- Covert NATO initiative turns film into anti-Russia battlegroundA scandal has erupted over covert NATO conferences with the Western entertainment industry. Leaked documents reviewed by The Grayzone show how NATO has sought to infiltrate film and TV for decades, with UK intel operatives taking the lead. On May 3, The Guardian revealed that NATO has held a series... Read more »
- ‘Highly Protected’: OPCW confirms it buried critical evidence in Syria chemical weapons probeThe OPCW has finally acknowledged concealing the assessment of German military toxicologists who ruled out chlorine gas as the cause of dozens of deaths in the alleged Douma chemical attack of April 2018. For the first time in a prolonged cover-up scandal, the world’s top chemical watchdog has acknowledged censoring... Read more »
- Trump’s new Iran negotiator is Israel lobbyist who denounced negotiations with IranTapped to advise Steve Witkoff on Iran, Nick Stewart previously condemned dealing with any of Iran’s elected leaders. His presence consolidates military conflict as the Trump administration’s only option. The latest addition to the Trump administration’s Iran negotiation team, Nick Stewart, has declared his absolute opposition to negotiating with the... Read more »
- UK judge gags Palestine Action defendants to secure ‘terror’ stitch-upDesperate to secure a conviction of Palestine Action defendants, a draconian British judge has forbidden them from referring to the principle of jury equity in their closing speeches. It is one of countless restrictions aimed at blocking the activists from mounting an effective defense. Since the retrial of six Palestine... Read more »
- Israel’s AI foreign influence op blames Palestinians for killing Hind RajabA new website established by the Israeli government through a contract with Trump’s former campaign manager seeks to manipulate AI platforms into denying established accounts of Hind Rajab’s killing. Israel has created nine English language websites explicitly aimed at manipulating AI platforms like Claude and ChatGPT. Its vehicle for maintaining... Read more »
The Grayzone
- Dr. Marandi: Washington Post Assassination Orders, Iran Refuses Negotiations & UAE ComplicityAs Washington shifts from threats to negotiations, Iran is signaling it no longer sees talks as credible. Dr. Seyed Mohammad Marandi explains why Tehran is rejecting U.S. outreach — citing escalating attacks, deep mistrust, and even assassination threats against its negotiating team. The post Dr. Marandi: Washington Post Assassination Orders,... Read more »
- VideoUAE Launches Muslim Shia Crackdown Under Cover of “Iran-Linked Terror” ClaimsDespite labeling the arrests of 27 individuals as part of an “Iran-linked terror threat”, UAE authorities have not brought terrorism charges — raising concerns that, in the context of the Iran war, the crackdown on dissent is targeting Shia communities under the guise of security. The post UAE Launches Muslim... Read more »
- Interview: Bombs in the Name of “Liberation”: Iranian Women Lead Resistance to U.S.-Israeli WarAs Western leaders claim to “liberate” Iranian women, millions are taking to the streets to defend their country — directly challenging long-standing orientalist narratives that portray them as passive victims in need of saving, explains Iranian professor Dr. Setareh Sadeqi. The post Interview: Bombs in the Name of “Liberation”: Iranian... Read more »
- Not Neutral: Inside The UAE’s Shadow Role In the US-Israeli War on IranBehind claims of neutrality, the UAE has emerged as a key player in the war on Iran — providing surveillance, hosting operations, enabling strikes from its bases and aiding Israeli false flags while portraying itself as a victim on the world stage The post Not Neutral: Inside The UAE’s Shadow... Read more »
- From Dunks To Drones: The NBA Has an Israel ProblemAs the NBA playoffs tip off this weekend, Kevin Durant, LeBron James, and Stephen Curry are under growing scrutiny — not just for their play, but for links to Israeli drone technology and security firms tied to Israel’s military operations that are used to commit war crimes in Gaza, Lebanon,... Read more »
MintPress News
- A Lefty Progressive Goes To The Tank MuseumI was born in the south-east of England 17 years after the end of the Second World War, the most destructive conflict in human history. As a child, the 17-year gap seemed a lifetime; as →... Read more »
- VideoNuclear Genocide – The Threat And The CeasefireGiven the ‘mainstream’ structural filters that reflexively whitewash the crimes of ‘The Good Guys’ – ‘us’, by doctrinal fiat – we have often wondered how the great and the good of corporate politics and media →... Read more »
- Video‘How On Earth Do You Justify That?’ Laura Kuenssberg’s Selective EmpathyOn 8 March, on the BBC politics programme, ‘Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg’, the former BBC political editor put these impassioned words to Seyed Ali Mousavi, the Iranian ambassador to the UK: ‘Since we last spoke, →... Read more »
- ‘Operation Epic Fury’ – Anatomy Of A War Of AggressionCommenting last week on the build-up of US military forces targeting Iran, Robert A. Pape, Professor of Political Science at the University of Chicago, got it right: ‘This represents 40-50% of the deployable US air →... Read more »
- ‘The Weak Must Suffer’: The Eternal Fiction Of The ‘International Rules-Based Order’These are exceptional times. The United States has been threatening to take over Greenland, an aggressive move against Europe. Now, and only now, are political leaders and compliant news media publicly acknowledging that the ‘international →... Read more »
Media Lens
- VideoNoam Chomsky on Language, Left Libertarianism, and Progress (Ep. 182)Noam Chomsky on Language, Left Libertarianism, and Progress (Ep. 182) Noam Chomsky Interviewed on Conversations with Tyler June 14, 2023. Conversations with Tyler. Noam Chomsky joins Tyler to discuss why Noam and Wilhelm von Humboldt have similar views on language and liberty, good and bad evolutionary approaches to language, what he thinks... Read more »
- Chomsky and Pollin: Just Transition Can Stop Earth From Becoming UninhabitableChomsky and Pollin: Just Transition Can Stop Earth From Becoming Uninhabitable Noam Chomsky Interviewed by C.J. Polychroniou June 7, 2023. Truthout. Climate change is “making our planet uninhabitable,” said UN Secretary-General António Guterres in late March. Indeed, the threats of the impending climate crisis have become very tangible, and the world’s top scientists... Read more »
- Current US policies toward China are outrageous: Noam ChomskyCurrent US policies toward China are outrageous: Noam Chomsky Noam Chomsky Interviewed by Global Times June 6, 2023. Global Times. Editor’s Note: At 94 years old, Noam Chomsky (Chomsky) is as vocal as ever. As a renowned American linguist and public intellectual, he constantly appears on the media talking about US... Read more »
chomsky.info: The Noam Chomsky Website
- The Climate Wars: How Superpowers Are Carving Up the Earth | With Arthur Snell
What do melting Arctic ice, a war for farmland in Ukraine, and the panic of Gulf petro-states have in common? Arthur Snell exposes the terrifying new geography of global conflict and how humanity can adapt to survive it.... Read more » - Sex, power and backlash in Africa
An extract from Nana Darkoa Sekyiamah’s new book Seeking Sexual Freedom... Read more » - What movements can learn from their own histories
Nana Darkoa Sekyiamah on memory, risk and organising beyond backlash... Read more » - Big Tech platforms under fire in inquiry into Southport mass stabbing
Amazon and X’s policies on age verification and content moderation criticised in report on murder of three children and stabbing of others... Read more » - Brazil: How the CIA funded Catholic marches that paved the way for the 1964 coup
Thousands clutching rosaries and dollars from Washington formed the march that paved the way for the 1964 coup... Read more »
openDemocracy
- Video● Netanyahu Stresses The Need For More Propaganda As Israel’s Hasbara Budget Soars
Of course, the possibility of Israel improving its public image by simply murdering fewer people and doing fewer evil things is never even considered.... Read more » - Video● We Are Being Driven To Our Doom By Mindless Machines Of Our Own Making
We are being driven to extinction by the headless horsemen of the apocalypse. And we built those headless horsemen, bolt by bolt, with our own hands.... Read more » - VideoThey’re Attacking Online Anonymity, And Other Notes
This isn’t about protecting children from social media addiction and porn, it’s about expanding the western empire’s surveillance network.... Read more » - VideoEnding Western Warmongering Should Be Our Number One Priority
Ending western warmongering should take priority over every other societal concern, in the same way your husband being a serial killer would be a more urgent concern than his refusal to wash dishes.... Read more » - VideoA Few More Thoughts On AI And Consciousness
I am confident the chatbots aren't conscious in the same way I'm confident the animatronics at Disneyland aren't conscious. I know humans constructed them to mimic the behavior of a sentient person. We know this for a fact. Nobody's pretending otherwise.... Read more »
Caitlin Johnstone
- ● Under the Hammer: The 30-Year Career Diplomat Who Has Become Rubio’s Provocateur in Cuba
Mike Hammer is not your average diplomat. Built more like an SEC football coach than a statesman, Hammer sticks out like a sore thumb on his trips across the island. He was appointed as the ad interim Chargé d’affaires under Biden but has since grown close with Marco Rubio. Hammer’s... Read more » - ● Palestinian Women and Children: Weapons of War in Israel’s Genocide
In the context of the genocide suffered by the Palestinian people, the bodies of women and girls are used as weapons of war by Israel, with the complicity of the United States. They endure multiple forms of violence: intimidation, threats, physical assaults, displacement, dispossession, forced nudity, groping, rape, mutilation, and... Read more » - ● On the April Jobs Report
It doesn’t appear as though the jump in energy prices has yet had much effect on the labor market, as the economy added 115,000 jobs in April. Year-over-year wage growth was 3.6 percent, which is likely to be roughly even with the inflation rate that will be reported next week.... Read more » - ● Could Trump’s Iran Fiasco Be America’s Suez Crisis?
Empires rise and fall. They do not last forever. Imperial declines follow a gradual shifting of the economic tides, but are also punctuated and defined by critical tipping points. There are many differences between the Suez Crisis in 1956 and the US war on Iran today, but similarities in the larger context... Read more » - ● The Shipping Shield and Washington’s Strategic Miscalculation
The Trump administration is framing its barrage of sanctions announced on April 24, targeting the Hengli Petrochemical refinery in Dalian and 40 associated shipping entities, as a masterstroke of pre-summit leverage. As President Trump prepares to meet President Xi Jinping in the middle of May, the White House seems to... Read more »
CounterPunch.org
- Palantir and the New Order: Neoliberalism is dead. Say hello to Techlordism – The PointA new form of capital is ascending: cloud capital—networked algorithmic machines that grant their owners remarkable powers to modify our behaviour. And just as financiers needed neoliberalism, today’s tech lords need a new ideology to legitimise their rule. I call it techlordism. Yanis Varoufakis Tue 21 Apr 2026 22.00 AEST... Read more »
- On The Rest Is Politics, with Alastair Campbell and Rory Stewart: From the 2008 Crash to the Rise of PopulismA surprisingly agreeable and wholesome discussion with Alastair Campbell and Rory Stewart on their THE REST IS POLITICS podcast. I wish there were more opportunities for political adversaries to engage in discussions such as this one. In this episode we begin by discussing RAISE YOUR SOUL, my latest book on... Read more »
- Discussing Raise Your Soul with Helen Vatsikopoulos on ABC Radio National’s Big IdeasResistance — Yanis Varoufakis with Helen Vatsikopoulos on the people who fought back against fascism Source: ABC Radio National Program: Big Ideas Published: Tue 28 Apr 2026 at 7:00am Play duration: 54 minutes 35 seconds Presented by: Natasha Mitchell Through the stories of five women across three generations of his... Read more »
- Is the Iran War America’s Suez or Its Gallipoli?ATHENS – When Egypt closed the Suez Canal for five months in 1956, it triggered events that shrunk the global standing of Britain’s pound sterling, inaugurated the petrodollar age, and demonstrated how a small country can inflict serious damage upon the economic power that had subjugated it decades earlier. Some... Read more »
- Telling the Truth About China’s SuccessTelling the Truth About China’s Success With the Persian Gulf in flames, de-escalation of the cold war between the United States and China must become the world’s top priority. To that end, it is essential to explode a powerful myth: the idea that China has cheated its way to prosperity.... Read more »
Yanis Varoufakis
- ● The geopolitics behind the UK’s South Atlantic hantavirus rescue mission
UK airborne troops and medics were parachuted onto a remote south Atlantic island to assist a British national with suspected hantavirus. Yet foreign secretary Yvette Cooper’s comments on this mission suggest the UK had broader geopolitics considerations and the failing US-UK ‘special relationship’ in mind. Naturally, the British military are... Read more » - ● Iran delivers ‘escalation’ warning as Starmer drags UK deeper into war
A top Iranian official has warned of escalation over UK PM Keir Starmer’s plan to send a British warship to the straits of Hormuz. On 12 May, Starmer and his allies are meeting to discuss plans to open up the strait, which Iran closed after the US and Israel launched... Read more » - ● Billionaire-funded media misleads public about Reform’s electoral gains
In the recent local elections, Reform UK undeniably made huge gains. Around 1,400 Faragist councillors were elected, and the party subsequently took control of 14 councils. Labour lost control of 35 councils, and the Hackney mayoralty, which was won by Zack Polanski’s Green Party. Nonetheless, mainstream media coverage would have people... Read more » - ● Why was there a giant seabird at the Edinburgh Central election count?
