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- 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 »Source: The Grayzone | Published: May 9, 2026 - 4:40 pm
- ‘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 »Source: The Grayzone | Published: May 7, 2026 - 9:19 pm
- 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 »Source: The Grayzone | Published: May 5, 2026 - 1:57 pm
- 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 »Source: The Grayzone | Published: April 29, 2026 - 6:59 am
- 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 »Source: The Grayzone | Published: April 28, 2026 - 10:34 pm
- The US tech giant where employees wear IDF uniforms to workLast month, a data analyst at financial tech giant Intuit showed up to a company Zoom call in full IDF uniform. Intuit’s products include the widely-used tax return program TurboTax. This article was originally published by Do Not Panic! The American tech giant behind the most popular tax filing software... Read more »Source: The Grayzone | Published: April 28, 2026 - 7:08 pm
- UK seeks to jail Palestine Action for ‘terrorism’ amid UK media blackoutSix Palestine Action activists face a retrial after being acquitted in February following over a year in prison. If convicted, the six Palestine Action activists and 18 others will likely be sentenced as terrorists, facing long prison terms. The jury has not been notified about the ‘terrorist’ designation, and the... Read more »Source: The Grayzone | Published: April 12, 2026 - 6:32 am
- Senior BBC Iran reporter exposed as opposition activistAfter a top reporter at the BBC drew outrage for publishing a quote demanding Iran be nuked, she’s been revealed as a dedicated regime change activist whose career was launched by a CIA-founded propaganda network. Serious questions remain about the BBC’s editorial process. On April 6, 2026, horrified social media... Read more »Source: The Grayzone | Published: April 7, 2026 - 2:33 pm
- His Majesty’s head-chopper: Syria’s MI6-backed president bows to King CharlesAhmed al-Sharaa’s Downing Street visit offered him a reunion with the British intel operatives who groomed the former Al Qaeda warlord to become president of Syria. When Syria’s “interim” leader Ahmed al-Sharaa touched down in London on March 31, he was given a much warmer welcome than many once thought... Read more »Source: The Grayzone | Published: April 3, 2026 - 3:59 am
- Who’s behind the mysterious ‘Iran-backed terror cell’ haunting Europe?Claims that an Iran-backed group is carrying out attacks in European cities raise questions about why they’re not targeting countries directly involved in the US-Israeli war, and why they appear to communicate like Israelis. Strangely, suspects arrested in the attacks have been released on bail. A specter is haunting Europe... Read more »Source: The Grayzone | Published: March 28, 2026 - 8:18 pm
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- Revealed: USAID, NED & Open Society Quietly Bankroll Cuba’s “Independent” Media In Push for Regime ChangeFrom CubaNet to ADN Cuba, some of the most widely cited “independent” Cuban media outlets in Western Corporate media are quietly funded by USAID, the National Endowment for Democracy (NED) and Open Society Foundation as part of a decades-long campaign to destabilize Cuba’s society by blaming all economic issues on... Read more »Source: MintPress News | Published: May 15, 2026 - 5:59 pm
- As Evidence Mounts of Dogs Raping Palestinian Prisoners in Israeli Prisons, NYT’s Isabel Kershner Revives Unverified October 7 Rape NarrativeFollowing Nicholas Kristof’s report on sexual abuse inside Israeli prisons including the use of dogs to rape hostages as young as 13, the NYT’s Isabel Kershner, whose sons served in the Israeli military, revived unverified October 7 rape claims relying on Israeli government-linked source Cochav Elkayam-Levy, who was later accused... Read more »Source: MintPress News | Published: May 15, 2026 - 3:53 pm
- From Bahrain to the UAE: Gulf States Expand Anti-Shia Crackdowns During Direct Strikes on IranAs reports emerge of direct Gulf involvement in strikes on Iran, Bahrain is escalating a sweeping anti-Shia crackdown — arresting clerics, revoking citizenships, and threatening dissidents with death sentences. The post From Bahrain to the UAE: Gulf States Expand Anti-Shia Crackdowns During Direct Strikes on Iran appeared first on MintPress... Read more »Source: MintPress News | Published: May 14, 2026 - 9:24 pm
- Hezbollah’s Cheap FPV Drones Are Making Israel’s High-Tech Military ObsoleteFrom destroying hundreds of Israeli Merkava tanks to Iron Dome systems, Hezbollah’s $50 FPV drones are inflicting massive losses on Israel using weapons so cheap and simple that military analysts now fear they are changing warfare forever. The post Hezbollah’s Cheap FPV Drones Are Making Israel’s High-Tech Military Obsolete appeared... Read more »Source: MintPress News | Published: May 14, 2026 - 7:24 pm
- 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 »Source: MintPress News | Published: April 23, 2026 - 9:54 pm
- 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 »Source: MintPress News | Published: April 22, 2026 - 4:23 pm
- 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 »Source: MintPress News | Published: April 21, 2026 - 11:55 pm
- 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 »Source: MintPress News | Published: April 16, 2026 - 8:12 pm
- 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 »Source: MintPress News | Published: April 16, 2026 - 7:55 pm
- VideoThe Battle for Bint Jbeil: Israel Revisits A Symbolic Defeat As Resistance Holds The Line
As Israel fails to advance beyond a few kilometers into Lebanon, Bint Jbeil has become the latest battleground where resistance forces are exposing the limits of Israel’s military campaign –echoing the long standing “spider web” warning about Israel's fragility in prolonged war. The post The Battle for Bint Jbeil: Israel... Read more »Source: MintPress News | Published: April 16, 2026 - 4:47 pm
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- VideoMedia Myopia As We Hurtle Towards Climate OblivionAny aliens who have been monitoring radio and television transmissions streaming outwards into space from Planet Earth over the past few decades will likely be intrigued, bemused or simply horrified at humanity’s headlong drive towards →... Read more »Source: Media Lens | Published: May 19, 2026 - 9:04 am
- ‘Starmageddon’ – The Anti-Polanski Smear Campaign That Ate ItselfHistorian Ian Kershaw titled the two volumes of his definitive biography of Adolf Hitler, ‘Hubris’ and ‘Nemesis’. (Allen Lane, 1998 and 2000) Inevitably, it seems, great power comes with great hubris. For a brief, glorious →... Read more »Source: Media Lens | Published: May 12, 2026 - 9:55 am
- 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 »Source: Media Lens | Published: April 21, 2026 - 10:08 am
- 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 »Source: Media Lens | Published: April 10, 2026 - 10:05 am
- 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 »Source: Media Lens | Published: March 11, 2026 - 10:23 am
- ‘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 »Source: Media Lens | Published: March 4, 2026 - 10:46 am
- ‘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 »Source: Media Lens | Published: January 23, 2026 - 9:56 am
- Venezuela – ‘War Is Peace’After declaring his second presidential victory on 6 November 2024, Donald Trump said of his first term: ‘You know, we had no wars for four years. We had no wars. Except we defeated ISIS, we →... Read more »Source: Media Lens | Published: January 14, 2026 - 11:11 am
- VideoBlanked – A Tale Of Two BooksA significant feature of the propaganda system is the suppression of clearly important, credible books which are nevertheless deemed unfit for review in the ‘respectable mainstream’. In 2025, two important – indeed, groundbreaking – bestselling →... Read more »Source: Media Lens | Published: December 11, 2025 - 10:46 am
- The Magic Begging Bowl, Part 2 – Self-InquiryIn Part 1, we saw how even the most exalted stars in the celebrity firmament look on in dismay as their greatest successes – Wimbledon titles, World Cups, sell-out concerts – vanish into the magic →... Read more »Source: Media Lens | Published: December 8, 2025 - 12:06 pm
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- Noam Chomsky on The Collapse of American Empire with Matt Kennard... Read more »Source: chomsky.info: The Noam Chomsky Website | Published: September 2, 2024 - 12:22 am
- 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 »Source: chomsky.info: The Noam Chomsky Website | Published: June 14, 2023 - 7:12 pm
- 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 »Source: chomsky.info: The Noam Chomsky Website | Published: June 7, 2023 - 6:23 pm
- Exclusive: GT’s interview with American linguist Noam Chomsky... Read more »Source: chomsky.info: The Noam Chomsky Website | Published: June 7, 2023 - 5:59 pm
- 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 »Source: chomsky.info: The Noam Chomsky Website | Published: June 6, 2023 - 8:32 pm
- Chomsky: Europe May Face Decline, Deindustrialization by Staying in ‘US-Dominated System’Chomsky: Europe May Face Decline, Deindustrialization by Staying in ‘US-Dominated System’ Noam Chomsky Interviewed by Sputnik May 31, 2023. Sputnik. Europe will experience a likely decline and deindustrialization if it chooses to stay within the system dominated by the United States, renowned US academic and philosopher Noam Chomsky told Sputnik. “Europe... Read more »Source: chomsky.info: The Noam Chomsky Website | Published: June 1, 2023 - 1:33 am
- Noam Chomsky on Why This Is the Most Dangerous Point in Human HistoryNoam Chomsky on Why This Is the Most Dangerous Point in Human History Noam Chomsky Interviewed by C. J. Polychroniou May 27, 2023. Common Dreams. We live in a world facing existential threats while extreme inequality is tearing our societies apart and democracy is in sharp decline. The U.S., meanwhile, is... Read more »Source: chomsky.info: The Noam Chomsky Website | Published: May 27, 2023 - 9:11 pm
- Interview with Noam Chomsky on the State of the WorldInterview with Noam Chomsky on the State of the World Noam Chomsky Interviewed by C. J. Polychroniou May 26, 2023. Global Policy. We live in a world facing existential threats while extreme inequality is tearing our societies apart and democracy is in sharp decline. The U.S., meanwhile, is bent on maintaining... Read more »Source: chomsky.info: The Noam Chomsky Website | Published: May 27, 2023 - 3:23 am
- A capitalist interviews Noam ChomskyA capitalist interviews Noam Chomsky Noam Chomsky Interviewed by Richard McDaniel May 26, 2023. The Sentinel. Usually as a high school journalist, one expects to write their fair share of articles regarding anything from local events to national political issues, which may interest a decent number of students within the school.... Read more »Source: chomsky.info: The Noam Chomsky Website | Published: May 26, 2023 - 8:53 pm
- VideoThe Worst Crime of the 21st Century
The Worst Crime of the 21st Century Chomsky and Robinson in Current Affairs May 12, 2023. Current Affairs. Content warning: Descriptions of graphic violence First, a story from the years of the American occupation of Iraq , one of thousands that could be recounted. This one appears in Dexter Filkins’ The Forever War:... Read more »Source: chomsky.info: The Noam Chomsky Website | Published: May 12, 2023 - 3:44 pm
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- 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 »Source: openDemocracy | Published: April 24, 2026 - 9:49 am - Sex, power and backlash in Africa
An extract from Nana Darkoa Sekyiamah’s new book Seeking Sexual Freedom... Read more »Source: openDemocracy | Published: April 21, 2026 - 6:03 am - What movements can learn from their own histories
Nana Darkoa Sekyiamah on memory, risk and organising beyond backlash... Read more »Source: openDemocracy | Published: April 21, 2026 - 6:03 am - 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 »Source: openDemocracy | Published: April 17, 2026 - 4:01 pm - 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 »Source: openDemocracy | Published: April 17, 2026 - 2:52 pm - The US is facing its Suez moment – the outcome could change the world order
If Donald Trump fails to end the Iran war soon, its effects could last for decades, with unpredictable consequences... Read more »Source: openDemocracy | Published: April 17, 2026 - 2:11 pm - VideoLeaving to survive, staying to resist: Persecution and exile in El Salvador
We speak to journalists and defenders of human and environmental rights about how their lives have come under threat... Read more »Source: openDemocracy | Published: April 17, 2026 - 1:53 pm - Revealed: Morocco forcibly displaced Black migrants ahead of AFCON tournament
Keen to present itself as a key EU partner on migration, Morocco pushed migrants out of sight before tourists arrived.... Read more »Source: openDemocracy | Published: April 17, 2026 - 12:48 pm - Defeating authoritarians: Notes from the Hungarian playbook
What can progressives everywhere learn from Magyar’s historic victory over Orbán’s anti-democratic regime?... Read more »Source: openDemocracy | Published: April 16, 2026 - 1:38 pm - Orbán’s election defeat is a blow to the global anti-gender movement
Europe’s great replacement prime minister lost on Sunday, and so did the global anti-gender movement... Read more »Source: openDemocracy | Published: April 16, 2026 - 1:08 pm
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- VideoNew Podcast/Painting Video: AI, Weaponized Robots, And The Ethics Of Porn
Our best one yet! Available on video or audio. Caitlin and Tim discuss AI, Israel’s threat to sue the New York Times, militarized robots, and the ethics of watching porn. Caitlin paints Sam Altman. Please send us your questions, comments and feedback so we can respond to them in our... Read more »Source: Caitlin Johnstone | Published: May 15, 2026 - 2:10 pm - VideoIt’s Not About “Blood Libel”, It’s About Narrative Control
Israel is now saying it will sue The New York Times as Zionists continue their days-long freakout over the outlet’s reporting on the systemic rape of Palestinian captives in Israeli prisons.... Read more »Source: Caitlin Johnstone | Published: May 15, 2026 - 2:05 am - VideoEither You Believe Israel Is Evil Or You Believe It’s All An Elaborate Conspiracy—And Other Notes
Basically you have two choices: either you believe Israel is a genocidal state that is morally comparable to Nazi Germany, or you believe there's a giant global conspiracy of mainstream western institutions and media outlets dedicated to making Israel look bad.... Read more »Source: Caitlin Johnstone | Published: May 13, 2026 - 2:39 pm - VideoI’ll Stop Talking About Israel When Israel Gets The Fuck Out Of My Face
Don’t want me to talk about Israel? Then stop shocking me with horrifying Israeli atrocities.... Read more »Source: Caitlin Johnstone | Published: May 13, 2026 - 1:24 am - VideoIsrael Accuses The New York Times Of Antisemitic Journalism, And Other Notes
The highest award in all of journalism is being accused of antisemitism by the Israeli government for factual reporting.... Read more »Source: Caitlin Johnstone | Published: May 12, 2026 - 2:19 am - VideoNetanyahu 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 »Source: Caitlin Johnstone | Published: May 11, 2026 - 1:23 pm - VideoWe 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 »Source: Caitlin Johnstone | Published: May 11, 2026 - 3:11 am - 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 »Source: Caitlin Johnstone | Published: May 9, 2026 - 1:02 pm - 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 »Source: Caitlin Johnstone | Published: May 8, 2026 - 1:37 am - 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 »Source: Caitlin Johnstone | Published: May 7, 2026 - 2:18 am
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- On the Untimely Death of the Voting Rights Act
The Supreme Court’s recent decision in Louisiana v. Callais, invalidating a congressional map that included a second majority-Black district in the state, severely weakened a key provision of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. The case introduces a legal Catch-22 that will make it much more difficult to protect the... Read more »Source: CounterPunch.org | Published: May 19, 2026 - 6:00 am - Did Xi Really Trade Iran for Taiwan?
