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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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Apartheid
Funding For Desperate Palestinian Refugees Under Threat

Funding For Desperate Palestinian Refugees Under Threat

By Mel Frykberg | (Inter Press Service) | – – UNRWA spokesman Chris Gunness, who says that unless someone steps in to alleviate the financial […]

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censorship
Egypt's Draconian new anti-Terrorism Law threatens freedom of speech, Democracy

Egypt’s Draconian new anti-Terrorism Law threatens freedom of speech, Democracy

Euronews | (Video Report) | – – “Egypt launched airstrikes on Islamist militant targets in the Sinai peninsula killing 23 fighters, the offensive comes a […]

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Economy
It's the Economy, Stupid!:  Tunisia's fight against Terrorism requires a jobs program for its Youth

It’s the Economy, Stupid!: Tunisia’s fight against Terrorism requires a jobs program for its Youth

By Alexander Martin | (The Conversation) | – – To anyone who has followed Tunisia’s journey since it became a democracy, the horrific events in […]

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Civil Rights
Donald Trump, Dumpee:  Forgetting to use the GOP racial dog-whistle is an Expensive Mistake

Donald Trump, Dumpee: Forgetting to use the GOP racial dog-whistle is an Expensive Mistake

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Donald Trump is seeing short-term gains from the Tea Party wing of the Republican Party, but […]

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Drone Warfare
The Ghost of Soviet Collapse haunts the West:  Military Hegemony isn't what it Used to Be

The Ghost of Soviet Collapse haunts the West: Military Hegemony isn’t what it Used to Be

By Tom Engelhardt | (Tomdispatch.com) | – – The rise and fall of great powers and their imperial domains has been a central fact of […]

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Egypt
50 Egyptian Soldiers, others, Killed in Daesh Sinai Rebellion

50 Egyptian Soldiers, others, Killed in Daesh Sinai Rebellion

Aljazeera International | Video Report | – – “At least 35 people killed as ISIL group attacks police posts in Sheikh Zuweid and El-Arish.Al Jazeera’s […]

Juan Cole

African-Americans
Bernie Sanders' 10,000-person crowd in Madison biggest of any Candidate so Far

Bernie Sanders’ 10,000-person crowd in Madison biggest of any Candidate so Far

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The Democratic Party’s left wing is fed up and isn’t going to take it any more. […]

Juan Cole

Arab Spring
Syria: When al-Assad Regime shuts off Internet, State Violence Spikes

Syria: When al-Assad Regime shuts off Internet, State Violence Spikes

By Sarah Myers West | (Electronic Frontier Foundation) | – – EFF has noted and protested when authorities deliberately cut off Internet access in times […]

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Apartheid
Israelis Detain, expel Former Pres. of Tunisia from Gaza Aid Flotilla; he vows to return

Israelis Detain, expel Former Pres. of Tunisia from Gaza Aid Flotilla; he vows to return

By IMEMC | – – Israeli occupation authorities deported to France, late on Monday, former Tunisian president Moncef al-Marzouqi, who took part in Freedom Flotilla […]

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