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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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No, Racial Justice Protesters aren’t ‘Maoists’; Conservatives just aren’t Comfortable with Black Lives Matter

No, Racial Justice Protesters aren’t ‘Maoists’; Conservatives just aren’t Comfortable with Black Lives Matter

( Foreign Policy in Focus ) – In their effort to transform their discomfort with the current #BlackLivesMatter protests into a superficially sophisticated critique, right-wing […]

John Feffer

prison reform
Being convicted of a crime has thousands of consequences besides incarceration – and some last a lifetime

Being convicted of a crime has thousands of consequences besides incarceration – and some last a lifetime

By Cynthia A. Golembeski | – At least 77 million U.S. adults have criminal records, including nearly 7 million currently in prison or jail or […]

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Donald Trump
"Trump Heights": Illegal New Israeli Squatter Settlement on Occupied Syrian Golan Approved

“Trump Heights”: Illegal New Israeli Squatter Settlement on Occupied Syrian Golan Approved

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Israel’s government has formally greenlighted a new squatter settlement on the Syrian Golan Heights, to be named for US president […]

Juan Cole

Inequality
Bailouts for Weapons Firms, Tent Cities for Vets: Covid Reveals U.S. Military Priorities

Bailouts for Weapons Firms, Tent Cities for Vets: Covid Reveals U.S. Military Priorities

Greenfield, Mass. (Special to Informed Comment) – On May 18, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) launched a Salvation Army-like charity drive asking the public […]

H. Patricia Hynes

Donald Trump
Trump's Misinformed America is the Highest Stage of Post-Truth

Trump’s Misinformed America is the Highest Stage of Post-Truth

Sacramento, Ca. (Special to Informed Comment) – No American president in memory has pursued his personal and public ambitions largely by willfully misinforming the American […]

Bahman Fozouni

Epidemics
Yemen's health system is collapsing as coronavirus spreads, UN warns

Yemen’s health system is collapsing as coronavirus spreads, UN warns

(Al-Bab.com) – Yemen is desperately short of medical supplies, though some are still getting through. Photo:

Brian Whitaker

Donald Trump
The Ostrich Policy: Trump ready to Kill Hundreds of Thousands to avoid bad Coronavirus Optics for Election

The Ostrich Policy: Trump ready to Kill Hundreds of Thousands to avoid bad Coronavirus Optics for Election

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Trump and Pence on Monday were busy trying to spread the Big Lie that the only reason the US coronavirus […]

Juan Cole

Syria
Humanitarian Catastrophe: Syria was Born amid Plague and Imperial Violence, and has come Full Circle

Humanitarian Catastrophe: Syria was Born amid Plague and Imperial Violence, and has come Full Circle

Detroit (Special to Informed Comment) – Since its creation in 1920 during the Sam Remo Conference, led by the victors of WWI, the nation-state of […]

Tareq A. Ramadan

Israel/ Palestine
Israeli Press Carrying Fake News to Promote Netanyahu's Annexation Plan for Palestine

Israeli Press Carrying Fake News to Promote Netanyahu’s Annexation Plan for Palestine

By Motasem A Dalloul | @abujomaaGaza | – ( Middle East Monitor )- On Saturday, it was revealed that Israeli media are reporting fake news […]

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