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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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What impact will Saudi-Qatar Struggle have on Palestinians?

What impact will Saudi-Qatar Struggle have on Palestinians?

By Israa Khater | ( OpenDemocracy.org ) | – – No conflict in the Middle East spares the Palestinians, and the recent crisis in the […]

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censorship
Russia: Assault on Freedom of Expression

Russia: Assault on Freedom of Expression

Human Rights Watch | – – Repressive Laws and Policies Restrict Online Speech, Stifle Critical Voices (Moscow) – Russia has introduced significant restrictions to online […]

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Corruption
Did UAE plant Fake News about Qatar to Fool Trump?

Did UAE plant Fake News about Qatar to Fool Trump?

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The intrepid Karen DeYoung and Ellen Nakashima report at WaPo that anonymous US intelligence officials have […]

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Turkey
Turkey’s Emboldened Opposition

Turkey’s Emboldened Opposition

By Sinan Ülgen | (Project Syndicate) | – – ISTANBUL – In Turkey, where President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s government has been working to centralize political […]

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Donald Trump
In Int'l Diplomacy, Does Trump know the Art of the Deal?

In Int’l Diplomacy, Does Trump know the Art of the Deal?

By John Feffer | ( Foreign Policy in Focus) | – – From North Korea to Russia to the Middle East, there’s no shortage of […]

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CIA
Is Trump Sign or Cause of US Imperial Meltdown?

Is Trump Sign or Cause of US Imperial Meltdown?

By Alfred W. McCoy | ( Tomdispatch.com ) | – – The superhighway to disaster is already being paved. From Donald Trump’s first days in […]

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Authoritarianism
Turkey: Erdogan Marks Coup anniversary with more Crackdowns

Turkey: Erdogan Marks Coup anniversary with more Crackdowns

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – President Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey commemorated on Saturday the anniversary of the failed coup in that […]

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Brain Fitness:  Why you're losing out if you're not Learning another Language

Brain Fitness: Why you’re losing out if you’re not Learning another Language

By Gaia Vince | ( Mosaic: The Science of Life) | – – Why being bilingual helps keep your brain fit Most people in the […]

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Arab Americans
Federal Judge strikes down Granny Exclusion in Trump's Muslim Ban 2.0

Federal Judge strikes down Granny Exclusion in Trump’s Muslim Ban 2.0

By Andrea Germanos, staff writer | ( Commondreams.org)) | – – Judge writes that “the Government’s definition [of ‘close familial relationship’] represents the antithesis of […]

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