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76 Years after Colonial Britain Scheduled a Palestinian State, UK to Recognize Palestine
Colonialism

76 Years after Colonial Britain Scheduled a Palestinian State, UK to Recognize Palestine

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Nadeem Badshah at The Guardian reports that British Prime Minister Keir Starmer is expected to recognize a Palestinian state today, […]

Clear Conclusions: A UN Commission finds Israel Responsible for Genocide in Gaza

Clear Conclusions: A UN Commission finds Israel Responsible for Genocide in Gaza

09/21/2025 By Binoy Kampmark

Ghosts of E. Germany’s Stasi: How technology is used to supercharge Monitoring and Control

Ghosts of E. Germany’s Stasi: How technology is used to supercharge Monitoring and Control

09/21/2025 By Global Voices

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Climate Change
Some Countries will have to Face 6 Climate Catastrophes at Once

Some Countries will have to Face 6 Climate Catastrophes at Once

(TeleSur) – The future risk of dealing with multiple climate impacts at once depends on geography and whether humanity succeeds in rapidly drawing down greenhouse […]

TeleSur

Republican Party
Defeating the Fasc-Lican Party

Defeating the Fasc-Lican Party

After the election I received a provocative letter from my friend and mentor Bill Connolly, Krieger-Eisenhower Professor of Political Science at Johns Hopkins and author […]

John Buell

Sexual Assault
Trump tries but fails to block UN #MeToo Resolution against Sexual Harassment

Trump tries but fails to block UN #MeToo Resolution against Sexual Harassment

The United States failed on Monday to water down a UN resolution on combatting sexual harassment

AFP

Islamophobia
On How Everything Sam Harris Says about Islam is Wrong (1)

On How Everything Sam Harris Says about Islam is Wrong (1)

Of the 100 million or so people I estimate were wiped out by political violence in the twentieth century, the vast majority of them were killed by secular nationalists, Communists and Fascists

Juan Cole

Climate Change
Is the Green New Deal our Civil Rights Movement?  John Lewis Joins

Is the Green New Deal our Civil Rights Movement? John Lewis Joins

Veteran Congressman and Civil Rights icon John Lewis (D-GA) has joined the Green New Deal proposed by the Sunrise Movement and endorsed by newly elected […]

Juan Cole

Donald Trump
Shattering Europe?  The Debris of Trump's Paris Fiasco

Shattering Europe? The Debris of Trump’s Paris Fiasco

Even before Air Force One touched down in Paris, Trump took aim on Twitter at his host, French President Emmanuel Macron

Rajan Menon

Afghanistan
For First Time, Afghan President admits 30,000 Troops killed since 2015

For First Time, Afghan President admits 30,000 Troops killed since 2015

More than 17 years since the US-led invasion of Afghanistan, the conflict grinds on

AFP

Israel/ Palestine
After Israeli Attack on Journalists Protest, Int’l Fed. of Journalists demands Response

After Israeli Attack on Journalists Protest, Int’l Fed. of Journalists demands Response

“The IFJ’s global leadership and a number of Palestinian journalists walked peacefully.”

Maan News Agency

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Trump tries to counter CIA Leak on Bin Salman complicity in Khashoggi Murder

Trump tries to counter CIA Leak on Bin Salman complicity in Khashoggi Murder

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Trump attempted on Saturday to push back against his own Central Intelligence Agency’s assessment that Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman […]

Juan Cole

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