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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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Top 6 Reasons Trump's Racist Attack on Ilhan Omar at Empty Stadium is a Lie

Top 6 Reasons Trump’s Racist Attack on Ilhan Omar at Empty Stadium is a Lie

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – In his typically unhinged rant to a nearly empty stadium in Tulsa, OK, Trump attempted to use Minnesota Congresswoman Ilhan […]

Juan Cole

Employment
To address Systemic Racism, we Must Focus on the Economy

To address Systemic Racism, we Must Focus on the Economy

Southwest Harbor, Maine (Special to Informed Comment) – Hate crimes are still too prevalent, but there is a widespread consensus behind efforts to root them […]

John Buell

Israel/ Palestine
In Search of a Game Changer -- Beyond Apartheid: Israel, Palestine, and Annexation

In Search of a Game Changer — Beyond Apartheid: Israel, Palestine, and Annexation

By Moshe Behar | – In this essay, Moshe Behar reflects on what the possible endgame is for the Israeli annexation of Palestinian land that […]

Moshe Behar

Democracy
War Zone America

War Zone America

By Andrea Mazzarino | – (Tomdispatch.com) – Recently, in this Black Lives Matter protest moment, my five-year-old son looked at me and asked, “Mommy, where […]

Tomdispatch

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PM Netanyahu's son Calls for Ethnic Cleansing of Palestinian-Israelis from Tel Aviv

PM Netanyahu’s son Calls for Ethnic Cleansing of Palestinian-Israelis from Tel Aviv

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – As the US and even Israel have seen Black Lives Matter protests, Yair Netanyahu, 28, the son of Israeli Prime […]

Juan Cole

Donald Trump
Trump dumped the World Health Organization in the midst of a Global Pandemic.  Why?

Trump dumped the World Health Organization in the midst of a Global Pandemic. Why?

By Sebastian Rotella, James Bandler and Patricia Callahan | – ( ProPublica ) – Right before President Donald Trump unveiled punitive measures against China on […]

ProPublica

Israel/ Palestine
Is the ‘Boycott Israel’ (BDS) Movement Poised for a Big Expansion as Annexation of Palestine Looms?

Is the ‘Boycott Israel’ (BDS) Movement Poised for a Big Expansion as Annexation of Palestine Looms?

( Middle East Monitor) – The boycott, divestment and sanctions movement (BDS) had a landmark legal victory against Israel last week. The European Court of […]

Asa Winstanley

Green Energy
In 2020, Wind and Solar could cover nearly Six Months of Germany's Annual Power Demand

In 2020, Wind and Solar could cover nearly Six Months of Germany’s Annual Power Demand

(Clean Energy Wire) – The amount of electricity produced with renewable energy sources in Germany within one year could theoretically power the country for 172 […]

Benjamin Wehrmann

Donald Trump
Trump at Tulsa as 21st Century Typhoid Mary, as Fauci Warns on Rally, Science-Bashing

Trump at Tulsa as 21st Century Typhoid Mary, as Fauci Warns on Rally, Science-Bashing

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Scientists know the story of Typhoid Mary, an immigrant from Ireland to the US in the late 19th century. She […]

Juan Cole

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