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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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The Real Threats to America are the Pandemic and Poverty; why Give Ever More Money to the Pentagon?

The Real Threats to America are the Pandemic and Poverty; why Give Ever More Money to the Pentagon?

By Mandy Smithberger | – ( Tomdispatch.com) – This country is in a crisis of the first order. More than half a million of us […]

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Donald Trump
The 7 Deadly Sins of Today's Conservatives

The 7 Deadly Sins of Today’s Conservatives

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – That someone at the conservative political convention, CPAC, thought it a good idea to put up a gilded statue of […]

Juan Cole

Houthi
World Leaders, including President Biden, need to Step up on Yemen, before Millions Die

World Leaders, including President Biden, need to Step up on Yemen, before Millions Die

Afrah Nasser | – ( Human Rights Watch) – Imagine what it is like to live in the world’s worst humanitarian crisis: You are in […]

Human Rights Watch

censorship
Will the Khashoggi Killing stand in the way of Bin Salman acceding to the Throne of Saudi Arabia?

Will the Khashoggi Killing stand in the way of Bin Salman acceding to the Throne of Saudi Arabia?

By Amira Abo el-Fetouh | – ( Middle East Monitor) – The Biden administration has finally authorised the Director of National Intelligence in Washington to […]

Middle East Monitor

Climate Crisis
Decline of Coal shows Gov't Policy, Renewables crucial to Reducing Carbon Emissions: The Market isn't Enough

Decline of Coal shows Gov’t Policy, Renewables crucial to Reducing Carbon Emissions: The Market isn’t Enough

By David Drake and Jeffrey York | – The big idea People often point to plunging natural gas prices as the reason U.S. coal-fired power […]

The Conversation

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Morocco beats U.S. in Green Energy Future Index with Massive Saharan Solar Plant

Morocco beats U.S. in Green Energy Future Index with Massive Saharan Solar Plant

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The MIT Technology Review has released its Green Future Index. Among Middle Eastern countries, Morocco ranks number one, and it […]

Juan Cole

Employment
Why the Opponents of a $15 Minimum Wage are Wrong, Wrong, Wrong

Why the Opponents of a $15 Minimum Wage are Wrong, Wrong, Wrong

Southwest Harbor, Maine (Special to Informed Comment) – Conservatives in both political parties want citizens to believe opposition to an increase in the minimum wage […]

John Buell

Oceans
Where does the 10 Million Tons of Plastic we put into the Oceans Annually actually go?

Where does the 10 Million Tons of Plastic we put into the Oceans Annually actually go?

By Bruce Sutherland, Michelle DiBenedetto and Ton van den Bremer | – Of the hundreds of millions of tonnes of plastic waste we produce each […]

The Conversation

Donald Trump
The Unpatriots:  What the Storming of the Capitol looks Like to a Military Spouse

The Unpatriots: What the Storming of the Capitol looks Like to a Military Spouse

By Andrea Mazzarino | – ( Tomdispatch.com) – “Are you okay?” asked a friend and military spouse in the voicemail she left me on the […]

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