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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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Iran Deal: Can Schumer still succeed Reid after taking Netanyahu's side against his Party Leader?

Iran Deal: Can Schumer still succeed Reid after taking Netanyahu’s side against his Party Leader?

Wochit News | (Video report) | – – “New York Sen. Chuck Schumer, the No. 3 Senate Democrat, is breaking with President Barack Obama and […]

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Immigration
Losing Hope, Iraqi Youth become Illegal Immigrants to ‘Save Themselves’

Losing Hope, Iraqi Youth become Illegal Immigrants to ‘Save Themselves’

Mustafa Habib | Baghdad | (Niqash.org) | – – Previously it was the unemployed or those threatened who tried to leave Iraq for good. But […]

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Christianity
Leader of extremist Israeli organization calls for torching churches

Leader of extremist Israeli organization calls for torching churches

Ma’an News Agency | – – JERUSALEM (Ma’an) –The leader of a Jewish extremist group in Israel allegedly called for arson attacks on churches in […]

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Entertainment
In Honor of Jon Stewart’s Finale, that time he showed a Juan Cole clip re: al-Qaeda

In Honor of Jon Stewart’s Finale, that time he showed a Juan Cole clip re: al-Qaeda

By Juan Cole | (informed Comment) | – – Jon Stewart is the most brilliant man on television, and Steve Colbert said it well, that […]

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Japan
Hiroshima and Nagasaki: the single greatest acts of terrorism in human history?

Hiroshima and Nagasaki: the single greatest acts of terrorism in human history?

by Akil Awan | (The New Statesman) – – Surely 70 years is long enough for us to put to rest the tired canard of […]

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Barack Obama
Obama: Opponents of Iran Deal are Warmongers

Obama: Opponents of Iran Deal are Warmongers

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Lame duck Obama pulls no punches. In his major address Wednesday on the Vienna deal reached […]

Juan Cole

Israel
Despairing of 2-State Solution, E. Jerusalem Palestinians apply for Israeli Citizenship

Despairing of 2-State Solution, E. Jerusalem Palestinians apply for Israeli Citizenship

VOA | (Vidoeo Report) | – – “Most Palestinians living in East Jerusalem have long rejected the option of full Israeli citizenship, seeing it as […]

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Climate Change
Deep South, biggest Climate Deniers, will be among worst hit by Global Warming

Deep South, biggest Climate Deniers, will be among worst hit by Global Warming

Tan Copsy | ( Risky Business) | – – Atlanta, Georgia – The Southeastern United States and Texas are uniquely at risk from climate change, […]

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Campaign Finance
Could Scott Walker's Legal Victory Expand PAC Superpowers?

Could Scott Walker’s Legal Victory Expand PAC Superpowers?

By Robert Faturechi | (ProPublica) – – A Wisconsin Supreme Court ruling on Gov. Scott Walker’s campaign practices clears the way for state candidates to […]

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