Ali Alizadeh: The American readout of the Trump–Xi meeting claims that Xi explicitly agreed that the Strait of Hormuz must remain open, that there must be no tolls, that China opposes the militarisation of the Strait, that China will buy more American oil to reduce its dependence on Hormuz, and... Read more »Source: CounterPunch.org | Published: May 19, 2026 - 6:00 am - How Zoos Contribute to Disease Transmission Between Humans and Animals
In recent decades, scientists and public health experts have increasingly examined how human interactions with wildlife and ecosystems can contribute to the emergence of infectious diseases. Two human activities that directly contributed to climate change are extensive deforestation and increased livestock farming, which have had devastating effects on the health... Read more »Source: CounterPunch.org | Published: May 19, 2026 - 5:58 am - Watching Ebola Return
Where outbreaks become truly dangerous is when healthcare systems start failing. If hospitals lack protective equipment, testing is delayed, contact tracing breaks down, or people avoid treatment centres out of fear or distrust, the virus gains momentum. Conflict and displacement make everything harder. That is one reason eastern Congo has... Read more »Source: CounterPunch.org | Published: May 19, 2026 - 5:58 am - Brazil Is Prosecuting a Union Leader for Palestine Solidarity
The conviction of Brazilian worker of union and political leader José Maria de Almeida is not simply a case of judicial overreach or a dispute over the boundaries of political speech. It marks a new phase in the use of antisemitism law as a weapon against militant currents in the... Read more »Source: CounterPunch.org | Published: May 19, 2026 - 5:57 am - Import Prices Soar: Trump Says Exporters Too Low IQ to Eat the Tariffs
When Trump decided to whack us with his “liberation day” tariffs last April, he assured us that exporters would eat the tariffs, so that consumers didn’t pay higher prices. There was a large body of research that showed otherwise, but Trump insisted that he knew more than the economists. Trump’s... Read more »Source: CounterPunch.org | Published: May 19, 2026 - 5:54 am - The Great Fleecing Tournament: Pricing, Problems and the 2026 FIFA World Cup
When dealing with the disorganised criminal outfit that is FIFA (the mafia comparison only goes so far), the titan governing body of world football, subpar service and offerings promise to feature. As gulled fans, corporate clients, media hacks and political worthies seek their place at the Men’s FIFA World Cup being... Read more »Source: CounterPunch.org | Published: May 19, 2026 - 5:50 am - Computer “Age Verification” is About Political Control, Not Child Safety
Around the US, a number of state legislatures have passed, or ar working to pass, various laws which would require people to “verify” their ages such that those under different ages would find themselves excluded from some or all computer and Internet access. It all started, of course, with Internet... Read more »Source: CounterPunch.org | Published: May 19, 2026 - 5:49 am - The Politics of Cultivated Meat Research
Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez recently inveighed against the Supreme Court’s gutting of the Voting Rights Act during an appearance at the historic Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, Georgia. The New York congresswoman was invited to speak at Martin Luther King Jr.’s former congregation on May 10, at the invitation of Senator... Read more »Source: CounterPunch.org | Published: May 19, 2026 - 5:48 am - Protect the National Flood Insurance Program’s Community Rating System
With the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Review Council’s final recommendations finally available, one particular recommendation stands out. In the section titled, “Shift to Private Market through Depopulation of Existing National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) Policies,” the council recommends establishing a voluntary “take-out” program that would transfer eligible policies to... Read more »Source: CounterPunch.org | Published: May 19, 2026 - 5:46 am
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- 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 »Source: Yanis Varoufakis | Published: May 5, 2026 - 12:42 pm
- 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 »Source: Yanis Varoufakis | Published: May 3, 2026 - 3:00 pm
- 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 »Source: Yanis Varoufakis | Published: April 28, 2026 - 5:00 am
- 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 »Source: Yanis Varoufakis | Published: April 16, 2026 - 9:26 am
- 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 »Source: Yanis Varoufakis | Published: April 2, 2026 - 8:01 am
- On Iran and the LeftOn Iran and the Left A Lebanese woman passes a portrait of Ruhollah Khomeini. (Anadolu/Getty) Yanis Varoufakis · Mar 14, 2026 · 7 mins Once again, I find myself caught in the conundrum of opposing an illegal war unleashed by the United States and its allies on a country whose... Read more »Source: Yanis Varoufakis | Published: March 13, 2026 - 10:10 pm
- On ABC Radio National’s Late Night Live discussing war, Trump, Europe and drugs with David Marr – 5 March 2026Late Night Live and I go back almost three decades. Having been interviewed by Richard Ackland, multiple times by my great friend Phillip Adams, I now found myself in the studio with, current host, David Marr. Long live LNL! Program: Late Night Live Broadcast: Thu 5 Mar 2026 at 11:00am... Read more »Source: Yanis Varoufakis | Published: March 5, 2026 - 9:00 am
- Elon Musk’s $1.25 Trillion MirageElon Musk’s $1.25 Trillion Mirage Yanis Varoufakis — Feb 13, 2026 More often than not, share prices are rigged, which is why they are a dreadful predictor of profitability even on average, and why they have become the primary instrument for transferring wealth upwards. The SpaceX-xAI merger tells much of... Read more »Source: Yanis Varoufakis | Published: February 13, 2026 - 11:15 am
- Can we escape AI slavery? Only the Left can tame big techCan we escape AI slavery? Only the Left can tame big tech Yanis Varoufakis · 12 Feb 2026 · 6 mins This is light years beyond mere surveillance capitalism. (Andriy Onufriyenko/Getty) Janus, the Roman god of beginnings and endings, did not have two separate heads, but rather was two faces... Read more »Source: Yanis Varoufakis | Published: February 11, 2026 - 10:04 pm
- Το φασιστικό εγχειρίδιο επικαιροποιημένοΤο φασιστικό εγχειρίδιο επικαιροποιημένο ΓΙΑΝΗΣ ΒΑΡΟΥΦΑΚΗΣ 01 Φεβρουαρίου 2026 07:37 Αν οι κορυφαίοι ιταλο-γερμανοί φασίστες είχαν την ευκαιρία να συγγράψουν εγχειρίδιο στο οποίο ενστάλαξαν όλη τους την εμπειρία και το οποίο κατέθεσαν σε κάποια τραπεζική θυρίδα για να το βρουν ογδόντα χρόνια μετά οι σημερινοί τους ιδεολογικοί απόγονοι. Τί συμβουλές... Read more »Source: Yanis Varoufakis | Published: February 1, 2026 - 3:37 am
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- BlackCore: Inside an Israeli foreign influence operation
An Israeli influence operation run by a private intelligence firm branded two left wing French mayoral candidates as “pro-Palestinian”, “pro-Muslim” and “rapists”. A joint investigation by liberal-leaning Israeli newspaper Haaretz and French outlet Liberacion exposed details of BlackCore, a shadowy disinformation operation. This is just the latest so-called ‘psy-op‘ to... Read more »Source: Canary | Published: May 19, 2026 - 10:40 pm - San Diego mosque shooting exposes Western heirarchy of racism
Three Muslim men have been killed after a horrific shooting at a mosque in San Diego where the authorities later found the attackers dead in their car. One of the victims, a security guard, lost his life while trying to protect others from the gunfire. Police chief, Scott Wahl, said... Read more »Source: Canary | Published: May 19, 2026 - 9:45 pm - Intelligence Committee intervenes on delay to release Mandelson files
The Intelligence and Security Committee (ISC) continues to press the Starmer government to release the entirety of the Peter Mandelson files. The top security body asked an urgent question in the House of Commons to try and get access to the documents. The row became public on 15 May when... Read more »Source: Canary | Published: May 19, 2026 - 8:32 pm - ‘Trans Panic’ docu celebrates ‘voyage of activism and solidarity’ in US
A powerful new feature film aims to expose the sinister way ‘trans panic’ has been used across the US as a legal defence to justify the murder of transgender people. Highlighting the long history of activism, resistance and solidarity within the trans community, the film, Trans Panic, follows two trans... Read more »Source: Canary | Published: May 19, 2026 - 7:42 pm - Councillor who bullied and harrassed disabled people now SEND boss at Reform-led Essex County Council
Things are going swimmingly for Reform UK since their vile rhetoric won them a vast amount of seats in the local council elections, including an unprecedented win at Essex County Council. In the 11 days since, eight newly elected Reform councillors have resigned, six have been suspended, four have defected,... Read more »Source: Canary | Published: May 19, 2026 - 6:36 pm - Renewed calls for ban on fur imports ahead of any EU reset
Humane World for Animals UK , the Fur Free Britain coalition, 50 MPs, veterinary experts and celebrities are strengthening calls on the UK government to ban imports of fur. This comes as new investigative footage shows mink in Chinese fur farms trembling in tiny wire cages before being brutally killed for fur... Read more »Source: Canary | Published: May 19, 2026 - 5:45 pm - WATCH: Holocaust survivor condemns Zionist smears against anti-genocide movement
Holocaust survivor Stephen Kapos gave a speech on 16 May to anti-genocide activists marching to mark Nakba Day. Hundreds of thousands turned out, despite police repression, in solidarity with the Palestinian people to mark the anniversary of the violent expulsion from their land and homes. Stephen Kapos: ‘We must not... Read more »Source: Canary | Published: May 19, 2026 - 5:28 pm - Striker fulfils his promise to lead Iraq to the 2026 World Cup
While navigating difficult circumstances during his life and football career, international striker Aymen Hussein always returned strongly to shine. Now, he’s fulfilling a long time promise to fans to lead Iraq to the 2026 World Cup. Iraq, Aymen Hussein and a viral video It was 10 years ago when Hussein... Read more »Source: Canary | Published: May 19, 2026 - 4:52 pm - Campaigners ask for trial support as Filton 24 becomes 25
The CPS has added Lewis Chiaramello from the ‘Brize Norton 5‘ to the prosecution of the ‘Filton 24’ anti-genocide activists – making them now the Filton 25. Chiaramello is scheduled to enter his plea this Thursday, 21 May 2026. The move comes as the state pushes to sentence four of... Read more »Source: Canary | Published: May 19, 2026 - 4:22 pm - HS2 costing almost £103bn, 300% of budget for fraction of route – in 13 years
Transport secretary Heidi Alexander has confirmed that the HS2 high-speed rail line – or the little that’s left of its original route – will cost almost £103bn. A lower estimate of ‘only’ £87.7bn has also been mentioned. However, the history of HS2 makes the idea of anything coming in at... Read more »Source: Canary | Published: May 19, 2026 - 4:15 pm
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- ● Night Shift, or How I Lost the SunIt is difficult to recall the events of stressful periods coherently. In Lebanon, stressful times tend to stretch out and can often seem never-ending, which makes the act of remembering even more difficult. How can I form a memory if... Read more... Read more »Source: 🏴 Anarchist Federation | Published: May 20, 2026 - 1:56 am
- mp3● ENCORE: May 19th! The Legacies of Ho Chi Minh and Malcolm X (both born today)In this very special episode from 2020, we celebrate the shared birthday of iconic revolutionaries Ho Chi Minh and Malcolm X, both born on May 19th (1890 and 1925, respectively). Listen in: https://greenandredpodcast.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Best-of-GR_-May-19th-The-Legacies-of-Ho-Chi-Minh-and-Malcolm-X-both-born-today.mp3 Join Scott and Bob as we go... Read more... Read more »Source: 🏴 Anarchist Federation | Published: May 20, 2026 - 12:14 am
- Thailand: Reportback from the Chiang Mai Anarchist Zine FairFrom Etniko Bandido Infoshop March 15, 2026 Chiang Mai, Thailand February 20-21, 2026 1st day It was great that Etniko Bandido Infoshop managed to experienced the first ever Anarchist Zine Fair in Thailand. Independent publications, writers, researchers and DIY zinester... Read more... Read more »Source: 🏴 Anarchist Federation | Published: May 19, 2026 - 11:38 pm
- A call to anarchists in New YorkFrom never sleep May 12, 2026 In the next several weeks there is likely to be a surge of ICE enforcement in New York state and NYC. Although ICE has been operating with increased frequency in the city since last... Read more... Read more »Source: 🏴 Anarchist Federation | Published: May 19, 2026 - 11:38 pm
- CALL TO ACTION: Confederate (and American) Flag Scavenger HuntFrom The Dirty South May 17, 2026 Tennessee, Louisiana, Georgia, and South Carolina are actively attempting to redraw congressional lines to reduce representation of Black voters. White supremacists are more emboldened than ever to show their true colors and terrorize... Read more... Read more »Source: 🏴 Anarchist Federation | Published: May 19, 2026 - 11:38 pm
- Why Are We Publishing a Book on Anarchism?From Perspectiva by Jonathan Rowson and Perspectiva People sometimes giggle when I say I’m an anarchist. Sometimes I giggle too to make them feel more comfortable. But this is my belief to my core, now even my life’s purpose. It’s... Read more... Read more »Source: 🏴 Anarchist Federation | Published: May 19, 2026 - 11:37 pm
- New Issue: Distinctively Dionysian / New Website: Bacchus EditionsFrom Distinctively Dionysian Bonjour! Bacchus Editions, the little press now overseeing the printing of Distinctively Dionysian alongside various books, translations, reprints, and adjacent projects, is now online. (For Dionysian, this is not a departure from the slower world of print,... Read more... Read more »Source: 🏴 Anarchist Federation | Published: May 19, 2026 - 11:37 pm
- Unprecedented CorruptionAlex Griffing @ Mediaite: Todd Blanche Concedes Creation of Trump’s $1.8 Billion Payout Fund Is Unprecedented, Won’t Guarantee Money Won’t Go to MAGA Donors Sen. Chris Coons (D-CT) grilled Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche during a Senate Appropriations subcommittee hearing... Read more... Read more »Source: 🏴 Anarchist Federation | Published: May 19, 2026 - 10:42 pm
- Yeah Nah Pasaran #287 w Jordy Silverstein on the Royal Commission on Antisemitism and Social Cohesion : May 21, 2026On 9 January 2026, the Governor-General, Her Excellency the Honourable Sam Mostyn AC, issued Letters Patent, which established the Royal Commission on Antisemitism and Social Cohesion. The Hon Virginia Bell AC SC has been appointed as the Royal Commissioner. The... Read more... Read more »Source: 🏴 Anarchist Federation | Published: May 19, 2026 - 10:28 pm
- Los Ardillos in Chilapa, Guerrero: Criminal Attack on CIPOG-EZSince May 7th, around a thousand people have fled the communities of Tula, Acahuetlan, and Xicotlan, places where the narco-paramilitary group Los Ardillos, as well as murders, has burned homes and killed livestock, with the absence or acquiescence of state... Read more... Read more »Source: 🏴 Anarchist Federation | Published: May 19, 2026 - 9:30 pm
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- Václav Havel - The Power of the PowerlessAuthor: Václav HavelTitle: The Power of the PowerlessDate: October 1978Source: Retrieved on 2012-01-07 via the Internet Archive at <vaclavhavel.cz/showtrans.php?cat=clanky&val=72_aj_clanky.html> To the memory of Jan Patocka “The Power of the Powerless” (October 1978) was originally written (“quickly,” Havel said later) as a discussion piece for a projected joint Polish Czechoslovak... Read more »Source: The Anarchist Library | Published: May 19, 2026 - 3:06 am
- anon. - An Open Letter From Cuban AnarchistsAuthor: anon.Title: An Open Letter From Cuban AnarchistsDate: 2003Source: Fifth Estate # 363, Winter, 2003/2004, retrieved on 14 May 2026 from https://www.fifthestate.org/archive/363-winter-20032004/an-open-letter-from-cuban-anarchists/ Dear comrades, As you might be aware, the Castroist crackdown on dissent has been stepped up and toughened up over these past few months in Cuba. Even so,... Read more »Source: The Anarchist Library | Published: May 14, 2026 - 9:44 am
- Muswell Hillbillie - Review of Dolgoff Cuba BookAuthor: Muswell HillbillieTitle: Review of Dolgoff Cuba BookSubtitle: Cuba Book Avoids Crucial QuestionsDate: September 1977Source: Fifth Estate # 286, September, 1977, retrieved on 14 May 2026 from https://www.fifthestate.org/archive/286-september-1977/review-of-dolgoff-cuba-book/ a review of Sam Dolgoff, The Cuban Revolution, A Critical Perspective; Copyright 1976, Black Rose Books, Ltd., Montreal; $5.95. Sam Dolgoff’s book,... Read more »Source: The Anarchist Library | Published: May 14, 2026 - 9:35 am
- Quincy B. Thorn - Anarchists Confront the Marxist State in CubaAuthor: Quincy B. ThornTitle: Anarchists Confront the Marxist State in CubaSubtitle: Whee! Airbnb announces 2000 available Cuban listings; The New York Times has full page ads for travel to the island. Isn't it all grand? Well, no.Date: 2015Source: Fifth Estate # 394, Summer 2015 - Technology, retrieved on 14 May... Read more »Source: The Anarchist Library | Published: May 14, 2026 - 9:24 am
- Ejército Zapatista de Liberación Nacional - The Tree, The Rock, and the MorrowAuthor: Ejército Zapatista de Liberación NacionalTitle: The Tree, The Rock, and the MorrowSubtitle: A Zapatist StoryDate: December 19, 2024Notes: Transcribed and translated by Ediciones Bloodfruit/Malvivientes from Mesa Rebeldía y Resistencia Zapatistas. Parte III. Los Primeros Pasos del Común Zapatista on YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/live/Ch98BvBho0gSource: Retrieved 4/27/2026 from https://www.patreon.com/posts/148154425 In those big meetings... Read more »Source: The Anarchist Library | Published: May 14, 2026 - 8:12 am
- Liza — Plataforma Anarquista - Platformism and EspecifismoAuthor: Liza — Plataforma AnarquistaTitle: Platformism and EspecifismoSubtitle: Two Traditions for the Same Strategic ProblemDate: 8/5/26Source: regeneracionlibertaria.org In contemporary debates within organized anarchism, two terms often appear that are sometimes presented as opposing currents: platformism and especifismo. However, a closer historical look shows that both arise from a shared concern:... Read more »Source: The Anarchist Library | Published: May 14, 2026 - 8:11 am
- BOAK - “There Are No ‘Bad peoples’”Author: BOAKTitle: “There Are No ‘Bad peoples’”Subtitle: Essentialism in State Propaganda and the Ideological Anti-Essentialism of martyr Dmitry PetrovDate: 8 May 2026Source: Retrieved on 12th May 2026 from boakeng.noblogs.org This essay about some ideological positions of one of the founders of the Combat Organization of Anarcho-Communists, our friend and comrade,... Read more »Source: The Anarchist Library | Published: May 12, 2026 - 7:52 am