It was the face-off of the night: SNP veteran and former cabinet minister Angus Robertson lost his seat in Edinburgh Central to Scottish Greens candidate Lorna Slater. This marked the first time the Scottish Greens have ever won a constituency seat at Holyrood. But it was the giant seabird onstage... Read more » - Video● Starmer’s ‘make or break’ speech just broke him
In a critical speech delivered today, Keir Starmer addressed the massive losses Labour sustained in the English local, Scottish Parliament, and Welsh Senedd elections. As the PM is now facing calls to quit not just from opponents but within his own party, his response may prove critical to his political... Read more »
Canary
- ● A Christian Nationalist WishlistTheir ideas reflect the prevailing perspectives on the definition of religious liberty among many conservative Catholic and evangelical activists: increasing avenues for religious expression in public schools; expanding opportunities for faith-based organizations to receive public money; and allowing for religious-based... Read more... Read more »
- ● Liberalism Makes Men GayMark Meckler is a right-wing activist and pundit. Meckler leaders the Convention of States project, which wants to rewrite the U.S. Constitution and, he says, reverse more than a century of progressive policies. Meckler promotes bogus Christian nationalist history and... Read more... Read more »
- ● Syria: arrest in Assad-era chemical attackSyria’s Interior Ministry announced May 8 the arrest of deposed regime brigadier Khardal Ahmad Dayyub (Dioub), a former head of Air Force Intelligence in Daraa, for his involvement in systematic human rights violations committed against civilians. Dayyub is accused of running... Read more... Read more »
- ● A Rebel’s Memoirs: Going Undergroundfrom lukas borl Eleven years ago, on April 28, 2015, the police launched a crackdown known as Operation Phoenix (Fénix). As a result, I later decided to go into hiding—that is, to live underground. The following text serves both as... Read more... Read more »
- ● This Isn’t About David GraeberFrom Nerd Teacher April 2, 2026 I think the best place to start this piece is with a simple declaration: I never knew David Graeber while he was alive. Like most people, I knew of him and, also like many... Read more... Read more »
🏴 Anarchist Federation
- Venomous Butterfly Publications - How Anarchist is the Platform?Author: Venomous Butterfly PublicationsTitle: How Anarchist is the Platform?Date: 2005Notes: The rest of the zine, which are just excerpts of the Platform and Malatesta's commentary, are excluded.Source: Retrieved on 2026-05-04 from <www.anti-politics.org/distro/download/platform-imposed.pdf> Now, if this [revolutionary] tendency wants to be definitively liberatory, and doesn’t want to deceive itself with the... Read more »
- International of Anarchist Federations - Report from International of Anarchist Federations congress in AthensAuthor: International of Anarchist FederationsTitle: Report from International of Anarchist Federations congress in AthensDate: 20-04-2026Source: https://freedomnews.org.uk/2026/04/20/report-from-international-of-anarchist-federations-congress-in-athens/ The 13th Congress of the International of Anarchist Federations (IFA-IAF) was held in Athens on April 3–5, 2026, organised by the Anarchist Political Organization – Federation of Collectives (APO). Among the other federations participating... Read more »
- Blood Fruit Library, Malvivientes - Jorge Esquivel... "El Yorch"Author: Blood Fruit Library, MalvivientesTitle: Jorge Esquivel... "El Yorch"Subtitle: Obituary of an Anarchist Comrade Murdered by the StateDate: February 23, 2026Notes: Translated from an undated, unattributed zine received from Mexico's Okupa Che.Source: Retrieved 4/27/2026 from https://www.patreon.com/posts/156522659 A punk, anarchist comrade, cook and artisan, a long-time active member of Okupa Che,... Read more »
- Kathy E. Ferguson - Letterpress RevolutionAuthor: Kathy E. FergusonTitle: Letterpress RevolutionSubtitle: The Politics of Anarchist Print CultureDate: 2023Source: <read.dukeupress.edu> While the stock image of the anarchist as a masked bomber or brick thrower prevails in the public eye, a more representative figure should be a printer at a printing press. In Letterpress Revolution, Kathy... Read more »
- VideoDaniel Baryon - The House is on FireAuthor: Daniel BaryonTitle: The House is on FireDate: May 1st 2026Source: Retrieved on 5/2/2026 from https://youtu.be/po6RBW3l544 You can feel it in your gut, right? Something is wrong. The world has become dark, uncertain, dangerous. Things have become complicated, and not for the better. It seems like all our communities are... Read more »
The Anarchist Library
- Stuart Christie and Albert Meltzer in The Queens’ HotelStuart Christie and Albert Meltzer in The Queens’ Hotel (in Stuart Christie photo album)... Read more »
- Albert Meltzer, Our Comrade – Thirty Years OnAlbert Meltzer, Our Comrade – Thirty Years On... Read more »
- ‘Only a Few Intellectuals’‘Only a Few Intellectuals’... Read more »
- The Libertarian Smuggling Apparatus in Euskadi and Navarra in the 1940sThe Libertarian Smuggling Apparatus in Euskadi and Navarra in the 1940s... Read more »
- The Libertarians of Romania [1951]The Libertarians of Romania [1951]... Read more »
Kate Sharpley Library: Recent documents
- ● Podcast by Jasim Al-Azzawi with Phyllis Bennis on Israeli Genocide and Palestinians｜Vanishing Dream
WATCH: Podcast by Jasim Al-Azzawi with Former CIA Analyst Scott Ritter: Iran and Nuclear Armageddon... Read more » - ● Italy evacuates 72 Palestinian students from Gaza under university program
Italy has evacuated 72 Palestinian university students from Gaza under a program aimed at allowing them to continue their studies at universities in Italy and San Marino, Anadolu reports. Italy’s Foreign Ministry said Monday the students were evacuated through the “university corridor” initiative led by Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign... Read more » - ● Israeli occupiers establish new illegal settlement outpost in West Bank, attack Palestinians
Israeli occupiers established a new illegal settlement outpost on Palestinian land east of Ramallah in the occupied West Bank on Monday, while three Palestinians were injured in an occupier attack near Hebron, according to Palestinian organizations. The Bedouin rights group Al-Baydar said in a statement that occupiers erected a new... Read more » - ● Indonesia to deploy over 700 peacekeepers in southern Lebanon amid attacks, killings by Israel
Indonesia on Monday said that it will deploy more than 700 peacekeepers to southern Lebanon despite attacks and killings by Israel, Anadolu reports. The deployment of 742 soldiers will be carried out as part of a rotation to replace Indonesian peacekeeping troops currently serving in Lebanon, according to Presidential Chief... Read more » - ● Palestinian prisoner dies of injuries from gunfire by Israeli occupiers in West Bank
A Palestinian man died Monday in an Israeli hospital from wounds sustained from gunfire by occupiers in the occupied West Bank before he was detained by army forces, according to Palestinian prisoner advocacy groups, Anadolu reports. The Palestinian Prisoner Society and the Commission of Detainees’ Affairs said in a joint... Read more »
Middle East Monitor
- ● AI Companies Are Recklessly Racing Toward a Cybersecurity CrisisGoogle researchers announced Monday that cybercriminals recently used an artificial intelligence model to help create a dangerous zero-day vulnerability capable of exploiting computer networks at scale, marking what experts say is a major turning point in the cybersecurity landscape. A “zero-day” vulnerability is a hidden flaw or weakness in software... Read more »
- ● Are Trump’s nuclear plans illegal?The so-called “Rubber-Stamp Rule”, an effort by the Trump administration to “Make America Nuclear Again”, violates key components of the Atomic Energy Act (AEA) and Energy Reorganization Act, according to comments filed this week by 13 organizations including the Nuclear Information and Resource Service (NIRS) and Beyond Nuclear. The Nuclear... Read more »
- Video● Ode To Joy
In a triumphal move back toward democratic rule, Hungary's new leader Péter Magyar took his oath of office Saturday in a "regime-change" ceremony rich with symbolism before thousands of jubilant constituents. The sense of a hopeful new political era resonated in Magyar's tribute to a victory for "ordinary, flesh-and-blood people"... Read more » - ABC Learns from Past Mistakes, Takes Stronger Stance Against Carr and Trump's Censorship CampaignIn a filing made public on Friday, ABC accused Federal Communications Commission regulators of violating its free-speech rights and called out FCC Chairman Brendan Carr for attempting to punish the broadcaster for airing political content that displeased the Trump White House. The FCC had reportedly ordered Houston station KTRK-TV, which... Read more »
- FPF commends ABC for fighting back against FCC censorshipABC is accusing the Federal Communications Commission of violating the First Amendment and chilling press freedom, in a regulatory filing in its dispute with the FCC over whether “The View” is a bona fide news program exempt from the agency’s equal time requirement.The following can be attributed to Freedom of... Read more »
Common Dreams
- ● Zionism Has Poisoned the UK’s Central Nervous SystemUnquestioning Zionism has for decades been the entry ticket to the British political and media Establishment. Anybody who was not a fully certified and compliant zionist would find their career limited – as Jeremy Corbyn, Alan Duncan, Robin Cook and David Mellor all found. Most others, of course, were never... Read more »
- The 2026 Scottish Elections
We get so trapped inside the logic of the UK’s crazy electoral systems we often do not see what is really happening. Two thirds of active voters, voted against Starmer’s Labour at the last general election. He was always highly unpopular. Just as Starmer’s landslide victory in the 2024 general... Read more » - VideoThe Morass of Injustice
A vast cloying morass of injustice has visibly submerged the British legal systems in anything connected to Palestine. In a quite incredible series of linked and kinked events this week, the senior KC representing one of the Palestine Action activists in the Filton trial was in the Court of Appeal... Read more » - An Inspiring Story
In 2018, at the height of the economic crisis in Venezuela through crippling sanctions, Kellogg’s announced the overnight closure of their Maracay factory with hundreds of redundancies – and massive knock-on effects in the local community. The workers refused to accept the closure and, with government assistance, restarted the factory.... Read more » - Vote for the Alliance to Liberate Scotland
It was not my intention to run for election to the Scottish parliament from a hospital bed in Caracas, but sometimes we have to take what life gives us. I went to a clinic a week ago feeling dizzy and was immediately rushed to hospital. My heart rate was fluttering... Read more »
Craig Murray
- ● PAT+JUDE TALK ABOUT CONFIRMATION &NON-BELIEVERS, LEARNING AS GAEILGE, , & 3 SEPARIST GOVERNMENTS
This is the confirmation season – kids get all dressed up, parents kneel and watch, a tear in their eye. Does this make sense, if the parents aren’t in fact active Catholics? Learning Irish appears to have done a major turn-around. When Pat & I were at secondary school... Read more » - Micheál’s appeal to unionists
I wonder if northern unionists (as distinct from the southern type) were to call on Micheál Martin to paint his rear a deep purple, and then run up and down the steps of Stormont, would he do it? There certainly can be no overestimation of the Taoiseach’s desire to... Read more » - PAT+JUDE TALK ABOUT STARMER & PRO – PALESTINE MARCHERS RUDY GIULLIANI AND CANADA JOINING THE EU? Keir Starmer is very opposed to pro-Palestine marches because he associates them with anti-Semitism. Is he right? In the... Read more »
- Micheál Martin’s head“And still they gazed, and still the wonder grew That one small head could carry all he knew” Oliver Goldsmith, ‘The Deserted Village’ Ireland owes a debt to Micheál Martin. In 2004 he introduced a smoking ban: the South was one of the first states to bring in this... Read more »
- Starmer and the stamping copBrendan Behan thought the arrival of a policeman was one sure way to make a bad situation worse. It looks as if he was onto something in the case of the Golders Green stabbing of two Jewish men. The video taken at the time shows a man who has been... Read more »
Jude Collins
- ● PAT+JUDE TALK ABOUT CONFIRMATION &NON-BELIEVERS, LEARNING AS GAEILGE, , & 3 SEPARIST GOVERNMENTSThis is the confirmation season – kids get all dressed up, parents kneel and watch, a tear in their eye. Does this make sense, if the parents aren’t in fact active Catholics? Learning Irish appears to have done a major turn-around. When Pat & I were at secondary school... Read more »
