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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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Climate Crisis
The last Time there was this much CO2, there were Sabertooth Tigers, California Monsoons and an Undersea Florida

The last Time there was this much CO2, there were Sabertooth Tigers, California Monsoons and an Undersea Florida

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – – The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration reports that for the 11th consecutive year, human-caused emissions of carbon dioxide and […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Netanyahu Brought Israeli Extremists to Power and Seeks more Arab Recognition;  He can’t have Both

Netanyahu Brought Israeli Extremists to Power and Seeks more Arab Recognition; He can’t have Both

Dr Adnan Abu Amer AdnanAbuAmer2   There are concerns in Israel that the path towards normalisation with more Arab countries is no longer smooth in […]

Middle East Monitor

Corruption
Clarence Thomas and the Billionaire

Clarence Thomas and the Billionaire

By Joshua Kaplan, Justin Elliott and Alex Mierjeski ( ProPublica) – In late June 2019, right after the U.S. Supreme Court released its final opinion […]

ProPublica

Climate Crisis
Environmental NGO wins greenwashing lawsuit against French Oil Co.  TotalEnergies SE

Environmental NGO wins greenwashing lawsuit against French Oil Co. TotalEnergies SE

By Carolina Kyllmann | – ( Clean Energy Wire ) – Climate Action Germany (DUH) has won a lawsuit against TotalEnergies over “climate-neutral” and “CO2-compensated” […]

Clean Energy Wire

Corruption
Trump's Arraignment was Unprecedented, but so is the Enormity of his Crimes against America

Trump’s Arraignment was Unprecedented, but so is the Enormity of his Crimes against America

Chicago (Feature; Special to Informed Comment) – Adding another humiliating chapter to his despicable life, the twice-impeached former President becomes the first ex-president to face […]

Dan Dinello

Arms Sales
Can Iran and Russia's Arms Swapping Sustain A Lasting Defense Partnership?

Can Iran and Russia’s Arms Swapping Sustain A Lasting Defense Partnership?

By Michael Scollon     ( RFE/RL ) – When Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi visited Moscow in early 2022, he had high hopes of leaving […]

Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty

Climate Crisis
Savage Capitalism: From Climate Change to Bank Failures to War

Savage Capitalism: From Climate Change to Bank Failures to War

By David Barsamian and Noam Chomsky | – [The following is excerpted from David Barsamian’s recent interview with Noam Chomsky at AlternativeRadio.org.] David Barsamian: On […]

Tomdispatch

Authoritarianism
In Bad Sign for Climate Summit, Oil-Rich UAE warns Conference Attendees against Criticizing Government

In Bad Sign for Climate Summit, Oil-Rich UAE warns Conference Attendees against Criticizing Government

Katharina Rall Senior Researcher, Environment and Human Rights   @katha_nina ( Human Rights Watch) – Speakers at a recent climate and health summit in Abu […]

Human Rights Watch

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World's Most Dangerous Flashpoint:  Israeli Forces Repeatedly Invade Sacred al-Aqsa Mosque, Beat, Expel Worshipers, on behalf of Jewish Extremists

World’s Most Dangerous Flashpoint: Israeli Forces Repeatedly Invade Sacred al-Aqsa Mosque, Beat, Expel Worshipers, on behalf of Jewish Extremists

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Israeli newspaper Arab 48 reports that both on Wednesday and Thursday mornings, Israeli security forces invaded the al-Aqsa Mosque […]

Juan Cole

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