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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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Israel/ Palestine
UN to name Companies linked to W. Bank Settlements

UN to name Companies linked to W. Bank Settlements

Move comes despite severe Israeli, US Pressure

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Saudi Arabia wants to improve Image; Here's How

Saudi Arabia wants to improve Image; Here’s How

They have to stop intervening, fighting wars and fomenting radicalism; an image touch-up won’t help

Juan Cole

Asian-Americans
Chinese Americans came at Same Time as Bannon's Irish

Chinese Americans came at Same Time as Bannon’s Irish

Why does Steve Bannon at Breitbart think he’s more American than Asians who built the trans-Continental Railroad?

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Climate Change
Antarctica Ice Melt will trigger Abrupt Global Heating

Antarctica Ice Melt will trigger Abrupt Global Heating

Collapsing Ice Sheets may be a Tipping Point

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Donald Trump
If she had said, "Back off, you Creep!"

If she had said, “Back off, you Creep!”

women, misogyny, sexism, politics, Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump

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Donald Trump
Our failing Forever Wars and the End of Democracy

Our failing Forever Wars and the End of Democracy

Pentagon, Special Ops, Empire

Juan Cole

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What will Iran do if Trump tears up the Nuclear Agreement?

What will Iran do if Trump tears up the Nuclear Agreement?

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Recently I was asked whether, if Trump succeeded in undermining the Joint Plan of Collective Action […]

Juan Cole

Displaced and Refugees
UN: Rohingya Crisis 'Textbook Example' of Ethnic Cleansing

UN: Rohingya Crisis ‘Textbook Example’ of Ethnic Cleansing

Ethnic Cleansing, human rights, Islam, Buddhism, Myanmar, Burma

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Colonialism
Why we should be wary of Calls for an "Islamic Reformation"

Why we should be wary of Calls for an “Islamic Reformation”

this demand for an Islamic Reformation functions to inscribe a narrative of Western civilizational superiority over backward, belligerent Islam

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