- Micheál’s appeal to unionists I wonder if northern unionists (as distinct from the southern type) were to call on Micheál Martin to paint his rear a deep purple, and then run up and down the steps of Stormont, would he do it? There certainly can be no overestimation of the Taoiseach’s desire to... Read more »
- PAT+JUDE TALK ABOUT STARMER & PRO – PALESTINE MARCHERS RUDY GIULLIANI AND CANADA JOINING THE EU? Keir Starmer is very opposed to pro-Palestine marches because he associates them with anti-Semitism. Is he right? In the... Read more »
- Micheál Martin’s head“And still they gazed, and still the wonder grew That one small head could carry all he knew” Oliver Goldsmith, ‘The Deserted Village’ Ireland owes a debt to Micheál Martin. In 2004 he introduced a smoking ban: the South was one of the first states to bring in this... Read more »
- Starmer and the stamping copBrendan Behan thought the arrival of a policeman was one sure way to make a bad situation worse. It looks as if he was onto something in the case of the Golders Green stabbing of two Jewish men. The video taken at the time shows a man who has been... Read more »
Jude Collins
- VideoTrump boasts ‘we’re like pirates’, seizing Iran’s ships, as China challenges US sanctions
Donald Trump boasted the US government acts "like pirates", seizing Iran's ships and oil. Meanwhile, Beijing ordered all domestic companies to ignore US sanctions, after Washington hit Chinese firms for buying Iranian oil. The post Trump boasts ‘we’re like pirates’, seizing Iran’s ships, as China challenges US sanctions appeared first... Read more » - VideoHow China prepared for the new global food crisis, caused by the US war on Iran
The US-Israeli war on Iran has unleashed a massive global food crisis. China is prepared, because its state-owned enterprises maintain the largest grain reserves in human history. This is how they work. The post How China prepared for the new global food crisis, caused by the US war on Iran... Read more » - VideoIs another financial crisis brewing in the US economy? Economist Michael Hudson explains the dangers
Reports suggest the US economy may be on the verge of another financial crisis, with major problems in the $3 trillion private credit market. Economist Michael Hudson explains the dangers of Wall Street's Ponzi schemes. The post Is another financial crisis brewing in the US economy? Economist Michael Hudson explains... Read more » - VideoIran is winning the war with the US. This is how
Iran is winning the war started by Trump. This is now admitted even in the Western media. Tehran has destroyed major US military bases in West Asia, expelling American troops to Europe. The post Iran is winning the war with the US. This is how appeared first on Geopolitical Economy... Read more » - The war on Iran is transforming the global economy: Economist Michael Hudson explains how
The US-Israeli war on Iran is altering the geopolitical order, and could cause a global economic crisis. Economist Michael Hudson discusses the shock in the oil market and Tehran's challenge to US dominance. The post The war on Iran is transforming the global economy: Economist Michael Hudson explains how appeared... Read more »
Geopolitical Economy Report
- Teach the Struggle for Voting Rights
To help students respond to voter suppression, teach about the long history of the fight for voting rights. The post Teach the Struggle for Voting Rights appeared first on Zinn Education Project.... Read more » - Freedom Ship: The Uncharted History of Escaping Slavery by Sea
Historian Marcus Rediker discussed his books Freedom Ship: The Uncharted History of Escaping Slavery by Sea and The Many-Headed Hydra: Sailors, Slaves, Commoners, and the Hidden History of the Revolutionary Atlantic, and talked about the many enslaved people who fled successfully from the horrors of bondage in the antebellum South... Read more » - Teach About Toxins and Organizing for Environmental Justice
People’s exposure to toxic chemicals is on the rise — made worse by the recent cuts to the already limited regulations. This administration is placing the health of our students at risk. The post Teach About Toxins and Organizing for Environmental Justice appeared first on Zinn Education Project.... Read more » - Educators Learn Hidden History — and Talk About Why It Matters
It’s not every day that educators can learn directly from leading historians, writers, and activists, and then immediately process that learning in small groups with peers equally committed to truth and justice. That’s exactly what makes the Zinn Education Project’s Teach the Black Freedom Struggle online class series so rare... Read more » - Organization of American Historians 2026 Conference
The Zinn Education Project hosted a booth with HowardZinn.org at the Organization of American Historians Conference in Philadelphia from April 16–18, 2026. The post Organization of American Historians 2026 Conference appeared first on Zinn Education Project.... Read more »
Zinn Education Project
- #BREAKING | Israeli Defense Minister
#BREAKING | Israeli Defense Minister: We expect to implement the first phase of the plan soon and release our captives. The army is deployed in Gaza City and ready for any scenario, and if Hamas refuses, fire will resume.#GazaWar... Read more »
Free willl
- Back to the point of CarnsoreThe anti-nuclear festivals at Carnsore Point, 1978-1981, were recalled at a lively and political event called ‘Memory of a Free Festival’ at the Projects Arts Centre in central Dublin which will now tour nationwide for a year By Caroline Hurley The launch event of ‘Memory of A Free Festival’ was... Read more »
- International LeadersWorld leaders turned toadies as Trump dismantles international law and pollutes the discourse, without concerted opposition. The post International Leaders appeared first on Village Magazine.... Read more »
- Massive Zack AttackSix months ago Zack Polanski was a lively London Assembly member known mainly for his theatre background and a tabloid humiliation involving “hypnoboobs”. The post Massive Zack Attack appeared first on Village Magazine.... Read more »
- PEAK TRUMPBy February 2026, the idea that Donald Trump represents an endlessly renewable force of disruption moved from hard to stomach to hard to sustain. The post PEAK TRUMP appeared first on Village Magazine.... Read more »
- From pastifism to pacifismAs the government prepares to jettison the triple lock, clear thinking could make Ireland a power for peace The post From pastifism to pacifism appeared first on Village Magazine.... Read more »
Village Magazine
- ● 78 years since the Nakba and the collapse of the Zionist project
For decades, the Zionist project sold the world a carefully constructed image: that of a modern democracy, militarily invincible, morally superior, and destined for historical permanence. Today, that narrative is collapsing before the eyes of the world. But this crisis did not begin yesterday. As the 78th anniversary of the... Read more » - ● Iran refuses to kneel: Why the US cannot dictate peace
War rarely ends when one side declares victory. It ends when both sides conclude that continuing the conflict costs more than compromise. The current confrontation between the United States and Iran has now reached precisely that dangerous threshold. What began as a campaign of “maximum pressure” against Tehran is slowly... Read more » - ● Britons now measure politics by the price of a bottle of milk
In Britain today, no one is truly winning. Even when Nigel Farage, leader of Reform UK, steps forward to celebrate what some newspapers have called a “political earthquake,” the picture—on closer inspection—looks far less solid than advertised. His “victory” is not a mandate; it is a cry of anger from... Read more » - ● Gulf States have nothing but to talk to Iran, NOW
Here is what Washington missed: the Gulf is not a chessboard where outside powers can “manage escalation” and still keep business as usual. The Gulf is a narrow geography with one choke point, one energy artery, and one unavoidable neighbor with leverage. When the Strait of Hormuz becomes the battleground,... Read more » - Palestinians in Israel and the coming Knesset elections
The continued wars of Benjamin Netanyahu have clearly provided him with additional political breathing space and survival. They may also pave the way for postponing the elections scheduled for next October, an outcome that would align closely with his political interests, particularly as it becomes increasingly apparent that securing victory... Read more »
Opinion – Middle East Monitor
- Imperial Nostalgia and Its PerilsAlthough great empires rank among the most powerful engines of world history, they are also among the most dangerous, especially as they brood over their decline. The Russian empire provides a striking illustration of this phenomenon. Traditionally referred to as the “prison of nations,” Russia, in its Czarist and Soviet... Read more »
- Imperial Nostalgia and Its PerilsAlthough great empires rank among the most powerful engines of world history, they are also among the most dangerous, especially as they brood over their decline. The Russian empire provides a striking illustration of this phenomenon. Traditionally referred to as the “prison of nations,” Russia, in its Czarist and Soviet... Read more »
- Military and Economic Power Once Again Fail to Produce HappinessAlthough the rulers of the world’s major military and economic powers have repeatedly claimed that they are making their nations great again, their policies have not resulted in widespread happiness among their citizens. That conclusion emerges from the recent World Happiness Report-2022, published by the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network. ... Read more »
- Who Speaks for the World?Russia’s brutal war upon the nation of Ukraine should remind us that, for thousands of years, great powers have used their military might to launch military assaults upon smaller, weaker societies. Since World War II alone, these acts of aggression have included France’s colonial wars in Indochina and Algeria, Britain’s... Read more »
- Peace in Ukraine through neutrality and peaceful EU membership, end the USA’s proxy war against RussiaEthnic division was used to consolidate control by the USA and Nationalists of Ukraine. They have signed Minsk Peace Accords to end the civil wars in Donbas region through referendums, signed since 2015, but they did not implement them, because maintaining an active civil war front psyche of ‘them and... Read more »
Z Blogs Archive - ZNetwork
- ‘How Many Minutes to Midnight?’: Noam Chomsky on Why National Security Has Nothing to Do With Security
Intro by Tom Engelhardt: [Note for TomDispatch readers: Back in 2014, Noam Chomsky — whose voice I miss terribly in this embattled Trumpian world of ours — wrote what still seems to me to be a stunning piece not just on “the most dangerous moment in history,” the Cuban missile crisis... Read more » - Noam Chomsky – The Crimes of U.S. Presidents
Chomsky goes through some of the crimes of the post-war presidents. From 2003.... Read more » - Noam Chomsky On The Responsibility To Act Against Fascism
Tomorrow is Election Day, the close of the most consequential election of our lifetimes. Get out and vote, if you haven’t already, and if you’re looking to help others do the same, there are still plenty of canvassing and phone-banking opportunities. And if you’re still in doubt for any reason,... Read more » - Israel & Palestine: Possible Futures — a Discussion with Noam Chomsky
Professor Noam Chomsky discuss in May 23, 2023, Israel-Palestine conflict which he describes as “the main issue of my life” with academics Dylan Rodriguez, Michael Alexander and Mohamad Ali. With incomparable precision and detail professor Chomsky re-defines concepts such as “genocide” and “apartheid” in relation to the conflict; points the... Read more » - Humanity Imperiled[What follows is a 2013 piece by the remarkable, now 94-year-old Noam Chomsky looking at a future that — from the latest devastating news about climate change to the revival of nuclear fears thanks to the war in Ukraine — is all too of the moment. This piece was adapted... Read more »
Posts – ZNetwork
- ● Basem Khandakji: ‘Genocide didn’t start in Gaza in 2023’
“It’s a war against my people. Genocide didn't start just in Gaza in 2023. The genocide against us started since 1948,” award-winning Palestinian author and former political prisoner Basem Khandakji tells TRNN.... Read more » - ● Following pattern set by Venezuela and Iran assaults, US surveillance flights off Cuba surge
