Egypt’s inertia on green energy and EV’s is bringing the pain, as the virtual closure of the Strait of Hormuz provoke an energy price shock
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Year 6 of the Climate Activism Revolution
By Rebecca Solnit | (Tomdispatch.com) It was the most thrilling bureaucratic document I’ve ever seen for just one reason: it was dated the 21st day […]
Is the NSA Responsible for N. Korea’s Hack of Sony Pictures?
By Juan Cole | — In all the discussions of what is alleged to be North Korea’s horrible cyber-vandalism against Sony Pictures, I haven’t seen […]
Victim of Apartheid Wall: Christmas in Isolated Bethlehem
DW | — “Bethlehem – the traditional birthplace of Jesus is sacred for many believers. But it means big business for Palestinians who sell souvenirs […]
3000 Yezidi Girls still Missing at Hands of Daesh/ISIL: “It costs more for a girl with blue eyes”
BBC News | — “Kurdish authorities say Pershmerga forces are making headway in the Northern Iraqi town of Sinjar and have taken control of a […]
Not the Onion: Pakistanis Demand arrest of Cleric for not Condemning “Jihadis”
AJ+ |– “Pakistanis are calling for the arrest of a Muslim cleric, Abdul Aziz, who refused to condemn the recent Pakistan Attack that led to […]
The Yezidis: People of an Ancient Faith Battle Ethnic Cleansing
By Richard Foltz | (Special to Informed Comment) — Among the many victims of the barbarous Daesh (what Arabs call ISIS or ISIL), none has […]
Tunisia: Nationalist Candidate’s claimed win in Presidential Poll Contested
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) — The major political parties do fairly sophisticated exit polling in Tunisian elections now, and secular, nationalist warhorse Beji […]
Israel Turns Beersheba Mosque into Museum, while 10,000 have no place to Pray
BEERSHEBA (Ma’an) — Authorities in the southern Israeli city of Beersheba have recently converted an historic mosque into an Islamic museum despite the fact that […]
The *Other* Torture Report: What the USA looks like to the World
(special to Informed Comment) — At long last – despite the attempts at sabotage by, and over the protests of the CIA, and notwithstanding the […]
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