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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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Climate Crisis
The Radiance of a Thousand Suns: Can we dodge Two Torrid Disasters of our own Making?

The Radiance of a Thousand Suns: Can we dodge Two Torrid Disasters of our own Making?

( Tomdispatch.com ) – In case you hadn’t noticed — and how could you not? — there have been more than 500 (yes, 500-plus!) wildfires […]

Tom Engelhardt

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Is Turkey abandoning Russia to turn back toward the West?

Is Turkey abandoning Russia to turn back toward the West?

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Given the decisions announced by Turkey’s President Tayyip Erdogan at the NATO summit in Vilnius, Lithuania, some have speculated that […]

Juan Cole

Reproductive Choice
Iowa Passes Harsh anti-Abortion Law that Imperils Women, Physicians and Nurses

Iowa Passes Harsh anti-Abortion Law that Imperils Women, Physicians and Nurses

Anti-Abortion, Women’s Rights, Choice, Health

Iowa Capital Dispatch

Israel/ Palestine
Is Thomas Friedman one Step Closer to Abandoning Zionism?

Is Thomas Friedman one Step Closer to Abandoning Zionism?

Nasim Ahmed Nasimbythedocks   I have long held a deep fascination with the intellectual journey of individuals who undergo profound conversions. Religious or political, witnessing […]

Middle East Monitor

Climate Crisis
What it means that El Niño is coming on Top of a long-term Trend of Human-driven Global Heating

What it means that El Niño is coming on Top of a long-term Trend of Human-driven Global Heating

By David Armstrong McKay, Stockholm University | – (The Conversation) – The UN World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) has confirmed it: El Niño conditions have arrived […]

The Conversation

Displaced and Refugees
The French "Nahel" Protests spring from Systemic Racism, not Immigration or Islam

The French “Nahel” Protests spring from Systemic Racism, not Immigration or Islam

Sousse, Tunisia (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – Since June 27, every news channel has been covering the recent protests in Paris. On the surface, […]

Mohamed Jegham

military
Turkey’s Erdogan abruptly lifts veto on Sweden in NATO: What it means for the Alliance and Ukraine War

Turkey’s Erdogan abruptly lifts veto on Sweden in NATO: What it means for the Alliance and Ukraine War

Simon J Smith, Staffordshire University and Jordan Becker, United States Military Academy West Point | – In a surprise move, Turkey has ended its veto […]

The Conversation

Israel/ Palestine
UN Expert accuses Israel of sexually abusing Palestinian Prisoners

UN Expert accuses Israel of sexually abusing Palestinian Prisoners

( Middle East Monitor ) – Israel has turned Palestine into an “open-air prison” where Palestinians, including tens of thousands of children, are “constantly confined, […]

Middle East Monitor

Artificial Intelligence
AI vs. AI: And Human Extinction as Collateral Damage

AI vs. AI: And Human Extinction as Collateral Damage

( Tomdispatch.com) – A world in which machines governed by artificial intelligence (AI) systematically replace human beings in most business, industrial, and professional functions is […]

Michael T. Klare

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