Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Trump has openly and consistently given Saudi control of oil prices as the reason for which he doesn’t want to sanction Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman for having dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi murdered and then dismembered. Trump is, as usual, wildly exaggerating. Saudi Arabia produces perhaps 11% of the […]
Archives for November 2018
Syrian Kurdish Women March to End Gender-Based Violence
“Women must organise and reach decision-making positions”
Climate Crisis: Wildfire Smoke is Becoming Nationwide Health Threat
By Richard E. Peltier | – (The Conversation) – The impacts of recent forest fires in California reach well beyond the burned areas. Smoke from the Camp Fire created hazardous air quality conditions in San Francisco, more than 170 miles to the southwest – but it didn’t stop there. Cross-country winds carried it across the […]
Israeli Squatters in West Bank uproot 1,000 Palestinian Olive Trees a Month (800,000 since 1967)
Israeli settlers uprooted dozens of olive trees, on Saturday, near Turmusayya village near Ramallah
Saudi Arabia: Free Dr. Hatoon al-Fassi
His Majesty King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud King of Saudi Arabia and Custodian of the two Holy Mosques Fax: (via Ministry of the Interior) +966 11 403 3125 His Royal Highness Mohammad bin Salman Al Saud Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia Fax: (via Ministry of the Interior) +966 11 403 3125 His Royal Highness […]
India Doubles Iran Oil Imports: Are Trump’s Sanctions Cratering?
China is also resuming imports from Iran
Tunisia Lawyers, Bloggers Sue over Bin Salman Visit b/c Khashoggi Murder
A group of lawyers in Tunisia are preparing to file a lawsuit to prevent Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman from visiting the country following the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. A number of journalists and bloggers requested the action be taken, the 50 Lawyers for the Defence of Freedoms and Addressing the Abuse of […]
Can Social Democracy Work In America? The Rise of DSA (Video)
“The middle class is dying. And that has young Americans turning to democratic socialism for solutions.” Can Social Democracy Work In America? | AJ+
Trump’s Climate Denial could Cost US $500 bn. a Year
Climate change is expected to cause growing losses to American infrastructure and property and impede the rate of economic growth
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