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Mapping A Geopolitical Future: America’s Adventures In Divvying Up Iraq

“Just like the Arab Spring was exploited to serve imperialistic agendas, this new wave of nationalism we see rise among ethnic groups has been weaponized to serve Tel Aviv’s neocons’ grand hegemonic ambitions,” a political analyst tells MintPress News.

Catherine Shakdam
بواسطة Catherine Shakdam
Iraqi Kurdistan Regional President Masoud Barzani, left, walks to West Wing of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, May 5, 2015, where he is scheduled to meet with Vice President Joe Biden.

Iraqi Kurdistan Regional President Masoud Barzani, left, walks to West Wing of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, May 5, 2015, where he is scheduled to meet with Vice President Joe Biden. WASHINGTON --- When Kurdistan President Masoud Barzani reaffirmed in an interview with PBS in March that he would continue to push for secession from

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CIA Whistleblower Kiriakou Joins Anti-War Activists To Write Letters To Political Prisoners

He spent 30 months in federal prison for blowing the whistle on the CIA’s government-sanctioned torture practices. Now John Kiriakou joins activists from the anti-war group Code Pink to write letters to other activists, dissenters and perceived political prisoners.

Sean Nevins
بواسطة Sean Nevins
John Kiriakou, former CIA analyst and operations officer, talks at Code Pink’s Pink House in Washington DC on May 20 in support of activists writing letters to political prisoners, who were incarcerated for whistleblowing and other activities.

John Kiriakou, former CIA analyst and operations officer, talks at Code Pink’s Pink House in Washington DC on May 20 in support of activists writing letters to political prisoners, who were incarcerated for whistleblowing and other activities. WASHINGTON --- On Wednesday, CIA whistleblower John Kiriakou joined activists at Code Pink’s

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Police Shooting Of 2 Unarmed Men Sparks Protests In Washington

The officer reported he was being assaulted with a skateboard early Thursday before the shooting that left 21-year-old Bryson Chaplin in serious condition and 24-year-old Andre Thompson in stable condition.

Associated Press
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Hundreds of people protesting a police shooting gather outside of City Hall in Olympia, Wash., on Thursday, May 21, 2015. Police say that two stepbrothers suspected of trying to steal beer from a grocery store were unarmed when they were shot by a police officer who confronted them. (AP Photo/Rachel La Corte)

Hundreds of people protesting a police shooting gather outside of City Hall in Olympia, Wash., on Thursday, May 21, 2015. Police say that two stepbrothers suspected of trying to steal beer from a grocery store were unarmed when they were shot by a police officer who confronted them. (AP Photo/Rachel La Corte) OLYMPIA, Wash. — Hundreds of

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Growing Global Inequality Gap ‘Has Reached A Tipping Point’

‘When such a large group in the population gains so little from economic growth, the social fabric frays and trust in institutions is weakened.’

Nadia Prupis
بواسطة Nadia Prupis

With the gap between the rich and poor growing worldwide, a new study by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) published Thursday suggests that the only way to reverse such rampant inequality is by implementing government measures aimed at balancing the playing field Chief among those measures: Tax the rich and push

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Strangled By War And Siege, Gaza’s Economy ‘On Verge Of Collapse’: World Bank

Global body calls for ‘lifting of the blockade on the movement of goods and people to allow Gaza’s tradable sectors to recover’.

Sarah Lazare
بواسطة Sarah Lazare

A Palestinian brother and sister walk in front of a building which was destroyed in last summer's Israel-Hamas war, in the Shijaiyah neighborhood of Gaza City, northern Gaza Strip, Monday, Feb. 23, 2015. Nine months after Israel's 51-day military assault on Gaza, a damning new report released by the World Bank finds that the 1.8 million

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Surveillance Debate Produces Unusual Alliances In Washington

“We’re not usually on the same page about a lot of things, but our constituents on the right and left feel very passionately that if they’re not doing anything wrong that the government shouldn’t be in their business.”

Associated Press
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Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) speaks to reporters during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, July 16, 2013, beside Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.). (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak) WASHINGTON — Congress' debate over domestic surveillance is scrambling partisan divisions in the Senate as libertarian-minded Republicans defy their leaders to

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