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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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Democratic Socialism
The Rich wanted to Strangle a Tiny Gov't in a Bathtub to avoid Taxes; Now it Turns out We need a Competent State

The Rich wanted to Strangle a Tiny Gov’t in a Bathtub to avoid Taxes; Now it Turns out We need a Competent State

( Otherwords.org) – Amazingly, America has become a nation of socialists, asking in dismay: “Where’s the government?” These are not born-again Bernie Sanders activists, but […]

Jim Hightower

Donald Trump
Trump is Using Saudi Arabia to Prop up his Big Oil Donors, and that should Worry Us

Trump is Using Saudi Arabia to Prop up his Big Oil Donors, and that should Worry Us

( Middle East Monitor ) – When Saudi Arabia approached members of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and its affiliates recently to cut […]

Thembisa Fakude

Climate Crisis
After Trillions invested in Security after 9/11, Coronavirus Shows we're not Up to Security Threat of Climate Emergency

After Trillions invested in Security after 9/11, Coronavirus Shows we’re not Up to Security Threat of Climate Emergency

By Kate Guy | – How might a single threat, even one deemed unlikely, spiral into an evolving global crisis which challenges the foundations of […]

The Conversation

Donald Trump
"Unhinged" Trump Calls on his Mussolini-Style Black Shirts to Attack Michigan, Minnesota, Virginia

“Unhinged” Trump Calls on his Mussolini-Style Black Shirts to Attack Michigan, Minnesota, Virginia

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Trump’s tweets on Friday, “Liberate Michigan,” and “Liberate Minnesota,” and “Liberate Virginia” were clearly intended to incite his armed, conspiracy-minded, […]

Juan Cole

China
Will the Middle East be the Epicenter of the Looming US - China Cold War?

Will the Middle East be the Epicenter of the Looming US – China Cold War?

By Nasim Ahmed | @Nasimbythedocks | – ( Middle East Monitor ) – Calls for China to be held to account for the spread of […]

Middle East Monitor

Colonialism
1918 flu pandemic killed 12 million Indians, and British overlords' indifference strengthened the anti-colonial movement

1918 flu pandemic killed 12 million Indians, and British overlords’ indifference strengthened the anti-colonial movement

By Maura Chhun | – In India, during the 1918 influenza pandemic, a staggering 12 to 13 million people died, the vast majority between the […]

The Conversation

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Bio-Terror:  Zombie Israeli Squatters with Covid-19 break Quarantine, assault Palestinians at close Quarters

Bio-Terror: Zombie Israeli Squatters with Covid-19 break Quarantine, assault Palestinians at close Quarters

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – On Wednesday, a band of 20 Israeli squatters diagnosed with Covid-19, who had been placed in quarantine in their squatter-settlement […]

Juan Cole

Donald Trump
With Trump gross Incompetence, Bookstores moving Post-Apocalyptic Fiction into Current Events Section

With Trump gross Incompetence, Bookstores moving Post-Apocalyptic Fiction into Current Events Section

(Tomdispatch.com) – In retrospect, it’s no surprise that, after the election of Donald Trump in 2016, dystopian fiction enjoyed a spike in popularity. However, novels […]

John Feffer

Bahrain
With Oil Prices in Freefall, Coronavirus Reveals Weaknesses of Saudis, Arab Gulf States

With Oil Prices in Freefall, Coronavirus Reveals Weaknesses of Saudis, Arab Gulf States

By Marwan Kabalan | – ( Middle East Monitor) – The coronavirus outbreak has put the Arab Gulf States under the spotlight and exposed their […]

Middle East Monitor

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