Informed Comment daily updates (03/13/2024)

 

US Intelligence: Israel’s Netanyahu not Viable, not Moderate and is Provoking Terrorism Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Annual Threat Assessment of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (Avril Haines) contains some important information that should be highlighted because it refutes right wing propaganda. Let me just draw attention to some of these points. 1. Here’s an essential one: “We assess that Iranian leaders did […]

Protesting the Suspension of Professor Jairo Fúnez-Flores by Texas Tech University Committee on Academic Freedom | Middle East Studies Association | – Tedd Mitchell Chancellor, Texas Tech University System Tedd.mitchell@ttuhsc.edu   Lawrence Schovanec  President, Texas Tech University lawrence.schovanec@ttu.edu   Ron Hendrick Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs, Texas Tech University provost.communications@ttu.edu   Eileen Gianiodis  Assistant Vice President of Marketing & Communications, Texas Tech University  egianiod@ttu.edu […]

The American Empire in (Ultimate?) Crisis ( Tomdispatch.com ) – Empires don’t just fall like toppled trees. Instead, they weaken slowly as a succession of crises drain their strength and confidence until they suddenly begin to disintegrate. So it was with the British, French, and Soviet empires; so it now is with imperial America. Great Britain confronted serious colonial crises in […]

MUST WATCH! We are all Palestinian: Music Video by Mistahi Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Mistahi: “We are all Palestinian” Mistahi was born and raised in Saskatoon, Canada as part of a poor neighbourhood. He was exposed to common problems that are familiar to most in the working class. Everyday he walked by a homeless shelter to attend elementary school. By the time he made […]

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