368 results found for "Syria"

By Jeff Schechtman 01/15/2016

Fill Up Your Gas Tank — and Support Repression, Tyrants, Wars, Terrorism and Atrocities

Every time you fill up your tank or buy the latest smartphone, chances are that you are putting bullets in a gun thousands of miles away. In this podcast, Leif Wenar, the Chair of Philosophy and Law at King’s College London, reveals the true ugliness behind the marriage of resource-seeking corporations and the most corrupt despots. He also proposes an ethical alternative — Clean Trade — that benefits everyone but the tyrants.

By The WhoWhatWhy Team 01/17/2016

He Told You So: President Eisenhower’s Military-Industrial Complex Speech

On January 17, 1961, outgoing president Dwight D. Eisenhower, a military man, warned us to beware of the masters of America’s industrial war machine and their growing hold over the country. On this anniversary of his famous speech, it is worth listening to his prophetic words, if only to consider why no one has taken heed of them.

By Whowhatwhy Editors 01/19/2016

Editors’ Picks for Jan 19

What Drives the Pro-Gun Argument, Will NYC’s Mayor Become the Climate Change Leader He Promises to Be?, Charlie Hebdo’s Refugee Cartoon Strikes Ire, and More Picks

By Whowhatwhy Editors 01/22/2016

Editors’ Picks for Jan 22

Meet the Members Attending the Mysterious ‘Davos Gathering’, The Year When Plastic in the Ocean Outnumbers the Fish, Shiny and New US Military Base in Syria?, and More Picks

By Whowhatwhy Editors 01/25/2016

Editors’ Picks for Jan 25

Biden Calls PKK a ‘Terror Group’, Clinton Laughs at the Idea of Releasing Goldman Sachs Transcripts, Woody Guthrie’s Anti-Trump Message, and More Picks

By Klaus Marre 02/01/2016

Study shows GOP Candidates Who Lie the Most, Do the Best

With no apparent repercussions for lying on the campaign trail, all candidates are bending the truth at disconcerting levels. An analysis of data from the group that impartially “outs” the liars finds the worst offenders on the GOP side.

By Whowhatwhy Editors 02/16/2016

Editors’ Picks for Feb 16

Why the Court Might Swing Left (Even with a Republican Pick), Russian Research’s Attempt to Remove the Firewall Blocking Access to Scientific Knowledge, Britain Disallows Boycotts of Israeli Goods, and More Picks

By Peter Levenda 02/19/2016

Nazi Terrorist Connection: Hitler’s Legacy, Part 3

By making crucial mistakes, the winners of World War I not only paved the way for Hitler to emerge in Europe, but their actions in the Middle East also gave birth to the movement we now know as Islamist terrorism.

By Klaus Marre 03/01/2016

Democracies in Emerging Countries Are in Danger

Dangerous trends in 129 transitioning and developing countries are strikingly similar to those in the US.

By Whowhatwhy Editors 03/11/2016

Mar 11

FBI’s Response to Apple, 2016 Issues Map, Stephen Hawking Discusses Impactful Teacher, and More Picks

By Whowhatwhy Editors 03/15/2016

Mar 15

North Carolina Near #1 in Disenfranchised Voters, High Cost of Syria, US Court Orders Over $10B from Iran for 9/11, and More Picks

By Klaus Marre 03/28/2016

Trump’s Foreign Policy Troupe Comes Up Short

Donald Trump finally unveiled his team of foreign policy experts — and it is lacking in…experts.