Dec 04 2015
A Brief History of ISIS By Adam Hanieh, 12.3.15 In the wake of the November 13 attacks in Paris, much of the Left has linked the rise of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) to the deepening imperialist violence in the Middle East. War and imperialism, on one side, and the growing …
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Dec 03 2015
What If We Really Are Defeating ISIS? By Jeffrey Hutchins, 2015 As soon as the first big snowstorm of 2015 hit, there were people who said it is proof that “global warming” is a hoax. Of course, it’s no such thing. One storm, one cold spell, even one lasting many days, or even one brutal …
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Nov 25 2015
How the United States helped create the Islamic State By Juan Cole, November 23 Did the Bush administration’s invasion of Iraq in 2003 lead to our current crisis over the Islamic State? The question has been posed baldly in this campaign season, as when a young woman at a campaign rally said to GOP …
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Nov 25 2015
The Politics of Thanksgiving Day By William Loren Katz, November 26, 2014 With family excitement building with the approach of Thanksgiving, you would never know November was Native American History Month. We would do well to recognize Native American resistance to colonialism on Thanksgiving instead of the myths about Native American dinner with Pilgrims. …
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Nov 23 2015
Part 1: I am so tired of having to explain why Palestinians deserve to live By Dina Elmuti, November 19, 2015 Every day, I desperately attempt to make sense of the senseless. I feverishly try to patch and weave together the pieces of history to understand and grapple with the calamities that have bestowed …
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Nov 23 2015
Whoa there, David Cameron! Haste and rhetoric is no recipe for peace By Robert Fisk, Sunday 22 November 2015 19:28 BST Eisenhower famously sent some brusque advice to Anthony Eden in 1956 when he decided that Britain’s deceitful war in Egypt should come to an end. “Whoa, boy!” were his words. And they should …
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Nov 21 2015
Dear editor, Oh my little brother, where art thou NOW?! Week after week your letters, pregnant with petulant, prattling preachery raging against the black man in the White House, parade your naked paranoia and your ponderous morality for all to see. Who anointed you and your amen corner arbiters of who is — …
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