The Trump administration has conducted more than two dozen surveillance and reconnaissance flights off Cuba’s coast since early February, according to CNN.... Read more » - ● Maryland residents to pay $1.6 billion more in power bills due to out-of-state data centers: complaint“Maryland customers have neither caused the need for these billions in new transmission projects, nor will they meaningfully benefit from them,” said Maryland People’s Counsel David S. Lapp.... Read more »
- Why the scandal won’t go away—Epstein’s emails reveal the sordid roots of our increasingly extractive economy
The Epstein emails don't just expose individual depravity; they reveal a system where wealth operates with impunity and the rest of us pay for it.... Read more » - ‘What evil looks like’: outrage as Tennessee GOP rams through racist voting map at Trump’s behest“This is not a special session—this is a white power rally, and a white power grab,” said one Tennessee Democrat.... Read more »
The Real News Network
- ● Andy Burnham’s allies say they have an MP who is willing to give up seat for him so he can return to WestminsterAllies of Andy Burnham say that they have identified an MP who is willing to get on board with a […] The post Andy Burnham’s allies say they have an MP who is willing to give up seat for him so he can return to Westminster appeared first on Left... Read more »
- ● 5 key takeaways from Keir Starmer’s make or break speechPrime Minister Keir Starmer today delivered a speech designed to save his leadership after a tumultuous few days in Westminster, […] The post 5 key takeaways from Keir Starmer’s make or break speech appeared first on Left Foot Forward: Leading the UK's progressive debate.... Read more »
- ● Which Labour MPs are calling for Starmer to resign or set out a timetable for his departure?As the Prime Minister faces a fight for his political life in the next 24 hours following a difficult set […] The post Which Labour MPs are calling for Starmer to resign or set out a timetable for his departure? appeared first on Left Foot Forward: Leading the UK's progressive... Read more »
- Woke-bashing of the week: the right ramps up its never-ending war on the civil serviceWhere Thatcher-era critics warned of Trotskyists and bureaucratic inertia, today’s culture warriors’ rail against “woke snowflakes” and diversity workshops. The post Woke-bashing of the week: the right ramps up its never-ending war on the civil service appeared first on Left Foot Forward: Leading the UK's progressive debate.... Read more »
- Right-wing media watch: Cartoon backlash dominates the news cycle, while Farage evades scrutinyWhile newspapers eagerly amplified every angle of the Polanski controversy, there was notably less interest in stories involving Nigel Farage. The post Right-wing media watch: Cartoon backlash dominates the news cycle, while Farage evades scrutiny appeared first on Left Foot Forward: Leading the UK's progressive debate.... Read more »
Left Foot Forward: Leading the UK's progressive debate
- ● Canceled over Palestine: Biotech CEO Rami Elghandour on Rutgers Disinviting Him as Graduation Speaker
Two weeks before Rami Elghandour was expected to address newly minted engineering graduates at his alma mater Rutgers University, the CEO of biotech firm Arcellx received a shocking call from school administrators. Citing “vague” complaints about his social media posts on Israel and Palestine, the school abruptly withdrew its convocation... Read more » - ● Meet Guido Reichstadter, the Marine Veteran Who Scaled D.C. Bridge to Protest Iran War & AI
Outraged by the civilian casualties from the war on Iran, protester Guido Reichstadter scaled the 168-foot Frederick Douglass Memorial Bridge in Washington, D.C., earlier this month. He remained on the bridge for over five days. Upon descending, he was arrested and charged by law enforcement for trespassing. Reichstadter says he... Read more » - ● Far-Right Anti-Immigrant Party Surges in U.K. Elections; Calls Grow for Labour PM Starmer to Resign
This year’s local election results from the United Kingdom are in. The far-right, anti-immigrant Reform UK party made substantial gains, while the ruling Labour Party suffered heavy losses, signaling what London-based journalist Daniel Trilling calls a “wider fragmenting of politics” and a generational shift away from the two-party political system.... Read more » - ● Headlines for May 11, 2026Trump Blasts Iran’s Response to U.S. Ceasefire Proposal as “Totally Unacceptable”, Iranian Political Prisoner Narges Mohammadi Hospitalized After Collapsing in Prison, Israeli Strikes on Lebanon Kill Dozens, Including Infant and Medics, Despite Ceasefire Deal, Israeli Forces Kill Three Palestinians in Latest Violations of Gaza Ceasefire, Israel Deports Two Activists It... Read more »
- "Absolutely Vulnerable": Over 20,000 Global South Ship Workers Stranded at Sea Due to Iran War
As Iran and the United States maintain rival blockades on the Strait of Hormuz and surrounding waters, we look at the more than 20,000 seafarers stranded on commercial ships since the outbreak of the war and unable to move out of the region. These maritime workers are often working-class men... Read more »
Democracy Now!
- mp3Angelo Carusone on Media Matters v. FTC, Rachel K. Jones (2023) on Mifepristone
https://media.blubrry.com/counterspin/content.blubrry.com/counterspin/CounterSpin260508.mp3 Right-click here to download this episode (“Save link as…”). Media Matters (11/16/23) This week on CounterSpin: In 2023, the group Media Matters reported that social media platform X was placing ads for major brands like Apple and IBM alongside content touting Hitler and the Nazi Party—despite the... Read more » - mp3Derek Kravitz on Dynamic Pricing
https://media.blubrry.com/counterspin/content.blubrry.com/counterspin/CounterSpin260501.mp3 Right-click here to download this episode (“Save link as…”). Yahoo Finance (4/25/26) This week on CounterSpin: A CNN headline a few months back told us that Instacart—which used to call itself a company that delivers groceries, but now, as its CEO told investors, is the “leading technology... Read more » - mp3Jesse Rabinowitz on Harassing the Unhoused, Maritza Perez Medina on Rescheduling Marijuana
https://media.blubrry.com/counterspin/content.blubrry.com/counterspin/CounterSpin260424.mp3 Right-click here to download this episode (“Save link as…”). NHLC (3/24/26) This week on CounterSpin: From the federal level on down, many laws and policies that claim to be about “ending homelessness” seem to be clearly more about hurting homeless people than changing their circumstance. Even if you,... Read more » - mp3Sarah Anderson on Poverty Wages, Lia Holland on the Wayback Machine
https://media.blubrry.com/counterspin/content.blubrry.com/counterspin/CounterSpin260417.mp3 Right-click here to download this episode (“Save link as…”). Inequality.org (3/4/26) This week on CounterSpin: Tesla reported $5.7 billion in US profits in 2025 and paid $0.0 in taxes. As Rebecca Crosby and Judd Legum at Popular Information report, there’s little mystery to this miracle: Tesla used... Read more » - mp3Sina Toossi on War on Iran, Chip Gibbons on Impeaching Trump
https://media.blubrry.com/counterspin/content.blubrry.com/counterspin/CounterSpin260410.mp3 Right-click here to download this episode (“Save link as…”). New York Times (4/8/26) When a president commits war crimes, including what the Nuremberg trials established as the “supreme international crime” of plotting and waging an aggressive war, as Trump has done, and then blithely threatens more... Read more »
CounterSpin
- ● Swap Lines, Gulf Debt and the Unravelling of Dollar PrimacyMichael Hudson and Radhika Desai argue that US swap lines with Gulf allies reveal a dangerous reversal in the dollar system: former petrodollar suppliers may now need bailouts. As war risks, debt leverage and politicised Treasury lending collide, the discussion exposes how dollar primacy depends less on market confidence than... Read more »
- Wars Are Won by Economics, Not ArmiesMichael Hudson and Ian Proud discuss why modern wars are increasingly fought through economics rather than military force, and why sanctions against Iran may rebound on the US, Europe and the wider financial system. Hudson argues that oil shocks, debt fragility and military Keynesianism expose the weakness of US strategy,... Read more »
- The Return of Guns and Butter as War Spending SurgesCounterpunch May 1 2026 Guns and Butter Sixty years ago opposition to America’s war in Vietnam focused on the costs of diverting U.S. resources away from social spending to the military – what was called Guns and Butter. I was the junior member of the Columbia University triumvirate headed by... Read more »
- How Iran Turned Oil Into the Empire’s Weak PointMichael Hudson and Richard Wolff explain how the Iran war has exposed the economic limits of U.S. power, with oil prices, gold flows, Gulf alliances and the Strait of Hormuz turning against Washington. The post %%post_title%% first appeared on %%site_link%%. Read the original here: %%post_link%%... Read more »
- Wall Street’s Exit Plan Is YouNima Alkhorshid: Hi, everybody. Today is Thursday, April 16, 2026, and our dear friend Richard Wolff and Michael Hudson are here with us. Welcome back. Richard Wolff: Glad to be here. Nima Alkhorshid: Let me start, Richard, with the blockade in the Strait of Hormuz, which is the new policy... Read more »
Michael Hudson
- ● Recent Close Calls for Michigan’s Dams Are a Warning to AmericaThis story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. This coverage is made possible through a partnership between Grist and Interlochen Public Radio in northern Michigan. Flooding across northern Michigan last month pushed rivers to record levels, testing the limits of the state’s aging dams so severely that... Read more »
- VideoTrump’s Energy Secretary: “I Can’t Predict the Price of Energy”President Donald Trump’s energy secretary shrugged when asked on Sunday whether gas prices could rise to $5 per gallon and offered no clear plan to address the affordability predicament the administration has forced upon Americans. “I can’t predict the price of energy in the short term or even the medium... Read more »
- HHS Celebrates Mother’s Day With Pro-Life Pregnancy AdviceOn Mother’s Day, the US Department of Health and Human Services launched a website that promotes pro-life pregnancy centers for new and expecting mothers. The federal government’s new site, Moms.gov, “offers guidance and information to support the health and well-being of mothers and their families,” according to a Sunday press... Read more »
- Black Lung Surges in Coal Country as Trump Slow-Walks Protections
This story was originally published by Yale E360 and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Justin Smarsh and his family used to kayak a few times a year on the rivers and creeks near their home in Cherry Tree, Pennsylvania. High on the Appalachian Plateau, northeast of Pittsburgh, he spent... Read more » - Legislators Denounce “Appalling and Horrific Treatment” of Mothers in Immigrant DetentionAs Mother’s Day approaches, a group of senators are raising the alarm about the “appalling and horrific treatment” of pregnant and nursing people in immigration detention. On Thursday, Sens. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Mazie K. Hirono (D-Hawaii), and Jon Ossoff (D-Ga.) wrote to Secretary of Homeland Security Markwayne Mullin demanding information... Read more »
Mother Jones
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- You Don’t Own Your Narrative Anymore — Naomi Klein and Yanis Varoufakis
From recent deepfakes using Yanis’ image for viral gain, to his latest police harassment over events from decades ago, the discussion opens onto larger questions Naomi explores in Doppelgänger (identity, imitation, credibility, and what “truth” means when noise travels faster than institutions — and institutions still hold power) before moving... Read more » - How Israel Has Made Trauma a Weapon of War
A slick, high-priced television production. Speeches from top officials. A live audience of thousands. A unified show of collective sorrow and military resolve. That is how the Israeli government hoped to mark the passing of one year since Hamas’s surprise and bloody attacks last 7 October. But little has gone... Read more » - The Case for BDS
The Case for BDS by Mehdi Hasan Mehdi and Naomi debunk the myths used to attack the boycott movement against Israel. Read on Substack In the newest episode of ‘Unshocked,’ Mehdi and Naomi debunk the myths around the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) Movement – a nonviolent Palestinian-led movement that works... Read more » - ‘Unshocked’: Naomi Klein vs the “ideological shackles of Zionism”In a conversation with Mehdi for her new contributor segment at Zeteo, called “Unshocked,” Jewish activist, academic, and author Naomi Klein calls for an “exodus from the ideological shackles of Zionism.” Naomi also reacts to Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu comparing student protesters at Columbia University to Nazis, telling Mehdi that... Read more »
