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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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Donald Trump
Why Did Our National Security State Fail on our Health Security?

Why Did Our National Security State Fail on our Health Security?

(Foreign Policy in Focus ) – Between 1978 and 2018, American presidents declared 58 national emergencies. Their targets ranged from “Transactions with Terrorists Who Threaten […]

Harry Blain

Asian-Americans
From 'Yellow peril' to  'Chinese virus:' Why can't People remember that Asian Americans are Americans?

From ‘Yellow peril’ to ‘Chinese virus:’ Why can’t People remember that Asian Americans are Americans?

By Adrian De Leon | – In a recent Washington Post op-ed, former Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang called upon Asian Americans to become part […]

The Conversation

Militarization
A General once Warned against Military-Industrial Complex: Today's West Point Mafia is It

A General once Warned against Military-Industrial Complex: Today’s West Point Mafia is It

(Tomdispatch.com ) – Every West Point class votes on an official motto. Most are then inscribed on their class rings. Hence, the pejorative West Point […]

Danny Sjursen

Bernie Sanders
To Save America, Top 3 Planks Bernie Supporters Must try to Get into the Democratic Platform

To Save America, Top 3 Planks Bernie Supporters Must try to Get into the Democratic Platform

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Bernie Sanders bowed out of the race for president on Wednesday, but he made it clear that he still leads […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Israel's Obligation vis-a-vis West Bank and Gaza in Face of Coronavirus Pandemic: Global Human Rights Organizations

Israel’s Obligation vis-a-vis West Bank and Gaza in Face of Coronavirus Pandemic: Global Human Rights Organizations

( Human Rights Watch) – With over 250 identified COVID-19 Palestinian patients in the West Bank and potentially dozens in the Gaza Strip we, the […]

Human Rights Watch

Epidemics
Trump, Eyeing Reelection, Wants to Put us Back to Work too Soon:  Our Health vs. Whose Economy?

Trump, Eyeing Reelection, Wants to Put us Back to Work too Soon: Our Health vs. Whose Economy?

President Trump, who hoped to run for re-election on a booming economy, is being frustrated by a tiny virus. As usual he lashes out with […]

John Buell

Petroleum
Will the Pandemic Kill Big Oil and OPEC even before the Electric Car?

Will the Pandemic Kill Big Oil and OPEC even before the Electric Car?

By Hani Habeeb | – ( Middle East Monitor ) – Giant oil tankers have changed into floating warehouses for oil following the sharp drop […]

Middle East Monitor

Culture
How the Plague Influenced Shakespeare

How the Plague Influenced Shakespeare

By Paul Yachnin | – Shakespeare lived his life in plague-time. He was born in April 1564, a few months before an outbreak of bubonic […]

The Conversation

African-Americans
African-Americans, Victimized by U.S. Racism and Classism, are now preyed on by Coronavirus

African-Americans, Victimized by U.S. Racism and Classism, are now preyed on by Coronavirus

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The coronavirus appears to be striking African-Americans at far higher rates than white Americans, write Reis Thebault, Andrew Ba Tran […]

Juan Cole

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