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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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Arab World
Top 5 Ways Saudi Arabia really could fight Terrorism, & not by a Vague Coalition

Top 5 Ways Saudi Arabia really could fight Terrorism, & not by a Vague Coalition

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Over the past three days, Saudi Arabia has abruptly put together a 35-nation Muslim coalition to […]

Juan Cole

journalism
Spectaculection:  Bread, Circuses and decline of US Media

Spectaculection: Bread, Circuses and decline of US Media

By Tom Engelhardt | (Tomdispatch.com) | – – Sometimes what matters most takes up every inch of space in the room and somehow we still […]

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Corruption
GOP Congress plans $100 bn. tax cut as Xmas Present for Corporations

GOP Congress plans $100 bn. tax cut as Xmas Present for Corporations

By Jessica Schieder | (Otherwords.org) | – – This year-end tax package is a grab bag of gifts for corporations and a lump of coal […]

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Far Right
Trump, Daesh/ ISIL, and the Cliché of Civilizations

Trump, Daesh/ ISIL, and the Cliché of Civilizations

By By John Feffer | (Foreign Policy in Focus) | – – A few politicians and intellectuals decry "Islamofascists," but the real target of Islamophobia […]

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Israel/ Palestine
Int'l Criminal Court group will fact-find in Israeli-Occupied Palestine

Int’l Criminal Court group will fact-find in Israeli-Occupied Palestine

Ma’an News Agency | – – RAMALLAH (Ma’an) — A delegation from the International Criminal Court is expected to visit the occupied Palestinian territory in […]

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Democratic Party
With Oil at $36/barrel, Have Democrats just Won the Presidency?

With Oil at $36/barrel, Have Democrats just Won the Presidency?

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The price of petroleum fell Monday to levels not seen since the crash of 2008, at […]

Juan Cole

Climate Change
Does Paris Climate Accord hang Women, Indigenous Peoples out to Dry?

Does Paris Climate Accord hang Women, Indigenous Peoples out to Dry?

By Stella Paul | (IPS) | – – PARIS, Dec 13 2015 (IPS) – After 2 weeks of intense negotiations, on Saturday evening, the 21st […]

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Acidification of Oceans
Even After World has Acted:  GOP candidates on climate change

Even After World has Acted: GOP candidates on climate change

Touchvision | (Video News Report) | – – “What would happen to the committments President Obama is making at this week’s Paris Climate Conference if […]

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No, Donald Trump, Real Muslims haven't applauded your Fascist Plan to Ban them

No, Donald Trump, Real Muslims haven’t applauded your Fascist Plan to Ban them

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The Arabic press reported with a straight face GOP presidential contender Donald Trump’s allegations that he […]

Juan Cole

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