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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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Small Rustbelt Ohio Town becomes Wind Powerhouse;  Goosebumps

Small Rustbelt Ohio Town becomes Wind Powerhouse; Goosebumps

Ohio Environmental Council | — “Learn how wind energy is transforming a small community in rural north western Ohio. 2:07 will give you goosebumps.” Ohio […]

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Israel
Not the Onion:  American alleged Terrorist Indicted by Israel for Planning Attacks on Muslims

Not the Onion: American alleged Terrorist Indicted by Israel for Planning Attacks on Muslims

TheLipTV | — “A U.S. citizen has been indicted by the state of Israel for planning terror attacks on Muslim holy sites. The man, 30-year-old […]

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Central Intelligence Agency
UN Condemns USA for undermining Torture Convention, Calls for Prosecutions

UN Condemns USA for undermining Torture Convention, Calls for Prosecutions

By Thalif Deen | — UNITED NATIONS, Dec 11 2014 (IPS) – The timing was inadvertently impeccable as two stinging reports on harsh interrogation techniques […]

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Apartheid
Ferguson on the Jordan: Israeli Soldier Beats Palestinian Cabinet Minister to Death at Tree Planting Ceremony

Ferguson on the Jordan: Israeli Soldier Beats Palestinian Cabinet Minister to Death at Tree Planting Ceremony

RAMALLAH (Ma’an) — The head of the Palestinian Authority committee against the separation wall and settlements died Wednesday after Israeli soldiers assaulted him in a […]

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Egypt
Israel, Egypt Implicated in Torture: Middle East Reactions to Senate Report lament own Involvement

Israel, Egypt Implicated in Torture: Middle East Reactions to Senate Report lament own Involvement

By Juan Cole | — That the release in Washington of a dense 450 page report on CIA torture conducted a decade ago would provoke […]

Juan Cole

Displaced and Refugees
West Only has Money for Bombs?  60,000 Child Laborers in Jordan as Syrian Refugees struggle to Survive

West Only has Money for Bombs? 60,000 Child Laborers in Jordan as Syrian Refugees struggle to Survive

AMMAN | (IRIN) | – Jordan is straining under the weight of its over 600,000 Syrian refugees, with government officials and aid agencies warning of […]

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Bill of Rights
Psychologists, who Took $81 mn. to Advise, Practice Torture, betrayed the Profession

Psychologists, who Took $81 mn. to Advise, Practice Torture, betrayed the Profession

By Laurence Alison, University of Liverpool During the War on Terror, the CIA’s operations subjected hundreds of suspected terrorists to harsh interrogation techniques, which were […]

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National Security State
McCain on Torture:  A Stain on our National Honor, Produces Misleading Info

McCain on Torture: A Stain on our National Honor, Produces Misleading Info

Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) | — Candidate for the best American speech of this decade: “As the Senate Intelligence Committee’s CIA torture report roiled Capitol […]

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Climate Change
In Record, Scientists double Solar Panel Efficiency to 40%

In Record, Scientists double Solar Panel Efficiency to 40%

Via UNSW Newsroom | — UNSW’s solar researchers have converted over 40% of the sunlight hitting a solar system into electricity, the highest efficiency ever […]

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