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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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Top Ten Problems in South Carolina Lindsey Graham should worry more about than Benghazi

Top Ten Problems in South Carolina Lindsey Graham should worry more about than Benghazi

Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) slammed President Obama for a deterioration in US security because, he said, of four Americans having been killed in Benghazi last […]

Juan Cole

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Cargo Plane Crash at Bagram (Video)

Cargo Plane Crash at Bagram (Video)

Warning: some may find this footage disturbing. A cargo plane crashed Monday at Bagram air base in Afghanistan, killing all 7 passengers aboard (Americans). . […]

Juan Cole

US politics
The Failure of Gun Legislation in the Senate Tells us we Need to fight for our Democracy (Graeber)

The Failure of Gun Legislation in the Senate Tells us we Need to fight for our Democracy (Graeber)

David Graeber, author of The Democracy Project, writes in a guest column for “Informed Comment” The recent defeat of gun buyers’ background check legislation in […]

Juan Cole

Afghanistan
Karzai admits taking CIA money; Galbraith: We're not getting what we pay for

Karzai admits taking CIA money; Galbraith: We’re not getting what we pay for

Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai on Monday confirmed an NYT report that he has been receiving cash payments in a paper bag every month from the […]

Juan Cole

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How to Become an Expert in Iran's Nuclear Program (in less than four minutes) (Video)

How to Become an Expert in Iran’s Nuclear Program (in less than four minutes) (Video)

How to become an expert in Iran’s nuclear program (in less than four minutes): courtesy EA Worldview

Juan Cole

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Egypt: " Muslim Brotherhood Seeking Revenge on the Judges" - Moussa

Egypt: ” Muslim Brotherhood Seeking Revenge on the Judges” – Moussa

The Constitutional crisis in Egypt between the Muslim Brotherhood president, Muhammad Morsi, and the thousands of judges in the Egyptian judiciary, according to Amr Moussa, […]

Juan Cole

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Drone Strikes are the Face of America to Yemenis: al-Muslimi

Drone Strikes are the Face of America to Yemenis: al-Muslimi

Alice K. Ross writes at the Bureau of Investigative Journalism ‘Drone strikes are the face of America to many Yemenis,’ Farea al-Muslimi told a rare […]

Juan Cole

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Obama Jokes with White House Correspondents (Video)

Obama Jokes with White House Correspondents (Video)

President Obama at 2013 White House Correspondents’ Dinner

Juan Cole

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How You became a Guinea Pig for the Chemical Corporations (Rosner and Markowitz)

How You became a Guinea Pig for the Chemical Corporations (Rosner and Markowitz)

David Rosner and Gerald Markowitz write at Tomdispatch.com A hidden epidemic is poisoning America.  The toxins are in the air we breathe and the water […]

Juan Cole

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