Is Labour Leader’s Brighton Speech a Turning Point in Western Democracy?
Saudi King seeks Recognition for letting Women Drive, a basic right
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Saudi Arabia’s King Salman issued a decree on Tuesday permitting women to drive as of June of next year. Saudi Arabia was the only country in the world to forbid its female citizens from driving automobiles. This unusually misogynistic position derived from two sources. One is […]
Is Trump setting US course toward War with China?
Is a conflagration in East Asia coming by 2030?
Saudi Arabia: Official Hate Speech Targets Minorities
Shiites, others, demonized by official clerics
If Trump were really President, he’d Forgive Puerto Rico’s Debts and Rescue it
Washington owes it to 3.4 mn US citizens to help them rebuild
How Arab Nationalism & Fundamentalism pushed away the Kurds
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The Kurdistan referendum held today is probably not as likely to produce immediate turmoil in the Middle East as some pundits would have it. The “Domino Theory” that if the Kurds secede from Iraq then they will secede from Turkey, Iran and Syria as well, may […]
Trump tries to Camouflage Muslim Ban with a Few Venezuelans and N. Koreans
TeleSur | – – The addition of North Korea and Venezuela broadens the restrictions from the original, mostly Muslim-majority list. U.S. President Donald Trump has announced that Venezuela and North Korea will be added to the list of countries banned from traveling to the United States. The order outlines different restrictions for each country on […]
Trump Casino and White House, Inc.
Lobbying and Secret Money in Administration is worse than Citizens United
Merkel barely holds on as Neo-Fascists enter German Parliament
Alarming rise of racist Right in German politics