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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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‘We are gambling with the future of our Planet for the sake of Hamburgers’: Peter Singer on Climate Change

‘We are gambling with the future of our Planet for the sake of Hamburgers’: Peter Singer on Climate Change

By Peter Singer, Princeton University | – (The Conversation) – I wasn’t aware of climate change until the 1980s — hardly anyone was — and […]

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Donald Trump
The Trials of Donald Trump and Aaron Burr:  3 Similarities and 2 Differences

The Trials of Donald Trump and Aaron Burr: 3 Similarities and 2 Differences

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Only three holders of the top executive offices in the country, the presidency and the vice presidency, have ever been […]

Juan Cole

Donald Trump
‘If you want to die in jail, keep talking’ – Two National Security Law Experts discuss the special Treatment for Trump and offer him some Advice

‘If you want to die in jail, keep talking’ – Two National Security Law Experts discuss the special Treatment for Trump and offer him some Advice

By Thomas A. Durkin, Loyola University Chicago and Joseph Ferguson, Loyola University Chicago | – (The Conversation) – Lawyer Thomas A. Durkin has spent much […]

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Israel/ Palestine
I saw Israel’s ‘final solution to the Palestinian problem’ in Lebanon 41 years ago, and I see it again today

I saw Israel’s ‘final solution to the Palestinian problem’ in Lebanon 41 years ago, and I see it again today

By Rev. Dr. Don Wagner ( Mondoweisss ) – Forty-one years ago, I was in Lebanon leading a group of ten U.S. relief and development […]

Mondoweiss

China
Peace for Ukraine Courtesy of China?  Another Step in Beijing’s Rise to Global Power

Peace for Ukraine Courtesy of China? Another Step in Beijing’s Rise to Global Power

( Tomdispatch.com ) – All wars do end, usually thanks to a negotiated peace agreement. Consider that a fundamental historical fact, even if it seems […]

Alfred W. McCoy

Democracy
Can Lebanon Finally elect a President who will Lead it out of its Economic and Political Morass?

Can Lebanon Finally elect a President who will Lead it out of its Economic and Political Morass?

By Habib Badawi Beirut (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – Lebanon may be a small country of some four million citizens with a land area […]

Habib Badawi

Israel/ Palestine
Permanent Apartheid in Palestine: This is why Israel wants to reactivate E1 Plan

Permanent Apartheid in Palestine: This is why Israel wants to reactivate E1 Plan

Dr Ramzy Baroud RamzyBaroud   ( Middle East Monitor ) – The Israeli government is at it again, actively discussing the construction of thousands of […]

Ramzy Baroud

Afghanistan
It’s Not Just Iran: Conflict over Water Resources is on the Rise as Climate Crisis Grows

It’s Not Just Iran: Conflict over Water Resources is on the Rise as Climate Crisis Grows

By Laureen Fagan ( Sustainability Times ) – The clash over water rights led to fighting between Iran and Afghanistan recently, in the latest battle […]

Sustainability Times

Climate Crisis
Greenhouse Gas Emissions are at an all-time High and Earth is Heating up Faster Than Ever

Greenhouse Gas Emissions are at an all-time High and Earth is Heating up Faster Than Ever

By Piers Forster, University of Leeds | – Greenhouse gas emissions are at an all-time high, with yearly emissions equivalent to 54 billion tonnes of […]

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