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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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Should Biden, Blinken, Austin and Trump be tried at the Hague for Gaza Genocide?

Should Biden, Blinken, Austin and Trump be tried at the Hague for Gaza Genocide?

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The civil society human rights NGO DAWN (Democracy for the Arab World Now) has submitted a detailed filing to the […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Why Trump’s Gaza “Reconstruction Proposal” is Doomed to Failure

Why Trump’s Gaza “Reconstruction Proposal” is Doomed to Failure

By Ali Asgary, York University, Canada There have been many conversations around U.S. President Donald Trump’s Gaza proposal to permanently displace Palestinians from Gaza to […]

The Conversation

African-Americans
Surviving Hard Times: The Last Generation of Black Americans under Jim Crow and the Culture of Racism in America

Surviving Hard Times: The Last Generation of Black Americans under Jim Crow and the Culture of Racism in America

By Douglas H. White ( Tomdispatch.com ) – Today, racism remains a poisonous force in America. Fascism and authoritarianism are on the rise and President […]

Tomdispatch

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For First time, US is at 42% Zero Carbon Electricity, as Solar Surges by 49 GW

For First time, US is at 42% Zero Carbon Electricity, as Solar Surges by 49 GW

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Business Council for Sustainable Energy Factbook is out, and it has good news for the environment despite the dark […]

Juan Cole

film
A Palestinian-Israeli Film is an Oscars Favorite – So why is it so Hard to See?

A Palestinian-Israeli Film is an Oscars Favorite – So why is it so Hard to See?

Drew Paul, University of Tennessee (The Conversation) – For many low-budget, independent films, an Oscar nomination is a golden ticket. The publicity can translate into […]

The Conversation

Immigration
Guantánamo Needs to Be Shut Down, Not Expanded

Guantánamo Needs to Be Shut Down, Not Expanded

By Farrah Hassen ( Otherwords.org) – In a deeply disturbing and unprecedented move, the U.S. has begun transferring immigrant detainees to Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. They’re […]

OtherWords

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With Troops and Tanks, Israel gives the Gaza Treatment to West Bank Camps, Expelling 40,000 Palestinians

With Troops and Tanks, Israel gives the Gaza Treatment to West Bank Camps, Expelling 40,000 Palestinians

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The BBC reports that Israeli forces have invaded three Palestinian refugee camps in the Palestinian West Bank — Jenin, Tulkarm […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
The West’s Ethnic Cleansing under Humanitarian Pretexts

The West’s Ethnic Cleansing under Humanitarian Pretexts

by Ramona Wadi ( Middle East Monitor ) – Emboldened by the US and the international community’s acceptance of its genocide, Israel is not taking […]

Ramona Wadi

Donald Trump
D is for Decline, Dystopia and . . . Donald

D is for Decline, Dystopia and . . . Donald

( Tomdispatch.com ) – Count on one thing: in some almost unimaginable future, no American president (if we even have them anymore) is going to […]

Tom Engelhardt

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