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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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Obama Walks Fine Line in Kenya on LGBTI Rights

Obama Walks Fine Line in Kenya on LGBTI Rights

By Aruna Dutt | (Inter Press Service) | – – UNITED NATIONS, Jul 25 2015 (IPS) – U.S. President Barack Obama spoke in Nairobi at […]

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Barack Obama
Obama in Kenya:  Why the Horn of Africa Matters to Geopolitics

Obama in Kenya: Why the Horn of Africa Matters to Geopolitics

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – President Obama’s visit to Kenya is of course personal, though he has been there before both […]

Juan Cole

Arab Spring
Young Protesters Languish in Jail under Egypt's Military Counter-Revolution

Young Protesters Languish in Jail under Egypt’s Military Counter-Revolution

By Nelly Bassily | ( openDemocracy) | – – Yara Sallam is starting the second year of her sentence in Qanater Women’s prison outside Cairo. […]

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Far Right
White non-terrorist La. Cinema Shooter Loved Hitler, Hated Liberals

White non-terrorist La. Cinema Shooter Loved Hitler, Hated Liberals

John Iadarola, Jimmy Dore, Jayar Jackson, Michael Shure | (The Young Turks Video) | – – “A day after the shooting in Lafayette, Louisiana we […]

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Bahrain
Why the Arab Gulf Oil Monarchies should Welcome Iran Deal

Why the Arab Gulf Oil Monarchies should Welcome Iran Deal

By Miriam R Lowi | (Via al-Araby al-Jadeed ) | – – Gulf states, long-time rivals of Tehran, should seize the opportunities for regional peace […]

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Apartheid
After Israeli Attack, 50% Gaza Children have PTSD, 70% have regular Nightmares

After Israeli Attack, 50% Gaza Children have PTSD, 70% have regular Nightmares

By IMEMC | – – Gaza Community Mental Health Program’s (GCMHP) Deputy Director General for Professional Affairs Taysir Diab Thursday said around 51% of Gaza’s […]

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Turkey enters war on ISIL w/ airstrikes: Does AKP Fear losing Snap Election?

Turkey enters war on ISIL w/ airstrikes: Does AKP Fear losing Snap Election?

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Turkey at long last entered the struggle against Daesh (ISIL, ISIS) on Thursday. It gave the […]

Juan Cole

Arab Americans
Michigan Town Fears ISIL Summer Camp In Their Backyard

Michigan Town Fears ISIL Summer Camp In Their Backyard

John Iadarola, Hannah Cranston, Jimmy Dore | (The Young Turks Video) | – – “A Michigan town has blocked one of their Muslim residents from […]

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China
As GOP fumes re: Iran, Russia & China are outflanking West with New Eurasia Silk Road

As GOP fumes re: Iran, Russia & China are outflanking West with New Eurasia Silk Road

By Pepe Escobar | ( Tomdispatch.com) | – – Let’s start with the geopolitical Big Bang you know nothing about, the one that occurred just […]

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