- BOAK - Vladislav Yurchenko – Anarchist and Internationalist of Our TimeAuthor: BOAKTitle: Vladislav Yurchenko – Anarchist and Internationalist of Our TimeSubtitle: In Memory of a HeroDate: 11 October 2025Source: Retrieved on 12th May 2026 from boakeng.noblogs.org This is a translation of an article dedicated to the martyr Vladislav Yurchenko, commemorating the anniversary of his death. The translation was done by... Read more »Source: The Anarchist Library | Published: May 12, 2026 - 7:46 am
- Japan Anarchist Alliance - Collection of Texts from Japan Anarchist AllianceAuthor: Japan Anarchist AllianceTitle: Collection of Texts from Japan Anarchist AllianceDate: March 2026Source: www.anarchism.jp Basic Principles Anarchism is a revolutionary doctrine that takes the freedom of Dasein as its point of departure, rejects every form of transcendent authority, and aims at “total destruction.” Revolution is the project through which we... Read more »Source: The Anarchist Library | Published: May 7, 2026 - 2:42 am
- Solidarity Collectives - Forbidden memoryAuthor: Solidarity CollectivesTitle: Forbidden memoryDate: 5 May 2026Source: Retrieved on 6th May 2026 from www.solidaritycollectives.org It is always difficult to describe the feelings of devastation, anger, injustice, and grief that set in when you learn of the death in war of someone you knew. In such moments, a culture of... Read more »Source: The Anarchist Library | Published: May 6, 2026 - 6:29 pm
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- Ariane Gransac is dead: a life that was intense, rebellious and anarchistAriane Gransac is dead: a life that was intense, rebellious and anarchist... Read more »Source: Kate Sharpley Library: Recent documents | Published: May 12, 2026 - 12:45 pm
- Ariane Gransac, Octavio Alberola, Stefi Browner [1978]Ariane Gransac, Octavio Alberola, Stefi Browner [1978] (in Stuart Christie photo album)... Read more »Source: Kate Sharpley Library: Recent documents | Published: May 12, 2026 - 12:29 pm
- Paris 1973; Antonio Téllez, Ariane Gransac, Stuart Christie and Octavio AlberolaParis 1973; Antonio Téllez, Ariane Gransac, Stuart Christie and Octavio Alberola (in Stuart Christie photo album)... Read more »Source: Kate Sharpley Library: Recent documents | Published: May 12, 2026 - 12:19 pm
- Agustín García Calvo with portrait by Ariane GransacAgustín García Calvo with portrait by Ariane Gransac (in Stuart Christie photo album)... Read more »Source: Kate Sharpley Library: Recent documents | Published: May 12, 2026 - 12:08 pm
- Ariane Gransac painting Stuart ChristieAriane Gransac painting Stuart Christie (in Stuart Christie photo album)... Read more »Source: Kate Sharpley Library: Recent documents | Published: May 12, 2026 - 12:02 pm
- Ariane Gransac, Octavio Alberola - and Stuart Christie [1970]Ariane Gransac, Octavio Alberola - and Stuart Christie [1970] (in Stuart Christie photo album)... Read more »Source: Kate Sharpley Library: Recent documents | Published: May 12, 2026 - 11:59 am
- Ariane, Harmonia and Stefi [1978]Ariane, Harmonia and Stefi [1978] (in Stuart Christie photo album)... Read more »Source: Kate Sharpley Library: Recent documents | Published: May 12, 2026 - 11:55 am
- Antònia Fontanillas Borràs portraitAntònia Fontanillas Borràs portrait (in Stuart Christie photo album)... Read more »Source: Kate Sharpley Library: Recent documents | Published: May 12, 2026 - 11:46 am
- Stuart Christie and Albert Meltzer in The Queens’ HotelStuart Christie and Albert Meltzer in The Queens’ Hotel (in Stuart Christie photo album)... Read more »Source: Kate Sharpley Library: Recent documents | Published: May 10, 2026 - 1:59 pm
- Albert Meltzer, Our Comrade – Thirty Years OnAlbert Meltzer, Our Comrade – Thirty Years On... Read more »Source: Kate Sharpley Library: Recent documents | Published: May 10, 2026 - 1:45 pm
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- US lawmakers press CENTCOM chief on deadly Iran school strike
The top Democrat on the House Armed Services Committee pressed the CENTCOM chief on Tuesday for answers about a strike that killed more than 150 girls at an Iranian school on Feb. 28, Anadolu reports. During a US House committee hearing on US posture in the “Greater Middle East and... Read more »Source: Middle East Monitor | Published: May 19, 2026 - 7:22 pm - Trump says he was hour from resuming Iran strikes before postponing offensive Monday
US President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he would have resumed strikes on Iran within an hour had he not postponed them earlier in the week at the request of regional allies, as Tehran revealed details of a new proposal to end the war launched by Washington and Israel in... Read more »Source: Middle East Monitor | Published: May 19, 2026 - 7:11 pm - Israel targets farmers with phosphorus shells in southern Lebanon
The Israeli army targeted farmers in southern Lebanon’s Tyre district with phosphorus shells on Tuesday, while detaining three civilians and wounding another person, according to Lebanese media reports. Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency (NNA) said Israeli forces fired three phosphorus shells near farmers harvesting watermelons in fields near the Mansouri... Read more »Source: Middle East Monitor | Published: May 19, 2026 - 6:58 pm - UK foreign secretary warns world is ‘sleepwalking’ into food crisis over Strait of Hormuz
The world risks “sleepwalking into a global food crisis” and the global economy is being “held hostage” because Iran has “hijacked an international shipping lane,” UK Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper said on Monday, Anadolu reports. Speaking at the Global Partnerships Conference in London, Cooper said daily shipping traffic through the... Read more »Source: Middle East Monitor | Published: May 19, 2026 - 6:38 pm - Qatar backs US-Iran talks, calls for reopening of Hormuz Strait
Qatar expressed on Tuesday its support for the Pakistan-mediated diplomatic talks between the US and Iran, and called for reopening the Strait of Hormuz to maritime traffic, Anadolu reports. Doha “supports the Islamabad negotiations aimed at reaching a solution between Washington and Tehran,” Foreign Ministry spokesman Majed Al-Ansari told a... Read more »Source: Middle East Monitor | Published: May 19, 2026 - 6:27 pm - Palestinian Forum honours ‘Nakba witnesses’ in Britain, supported by Corbyn
In a first-of-its-kind event in the UK, drawing attention to the vital importance of documenting historical narratives and honoring those who lived through them, the Palestinian Forum in Britain (PFB) held a prestigious ceremony on Monday evening, May 18, in West London. The ceremony was organized to honor a number... Read more »Source: Middle East Monitor | Published: May 19, 2026 - 6:14 pm - Israeli police bar foreign journalists critical of Israel: Report
Israeli police monitor foreign journalists who criticize Israel and recommend barring them from entering the country, Israeli daily Haaretz said Tuesday. “Israeli police monitor articles by foreign journalists and recommend denying entry to reporters critical of Israel,” the paper said, citing documents. Haaretz said one of the documents it obtained... Read more »Source: Middle East Monitor | Published: May 19, 2026 - 5:59 pm - US says 88 commercial vessels redirected from transiting Strait of Hormuz
The US said Tuesday that it has so far redirected 88 commercial vessels and disabled four others to enforce President Donald Trump’s blockade on ships traveling to and from Iranian ports via the Strait of Hormuz. “CENTCOM forces have redirected 88 commercial vessels, and disabled 4 to ensure total compliance,”... Read more »Source: Middle East Monitor | Published: May 19, 2026 - 5:40 pm - Syrian soldier killed, others injured in car bombing in Damascus
A Syrian soldier was killed and several others were injured Tuesday in an explosion near a Defense Ministry building in Damascus, according to the SANA news agency, Anadolu reports. An army unit discovered an explosive device prepared for detonation near one of the ministry’s buildings in the Bab Sharqi area... Read more »Source: Middle East Monitor | Published: May 19, 2026 - 5:28 pm - Global Sumud Flotilla says Israeli army vessels attacking Gaza aid fleet 2nd time
The Global Sumud Flotilla said Tuesday that Israeli military vessels were continuing to attack and board its humanitarian aid fleet in international waters as the convoy headed toward the Gaza Strip, Anadolu Agency reports. “Interception continues. IOF (Israeli army) military vessels are currently illegally boarding our fleet,” the flotilla said... Read more »Source: Middle East Monitor | Published: May 19, 2026 - 4:22 pm
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- G7 Finance Ministers Let Big Oil Off the Hook AgainOn Monday and Tuesday, Paris hosted the G7 Finance Ministers’ meeting, bringing together finance ministers and central bank governors from some of the world’s most powerful economies, alongside counterparts from Brazil, India, Kenya, South Korea, Ukraine, Syria, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates. But behind the diplomatic pageantry,and despite the... Read more »Source: Common Dreams | Published: May 19, 2026 - 3:43 pm
- Outlandish Merger of Giant Power Companies NextEra and Dominion is ‘Contrary to Public Interest’Massive Florida-based power company NextEra Energy announced today its plan to acquire Virginia’s Dominion Energy, citing the growth of A.I. data centers as the impetus for the move. In response, Public Citizen Energy Program director Tyson Slocum issued the following statement: “This absurd proposal to merge two massive, well-capitalized utilities... Read more »Source: Common Dreams | Published: May 18, 2026 - 4:18 pm
- 50 rights groups blast Meta for brazen policy reversal of Instagram end-to-end encrypted messagingFight for the Future, Access Now, the New York Civil Liberties Union (NYCLU), Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), and other leading human rights organizations are demanding Meta immediately course correct and make good on promises to protect Instagram DMs with end-to-end encryption by default.Led by Fight for the Future, 50 human... Read more »Source: Common Dreams | Published: May 18, 2026 - 10:23 am
- Grifty Colossus Strikes Again and Again and...
Oh man. Same old clown show, awash with boondoggles, each more cringey than the last. As the mad man-child deconstructs DC and slaps his hideous face and name everywhere - historic buildings, fascist arches, garish statues, possibly imaginary gold phones - others have taken his lead with their own patriotic... Read more »Source: Common Dreams | Published: May 15, 2026 - 7:13 am - Wholesale Horror: Producer Price Index Spells Disaster for Economic Outlook as Trump’s War in Iran Drags OnTrump’s war in Iran is now bleeding through the wholesale pipeline. April’s Producer Price Index (PPI) report shows wholesale prices rose 6% over the past year, the largest annual increase since December 2022, with core wholesale inflation at 4.4%. Despite the grim report, Trump said this week that he “[doesn’t]... Read more »Source: Common Dreams | Published: May 13, 2026 - 2:48 pm
- Big Tech Favoritism on Display with CEOs Set to Join Trump at China SummitSixteen Big Tech CEOs will be joining President Trump on his upcoming summit with president Xi Jinping in China this week, according to media reports. The Big Tech executives in attendance are expected to include Elon Musk and Apple’s Tim Cook. In response, Public Citizen co-president Robert Weissman issued the... Read more »Source: Common Dreams | Published: May 12, 2026 - 5:21 pm
- 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 »Source: Common Dreams | Published: May 11, 2026 - 4:34 pm
- 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 »Source: Common Dreams | Published: May 11, 2026 - 3:17 pm
- VideoOde 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 »Source: Common Dreams | Published: May 11, 2026 - 3:14 am - 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 »Source: Common Dreams | Published: May 8, 2026 - 5:57 pm
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- Dr Manivannan
The furore around the election of Dr Manivannan to the Scottish Parliament is deeply troubling. There is no argument whatsoever that they were eligible to stand for election. The law was changed specifically in order for those on temporary visas to be able to stand in Scottish parliamentary elections. I... Read more »Source: Craig Murray | Published: May 14, 2026 - 5:00 pm - URGENT FILTON TRIAL UPDATE
While the Court of Appeal has now stopped the High Court contempt of court action against Rajiv Menon KC for defending his client, this is purely on procedural grounds. They ruled that Judge Johnson had to go via the Attorney General to the High Court, not direct. It is now... Read more »Source: Craig Murray | Published: May 13, 2026 - 5:03 am - 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 »Source: Craig Murray | Published: May 11, 2026 - 6:32 pm
- 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 »Source: Craig Murray | Published: May 6, 2026 - 4:40 pm - 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 »Source: Craig Murray | Published: May 2, 2026 - 10:24 am - 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 »Source: Craig Murray | Published: April 21, 2026 - 6:54 am - 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 »Source: Craig Murray | Published: April 15, 2026 - 11:48 am - The Strait of Hormuz
In international law, Tehran has every right to close the strait of Hormuz to nations with which it is in armed conflict. Two vital points: 1) States who permit attacks on Iran to be launched from their territory can be blocked 2) Iran can block neutral ships from trading with... Read more »Source: Craig Murray | Published: April 8, 2026 - 4:02 pm - VideoThe Weight on Delcy Rodriguez
As I was leaving the University of the Communes in Tocuyito, after a joyful and uplifting visit, an earnest young Professor came up to me and pulled me aside. Very quietly, he asked me what was going to happen. A number of the students were terrified there would be regime... Read more »Source: Craig Murray | Published: March 31, 2026 - 12:16 pm - The Caracas Metro
The extreme nature of sanctions against Venezuela made it very challenging to keep economic activity going. One example is Caracas’s impressive five-line Metro system, where for almost twenty years they had to keep things running with no spares or maintenance support from the train manufacturers. Yet resilience and ingenuity kicked... Read more »Source: Craig Murray | Published: March 26, 2026 - 6:46 am
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- DUP fear and loathing of the fada
The Democratic Unionist Party’s relationship with the Irish language has long resembled a man reacting to a toaster as if it were an unexploded bomb. Mention bilingual signage, an Irish-medium school, or the phrase céad míle fáilte, and somewhere in DUP headquarters a siren seems to go off. The... Read more »Source: Jude Collins | Published: May 18, 2026 - 12:36 pm - Bertie : the man they couldn’t gag
“It’s a different world, this social media thing…You talk to people at doors and you don’t expect people to be taping you.” That was Bertie Ahern, looking back ruefully at a doorstep conversation he had with a woman in a Dublin constituency, where he was helping the Fianna Fail candidate... Read more »Source: Jude Collins | Published: May 14, 2026 - 2:59 pm - The Aims of Fianna Fáil -then and now – by Joe McVeigh
According to an early Fianna Fáil Handbook, the aims of that party were stated thus: 1.To secure the Unity and Independence of Ireland as a Republic. 2. To restore the Irish language as the spoken language of the people, and to develop a distinctive national life in accordance with Irish traditions and... Read more »Source: Jude Collins | Published: May 14, 2026 - 10:56 am - Wes Streeting: the empty vessel
Several years ago, I spotted Wes Streeting as a potential leader of the Labour Party. What impressed me were his verbal skills, his unflappability, his presence: in any conversation, his was the voice that somehow got most attention. How things change. Now I know him better and see him for... Read more »Source: Jude Collins | Published: May 14, 2026 - 8:15 am - Starmer: the man who won’t go away
Keir Starmer surviving yet another revolt in the Labour Party feels less like a triumph of leadership and more like a man successfully escaping a collapsing gazebo at a garden centre sale. Technically impressive, perhaps, but nobody watching mistakes it for statesmanship. Every few months, Labour MPs gather in grim-faced... Read more »Source: Jude Collins | Published: May 13, 2026 - 7:53 am - Keir Stermer: How does it feel?
Jeremy Corbyn and Keir Starmer are often portrayed as opposites inside the Labour Party, but there are important parallels between them. Both emerged from Labour’s soft-left tradition, both presented themselves as reformers of the party, and both relied heavily on grassroots support during their rise. Corbyn built a mass membership... Read more »Source: Jude Collins | Published: May 12, 2026 - 8:06 am - 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 »Source: Jude Collins | Published: May 11, 2026 - 11:05 am - 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 »Source: Jude Collins | Published: May 7, 2026 - 8:15 am - 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 »Source: Jude Collins | Published: May 5, 2026 - 11:06 am - 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 »Source: Jude Collins | Published: May 4, 2026 - 4:48 pm
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- DUP fear and loathing of the fada
The Democratic Unionist Party’s relationship with the Irish language has long resembled a man reacting to a toaster as if it were an unexploded bomb. Mention bilingual signage, an Irish-medium school, or the phrase céad míle fáilte, and somewhere in DUP headquarters a siren seems to go off. The... Read more »Source: Jude Collins | Published: May 18, 2026 - 12:36 pm - Bertie : the man they couldn’t gag
“It’s a different world, this social media thing…You talk to people at doors and you don’t expect people to be taping you.” That was Bertie Ahern, looking back ruefully at a doorstep conversation he had with a woman in a Dublin constituency, where he was helping the Fianna Fail candidate... Read more »Source: Jude Collins | Published: May 14, 2026 - 2:59 pm - The Aims of Fianna Fáil -then and now – by Joe McVeigh
According to an early Fianna Fáil Handbook, the aims of that party were stated thus: 1.To secure the Unity and Independence of Ireland as a Republic. 2. To restore the Irish language as the spoken language of the people, and to develop a distinctive national life in accordance with Irish traditions and... Read more »Source: Jude Collins | Published: May 14, 2026 - 10:56 am - Wes Streeting: the empty vessel
Several years ago, I spotted Wes Streeting as a potential leader of the Labour Party. What impressed me were his verbal skills, his unflappability, his presence: in any conversation, his was the voice that somehow got most attention. How things change. Now I know him better and see him for... Read more »Source: Jude Collins | Published: May 14, 2026 - 8:15 am - Starmer: the man who won’t go away
Keir Starmer surviving yet another revolt in the Labour Party feels less like a triumph of leadership and more like a man successfully escaping a collapsing gazebo at a garden centre sale. Technically impressive, perhaps, but nobody watching mistakes it for statesmanship. Every few months, Labour MPs gather in grim-faced... Read more »Source: Jude Collins | Published: May 13, 2026 - 7:53 am - Keir Stermer: How does it feel?
