Economy

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) comprises Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates and Oman. In recent years it has faced severe internal divisions, especially a Saudi-Qatar split over the Muslim Brotherhood, which Riyadh wanted to crush but which Qatar generally has supported. After […]

Banking

The Real Reason Critics Hate The Iran Nuclear Deal

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Cenk Uygur | (The Young Turks Video) | – – “There’s something wrong with people’s reaction to the Iran nuclear deal. If what they’re saying is true then the deal makes no sense at all. They’re saying Iran will be more likely to get a nuclear weapon, but that simply isn’t true. Cenk Uygur delivers […]

Apartheid

Israel orders half of West Bank Palestinian village demolished after Ramadan

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Ma’an News Agency | – – HEBRON (Ma’an) — Israeli authorities ordered the demolition of around half of the homes in a village south of Hebron to be carried out after Ramadan, Israeli watchdogs said on Wednesday. (MaanImages/Charlie Hoyle, File) Rabbis for Human Rights and B’Tselem said in a statement that pressure from Israeli settlers […]

Economy

European Companies poised for Iran Gold Rush but will Hill Keep US Out?

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By Charles Recknagel | ( RFE/ RL) Many of the punishing UN, U.S., and EU financial and energy sanctions imposed on Iran in recent years to pressure Tehran to curb its nuclear activities are to be suspended or lifted in the wake of the deal struck in Vienna on July 14. But many other sanctions, […]

Civil Rights

Celebrating Bernie Sanders via Stand-Up: He doesn’t Give a —

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Francesca Fiorentini | (AJ+ Video) – – “Whether in a speech or an interview, 2016 presidential candidate Bernie Sanders has little patience for politicking. This grandpa socialist can’t be bought, for better or for worse.” AJ+: “Bernie Sanders Doesn’t Give A F***”

Economy

Jeb Bush Thinks You Don’t Work Hard Enough

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Cenk Uygur | (The Young Turks Video) | – – “Jeb Bush has an interesting idea on how to boost economic growth: people should just work longer hours. Despite the fact that US employees work on average 47 hours per week, more than most of the industrialized world, Jeb Bush thinks Americans have it too […]

Apartheid

Amira Hass: “Let me be blunt: Gaza is a Huge Concentration Camp”

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By Amira Hass / Julie Poucher Harbin | ( ISLAMICommentary) | – – by JULIE POUCHER HARBIN, EDITOR, ISLAMiCommentary Amira Hass, Haaretz correspondent for the Occupied Territories This past Spring Amira Hass, correspondent for Haaretz, spoke at the Forum for Scholars and Publics at Duke University. Hass, an Israeli who has won numerous awards for […]

Climate Change

Big Oil, Coal Racketeering: Corp. Memos Reveal Decades of Climate Lies

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Union of Concerned Scientists | (Video Report) | – – “For nearly three decades, many of the world’s largest fossil fuel companies have knowingly worked to deceive the public about the realities and risks of climate change. Their deceptive tactics are now highlighted in “The Climate Deception Dossiers,” a new report from the Union of […]

Banking

Is Greece’s “No” on Debt Referendum another Youth Revolution?

Juan Cole

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – During the past 5 years, the old categories of politics– left, right, center or capitalist and socialist– have been challenged by a new one, that of youth. What the Millennials want has begun to matter in addition to the other factors. That Greece has a left-wing […]