Tuesday, August 29, 2017
Tillerson Likely Trump's Next Fire?
America's Polarised Politics Spills onto Streets - BBC Newsnight
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BBC Newsnight,
USA
North Korea Fires Missile over Japan
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Japan,
missiles,
North Korea
Monday, August 28, 2017
Diana: The People's Princess
Diana: The People's Princess, looks at Diana's final hours, the extraordinary events leading up to her funeral and the enduring legacy of her charitable work.
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Princess Diana
Bernard Lewis - Muslims about to Take Over Europe
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Bernard Lewis,
Europe,
Islam,
Muslims,
the West
'Arpaio a Thug'; Pardon Could Hurt Trump Later
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Arizona,
Donald Trump,
Joe Arpaio,
Morning Joe,
MSNBC
Tillerson Talks North Korean Threat, Afghanistan Strategy
Is the U.S. Ready for a Nuclear Attack?
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nuclear attack,
USA
Tropical Storm Harvey: 'There's Water Up to Your Shoulder'
Guardian LIVE
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Houston,
Hurricane Harvey,
Texas
Sunday, August 27, 2017
Australian Human Rights Commissioner Advocates for Sharia Law
Sebastian Gorka on Breitbart News Saturday | August 26, 2017
The Cultural Factors Driving America's Departure From Reality
Read the Atlantic article here
Hurricane Harvey Hits Coastal Texas
Related NYT article here
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Hurricane Harvey,
Texas
Saturday, August 26, 2017
Thousands Join Anti-Terror March in Barcelona
It comes a week after two Islamist militant attacks in Catalonia left 15 people dead.
Holding placards and banners which read "I am not afraid", the march was led by emergency workers, shopkeepers and residents of the city's Las Ramblas boulevard, where a van was deliberately driven into pedestrians.
Pamela Geller: Silicon Valley's War on Free Speech
Within 24 Hours, Trump Gives Very Different Speeches
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Donald Trump
Trump Sides With Anti-Science Goons, Disbands Federal Climate Change Panel
Robert Spencer: House Votes Down Proposal to Know the Enemy
Sebastian Gorka Resigns from Trump Administration
Friday, August 25, 2017
Tariq Ramadan: The US & Allies Are Destabilizing the Middle East & Selling Arms to All Sides
Part 1 »
Meet the State Dept. Science Envoy Who Spelled Out "Impeach" in His Resignation Letter to Trump
Thursday, August 24, 2017
Inside Story - Can Trump Succeed in Ending the War in Afghanistan?
Announcing his new strategy he singled out Pakistan, saying it must stop providing safe havens for those he calls terrorists. And he warned Islamabad it had much to lose if it didn't stop harbouring them.
Will the US president succeed in ending America's longest war where others have failed? | Presenter: Hashem Ahelbarra | Guests: Shafiq Hamdam, former NATO Adviser; Ayaz Wazir, former Pakistan Ambassador to Afghanistan; Hardin Lang, senior fellow at the Center for American Progress
Pakistani Journalist: Why Is Trump Pushing For Failed Military Solution Instead of Diplomacy?
Tariq Ramadan: As Muslims Condemn Spain Attack, Americans Must Denounce U.S. Killings in Syria, Iraq
Trump and the Dysfunctional American State
Wednesday, August 23, 2017
Arizona Migrant Justice Activist: Pardon the Immigrants Arpaio Criminalized, not the Racist Sheriff
Predicting Trump Won’t Last Full Term, Alec Baldwin Speaks Out on Impersonating the President
Fake Bannon Email Account Learns Breitbart's Deep Dark Secrets
Trump Lashes Out at 'Truly Dishonest' Media Reporting of Charlottesville
Read the Guardian article here
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Arizona,
Donald Trump,
Phoenix
Tuesday, August 22, 2017
Emmanuel Macron - From Child Prodigy to President | DW Documentary
France’s youngest ever president has now been in office for over 100 days. Emmanuel Macron came to power at the age of just 39. He had no party of his own, but his political movement had thousands of supporters. This documentary follows Macron’s meteoric rise, as seen through the eyes of those who know him personally. Archive footage gives insights into his private life and his unusual marriage.
