By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The things that irked the residents of the Thirteen Colonies about British rule have reemerged from other quarters to threaten American democracy. The colonists minded being ruled arbitrarily by British-appointed officials, some of them corrupt. They minded not being represented in parliament even though that body […]
Syrian Refugees Face Hunger Amidst Humanitarian Funding Crisis
By Zhai Yun Tan | (Inter Press Service) | – – WASHINGTON (IPS) – The United Nations’ food aid organisation, the World Food Programme (WFP), said on Jul. 1 that up to 440,000 refugees from war-torn Syria might have to go hungry if no additional funds are received by August. WFP, the world’s largest humanitarian […]
Your Fourth of July and My Fourth of July
Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Revised for the 2010s: Your Fourth of July is invasions and wars. My Fourth of July is the pure sunbeam of peace. Yours is the Confederate flag and nostalgia for the hierarchies of slavery. Mine is ‘all men are created equal.’ Yours is kowtowing to billionaires in […]
50 Egyptian Soldiers, others, Killed in Daesh Sinai Rebellion
Aljazeera International | Video Report | – – “At least 35 people killed as ISIL group attacks police posts in Sheikh Zuweid and El-Arish.Al Jazeera’s Omar Saleh reports.” At the same time, Egyptian troops surrounded and killed 9 Muslim Brothers in a Cairo neighborhood, including a former member of parliament. Deadly Attacks hit Egypt’s Sinai […]
Bernie Sanders’ 10,000-person crowd in Madison biggest of any Candidate so Far
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The Democratic Party’s left wing is fed up and isn’t going to take it any more. Americans in opinion polling overwhelmingly favor the positions of Bernie Sanders on most political and social issues. But gerrymandering, big money in politics, and voter suppression have produced presidents who […]
If ISIL had burned down 4 Churches, it would have been Headline News
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Seven African-American churches have burned down in the past week and at least four of these southern Black churches were victims of deliberate arson, and possibly six were. This news is being reported tentatively and in the passive mood. The churches burned or were burned. But […]
The Great Wall of Turkey? Ankara imagines DMZ w/ Kurds, ISIL
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – So I am going to tell you a story about Turkey, Syria and the United States. It may or may not be true. Its details may or may not have happened, though there is reason to think they did. It is a story. The point is […]
Tehran Press on Talks: From “Iran will be US Strategic Ally” to “US Sanctions here to stay”
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The Iranian press has reacted in a whole range of ways to the current round of negotiations at Vienna between Iran and the five permanent members of the UN Security Council plus Germany (P5 + 1) over its civilian nuclear enrichment program. Moderates and liberals are […]
No, GOP, biblical Marriage was not between one man and one woman
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The freak-out by the Republican presidential candidates over the Supreme Court decision on same-sex marriage provokes me to revise and reprise the points below. Rick Santorum and Mike Huckabee have formally pledged: “We will not honor any decision by the Supreme Court which will force us […]
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