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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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A Warning Signal for US?  Corruption, Gov't Gridlock, Pandemic, drive half a Million Lebanese Children into Hunger

A Warning Signal for US? Corruption, Gov’t Gridlock, Pandemic, drive half a Million Lebanese Children into Hunger

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Lebanon, a small country of 4.7 million citizens and another 1.5 million Syrian refugees and 400,000 Palestinian refugees, is facing […]

Juan Cole

Donald Trump
American Nervous Breakdown: Super-Spreader Trump and His Deranged Cult Infect Us All with their Toxic Lunacy

American Nervous Breakdown: Super-Spreader Trump and His Deranged Cult Infect Us All with their Toxic Lunacy

Chicago (Special to Informed Comment) – While the plague rages, the economy crashes, and millions of jobless Americans just lost unemployment benefits, President Trump and […]

Dan Dinello

African-Americans
The Suburban Vote:  Why Trump threatened Detroit, America’s most Segregated City, with Federal Officers

The Suburban Vote: Why Trump threatened Detroit, America’s most Segregated City, with Federal Officers

Ann Arbor (Special to Informed Comment) – Donald Trump initially threatened to deploy federal agents in the city to clamp down on protests, though later […]

Jamal Dillman-Hasso

Colonialism
How the Failures of Great Powers at the Versailles Peace Conference Set the Stage for Today’s anti-racist Uprisings

How the Failures of Great Powers at the Versailles Peace Conference Set the Stage for Today’s anti-racist Uprisings

( The Conversation) – The racism that is now the target of protest across the globe is rooted in the tragic choices of leaders seeking […]

Elizabeth F. Thompson

Archaeology
Elon Musk may have been Joking, but the Flaky Theory that Aliens built the Pyramids is Faintly Racist

Elon Musk may have been Joking, but the Flaky Theory that Aliens built the Pyramids is Faintly Racist

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Egyptian scientists and archeologists replied in a level-headed but firm way to billionaire Elon Musk’s tweet that aliens built the […]

Juan Cole

Employment
Political Suicide: GOP Senators holding up Stimulus are Retarding Recovery in Election Year

Political Suicide: GOP Senators holding up Stimulus are Retarding Recovery in Election Year

Southwest Harbor, Maine (Special to Informed Comment) – Be thankful for small favors. When the Covid-19 depression hit like a brick, almost no one advocated […]

John Buell

Corruption
"I don't take Responsibility:" US has the Worst Pandemic Response, but can Trump be held Accountable?

“I don’t take Responsibility:” US has the Worst Pandemic Response, but can Trump be held Accountable?

( Tomdispatch.com ) – Whether you consider the appalling death toll or the equally unacceptable rising numbers of Covid-19 cases, the United States has one […]

Karen J. Greenberg

Inequality
Defund the Bloated U.S. Military

Defund the Bloated U.S. Military

By Eric Stoner | – ( The Progressive) – The bold call by Black Lives Matter activists to defund police has profoundly reshaped the national […]

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Donald Trump
Iran's Khamenei:  Not going to help Trump get Reelected by Negotiating, and besides, America is Collapsing

Iran’s Khamenei: Not going to help Trump get Reelected by Negotiating, and besides, America is Collapsing

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Iran’s clerical Leader, Ali Khamenei, knows that Trump’s reelection campaign is in big trouble. And, he thinks Trump wants a […]

Juan Cole

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