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76 Years after Colonial Britain Scheduled a Palestinian State, UK to Recognize Palestine
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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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The "Democracy" of Billionaires & the Most Expensive Election ever Bought (Except for Bernie Sanders)

The “Democracy” of Billionaires & the Most Expensive Election ever Bought (Except for Bernie Sanders)

By Nomi Prins | (Tomdispatch.com) | – – Speaking of the need for citizen participation in our national politics in his final State of the […]

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Turkish-Russian Airspace Conflict as Ankara-backed Turkmen flee Syria

Turkish-Russian Airspace Conflict as Ankara-backed Turkmen flee Syria

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Russia rejected as “propaganda” on Saturday renewed Turkish charges that its fighter jets had crossed Turkish […]

Juan Cole

Displaced and Refugees
Not just Madaya: A million people under Food Sieges in Mideast

Not just Madaya: A million people under Food Sieges in Mideast

By Nadia Prupis, staff writer | ( Commondreams.org) | – – Despite international laws prohibiting the use of starvation against civilians, forces on all sides […]

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Counter-Terrorism
8 Ways Nonviolence can Combat Terrorism

8 Ways Nonviolence can Combat Terrorism

By George Lakey | ( Waging Non-Violence) | – – One of my most popular courses at Swarthmore College focused on the challenge of how […]

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Climate Change
Zika: As temperatures rise from CO2 Emissions, epidemics spread

Zika: As temperatures rise from CO2 Emissions, epidemics spread

The Tree | – – ““Zika is a disease of poverty, similar to other neglected tropical diseases such as chikungunya and dengue. The burden falls […]

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Displaced and Refugees
That Swedish black-clad anti-refugee Mob beating Children?  Neo-Nazis.

That Swedish black-clad anti-refugee Mob beating Children? Neo-Nazis.

TeleSur | – – The neo Nazi Swedish Resistance Movement claims it was behind a wave of violence in Stockholm targeting homeless refugee children. Swedish […]

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Exasperated by Netanyahu, France Prepares to Recognize Palestinian State

Exasperated by Netanyahu, France Prepares to Recognize Palestinian State

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Even the staunchly pro-Israel French Socialist Party has had it with Israeli expansionism and aggression. French […]

Juan Cole

Bernie Sanders
Will Iowa's Women Dems choose Hillary or Bernie?

Will Iowa’s Women Dems choose Hillary or Bernie?

Judy Woodruff | (PBS Newshour Video Report) | – – “Three days out from the Iowa caucuses, Democrats are weighing whether to go with the […]

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Republican Party
Iowa Primary wins Predict Nothing:  #Iowasowhite & doesn't look like America

Iowa Primary wins Predict Nothing: #Iowasowhite & doesn’t look like America

By Donald Kaul | (Otherwords.org) | – – Who prevails in the Iowa caucuses won’t matter much, except in the fevered imaginations of the political […]

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