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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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Why EU Labeling of Israeli Squatter Goods could Affect Israeli Economy

Why EU Labeling of Israeli Squatter Goods could Affect Israeli Economy

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The European Union will probably issue a ruling today that goods produced in the Occupied Palestinian […]

Juan Cole

Republican Party
Jeb Bush Wants A Time Machine To murder a Baby  -- Hitler

Jeb Bush Wants A Time Machine To murder a Baby — Hitler

Cenk Uygur | (The Young Turks) | – – “Jeb Bush has been trying to prove he’s a tough guy. He said he eats nails […]

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Authoritarianism
After the AKP Victory in Turkey:  Elective Dictatorship?

After the AKP Victory in Turkey: Elective Dictatorship?

T. Deniz Erkmen | (Informed Comment) | – – The results of November 1st snap elections in Turkey were a surprise; not just for the […]

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Israel/ Palestine
Forgotten:  How US put Oil, Cold War above Peace & Palestinian Rights

Forgotten: How US put Oil, Cold War above Peace & Palestinian Rights

By Irene Gendzier | Author, Dying to Forget | (Informed Comment) | – – For journalists and politicians alike, the recurring violence in the Middle […]

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European Union
Splintering World: Looking Back on the Great Collapse from 2050

Splintering World: Looking Back on the Great Collapse from 2050

By John Feffer | (Tomdispatch.com) | – – Let me start with a confession. I’m old-fashioned and I have an old-fashioned profession. I’m a geo-paleontologist. […]

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Christianity
Syria: Christian Militia to the Rescue as 1000s of Christians flee ISIL approach

Syria: Christian Militia to the Rescue as 1000s of Christians flee ISIL approach

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Despite Russian airstrikes, Daesh (ISIS, ISIL) has made some advances in November. One place it has […]

Juan Cole

censorship
Egypt: Free Journalist Hossam Bahgat, Facing Military Prosecution

Egypt: Free Journalist Hossam Bahgat, Facing Military Prosecution

Human Rights Watch | – – (New York) – Hossam Bahgat, a journalist and one of Egypt’s most prominent human rights figures, could be charged […]

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Iraq War
How a Web of Lies hoodwinked the American Public and delivered Iraq to ISIL

How a Web of Lies hoodwinked the American Public and delivered Iraq to ISIL

By Bryan Glyn Williams | (Informed Comment) | – – Last week one of the major architects in the construction of the Iraqi WMD myth, […]

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Children
400,000 Syrian Refugee Children Can't Go To School In Turkey

400,000 Syrian Refugee Children Can’t Go To School In Turkey

AJ+ | (Video Report) | – – “Even though Syrian refugee children can legally go to school in Turkey, language barriers and economic struggles make […]

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