Jeremy Corbyn and Keir Starmer are often portrayed as opposites inside the Labour Party, but there are important parallels between them. Both emerged from Labour’s soft-left tradition, both presented themselves as reformers of the party, and both relied heavily on grassroots support during their rise. Corbyn built a mass membership... Read more »Source: Jude Collins | Published: May 12, 2026 - 8:06 am - 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 »Source: Jude Collins | Published: May 11, 2026 - 11:05 am - 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 »Source: Jude Collins | Published: May 7, 2026 - 8:15 am - 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 »Source: Jude Collins | Published: May 5, 2026 - 11:06 am - 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 »Source: Jude Collins | Published: May 4, 2026 - 4:48 pm
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- VideoTrump’s failed China trip shows his trade war backfired, and US corporations are desperate
Donald Trump visited Beijing alongside the billionaire CEOs of a dozen top US corporations. His failure to pressure China to meet his demands demonstrated how Washington lost the trade war. The post Trump’s failed China trip shows his trade war backfired, and US corporations are desperate appeared first on Geopolitical... Read more »Source: Geopolitical Economy Report | Published: May 17, 2026 - 11:02 am - 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 »Source: Geopolitical Economy Report | Published: May 9, 2026 - 8:54 am - 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 »Source: Geopolitical Economy Report | Published: May 8, 2026 - 5:54 am - 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 »Source: Geopolitical Economy Report | Published: April 21, 2026 - 1:58 pm - 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 »Source: Geopolitical Economy Report | Published: April 4, 2026 - 1:39 pm - 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 »Source: Geopolitical Economy Report | Published: March 29, 2026 - 1:42 pm - West refuses to condemn slavery in UN General Assembly vote
The Global South voted for a UN General Assembly resolution condemning the transatlantic slave trade as “the gravest crime against humanity”. Europe abstained. The US, Israel, and Argentina voted against it. The post West refuses to condemn slavery in UN General Assembly vote appeared first on Geopolitical Economy Report.... Read more »Source: Geopolitical Economy Report | Published: March 26, 2026 - 3:09 am - VideoAsymmetric economic war: Iran challenges US dollar, demanding oil be sold in Chinese yuan, as it targets US corporations
In response to Trump's war of aggression, Iran is using asymmetric tactics, targeting US corporations and dollar dominance, challenging the petrodollar system, demanding oil sales in Chinese yuan. The post Asymmetric economic war: Iran challenges US dollar, demanding oil be sold in Chinese yuan, as it targets US corporations appeared... Read more »Source: Geopolitical Economy Report | Published: March 18, 2026 - 4:00 am - Militarization of the Arctic: A new arena for US imperial ambition in Cold War Two
Militarization is increasing, transforming the Arctic from a once largely peaceful "exceptional" region into an additional front in Cold War Two, and a new arena for US imperial ambition. The post Militarization of the Arctic: A new arena for US imperial ambition in Cold War Two appeared first on Geopolitical... Read more »Source: Geopolitical Economy Report | Published: March 15, 2026 - 10:53 am - ‘Punching them while they’re down’: US & Israel bomb Iran’s schools & hospitals, with ‘no stupid rules of engagement’
The US and Israel bombed 20 schools and 13 hospitals in Iran in one week. War Secretary Pete Hegseth boasted of unleashing "death and destruction" to provoke societal collapse, with "no stupid rules of engagement". The post ‘Punching them while they’re down’: US & Israel bomb Iran’s schools & hospitals,... Read more »Source: Geopolitical Economy Report | Published: March 8, 2026 - 1:07 pm
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- One Hundred Years of High School Student Organizing
Rethinking Schools editor Jesse Hagopian will be in conversation with historians Aaron G. Fountain Jr. and Jon N. Hale about student organizing and state repression. This class is part of the Zinn Education Project’s Teach the Black Freedom Struggle online people’s history series. The post One Hundred Years of High... Read more »Source: Zinn Education Project | Published: May 10, 2026 - 9:37 pm - 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 »Source: Zinn Education Project | Published: May 10, 2026 - 10:00 am - 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 »Source: Zinn Education Project | Published: May 6, 2026 - 5:11 pm - 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 »Source: Zinn Education Project | Published: April 26, 2026 - 3:51 am - 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 »Source: Zinn Education Project | Published: April 23, 2026 - 9:22 pm - 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 »Source: Zinn Education Project | Published: April 18, 2026 - 4:42 pm - Teach Truth Public Events
We need to reach as many people as possible with information about the chilling effect of these laws and how they threaten any chance of an informed and engaged democracy. We offere here lots of ways to make our voices heard. The post Teach Truth Public Events appeared first on... Read more »Source: Zinn Education Project | Published: April 15, 2026 - 9:45 pm - Teach Truth 2026
Examples of Teach Truth message at events in 2026, including No Kings, May Day, immigrant rights, Pride, Juneteenth, and other rallies and celebrations. The need to protect the freedom to learn is part of every fight for justice. The post Teach Truth 2026 appeared first on Zinn Education Project.... Read more »Source: Zinn Education Project | Published: April 15, 2026 - 7:55 pm - Until the Last Gun Is Silent
Historian Matthew Delmont joined Rethinking Schools executive director Cierra Kaler-Jones to discuss his latest book Until the Last Gun Is Silent: A Story of Patriotism, the Vietnam War, and the Fight to Save America’s Soul. This class was part of the Zinn Education Project’s Teach the Black Freedom Struggle online... Read more »Source: Zinn Education Project | Published: April 15, 2026 - 5:09 pm - Vietnam War Teaching Resources
We offer lessons, films, and this day in people’s history entries to teach about the Vietnam War and the anti-war movement. The post Vietnam War Teaching Resources appeared first on Zinn Education Project.... Read more »Source: Zinn Education Project | Published: April 13, 2026 - 9:50 pm
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- #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 »Source: Free willl | Published: October 5, 2025 - 10:39 am - George Orwell | Noam Chomsky
***Noam Chomsky QUOTES ~ARTICLES ~ VIDEO ~ BOOKSAvram Noam Chomsky[a] (born December 7, 1928) is an American linguist, philosopher, cognitive scientist, historian,[b][c] social critic, and political activist. Sometimes called "the father of modern linguistics",[d] Chomsky is also a major figure in analytic philosophy and one of the founders of the field of cognitive science. He holds a joint appointment as Institute Professor Emeritus at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Laureate Professor... Read more »Source: Free willl | Published: August 23, 2023 - 1:52 pm
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- 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 »Source: Village Magazine | Published: March 31, 2026 - 2:59 pm
- 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 »Source: Village Magazine | Published: March 5, 2026 - 9:28 pm
- 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 »Source: Village Magazine | Published: March 5, 2026 - 9:27 pm
- 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 »Source: Village Magazine | Published: March 5, 2026 - 9:27 pm
- 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 »Source: Village Magazine | Published: March 5, 2026 - 9:25 pm
- Joycean Blooms: Altman againA new way of reading ‘Ulysses’ may be found, which will harmonise all its symbols and references to external reality The post Joycean Blooms: Altman again appeared first on Village Magazine.... Read more »Source: Village Magazine | Published: March 5, 2026 - 9:23 pm
- The ascent of Man-child nerdsIn an age of limitless distractions, adulthood is now just one lifestyle option among The post The ascent of Man-child nerds appeared first on Village Magazine.... Read more »Source: Village Magazine | Published: March 5, 2026 - 9:22 pm
- Beware of PityLessons for those who are too civilised for tormented times from Stefan Zweig, friend of Joyce, technology sceptic and the greatest storyteller of the last 100 years The post Beware of Pity appeared first on Village Magazine.... Read more »Source: Village Magazine | Published: March 5, 2026 - 9:20 pm
- Review: Patrick Healy’s ‘Beyond the Pale’Recreating an entire universe: Brendan O’Byrne reviews ‘Beyond the Pale’ by Patrick Healy The post Review: Patrick Healy’s ‘Beyond the Pale’ appeared first on Village Magazine.... Read more »Source: Village Magazine | Published: March 5, 2026 - 9:18 pm
- RTÉ’s signal lostRTÉ needs security so it can do the stuff other broadcasters can’t but it should modernise including by focusing on its player, social platforms, podcasts, video, and archives; and leveraging trust The post RTÉ’s signal lost appeared first on Village Magazine.... Read more »Source: Village Magazine | Published: March 5, 2026 - 9:16 pm
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- Dishonouring Palestinian memory of the Nakba at the UN
Another Nakba commemoration has passed. At the UN, the rhetoric remains unchanged. It is chilling that even after a colonial genocide which Israeli officials called Nakba 2.0, the UN is determined to never mention colonialism. The UN will never, not even on the anniversary of the Nakba, face the Palestinian... Read more »Source: Opinion – Middle East Monitor | Published: May 19, 2026 - 12:47 pm - How does the petrodollar finance and encourage the US’s bullying?
It is impossible to understand the logic of America’s exorbitant military expenditures and successive wars in various countries – from Vietnam, Iraq to Venezuela and Iran – without understanding the international monetary system. By designing a global mechanism, the United States has been able to shift the “costs of war”... Read more »Source: Opinion – Middle East Monitor | Published: May 19, 2026 - 12:27 pm - Beijing does not obey the empire, Tehran resists
Donald Trump returns from his visit to China without the display of strength he had hoped to project to the world. No meaningful public concessions, no visible strategic alignment from Beijing against Tehran, and no image of a leader capable of forcibly reshaping the global geopolitical chessboard. That alone would... Read more »Source: Opinion – Middle East Monitor | Published: May 19, 2026 - 11:59 am - The UAE’s Fujairah bet: Export flexibility, energy security, and regional leverage
The UAE’s planned second Fujairah, or West-East, pipeline marks a major shift in Gulf energy security and export strategy. It matters not only because it reduces dependence on the Strait of Hormuz, but because it gives Abu Dhabi more freedom to manage exports, expand production, and strengthen its economic leverage.... Read more »Source: Opinion – Middle East Monitor | Published: May 18, 2026 - 2:37 pm - Why the US–China Summit may decide the Middle East’s next war
There are moments in international politics when geography becomes destiny. The Strait of Hormuz—barely 33 kilometres wide at its narrowest point—is once again one of those places. Nearly 20 per cent of the world’s oil passes through that narrow artery every day, carrying not just energy, but the fragile assumptions... Read more »Source: Opinion – Middle East Monitor | Published: May 18, 2026 - 2:08 pm - After the war on Iran, the Transatlantic alliance rift grows wider
For decades, the Transatlantic alliance was presented as the cornerstone of the so-called liberal international order—a partnership portrayed by shared values, mutual defence, and coordinated foreign policy. However, the recent US-Israeli war on Iran, which erupted on 28th February 2026, has contributed greatly to shattering that illusion. As the repercussions... Read more »Source: Opinion – Middle East Monitor | Published: May 18, 2026 - 1:44 pm - Egyptian forces in the UAE: Gains and losses
The presence of Egyptian forces in the UAE, against the backdrop of the US and Israeli-led war on Iran, raises serious questions among the Egyptian public about the missions and objectives, the gains and losses, and the potential dangers of involvement in a war that Egyptians say has nothing to... Read more »Source: Opinion – Middle East Monitor | Published: May 18, 2026 - 12:33 pm - The crisis of leadership in the West: From the charisma of ideas to the tyranny of public relations
During his official visit to Beijing, President Donald Trump faced a challenge of a peculiar kind. A White House official later revealed that the President was strictly prohibited from using his personal smartphone due to stringent security protocols imposed by Chinese authorities. For a man who views that small screen... Read more »Source: Opinion – Middle East Monitor | Published: May 18, 2026 - 9:00 am - Iran, Trump, and the cracks in American power
If there is one thing that now appears irreversible, it is that Iran did not lose this war and that the United States and Israel have collectively looked irrational and overconfident in their predictions. The assumption that overwhelming military pressure would quickly subdue Tehran has not materialised. Instead, the conflict... Read more »Source: Opinion – Middle East Monitor | Published: May 17, 2026 - 5:34 pm - Iran: China’s quiet hedging strategy in the Middle East
China’s growing engagement with Iran increasingly reveals that Tehran is no longer merely a regional issue confined to Middle Eastern politics. Iran has become part of Beijing’s wider geopolitical calculation in an era shaped by intensifying great-power rivalry and a rapidly shifting global order. Recent meetings between Iranian Foreign Minister... Read more »Source: Opinion – Middle East Monitor | Published: May 17, 2026 - 2:47 pm
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- 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 »Source: Z Blogs Archive - ZNetwork | Published: May 8, 2022 - 7:56 pm
- 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 »Source: Z Blogs Archive - ZNetwork | Published: May 8, 2022 - 2:34 pm
- 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 »Source: Z Blogs Archive - ZNetwork | Published: April 16, 2022 - 4:50 pm
- 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 »Source: Z Blogs Archive - ZNetwork | Published: April 3, 2022 - 7:44 pm
- 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 »Source: Z Blogs Archive - ZNetwork | Published: March 31, 2022 - 2:37 pm
- Rebirth of Our United Nations Is The Eventual Way, Not the False Profit of WarYou obviously can not be against this terrible war, but support it continuing. We must support the peace talks between Russia and Ukraine, and encourage them to find mutual peace in an agreed neutrality/sovereignty to end this tragic and unnecessary confrontation between such close peoples. Neutrality and internationally monitored referendums... Read more »Source: Z Blogs Archive - ZNetwork | Published: March 15, 2022 - 3:14 pm
- The Imperialist Roots of Putin’s PolicyA key factor that explains Vladimir Putin’s military invasion of Ukraine is traditional Russian imperialism. Throughout the world’s long and bloody history, other powerful territories (and, later, nations) expanded their lands through imperial conquest, including Rome, China, Spain, France, Britain, Germany, Japan, and the United States. Russia was no exception. ... Read more »Source: Z Blogs Archive - ZNetwork | Published: March 9, 2022 - 8:43 pm
- We must all pursue obvious conditions of a mutual peace, not arm further and cheer on a hopeless war.The declared intention of USA NATO and Ukraine’s government to join in a hostile military alliance against their neighbour Russia has now proven to be a terrible mistake and negligent disaster for the people and sovereign state of Ukraine. For USA/NATO to now continue making Ukraine a weapon, while we... Read more »Source: Z Blogs Archive - ZNetwork | Published: March 6, 2022 - 3:01 pm
- Psychiatrists, Local Police, Wifes, Regional Elections and Judges in Santiago de Compostela (VI)(i) This is the Wikipedia article on the Galician Regional Elections held by the Galician Autonomous President, Alberto Nuñez Feyjoo, on March 1, 2009; the first Regional Elections in which he was victorious. https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elecciones_al_Parlamento_de_Galicia_de_2009?wprov=sfti1 in total number and percentage of votes, the opposition won, made up of Emilio Pérez Touriño... Read more »Source: Z Blogs Archive - ZNetwork | Published: February 26, 2022 - 6:44 pm
- Psychiatrists, Local Police and Judges at Santiago de Compostela (v)On 06/27/2004, the Red Hot Chilli Peppers performed in Santiago de Compostela, a few kilometers out o the city, at the facilities of Monte del Gozo, Monte do Gozo, whose name refers to the joy that the pilgrims lived in when the cathedral of Santiago could be seen in the... Read more »Source: Z Blogs Archive - ZNetwork | Published: February 24, 2022 - 11:14 pm
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- ‘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 »Source: Posts – ZNetwork | Published: August 25, 2025 - 4:08 pm - Noam Chomsky – The Crimes of U.S. Presidents
Chomsky goes through some of the crimes of the post-war presidents. From 2003.... Read more »Source: Posts – ZNetwork | Published: December 30, 2024 - 3:15 pm - 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 »Source: Posts – ZNetwork | Published: November 7, 2024 - 4:59 pm - 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 »Source: Posts – ZNetwork | Published: November 22, 2023 - 6:02 pm - 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 »Source: Posts – ZNetwork | Published: August 28, 2023 - 3:04 pm - Noam Chomsky On How To Stop Planetary Destruction And Move Past Capitalism
The force pushing humanity towards destructive wars and climate catastrophe is “very simple,” Noam Chomsky says. It’s “the word we’re not allowed to think about called: capitalism.” In this interview with The Breach’s publisher Dru Oja Jay, Chomsky explains why our current period of capitalism is particularly harsh. He also... Read more »Source: Posts – ZNetwork | Published: August 8, 2023 - 3:59 pm - Just Transition Can Stop Earth From Becoming Uninhabitable
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 are warning that the Earth is likely to pass a dangerous temperature threshold very soon unless we act... Read more »Source: Posts – ZNetwork | Published: June 8, 2023 - 3:59 pm - Piers Morgan vs Noam Chomsky
Piers Morgan Uncensored is joined by American linguist and philosopher Noam Chomsky to discuss the current state of the world, the threat of Artificial Intelligence (AI), the Ukraine vs Russia conflict, the attack on free speech within western societies, Donald Trump re-running for President and much more.... Read more »Source: Posts – ZNetwork | Published: June 8, 2023 - 3:58 pm - Chomsky on Ellsberg And the Danger of Nuclear War – Pt2
Noam Chomsky discusses the history of nuclear agreements and arms control treaties, highlighting their gradual dismantling by successive U.S. administrations. He criticizes the U.S. for its withdrawal from treaties and the deployment of military assets near Russian borders. Chomsky also expresses concerns about the dangers of artificial intelligence and the... Read more »Source: Posts – ZNetwork | Published: June 6, 2023 - 4:35 pm - Chomsky on Ellsberg and the Danger of Nuclear War – Pt 1
Noam Chomsky discusses the heroic contributions Daniel Ellsberg made by releasing the Pentagon Papers and revealing the madness of American nuclear war plans. Ellsberg uncovered shocking information about the planning for nuclear war in the 1950s, during his time within the system and with high-level access. He revealed details about... Read more »Source: Posts – ZNetwork | Published: June 3, 2023 - 3:22 pm
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- Lesson from the Iran War #42,765: Making enemies makes us poorer
Pete Hegseth's live action video games come at a big cost, not just in lives, but in budget dollars... Read more »Source: The Real News Network | Published: May 19, 2026 - 9:53 pm - Workers have a secret weapon against the AI build-out
The AI build-out depends on gas turbines and power transformers made by a handful of workers at a handful of plants in the US South. That bottleneck is a vulnerability — and a rare opportunity for labor to exercise real power over the tech giants.... Read more »Source: The Real News Network | Published: May 19, 2026 - 3:45 pm - ‘A $1,700,000,000 fraud on the American taxpayer’: Trump to drop IRS suit in exchange for MAGA slush fund
“This is a massive and unprecedented presidential plunder of the American people,” said Rep. Jamie Raskin.... Read more »Source: The Real News Network | Published: May 18, 2026 - 4:57 pm - Cuba runs out of oil amidst suffocating US blockade
The UN has condemned the blockade as a violation of international law and an “extreme form” of economic coercion.... Read more »Source: The Real News Network | Published: May 18, 2026 - 3:43 pm - Ghada Karmi: How Gaza shattered the myth of coexistence
“For the first time in my life I'm contemplating the physical end of Palestine. That's something I never, ever thought would happen.”... Read more »Source: The Real News Network | Published: May 15, 2026 - 6:49 pm - Georgia Gov. calls special session to rig US House map for GOP, SC expected to follow
“We will not sit back and watch while Gov. Kemp takes orders from a felon-in-chief to turn Dr. King’s dream into a nightmare,” said the head of Common Cause Georgia.... Read more »Source: The Real News Network | Published: May 14, 2026 - 8:18 pm - Oren Ziv: Israel is erasing the West Bank’s boundaries
“[Israeli] settlers have continued their attacks since the beginning of March. 13 Palestinians have been killed in the West Bank during settler raids on Palestinian villages, some of them by civilians, some of them by settlers who serve in the army."... Read more »Source: The Real News Network | Published: May 14, 2026 - 3:33 pm - ICE’s prison-for-profit machine may be undermining its own deportation push, congresswoman says
