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Ukraine Crisis Shows Urgency of Green Energy: Russian Nat’l Gas Blackmail
(By Juan Cole) Hawks are complaining that Europe has been insufficiently belligerent in its response to Russian moves in the Crimea, blaming the declining military […]
Least Transparent Administration Ever: A New Front in Obama’s War on Whistleblowers
(By Peter Van Buren) The Obama administration has just opened a new front in its ongoing war on whistleblowers. It’s taking its case against one man, […]
Kerry on Invading other Countries on a Trumped Up Pretext (Editorial Cartoon)
(By Paul Jamiol) courtesy Jamiol’s World
McCain’s Mind-Boggling Hypocrisy on Crimea at the American Israel Public Affairs Committee Conference
John Hickman, author of Selling Guantanamo, writes in a guest column for Informed Comment That the Crimean Crisis would be exploited by Republican Congressional leaders […]
Obama to Netanyahu: Israel faces Int’l Sanctions over “Permanent Occupation of West Bank”
(By Juan Cole) Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s visit to Washington, D.C., this week was even more of a disaster for him than might have been […]
Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs Workers Launch Strike to Protest Low Wages
Employees of the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs have gone on a major strike protesting low wages and working conditions. Click here for the rest […]
Libyan business confederation to be set up
By Michel Cousins. Tripoli, 4 March 2014: Plans are in motion to set up an organisation as the voice of the Libya private sector. The […]
Fracking Ban Momentum Builds On Both Sides Of The Atlantic
Local communities that are pushing for a ban on fracking will get a helping hand from the British green energy company Ecotricity, which is launching a new short film this Thursday to boost public awareness about negative impacts of the unconventional…
AI Calls for Int’l Sanctions on Israel over Systematic Violence against Civilians
(By Sarah Lazare) Israeli forces are killing Palestinian civilians in the West Bank — including children — with "callous disregard for human life," enjoying near impunity […]