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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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Authoritarianism
Turkey: what to expect from Erdoğan, his ultranationalist Alliance and their ‘Family Values’ Pledges

Turkey: what to expect from Erdoğan, his ultranationalist Alliance and their ‘Family Values’ Pledges

Balki Begumhan Bayhan, Coventry University | – (The Conversation) – After a bitter and hard-fought campaign that went to a second run-off vote, Recep Tayyip […]

The Conversation

Environment
Environmental Hazard: How Russia's War in Ukraine Threatens the Planet

Environmental Hazard: How Russia’s War in Ukraine Threatens the Planet

( Foreign Policy in Focus) – Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022 has resulted in the deaths so far of more than 8,700 Ukrainian civilians, […]

John Feffer

US Foreign Policy
The Wars we don’t (Care to) See: Aggression Made Easy

The Wars we don’t (Care to) See: Aggression Made Easy

By David Barsamian and Norman Solomon ( Tomdispatch.com ) – [The following is excerpted and adapted from David Barsamian’s recent interview with Norman Solomon at […]

Tomdispatch

Batteries
Tipping Point? Global Investments in Low-Carbon Energy Outstrip Fossil Fuel Commitments by 1.7 to 1 for First Time in World History

Tipping Point? Global Investments in Low-Carbon Energy Outstrip Fossil Fuel Commitments by 1.7 to 1 for First Time in World History

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Globally, investors will sink $1.7 trillion into low-carbon energy this year — for the first time more than will be […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Biden Administration to Combat Antisemitism, but won't Shield Israel from Criticism

Biden Administration to Combat Antisemitism, but won’t Shield Israel from Criticism

Nasim Ahmed Nasimbythedocks   ( Middle East Monitor) – Supporters of Israel advocating for the controversial International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) definition of anti-Semitism have […]

Middle East Monitor

Climate Crisis
Offshore wind in the Midwest? Some Great Lakes leaders think so

Offshore wind in the Midwest? Some Great Lakes leaders think so

By Alex Brown – ( Michigan Advance ) – Years from now, when Chicagoans stroll the Lake Michigan waterfront, they may see the blades of wind turbines […]

Michigan Advance

Climate Crisis
Greenwashing: energy Companies make false Claims about Sustainability – they should be held to Account

Greenwashing: energy Companies make false Claims about Sustainability – they should be held to Account

By Ouidad Yousfi, Université de Montpellier and Maha El Kateb, Université de Montpellier | (The Conversation) – Companies implement corporate social responsibility (CSR) as a […]

The Conversation

Donald Trump
Why are U.S. Republicans Importing an Alien Fascist Christian Nationalism from Orbán’s Hungary?

Why are U.S. Republicans Importing an Alien Fascist Christian Nationalism from Orbán’s Hungary?

Chicago (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – Following in Victor Orbán’s neo-fascist goose-steps, Trump, DeSantis, and the GOP are imposing his Hungarian brand of Christian […]

Dan Dinello

Elections
What Erdoğan’s Reelection means for Turkey’s Political System, Economy and Foreign Policy

What Erdoğan’s Reelection means for Turkey’s Political System, Economy and Foreign Policy

By Ahmet T. Kuru, San Diego State University | – Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has been reelected as president, ensuring that his term as leader of […]

The Conversation

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