The American Prospect Editor Robert Kuttner on His Extraordinary Interview with Steve Bannon
Rex Tillerson ‘Up There’ For Worst Secretary Of State: Columnist | Morning Joe | MSNBC
State Dept. Official Who Quit in 2009 over US War in Afghanistan Speaks Out on Trump’s Troop Surge
What Happened to Trump’s Beef With North Korea? | The Resistance with Keith Olbermann | GQ
Donald Trump Hit Pakistan On Afghanistan War With Provocative Criticism | Rachel Maddow | MSNBC
Monday, August 21, 2017
Inside Story - Will Donald Trump Last through His First Full Term as US President?
Yet the president insists there is "no chaos" in his administration. But the polls tell a different story. His approval ratings have plummeted and members of his own Republican party are questioning his capability as president, with some calling the White House a "sinking ship'.
Trump has become increasingly isolated in recent months, shunned by major business leaders and at odds with his party's congressional leadership. And his comments after the violence in Charlottesville estranged him from more than half the nation.
Many are now beginning to wonder how long he will last as president. | Presenter: Hashem Ahelbarra | Guests: Oliver McGee - former Trump adviser; David A Love - Executive Editor of Black Commentator dot com; Jeanne Zaino - Professor of political science and international studies at Iona College
UN Accuses Saudi, UAE of Funding Armed Groups in Yemen
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Saudi Arabia,
UAE,
UN,
Yemen
Making Sense of a Chaotic Week at the White House
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PBS,
White House
Army Pro-Nazi Party: Elite German Military Unit Probed over Far-right Extremist Claims
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German military,
Germany,
Nazism
Watters' Words: Dismantling America's History
Sunday, August 20, 2017
Inside Story - Why Does Europe Continue to Be a Terrorist Target?
A woman died of her injuries following a similar attack in a car in the seaside resort of Cambrils nearby. Five men were shot dead by police. That followed an explosion at a house in the town of Alcanar, 200km south of Barcelona, where bomb makers are thought to have lived.
Authorities said the attacks in Barcelona and Cambrils were related and the work of a large cell that had been plotting for a long time from Alcanar.
Four arrests have been made, while seven other members of the suspected cell are confirmed dead.
The attacks in Spain are the latest in cities all over Europe. Most were claimed by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL, also known as ISIS), which is being driven from strongholds in the Middle East. So how potent a force are ISIL fighters in Europe? | Presenter: Hashem Ahelbarra | Guests: Yasser Louati - Human rights activist; Milo Comeford - Tony Blair Institute for Global Change; Greg Barton - Professor of Global Islamic Politics, Deakin University.
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Europe,
Inside Story,
terrorism
The Listening Post - Charlottesville, Trump and the Media
Given that the Robert E. Lee monument in question harkens back to the era of slavery in the US, a potent message was being sent. They were met with force that didn't come from the police. And when a car ploughed into a crowd of anti-fascist protesters, killing one and injuring many more, the recriminations were swift.
One of the so-called news sites that has been incubating far-right culture - a favourite of white supremacists, The Daily Stormer, was dumped by its online hosts for its toxic take on what happened in Charlottesville.
But that will hardly shake the confidence of the movement, not with the mixed, coded messaging coming out of President Donald Trump's White House.
Some of the president's comments had voices in the white power movement rejoicing.
"The response of Trump to say that 'we're seeing hatred on many sides' is really conspicuous and I think that people on the right are saying 'We got away with it,' says Shuja Haider, editor of Viewpoint Magazine.
Trump waited another 48 hours to condemn racism.
"Everyone heard that silence as an unwillingness to call out white supremacy and Nazism by name," explains Andrew Marantz, contributing editor for The New Yorker. "I think that the neo-Nazis heard it that way. I think that the far left heard it that way. I think Republican senators heard it that way."
Like many politicians, Donald Trump leaves much open to interpretation.
