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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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Saudi activist sentenced to 300 lashes, 4 yrs in jail after calling for constitutional monarchy

Saudi activist sentenced to 300 lashes, 4 yrs in jail after calling for constitutional monarchy

A Saudi Arabian political activist was sentenced to four years in prison, 300 lashes, and a travel ban after calling for a constitutional monarchy. He […]

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Tunisia Holocaust Conference Honors 5,000 Forced Into Labor Camps, Deportees

Tunisia Holocaust Conference Honors 5,000 Forced Into Labor Camps, Deportees

A conference commemorating the effects of the Holocaust on Tunisian Jews is being held in Tunis. Click here for the rest of the article…

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Is our Media Screwing us on Climate the Way it Did on Iraq?

Is our Media Screwing us on Climate the Way it Did on Iraq?

Like The Iraq War, Media Fails To Report On Climate Change Accurately (via Clean Technica) Originally published on Skeptical Science. By Stephan Lewandowsky. “Iraq is […]

Juan Cole

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The 1% is Hogging so much of our Income that it’s Holding the Economy Back

The 1% is Hogging so much of our Income that it’s Holding the Economy Back

(By Anthony W. Orlando) Over the past few years, I have encountered a lot of myths about the so-called “One Percent.” Now that my book […]

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Africa
Why are Christian Militias never "Christian Extremists"?

Why are Christian Militias never “Christian Extremists”?

(By Juan Cole) The dramatic events in the Central African Republic no doubt seem distant and complex for a North American audience. CAR is geographically […]

Juan Cole

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Gaza: 5000 Palestinians evacuated from Flooded Homes, Israeli Blockade Hampers Rescue

Gaza: 5000 Palestinians evacuated from Flooded Homes, Israeli Blockade Hampers Rescue

(By Juan Cole) Several days of unseasonably cold weather and torrential rains have increased the misery in the already miserable Gaza Strip, where 1.7 million […]

Juan Cole

Music
"Hallelujah" cover by Tunisian Folk Singer Emel Mathlouthi

“Hallelujah” cover by Tunisian Folk Singer Emel Mathlouthi

Emel Mathlouthi covers Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah” Mathlouthi has been an important voice of the ongoing Tunisian political upheavals provoked by leftist youth activism.

Juan Cole

Climate Change
Is the Drought in the US Southwest becoming Permanent?

Is the Drought in the US Southwest becoming Permanent?

(By Bobby Magill) Is the West’s Dry Spell Really a Megadrought? (via Climate Central) By Bobby Magill Follow @bobbymagill SAN FRANCISCO — The drought that has […]

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Human Rights
Indian Gays Shocked by Supreme Court Ruling upholding Colonial Sodomy Laws

Indian Gays Shocked by Supreme Court Ruling upholding Colonial Sodomy Laws

(By Boris Dittrich) The day after International Human Rights Day, India’s Supreme Court published its ruling on whether the country’s sodomy law, which had been […]

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