Morocco, UN myopia and the Libyan crisis
Those were the days: celebrating the liberation of Benghazi from the Qaddafi dictatorship in October 2011. Flickr / Magherabia. Some rights reserved.Since the fall of Muammar Qaddafi’s regime in 2011,…
Bizarre Holocaust Ice Skating Performance Panned As Unbelievably Tasteless
The video opens up to two performers staring into the camera. The stage shimmers with ice awash in ambient light. You lean in, though, if only to notice that these two…
Send them to Egypt
Sisi on big-screen monitor listening as John Kerry delivers remarks to Egyptian development conference at the Congress Center in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, March 13, 2015. Wikicommons/State Department/ Public Domain.I never…
Michael Moore Threatens To Take Out Dems Who Don’t Block Trump Pick
Michael Moore is wielding his newfound political capital in a big way. After successfully predicting Trump’s victory and then offering the country a blueprint for opposing his administration, the documentary…
Pro-Kurdish party at the heart of the Turkish elections: prospects for the peace process
Graffiti artists working on Selahattin Demirtas.Demotix/ Erhan Demirtas.All rights reserved.Turkey is going through very interesting times. Interesting, because a former pro-Kurdish People’s Democracy Party – HDP (both with its agenda…
The Three Progressive Issues Ivanka Is Trying To Change Trump’s Mind On
Donald Trump’s oldest daughter Ivanka might end up being the most influential presidential daughter in history and her Dad hasn’t even been sworn into office. And she might be the…
Why we need a feminist foreign policy to stop war
“Feminist foreign policy” appears to be the flavour of the month. While we are still trying to understand what that means, we have Margot Wallström to thank for popularising the…
The Protesting Cheerleaders At Trump’s Alma Mater
On September 17, a bright fall afternoon in Philadelphia, the University of Pennsylvania football team hosted Lehigh University for its home opener. Before the game, while the Penn band performed…
Dialogue in Libya: challenges and conditions of success
R. Byhre/Demotix. All rights reserved.Libya is entering its fourth year after the announcement of the country’s liberation on October 23rd 2011, two days after Muammar Qaddafi was killed. This date…
Mark Hamill Writes Heartbreaking Tribute To Carrie Fisher
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A Greek rebellion
June 29, 2015 Athens, Greece. Flickr. Some rights reservedBackground Discontent A bare two years ago, we witnessed an outbreak of global discontent. Mass protests took place in a host of…
The Way This Emotional Obamacare Facebook Debate Abruptly Ends Is Almost Too Good
As Republicans debate exactly how they will repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, aka Obamacare, their biggest hurdle may be supporters who have no idea what’s about to happen…