- Jews Must Raise Voices for Palestine, Oppose “False Idol of Zionism”
Hundreds of protesters were arrested in Brooklyn on Tuesday when Jewish New Yorkers and allies gathered for what they called a “Seder in the Streets to Stop Arming Israel” on the second night of Passover. The demonstration, held one block away from the home of Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer,... Read more »
Posts – ZNetwork
- ● Hear ThisRadical Listening could transform our politics and block the rise of the far right. By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 7th May 2026 Most people have made up their minds, and nothing you can say will change them: that’s the credo of parties such as Labour and the Democrats.... Read more »
- Get the Money out of PoliticsThere’s a really simple way of ensuring that politics belongs to the people, not to the ultra-rich. By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 30th April 2026 How do we know whether political funding is corrupt? Mostly, we don’t. A plutocrat delivers a sack of cash to a political party.... Read more »
- Alternating CurrentIf this crucial circulation system shuts down, the civilisational impacts will be irreversible. So why isn’t it a top priority? By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 23rd April 2026 The poor and middle pay taxes, the rich pay accountants, the very rich pay lawyers – and the ultra-rich pay... Read more »
- VideoSelf-BurnThanks to Trump, people around the world are scrambling to get out of fossil fuels. By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 18th April 2026 Donald Trump has done more to accelerate the energy transition than anyone else alive. Fossil fuel companies bankrolled his presidential campaign to stop the transition... Read more »
- Gateway DumpHow the deregulation of waste disposal has turned this country into a magnet for the mafia. By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 1st April 2026 This country’s a dump. I don’t mean that metaphorically. I mean it literally. From the point of view of criminal waste gangs, it is... Read more »
George Monbiot
- ● Even Bush's former adviser says Trump's 'frivolities' are a disaster
A top Republican strategist has a warning for President Donald Trump and the rest of his party: All of their gerrymandering may hurt them in the end instead of helping them.Speaking with “Sunday Night in America” host Trey Gowdy on Sunday, former President George W. Bush adviser Karl Rove explained... Read more » - ● Republicans silent over key issue they once obsessed over
In 2022, after Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Republicans attacked then-President Joe Biden relentlessly over gas prices. Biden was a vehement critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin, and many Republicans blamed his foreign policy when gas prices went up.But two and one-half months into his war against Iran, President Donald Trump... Read more » - ● GOP Rep caught on tape backing racist remark about top Dem
A Republican lawmaker has been caught on tape agreeing to a racist remark directed at House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries, in which he was referred to as having "cotton-picking hands."Jeffries, the House Minority Leader since taking over from Nancy Pelosi, has been outspoken in response to the Virginia Supreme Court's... Read more » - ● CNN’s MAGA pundit backed into corner over Pentagon’s latest attack on senator
Scott Jennings, the resident MAGA Republican pundit at CNN, was backed into a corner during a Monday panel discussion, getting pressed about the Department of Defense's latest attack against a Democratic senator while attempting to attack said lawmaker as publicity-seeking.Over the weekend, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth called for a renewed... Read more » - ● Justice’s own words prove Supreme Court 'a bunch of partisan hacks': legal scholar
The conservative justices on the Supreme Court have gotten notably defensive in the wake of their growing list of rulings in President Donald Trump's favor, but despite their protests, a legal scholar argued for The Hill that one justice's own words revealed that they are, in fact, "a bunch of... Read more »
Alternet.org
- ● Iran Has Nuclear Energy, Not Nuclear WeaponsLast week, on May 5, 2026, President Trump told a group of young children in the Oval Office that “we have to make a journey down to Iran to take the nuclear weapon. They would have had a nuclear weapon within two weeks.” Trump also told the children, “Iran with a... Read more »
- Two Weeks to an Iranian Nuke – The Ultimate False Flag LieThe now endlessly repeated notion that Iran’s stockpile of 60% enriched uranium (HEU) is tantamount to having a nuclear weapon within weeks is downright malefic. Indeed, this gross deception is so thoroughly fallacious and dangerously misleading that it needs be debunked lock, stock and barrel. So we begin with the... Read more »
- US Continues To Blow Up Small BoatsA US military strike on May 4 killed two mariners in an alleged “narco boat” campaign which now has a cumulative death toll of at least 188. The pace of extrajudicial executions is ramping up, according to The Guardian. But why? The serial murders could be, as the Trump administration... Read more »
- Subjects of Empire: Breaking the Cycle of Arab Dependency on US ElectionsMuch of the current discourse on the Middle East remains fixated on the US midterm congressional elections this coming November. This vote, in particular, is being framed as a pivotal turning point for everything from the survival of Gaza and Lebanon to the future of Iran and beyond. To a... Read more »
- Obliteration Ecocide from Gaza to Lebanon and BeyondIsraeli military aggression has “reshaped both the physical and ecological landscape” of southern Lebanon, according to the Lebanese report (which does not consider the impacts of Israel’s latest barrage of attacks this spring). In her foreword, Lebanon’s minister for the environment Tamara el Zein notes: “The scale and intentionality of... Read more »
Antiwar.com
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- Asia / Map, 2026/05 afghanistan pakistan... Read more » - Strategic and commercial oil reserves
- Energy / Map, 2026/05 energy... Read more » - Lebanon: where civilisations met and mergedThe gnarled, monumental olive trees leading to Nabil Nahas's studio in the mountains north of Beirut, portrayed by the renowned Lebanese-American artist in semi-abstract paintings, are silent witnesses to more than a thousand years of history. ‘They date from the Roman period,' and come from lands mentioned in the bible,... Read more »
- At Palmyra, heritage comes before peopleThe ancient city of Palmyra in the Syrian desert has frequently been ravaged by war. As new reconstruction plans take shape, the drive to rebuild it risks sidelining the needs of local people. - 2026/05 / article... Read more »
- Anthropic, Silicon Valley's conscience?Anthropic's recent clash with the White House over the use of AI in military and surveillance technology signalled lofty principles. Yet it's already embedded in the defence systems it claims to resist. - 2026/05 / article... Read more »
Le Monde diplomatique - English edition
- ● Israeli settler group returns to London despite calls for sanctions
Shivat Zion previously offered to help Brits move to ‘awesome’ illegal settlements in the West Bank The post Israeli settler group returns to London despite calls for sanctions appeared first on Declassified UK.... Read more » - I’m ex-police. Banning Palestine marches is wrong
Tommy Robinson’s protests are the real threat to public safety The post I’m ex-police. Banning Palestine marches is wrong appeared first on Declassified UK.... Read more » - Michael Mansfield ‘extremely concerned’ by case against Palestine Action lawyer
Leading lawyers say the proceedings against Rajiv Menon KC put the right to a fair trial at risk The post Michael Mansfield ‘extremely concerned’ by case against Palestine Action lawyer appeared first on Declassified UK.... Read more » - Palestine Action defendants dismiss lawyers to address jury directly
Rare move sees pro-Palestine activists represent themselves in court and deliver impassioned speeches about Britain’s role in Gaza genocide The post Palestine Action defendants dismiss lawyers to address jury directly appeared first on Declassified UK.... Read more » - UK played hidden intelligence role in Iran war, data suggests
Exclusive: Ministry of Defence satellite data analysed by Declassified indicates Britain had a more active role in Iran war than ministers admit. The post UK played hidden intelligence role in Iran war, data suggests appeared first on Declassified UK.... Read more »
Declassified UK
- ● China’s AI ascent leaves Trump a stark choice: escalate or relax chip controls?
US President Donald Trump’s landmark visit to China comes as the US-Iran war disrupts global energy supplies, fuels economic uncertainty and adds fresh strain to Washington-Beijing ties. In this story, part of a series examining how rivalry, interdependence and geopolitical crises are reshaping the relationship between the two powers, we... Read more » - ● US Treasury Department tells banks to flag suspected Iranian money-laundering networks
The Treasury Department wants US banks and other financial institutions to monitor for suspected Iranian money-laundering networks that use their funds to smuggle sanctioned oil through shell companies and cryptocurrency networks. The move, which effectively deputises the global financial system to help disrupt Iran’s sanctions-evasion infrastructure, comes as the US... Read more » - ● Trump heads to China with Musk, Cook and top CEOs for Xi talks
US President Donald Trump is expected to be accompanied by more than a dozen business leaders, including Tesla Chief Executive Elon Musk and Tim Cook of Apple, during his trip to China this week. The White House on Monday released the list of leaders set to travel to China alongside... Read more » - ● Florida police sue Ben Affleck and Matt Damon, claiming film details are too real
Two South Florida police officers claim Ben Affleck and Matt Damon’s recent action thriller The Rip used too many real-life details in its fictionalised narrative, causing harm to the officers’ personal and professional reputations, according to a defamation lawsuit. Jason Smith and Jonathan Santana, sergeants in the Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office,... Read more » - ● Brics doesn’t need a unified voice on Iran war to have a future
With the war in the Middle East entering its third month, questions have surfaced over its geopolitical ramifications in the region and beyond. An entity that has drawn particular scrutiny is Brics. The 10-member grouping is defined less by a clear set of common values and more by contingently overlapping... Read more »
News - South China Morning Post
- ● Did US pressure before Xi-Trump summit force KMT hand on Taiwan’s defence budget?
Pressure from Washington was likely to have played a decisive role in Taiwan’s opposition parties backing a sharply expanded special defence budget last week, analysts said, as concerns mount in Taipei ahead of a summit between US President Donald Trump and his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping. The anxiety centres on... Read more » - ● Cross-strait ties are ‘not state-to-state’, KMT vice-chair tells senior Beijing official
The relationship between mainland China and Taiwan is not one of state-to-state relations, Chang Rong-kung, vice-chairman of the Kuomintang (KMT), the island’s main opposition party, told Beijing’s top official on Taiwan affairs on Monday. Chang met Wang Huning, chairman of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference and the Communist Party’s... Read more » - Taiwan’s Cheng Li-wun on cross-strait peace, meeting Xi Jinping and managing ties with US
Cheng Li-wun is the chairwoman of Taiwan’s largest opposition party, the Kuomintang (KMT). In this far-ranging interview, she discusses her vision for peace and cooperation between Taiwan and mainland China, her meeting in April with Communist Party chief Xi Jinping and her coming trip to the United States in June.... Read more » - Taiwan’s opposition KMT leader on restoring stable peace with Beijing
Cheng Li-wun is the chairwoman of Taiwan’s largest opposition party, the Kuomintang (KMT). In this far-ranging interview, she discusses her vision for peace and cooperation between Taiwan and mainland China, her meeting in April with Communist Party chief Xi Jinping and her coming trip to the United States in June.... Read more » - Was China’s ‘fireworks capital’ rushing its July 4 orders when deadly blast hit?
