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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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Omar Khayyam
Omar Khayyam (233) “The sun has lassoed rooftops with its rays”

Omar Khayyam (233) “The sun has lassoed rooftops with its rays”

The sun has lassoed rooftops  with its rays, and  the king has splashed  the light of day into my glass. Have some wine, for passionate love  […]

Juan Cole

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NASA Explains how We Caused the Hottest Decade and are generally screwing ourselves over (Video)

NASA Explains how We Caused the Hottest Decade and are generally screwing ourselves over (Video)

NASA’s 5-minute video explains why the last decade has been the hottest ever (we did it) and what climate change means for our hot, thirsty […]

Juan Cole

Libya
Libyans say CIA Tortured Them (Ross)

Libyans say CIA Tortured Them (Ross)

Alice Ross writes at the Bureau of Investigative Journalism President Bush and his CIA director Michael Hayden have each claimed that the US has in […]

Juan Cole

Omar Khayyam
Omar Khayyam (172) “A passion for heavenly goddesses”

Omar Khayyam (172) “A passion for heavenly goddesses”

I hope my mind will always be consumed  by a passion for heavenly goddesses, and that my hand will always  cradle the juice of the grape. They […]

Juan Cole

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Dear Democrats:  If you do That you have to do This

Dear Democrats: If you do That you have to do This

Dear Democratic Party: If you bring Gabby Giffords to say the Pledge of Allegiance, you have to bring up the issue of gun control somewhere […]

Juan Cole

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Top Ten Ways we are Better off than in January 2009

Top Ten Ways we are Better off than in January 2009

It is breathtaking impudence that Republicans should try to campaign on whether we are better off than were were in the last six months of […]

Juan Cole

Afghanistan

US covert actions in Pakistan, Yemen and Somalia (Woods & Serle)

Chris Woods and Jack Serle write at the Bureau of Investigative Journalism: Pakistan: August sees the highest number of CIA strikes in Pakistan since October […]

Juan Cole

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Science Fictional Despair in Deraa, Syria (Photo)

Science Fictional Despair in Deraa, Syria (Photo)

h/t The New Syria

Juan Cole

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Was the Rachel Corrie Verdict the end of Israel’s Judicial Credibility?  (Marlowe)

Was the Rachel Corrie Verdict the end of Israel’s Judicial Credibility? (Marlowe)

Jen Marlowe writes in a guest column for Informed Comment August 28, 2012: Cindy and Craig Corrie and Sarah Corrie Simpson made their way into […]

Juan Cole

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