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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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Cuba:  Top 5 other Dictatorships with which US has Diplomatic Relations

Cuba: Top 5 other Dictatorships with which US has Diplomatic Relations

By Juan Cole | — The US sanctions on Cuba were justified by their supporters with reference to the Communist government’s human rights record. That […]

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Barack Obama
Pope Francis Backs Obama's Cuba Opening

Pope Francis Backs Obama’s Cuba Opening

By Jim Lobe WASHINGTON, Dec 18 2014 (IPS) – In perhaps his boldest foreign-policy move during his presidency, Barack Obama Wednesday announced that he intends […]

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Banking
If Jeb Bush Is In, Who Will Win Wall Street's Money?

If Jeb Bush Is In, Who Will Win Wall Street’s Money?

Bloomberg Business | — “Bloomberg’s Stephanie Ruhle and John Heilemann talk cash and 2016 prospects. Bloomberg Politics leads Bloomberg’s political coverage across all platforms: Web, […]

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Apartheid
Europe Must follow Through on votes in Favor of Palestine Recognition

Europe Must follow Through on votes in Favor of Palestine Recognition

By John V Whitbeck European parliamentary resolutions urging their governments to recognise the State of Palestine must be followed by actual recognitions of the State […]

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Christianity
No more Turning the Cheek: Assyrian Christians form Militia in Syria to fight al-Qaeda

No more Turning the Cheek: Assyrian Christians form Militia in Syria to fight al-Qaeda

Middle East Eye | — “The Syriac Military Council (MFS) was established in January 2013 to protect the marginalised Assyrian Christian communities in Syria. They […]

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FATA
3 Problems Pakistani Politics has to Resolve after Grisly School Attack

3 Problems Pakistani Politics has to Resolve after Grisly School Attack

By Juan Cole | — Pakistan politics has been mired in stagnation for some time now. In September of 2013, Pakistan undertook the first successful […]

Juan Cole

Afghanistan
Even Other Terrorists Denounce Taliban School Attacks In Pakistan

Even Other Terrorists Denounce Taliban School Attacks In Pakistan

Cenk Uygur (The Young Turks) | — “”In one of the worst terrorist attacks in Pakistan’s history, militants belonging to the Pakistani Taliban on Tuesday […]

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History
‘The Struggle for Pakistan’ (Ayesha Jalal)

‘The Struggle for Pakistan’ (Ayesha Jalal)

By Joseph Richard Preville and Julie Poucher Harbin (ISLAMiCommentary) Column » ‘By the Book’ with Joseph Preville| — Pakistan is a nation with a strong […]

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Central Asia
China's Pivot toward Europe may Cut USA out of Deal

China’s Pivot toward Europe may Cut USA out of Deal

By Pepe Escobar | (Tomdispatch.com) — November 18, 2014: it’s a day that should live forever in history. On that day, in the city of […]

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