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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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100 Israeli Troops who Served in Occupied West Bank call on Defense Minister Gantz to Halt Settler Violence against Palestinians and against Israeli Police

100 Israeli Troops who Served in Occupied West Bank call on Defense Minister Gantz to Halt Settler Violence against Palestinians and against Israeli Police

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Al-Quds al-`Arabi reports that some 100 Israeli troops who served in the Palestinian West Bank have called on Defense Minister […]

Juan Cole

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As Biden backslides, a bigger, better-organized climate movement prepares to seize this ‘now or never’ moment

As Biden backslides, a bigger, better-organized climate movement prepares to seize this ‘now or never’ moment

by Nick Engelfried | – ( Waging Nonviolence ) – Over 500 activists from the youth-led Sunrise Movement descended on Washington, D.C. last week for […]

Waging Nonviolence

Afghanistan
China Cautiously Eyes New Regional Leadership Role As Afghanistan Fighting Intensifies

China Cautiously Eyes New Regional Leadership Role As Afghanistan Fighting Intensifies

By Reid Standish | – ( RFE/RL ) – As the security situation in Afghanistan worsens, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi has begun a high-profile […]

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Climate Crisis
California is planning floating wind farms offshore to boost its power supply – here’s how they work

California is planning floating wind farms offshore to boost its power supply – here’s how they work

By Matthew Lackner | – ( The Conversation ) – Northern California has some of the strongest offshore winds in the U.S., with immense potential […]

The Conversation

Authoritarianism
South Africa 'Ungovernable' after a former President was Jailed; Do Trump and Trumpism pose a similar danger to U.S.?

South Africa ‘Ungovernable’ after a former President was Jailed; Do Trump and Trumpism pose a similar danger to U.S.?

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – After former South African President Jacob Zuma went to jail over corruption and contempt of court charges last week, his […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Family Separation Law: Israel’s demographic war on the Palestinians intensifies

Family Separation Law: Israel’s demographic war on the Palestinians intensifies

( Middle East Monitor ) – When the Israeli Knesset (parliament) failed to renew what is commonly referred to as the Family Reunification Law, news […]

Ramzy Baroud

Iran
America’s Afghan War Is Over, So What About Iraq - and Iran?

America’s Afghan War Is Over, So What About Iraq – and Iran?

( Code Pink) – At Bagram air-base, Afghan scrap merchants are already picking through the graveyard of U.S. military equipment that was until recently the […]

Medea Benjamin and Ariel Gold

China
On the Brink in 2026:  U.S.-China Near-War Status Report

On the Brink in 2026: U.S.-China Near-War Status Report

( Tomdispatch.com ) – It’s the summer of 2026, five years after the Biden administration identified the People’s Republic of China as the principal threat […]

Michael T. Klare

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Palestinians appeal to the UN Security Council over further Israeli Land Theft, Squatter Settlement at Palestinian Beita

Palestinians appeal to the UN Security Council over further Israeli Land Theft, Squatter Settlement at Palestinian Beita

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Israeli newspaper Arab 48 reports that the government of Prime Minister Naftali Bennett has agreed with Israeli squatter organizations […]

Juan Cole

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