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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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China
China’s Climate Policies Could Save 94,000 People from Early Grave

China’s Climate Policies Could Save 94,000 People from Early Grave

The difference is that the Chinese Communist Party Cares and our Capitalists do not.

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Ottoman Empire
Turkish Youth, WW I’s Gallipoli Battle, and the Secular-Religious Divide

Turkish Youth, WW I’s Gallipoli Battle, and the Secular-Religious Divide

The Secular Legacy of Kemal Ataturk is increasingly embattled in Erdogan’s Turkey

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Macron and Trump talk new Iran Deal, but is it Pie in the Sky?

Macron and Trump talk new Iran Deal, but is it Pie in the Sky?

Macron wants to add the Syria issue to negotiations with Iran, which may be a deal breaker

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Palestine takes Israel to UN Racism Commission for Apartheid Policies

Palestine takes Israel to UN Racism Commission for Apartheid Policies

The PA had warned Israel of forthcoming Apartheid charge if it continued to expropriate the West Bank.

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Qatar
Dubai-based Company Hired Iraq War Black Ops Exec to Smear Qatar in Film

Dubai-based Company Hired Iraq War Black Ops Exec to Smear Qatar in Film

The latest contract underscores growing concerns about foreign influence campaigns in the heart of Washington.

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Climate Change
Man-Made Climate Change Will Give California Whiplash Between Drought, Floods

Man-Made Climate Change Will Give California Whiplash Between Drought, Floods

California’s recent severe drought may have only been a taste of things to come.

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Militarization
Militarizing the US Border Frontier for Fun and Profit

Militarizing the US Border Frontier for Fun and Profit

Our Southern border is becoming “a remote deathscape where American necropolitics are pecked onto the bones of those we deem excludable.”

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Is Mike Pompeo Soft on White Terrorism Against Muslim Immigrants?

Is Mike Pompeo Soft on White Terrorism Against Muslim Immigrants?

The CIA director seems unaware that the majority of people harmed by terrorism in the US since 2002 have been victims of white nationalism.

Juan Cole

Afghanistan
Kabul Mourns Loss of ‘Invincible Hero’ in Anti-Shiite Suicide Blast

Kabul Mourns Loss of ‘Invincible Hero’ in Anti-Shiite Suicide Blast

Salafi Jihadi extremists target Afghan Hazaras in Hopes of Provoking More Sectarian Conflict

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