Oil
Trump: Stop bombing Syria, stop the deadly war for oil
April 7, 2017For nearly a century powerful oil companies based in the U.S. and other Western countries have waged a continual struggle to maintain control over the vast energy resources of the Middle East. What Donald Trump did...
Read moreDesert on Fire: Photo collection documents Kuwait oil disaster
January 4, 2017When Iraq’s army left Kuwait in 1991, it set hundreds of oil wells alight. Photographer Sebastião Salgado documented the heroes who halted an environmental catastrophe.
Read moreStand with the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe
December 8, 2016It’s good that law enforcement agents have begun removing blockades that have kept water protectors away from the construction. But Trump is still to come.
Read moreMore than meets the eye behind the Iran sanctions
December 6, 2016Navid Shomali of Iran's Tudeh Party explains why "America is now trying to create a Middle East in which no power is dominant and all are to some extent dependent on the U.S.”
Read moreObama sticks with DAPL against Standing Rock Water Protectors
November 28, 2016“Throughout this struggle and the heroism of the valiant Water Protectors, this so-called president has obstinately refused to stand up to Big Oil. “
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