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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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Arab World
Soccer Champion Lionel Messi’s Black Cloak: a brief History of the Honorary Bisht

Soccer Champion Lionel Messi’s Black Cloak: a brief History of the Honorary Bisht

By Pardis Mahdavi, The University of Montana | – Shortly before Lionel Messi took to the stage to lift up the World Cup trophy, Qatari […]

The Conversation

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New Solar installations Rocket up by 50% in Europe in 2022, amid Ukraine War Energy Crisis

New Solar installations Rocket up by 50% in Europe in 2022, amid Ukraine War Energy Crisis

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The industry think tank SolarPower Europe has concluded that new solar power installations rocketed up in Europe by nearly 50% […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Why the Fight over defining Antisemitism is Key to the Future of BDS

Why the Fight over defining Antisemitism is Key to the Future of BDS

By Shane Burley | – ( Waging Nonviolence) – Despite conservatives in America feigning their undying support for “free speech,” those convictions often vanish when […]

Waging Nonviolence

Climate Crisis
2022’s US Climate Disasters: A Tale of too much CO2, Too much Rain – and too Little

2022’s US Climate Disasters: A Tale of too much CO2, Too much Rain – and too Little

By Shuang-Ye Wu, University of Dayton | – The year 2022 will be remembered across the U.S. for its devastating flooding and storms – and […]

The Conversation

Democracy
America’s best Christmas Present would be Real Democracy where even the Poor Vote

America’s best Christmas Present would be Real Democracy where even the Poor Vote

( Tomdispatch.com) – Last week, I was in Washington, D.C.’s Union Station. The weather had turned cold and I couldn’t help noticing what an inhospitable […]

Liz Theoharis

Algeria
Why Algeria's Coup and Civil War Should Alarm Americans about Trumpism, Whether he is Convicted or Not

Why Algeria’s Coup and Civil War Should Alarm Americans about Trumpism, Whether he is Convicted or Not

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Donald Trump’s attempted coup on Jan. 6, for which he has now been referred to the Department of Justice on […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
New Extremist Israeli Government Further Marginalizes Palestinians and risks Alienating 70% World's Jews

New Extremist Israeli Government Further Marginalizes Palestinians and risks Alienating 70% World’s Jews

Oakland, Ca. (Special to Informed Comment) – A crisis is brewing in the relationship between Israel and the United States, and even between Israel and […]

H. Scott Prosterman

Congress
What the criminal referral of Trump means – a constitutional law expert explains the Jan. 6 committee action

What the criminal referral of Trump means – a constitutional law expert explains the Jan. 6 committee action

Margaret M. Russell, Santa Clara University | – After 18 months investigating, the House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6 Attack on the United […]

The Conversation

Israel/ Palestine
Israel, Palestinian Children, and the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child (HRW)

Israel, Palestinian Children, and the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child (HRW)

( Human Rights Watch ) – We write in advance of the 94th pre-session of the Committee on the Rights of the Child and its […]

Human Rights Watch

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