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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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Putin pitches Grand Alliance against Daesh/ ISIL, but Syria Rebels want al-Assad Gone

Putin pitches Grand Alliance against Daesh/ ISIL, but Syria Rebels want al-Assad Gone

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The Russian Federation is a key player in Syria, and backer of the dictatorial government of […]

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Climate Change
GOP Hopefuls Get $62M From Fossil Fuel Donors: Origins of Climate Denialism?

GOP Hopefuls Get $62M From Fossil Fuel Donors: Origins of Climate Denialism?

Elliot Hill and Mark Sovel | (TheLipTV Video Report) | – – “Eight out of the 17 Republican presidential candidates have received at least $62m […]

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Apartheid
Settlement Expansion Largely Responsible for Violence in Occupied West Bank

Settlement Expansion Largely Responsible for Violence in Occupied West Bank

By Kanya D’Almeida | (Inter Press Service) | – – UNITED NATIONS (IPS) – Just weeks after an 18-month-old baby was killed in an arson […]

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Climate Change
Good Earth News:  Are Tar Sands & Fracking Doomed by Long Oil Glut?

Good Earth News: Are Tar Sands & Fracking Doomed by Long Oil Glut?

By Michael T. Klare | (Tomdispatch.com | – – The plunge of global oil prices began in June 2014, when benchmark Brent crude was selling […]

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Iran
Did Ayatollah Sistani just save Iraq from Iran-backed militias by pushing Gov't Reforms?

Did Ayatollah Sistani just save Iraq from Iran-backed militias by pushing Gov’t Reforms?

Mustafa Habib | Baghdad | (Niqash.org)| – – During last week’s protests, secret plans were made to use demonstrations to topple the government. But a […]

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Why Partitioning Iraq is a Terrible Idea

Why Partitioning Iraq is a Terrible Idea

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – I think the remarks of outgoing US Army chief Gen. Ray Odierno on the possible partition […]

Juan Cole

Climate Change
GOP Pres. Candidates AWOL on Clean Power Plan

GOP Pres. Candidates AWOL on Clean Power Plan

The Tree | – – Exactly one week after the United States government finalized its historic Clean Power Plan, the traditional opponents of the transition […]

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Democratic Party
Bernie Sanders Surges Past Hillary In N. Hampshire

Bernie Sanders Surges Past Hillary In N. Hampshire

Cenk Uygur and John Iadarola | (The Young Turks) | – – “Up until this week we were asking the question, “Can Bernie Sanders ever […]

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Displaced and Refugees
Saudi-led war in Yemen provokes Humanitarian Crisis, 1.2 mn. displaced

Saudi-led war in Yemen provokes Humanitarian Crisis, 1.2 mn. displaced

By Kitty Stapp | (Inter Press Service) | – – UNITED NATIONS (IPS) – Doctors Without Borders . . . is warning that the violence […]

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