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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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Corruption
Lebanon: one year after Beirut explosion, failing state struggles amid poverty and sectarianism

Lebanon: one year after Beirut explosion, failing state struggles amid poverty and sectarianism

By John Nagle | – ( The Conversation) – Twelve months on from the disastrous port explosion which killed more than 200 people, injured thousands […]

The Conversation

Mental Health
Moral Injury and Forever Wars: The after-action Military Suicides Americans don’t Want to Hear About

Moral Injury and Forever Wars: The after-action Military Suicides Americans don’t Want to Hear About

By Kelly Denton-Borhaug | – ( Tomdispatch.com) – This summer, it seemed as if we Americans couldn’t wait to return to our traditional July 4th […]

Tomdispatch

Authoritarianism
1/6 Committee: Can a Pinochet-Style Chilean Dictatorship be Forestalled in the United States?

1/6 Committee: Can a Pinochet-Style Chilean Dictatorship be Forestalled in the United States?

( Otherwords.org) – If you believe violence instead of voting is justified, I implore you to at least consider the alternative viewpoint. By Jill Richardson […]

Jill Richardson

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Living in the Dark: Palestinians in Gaza, besieged by Israel and deprived of Electricity, Can’t even Refrigerate their Food

Living in the Dark: Palestinians in Gaza, besieged by Israel and deprived of Electricity, Can’t even Refrigerate their Food

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The International Committee of the Red Cross has released a detailed study of life for Palestinians in the Gaza Strip […]

Juan Cole

Climate Crisis
Climate Emergency hits Mideast as Massive Wildfires In Turkey destroy livelihoods

Climate Emergency hits Mideast as Massive Wildfires In Turkey destroy livelihoods

By Doga Celik and Arzu Geybullayeva | – ( GlobalVoices.org) – Since July 28, a total of 125 forest fires have raged through 21 provinces […]

Global Voices

Debt
Only $3 Bn. of Federal $46 Bn rental assistance dollars reach renters, as eviction moratorium ends

Only $3 Bn. of Federal $46 Bn rental assistance dollars reach renters, as eviction moratorium ends

By Brooke Newman | – ( Cronkite News) – WASHINGTON – The federal government’s COVID-19 moratorium on renter evictions ended Saturday, leaving thousands of Arizona […]

Cronkite News Arizona PBS

Climate Crisis
Top Four ways extreme heat hurts the economy

Top Four ways extreme heat hurts the economy

By Derek Lemoine | – Summer 2021 will likely be one of the hottest on record as dozens of cities in the West experience all-time […]

The Conversation

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Palestinian Christians welcome U.S. United Church of Christ affirmation of right to Boycott Israel for Occupation of Palestinian Territories

Palestinian Christians welcome U.S. United Church of Christ affirmation of right to Boycott Israel for Occupation of Palestinian Territories

Palestinians UCC BDS Occupation Israel

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Israel’s Violations of Palestinian Workers’ Rights: COVID-19 and Systemic Abuse

Israel’s Violations of Palestinian Workers’ Rights: COVID-19 and Systemic Abuse

By Ihab Maharmeh | – ( Al-Shabakah) – The Israeli regime has been systematically violating the rights of Palestinian workers in Israel and its illegal […]

Al-Shabaka

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