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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

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London Covered but 83 Iraqis killed in ISIL attack largely ignored by US TV News

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Russia rebuffs Israeli demand for 40 mi. Buffer with Iran in Syria (Haaretz)

Russia rebuffs Israeli demand for 40 mi. Buffer with Iran in Syria (Haaretz)

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – According to Haaretz Israeli prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu asked Vldadimir Putin, president of the Russian Federation, […]

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Can Iran keep its Influence in Baghdad?

Can Iran keep its Influence in Baghdad?

Divisions in the Da`wa Party and Iraqi Nationalism pose Challenges to Tehran

Juan Cole

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Superstorm Donald Hits GOP, aims to Ravage US

Superstorm Donald Hits GOP, aims to Ravage US

Up Military Spending and cut Budget, & you’ll get a wasteland

Juan Cole

Climate Change
How solar power can protect US military from threats to the grid

How solar power can protect US military from threats to the grid

Bases depend heavily on Electricity; Renewables are part of their Security

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Authoritarianism
Book-Burning, Trump's Torchbearers & Reading Donald Duck

Book-Burning, Trump’s Torchbearers & Reading Donald Duck

We thought the days of book-burning ended with the defeat of Hitler, but with Trump they might be back

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Corporate Surveillance
Rice Vindicated: She did Unmask Trump, Bannon-- but they were meeting UAE

Rice Vindicated: She did Unmask Trump, Bannon– but they were meeting UAE

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The United Arab Emirates crown prince, Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed al-Nahyan slipped into the United States […]

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Climate Change
AT&T and Verizon Need to Hang Up On Fossil Fuels

AT&T and Verizon Need to Hang Up On Fossil Fuels

One text at a time, America’s largest telecommunications companies are fueling climate change.

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Buddhism
Burma Muslims: Dear Peace Nobelist Kyi, It's too Late

Burma Muslims: Dear Peace Nobelist Kyi, It’s too Late

Myanmar’s Peace Prize Winner will finally address issue of persecution of Rohingya

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