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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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American Jews
Top 6 Times US government Excluded Millions based on Race or Religion

Top 6 Times US government Excluded Millions based on Race or Religion

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Donald Trump, Ted Cruz and other bigots on the far right are nothing new in American […]

Juan Cole

Anti-War Movement
America’s biggest enemy is our own American Exceptionalism

America’s biggest enemy is our own American Exceptionalism

Bjarne Rostaing | (Informed Comment) | – – American Exceptionalism has an appealing patriotic buzz, though we owe the phrase to Josef Stalin, who was […]

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Climate Change
Hope:  World Economy Grew but CO2 Emissions Slowed in 2015 (Less Coal, more Wind & Solar)

Hope: World Economy Grew but CO2 Emissions Slowed in 2015 (Less Coal, more Wind & Solar)

Pep Canadell | (The Conversation) | – – Despite robust global economic growth over the past two years, worldwide carbon emissions from fossil fuels grew […]

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Islam-hatred
'You ain't no Muslim, Bruv' retort to London Attacker goes Viral

‘You ain’t no Muslim, Bruv’ retort to London Attacker goes Viral

By Jon Queally, staff writer | (Commondreams.org) | – – With anti-Muslim and xenophobic sentiment on the rise in the wake of Paris attacks, social […]

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Colonialism
Western Invasions can't fix the Middle East because they wrecked the Middle East

Western Invasions can’t fix the Middle East because they wrecked the Middle East

By Baher Kamal | (Inter Press Service) | – – MADRID (IPS) – One hundred years ago, on 6 May 1916, two men, Briton Sir […]

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Israel/ Palestine
Israeli Occupation Court Sentences Palestinian Legislator for Thought Crimes

Israeli Occupation Court Sentences Palestinian Legislator for Thought Crimes

By IMEMC News | – – An Israeli court sentenced, Sunday, democratically-elected leftist Palestinian legislator, and a senior political leader of the Popular Front for […]

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Trump vs. the Founding Fathers on Muslims Coming to US

Trump vs. the Founding Fathers on Muslims Coming to US

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – In his never-ending trolling of the American public, Donald Trump has now come out and urged […]

Juan Cole

Barack Obama
Obama vs. Daesh/ISIL:  Freedom is more powerful than Fear & We Refuse to take the Bait

Obama vs. Daesh/ISIL: Freedom is more powerful than Fear & We Refuse to take the Bait

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – President Obama addressed the nation on Sunday night, in an attempt to calm the public mood […]

Juan Cole

Climate Change
Our new Cold War is with Global Warming

Our new Cold War is with Global Warming

By Tom Engelhardt | (Tomdispatch.com) | – – For six centuries or more, history was, above all, the story of the great game of empires. […]

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