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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

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Electric Vehicle Demand surge through 2030, So Why is the Oil Industry Doubling down on Production?

Electric Vehicle Demand surge through 2030, So Why is the Oil Industry Doubling down on Production?

By Robert Brecha, University of Dayton | – Electric vehicle sales are growing faster than expected around the world, and, sales of gas- and diesel-powered […]

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Authoritarianism
The Legacy of Mahsa, a Year later:  It Is Only the Beginning for Iranian Women

The Legacy of Mahsa, a Year later: It Is Only the Beginning for Iranian Women

Newark, Del. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – Imagine, you come from your small town to visit the capital. You have a whole plan to […]

Fariba Amini

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Attempt to bar Donald Trump from 2024 ballot lands in New Jersey

Attempt to bar Donald Trump from 2024 ballot lands in New Jersey

By: Sophie Nieto-Muñoz – The push to bar former President Donald Trump from the 2024 ballot has come to New Jersey, with a Mahwah man […]

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The Republican Party has a White Nationalism Problem that Isn't Going Away

The Republican Party has a White Nationalism Problem that Isn’t Going Away

Clarence Lusane ( Tomdispatch.com) – In 2020, The Daily Show ran a segment in which statements by Republican leaders, including Donald Trump, Representative Marjorie Taylor […]

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Arabic Press:  Saudi Arabia breaking off Talks with Israel out of Despair that Far Right Gov't will make any concessions to Palestinians

Arabic Press: Saudi Arabia breaking off Talks with Israel out of Despair that Far Right Gov’t will make any concessions to Palestinians

Post-script: Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman denied this report 4 days after it appeared and maintained that the negotiations with Israel are continuing, with the […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Israeli Squatter-Settlers storm 3rd Holiest Site in Islam to mark Jewish New Year

Israeli Squatter-Settlers storm 3rd Holiest Site in Islam to mark Jewish New Year

( Middle East Monitor ) – Hundreds of Israeli settlers on Sunday forced their way into the flashpoint Al-Aqsa Mosque complex in occupied East Jerusalem […]

Middle East Monitor

Authoritarianism
Mahsa Amini: A Year into the Protest Movement in Iran, this is What's Changed

Mahsa Amini: A Year into the Protest Movement in Iran, this is What’s Changed

Mahsa Amini: a year into the protest movement in Iran, this is what’s changed By Afshin Shahi, Keele University | = Iran’s rulers continue to […]

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Climate Crisis
Libya's Climate Disaster Shows we Can't afford Erratic leaders Like Trump and Haftar any More

Libya’s Climate Disaster Shows we Can’t afford Erratic leaders Like Trump and Haftar any More

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – For the past two weeks the Mediterranean has been reeling from the massive devastation wrought regionally by Hurricane Daniel, the […]

Juan Cole

Authoritarianism
How Mahsa Amini’s Death became a Rallying Call for Thousands of Iranians

How Mahsa Amini’s Death became a Rallying Call for Thousands of Iranians

By Michael Scollon and Fereshteh Ghazi A combo photo shows Mahsa Amini (left) in the hospital on September 16, 2022, and her father and grandmother […]

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