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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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90 Years of Secular Progress: As Fundamentalism Weakened, I saw America grow Strong and Diverse

90 Years of Secular Progress: As Fundamentalism Weakened, I saw America grow Strong and Diverse

Charleston, WV (Special to Informed Comment) – I’ll be 90 on my next birthday. My long life is sinking, shrinking, slip-sliding away. My wife is […]

James A. Haught

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We can do this:  Americans put in massive 17 Gigawatts of Wind Power in 2020 despite Pandemic, Recession, and Neanderthal Conservatives

We can do this: Americans put in massive 17 Gigawatts of Wind Power in 2020 despite Pandemic, Recession, and Neanderthal Conservatives

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – While conservatives like Texas governor Greg Abbott and Tucker Carlson have been busy putting down wind turbines as unreliable, America […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Could Israel Target the Hague over ICC Prosecution?

Could Israel Target the Hague over ICC Prosecution?

( Middle East Monitor) – It has been a long time coming. Earlier this month, a panel of judges ruled that the International Criminal Court […]

Asa Winstanley

Electricity Cost
How the Texas electricity system produced low-cost power but left residents out in the cold

How the Texas electricity system produced low-cost power but left residents out in the cold

By Theodore J. Kury | – Americans often take electricity for granted – until the lights go out. The recent cold wave and storm in […]

The Conversation

African-Americans
Harlem Ashram: The roots of revolutionary nonviolence in the United States are in the Black community

Harlem Ashram: The roots of revolutionary nonviolence in the United States are in the Black community

By Joanne Sheehan | – ( Waging Nonviolence) – Many are wondering how to respond to the current white supremacist threat. We only have to […]

Waging Nonviolence

Climate Crisis
Dear Texas Gov. Abbott:  Wind Turbines work fine in Antarctica and Alaska, you're just too Cheap to Winterize them

Dear Texas Gov. Abbott: Wind Turbines work fine in Antarctica and Alaska, you’re just too Cheap to Winterize them

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Texas governor Greg Abbott alleged that the massive power outages in his state demonstrated the unwisdom of moving to renewable […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Could the Int'l Criminal Court Curb Israeli War Crimes against Occupied Palestinians?

Could the Int’l Criminal Court Curb Israeli War Crimes against Occupied Palestinians?

By Belal Yasin | – ( Middle East Monitor ) – On 5 February the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued a ruling in which it […]

Middle East Monitor

Batteries
Number of residential solar batteries increases by 50% in Germany

Number of residential solar batteries increases by 50% in Germany

By Sören Amelang | – The number of battery storage systems linked to a residential solar pv array rose by around 50 percent in Germany […]

Juan Cole

Authoritarianism
To Stop the Rot in American Democracy, Trump must be Indicted for Incitement

To Stop the Rot in American Democracy, Trump must be Indicted for Incitement

By By Mitchell Zimmerman | – ( Otherwords) – GOP senators said Trump was culpable, but he’s a “private citizen” now. Fine — indict him […]

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