When a deadly explosion rocked a fireworks factory in central China this week, hundreds of such factories in the area were in peak production season for overseas orders, including for the 250th anniversary of American independence on July 4, industry insiders said. By noon on Friday, the death toll from... Read more »
Politics - South China Morning Post
- UK ignores massacres and terrorism to deepen Syria relationsby Mark Curtis, Declassified UK, 12 November 2025 British officials are developing new ties with their Syrian counterparts complicit in recent killings, including former leading al-Qaeda operatives Last month, Keir Starmer’s special representative to Syria, Ann Snow, met defence minister Murhaf Abu Qasra in Damascus. This followed a meeting between... Read more »
- Secret UK-Israel military deal in place throughout genocideby Mark Curtis, Declassified UK, 20 October 2025 A military agreement Britain and Israel signed in 2020 has not been modified despite Israel’s attacks on Gaza, the Ministry of Defence admits. In December 2020, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) tweeted that it had signed a military agreement with the UK. It... Read more »
- The Israel firms aiding the NHS and IDFby Mark Curtis, Declassified UK, 30 September 2025 Drugs corporation Teva makes one in seven of the medicines prescribed in the UK. It’s also backing the Israeli military during the genocide. An Israeli pharmaceutical company that operates at the heart of the NHS has been aiding the Israeli military during... Read more »
- ‘Ruthless terror’ — When Labour aided genocide in Indonesiaby Mark Curtis, Declassified UK, 29 September 2025 Sixty years ago, Harold Wilson’s government secretly conspired with the Indonesian military as it conducted one of the postwar world’s worst bloodbaths. British declassified files show how Harold Wilson’s Labour government, together with the US government under Lyndon Johnson, were complicit in... Read more »
- RAF Museum hosts fundraiser for Israeli soldiers’ ’emotional support’by Mark Curtis, Declassified UK, 25 September 2025 Exclusive: Israeli air force pilot invited to speak about ‘operational frontlines’ at British charity event. The Royal Air Force museum in London hosted an event last week supporting the education of Israeli soldiers who have fought in Gaza, Declassified can reveal. The event, entitled... Read more »
Articles – Mark Curtis
- ● MethodologyThe American Trends Panel survey methodology Overview Data in this report comes from Wave 192 of the American Trends Panel (ATP), Pew Research Center’s nationally representative panel of randomly selected U.S. adults. The survey was conducted April 20-26, 2026. A total of 5,103 panelists responded out of 5,898 who were... Read more »
- ● AcknowledgmentsThis report is a collaborative effort based on the input and analysis of the following individuals: Research team Jocelyn Kiley, Director, Political ResearchSteven Shepard, Associate Director, Political ResearchHannah Hartig, Senior ResearcherBaxter Oliphant, Senior ResearcherGabe Borelli, Research AssociateAndrew Daniller, Research AssociateAndy Cerda, Research Analyst Shanay Gracia, Research AnalystTed Van Green, Research... Read more »
- ● Americans See Health Care Costs, Deficit, Inflation as Big Problems Facing the NationEconomic issues continue to dominate Americans’ ranking of the country's top problems. Meanwhile, the share who say illegal immigration is a very big problem has dropped since the start of Trump’s second term.... Read more »
- 10 facts about Cubans in the U.S.Millions of people living in the U.S. trace their origins to Cuba. They make up the third-largest Hispanic origin group in the U.S., after Mexicans and Puerto Ricans.... Read more »
Pew Research Center
- ● Israeli Real Estate Expo Advertising West Bank Settlements Returns to NYC
The controversial event and the NYPD’s response to resulting protests present a test for Mayor Zohran Mamdani. The post Israeli Real Estate Expo Advertising West Bank Settlements Returns to NYC appeared first on The Intercept.... Read more » - Dodging FOIA Could Now Mean Arrest and Strip Search, Depending on Who’s Asking
The DOJ is now treating evading a records request as a crime, a stunning act of hypocrisy from the Trump administration. The post Dodging FOIA Could Now Mean Arrest and Strip Search, Depending on Who’s Asking appeared first on The Intercept.... Read more » - Big Finance Might Be Dooming the SPLC — Even Before Its Day in Court
Fidelity, Charles Schwab, and Vanguard are tamping down on the Southern Poverty Law Center’s donations as the government’s de facto censors. The post Big Finance Might Be Dooming the SPLC — Even Before Its Day in Court appeared first on The Intercept.... Read more » - Tennessee GOP Moves to Decimate Black Voting Power After Supreme Court’s Blessing of Jim Crow
With the Supreme Court blessing racial gerrymandering, Tennessee Republicans rushed to eliminate the state’s only majority-Black congressional district. The post Tennessee GOP Moves to Decimate Black Voting Power After Supreme Court’s Blessing of Jim Crow appeared first on The Intercept.... Read more » - Amid Hantavirus Panic, the Ivermectin Super Fans Are Back
Those who cheered ivermectin as a Covid-19 treatment are now making unsubstantiated claims about its use against hantavirus. The post Amid Hantavirus Panic, the Ivermectin Super Fans Are Back appeared first on The Intercept.... Read more »
The Intercept
- ● Protect the Rights of Students with Disabilities
Having laws on the books is not enough. There has to be enforcement.... Read more » - Showing Up, Shutting It Down
Chicago's May Day events commemorate a past general strike, and test the waters for a future one.... Read more » - Politesse for Modern Politics
Could we all benefit from national rules of polite conversation?... Read more » - La Follette’s Struggle to Oppose World War I
In ‘Silencing Fighting Bob,’ Eric T. Chester chronicles the brutal assault on political dissent by the administration of President Woodrow Wilson during the war.... Read more »
The Progressive — A voice for peace, social justice, and the common good
- ● AI Companies Are Recklessly Racing Toward a Cybersecurity CrisisGoogle researchers announced Monday that cybercriminals recently used an artificial intelligence model to help create a dangerous zero-day vulnerability capable of exploiting computer networks at scale, marking what experts say is a major turning point in the cybersecurity landscape. A “zero-day” vulnerability is a hidden flaw or weakness in software... Read more »
- ● Are Trump’s nuclear plans illegal?The so-called “Rubber-Stamp Rule”, an effort by the Trump administration to “Make America Nuclear Again”, violates key components of the Atomic Energy Act (AEA) and Energy Reorganization Act, according to comments filed this week by 13 organizations including the Nuclear Information and Resource Service (NIRS) and Beyond Nuclear. The Nuclear... Read more »
- Video● Ode To JoyIn a triumphal move back toward democratic rule, Hungary's new leader Péter Magyar took his oath of office Saturday in a "regime-change" ceremony rich with symbolism before thousands of jubilant constituents. The sense of a hopeful new political era resonated in Magyar's tribute to a victory for "ordinary, flesh-and-blood people"... Read more »
- ABC Learns from Past Mistakes, Takes Stronger Stance Against Carr and Trump's Censorship CampaignIn a filing made public on Friday, ABC accused Federal Communications Commission regulators of violating its free-speech rights and called out FCC Chairman Brendan Carr for attempting to punish the broadcaster for airing political content that displeased the Trump White House. The FCC had reportedly ordered Houston station KTRK-TV, which... Read more »
- FPF commends ABC for fighting back against FCC censorshipABC is accusing the Federal Communications Commission of violating the First Amendment and chilling press freedom, in a regulatory filing in its dispute with the FCC over whether “The View” is a bona fide news program exempt from the agency’s equal time requirement.The following can be attributed to Freedom of... Read more »
Common Dreams
- mp3● Fund Drive Special: Back to the Gilded AgeIt’s no mystery that the fortunes of the very rich have soared under this administration, but the concentration of wealth in the hands of the very few is a hallmark of capitalism itself. Economist Rob Larson returns to discuss the state of capitalism today, with massive subsidies for the wealthy... Read more »
- mp3Fund Drive Special: Unmasking the Far RightThe Trump administration uses antifascism as a term of abuse and has branded Antifa domestic terrorists. Yet antifascism has a long but often little known history in the U.S. Journalist Christopher Mathias describes the efforts of radicals to unmask and dismantle the far right. Please donate in support of KPFA... Read more »
- mp3Fund Drive Special: Against the Attention EconomyIt’s been called a new gold rush, but not of our external environment, which continues to be plundered, but of our internal environment — of our psyches. Historian of science D. Graham Burnett, one of the Friends of Attention, lays out what’s at stake — and how they’re organizing a... Read more »
- mp3U.S. Capitalism, Empire, and Anti-Asian ViolenceRecessions, trade wars, labor unrest — in moments of societal crisis in the United States, Asian-Americans have been perennially targeted, from the destruction of Chinatowns by white mobs, to the mass internment of Japanese-Americans during WW2, to attacks against Asians during Covid. Historian Scott Kurashige reflects on more than 175... Read more »
- mp3Sugar and CapitalismSugar may seem like a natural, almost eternal substance, cultivated over thousands of years. But it was remade by capitalism and turned into a homogenized commodity. Enslaved labor was central to sugar production on vast plantations, which would then be discarded as sugar laid waste to both the lands and... Read more »
KPFA - Against the Grain
- President Xi Jinping meets Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez
Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday met with Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, who is on an official visit to China, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.... Read more » - President Xi Jinping meets Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, UAE
President Xi Jinping meets Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, UAE... Read more » - Mozambique's President Daniel Francisco Chapo to visit China
Mozambique's President Daniel Francisco Chapo to visit China... Read more » - IEA, IMF, World Bank heads warn of impacts of Iran war
The heads of the International Energy Agency (IEA), International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank Group on Monday warned of the negative impacts of the war against Iran waged by the United States and Israel.... Read more » - Vietnam's top leader To Lam arrives in Beijing for state visit
To Lam, general secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee and president of Vietnam, arrived in Beijing on Tuesday for a state visit to China through Friday.... Read more »
World
- President Xi Jinping meets Spanish Prime Minister Pedro SanchezChinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday met with Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, who is on an official visit to China, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.... Read more »
- President Xi Jinping meets Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, UAEPresident Xi Jinping meets Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, UAE... Read more »
- Mozambique's President Daniel Francisco Chapo to visit ChinaMozambique's President Daniel Francisco Chapo to visit China... Read more »