And for all his bluntness, all the hectic, late-night tweeting, Trump is more skilled at using coded messaging - what's known as dog whistling. It all started with his campaign slogan "Make America Great Again", which is seen by some as a rallying cry for a return to a different America, a whiter one.
"Dog whistle politics is just that. An attempt to convey racialised sentiments without using actual racialised language," says Osamudia James, a law professor at the University of Miami.
"One of the reasons these coded dog whistles are so effective is because while they reach the extremists that they're targeted towards, they kind of escape detection by most people," adds Haidar.
The showdown in Charlottesville took many Americans by surprise. But should it have?
Fascism Is Rising In America - Richard Wolff
Richard D. Wolff is Professor of Economics Emeritus, University of Massachusetts, Amherst. He is currently a Visiting Professor in the Graduate Program in International Affairs of the New School University in New York. Wolff has also taught economics at Yale University, City University of New York, and the University of Paris I (Sorbonne).
Saturday, August 19, 2017
The Islamic State's Claim to Spain
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Al-Andalus,
ISIS,
Islamic state,
Muslim Spain,
Spain
Tucker: Left Won't Stop with Civil War Era Monuments
Tucker: Bannon Never Forgot Why Trump Got Elected
Bannon 'Going to War for Trump' after White House Exit
Krauthammer: Steve Bannon Is a Double-edged Sword for Trump
Inside Story - How Open Is Saudi's Invitation to Hajj Pilgrims from Qatar?
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Inside Story,
Qatar,
Saudi Arabia,
the Hajj
Friday, August 18, 2017
Breitbart Editor Pollack: If Trump Tries To Reinvent, Support 'Will Erode'| Velshi & Ruhle | MSNBC
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Breitbart,
Donald Trump,
MSNBC,
White House
Steve Bannon on the Crisis of Capitalism and the Divine Right of Billionaires
How Will the Right React to Steve Bannon's Ouster?
Max Blumenthal Live with Paul Jay on Bannon Firing
Anne Frank Center: Trump's Personal Twitter Account Amplifies Hate and Should Be Suspended
Former Briebart Editor Ben Shapiro: Steve Bannon Marginalized for Months | MSNBC
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Ben Shapiro,
Breitbart,
MSNBC,
Steve Bannon
Jimmy Kimmel Interviews Kellyanne Conway About Trump Damage Control
Steve Bannon Out At White House | MSNBC
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MSNBC,
Steve Bannon,
White House
Police: Man Shot After Stabbing Several People In Finland | MSNBC
Jimmy Kimmel's Plan to Save Us from Trump
Republicans Run Out Of Patience With The President | Morning Joe | MSNBC
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Donald Trump,
Morning Joe,
MSNBC,
Republicans
Undercover Nazi Michael German: Police Inaction Encourages White Nationalist Groups | MSNBC
Is Germany Becoming More Right-wing? – BBC Newsnight
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AfD,
BBC Newsnight,
Germany
Lawrence: Donald Trump Responds To Barcelona Terror Attack With A Lie | The Last Word | MSNBC
Spain Attacks: Bigger Attacks Were Planned, Police Say – BBC News
Catalan police chief Josep Lluis Trapero told a press conference officers believed the group had been preparing the attacks at a home in Alcanar. But an explosion in the house on Wednesday, which killed one person, wounded seven and destroyed material they were planning to use in the attacks, meant they had to carry them out in a "more rudimentary way", Mr Trapero said.
The four people arrested include three Moroccans and one Spanish national, police have said.
None of them had a criminal history relating to terrorism, police chief Josep Lluis Trapero told a press conference. Three were arrested in the village of Ripoll and one in the town of Alcanar, where the house at the centre of the investigation exploded on Wednesday night. The youngest person arrested was 21, while the others were 28, 34 and 27 years old, Mr Trapero said.
'We Are in the Midst of a Global Jihadist Insurgency' – Maajid Nawaz on Fox News
'I Saw a Lot of Blood' - Barcelona Attack Eyewitness to RT
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