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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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Central Asia
Can Muslim Fundamentalism be Criminalized?  Militant Secularism in Central Asia

Can Muslim Fundamentalism be Criminalized? Militant Secularism in Central Asia

By Farangis Najibullah and Charles Recknagel | ( RFE/RL) | – – Nabijon spends nearly 10 hours a day inside his one-room barbershop on a […]

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Islam-hatred
Dilemma of the Left: How to be anti-racist, anti-War and yet oppose Radical Islamism?

Dilemma of the Left: How to be anti-racist, anti-War and yet oppose Radical Islamism?

By Max Farrar and Rumana Hashem | (Open Democracy) | – – After the 13/11 atrocities in Paris, with global elites increasingly turning their dreams […]

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Israel/ Palestine
Upheaval in Palestine and Israel: Occupation and beyond (96 Palestinians, 17 Israelis Killed since Oct. 1)

Upheaval in Palestine and Israel: Occupation and beyond (96 Palestinians, 17 Israelis Killed since Oct. 1)

By Mahmoud Jabari | (Ma’an News Agency) | – – It can be argued that the rising escalation in tensions and confrontations between the Israelis […]

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8,124 Murders by Firearm in US in 2014 vs.  29  (Equiv. 144) in UK

8,124 Murders by Firearm in US in 2014 vs. 29 (Equiv. 144) in UK

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Revised The United States continues to be peculiar in handing out powerful magazine-fed firearms to almost […]

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US to send Spec Ops troops to Iraq to fight ISIL, but do Iraqis want them?

US to send Spec Ops troops to Iraq to fight ISIL, but do Iraqis want them?

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – US Secretary of Defense Ash Carter announced Tuesday that the US would send more Special Operations […]

Juan Cole

Islam-hatred
Terrorist mocks Islam, talks ISIL, then shoots Muslim-American Taxi Driver on Thankgiving

Terrorist mocks Islam, talks ISIL, then shoots Muslim-American Taxi Driver on Thankgiving

TomoNews | (Video Report) | – – 1. TomoNews | – Update: The shooter is allegedly one Anthony Mohamed, the first name indicating a Christian. […]

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Iraq
Former US Military Chief: US invasion of Iraq spawned ISIL: ("Huge Error")

Former US Military Chief: US invasion of Iraq spawned ISIL: (“Huge Error”)

By Nadia Prupis, staff writer| (Commondreams.org) | – – The U.S. is poised to repeat all the same mistakes in Syria that it made in […]

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Banking
After 2008 Wall Street Crash, did US White Working Class Drink itself to Death?

After 2008 Wall Street Crash, did US White Working Class Drink itself to Death?

Barbara Ehrenreich | ( Tomdispatch.com) | – – The white working class, which usually inspires liberal concern only for its paradoxical, Republican-leaning voting habits, has […]

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Green Energy
Don't wait for Gov'ts in Paris to fix Climate Change: We can do it Ourselves

Don’t wait for Gov’ts in Paris to fix Climate Change: We can do it Ourselves

James Dyke | (The Conversation) | – – It’s now almost certain that 2015 will be the warmest year ever recorded. However, rather than reduce […]

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