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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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Cheney’s Blame Game on Iraq:  Mess O’Potamia – 300 (Jon Stewart)

Cheney’s Blame Game on Iraq: Mess O’Potamia – 300 (Jon Stewart)

Jon Stewart of the Daily Show: “The militant group ISIS quickly gains control of much of Iraq, giving Dick Cheney an opportunity to place blame […]

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Bashar al-Assad
Iraq in last Throes as Kurdistan Seeks Independence, Syria & Iran intervene

Iraq in last Throes as Kurdistan Seeks Independence, Syria & Iran intervene

By Juan Cole Former Vice President and unindicted felon Richard Bruce Cheney (they always give the criminals’ names that way, in full) once said that […]

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Obama's Drone Memo Revealed: US Gov't can over-rule 4th Amendment

Obama’s Drone Memo Revealed: US Gov’t can over-rule 4th Amendment

By Sarah Lazare The U.S. government on Monday partially released the formerly-classified Department of Justice "drone memo," dated 2010, in which Obama administration lawyers argue […]

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"Ready, Fire, Aim!"  Are We Stumbling into another War?

“Ready, Fire, Aim!” Are We Stumbling into another War?

By William R. Polk Analysis of foreign affairs problems often ends in a mental block. As we have seen in each of our recent crises […]

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How WW I, British Greed, and Oil Distorted Modern Iran

How WW I, British Greed, and Oil Distorted Modern Iran

By Farhad Malekafzali With one hundredth anniversary of the start of WWI fast approaching, the consequences of the war for Iran deserves attention. When it […]

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Why you need an EV: Radicalism in Iraq Menaces the World's most Important Oil Fields

Why you need an EV: Radicalism in Iraq Menaces the World’s most Important Oil Fields

By Juan Cole The virtual collapse of the Iraqi army and its inability to take back any territory from Sunni forces coordinated by the Islamic […]

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Blue Planet et al. Appeal to UN over Detroit Water cut-off to Thousands

Blue Planet et al. Appeal to UN over Detroit Water cut-off to Thousands

By Sarah Lazare 'By denying water service to thousands, Detroit is violating the human right to water.' As thousands of people in Detroit go without […]

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Religion and the Fight over Public Space in Egypt

Religion and the Fight over Public Space in Egypt

By Marwa Fikry Abdel Samei | Cairo (Special to Informed Comment) “Have you pronounced blessings on the Prophet today?” These words alarmed the Egyptian regime […]

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Hardliners in Israel & Iran Resist US Pivot to Iran over ISIS

Hardliners in Israel & Iran Resist US Pivot to Iran over ISIS

By Juan Cole The continued advances of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS or ISIL) on Sunday brought the radical Sunni movement to […]

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