in Paris Wednesday. Drawing for peace – a signature cartoon by Plantu One of the murdered […]
MSM ignores Bombing of Colorado Springs NAACP by White Terrorist
Cenk Uygur | (The Young Turks) — “”An improvised explosive device was detonated against the exterior wall of a building housing the Colorado Springs chapter of the NAACP on Tuesday, officials said. The explosion knocked items off the office walls but no one was injured. Agents from the FBI Joint Terrorism Task Force and the […]
The economics at the heart of Israeli settlements
JERUSALEM | January 2015 | (IRIN) | – Of all the hurdles to peace negotiations between Israeli and Palestinian leaders, perhaps the largest is the 150 or so Israeli settlements in the West Bank. These communities, considered illegal by the UN, are fracturing Israel’s relationship even with its allies: The pro-Israeli head of the UK […]
Obama will Veto Keystone XL Pipeline, Stopping 110 mn tons of CO2 Annually
Cenk Uygur | (The Young Turks) — “The White House announced Tuesday afternoon that President Obama plans to veto a newly introduced pro-Keystone XL bill if it passes the Senate, the Associated Press reports. Senators John Hoeven, R-North Dakota, and Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, introduced a bill on the Senate floor Tuesday that would immediately […]
As 2014 declared Warmest Year, Watch where World’s CO2 Comes From
Vox | — “A new high-resolution computer model created by NASA shows carbon dioxide, the greenhouse gas driving global warming, as you’ve never seen it before.” Vox: “A visual tour of the world’s CO2 emissions”
How the US Nat’l Security State goes on Failing Upward
By Tom Engelhardt | (Tomdispatch.com) As 2015 begins, let’s take a trip down memory lane. Imagine that it’s January 1963. For the last three years, the United States has unsuccessfully faced off against a small island in the Caribbean, where a revolutionary named Fidel Castro seized power from a corrupt but U.S.-friendly regime run by […]
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