A report published recently by Swiss bank UBS shows the world’s wealthiest are now worth $9.1 trillion, enough to spend $1 million per day for 30,000 years. In 2017, more than 2,000 billionaires around the world became even wealthier, pushing their collective fortunes to historic levels. According to a report recently published by Swiss bank […]
Archives for October 2018
Khashoggi’s Murder grabbed Headlines but Brutal Saudi War on Yemen Invisible
Dubai (AFP) – The murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi has triggered a diplomatic and public relations crisis for Saudi Arabia, but little may change for the victims of the Yemen war. On Wednesday, at least 24 civilians were killed in strikes on Yemen’s Hodeida province, the Red Sea district at the heart of a […]
Suggestive Terrorism: Trump, Pipe Bomber and the ISIL Technique
The attempted pipe bombings directed at former US president Barack Obama, former vice president Joe Biden, former secretary of state Hillary Clinton, former attorney General Eric Holder and several other targets of the wrath of Donald Trump are unlikely to be the last acts of terrorism galvanized by Trump’s savaging of his perceived enemies. Trump […]
Israel to spend $72 mn to convince Europe Boycott over Occupation is “anti-Semitism”
Text calls on “all political parties to pass a binding resolution rejecting BDS activities as fundamentally anti-Semitic”.
De Niro: “There’s Something more powerful than Bombs: Your Vote”
De Niro has been a frequent critic of Trump
Qatar a Beneficiary of Saudi Khashoggi Debacle
Doha (AFP) – Global diplomatic fallout from the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in Saudi Arabia’s Istanbul consulate may help Qatar in its political stand-off with the kingdom, experts said. The backlash may force Riyadh to ease sweeping sanctions imposed on Doha since the dispute erupted between the former Gulf allies in June 2017. The […]
In Major defeat for Trump, Int’l Court of Justice Rules for Iran in Lifting Sanctions
(TeleSur) – Iran brought a complaint to the ICJ on grounds that U.S. President Donald Trump’s sanctions violated the 1955 Treaty of Amity signed between the two countries. On Wednesday, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) at the Hague issued a court ruling ordering the United States to remove sanctions imposed on Iran which affect […]
Far right urging of jailing of Political Rivals linked in History with Bombings
The mass right wing parties of Europe in the 1920s and 1930s were led by charismatic leaders who whipped up the hatreds of mobs by denouncing immigrants and ethnic and religious groups as threats to the nation and as terrorists and saboteurs. Somehow when politicians set such a tone, in which alternative political leaders and […]
Avalanche of Criticism for U of Michigan for Fining Professor over Israel Boycott
The American Association of University Professors (AAUP) called on the university to rescind the punishment
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