Rep. LaMonica McIver says ICE detainees who agreed to voluntarily leave the country and signed their deportation papers are still being held for months in detention centers, while private prison contractors report growing revenues and lucrative government contracts.... Read more »Source: The Real News Network | Published: May 13, 2026 - 10:38 pm - VideoThe war on our sight
“It is not an accident that the richest, most powerful, and most sociopathic people in the world—from Trump to Musk to Bezos—are gobbling up and taking control of our media ecosystem while they're gobbling up everything else.”... Read more »Source: The Real News Network | Published: May 13, 2026 - 10:30 pm - ‘These are the mistakes a dying empire makes’
A conversation with professor and economist Richard Wolff on operation “Economic Fury” and the fragility of the petrodollar.... Read more »Source: The Real News Network | Published: May 13, 2026 - 8:50 pm
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- Andy Burnham confirmed as Labour candidate for Makerfield by-electionBurnham will be on the ballot The post Andy Burnham confirmed as Labour candidate for Makerfield by-election appeared first on Left Foot Forward: Leading the UK's progressive debate.... Read more »Source: Left Foot Forward: Leading the UK's progressive debate | Published: May 19, 2026 - 1:23 pm
- Farage’s claim he paid for £1.4 million house with I’m A Celeb fee ‘not consistent’ with his accountsThe Reform leader is under scrutiny as his claim doesn’t stack up The post Farage’s claim he paid for £1.4 million house with I’m A Celeb fee ‘not consistent’ with his accounts appeared first on Left Foot Forward: Leading the UK's progressive debate.... Read more »Source: Left Foot Forward: Leading the UK's progressive debate | Published: May 19, 2026 - 1:06 pm
- MPs brutally mock Robert Jenrick for switching sidesReform UK’s Robert Jenrick was brutally mocked in the House of Commons by MPs as he sought to criticise the […] The post MPs brutally mock Robert Jenrick for switching sides appeared first on Left Foot Forward: Leading the UK's progressive debate.... Read more »Source: Left Foot Forward: Leading the UK's progressive debate | Published: May 19, 2026 - 12:31 pm
- The Reform UK councillors who have lost their seats, quit, defected or been suspended since the local electionsHere is the full list of Reform councillor departures so far The post The Reform UK councillors who have lost their seats, quit, defected or been suspended since the local elections appeared first on Left Foot Forward: Leading the UK's progressive debate.... Read more »Source: Left Foot Forward: Leading the UK's progressive debate | Published: May 19, 2026 - 10:09 am
- Wes Streeting would lose leadership contest against Starmer, Burnham, Rayner or Ed Miliband, poll findsA poll of Labour Party members has found that leadership hopeful Wes Streeting, would lose a contest against a number […] The post Wes Streeting would lose leadership contest against Starmer, Burnham, Rayner or Ed Miliband, poll finds appeared first on Left Foot Forward: Leading the UK's progressive debate.... Read more »Source: Left Foot Forward: Leading the UK's progressive debate | Published: May 19, 2026 - 9:26 am
- Newly-elected Reform UK councillor who apologised for ‘non white persons’ post has shared other racist and offensive postsReform is facing calls to expel Ken Tranter from the party The post Newly-elected Reform UK councillor who apologised for ‘non white persons’ post has shared other racist and offensive posts appeared first on Left Foot Forward: Leading the UK's progressive debate.... Read more »Source: Left Foot Forward: Leading the UK's progressive debate | Published: May 19, 2026 - 8:54 am
- Here’s who Labour Party members want as party leader in order of preferenceDowning Street is continuing to face speculation over Keir Starmer’s future, with Wes Streeting and Andy Burnham setting out their […] The post Here’s who Labour Party members want as party leader in order of preference appeared first on Left Foot Forward: Leading the UK's progressive debate.... Read more »Source: Left Foot Forward: Leading the UK's progressive debate | Published: May 19, 2026 - 8:20 am
- Dawn Butler will launch campaign to become Mayor of London this weekLabour MP Dawn Butler is expected to launch a campaign to become the Mayor of London for the 2028 mayoral […] The post Dawn Butler will launch campaign to become Mayor of London this week appeared first on Left Foot Forward: Leading the UK's progressive debate.... Read more »Source: Left Foot Forward: Leading the UK's progressive debate | Published: May 18, 2026 - 12:49 pm
- Reform council leader condemned for comments criticising free breakfast clubsThe senior Reform figure has criticised the policy which aims to ensure disadvantaged children don’t go hungry at the start of the school day The post Reform council leader condemned for comments criticising free breakfast clubs appeared first on Left Foot Forward: Leading the UK's progressive debate.... Read more »Source: Left Foot Forward: Leading the UK's progressive debate | Published: May 18, 2026 - 11:52 am
- Keir Starmer won’t set out a timetable for his departure, says David LammyKeir Starmer remains resilient and there will be no timetable for his departure, Deputy Prime Minister David Lammy has said. […] The post Keir Starmer won’t set out a timetable for his departure, says David Lammy appeared first on Left Foot Forward: Leading the UK's progressive debate.... Read more »Source: Left Foot Forward: Leading the UK's progressive debate | Published: May 18, 2026 - 10:24 am
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- Minnesota Officials Charge ICE Agent Who Shot Venezuelan Immigrant & Falsely Reported What Happened
State prosecutors in Minnesota have filed criminal charges against an ICE officer who allegedly shot a Venezuelan immigrant in north Minneapolis in January, then lied about what happened. Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty announced Monday that federal agent Christian Castro will face four counts of second-degree assault and one count... Read more »Source: Democracy Now! | Published: May 19, 2026 - 12:52 pm - "Ask E. Jean" Film Profiles the Woman Who Twice Sued Trump & Won, for Sexual Assault & Defamation
President Donald Trump is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to toss two verdicts against him resulting from civil litigation brought by writer E. Jean Carroll. In 2019, the famous advice columnist published a memoir describing an encounter in the 1990s when she says Trump sexually assaulted her in a department... Read more »Source: Democracy Now! | Published: May 19, 2026 - 12:32 pm - 3 Killed in Devastating San Diego Mosque Shooting: Linda Sarsour on Rising Anti-Muslim Hate & More
Two teenage gunmen in California fatally shot three people on Monday at the Islamic Center of San Diego, the largest mosque in the city. Among the dead was a security guard — Amin Abdullah, a father of eight — whom police credit with preventing more casualties. The 17- and 18-year-old... Read more »Source: Democracy Now! | Published: May 19, 2026 - 12:14 pm - Headlines for May 19, 2026Trump Says He Called Off “A Very Major Attack Tomorrow” to Give Iran Negotiations More Time, U.S. Imposes Entry Ban on Travelers from DRC, Uganda and South Sudan as Ebola Deaths Top 130, World Leaders Condemn Israel’s Abduction of Activists from Gaza-Bound Aid Flotilla, Teenage Attackers Kill 3 at San... Read more »Source: Democracy Now! | Published: May 19, 2026 - 12:00 pm
- "Staggering Corruption": Rep. Raskin on Trump's $10B IRS Lawsuit, Stock Trades & Family Business
Donald Trump on Monday dropped his $10 billion lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service over a leak of his personal and business tax records, a bizarre case of a sitting president suing his own government and essentially acting as both plaintiff and defendant. This comes amid reports that Trump’s Department... Read more »Source: Democracy Now! | Published: May 18, 2026 - 12:46 pm - Trump's Christian Nationalist Agenda & Taxpayer-Funded D.C. Prayer Rally: Bishop Barber & Sarah Posner
Thousands of people gathered on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., on Sunday for “Rededicate 250,” a taxpayer-funded Christian evangelical service backed by President Trump. The eight-hour lineup featured songs, prayers and remarks by top government officials including Secretary of State Marco Rubio, House Speaker Mike Johnson and Defense Secretary... Read more »Source: Democracy Now! | Published: May 18, 2026 - 12:26 pm - As WHO Declares Ebola Outbreak a Global Health Emergency, Did USAID Cuts Worsen the Crisis?
The World Health Organization declared a global health emergency on Saturday due to the rapid spread of Ebola virus in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda. Ebola causes severe hemorrhagic fever and is often fatal. There’s no approved vaccine for the strain of Ebola responsible for the current outbreak,... Read more »Source: Democracy Now! | Published: May 18, 2026 - 12:14 pm - Headlines for May 18, 2026Trump Escalates Threats Against Iran as Ceasefire Negotiations Remain Deadlocked, Israel Kills at Least Six People in Southern Lebanon, Including Three Paramedics, Israel Assassinates Izz al-Din al-Haddad, the Head of Hamas’s Military Wing, Israeli Cabinet Approves Plans to Build Military Compound at Former UNRWA Site, Israeli Forces Begin Intercepting Ships... Read more »Source: Democracy Now! | Published: May 18, 2026 - 12:00 pm
- "Israel: What Went Wrong?": Holocaust Scholar Omer Bartov & Haaretz's Gideon Levy Debate Zionism
We speak to two prominent Israeli thinkers, historian Omer Bartov and journalist Gideon Levy, about the founding beliefs of Zionism. Bartov, a professor of Holocaust and genocide studies at Brown University, is the author of the new book Israel: What Went Wrong? Bartov says the early Zionist movement had liberatory... Read more »Source: Democracy Now! | Published: May 15, 2026 - 12:35 pm - Nakba Day: Muhammad Shehada on Israel's Ethnic Cleansing in Gaza & Ongoing Palestinian Resilience
Palestinians around the world are marking Nakba Day, 78 years after their forced mass displacement led to the establishment of the Jewish-majority state of Israel. Decades later, Palestinians still face widespread oppression and violence from the Israeli state as it continues its expansionary project. “Israel tried, since 1948 until today,... Read more »Source: Democracy Now! | Published: May 15, 2026 - 12:15 pm
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https://media.blubrry.com/counterspin/content.blubrry.com/counterspin/CounterSpin260515.mp3 Right-click here to download this episode (“Save link as…”). FIFA, the governing body of association football, concocted a “FIFA Peace Prize”—described as recognizing “individuals for exceptional contributions to peace and unity”—in order to award it to Donald Trump. Alongside revelations of deep-seated corruption—collusion, bribery—involving official bodies and executives, and... Read more »Source: CounterSpin | Published: May 15, 2026 - 3:00 pm - 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 »Source: CounterSpin | Published: May 8, 2026 - 3:32 pm - 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 »Source: CounterSpin | Published: May 1, 2026 - 3:27 pm - 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 »Source: CounterSpin | Published: April 24, 2026 - 3:26 pm - 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 »Source: CounterSpin | Published: April 17, 2026 - 3:52 pm - 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 »Source: CounterSpin | Published: April 10, 2026 - 3:33 pm - mp3Shannon Minter on ‘Conversion Therapy’ Ruling, Alex Frandsen on Local News Day
https://media.blubrry.com/counterspin/content.blubrry.com/counterspin/CounterSpin260403.mp3 Right-click here to download this episode (“Save link as…”). USA Today (4/1/26) This week on CounterSpin: In Chiles vs. Salazar, the Supreme Court ruled that Colorado’s law prohibiting health practitioners from employing the widely discredited practice of trying to “convert” young people from their sexual orientation or... Read more »Source: CounterSpin | Published: April 3, 2026 - 2:38 pm - mp3Arlene Martinez on Sunshine Week
https://media.blubrry.com/counterspin/content.blubrry.com/counterspin/CounterSpin260327.mp3 Right-click here to download this episode (“Save link as…”). Good Jobs First (3/23/26) This week on CounterSpin: Sunshine Week, based on a popular statement from Louis Brandeis that “sunlight is the best disinfectant,” is an effort to spotlight open government and its importance to the public’s right to... Read more »Source: CounterSpin | Published: March 27, 2026 - 3:42 pm - mp3Jim Naureckas on MAGA vs. 1st Amendment, Baher Azmy on Abu Ghraib Justice
https://media.blubrry.com/counterspin/content.blubrry.com/counterspin/CounterSpin260320.mp3 Right-click here to download this episode (“Save link as…”). Truth Social (3/14/26) This week on CounterSpin: Those not in vigorous denial understand that we in the US are in the midst of not just “foreign” wars—today on, most prominently, Iran—but also a war against our ability to... Read more »Source: CounterSpin | Published: March 20, 2026 - 3:33 pm - mp3A History of Iran Propaganda
https://media.blubrry.com/counterspin/content.blubrry.com/counterspin/CounterSpin260313.mp3 Right-click here to download this episode (“Save link as…”). New York Times (3/10/26) This week on CounterSpin: House Foreign Affairs Committee chair Brian Mast declared of Iran: “This murderous regime has posed an imminent threat against every American both at home and abroad for the last 47... Read more »Source: CounterSpin | Published: March 13, 2026 - 3:58 pm
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- America Wanted Submission, China Offered ParityMichael Hudson and Radhika Desai argue that Trump’s Beijing trip exposed the limits of US power, with China refusing to rescue Washington from its Iran war, dollar sanctions and weakening global position. The post %%post_title%% first appeared on %%site_link%%. Read the original here: %%post_link%%... Read more »Source: Michael Hudson | Published: May 19, 2026 - 12:16 pm
- The Crisis Finance Capitalism Can’t EscapeThe 2026 World Financial Crisis Trump is threatening to escalate his war against Iran, and Iran is prepared to destroy the oil production and transport capacity of Arab OPEC countries that do not act to stop the U.S. attack. The result will be to deepen the world depression that already... Read more »Source: Michael Hudson | Published: May 18, 2026 - 9:16 pm
- Did Xi Really Trade Iran for Taiwan?Professor Michael Hudson – in conversation with Ali Alizadeh, Jedaal TV, Iran AA – The American readout of the Trump–Xi meeting claims that Xi explicitly agreed that the Strait of Hormuz must remain open, that there must be no tolls, that China opposes the militarisation of the Strait, that... Read more »Source: Michael Hudson | Published: May 15, 2026 - 10:32 pm
- 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 »Source: Michael Hudson | Published: May 11, 2026 - 9:07 pm
- 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 »Source: Michael Hudson | Published: May 6, 2026 - 9:46 pm
- 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 »Source: Michael Hudson | Published: May 4, 2026 - 8:49 pm
- 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 »Source: Michael Hudson | Published: May 1, 2026 - 11:03 pm
- 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 »Source: Michael Hudson | Published: April 25, 2026 - 11:15 pm
- VideoThe Ponzi Economy Is BreakingBen Norton, April 21, 2026, “US Economy is Based on a Ponzi Scheme,” interview of March 16, 2026, published on April 21. Is 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... Read more »Source: Michael Hudson | Published: April 24, 2026 - 11:07 pm
- Hormuz Is LeverageMichael Hudson explains how Iran’s control over the Strait of Hormuz has shifted global power, turning oil transit into leverage that could trigger a deep global depression if conflict escalates. The post %%post_title%% first appeared on %%site_link%%. Read the original here: %%post_link%%... Read more »Source: Michael Hudson | Published: April 21, 2026 - 11:51 pm
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- ● Trump Knocks Off Thomas Massie in Heated PrimaryPresident Donald Trump has knocked off another GOP dissident in his effort to cleanse the Republican Party of anyone who has even modestly challenged his agenda. Rep. Thomas Massie lost Tuesday’s Kentucky primary to challenger Ed Gallrein, following a bitter race full of dirty tricks and astonishing amounts of money.... Read more »Source: Mother Jones | Published: May 20, 2026 - 12:43 am
- First, a $1.8 Billion Slush Fund. Now Trump Aims to Weasel Out of IRS Audits “Forever”
A new addendum to the so-called settlement agreement between Trump and Trump—that is, the Department of Justice and Donald Trump’s personal lawyers—will “forever” prohibit the United States from seeking any claim or initiating any IRS enforcement action or audit against Donald Trump, his sons Eric and Don Jr., and the... Read more »Source: Mother Jones | Published: May 19, 2026 - 10:16 pm - How Much Are You Spending on the Iran War? $300 and Counting.The Pentagon estimates that it has spent upward of $29 billion on weaponry to bomb Iran since February 28, in a war of choice that has killed at least 3,400 people in Iran and thousands more across the region. Americans, far away from the bombs, are relatively insulated from the... Read more »Source: Mother Jones | Published: May 19, 2026 - 5:21 pm
- VideoWho Is Eligible for Trump’s Slush Fund Money? Blanche Won’t Say.Trump now has a slush fund to reward his devotees, but who gets a share of it is unclear. Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.): “Will individuals who assaulted Capitol Hill police officers be eligible for this fund?” Sen. Chris Coons (D-Del.) “Will you commit that none of this money will... Read more »Source: Mother Jones | Published: May 19, 2026 - 4:11 pm
- A Kentucky Primary Has Become a MAGA Reality Show From Hell
Last summer, President Donald Trump orchestrated a primary challenge against Rep. Thomas Massie, who’d become the lone House Republican willing to occasionally stand up to the president—at least the only one who wasn’t retiring. But the race has turned into a proxy fight over, well, just about everything. It’s a... Read more »Source: Mother Jones | Published: May 19, 2026 - 2:45 pm - VideoScientology’s Extremely Online Pivot to Video
If you go on TikTok looking for information about Scientology, you’ll likely encounter a young man named Gunnar Scharf, leading impassioned tours of church buildings and holding holy texts aloft. Scharf has blue eyes, spiky dirty blonde hair, a trim black vest, and an abiding passion for telling the youth... Read more »Source: Mother Jones | Published: May 19, 2026 - 1:00 pm - Why a Federal Gas Tax Holiday Is a Terrible IdeaThis story was originally published by WIRED and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. As gas prices stay stubbornly high across the country, President Donald Trump mused last week about suspending the fuel tax US consumers pay. The idea is also picking up steam in Congress, with Democratic and Republican lawmakers pushing... Read more »Source: Mother Jones | Published: May 19, 2026 - 11:30 am
- VideoMinnesota Is Doing What the Federal Government Won’t: Holding ICE AccountableAn ICE officer who allegedly shot a Minneapolis man when the Trump administration sent thousands of officers to Minnesota and lied about the series of events that led to the shooting was charged on Monday. Christian J. Castro, the officer, is charged with four counts of second-degree assault and one... Read more »Source: Mother Jones | Published: May 18, 2026 - 10:24 pm
- Memphis Is “Under Full-Blown Occupation” by ICE. Here’s Why You May Not Know That.There’s a massive immigration operation in Memphis right now, but you may not have heard about it. It certainly hasn’t gotten as much attention as past surges in Chicago or Minneapolis—even though it’s been going on since September. Hunter Demster, who runs a soup kitchen in the city, has been... Read more »Source: Mother Jones | Published: May 18, 2026 - 10:20 pm
- One Congresswoman’s Scary Yearlong Fight for Justice After Standing Up to ICEIt’s been just over a year since Rep. LaMonica McIver (D-NJ), a sitting member of Congress, showed up to Delaney Hall, a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility in Newark, New Jersey, to do her job. Members of Congress have the statutory right to conduct unannounced oversight visits at... Read more »Source: Mother Jones | Published: May 18, 2026 - 7:28 pm
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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 »Source: Posts – ZNetwork | Published: February 6, 2026 - 6:52 am - 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 »Source: Posts – ZNetwork | Published: October 7, 2024 - 3:00 pm - 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 »Source: Posts – ZNetwork | Published: September 26, 2024 - 3:52 pm - ‘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 »Source: Posts – ZNetwork | Published: May 3, 2024 - 2:19 pm - 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 »Source: Posts – ZNetwork | Published: April 25, 2024 - 3:56 pm - We Have A Tool To Stop Israel’s War Crimes: BDS
Exactly 15 years ago this week, I published an article in the Guardian. It began like this: It’s time. Long past time. The best strategy to end the increasingly bloody occupation is for Israel to become the target of the kind of global movement that put an end to apartheid in South... Read more »Source: Posts – ZNetwork | Published: January 11, 2024 - 4:45 pm - There Is No Military Solution to the Crisis in Israel and Palestine
On Wednesday, October 18, the Lever’s David Sirota hosted a live event with Canadian journalist and activist Naomi Klein and Palestinian-American political analyst Omar Baddar to discuss the ongoing fighting between Israel and Hamas and the mounting humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip. David, Naomi, and Omar spoke about the historical and political... Read more »Source: Posts – ZNetwork | Published: October 29, 2023 - 3:15 pm - How Conspiracy Theories Gain Their Power
In Doppelganger, Naomi Klein takes a journey into the uncanny world of anti-vaxxer conspiracy theory and far right propaganda. As she goes through the looking glass, she discovers dark forces bent on warping our politics in their image. What starts as a story of mistaken identity with her namesake Naomi... Read more »Source: Posts – ZNetwork | Published: October 6, 2023 - 3:58 pm - Why Was There No Water to Fight the Fire in Maui?
