International Politics and Economy

Saudi military spending reached $69.4 billion in 2017

How Troll Farms & Fake News are being Weaponized against Iraq’s Women Politicians

As Iraq’s elections approach, internet dirty tricks multiply

Will it be the Accountants who bring down Trump and his Cronies?

San Francisco ( Tomdispatch.com) – They call people like us “bean counters” — the soulless ones beavering away in some windowless accounting department, the living calculators who don’t care about desperation or aspirations, who just want you to turn in your expense report on time and explain those perfectly legitimate charges on the company credit […]

Democracy

Tunisian women hit campaign trail as equals to men

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The 2011 Tunisian Revolution resulted in a constitution that recognizes the equality of women and men (even the US doesn’t have that)

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Is Mike Pompeo Soft on White Terrorism Against Muslim Immigrants?

Juan Cole

The CIA director seems unaware that the majority of people harmed by terrorism in the US since 2002 have been victims of white nationalism.

Corruption

The Hannity Case is so Serious it Requires a Consumer Boycott of his Advertisers

Juan Cole

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The problems at Fox Cable “News” go way beyond Sean Hannity. But he is a major problem. For him to go on air and defend attorney Michael Cohen numerous times without so much as mentioning that Cohen is his legal adviser is the height of journalistic […]

Democracy

As Lebanon prepares to vote, Amnesty for the disenfranchised provokes Fierce Debate

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Haley Bobseine | (Informed Comment) | – – After almost a decade of multiple postponements stalling the national political process and depriving citizens of their right to vote, Lebanese parliamentary elections will be held next month under a new legal framework. Passed in June 2017, the new election law replaces the majoritarian system with multi-member […]

Corruption

Behind the Struggle with Mueller & Comey: Trump is the Triumph of Privilege over Law

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By Martin Powers | (Informed Comment) | – – Frustration and bewilderment are common in media accounts of this administration’s expansive chaos. Even well educated writers turn to expletives, as if proper language were inadequate to convey the shock and dismay. Still, it is not that difficult to identify the source of puzzlement: neither Trump […]

Corruption

Will Trump divert attention from Cohen Raid by attacking Syria?

Juan Cole

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Matt Apuzzo of the New York Times reports that FBI agents produced a warrant at the offices in the Rockefeller Center of Trump’s personal attorney, Michael Cohen, that allowed them to gain access and to spend hours going through and confiscating documents and equipment. Trump lambasted […]