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76 Years after Colonial Britain Scheduled a Palestinian State, UK to Recognize Palestine
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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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Petition Calling For Israeli PM Netanyahu's Arrest Goes Viral

Petition Calling For Israeli PM Netanyahu’s Arrest Goes Viral

By IMEMC | – – A British petition demanding the arrest of the Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, upon his arrival in the UK next […]

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Memo to Jeb Bush: It was W's Surge that created ISIL, not Hillary

Memo to Jeb Bush: It was W’s Surge that created ISIL, not Hillary

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Jeb Bush very unwisely went after Hillary Clinton last night on the grounds that her Iraq […]

Juan Cole

Barack Obama
Straws in the Wind:  Obama has likely already won re: Iran Deal

Straws in the Wind: Obama has likely already won re: Iran Deal

By Carlyn Meyer | (Informed Comment) | – – Republicans have derided President Obama as weak and incompetent for years. Summer 2015 is shaping up […]

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Trump: My Iran Deal would be 100x Better, I'd Make World Obey

Trump: My Iran Deal would be 100x Better, I’d Make World Obey

CNN | (New Day Video Report) | – – “Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump talks to CNN’s New Day about the nuclear agreement with Iran.” […]

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Barack Obama
Why is the GOP listening to Netanyahu on Iran?  They just hate Obama & anything he does

Why is the GOP listening to Netanyahu on Iran? They just hate Obama & anything he does

Hamid Zangeneh | (Informed Comment) | – – We have been bombarded with a great deal of punch and counterpunch with regard to the nuclear […]

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Where did the anti-War Movement go?

Where did the anti-War Movement go?

By Tom Englehart | ( Tomdispatch.com) Let me tell you a story about a moment in my life I’m not likely to forget even if, […]

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If it’s going to push us to War, is it time for AIPAC to register as foreign Agent?

If it’s going to push us to War, is it time for AIPAC to register as foreign Agent?

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Most polls show that Jewish Americans are the Americans most enthusiastic about the diplomatic deal reached […]

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Hillary v. Bernie on Student Debt:  Whose Plan is more Progressive?

Hillary v. Bernie on Student Debt: Whose Plan is more Progressive?

AJ+ | (Video report) | – – “Hillary Clinton announced on August 9 her New College Compact plan to tackle America’s $1 trillion student debt […]

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Authoritarianism
Turkey: As Violence hits Istanbul, southeast, Can Pres. Erdogan turn it to Political Advantage?

Turkey: As Violence hits Istanbul, southeast, Can Pres. Erdogan turn it to Political Advantage?

By Alpaslan Ozerdem | (The Conversation) | – – Armed attacks on the US consulate and a police station are the latest in a wave […]

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