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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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Climate Change
If Germany can get 27% of its Energy from Wind/Solar, why can't US?

If Germany can get 27% of its Energy from Wind/Solar, why can’t US?

Germany Trade & Invest | (Short Video Documentary) | – – “Germany Trade & Invest presents its short film about Germany’s Renewable Energy Revolution, the […]

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Israel
Palestine: Funeral-Protest for father of burned Baby draws Thousands

Palestine: Funeral-Protest for father of burned Baby draws Thousands

By IMEMC | – – Thousands of Palestinians participated, on Saturday evening, in the funeral procession and ceremony of Sa’ad Dawabsha who died Saturday of […]

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Culture
The Real Palestine:  Bethlehem festival celebrates diversity of culture and faith

The Real Palestine: Bethlehem festival celebrates diversity of culture and faith

By: Anna Kokko | (Ma’an News Agency) | – – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — At the end of Star Street in the Old City of Bethlehem, […]

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Christianity
Daesh/ ISIL takes 250 Captive, including 60 Christians in Syria

Daesh/ ISIL takes 250 Captive, including 60 Christians in Syria

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – In more bad news for the Baath regime of Bashar al-Assad in Syria, Daesh (ISIS, ISIL) […]

Juan Cole

Barack Obama
Senior Iranian Official Reveals Details About Secret Talks With U.S.

Senior Iranian Official Reveals Details About Secret Talks With U.S.

By Golnaz Esfandiari | (RFE/ RL) | – – “When Rohani learned about the details of the talks, he couldn’t believe it,” says Ali Akbar […]

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Bernie Sanders
And the Winner of the Fox News GOP Presidential Debate?... Bernie Sanders

And the Winner of the Fox News GOP Presidential Debate?… Bernie Sanders

By Jon Queally, staff writer | ( Commondreams.org) | – – Sen. Bernie Sanders took on the entire top-tier of the GOP field from his […]

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Barack Obama
Can Obama's CO2 reductions set pace at Paris world Climate Congress?

Can Obama’s CO2 reductions set pace at Paris world Climate Congress?

By Nora Happel | (Inter Press Service) | – – UNITED NATIONS (IPS) – This week, U.S. President Barack Obama formally unveiled the details of […]

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Archaeology
Water Wars from the Pharaohs to the West Bank in 2 mins. via Lego Animation

Water Wars from the Pharaohs to the West Bank in 2 mins. via Lego Animation

AJ+ | (Video report) | – – We wanted to tell the story of water wars throughout history. We also wanted to play with Legos. […]

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Bill of Rights
Top Cringe Worthy Foreign Policy Moments in GOP Debate

Top Cringe Worthy Foreign Policy Moments in GOP Debate

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Well we had the primetime GOP debate, so the 2016 election season has formally begun. Trump […]

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