- IEA, IMF, World Bank heads warn of impacts of Iran warThe heads of the International Energy Agency (IEA), International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank Group on Monday warned of the negative impacts of the war against Iran waged by the United States and Israel.... Read more »
- Vietnam's top leader To Lam arrives in Beijing for state visitTo Lam, general secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee and president of Vietnam, arrived in Beijing on Tuesday for a state visit to China through Friday.... Read more »
Politics
- Polish official: A new gateway for Chinese-Polish synergy
Polish official: A new gateway for Chinese-Polish synergy... Read more » - IMF downgrades global growth forecast amid Middle East conflict
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has downgraded its global economic outlook for 2026 amid the ongoing conflict in the Middle East.... Read more » - 85% of respondents say 'Investing in China' key for global success
85% of respondents say 'Investing in China' key for global success... Read more » - China drives sharp reduction of trade surplus with Q1 import surge
China's Q1 imports surged, reshaping the familiar narrative of export-led trade growth.... Read more » - UNDP: Middle East tensions could cost Asia-Pacific up to $299 billion
A new report from the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) warns that military escalation in the Middle East could inflict $97 billion to $299 billion in economic losses across the Asia-Pacific region and push 8.8 million people into poverty.... Read more »
Business
- Canada Rolls Out New Disability Benefit Program Under Bill C-22
Canada has taken a historic step toward economic equity and social inclusion with the rollout of the Canada Disability Benefit... Read more » - Check Eligibility Criteria for Singapore’s 2025 Assurance Package
As Singapore continues its planned increase in the Goods and Services Tax (GST) from 7% to 9%... Read more » - Check Eligibility, Fees & Processing Time for Canada’s Open Work Permit in 2025
As of March 2025, Canada’s Open Work Permit (OWP) program has undergone significant changes aimed at simplifying the process... Read more » - Australia Government Launches Financial Relief Package to Ease Living Costs in 2025
As Australians continue to grapple with the growing burden of daily expenses... Read more » - Unlocking International Opportunities with the Digital Nomad Visa
Canada's Digital Nomad Visa is more than just a temporary travel allowance... Read more »
Citizen Truth
- ● Starmer’s “survival speech” only postpones his downfall amid Labour’s collapseThese events vindicate the struggle of the Socialist Equality Party, which opposed the election of this rotten party and the pseudo-left tendencies who backed Starmer as the “lesser of two evils”.... Read more »
- ● After Greeley betrayal, UFCW blocks new strike action by Denver, Colorado meatpacking workersLess than three weeks after United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 7 called off the powerful strike of meatpacking workers at the JBS meat processing plant in Greeley, Colorado, meatpacking workers at the JBS beef and pork plant in nearby Denver voted April 27 to authorize strike action.... Read more »
- ● Australia: Health Workers Rank-and-File Committee opposes Labor’s attack on disability servicesThe meeting of health and disability workers unanimously passed a resolution opposing the cuts to the National Disability Insurance Scheme and discussed a campaign to mobilise health workers against Labor’s brutal austerity agenda.... Read more »
- ● Farrer by-election deepens existential crisis of Australia’s Liberal PartyThe plunge of the Liberal vote to just 12 percent, in a seat held by its previous leader, indicates that the traditional conservative party of the ruling elite is on the brink of collapse.... Read more »
- ● War, genocide and the weaponization of healthcare: An interview with Bilal IrfanBilal Irfan is a US‑based medical and bioethics researcher working on Gaza and Palestinian health.... Read more »
World Socialist Web Site (en)
- Chinese scientists unlock potent, addiction-free pain relief
Chinese scientists unlock potent, addiction-free pain relief... Read more » - Premier Li: China encourages more Chinese companies to invest in Spain
China is ready to import more high-quality products from Spain and encourages more capable Chinese enterprises to invest in Spain, Chinese Premier Li Qiang said on Tuesday.... Read more » - Xi Jinping holds talks with Vietnam's top leader To Lam
Xi Jinping holds talks with Vietnam's top leader To Lam... Read more » - Xi Jinping holds welcome ceremony for Vietnam's top leader
Xi Jinping holds welcome ceremony for Vietnam's top leader... Read more » - Chinese President Xi Jinping meets Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov
Chinese President Xi Jinping meets Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov... Read more »
China
- Sanchez's fourth China visit signals EU strategic shift
The Spanish prime minister is undertaking a state visit to China from April 11 to 15. This marks his fourth trip to China in four years, demonstrating a sustained high-level engagement between two countries aimed at bolstering economic ties.... Read more » - Europe's Atlantic foundation crumbles as the US becomes a threat
The Politico survey is a clarion call. As the US retreats into a fortress of protectionism and unpredictability, Europe's quest for strategic autonomy should be matched by a diversification of its global partnerships.... Read more » - CICPE to decode China's consumption upgrade
As a weathervane for consumption upgrade, the CICPE is witnessing China's consumption transformation from quantity accumulation to quality leap.... Read more » - Three takeaways from KMT chair's visit to the mainland
Cheng's visit reinforces the argument that stability and peaceful development should remain the core priorities in managing cross-Strait relations.... Read more » - Sanchez's China visit to promote development of China-Europe ties
The growing development of Sino-Spanish relations is bringing tangible benefits to both sides, rendering any attempts to question or suppress the ties naive, hypocritical and powerless.... Read more »
Opinion
- CGTN's picks for the 16th Beijing International Film Festival
The 16th Beijing International Film Festival has arrived as promised this April, reuniting film lovers everywhere in front of the big screen.... Read more » - Brought with the Storm
The film centers on a male protagonist who has just ended a relationship.... Read more » - The Fox King
The film tells the story of a pair of twin brothers living in a peaceful coastal town in Malaysia.... Read more » - Goodbye Julia
Mona was once a singer before retiring from the stage after marriage. Leading a respectable life, she is tormented by a secret deep inside: She was indirectly responsible for a murder.... Read more » - The Blue Trail
Set in Brazil, the film follows a story where a mandatory elderly segregation policy is enforced, sending senior citizens to remote "relocation zones."... Read more »
Culture
- Spanish PM stresses role of cooperation in driving scientific progress
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez underscored the vital role of cooperation in driving scientific progress during a visit to the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) on Monday.... Read more » - Musk's XChat set for App Store debut
Musk's XChat set for App Store debut... Read more » - International Dark Sky Week: China's legal path to a starry economy
International Dark Sky Week: China's legal path to a starry economy... Read more » - Spanish PM Sánchez receives honorary professorship from UCAS
Spanish PM Sánchez receives honorary professorship from UCAS... Read more » - 2026 World Internet Conference Asia-Pacific Summit kicks off in HKSAR
The 2026 World Internet Conference (WIC) Asia-Pacific Summit opened in China's Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) on Wednesday morning.... Read more »
Tech&Sci
- ● A Palestinian Boy Was Shot Dead by Israeli Troops. His Death Has No ‘Sociological Consequences’The head of the IDF Central Command has effectively ordered troops to shoot stone-throwers on sight – so long as they are Palestinian. Soldiers are following through. Youssef Shtayyeh, 15, was shot dead from 100 meters away as he fled... Read more »
- ● Israel’s Smotrich orders the uprooting of 3,000 Palestinian trees in West BankWe are building the Land of Israel and destroying the idea of a Palestinian state," he said, claiming the trees had been planted illegally and said the operation was intended to "prevent attempts by the Palestinian Authority to establish facts on the ground"... Read more »
- ● Biden’s Genocide Squad Must Be Stopped Before They Strike AgainFrom Tony Blinken and Jake Sullivan to Brett McGurk and Jon Finer, the advisers behind the Gaza genocide want to return to power. We can’t let them.... Read more »
- ● ‘War Is a Divine Mission’: The Influential Group Seeking to Bring the Israeli Army Under Torah LawThis new think tank aims to change fundamental tenets of the Jewish state - starting with the Israel Defense Forces' Code of Ethics: to see war not as a necessary evil, but as an opportunity for growth. The IDF's [alleged] emphasis on morality and human rights is no longer relevant.... Read more »
- ● UN: 22,000 women have been killed in Gaza since October 2023 – Daily UpdateBrief and to the point: a daily round-up of news and headlines surrounding Palestine, Israel, and the conflicts involving Israel.... Read more »
Israel Palestine News
- Digging Up North Korea’s Christian RootsJonathan Cheng’s book is an indispensable guide to understanding the methods by which the North Korean regime captured at least some of the hearts and minds of the residents of what had once been one of the most rapidly Christianized parts of the world. The post Digging Up North Korea’s... Read more »
- The Supreme Court’s War on the Voting Rights Act Sends America BackwardsIt took 60 years for Black Americans to get representation in Congress proportionate to their numbers. Now we’re likely to backslide. The post The Supreme Court’s War on the Voting Rights Act Sends America Backwards appeared first on Institute for Policy Studies.... Read more »
- The Airbrushing of Climate ChangeDonald Trump is leading the United States in a great leap backward. The rest of the world, at least when it comes to climate science, is refusing to take that leap with him. The post The Airbrushing of Climate Change appeared first on Institute for Policy Studies.... Read more »
- Who Pays Federal Income Taxes? The Rich, But Not Nearly as Much as They Should — or Once Did
A closer look at IRS data shows our tax system isn’t keeping up with rising inequality. The post Who Pays Federal Income Taxes? The Rich, But Not Nearly as Much as They Should — or Once Did appeared first on Institute for Policy Studies.... Read more » - AI, Gig Work, and the Future of NursingHow scheduling algorithms, productivity tools, and a fast-growing app-based contingent workforce are turning bedside care into something closer to gig work. The post AI, Gig Work, and the Future of Nursing appeared first on Institute for Policy Studies.... Read more »
Institute for Policy Studies
- Climate Coverage Plunges, Though Crisis More Dire Than Ever
The scientific consensus that we need to phase out fossil fuels fast has not changed, but coverage about climate change in US news outlets has plunged.... Read more » - mp3A History of Iran Propaganda
CounterSpin has been tracking US news media failings, omissions and propagandizing on Iran for decades. We revisit some of that conversation this week.... Read more » - The Digital Media Oligarchy: Who Owns Online News?
