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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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Afghanistan
After Afghanistan, US military presence abroad faces domestic and foreign opposition in 2022

After Afghanistan, US military presence abroad faces domestic and foreign opposition in 2022

By Michael A. Allen, Carla Martinez Machain, and Michael E. Flynn | – In August 2021, the U.S. military withdrew from Afghanistan after fighting a […]

The Conversation

Climate Crisis
Raven releases the Sun: First Native American Interior Secretary moves to put in 100 GW Solar on Federal Land

Raven releases the Sun: First Native American Interior Secretary moves to put in 100 GW Solar on Federal Land

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – As part of a Biden Administration push to put in 27 gigawatts (GW) of renewable energy on federal land by […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Breaking the Silence: Oppression of Palestinians reminds American Student in the West Bank of Black Lives Matter

Breaking the Silence: Oppression of Palestinians reminds American Student in the West Bank of Black Lives Matter

( Traveling Twins ) – On Friday, December 24, I joined a Breaking the Silence tour of the South Hebron Hills- an area in the […]

Abigail Leibowitz

Bashar al-Assad
Syrian survivors of Torture rejoice over German Court indicting Regime Officer of Crimes Against Humanity

Syrian survivors of Torture rejoice over German Court indicting Regime Officer of Crimes Against Humanity

By Okba Mohammed | – ( Globalvoices.org) – Survivors of torture in Syrian prisons celebrated a verdict made at 10 a.m. on Thursday, January 13 […]

Global Voices

Climate Crisis
Millions are on the Run from Global Heating - International Law must recognize Climate Refugees

Millions are on the Run from Global Heating – International Law must recognize Climate Refugees

By Daniel L. Huizenga | – When hurricanes Eta and Iota barrelled into Central America in November 2020, they flooded towns and cities, caused catastrophic […]

The Conversation

al-Qaeda
All the Ways the Oath Keeper Militiamen, just Jailed, are Like al-Qaeda

All the Ways the Oath Keeper Militiamen, just Jailed, are Like al-Qaeda

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Department of Justice reports that the FBI arrested 11 top members of the fascist militia, the Oath Keepers, on […]

Juan Cole

China
Is this Wise?  Washington Tightens the Noose around China in new Cold War of Encirclement

Is this Wise? Washington Tightens the Noose around China in new Cold War of Encirclement

( Tomdispatch.com) – The word “encirclement” does not appear in the 2022 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), signed into law by President Joe Biden on […]

Michael T. Klare

Israel/ Palestine
Far-Right Israelis aren't Planting trees in the Negev for 'forestation,' but to ethnically Cleanse Palestinians

Far-Right Israelis aren’t Planting trees in the Negev for ‘forestation,’ but to ethnically Cleanse Palestinians

By Motasem A Dalloul | – ( Middle East Monitor ) – After mass protests by Arab residents and threats by Arab parliamentarians, the Israeli […]

Middle East Monitor

Climate Crisis
Ocean Heat is at Record Levels, with Major Consequences

Ocean Heat is at Record Levels, with Major Consequences

By Kevin Trenberth | – The world witnessed record-breaking climate and weather disasters in 2021, from destructive flash floods that swept through mountain towns in […]

The Conversation

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