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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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Archaeology
The Catholic Reconquista in Spain outlawed Islam in 1502, but Secret Muslims kept their culture -- and Cuisine -- Going

The Catholic Reconquista in Spain outlawed Islam in 1502, but Secret Muslims kept their culture — and Cuisine — Going

By Aleks Pluskowski, Guillermo García-Contreras Ruiz, and Marcos García García | – Granada, in southern Spain’s Andalusia region, was the final remnant of Islamic Iberia […]

The Conversation

China
New Wind and Solar up 50% globally in 2020, as China beats US by over 4 to 1

New Wind and Solar up 50% globally in 2020, as China beats US by over 4 to 1

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The new report on 2020 by the International Renewable Energy Agency reveals that the world’s renewable energy generation capacity increased […]

Juan Cole

Guns
Are mass shootings an American epidemic?

Are mass shootings an American epidemic?

By Lacey Wallace | – The U.S. has suffered yet another mass shooting, with a deadly attack in a FedEx facility in Indianapolis. This was […]

The Conversation

Climate Crisis
How Persistent Student Organizing Forced the University of Michigan to Divest from Fossil Fuels

How Persistent Student Organizing Forced the University of Michigan to Divest from Fossil Fuels

By Jonathan Morris | – ( Waging Nonviolence ) – Last month, the University of Michigan became the latest to accept the obvious — that […]

Waging Nonviolence

Authoritarianism
Social Media and the Spread of Global Hate

Social Media and the Spread of Global Hate

( Foreign Policy in Focus ) – Social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter helped right-wing populists take power. Can they now help rein them […]

John Feffer

Epidemics
Science also Wants Jim Jordan to Shut his Mouth-- it isn't Just Rep. Maxine Waters

Science also Wants Jim Jordan to Shut his Mouth– it isn’t Just Rep. Maxine Waters

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Ohio Republican congressman Jim Jordan chomped on to Dr. Anthony Fauci on Thursday like a rabid dog and spewed foam […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Israeli Snipers Left hundreds of Palestinian Youth Protesters Maimed:  The Charity that is Helping Gaza Amputees

Israeli Snipers Left hundreds of Palestinian Youth Protesters Maimed: The Charity that is Helping Gaza Amputees

By Anjuman Rahman | – ( Middle East Monitor ) – Tens of thousands of Palestinian civilians in the Gaza Strip have been wounded during […]

Middle East Monitor

Afghanistan
As the US plans its Afghan troop withdrawal, what was it all for?

As the US plans its Afghan troop withdrawal, what was it all for?

By Jared Mondschein | – Unlike most US presidents, Joe Biden did not come to the White House with many fixed ideological positions. He did, […]

The Conversation

Epidemics
Making Sense of a Viral Military:  The Pentagon’s Flawed Response to the Pandemic

Making Sense of a Viral Military: The Pentagon’s Flawed Response to the Pandemic

By Andrea Mazzarino | – ( Tomdispatch.com) – Herd immunity? Don’t count on it. Not if that “herd” is the U.S. military. According to news […]

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