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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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Iran
Discussions of Iran's Nuclear Enrichment ignore Israel's Atom Bomb Arsenal: What if Iran's Program is a Deterrent to War?

Discussions of Iran’s Nuclear Enrichment ignore Israel’s Atom Bomb Arsenal: What if Iran’s Program is a Deterrent to War?

Mt. Berry, Ga. (Special to Informed Comment) – According to the latest news coverage, Iran-U.S. negotiations to revive the 2015 JCPOA are in trouble. The […]

John Hickman

African-Americans
In the Wake of "Black Lives Matter," does the the 1919 Chicago Race Riot Take on Special Significance?

In the Wake of “Black Lives Matter,” does the the 1919 Chicago Race Riot Take on Special Significance?

Chicago (Special to Informed Comment) – This week marks another infamous anniversary in US history: the Chicago race riot of 1919. It started when white […]

Michael Slager

Children
As Florida's cases Spike to Unprecedented 21,683, Ron "Satan" DeSantis wants to Kill your Kids

As Florida’s cases Spike to Unprecedented 21,683, Ron “Satan” DeSantis wants to Kill your Kids

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Jeffrey S. Solocheck at the Miami Herald reports that Florida governor Ron DeSantis on Friday issued a royal decree forbidding […]

Juan Cole

African-Americans
We Can Have the Filibuster or Democracy, But Not Both

We Can Have the Filibuster or Democracy, But Not Both

By Peter Certo | ( Otherwords.org) – The American political system is complicated, but fixing it doesn’t have to be. Voters of all stripes broadly […]

Peter Certo

Authoritarianism
Tunisia’s presidential power-grab is a test for its democracy

Tunisia’s presidential power-grab is a test for its democracy

By Larbi Sadiki and Layla Saleh | – ( OpenDemocracy.net ) – In a shocking move, Tunisia’s President Kais Saied invoked Article 80 of the […]

Open Democracy

Displaced and Refugees
Refugees and Asylum-Seekers are at high risk of COVID-19 infection, but low priority for vaccines

Refugees and Asylum-Seekers are at high risk of COVID-19 infection, but low priority for vaccines

By Yvonne Su | – ( The Conversation ) – In June, the G7 pledged 870 million COVID-19 vaccine doses to COVID-19 Vaccines Global Access, […]

The Conversation

Coal
Renewables for first time on Record generated more Electricity than either Coal or Nuclear in US in 2020: EIA

Renewables for first time on Record generated more Electricity than either Coal or Nuclear in US in 2020: EIA

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Energy Information Administration, the primary authority in the federal government on energy numbers, concludes that renewables, primarily hydro, wind […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Palestinian Activist: The Problem is not Ignorance of Israeli Occupation's Brutality, it is Inaction

Palestinian Activist: The Problem is not Ignorance of Israeli Occupation’s Brutality, it is Inaction

“I am tired of reporting the same brutality every day, of thinking of new ways to describe the obvious.” Those are the words of Mohammed […]

Asa Winstanley

Dissent
Iran: Deadly Repression of Khuzestan Protests: Hundreds Arrested; At Least 9 Deaths, Including a Child (HRW)

Iran: Deadly Repression of Khuzestan Protests: Hundreds Arrested; At Least 9 Deaths, Including a Child (HRW)

( Human Rights Watch) – (Beirut) – The rising death toll and mass arrests raise grave concerns about the Iranian authorities’ response to recent protests […]

Human Rights Watch

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