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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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In centennial year, Turkish Voters will choose between Erdoğan’s Conservative path and the Founder’s Modernist Vision

In centennial year, Turkish Voters will choose between Erdoğan’s Conservative path and the Founder’s Modernist Vision

By Ahmet T. Kuru, San Diego State University | – Turkey has two historic events on the horizon. On May 14, 2023, voters will go […]

The Conversation

military
Sudan’s People are caught between the Anvil of the Army and the Hammer of the RSF Militia

Sudan’s People are caught between the Anvil of the Army and the Hammer of the RSF Militia

Amira Abo el-Fetouh ( Middle East Monitor ) – The fighting between the Sudanese army led by Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan, Chairman of the Sovereignty Council […]

Middle East Monitor

Far Right
How Far Right Ecofascists Are Fueling Racism and Deadly Violence

How Far Right Ecofascists Are Fueling Racism and Deadly Violence

By Stan Cox | – ( Tomdispatch.com ) – It’s not often that conservative lobbyists beat the drum for increased environmental oversight and regulation. But […]

Tomdispatch

Far Right
As Fox Dumps Tucker Carlson: Remembering how he Plagiarized the "Great Replacement" from Cringey French Nazism

As Fox Dumps Tucker Carlson: Remembering how he Plagiarized the “Great Replacement” from Cringey French Nazism

Revised. Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – David Folkenflik at NPR reports that Fox Cable News on Monday ousted inflammatory racist anchor Tucker Carlson. Carlson had […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Crossing a Line: Laws, Violence, and Roadblocks to Palestinian Political Expression (Review)

Crossing a Line: Laws, Violence, and Roadblocks to Palestinian Political Expression (Review)

  Review of Amahl A. Bishara, Crossing A Line: Laws, Violence, and Roadblocks to Palestinian Political Expression (Stanford: University of Stanford Press, 2022).   Barcelona […]

Marc Martorell Junyent

Education
University of Michigan Won’t Pay Striking Grads, Rejects Proposals, as Tensions Rise and Professors delay Submission of Grades

University of Michigan Won’t Pay Striking Grads, Rejects Proposals, as Tensions Rise and Professors delay Submission of Grades

By: Jon King –   Updated, 10:42 a.m., 4/24/23 ( Michigan Advance) – Negotiations have hit an impasse between the University of Michigan and the […]

Michigan Advance

Education
Department of History, University of Michigan, Delays Grade Posting until May 12th in Support of Striking Grads

Department of History, University of Michigan, Delays Grade Posting until May 12th in Support of Striking Grads

Monday, April 24, 2023 To the University President, Provost, and Administration: We are deeply troubled by reports that the administration intends to punish faculty, staff, […]

contributors

China
Peace may finally be returning to Yemen, but can a fractured Nation be put back Together?

Peace may finally be returning to Yemen, but can a fractured Nation be put back Together?

By Leena Adel, Curtin University and Ben Rich, Curtin University | – Last month, China brokered a rapprochement between Saudi Arabia and Iran, a landmark […]

The Conversation

Archaeology
Egypt in uproar over Netflix’s “Black” Cleopatra, but Race is the Wrong Lens Anyway

Egypt in uproar over Netflix’s “Black” Cleopatra, but Race is the Wrong Lens Anyway

Ann Arbor ( Mustafa Amin at the Akhbar al-Yawm [News Today] reviews the controversy in Egypt over Jada Pinkett Smith’s African Queens series of documentaries […]

Juan Cole

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