Tag: Middle East
As the world watches Syria, don’t forget about Yemen
The problem isn’t that the U.S. is standing by and doing nothing while this horror unfolds. It’s much worse than that.
‘A day of infamy’ part 2
Will my fellow citizens who love this country as I do finally wake up and demand we pull back this empire. before it destroys all the world?
Building the Iron Wall
The ominous assault on the final redoubts of a free press, through an attempt to brand dissidents, independent journalists and critics of corporate power and imperialism as agents of a foreign power, has begun.
Noam Chomsky’s new book ‘Global Discontents’ is a must-read
Chomsky gives you a completely different perspective of international conflicts and domestic politics in his new book.
Pakistan and Afghanistan – epicenters of geopolitical intrigue
Pakistan and Afghanistan can reverse the mistakes of the last forty years and endeavor to create a new future of cooperation, peace and prosperity.
Global special ops out of control under Trump
Elite commandos deployed to 149 countries in 2017.
Why are Democratic senators enabling one of Trump’s worst decisions?
Trump’s action has already begun to wreak havoc in the Middle East.
Incentive for terrorism: America has taken nearly 70% of the world’s...
Young lives are put at risk to ensure that a few thousand American households are free to take most of the wealth.
Saudi bombing and blockade are devastating Yemen, and Yemenis know the...
U.S.-backed Saudi aggression is stoking anti-American sentiment in Yemen.
Destroying Raqqa in order to save it
The devastation of Raqqa was not covered in the English language press with the same vigor as the earlier battle for Aleppo.
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Mehdi Hasan on AIPAC’s Role in El-Sayed vs. Rogers Race in Michigan & Trump’s...
One of the most closely watched races in the midterm elections is in Michigan between Democrat Abdul El-Sayed and Republican Mike Rogers. El-Sayed is a former public health official who is campaigning on a platform of Medicare for All, ending military aid to Israel, and getting corporate money out of politics. Rogers is a former Republican congressman backed by President Trump.
If elected, El-Sayed would become the first Muslim to serve in the U.S. Senate. During Wednesday’s debate in Michigan, Rogers repeated the claim, without providing evidence, that El-Sayed has ties to the Muslim Brotherhood. El-Sayed has repeatedly denied the accusation.
“If Abdul El-Sayed wins, it will be a reminder that the left can win in a swing state like Michigan,” says Mehdi Hasan, editor-in-chief of Zeteo. “And it will be actually a moment to say, 'You know what? Americans rejected Islamophobia.
Report counts 902 pregnancy-related prosecutions in three years after Dobbs
Pregnancy Justice found that most cases involved child neglect or endangerment charges and that substance use was alleged in 871 of them.
Analysis estimates 1.5 million Latinos have lost SNAP benefits since the tax law passed
Texas and Arizona account for more than 596,000 of the estimated losses in the seven states the groups examined, and the method assumes every enrollee was equally likely to be cut.
Will America reactivate its decency gene, closing the spigot of scorched-earth MAGA schemes?
Only a midterm rout turns back the suicidal, corruption-laden Trump bulldozer, ploughing ahead (crypto, emoluments, inflation, blackmail, AI) to enrich the rich by impoverishing the poor