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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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Displaced and Refugees
Israel: Reverse Illegal Plans for West Bank

Israel: Reverse Illegal Plans for West Bank

Human Rights Watch (Jerusalem) – Israel should immediately reverse its illegal appropriation of a large swath of land in the occupied West Bank south of […]

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Climate Change
America is a Gas Hog and we're not going on a Diet even if Global Warming Kills Us

America is a Gas Hog and we’re not going on a Diet even if Global Warming Kills Us

By Michael T. Klare Considering all the talk about global warming, peak oil, carbon divestment, and renewable energy, you’d think that oil consumption in the […]

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Eastern Europe
Natural Gas Battle: Ukraine vs Russia - An Animated History

Natural Gas Battle: Ukraine vs Russia – An Animated History

AJ+ “While the West threatens further crippling sanctions on Moscow for invading and supporting Ukrainian rebels, Russia controls the nozzle that supplies Europe and Ukraine […]

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Iraq
 Paying For The Caliphate: When Extremists Become Bad Bank Managers In Mosul

Paying For The Caliphate: When Extremists Become Bad Bank Managers In Mosul

By Khales Joumah | Mosul | via Niqash.org Dinar worries: some Mosul locals fear that extremists will take all of thier money. Up until now, […]

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European Union
Obama & Cameron find little Enthusiasm at NATO for new Iraq War

Obama & Cameron find little Enthusiasm at NATO for new Iraq War

By Juan Cole The NATO summit in Wales was supposed to be all about getting out of Afghanistan. Instead, two new issues dominated it– the […]

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Christians
Duck Dynasty star to Hannity: Convert or kill ISIS  (Chris Hayes)

Duck Dynasty star to Hannity: Convert or kill ISIS (Chris Hayes)

Chris Hayes, “All In”: “The Duck Dynasty patriarch offers his advice on dealing with ISIS: convert or kill them” “Partial Transcript from Hannity: HANNITY: Welcome […]

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Human Rights
 Mosul’s First Death By Stoning: Extremists Distract With Displays of Savage Justice

Mosul’s First Death By Stoning: Extremists Distract With Displays of Savage Justice

By Khales Joumah | Mosul | via Niqash.org Mosul locals were invited to witness the city’s first death by stoning late last week – extremists […]

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Israel
Gaza: 100,000 Palestinians Left Homeless, Fear unexploded Bombs in Rubble

Gaza: 100,000 Palestinians Left Homeless, Fear unexploded Bombs in Rubble

GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — UNRWA researchers and engineers will begin evaluation and assessment of damages to the homes of the displaced across the Gaza Strip […]

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Colonialism
In 1948, Jewish Forces in Palestine outnumbered Palestinian and Arab Fighters

In 1948, Jewish Forces in Palestine outnumbered Palestinian and Arab Fighters

By William R. Polk The General Assembly had issued its verdict [in late 1947 suggesting a partition of Palestine] but it left open the question […]

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