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European Parliament asks for Recognition of Palestinian State, Upholds halt to Aid to Israel
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European Parliament asks for Recognition of Palestinian State, Upholds halt to Aid to Israel

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – On Thursday, the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France, passed a resolution asking European Union member states to recognize a Palestinian […]

How America helped create the Palestinian Authority – only to undermine it ever since

How America helped create the Palestinian Authority – only to undermine it ever since

09/12/2025 By The Conversation

Unhoused and Policed in the Age of Trump

Unhoused and Policed in the Age of Trump

09/12/2025 By Tomdispatch

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Iraqis Tortured by US at Abu Ghraib have Never Received Justice or Compensation

Iraqis Tortured by US at Abu Ghraib have Never Received Justice or Compensation

The US government has apparently failed to provide compensation or other redress to Iraqis who suffered torture and other abuse by US forces at Abu […]

Human Rights Watch

Coal
Our Move to Renewables is only the Latest of Many Energy Transitions; We can do it Again

Our Move to Renewables is only the Latest of Many Energy Transitions; We can do it Again

By Liz Conor, La Trobe University | – In 2022, the burning of fossil fuels provided 82% of the world’s energy. In 2000, it was […]

The Conversation

Education
From Education to Incarceration

From Education to Incarceration

By Tamar Sarai | – ( Tomdispatch.com ) – Not long after moving to Topeka, Kansas, in the early 1980s, community organizer Curtis Pitts learned […]

Tomdispatch

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Iran's Denials and Delusions at the United Nations

Iran’s Denials and Delusions at the United Nations

Newark, Del. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – Frankly, it was hard to watch last weekend’s interview of Farid Zakaria of CNN with Iran’s current […]

Fariba Amini

Israel/ Palestine
How Israel's war on Palestinian History turned into a War on UNESCO

How Israel’s war on Palestinian History turned into a War on UNESCO

by Dr Ramzy Baroud ( Middle East Monitor ) – Jericho does not belong to the Palestinians alone. It belongs to the whole of humanity. […]

Ramzy Baroud

Iraq
How Popular Music Videos encouraged Iraqi Shiites to Resist ISIL Terrorism

How Popular Music Videos encouraged Iraqi Shiites to Resist ISIL Terrorism

By Benjamin Isakhan, Deakin University; and Ali Akbar, The University of Melbourne | – Almost a decade ago, the Sunni jihadist network known as the […]

The Conversation

Australia
In First, Rooftop Solar Alone provides 101% of South Australia's Electricity Demand

In First, Rooftop Solar Alone provides 101% of South Australia’s Electricity Demand

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Giles Parkinson at RenewEconomy in Australia reports that rooftop solar briefly generated 101% of South Australia’s electricity demand on Saturday […]

Juan Cole

Corporations
Meeting Union Demands would be a Win-Win for Automakers

Meeting Union Demands would be a Win-Win for Automakers

By Sonali Kolhatkar ( Otherwords.org) – The United Auto Workers (UAW), a union of nearly 150,000 workers at America’s “Big Three” automakers, are on strike. […]

OtherWords

National Security State
What would real National Defense Look Like?  Maxims for a Very Different Pentagon

What would real National Defense Look Like? Maxims for a Very Different Pentagon

( Middle East Monitor ) – A progressive Pentagon? Talk about an oxymoron! The Pentagon continues to grow and surge with ever larger budgets, ever […]

William J. Astore

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