All over Maui, golf courses glisten emerald green, hotels manage to fill their pools and corporations stockpile water to sell to luxury estates. And yet, when it came time to fight the fires, some hoses ran dry. Why? The reason is the long-running battle over west Maui’s most precious natural... Read more »Source: Posts – ZNetwork | Published: August 19, 2023 - 3:40 pm - AI Machines Aren’t ‘Hallucinating’. But Their Makers Are
Inside the many debates swirling around the rapid rollout of so-called artificial intelligence, there is a relatively obscure skirmish focused on the choice of the word “hallucinate”. This is the term that architects and boosters of generative AI have settled on to characterize responses served up by chatbots that are... Read more »Source: Posts – ZNetwork | Published: May 10, 2023 - 6:40 pm
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- Never Again, AgainWhy are rightwingers being given a free pass on antisemitism? By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 14th May 2026 The media’s message appears to have cut through. At the crucial rally against antisemitism in London on Sunday, Zack Polanski, the Jewish leader of the Green party of England and... Read more »Source: George Monbiot | Published: May 18, 2026 - 5:50 pm
- 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 »Source: George Monbiot | Published: May 11, 2026 - 5:15 am
- 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 »Source: George Monbiot | Published: May 3, 2026 - 7:53 am
- 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 »Source: George Monbiot | Published: April 29, 2026 - 11:41 am
- 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 »Source: George Monbiot | Published: April 21, 2026 - 2:58 pm
- 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 »Source: George Monbiot | Published: April 8, 2026 - 2:34 pm
- A Potential Termination EventCascading failure across the global food system is a real and horrific possibility, which most governments are doing nothing to avert. By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 25th March 2026 The fate of environmentalists is to spend their lives trying not to be proved right. Vindication is what we... Read more »Source: George Monbiot | Published: April 2, 2026 - 7:59 am
- Leave Tyrants in the GroundBy unhooking ourselves from fossil fuels, we release ourselves from a world of harm. By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 19th March 2026 I realise this is a serious breach of etiquette. But could we perhaps abandon good manners and contextualise Donald Trump’s attack on Iran? The intense western... Read more »Source: George Monbiot | Published: March 24, 2026 - 4:47 pm
- Gas-LitIf it is sometimes hard to tell the difference between fossil-fuel lobbyists and the billionaire press, that’s because there isn’t one. By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 13th March 2026 These are burning, smoking lies. As oil and gas prices soar, thanks to the US and Israel’s attack on... Read more »Source: George Monbiot | Published: March 17, 2026 - 10:43 am
- VideoPrefigurementToday’s cruel treatment of Muslims and immigrants was originally crafted as an attack on Jews. By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 5th March 2026 Our political memory fails us. We treat government policies as if we’re seeing them for the very first time. But much of what appears to... Read more »Source: George Monbiot | Published: March 8, 2026 - 12:04 pm
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- ● 'Lame Duck' Trump’s 'day is coming' —and he knows it: legal expert
Joyce Vance, a former US Attorney for the Northern District of Alabama, said President Donald Trump and his cronies are running out of the building with as much money as they can before Trump’s lame duck status puts an end to their raiding party.As part of the government’s settlement with... Read more »Source: Alternet.org | Published: May 20, 2026 - 1:28 am - ● Donald Trump is not coming back from this
Donald Trump’s rapid descent into his own special hell is gaining speed. This hulking, demented racist conman will eventually land with a thud, with only the billions in cold, hard cash he has drained from the American taxpayer to cushion his collapse.Our standing on the world stage has taken a... Read more »Source: Alternet.org | Published: May 20, 2026 - 1:02 am - Video● Former Capitol cop drops expletive-laden takedown of Trump's 'insurrectionist' fund
Former Washington Police Officer Michael Fanone showed little patience for the $1.7 billion “slush fund” Trump and his administration are trying to create to pay-off the Capitol insurrectionists who nearly killed him.“Adjectives have lost meaning in describing the actions of this administration. I guess there's a combination of two [words]... Read more »Source: Alternet.org | Published: May 20, 2026 - 12:41 am - ● Former aide: Wall Street is now regretting voting for Trump
President Donald Trump’s spending in his second term, which is on pace to reach $9 to $10 trillion by the start of 2029, is so bad that one of Trump’s former aides believes a Democratic president would be impeached for it.“If Barack Obama had done half of what Trump is... Read more »Source: Alternet.org | Published: May 20, 2026 - 12:38 am - Video● 'Jews get blamed for everything': Dem senator warns about rise in violent threats
Speaking with CNN’s Jake Tapper spoke with a Democratic senator on Tuesday who admitted that she gets so many death threats, one of her harassers was recently sentenced to time in federal prison.“Let's turn to the bipartisan bill that you have worked on with Republican Senator James Lankford of Oklahoma,”... Read more »Source: Alternet.org | Published: May 20, 2026 - 12:30 am - Cringe moment as Trump suddenly needs this GOP senator he just snubbed
Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) is suddenly rushing off back to Washington, seemingly to save President Donald Trump’s agenda mere hours after Trump endorsed his Republican primary opponent.“I am cancelling my campaign events for tomorrow and heading back to D.C. tonight. As a member of Budget [Committee] GOP and on behalf... Read more »Source: Alternet.org | Published: May 19, 2026 - 10:31 pm - Payback: Republican Trump targeted is now going after his ballroom
A GOP senator Trump successfully ousted is now costing him a vote for his ballroom.U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy (R-LA), who just days ago lost his primary race to a Trump-endorsed Republican, says he’s a no on the $1 billion the administration is asking for security upgrades to the $400 million... Read more »Source: Alternet.org | Published: May 19, 2026 - 10:14 pm - White Americans oppose federal programs to spite other races: study
Research reveals that white people appear to support social safety net programs unless they perceive those programs as also helping nonwhites.“White Americans who feel they are on the losing side of politics are more likely to oppose economic redistribution programs,” reports PsyPost, citing research posted in Research and Politics. “This... Read more »Source: Alternet.org | Published: May 19, 2026 - 10:05 pm - Trump just made a major concession on one of his core policies
President Donald Trump just walked back one of his most controversial immigration proposals — although he is not backing down altogether.Trump is no longer going to sign executive orders directing financial institutions to check customers for proof of citizenship, according to a report from Semafor. Wall Street and other major... Read more »Source: Alternet.org | Published: May 19, 2026 - 9:49 pm - Trump praises CNN analyst who just called his poll numbers 'downright atrocious'
President Donald Trump praised a CNN analyst who has repeatedly highlighted his sinking poll numbers — a striking turn given his long battle with the network.On the same day that CNN data analyst Harry Enten asked of the president’s poll numbers, “How low can you go?” Trump called him an... Read more »Source: Alternet.org | Published: May 19, 2026 - 8:54 pm
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- ● Senators Propose To Head Off ‘Automatic’ Draft Registration by Repealing Selective ServiceOn May 14th, Senators Ron Wyden (D-OR), Rand Paul (R-KY), and Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) reintroduced the Selective Service Repeal Act, S. 4537). This bill already has the endorsement of dozens of peace and antiwar groups, draft resisters, religious organizations, antiwar feminists, and civil libertarians. This bipartisan bill to abolish the... Read more »Source: Antiwar.com | Published: May 20, 2026 - 12:00 am
- US/Iran Energy Shock Damage Is Spreading in AsiaIn the Asian shock, four transmission channels play a role. In the case of oil, elevated risk premium is coupled with physical tightening via Strait of Hormuz disruptions. Lliquefied natural gas (LNG) poses a more severe constraint than oil and thus structural tightening of Asian gas balances. Meanwhile, coal substitution... Read more »Source: Antiwar.com | Published: May 19, 2026 - 12:00 am
- The Man Who Seeks To Rule the WorldAlthough Donald Trump has never been modest about his abilities or reluctant to exercise personal power, during his second term in office he has shown clear signs of megalomania. One sign, of course, is his blatant demand for the territory of other nations. Since January 2025 alone, he has suggested... Read more »Source: Antiwar.com | Published: May 18, 2026 - 12:00 am
- All The Time In The World… NOT!If the Donald does not wish to bring down upon himself the ignominy of being the first US president to be impeached, convicted and removed from the White House by the US Marshals, he damn well better start reading the Iranian settlement proposals. Even if he doesn’t like the first... Read more »Source: Antiwar.com | Published: May 18, 2026 - 12:00 am
- The Assault on a French Nun and the Forgotten Story of Palestinian ChristiansThe video is horrifying, though it is the kind of horror now synonymous with the behavior of Israel, its military, its armed settlers, and society that has been conditioned to see the ‘other’ as subhuman. Yet, this was not the typical viral video that emerges almost daily from occupied Palestine.... Read more »Source: Antiwar.com | Published: May 15, 2026 - 12:00 am
- US Trapped by Iran’s Resilience; Why the Solution Is Agreement, Not AttritionIn recent months, a painful but increasingly undeniable conclusion has begun to emerge across Western think tanks, mainstream media, and U.S. intelligence assessments: contrary to Washington and Tel Aviv’s initial expectations, Iran has neither collapsed, fragmented, nor moved toward surrender. On the contrary, the conflict has exposed layers of what... Read more »Source: Antiwar.com | Published: May 15, 2026 - 12:00 am
- When Killing Becomes Commonplace“It is forbidden to kill; therefore all murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets.” — Voltaire (1694-1778) Last week, when the Pentagon resumed its attacks on small boats in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific Ocean, the media barely noticed. The U.S. military... Read more »Source: Antiwar.com | Published: May 14, 2026 - 12:00 am
- Why Is It So Difficult for Iran To Reach an Agreement With the United States?The collapse of the Islamabad negotiations between Iran and United States signified an unbridgeable rift, not only between the negotiating parties, but also between two worldviews on resolving conflicts. The last two rounds of negotiations in May and June 2025 and February 2026 had already demonstrated the Trump administration’s propensity... Read more »Source: Antiwar.com | Published: May 13, 2026 - 12:00 am
- Payback: Russia Uses Iran as a Proxy Against the United StatesWashington and Moscow both enthusiastically celebrated the victory of the Allied “Grand Alliance” over the fascist powers at the end of World War II. Since then, however, the two capitals have typically been on opposite sides of numerous nasty geostrategic struggles around the world. They also have relished opportunities to... Read more »Source: Antiwar.com | Published: May 13, 2026 - 12:00 am
- Why J Street Does Not Go Far EnoughAn illegal auction of stolen Palestinian land at an elite Upper East Side synagogue, and the swift condemnations from groups like J Street launched against New Yorkers who attempted to protest it, reveal the Zionist rot at the heart of the American Jewish elite establishment that is bastardizing and corrupting... Read more »Source: Antiwar.com | Published: May 13, 2026 - 12:00 am
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- May: the longer viewThe month's archives. - 2026/05 / perspective... Read more »Source: Le Monde diplomatique - English edition | Published: May 13, 2026 - 4:24 pm
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- Asia / Map, 2026/05 afghanistan pakistan... Read more »Source: Le Monde diplomatique - English edition | Published: April 27, 2026 - 9:03 pm - Strategic and commercial oil reserves
- Energy / Map, 2026/05 energy... Read more »Source: Le Monde diplomatique - English edition | Published: April 27, 2026 - 9:02 pm - 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 »Source: Le Monde diplomatique - English edition | Published: April 27, 2026 - 9:02 pm
- 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 »Source: Le Monde diplomatique - English edition | Published: April 27, 2026 - 9:02 pm
- 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 »Source: Le Monde diplomatique - English edition | Published: April 27, 2026 - 9:02 pm
- Vatican weighs in on AIAI's advocates talk up the technology as a force that could transform humanity. The Vatican does not see progress, but a troubling new creed. - 2026/05 / article, 2026/05 vatican... Read more »Source: Le Monde diplomatique - English edition | Published: April 27, 2026 - 9:02 pm
- Is Irish reunification back?Northern Ireland voted to remain in the EU. Brexit has strained ties with Britain and renewed talk of a united Ireland. - 2026/05 / article... Read more »Source: Le Monde diplomatique - English edition | Published: April 27, 2026 - 9:02 pm
- Tensions rise between Islamabad and KabulIn the porous borderlands between Pakistan and Afghanistan, sporadic clashes have escalated into sustained, low-intensity conflict over security interests. It's not all-out war, but it's highly volatile. - 2026/05 / article, 2026/05 afghanistan pakistan... Read more »Source: Le Monde diplomatique - English edition | Published: April 27, 2026 - 9:02 pm
- Made in China means made in YiwuPlace an order at Yiwu International Trade Market and a vast network of Chinese manufacturing springs into action. The goods may not be high-end, but this market has an extraordinary global reach. - 2026/05 / article... Read more »Source: Le Monde diplomatique - English edition | Published: April 27, 2026 - 9:02 pm
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- Palestine Action ban risked activists’ right to fair trial, documents reveal
Exclusive: Former home secretary was told proscribing Palestine Action within six months of key Filton hearing could prejudice the case but went ahead anyway. The post Palestine Action ban risked activists’ right to fair trial, documents reveal appeared first on Declassified UK.... Read more »Source: Declassified UK | Published: May 19, 2026 - 12:07 pm - Sexual abuse of Palestinians should force a reckoning for the British government
Israeli soldiers and settlers are using sexualised violence to displace Palestinians, new report finds. Britain should pull every lever available to stop this The post Sexual abuse of Palestinians should force a reckoning for the British government appeared first on Declassified UK.... Read more »Source: Declassified UK | Published: May 18, 2026 - 8:00 am - VideoMet chief should resign over Palestine comments, ex-senior officer says
Former Scotland Yard superintendent, Nusrit Mehtab, has accused Sir Mark Rowley of ‘blurring the lines’ between policing and politics The post Met chief should resign over Palestine comments, ex-senior officer says appeared first on Declassified UK.... Read more »Source: Declassified UK | Published: May 15, 2026 - 8:59 am - Britain’s secret ‘black propaganda’ operations
Exclusive: Top secret files expose how the UK government forged documents, controlled news agencies, and cultivated journalists amid the Cold War struggle for influence and power. The post Britain’s secret ‘black propaganda’ operations appeared first on Declassified UK.... Read more »Source: Declassified UK | Published: May 14, 2026 - 10:29 am - Palestine Action barrister wins appeal in contempt case
Rajiv Menon KC faced proceedings which his chambers said were unprecedented in English legal history The post Palestine Action barrister wins appeal in contempt case appeared first on Declassified UK.... Read more »Source: Declassified UK | Published: May 12, 2026 - 1:16 pm - 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 »Source: Declassified UK | Published: May 11, 2026 - 4:13 pm - 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 »Source: Declassified UK | Published: May 7, 2026 - 12:13 pm - 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 »Source: Declassified UK | Published: May 6, 2026 - 3:29 pm - 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 »Source: Declassified UK | Published: April 29, 2026 - 6:40 pm - 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 »Source: Declassified UK | Published: April 29, 2026 - 11:21 am
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- ● Former Hong Kong top scorer Mung Chiang to lead prestigious Northwestern University
A former top scorer in Hong Kong’s public examinations has been named the 18th president of Northwestern University, becoming the first Asian American to lead the prestigious institution. Mung Chiang, who moved to Hong Kong from Tianjin at the age of 11 and attended Queen’s College before pursuing higher education... Read more »Source: News - South China Morning Post | Published: May 20, 2026 - 3:13 am - ● Samsung workers go ahead with 18-day strike as bonus talks collapse
South Korean chipmaker Samsung Electronics’ trade union said on Wednesday it will launch a planned 18-day strike after talks with management collapsed over a dispute on bonus payouts. “Around 10pm on May 19, the labour union agreed to the mediation proposal put forward by the National Labour Relations Commission; however,... Read more »Source: News - South China Morning Post | Published: May 20, 2026 - 3:08 am - ● Xi-Putin summit live: energy ties, Iran and Ukraine set to top agenda
This live article is freely available to our registered users. Please log in or create an account below. After arriving in Beijing on Tuesday evening, Russian President Vladimir Putin is set to hold talks with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping on Wednesday. Putin is visiting the Chinese capital just days... Read more »Source: News - South China Morning Post | Published: May 20, 2026 - 2:39 am - ● Hong Kong market surge, geopolitics drive ‘fear of missing out’ among French investors
French investors are warming to Hong Kong again, the city’s finance chief has said, citing a “marked difference” in local perceptions compared with his last visit to Paris two years ago. The shift is driven by Hong Kong’s strong market performance and an improved geopolitical situation, especially following US President... Read more »Source: News - South China Morning Post | Published: May 20, 2026 - 2:37 am - ● Indonesia loses Southeast Asia’s largest stock market crown to Singapore
Indonesia continues to notch one grim milestone after another. The latest: losing its status as Southeast Asia’s largest stock market to Singapore. The total market capitalisation of Indonesian-listed companies has fallen well over 30 per cent from a peak in January to US$618 billion, while Singapore’s has climbed to US$645... Read more »Source: News - South China Morning Post | Published: May 20, 2026 - 2:15 am - ● Japan plans island drone deployment to monitor Chinese naval activity
Japan’s planned deployment of long-range surveillance drones on remote Pacific islands would mark a significant expansion of its ability to monitor Chinese naval activity, as Beijing’s warships operate more frequently beyond the first island chain. The drones are to be stationed on Iwo Jima and Chichijima Island in the Ogasawara... Read more »Source: News - South China Morning Post | Published: May 20, 2026 - 1:30 am - ● China’s rise will turn Thucydides Trap on its head
The end of the Cold War was supposed to deliver a long peace. For a while, that was working, until it wasn’t. We might now be entering another period when the breakdown of a world order leads to war. It was no accident that President Xi Jinping cited the “Thucydides... Read more »Source: News - South China Morning Post | Published: May 20, 2026 - 1:30 am - ● Japan zoo may ban photos near viral monkey Punch after intrusion by 2 Americans
The zoo housing the viral Japanese macaque Punch said on Tuesday it is considering a complete ban on photography and filming around the monkey enclosure after two men were recently arrested over an intrusion incident. The Ichikawa City Zoo in Chiba prefecture has already expanded the buffer zone around the... Read more »Source: News - South China Morning Post | Published: May 20, 2026 - 1:19 am - ● Red carpet for Putin: why China-Russia ties outpace Beijing’s engagement with Washington
China has rolled out the red carpet for Russian President Vladimir Putin for his 25th visit to the country, underscoring a frequency of head-of-state diplomacy that far outpaces Beijing’s engagement with Washington. Putin arrived in Beijing on Tuesday night for a two-day state visit, less than a week after US... Read more »Source: News - South China Morning Post | Published: May 20, 2026 - 1:00 am - ● Chinese man who lost a leg and an arm inspires many by competing in bodybuilding
A man in China with only one arm and one leg who took part in a bodybuilding competition, attracting thunderous applause at site and massive admiration on social media. The muscular Liu Xinju, 32, joined The 20th Bodybuilding Competition in Jinan, the capital city of eastern Shandong province, which was... Read more »Source: News - South China Morning Post | Published: May 20, 2026 - 1:00 am
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- Why Elon Musk’s post spotlighting Chinese infrastructure has reignited a debate
Tech billionaire Elon Musk is once again using his massive social media megaphone to trumpet Chinese infrastructure to an international audience. On Monday, the CEO of SpaceX and Tesla reposted on X, which he owns, a nearly six-minute video of Chongqing East Railway Station in southwestern China, drawing millions of... Read more »Source: Politics - South China Morning Post | Published: May 19, 2026 - 9:00 am - Trump’s Taiwan independence comments: a blow to William Lai and ruling DPP?
