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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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Israel/ Palestine
Concerns about Israel’s Accession to the US Visa Waiver Program

Concerns about Israel’s Accession to the US Visa Waiver Program

Middle East Studies Association | Committee on Academic Freedom | – Letter raising concerns about Israel’s accession to the US Visa Waiver Program Mr. Alejandro […]

Committee on Academic Freedom

Climate Crisis
Could Solar Panel Arrays in Earth Orbit provide all the Clean Electricity We'd Ever Need?

Could Solar Panel Arrays in Earth Orbit provide all the Clean Electricity We’d Ever Need?

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The European Space Agency isn’t as well known in the U.S. as NASA or even Roscosmos, the Russian space agency. […]

Juan Cole

Climate Crisis
“If Climate Crisis is dealt with in a Patriarchal Way, Needs Won’t be Met” – New head of World Meteorological Organization

“If Climate Crisis is dealt with in a Patriarchal Way, Needs Won’t be Met” – New head of World Meteorological Organization

  Tais Gadea Lara   ( The Third Pole ) – A smile on her face, Celeste Saulo lapped up a rapturous ovation from the […]

The Third Pole

Displaced and Refugees
Survivors Speak Out on Sexual Violence in West Darfur

Survivors Speak Out on Sexual Violence in West Darfur

Laetitia Bader Director, Horn of Africa   ( Human Rights Watch ) – Nusra and Khadija share the bond of being cousins and of living […]

Human Rights Watch

Corporations
The Profiteers of Armageddon: Oppenheimer and the Birth of the Nuclear-Industrial Complex

The Profiteers of Armageddon: Oppenheimer and the Birth of the Nuclear-Industrial Complex

( Tomdispatch.com) – Unless you’ve been hiding under a rock for the past few months, you’re undoubtedly aware that award-winning director Christopher Nolan has released […]

William D. Hartung

Climate Crisis
WMO: July to be Hottest month on Record, as World enters era of Global Boiling, Global Burning

WMO: July to be Hottest month on Record, as World enters era of Global Boiling, Global Burning

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The World Meteorological Association said this weekend as July comes to a close that it will have been the hottest […]

Juan Cole

Africa
Egypt and Ethiopia are finally working on a Water Deal – what that means for other Nile River States

Egypt and Ethiopia are finally working on a Water Deal – what that means for other Nile River States

By John Mukum Mbaku, Weber State University | – Egypt and Ethiopia have waged a diplomatic war of words over Ethiopia’s massive new dam – […]

The Conversation

Climate Crisis
Climate Crisis: Though Turkey’s Forests are at Risk from Wildfires, the Country is still Wedded to Dirty Coal

Climate Crisis: Though Turkey’s Forests are at Risk from Wildfires, the Country is still Wedded to Dirty Coal

    In Turkey, when forests are not on fire, they are being destroyed by greedy men in suits Protests to save Akbelen forest continue […]

Arzu Geybullayeva

Human Rights
Housing Is a Human Right — Governments Need to Recognize It

Housing Is a Human Right — Governments Need to Recognize It

By Farrah Hassen | ( Otherwords.org ) – In the wealthiest country on the planet, too many people still lack access to housing. The pandemic […]

OtherWords

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