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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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Putin: Turkey supports Radicalism & We may have to Respond, hence Tourism Ban

Putin: Turkey supports Radicalism & We may have to Respond, hence Tourism Ban

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday explained his rationale for asking Russian tourists to leave Turkey, […]

Juan Cole

Displaced and Refugees
Struggling Syrian Refugees are being failed by Int'l Aid System

Struggling Syrian Refugees are being failed by Int’l Aid System

Dawn Chatty | (OpenDemocracy) | – – “As the war is prolonged, families are exhausting their savings. Without a massive re-thinking of how aid is […]

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Russia
Boycotts as Russia seethes against Turkey after Shootdown

Boycotts as Russia seethes against Turkey after Shootdown

By Tom Balmforth | ( RFE/RL) | – – MOSCOW — Vladimir Putin said there would be “serious consequences” after Turkish fighter jets shot down […]

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Israel/ Palestine
Jewish-Only Cities to Evict Thousands of Palestinians

Jewish-Only Cities to Evict Thousands of Palestinians

By IMEMC News | – – Thousands of Palestinians will be displaced as part of a new Israeli plan to build several Jewish-only communities in […]

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Climate Change
This Year Thanksgiving overlaps Paris Climate Summit: Let’s be Thankful we can Do Something

This Year Thanksgiving overlaps Paris Climate Summit: Let’s be Thankful we can Do Something

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) — Reprint edn. The popular story about Thanksgiving is an environmental parable that we would do well to remember […]

Juan Cole

al-Qaeda
Why did Turkey dare shoot down a Russian Plane?  The Proxy War in Syria

Why did Turkey dare shoot down a Russian Plane? The Proxy War in Syria

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The Turkish government decision to down a Russian jet operating in the north of the Syrian […]

Juan Cole

Bashar al-Assad
Can France forge a grand alliance against ISIL that includes Putin & Obama?

Can France forge a grand alliance against ISIL that includes Putin & Obama?

Shelby Holliday | (WSJ Video Report) | – – “In the wake of the Paris attacks, French President Francois Hollande is traveling to Washington and […]

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Campaign Finance
Kabul on the Potomac:  How America became the most Corrupt Society in the West

Kabul on the Potomac: How America became the most Corrupt Society in the West

By Rebecca Gordon | ( Tomdispatch.com) | – – A top government official with energy industry holdings huddles in secret with oil company executives to […]

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Russia
Putin, Furious, calls Turkey ‘accomplices of terrorists’ after Russian jet downing

Putin, Furious, calls Turkey ‘accomplices of terrorists’ after Russian jet downing

EurActiv.com | – – Russian President Vladimir Putin called Turkey’s downing of a Russian fighter jet today (24 November) a stab in the back administered […]

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