Donald Trump’s comment that he is “not looking to have somebody go independent” has sparked debate in Taiwan over whether it undermines the ruling party’s pro-independence platform. Trump made the remark after last week’s summit with Chinese leader Xi Jinping in Beijing, where Taiwan emerged as one of the most... Read more »Source: Politics - South China Morning Post | Published: May 18, 2026 - 1:00 pm - China arrests 16 in drone hacking cases, vowing ‘clean skies’ crackdown
Chinese police have announced the arrests of 16 people suspected of hacking drone systems and vowed a nationwide crackdown on illegal drone use. China’s Ministry of Public Security released details on 10 cases on Monday to warn the public about illegal drone use. The suspects were arrested between January and... Read more »Source: Politics - South China Morning Post | Published: May 18, 2026 - 11:00 am - Why Beijing is outraged over Taiwan’s Lai honouring WWII-era Japanese engineer
Beijing has strongly criticised Taiwanese leader William Lai Ching-te for paying tribute to a figure from Japan’s colonial era in Taiwan. In a commentary published on Sunday, Communist Party mouthpiece the People’s Daily accused Lai, from Taiwan’s independence-leaning ruling Democratic Progressive Party, of “forgetting his ancestors” and reaching a new... Read more »Source: Politics - South China Morning Post | Published: May 18, 2026 - 9:00 am - Mainland China’s Wu Yongping on what the Xi-Trump summit means for Taiwan
Wu Yongping is one of mainland China’s leading specialists on Taiwan affairs and dean of the Institute for Taiwan Studies at Tsinghua University in Beijing. Here, he shares his views on signals from the Xi-Trump summit, and discusses peaceful reunification between the mainland and Taiwan and how it could be... Read more »Source: Politics - South China Morning Post | Published: May 17, 2026 - 10:00 pm - Wang Xiaodong, derided over Covid-19 handling, comes under corruption cloud
The former Chinese governor criticised for mishandling the Covid-19 outbreak is under investigation for corruption. The Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI), China’s top political disciplinary body, said on Sunday that Wang Xiaodong, 66, who was governor of Hubei province in 2020 as the coronavirus developed into a pandemic, was... Read more »Source: Politics - South China Morning Post | Published: May 17, 2026 - 1:30 pm - As France passes law on returning loot, should China pop the champagne?
In November 1861, during his self-imposed political exile, French writer Victor Hugo penned a blistering condemnation of his country. The author of Les Misérables described two “bandits” – France and Britain – who had attacked the Old Summer Palace, or Yuanmingyuan, in Beijing the previous year. “One plundered, the other... Read more »Source: Politics - South China Morning Post | Published: May 17, 2026 - 10:00 am - Trump narrows space for Taiwan independence, mainland scholar says
Wu Yongping is one of the Chinese mainland’s leading specialists on Taiwan affairs and dean of the Institute for Taiwan Studies at Tsinghua University in Beijing. Here he shares his views on signals from the Xi-Trump summit, and discusses peaceful reunification between the mainland and Taiwan and how it could... Read more »Source: Politics - South China Morning Post | Published: May 17, 2026 - 6:30 am - What do China’s plans for ‘comprehensive’ new AI law mean for future of technology?
China has confirmed for the first time that it is drawing up a “comprehensive law” on artificial intelligence. Industry insiders said the move showed China had accumulated enough practical experience and was speeding up its governance as a result. A legislative work plan for the year issued last week by... Read more »Source: Politics - South China Morning Post | Published: May 17, 2026 - 2:00 am - How Taiwan’s Apec attendance could test Beijing’s cross-strait pragmatism
Taiwan will send its top trade negotiator to next week’s Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) ministerial meeting in mainland China – a rare occurrence since the two sides cut off official communication in 2016. Analysts said the move suggested both sides were still trying to preserve a workable status quo within... Read more »Source: Politics - South China Morning Post | Published: May 16, 2026 - 10:00 am
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- 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 »Source: Articles – Mark Curtis | Published: November 14, 2025 - 10:33 am
- 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 »Source: Articles – Mark Curtis | Published: November 14, 2025 - 10:30 am
- 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 »Source: Articles – Mark Curtis | Published: November 14, 2025 - 10:28 am
- ‘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 »Source: Articles – Mark Curtis | Published: November 14, 2025 - 10:21 am
- 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 »Source: Articles – Mark Curtis | Published: November 14, 2025 - 10:16 am
- When Tony Blair agreed to back ‘terrorists’by Mark Curtis, Declassified UK, 15 September 2025 Britain colluded with a militia in the Kosovo war whose leaders now face war crimes charges in The Hague. Will UK officials ever be held to account? On 28 April 1999, prime minister Tony Blair’s adviser John Sawers wrote a memo to... Read more »Source: Articles – Mark Curtis | Published: November 14, 2025 - 10:12 am
- UK aware of Israel’s ‘terror’ for over 20 yearsby Mark Curtis, Declassified UK, 15 August 2025 Declassified files show Britain has long known of Israel’s criminality against Palestinians, as Whitehall has deepened its military, trade and diplomatic support. The parallels are remarkable. There were “numerous reports that the Israeli authorities have prevented medical and other humanitarian assistance from... Read more »Source: Articles – Mark Curtis | Published: November 14, 2025 - 10:09 am
- Blair considered a ‘special partnership’ between Israel and NATOby Mark Curtis, Declassified UK, 5 August 2025 Downing Street files show Tony Blair was prepared to allow Israel to take over part of the West Bank and to give Israel a “privileged” alliance with Nato and the European Union. Tony Blair considered establishing a “privileged Israeli partnership” with Nato... Read more »Source: Articles – Mark Curtis | Published: November 14, 2025 - 10:07 am
- How government used media to claim Iran ‘link’ to Palestine Actionby Mark Curtis, Declassified UK, 9 July 2025 The Home Office briefed the Times that Palestine Action could be funded by Iran, and then UK media kicked into action spreading the story. The proscription of Palestine Action took place alongside claims made in sections of the British media that the... Read more »Source: Articles – Mark Curtis | Published: November 14, 2025 - 10:04 am
- The BBC isn’t telling the truth about Israel’s nuclear armsby Mark Curtis, Declassified UK, 2 July 2025 The UK broadcaster is writing hundreds of articles on Iran’s budding nuclear programme while failing to inform the public about Israel’s actual nuclear weapons. The BBC is failing to properly inform the public about Israel’s possession of nuclear arms, new analysis by Declassified shows.... Read more »Source: Articles – Mark Curtis | Published: November 14, 2025 - 9:59 am
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- 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 »Source: Articles – Mark Curtis | Published: November 14, 2025 - 10:33 am
- 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 »Source: Articles – Mark Curtis | Published: November 14, 2025 - 10:30 am
- 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 »Source: Articles – Mark Curtis | Published: November 14, 2025 - 10:28 am
- ‘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 »Source: Articles – Mark Curtis | Published: November 14, 2025 - 10:21 am
- 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 »Source: Articles – Mark Curtis | Published: November 14, 2025 - 10:16 am
- When Tony Blair agreed to back ‘terrorists’by Mark Curtis, Declassified UK, 15 September 2025 Britain colluded with a militia in the Kosovo war whose leaders now face war crimes charges in The Hague. Will UK officials ever be held to account? On 28 April 1999, prime minister Tony Blair’s adviser John Sawers wrote a memo to... Read more »Source: Articles – Mark Curtis | Published: November 14, 2025 - 10:12 am
- UK aware of Israel’s ‘terror’ for over 20 yearsby Mark Curtis, Declassified UK, 15 August 2025 Declassified files show Britain has long known of Israel’s criminality against Palestinians, as Whitehall has deepened its military, trade and diplomatic support. The parallels are remarkable. There were “numerous reports that the Israeli authorities have prevented medical and other humanitarian assistance from... Read more »Source: Articles – Mark Curtis | Published: November 14, 2025 - 10:09 am
- Blair considered a ‘special partnership’ between Israel and NATOby Mark Curtis, Declassified UK, 5 August 2025 Downing Street files show Tony Blair was prepared to allow Israel to take over part of the West Bank and to give Israel a “privileged” alliance with Nato and the European Union. Tony Blair considered establishing a “privileged Israeli partnership” with Nato... Read more »Source: Articles – Mark Curtis | Published: November 14, 2025 - 10:07 am
- How government used media to claim Iran ‘link’ to Palestine Actionby Mark Curtis, Declassified UK, 9 July 2025 The Home Office briefed the Times that Palestine Action could be funded by Iran, and then UK media kicked into action spreading the story. The proscription of Palestine Action took place alongside claims made in sections of the British media that the... Read more »Source: Articles – Mark Curtis | Published: November 14, 2025 - 10:04 am
- The BBC isn’t telling the truth about Israel’s nuclear armsby Mark Curtis, Declassified UK, 2 July 2025 The UK broadcaster is writing hundreds of articles on Iran’s budding nuclear programme while failing to inform the public about Israel’s actual nuclear weapons. The BBC is failing to properly inform the public about Israel’s possession of nuclear arms, new analysis by Declassified shows.... Read more »Source: Articles – Mark Curtis | Published: November 14, 2025 - 9:59 am
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- ● Pennsylvania Results: Chris Rabb to Join the Squad in Congress as Bob Brooks Tries to Flip Key Seat
The electoral left won a marquee primary in Philadelphia, while the establishment and progressives united around a firefighters’ union chief in the Lehigh Valley. The post Pennsylvania Results: Chris Rabb to Join the Squad in Congress as Bob Brooks Tries to Flip Key Seat appeared first on The Intercept.... Read more »Source: The Intercept | Published: May 20, 2026 - 12:22 am - VideoThomas Massie Loses His Seat in a Win for Trump — and AIPAC
The race was widely viewed as a referendum on the president. It was also a test of the pro-Israel lobby’s power. The post Thomas Massie Loses His Seat in a Win for Trump — and AIPAC appeared first on The Intercept.... Read more »Source: The Intercept | Published: May 19, 2026 - 11:59 pm - Ebola Outbreak Rages After Trump Gutted Global Health Safeguards
“The outbreaks of Ebola and hantavirus in the past two weeks show why international threats need an international response.” The post Ebola Outbreak Rages After Trump Gutted Global Health Safeguards appeared first on The Intercept.... Read more »Source: The Intercept | Published: May 19, 2026 - 8:58 pm - Trump’s “Anti-Weaponization” Fund Is a Handout to His Hardcore Supporters
Putting January 6 rioters on the dole is a new kind of corruption — and it definitely won’t help the American working class. The post Trump’s “Anti-Weaponization” Fund Is a Handout to His Hardcore Supporters appeared first on The Intercept.... Read more »Source: The Intercept | Published: May 19, 2026 - 12:04 pm - Xavier Becerra Pushed to Inflate a Black Man’s IQ to Execute Him as California AG
Becerra, a front-runner for California governor, has a history of blocking police accountability measures and seeking to uphold the death penalty. The post Xavier Becerra Pushed to Inflate a Black Man’s IQ to Execute Him as California AG appeared first on The Intercept.... Read more »Source: The Intercept | Published: May 19, 2026 - 9:57 am - Who’s Spending in Your Congressional Election? We Tracked the Front Groups Fueling the 2026 Midterms.
Murky political spending groups tout innocuous causes like “jobs,” “democracy,” and “electing women.” Here’s a guide to who’s really behind them. The post Who’s Spending in Your Congressional Election? We Tracked the Front Groups Fueling the 2026 Midterms. appeared first on The Intercept.... Read more »Source: The Intercept | Published: May 18, 2026 - 9:48 am - A “Scheme” Against Dobbs: SCOTUS Dissent Hints at Next Phase of Abortion Rights Fight
Justice Clarence Thomas argues the Comstock Act, passed in 1873, prohibits the mailing of abortion medication. The post A “Scheme” Against Dobbs: SCOTUS Dissent Hints at Next Phase of Abortion Rights Fight appeared first on The Intercept.... Read more »Source: The Intercept | Published: May 16, 2026 - 10:14 am - Internal Pentagon Report Reveals Hegseth Is Willfully Putting Civilians in Danger
A damning Department of War report finds that the Pentagon didn’t fully implement any required civilian harm mitigation measures. The post Internal Pentagon Report Reveals Hegseth Is Willfully Putting Civilians in Danger appeared first on The Intercept.... Read more »Source: The Intercept | Published: May 15, 2026 - 9:33 pm - CDC Didn’t Tell New York About Resident on Hantavirus-Plagued Cruise
There’s no indication that the New Yorker had imminent plans to return to the U.S. But public health experts said the city and state still should’ve been informed. The post CDC Didn’t Tell New York About Resident on Hantavirus-Plagued Cruise appeared first on The Intercept.... Read more »Source: The Intercept | Published: May 15, 2026 - 8:41 pm - Video“We Will Find You and We Will Kill You”
The Trump administration’s new counterterrorism strategy turns its political enemies into enemies of the state. The post “We Will Find You and We Will Kill You” appeared first on The Intercept.... Read more »Source: The Intercept | Published: May 15, 2026 - 11:30 am
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What will become of ISIS-tied families in al-Hawl?... Read more »Source: The Progressive — A voice for peace, social justice, and the common good | Published: May 19, 2026 - 10:11 pm - The Problem with Preemption
Laws deny communities the ability to chart their own course.... Read more »Source: The Progressive — A voice for peace, social justice, and the common good | Published: May 18, 2026 - 4:20 pm - When Cash, Banks, and Apps Fail
Palestinians in Gaza are facing a unique financial crisis.... Read more »Source: The Progressive — A voice for peace, social justice, and the common good | Published: May 15, 2026 - 8:15 pm - An Attack on Democracy in Tennessee
The maps are being redrawn to diminish the voting power of Black Americans.... Read more »Source: The Progressive — A voice for peace, social justice, and the common good | Published: May 15, 2026 - 5:00 am - Community Schools Are at the Forefront of a ‘Neighborism’ Movement
Public schools in New York City’s network of community schools offer an alternative to top-down systems that are indifferent to the needs of working families.... Read more »Source: The Progressive — A voice for peace, social justice, and the common good | Published: May 14, 2026 - 10:55 pm - Utah Housing Model Is the Wrong Way To Go
A new report suggests the state's plan to centralize homeless services could be doomed to fail.... Read more »Source: The Progressive — A voice for peace, social justice, and the common good | Published: May 13, 2026 - 9:31 pm - How to Halt a Deportation Flight
A network of rank-and-file union members and immigrant solidarity activists in Washington State banded together to stop a deportation in process.... Read more »Source: The Progressive — A voice for peace, social justice, and the common good | Published: May 13, 2026 - 9:19 pm - Beaten, Imprisoned, and More Determined Than Ever
Global Sumud Flotilla activists say they’re not giving up, even after being violently intercepted by the Israeli military.... Read more »Source: The Progressive — A voice for peace, social justice, and the common good | Published: May 12, 2026 - 9:47 pm - Protect the Rights of Students with Disabilities
Having laws on the books is not enough. There has to be enforcement.... Read more »Source: The Progressive — A voice for peace, social justice, and the common good | Published: May 11, 2026 - 9:13 pm - Rats, Ruins, and the Theft of Tranquility
In Gaza, our refuge has become an enemy.... Read more »Source: The Progressive — A voice for peace, social justice, and the common good | Published: May 11, 2026 - 8:48 pm
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- G7 Finance Ministers Let Big Oil Off the Hook AgainOn Monday and Tuesday, Paris hosted the G7 Finance Ministers’ meeting, bringing together finance ministers and central bank governors from some of the world’s most powerful economies, alongside counterparts from Brazil, India, Kenya, South Korea, Ukraine, Syria, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates. But behind the diplomatic pageantry,and despite the... Read more »Source: Common Dreams | Published: May 19, 2026 - 3:43 pm
- Outlandish Merger of Giant Power Companies NextEra and Dominion is ‘Contrary to Public Interest’Massive Florida-based power company NextEra Energy announced today its plan to acquire Virginia’s Dominion Energy, citing the growth of A.I. data centers as the impetus for the move. In response, Public Citizen Energy Program director Tyson Slocum issued the following statement: “This absurd proposal to merge two massive, well-capitalized utilities... Read more »Source: Common Dreams | Published: May 18, 2026 - 4:18 pm
- 50 rights groups blast Meta for brazen policy reversal of Instagram end-to-end encrypted messagingFight for the Future, Access Now, the New York Civil Liberties Union (NYCLU), Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), and other leading human rights organizations are demanding Meta immediately course correct and make good on promises to protect Instagram DMs with end-to-end encryption by default.Led by Fight for the Future, 50 human... Read more »Source: Common Dreams | Published: May 18, 2026 - 10:23 am
- Grifty Colossus Strikes Again and Again and...
