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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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US Resuming Arms Sales to United Arab Emirates is Disastrous, Given its Wars on Yemen, Libya

US Resuming Arms Sales to United Arab Emirates is Disastrous, Given its Wars on Yemen, Libya

By Afrah Nasser | – Yemen Researcher, Middle East and North Africa Division | – ( Human Rights Watch) – United States President Joe Biden […]

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China
Despite Hawks Seeking new Cold War, the US and China can only Confront Climate Emergency by Cooperating

Despite Hawks Seeking new Cold War, the US and China can only Confront Climate Emergency by Cooperating

( China Dialogue ) – They say don’t mess with Texas, but Mother Nature didn’t get the memo. A surprise winter storm killed at least […]

Juan Cole

Afghanistan
US spent $2.261 Trillion on Afghanistan War, in which ~240,000 Have Died; We could have Greened Half the Grid Instead

US spent $2.261 Trillion on Afghanistan War, in which ~240,000 Have Died; We could have Greened Half the Grid Instead

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Costs of War Project at Brown University has just brought out a new report on Afghanistan. The September 11, […]

Juan Cole

Employment
For Workers struggling to Unionize at Amazon, it is a Matter of Life and Death

For Workers struggling to Unionize at Amazon, it is a Matter of Life and Death

Southwest Harbor, Maine (Special to Informed Comment) – That unions lost the battle to organize Amazon’s Bessemer, Alabama plant should and did come as no […]

John Buell

Immigration
The Real Trauma at the Border:  Hundreds of Trump's Separated Children Still can't Find their Families

The Real Trauma at the Border: Hundreds of Trump’s Separated Children Still can’t Find their Families

Chicago (Special to Informed Comment) – Media outlets consistently describe flight from Central America and Mexico as a “crisis,” suggesting that migrants’ proximity to our […]

Michael Slager

Human Rights
The Saudi Lobby is Coming for You, Small Town America

The Saudi Lobby is Coming for You, Small Town America

By Ben Freeman, Brian Steiner and Leila Riazi | – ( Tomdispatch.com) – Princess Reema bint Bandar Al-Saud, Saudi Arabia’s ambassador to the U.S., was […]

Juan Cole

Displaced and Refugees
Biden to reverse Trump's White Supremacist, Sadistic near-ban on Refugees, but US still Lags, Sweden, Germany other OECD Countries

Biden to reverse Trump’s White Supremacist, Sadistic near-ban on Refugees, but US still Lags, Sweden, Germany other OECD Countries

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – About one quarter of one percent (0.25 percent) of the US population consists of refugees — some 838,000. This minuscule […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
The "Real" Apartheid: "There's no Such Thing as a Palestinian Person"

The “Real” Apartheid: “There’s no Such Thing as a Palestinian Person”

( Middle East Monitor) – “This is the real apartheid,” Jewish American lawyer Brooke Goldstein tweeted last week. “The fact that Jews can’t enter into […]

Asa Winstanley

Displaced and Refugees
People escaping Violence have a Right to Seek Asylum: Stop Calling it a "Border Crisis"

People escaping Violence have a Right to Seek Asylum: Stop Calling it a “Border Crisis”

By Rachel Pak | – ( Otherwords.org ) – Over the last several weeks, Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has reported a rise in the […]

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