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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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Afghanistan
Can We Finally Give Peace A Chance?  The U.S. Military, Post-Afghanistan

Can We Finally Give Peace A Chance? The U.S. Military, Post-Afghanistan

( Tomdispatch.com) – Yoda, the Jedi Master in the Star Wars films, once pointed out that the future is all too difficult to see and […]

William J. Astore

Afghanistan
US admits that Hellfire Strike on Kabul, killing 10, was a "Mistake" - But US often does not know Whom it is Droning

US admits that Hellfire Strike on Kabul, killing 10, was a “Mistake” – But US often does not know Whom it is Droning

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Associated Press reports that the survivors of family members killed in a U.S. hellfire missile strike on a civilian […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
The Pogrom at Sabra and Shatila

The Pogrom at Sabra and Shatila

By Donald Wagner | – See Journeyman Pictures documentary – Informed Comment . ( Electronic Intifada) – The US withdrawal from Afghanistan marks the end […]

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Employment
Unemployment Insurance Isn’t Holding Back the Economy. Inequality Is.

Unemployment Insurance Isn’t Holding Back the Economy. Inequality Is.

By Rebekah Entralgo | – An estimated 9 million Americans got the rug pulled out from under them over Labor Day weekend as enhanced pandemic […]

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Arab Spring
What does the future hold for Middle Eastern states?

What does the future hold for Middle Eastern states?

By Mohamad Moustafa Alabsi | – From independence until the advent of the Arab Spring, Middle Eastern states have suffered due to their constituting principle, […]

The Conversation

Climate Crisis
UN: Earth heading to 16% Increase in Greenhouse Gas Emissions by 2030, Risking Climate Instability

UN: Earth heading to 16% Increase in Greenhouse Gas Emissions by 2030, Risking Climate Instability

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – A United Nations study of the greenhouse gas reduction targets announced by the 191 signatories to the Paris Convention has […]

Juan Cole

Authoritarianism
Tunisia: President’s Repressive Policies Abrogate Rights: Dozens Placed Under Arbitrary House Arrest (HRW)

Tunisia: President’s Repressive Policies Abrogate Rights: Dozens Placed Under Arbitrary House Arrest (HRW)

Human Rights Watch (Tunis) – Arbitrary and politically motivated acts of repression have proliferated in Tunisia since July 25, 2021, when President Kais Saied suspended […]

Human Rights Watch

Israel/ Palestine
Was Sabra and Shatila a genocide?

Was Sabra and Shatila a genocide?

By Donald Wagner | – ( Electronic Intifada) – The US withdrawal from Afghanistan marks the end of the latest in a long list of […]

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Afghanistan
The Trump Albatross around Joe Biden's Neck

The Trump Albatross around Joe Biden’s Neck

( Foreign Policy in Focus) – The far right would like to impeach Joe Biden, kick him out of the White House, perhaps even throw […]

John Feffer

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