More than half of US visits to major online news sites from Dec. 2024 through Nov. 2025 went to outlets controlled by just seven families or corporate entities.... Read more » - After Trump Declared Gaza War ‘Over,’ Media Lost Interest
Since Donald Trump declared that "the war in Gaza is over" on October 3, 2025, US news outlets' interest in the occupied territory has plummeted.... Read more » - VideoLabeling Kidnapping a ‘Capture,’ Media Legitimate Violation of International Law
It’s misleading to use language like “capture” and “arrest,” which evoke the US upholding the law, to describe heavily armed US forces taking Maduro prisoner.... Read more »
FAIR
- ● Netanyahu Says He Wants To End Annual US Military Support For Israel
Netanyahu Says He Wants To End Annual US Military Support For Israel Authored by Guy Birchall via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on May 10 that he hopes to wean Israel off U.S. military support within a decade. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in... Read more » - ● Watch: Lockdown Architect Deborah Birx Smirks Over PCR Testing For Hantavirus
Watch: Lockdown Architect Deborah Birx Smirks Over PCR Testing For Hantavirus The former White House Coronavirus Response Coordinator who helped shape the 6-foot rule, extended lockdowns, school closures, and “15 Days to Slow the Spread” (that somehow became much longer) is once again on television recommending widespread PCR testing -... Read more » - ● Buckle Up For A Wild Week
Buckle Up For A Wild Week Authored by James Howard Kunstler, The Earth Moves Just a Bit “Operation Epic Fury was the loud one. Operation Economic Fury is the quiet one. . . . While the carriers were on television, Treasury was doing the actual demolition.” - Jesús Enrique Rosas... Read more » - ● Trump Mulls Renewed Military Action As Ceasefire "On Life Support"; Treasury Again Targets Iran's Oil To China
Trump Mulls Renewed Military Action As Ceasefire "On Life Support"; Treasury Again Targets Iran's Oil To China Summary US President blasts 'piece of garbage' Iran response, says ceasefire on 'life support', reportedly mulls renewed military action; US Treasury imposes yet more sanctions. Trump mulls restarting Project Freedom in Hormuz and says forcibly... Read more » - ● Chief Justice Roberts Has No Spine
Chief Justice Roberts Has No Spine Authored by J.B. Shurk via American Thinker, He’s a judicial pimp who pragmatically defends the Establishment’s bottom line. I do not like Chief Justice John Roberts. I think his loyalties lie more with defending the entrenched powers of the political Establishment than with defending the Constitution of... Read more »
ZeroHedge News
- ● Trump nominates former Navy SEAL to lead FEMA — after firing him for disobedience: report
President Donald Trump on Monday nominated Cameron Hamilton to lead the Federal Emergency Management Agency, Politico reported.A year ago, the president fired the former Navy SEAL who had run the nation's disaster agency after he reportedly defied Trump."The day before his dismissal on May 8, 2025, Hamilton seemed to contradict... Read more » - Video● James Comey issues a dark warning as Trump's chaos intensifies: 'In for a rough ride'
President Donald Trump is going to bend and twist the rule of law even further than he already has, former FBI Director James Comey warned in an MS NOW interview with Nicolle Wallace on "Deadline: White House" — and the American people need to be ready.Comey was previously indicted on... Read more » - Video● Trump astounds with 'derranged' midterms admission: 'Can't let them get away with it'
President Donald Trump may have just said the quiet part out loud about his plans to rig the 2026 midterm elections, according to one analyst. David Pakman, host of the liberal "David Pakman Show" on YouTube, argued in a new reaction video on Monday that Trump recently admitted in a... Read more » - ● John Fetterman's praise of Trump's 'quiet piggy' insult sparks outrage
The internet was stunned on Monday after Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) told comedian Bill Maher that he commended President Donald Trump's insult directed at a female reporter.Fetterman was a guest on Maher's "Club Random Podcast" when the comedian and host talked about how "refreshing" Trump's "honesty" has been when the... Read more » - ● Virginia Republican agrees with radio host's racially-coded attack against Hakeem Jeffries
Rep. Jennifer A. Kiggans (R-VA) agreed with a radio host after he used a racially-charged term to attack House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) because he spoke out about Virginia redistricting efforts.Kiggans reportedly made the remarks this week during an interview with Richmond's Morning News."If Hakeem Jeffries wants to be... Read more »
Raw Story
- ● Trump nominates former Navy SEAL to lead FEMA — after firing him for disobedience: reportPresident Donald Trump on Monday nominated Cameron Hamilton to lead the Federal Emergency Management Agency, Politico reported.A year ago, the president fired the former Navy SEAL who had run the nation's disaster agency after he reportedly defied Trump."The day before his dismissal on May 8, 2025, Hamilton seemed to contradict... Read more »
- Video● James Comey issues a dark warning as Trump's chaos intensifies: 'In for a rough ride'President Donald Trump is going to bend and twist the rule of law even further than he already has, former FBI Director James Comey warned in an MS NOW interview with Nicolle Wallace on "Deadline: White House" — and the American people need to be ready.Comey was previously indicted on... Read more »
- Video● Trump astounds with 'derranged' midterms admission: 'Can't let them get away with it'President Donald Trump may have just said the quiet part out loud about his plans to rig the 2026 midterm elections, according to one analyst. David Pakman, host of the liberal "David Pakman Show" on YouTube, argued in a new reaction video on Monday that Trump recently admitted in a... Read more »
- ● John Fetterman's praise of Trump's 'quiet piggy' insult sparks outrageThe internet was stunned on Monday after Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) told comedian Bill Maher that he commended President Donald Trump's insult directed at a female reporter.Fetterman was a guest on Maher's "Club Random Podcast" when the comedian and host talked about how "refreshing" Trump's "honesty" has been when the... Read more »
- ● Virginia Republican agrees with radio host's racially-coded attack against Hakeem JeffriesRep. Jennifer A. Kiggans (R-VA) agreed with a radio host after he used a racially-charged term to attack House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) because he spoke out about Virginia redistricting efforts.Kiggans reportedly made the remarks this week during an interview with Richmond's Morning News."If Hakeem Jeffries wants to be... Read more »
Raw Story
- VideoKennedy Denies the One Big Beautiful Bill Act’s Spending Cuts to Medicaid
The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office estimated that the One Big Beautiful Bill Act will reduce federal Medicaid spending by more than $900 billion over a decade. But in a series of congressional hearings last month, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. misleadingly claimed that "there are no... Read more » - Democratic Ad Attacks Collins on Healthcare, Iran War
An ad attacking Sen. Susan Collins in Maine claimed that she voted "to raise healthcare costs and raise insurance premiums," as well as give President Donald Trump "a blank check for his war in Iran." But neither claim fully explains Collins' more nuanced position on those issues. The post Democratic... Read more » - VideoRFK Jr.’s Unsupported Claims About Tylenol-Autism Study He Called ‘Garbage’
During an April 17 congressional hearing, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. called for retraction of a new Danish study that didn't find a link between Tylenol and autism, repeatedly calling it “garbage” and baselessly suggesting that it was industry-generated and “fraudulent.” The post RFK Jr.’s Unsupported... Read more » - VideoDefinition of ‘86’ at the Heart of Comey Indictment
A federal indictment against former FBI Director James Comey hinges on the meaning of "86." The Department of Justice said it indicates a threat of physical harm, while the more common dictionary definition is to throw out or get rid of something. The post Definition of ‘86’ at the Heart... Read more » - VideoProviding Context for Leavitt’s Examples of ‘Violent Rhetoric’
Two days after an armed man tried to enter the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt cited rhetoric from Democrats that she said is “inspiring violence” against President Donald Trump and other Republicans. But several of the statements she quoted were stripped of their original... Read more »
FactCheck.org
- VideoKennedy Denies the One Big Beautiful Bill Act’s Spending Cuts to MedicaidThe nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office estimated that the One Big Beautiful Bill Act will reduce federal Medicaid spending by more than $900 billion over a decade. But in a series of congressional hearings last month, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. misleadingly claimed that "there are no... Read more »
- Democratic Ad Attacks Collins on Healthcare, Iran WarAn ad attacking Sen. Susan Collins in Maine claimed that she voted "to raise healthcare costs and raise insurance premiums," as well as give President Donald Trump "a blank check for his war in Iran." But neither claim fully explains Collins' more nuanced position on those issues. The post Democratic... Read more »
- VideoRFK Jr.’s Unsupported Claims About Tylenol-Autism Study He Called ‘Garbage’During an April 17 congressional hearing, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. called for retraction of a new Danish study that didn't find a link between Tylenol and autism, repeatedly calling it “garbage” and baselessly suggesting that it was industry-generated and “fraudulent.” The post RFK Jr.’s Unsupported... Read more »
- VideoDefinition of ‘86’ at the Heart of Comey IndictmentA federal indictment against former FBI Director James Comey hinges on the meaning of "86." The Department of Justice said it indicates a threat of physical harm, while the more common dictionary definition is to throw out or get rid of something. The post Definition of ‘86’ at the Heart... Read more »
- VideoProviding Context for Leavitt’s Examples of ‘Violent Rhetoric’Two days after an armed man tried to enter the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt cited rhetoric from Democrats that she said is “inspiring violence” against President Donald Trump and other Republicans. But several of the statements she quoted were stripped of their original... Read more »
FactCheck.org
- ● The UK’s Far Right Is On the March—Thanks to Keir Starmer
Evan Robins How the Labour Party’s catastrophic prime minister paved the way for fascists to dominate British politics. The post The UK’s Far Right Is On the March—Thanks to Keir Starmer appeared first on The Nation.... Read more » - ● On Redistricting, Will Virginia Democrats Surrender, or Get Creative?
Joan Walsh Democrats must stop conceding that the only answer for various racist voting laws is that Democrats just have to vote more and harder and better. The post On Redistricting, Will Virginia Democrats Surrender, or Get Creative? appeared first on The Nation.... Read more » - ● Ted Turner Proved Even Billionaires Could be Human
Jeet Heer The swashbuckling founder of CNN was redeemed by his vulnerabilities. The post Ted Turner Proved Even Billionaires Could be Human appeared first on The Nation.... Read more » - ● “No One Heard Me at Amazon”
Bryce Covert Pregnant workers at the mega-corporation say they endure unsafe conditions and are punished when they asked for accommodations. The post “No One Heard Me at Amazon” appeared first on The Nation.... Read more »
Article | The Nation
- ● A Palestinian Boy Was Shot Dead by Israeli Troops. His Death Has No ‘Sociological Consequences’The head of the IDF Central Command has effectively ordered troops to shoot stone-throwers on sight – so long as they are Palestinian. Soldiers are following through. Youssef Shtayyeh, 15, was shot dead from 100 meters away as he fled... Read more »
- ● Israel’s Smotrich orders the uprooting of 3,000 Palestinian trees in West BankWe are building the Land of Israel and destroying the idea of a Palestinian state," he said, claiming the trees had been planted illegally and said the operation was intended to "prevent attempts by the Palestinian Authority to establish facts on the ground"... Read more »
- ● Biden’s Genocide Squad Must Be Stopped Before They Strike AgainFrom Tony Blinken and Jake Sullivan to Brett McGurk and Jon Finer, the advisers behind the Gaza genocide want to return to power. We can’t let them.... Read more »
- ● ‘War Is a Divine Mission’: The Influential Group Seeking to Bring the Israeli Army Under Torah LawThis new think tank aims to change fundamental tenets of the Jewish state - starting with the Israel Defense Forces' Code of Ethics: to see war not as a necessary evil, but as an opportunity for growth. The IDF's [alleged] emphasis on morality and human rights is no longer relevant.... Read more »
- ● UN: 22,000 women have been killed in Gaza since October 2023 – Daily UpdateBrief and to the point: a daily round-up of news and headlines surrounding Palestine, Israel, and the conflicts involving Israel.... Read more »
Israel Palestine News
- ● A Palestinian Boy Was Shot Dead by Israeli Troops. His Death Has No ‘Sociological Consequences’The head of the IDF Central Command has effectively ordered troops to shoot stone-throwers on sight – so long as they are Palestinian. Soldiers are following through. Youssef Shtayyeh, 15, was shot dead from 100 meters away as he fled... Read more »
- ● Israel’s Smotrich orders the uprooting of 3,000 Palestinian trees in West BankWe are building the Land of Israel and destroying the idea of a Palestinian state," he said, claiming the trees had been planted illegally and said the operation was intended to "prevent attempts by the Palestinian Authority to establish facts on the ground"... Read more »
- ● Biden’s Genocide Squad Must Be Stopped Before They Strike AgainFrom Tony Blinken and Jake Sullivan to Brett McGurk and Jon Finer, the advisers behind the Gaza genocide want to return to power. We can’t let them.... Read more »
- ● ‘War Is a Divine Mission’: The Influential Group Seeking to Bring the Israeli Army Under Torah LawThis new think tank aims to change fundamental tenets of the Jewish state - starting with the Israel Defense Forces' Code of Ethics: to see war not as a necessary evil, but as an opportunity for growth. The IDF's [alleged] emphasis on morality and human rights is no longer relevant.... Read more »
- ● UN: 22,000 women have been killed in Gaza since October 2023 – Daily UpdateBrief and to the point: a daily round-up of news and headlines surrounding Palestine, Israel, and the conflicts involving Israel.... Read more »
Israel Palestine News
- How AI Music is Advancing Far Right Narratives in Ireland
In the middle of summer 2024, the song “10 Drunk Cigarettes” became a TikTok sensation. This was the height of Brat Summer - a time when women like Charli xcx and Sabrina Carpenter were dominating the pop industry, chartreuse was the colour of …... Read more » - Food (and fuel) for thought: unpacking Ireland’s fuel protests
Over the past week, Ireland has witnessed scenes not seen for a generation. Forecourts running out of fuel, limits placed on purchases, and the blockading of key infrastructure have disrupted daily life across the country. These developments echo …... Read more » - Nearly 90% of Dublin’s data centres are in economically-deprived areas
In March, global data centre and colocation provider Equinix announced construction of a new data centre in Dublin’s Blanchardstown neighbourhood (Equinix, 2026). The DB7x facility will sit next to two other Equinix locations, DB5x and DB6x, …... Read more » - A Defence of Taxation, Revisited
In 2014, TASC published A Defence of Taxation. Its argument in favour of progressive alternatives to reducing public services through tax cuts remains as salient as ever, and it is an appropriate topic to revisit on the 25th anniversary of TASC. The …... Read more » - Is the Draghi Report Good for EU Citizens?
Is the Draghi Report Good for EU Citizens? The EU Commission appointed Mario Draghi to examine how the European economy might be kick-started to boost economic growth. The Draghi report was published in late 2024 running to almost 400 pages. Last …... Read more »
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- EU approves new sanctions against Israeli settlers over violence in West BankThe European Union has agreed to impose new sanctions against Israeli settlers over the increasing violence against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank.... Read more »
- EU says ready to approve sanctions against Israeli settlersKaja Kallas has confirmed the European Union is ready to approve sanctions against Israeli settlers in the occupied territories.... Read more »
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