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Tag Archives: International Relations

FBI Director Comey Doesn’t Understand the 1st Amendment

May 5, 2017 1st Amendment Civil Rights Criminal Justice International Relations Media Media Freedom National Security War Crimes Wikileaks Leave a comment

Beware the Intelligence Establishment Escalating Tensions with Russia

December 16, 2016 2016 Election CIA Conspiracy Theories Donald Trump Foreign Policy Hillary Clinton International Relations Iraq National Security Russia Voting 1 Comment

Panama Papers Expose the Global Elite’s Shadowy Web of Corruption and Tax Dodging

April 5, 2016 Corporatism Corruption Economics Hillary Clinton Inequality International Relations Obama Tax Policy Taxation Trade Trans-Pacific Partnership Trickle Down Economics 2 Comments

Dear Republicans: Your Presidential Primary is Embarrassing the USA and Causing Real Foreign Relations Problems

April 1, 2016 2016 Election 2016 Primary Discrimination Donald Trump extremism Foreign Policy Insane Republicans International Relations Racism Republicans Ted Cruz Terrorism Voting 3 Comments

The 5th GOP Debate: Mindless Brutality, Calls to Commit War Crimes, and Fact-Free Bloviating

December 16, 2015 Civil Rights Conservative Constitution Donald Trump extremism International Relations ISIS Partisan Fighting Racism Republicans Tea Party Ted Cruz Terrorism War War Crimes 25 Comments

The COP21 Conference: Putting the Threat of Climate Change into Perspective

December 2, 2015 climate effects of climate change Environment Environmental Policy Environmental Protection Foreign Policy global climate change Health Policy International Relations ISIS Regulation Terrorism 1 Comment

Syria is Just the Prelude to a Much Greater Climate-Driven Refugee Crisis

September 14, 2015 climate effects of climate change Environment Foreign Policy global climate change International Relations War 1 Comment

Chelsea Manning Faces Indefinite Solitary Confinement for Possessing Toothpaste and Magazines

August 13, 2015 Civil Rights Constitution Criminal Justice Discrimination International Relations Legal Injustice Military Police State Prison spying Terrorism Whistleblower 6 Comments

Iran Nuclear Deal Reached, but can it Survive Partisan Politics?

July 15, 2015 Foreign Policy International Relations Iran Nuclear Weapons Partisan Fighting Terrorism War Leave a comment

Silence as Thousands of Civilians Die in the Middle East and a Blockade Impoverishes a Nation

July 10, 2015 Defense Policy International Relations Israel Media Middle East Military Racism Terrorism War Leave a comment

Fast Track Nears Passage for Trans-Pacific Power Grab

June 24, 2015 Civil Rights Corporatism Corruption Democrats Deregulation Economics Environmental Protection International Relations Internet Freedom Money in Politics Multi-National Corporations Policy Regulation Republicans Tax Policy TPP Trade Deal worker's rights 2 Comments

Iran, the Bomb, and the Intra-Islamic Proxy war

May 11, 2015 extremism Foreign Policy International Relations Iran Iraq Islam Israel Middle East Military Nuclear Weapons Obama Religion in Politics Terrorism War 1 Comment

Progressives and Conservatives Must Unite to Stop the TPP’s Corporate Assault on the American People

May 3, 2015 Congress Conservative Corporate Greed Corporatism Corruption Democrats Deregulation Economics Environment International Relations Money in Politics Obama Progressive Regulation Republicans Trade Trans-Pacific Partnership 2 Comments

GOP Senators Try to Undermine Obama on Iran, American Credibility becomes Collateral Damage

March 12, 2015 Defense Policy extremism Foreign Policy Insane Republicans International Relations Iran National Security Obama Republicans War Leave a comment

Comparing the Threats of ISIS and Climate Change

February 13, 2015 effects of climate change Environment Foreign Policy global climate change International Relations Iraq ISIS Syria Terrorism 2 Comments

The Charlie Hebdo Attack: Where was the NSA?

January 13, 2015 1st Amendment 4th Amendment CIA Civil Rights Criminal Justice Domestic Surveillance International Relations National Security NSA Terrorism 1 Comment

Senate Torture Report Gives Horrifying View into the American Torture Regime

December 12, 2014 CIA Civil Rights Defense Policy International Relations Terrorism Torture War Crimes 2 Comments

The People’s Climate March

September 22, 2014 climate effects of climate change Environment global climate change International Relations Pollution 3 Comments

Unpacking the Recent Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

July 10, 2014 extremism International Relations Israel Media Religion in Politics Terrorism War 17 Comments

Iraq Burns as Terrorists Too Extreme For Al Qaida Sweep Across the Country

June 20, 2014 Current Events extremism International Relations Iran Iraq Middle East Syria Terrorism War 3 Comments

Debunking the Double Standard in the Israeli-Arab Conflict

May 5, 2014 Foreign Policy Inequality International Relations Israel Military Palestinians propaganda Terrorism War 14 Comments

A Look at the Post-Climate Change Globe

April 24, 2014 climate climate science Environment global climate change International Relations Regulation 2 Comments

Torture Fails to Produce Results and the CIA Lies, Big Surprise

April 2, 2014 CIA Civil Rights Constitution Defense Policy extremism Foreign Policy International Relations Police State spying Terrorism Torture Transparency 2 Comments

The Red Dawn in Ukraine

March 3, 2014 Current Events Drones Foreign Policy International Relations Russia Terrorism War 3 Comments

American Politics 2013: The Good, the Bad, and the Bizarre Part #1

January 1, 2014 Domestic Surveillance Drug War Edward Snowden gay rights International Relations Iran Pope Francis Religion in Politics Supreme Court 1 Comment

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