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Donald Trump is not the problem – he’s the symptom

Trump is what happens when you fail to understand our global problems in their interconnected, systemic context

openDemocracy

The UK's ‘national security’ plan? It's a blueprint for a police state

The report offers no insight on how Britain has destroyed the national security of other countries - and thereby threatened its own

Middle East Eye

We Need to Accept That Oil Is a Dying Industry

The new OPEC deal can't revive the fossil fuel industry

VICE

US Power Will Decline Under Trump, Says Futurist Who Predicted Soviet Collapse

We talked to Nobel Prize-nominated Johan Galtung, who predicted that someone like Trump would win the US, and that it will trigger a decline in power

VICE

Washington insiders warn ‘anti-Semitic’ Trump administration could torpedo two-state solution

If Trump kills all prospects of a Palestinian state as Beltway insiders fear, an uprising – and the end of whatever security Israel has – is likely

Middle East Eye

Donald Trump is going to keep wrecking Afghanistan

As commander-in-chief, dealing with the realities of the region will not be as simple as shifting soundbites

openDemocracy

Trump’s terrorist friends

Despite his rhetoric as a hard man against terror, Trump is happy to do business with governments that have links to extremists

Middle East Eye

Your Government Wants to Militarize Social Media to Influence Your Beliefs

A conference in London this week brings together military and intelligence officials hoping to use social media as a tool in the armed forces

VICE

Trump’s dystopia is coming – but it will destroy itself

Trump will, inevitably, pull the rug out from under his own feet

openDemocracy

Welcome to the Age of Crappy Oil

UK's climate chief says we’re running out of cheap oil, but fossil fuels can still burn the planet

VICE

The new ‘two-state solution’ that will colonise Palestine

Under ludicrous new blueprint, Israel would withdraw its settlements in return for Palestine becoming a giant surrogate Israeli colony

Middle East Eye

Your Smart Robot Is Coming in Five Years, But It Might Get Hacked and Kill You

However, it's the cars you really have to worry about

VICE

Here’s why France is on the frontline of the war with Islamic State

France’s persistent targeting by extremists is linked to its secretive war with IS militants being waged across the Mediterranean in the Maghreb

Middle East Eye

Most Labour MPs opposing Corbyn are stained with the blood of Iraq

Data on the Labour MPs rising up against Jeremy Corbyn shows this is a revolt of the war party against an anti-war leader

Middle East Eye

FEMA Contractor Predicts 'Social Unrest' Caused by 395% Food Price Spikes

A FEMA contract predicts “social unrest” caused by a global food crisis

VICE

Conclusions and Recommendations: Countering Reconstructed-Nazism

Return of the Reich: Mapping the Global Resurgence of Far Right Power

Return of the Reich

A Fourth Reich is rising across Europe — with ties to Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin

Part 4 of Return of the Reich: Mapping the Global Resurgence of Far Right Power

Return of the Reich

The powerful neo-Nazi network destroying the European Union from within

Part 3 of Return of the Reich: Mapping the Global Resurgence of Far Right Power

Return of the Reich

The Conservative Party aided and abetted German fascists with Nazi roots

Part 2 of Return of the Reich: Mapping the Global Resurgence of Far Right Power

Return of the Reich

European support for far right extremism reaches 1930s scale

Part 1 of Return of the Reich: Mapping the Global Resurgence of Far Right Power

Return of the Reich

Executive Summary

Return of the Reich: Mapping the Global Resurgence of Far Right Power

Return of the Reich

Introduction

Return of the Reich: Mapping the Global Resurgence of Far Right Power

Return of the Reich

How G4S tolerated the homophobic hatred of Orlando’s IS terrorist

Omar Mateen’s homophobic fling with the Islamic State emerged in the bowels of a national security complex dominated by the Christian Right

Middle East Eye

UN ‘buries’ resolution on Gaza’s environmental health crisis under US, Israeli pressure

The blocking of a UN vote on the Gaza resolution was orchestrated by the US and Israel on the basis of a technicality, which was selectively applied

Middle East Eye