Oh man. Same old clown show, awash with boondoggles, each more cringey than the last. As the mad man-child deconstructs DC and slaps his hideous face and name everywhere - historic buildings, fascist arches, garish statues, possibly imaginary gold phones - others have taken his lead with their own patriotic... Read more »Source: Common Dreams | Published: May 15, 2026 - 7:13 am - Wholesale Horror: Producer Price Index Spells Disaster for Economic Outlook as Trump’s War in Iran Drags OnTrump’s war in Iran is now bleeding through the wholesale pipeline. April’s Producer Price Index (PPI) report shows wholesale prices rose 6% over the past year, the largest annual increase since December 2022, with core wholesale inflation at 4.4%. Despite the grim report, Trump said this week that he “[doesn’t]... Read more »Source: Common Dreams | Published: May 13, 2026 - 2:48 pm
- Big Tech Favoritism on Display with CEOs Set to Join Trump at China SummitSixteen Big Tech CEOs will be joining President Trump on his upcoming summit with president Xi Jinping in China this week, according to media reports. The Big Tech executives in attendance are expected to include Elon Musk and Apple’s Tim Cook. In response, Public Citizen co-president Robert Weissman issued the... Read more »Source: Common Dreams | Published: May 12, 2026 - 5:21 pm
- 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 »Source: Common Dreams | Published: May 11, 2026 - 4:34 pm
- 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 »Source: Common Dreams | Published: May 11, 2026 - 3:17 pm
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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 »Source: Common Dreams | Published: May 11, 2026 - 3:14 am - 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 »Source: Common Dreams | Published: May 8, 2026 - 5:57 pm
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- mp3Against the Grain – May 19, 2026A radio and web media project whose aim is to provide in-depth analysis and commentary on a variety of matters — political, economic, social and cultural — important to progressive and radical thinking and activism. The post Against the Grain – May 19, 2026 appeared first on KPFA.... Read more »Source: KPFA - Against the Grain | Published: May 19, 2026 - 12:00 pm
- 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 »Source: KPFA - Against the Grain | Published: May 18, 2026 - 12:00 pm
- mp3Fund Drive Special: Fossil Capitalism and TreesFor as long as we’ve known, humans have revered ancient trees. We have also destroyed them, especially since the advent of colonialism and fossil fuel capitalism. Historian Jared Farmer reflects on what trees illuminate about our past and potential future. The post Fund Drive Special: Fossil Capitalism and Trees appeared... Read more »Source: KPFA - Against the Grain | Published: May 13, 2026 - 12:00 pm
- mp3Fund Drive Special: What the Frankfurt School Teaches Us About the RightWhat has the far right learned from the Frankfurt School? And what can we learn from Frankfurt School thinkers like Theodor Adorno and Herbert Marcuse to understand the appeal of the right? Paul Fleming sheds light on the fixation of conservatives like Christopher Rufo — who has set about remaking... Read more »Source: KPFA - Against the Grain | Published: May 12, 2026 - 12:00 pm
- mp3Fund 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 »Source: KPFA - Against the Grain | Published: May 11, 2026 - 12:00 pm
- 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 »Source: KPFA - Against the Grain | Published: May 6, 2026 - 12:00 pm
- 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 »Source: KPFA - Against the Grain | Published: May 5, 2026 - 12:00 pm
- 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 »Source: KPFA - Against the Grain | Published: May 4, 2026 - 12:00 pm
- 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 »Source: KPFA - Against the Grain | Published: April 28, 2026 - 12:00 pm
- mp3Science Fiction and the Far RightFiction that imagines alternate futures is often associated with the left — with writers like Octavia Butler and Ursula LeGuin. But the tropes of science fiction are well-suited to the right and, as Jordan Carroll illustrates, far right authors and aficionados have populated the ranks of speculative fiction since its... Read more »Source: KPFA - Against the Grain | Published: April 27, 2026 - 12:00 pm
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- 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 »Source: World | Published: April 14, 2026 - 3:30 am - President Xi Jinping meets Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, UAE
President Xi Jinping meets Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, UAE... Read more »Source: World | Published: April 14, 2026 - 3:00 am - Mozambique's President Daniel Francisco Chapo to visit China
Mozambique's President Daniel Francisco Chapo to visit China... Read more »Source: World | Published: April 14, 2026 - 2:31 am - 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 »Source: World | Published: April 14, 2026 - 2:17 am - 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 »Source: World | Published: April 14, 2026 - 1:54 am - Natural disasters claim 496 lives in Nepal in a year
Natural disasters claim 496 lives in Nepal in a year... Read more »Source: World | Published: April 14, 2026 - 1:06 am - Rubio to host meeting between Israeli, Lebanese ambassadors
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio will host a meeting between the Israeli and Lebanese ambassadors in Washington on Tuesday, US online media outlet Axios reported.... Read more »Source: World | Published: April 14, 2026 - 1:01 am - US blockade of Strait of Hormuz – sustainability and consequences
After negotiations with Iran failed to yield any agreement, the United States took drastic measures on Monday by blocking the Strait of Hormuz, a crucial artery for the global energy market.... Read more »Source: World | Published: April 14, 2026 - 12:47 am - UN: Humanitarian needs, aid delivery challenges increase in Mideast
Sharply rising needs in Iran and the deepening crises in Lebanon and the Gaza Strip are complicating relief delivery across the Middle East, UN humanitarians said Monday.... Read more »Source: World | Published: April 14, 2026 - 12:38 am - 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 »Source: World | Published: April 14, 2026 - 12:11 am
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- 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 »Source: Politics | Published: April 14, 2026 - 3:30 am - President Xi Jinping meets Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, UAE
President Xi Jinping meets Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, UAE... Read more »Source: Politics | Published: April 14, 2026 - 3:00 am - Mozambique's President Daniel Francisco Chapo to visit China
Mozambique's President Daniel Francisco Chapo to visit China... Read more »Source: Politics | Published: April 14, 2026 - 2:31 am - 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 »Source: Politics | Published: April 14, 2026 - 2:17 am - 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 »Source: Politics | Published: April 14, 2026 - 1:54 am - Rubio to host meeting between Israeli, Lebanese ambassadors
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio will host a meeting between the Israeli and Lebanese ambassadors in Washington on Tuesday, US online media outlet Axios reported.... Read more »Source: Politics | Published: April 14, 2026 - 1:01 am - US blockade of Strait of Hormuz – sustainability and consequences
After negotiations with Iran failed to yield any agreement, the United States took drastic measures on Monday by blocking the Strait of Hormuz, a crucial artery for the global energy market.... Read more »Source: Politics | Published: April 14, 2026 - 12:47 am - UN: Humanitarian needs, aid delivery challenges increase in Mideast
Sharply rising needs in Iran and the deepening crises in Lebanon and the Gaza Strip are complicating relief delivery across the Middle East, UN humanitarians said Monday.... Read more »Source: Politics | Published: April 14, 2026 - 12:38 am - 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 »Source: Politics | Published: April 14, 2026 - 12:11 am - Wadagni elected president of Benin, provisional results show
Wadagni elected president of Benin, provisional results show... Read more »Source: Politics | Published: April 13, 2026 - 11:29 pm
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- Polish official: A new gateway for Chinese-Polish synergy
Polish official: A new gateway for Chinese-Polish synergy... Read more »Source: Business | Published: April 14, 2026 - 2:20 pm - 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 »Source: Business | Published: April 14, 2026 - 1:05 pm - 85% of respondents say 'Investing in China' key for global success
85% of respondents say 'Investing in China' key for global success... Read more »Source: Business | Published: April 14, 2026 - 11:16 am - 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 »Source: Business | Published: April 14, 2026 - 10:59 am - 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 »Source: Business | Published: April 14, 2026 - 10:53 am - Growing global appeal to shop in China
China is evolving into a more open and shopper-friendly destination for global travelers.... Read more »Source: Business | Published: April 14, 2026 - 9:08 am - China opposes UK decision to block Chinese company's wind turbines
China firmly opposes the UK's exclusion of Chinese products from its wind power projects on the grounds of "national security," China's Ministry of Commerce said on Tuesday.... Read more »Source: Business | Published: April 14, 2026 - 5:58 am - China's Q1 foreign trade up 15%, fastest in 5 years
China's foreign trade got off to a strong start this year, with total imports and exports reaching 11.84 trillion yuan ($1.63 trillion) in the first quarter, up 15% year on year, according to official data.... Read more »Source: Business | Published: April 14, 2026 - 5:14 am - Canadian company excited for their debut at Hainan Expo 2026
The 6th China International Consumer Products Expo (CICPE) is happening April 13 to 18. This year, the CICPE's guest of honor is Canada, with Minister Maninder Sidhu leading a delegation of about 40 companies. Black Sheep Organics, a Vancouver-based pet-grooming products company, is thrilled for their debut.... Read more »Source: Business | Published: April 12, 2026 - 11:20 pm - Service sector powers China's new engine of economic growth
The service sector in China not only holds vast consumption potential as a daily necessity but also generates powerful productive forces.... Read more »Source: Business | Published: April 12, 2026 - 3:01 pm
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- 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 »Source: Citizen Truth | Published: March 25, 2025 - 12:32 pm - 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 »Source: Citizen Truth | Published: March 25, 2025 - 5:20 am - 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 »Source: Citizen Truth | Published: March 23, 2025 - 12:25 pm - 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 »Source: Citizen Truth | Published: March 22, 2025 - 11:46 am - Unlocking International Opportunities with the Digital Nomad Visa
Canada's Digital Nomad Visa is more than just a temporary travel allowance... Read more »Source: Citizen Truth | Published: March 22, 2025 - 7:07 am - Singapore’s Workfare Payouts Increase in 2025
The core aim of the WIS scheme is to supplement the income and retirement savings of lower-earning Singaporeans... Read more »Source: Citizen Truth | Published: March 22, 2025 - 6:13 am - Singapore’s CPF Retirement Benefits Expand in 2025
This sum ensures that retirees receive a stable monthly income throughout their golden years.... Read more »Source: Citizen Truth | Published: March 22, 2025 - 5:07 am - Australian Government Announces $1,300 Energy Bill Rebate in 2025
Australian households are set to benefit from a substantial energy rebate... Read more »Source: Citizen Truth | Published: March 22, 2025 - 1:55 am - South Africa’s New Points-Based Visa System Explained
One of the standout changes is the introduction of a 90-day visa-free travel opportunity for Indian nationals beginning in January 2025.... Read more »Source: Citizen Truth | Published: March 21, 2025 - 2:19 pm - Check Updates on Renewals & Benefits for SASSA Old Age Pension
To qualify for the Old Age Pension in 2025, individuals must be aged 60 or older.... Read more »Source: Citizen Truth | Published: March 21, 2025 - 2:08 pm
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- ● California scholars demand accountability for death of Chinese researcher Danhao WangCalifornia Scholars for Academic Freedom's Professor Stephen Roddy opposes the McCarthyite witch-hunt targeting Chinese scientists at American universities and calls for transparency over the recent suicide at the University of Michigan of Danhao Wang.... Read more »Source: World Socialist Web Site (en) | Published: May 20, 2026 - 3:19 am
- ● Nexteer workers denounce UAW bureaucrats after forcing strike authorization voteThe highly exploited and low-paid workers, who produce critical steering components for some of the Big Three’s most profitable models, erupted in anger at a meeting of UAW Local 699 on Sunday following the overwhelming rejection last week of the second tentative agreement brought by the union.... Read more »Source: World Socialist Web Site (en) | Published: May 20, 2026 - 3:13 am
- ● Sri Lanka’s JVP government commemorates 17 years since “victory” in racist anti-Tamil warThe capitalist state cannot tolerate the political unity of Tamil and Sinhala workers, which threatens a system based on the exploitation of labour and communal division.... Read more »Source: World Socialist Web Site (en) | Published: May 20, 2026 - 2:28 am
- ● Modi demands India’s workers and toilers make “sacrifices” as economic fallout from Iran war expandsIndia’s far-right BJP government has raised petrol and diesel prices just days after Prime Minister Narendra Modi exhorted Indians to slash energy and fertiliser consumption in response to the ever-widening economic fallout from the illegal US-Israeli war on Iran.... Read more »Source: World Socialist Web Site (en) | Published: May 20, 2026 - 1:39 am
- ● Australian Labor government steps up war-related crackdown on university researchA wartime-style atmosphere is being created in Australian universities, backed by threats of punishment of researchers that fail to comply with national security guidelines.... Read more »Source: World Socialist Web Site (en) | Published: May 20, 2026 - 1:14 am
- ● Bipartisan attack on superannuation looming in New ZealandThe entire ruling elite is declaring that superannuation payments for future generations of workers and retirees are “unaffordable.”... Read more »Source: World Socialist Web Site (en) | Published: May 20, 2026 - 1:12 am
- A letter from afar by A. LincolnThe following letter, signed “A. Lincoln” but without a return address or subject line, appeared in my email this morning. No sooner had I made a copy of the letter than it disappeared from my inbox. Despite its strange and unexplained origin, the signature demands that attention be given to... Read more »Source: World Socialist Web Site (en) | Published: May 19, 2026 - 7:33 pm
- Rank-and-file Zoom meeting discusses campaign for a No vote to defeat CWU’s pro-company agreement with Royal MailA Royal Mail worker told the meeting, “We need a resounding No vote, linked to a vote of no confidence in Ward, Walsh and the Postal Executive who imposed this against us”.... Read more »Source: World Socialist Web Site (en) | Published: May 19, 2026 - 5:19 pm
- Türkiye unveils its first intercontinental ballistic missile amid an intensifying imperialist warThe massive investments made by the Erdoğan government in an “independent” defence industry must be viewed in the context of the global war that is unfolding, Türkiye’s geopolitical position and the interests of the Turkish ruling class.... Read more »Source: World Socialist Web Site (en) | Published: May 19, 2026 - 5:14 pm
- Tony Blair Institute urges UK government to accelerate welfare state cuts and abandon the pension “triple lock”The triple lock maintained the value of the UK state pension, guaranteeing a basic, albeit inadequate pension during retirement.... Read more »Source: World Socialist Web Site (en) | Published: May 19, 2026 - 5:10 pm
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- Chinese scientists unlock potent, addiction-free pain relief
Chinese scientists unlock potent, addiction-free pain relief... Read more »Source: China | Published: April 15, 2026 - 3:43 am - 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 »Source: China | Published: April 15, 2026 - 3:16 am - Xi Jinping holds talks with Vietnam's top leader To Lam
Xi Jinping holds talks with Vietnam's top leader To Lam... Read more »Source: China | Published: April 15, 2026 - 2:56 am - Xi Jinping holds welcome ceremony for Vietnam's top leader
Xi Jinping holds welcome ceremony for Vietnam's top leader... Read more »Source: China | Published: April 15, 2026 - 2:55 am - Chinese President Xi Jinping meets Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov
Chinese President Xi Jinping meets Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov... Read more »Source: China | Published: April 15, 2026 - 2:54 am - New report calls for end of US immigration detention system
A damning new report is calling for the shutdown of the United States' immigration detention system, as harrowing accounts emerge from facilities holding thousands of migrants, including infants and young children.... Read more »Source: China | Published: April 14, 2026 - 10:56 pm - US marks the 84th anniversary of the Bataan Death March
At the San Francisco National Cemetery, military officials, law enforcement, and community members gathered to mark the 84th anniversary of the Bataan Death March, honoring the tens of thousands of Filipino and American soldiers forced to march more than 65 miles under brutal conditions after surrendering to the Imperial Japanese... Read more »Source: China | Published: April 14, 2026 - 10:55 pm - China deploys grain leveling robots in granaries
China deploys grain leveling robots in granaries... Read more »Source: China | Published: April 14, 2026 - 7:18 pm - Chinese FM Wang Yi meets Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov in Beijing
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Tuesday met with visiting Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in Beijing.... Read more »Source: China | Published: April 14, 2026 - 3:33 pm - 2026 World Quantum Day: China's quiet quantum shift
2026 World Quantum Day: China's quiet quantum shift... Read more »Source: China | Published: April 14, 2026 - 3:29 pm
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- 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 »Source: Opinion | Published: April 13, 2026 - 8:50 am - 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 »Source: Opinion | Published: April 13, 2026 - 8:33 am - 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 »Source: Opinion | Published: April 13, 2026 - 8:09 am - 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 »Source: Opinion | Published: April 13, 2026 - 7:35 am - 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 »Source: Opinion | Published: April 13, 2026 - 5:30 am - Japan's post-peak industry struggles with a stronger rival
The "Takaichi cost," therefore, is the price of allowing a temporary loss of confidence to harden into a long-term strategic posture.... Read more »Source: Opinion | Published: April 11, 2026 - 9:49 am - Shared stewardship to escape the gravity of history
We possess the technical capability to live and work in space. What we need is the political maturity to govern ourselves there. By establishing binding international frameworks that guarantee equitable access and enforce responsible behavior, we can ensure that the final frontier becomes and stays a domain of peace, and... Read more »Source: Opinion | Published: April 11, 2026 - 9:14 am - US-Iran: Talks Ahead Real Diplomacy or Tactical Pause?
US-Iran: Talks Ahead Real Diplomacy or Tactical Pause?... Read more »Source: Opinion | Published: April 9, 2026 - 11:38 am - Why the US-Iran truce may pause the war, but not end it
Within hours of the US-Iran truce announcement, Israel launched its heaviest bombardment of Lebanon in month. The result is an uncomfortable truth: This is not peace. It is not even a full ceasefire.... Read more »Source: Opinion | Published: April 9, 2026 - 10:06 am - China's rational role in the Strait of Hormuz crisis
China's vote in the UNSC represents a steadfast commitment to peace, a call for rationality and the upholding of the fundamental principles of international law.... Read more »Source: Opinion | Published: April 9, 2026 - 7:49 am
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- 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 »Source: Culture | Published: April 14, 2026 - 11:44 am - Brought with the Storm
The film centers on a male protagonist who has just ended a relationship.... Read more »Source: Culture | Published: April 14, 2026 - 11:43 am - The Fox King
The film tells the story of a pair of twin brothers living in a peaceful coastal town in Malaysia.... Read more »Source: Culture | Published: April 14, 2026 - 11:42 am - 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 »Source: Culture | Published: April 14, 2026 - 11:39 am - 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 »Source: Culture | Published: April 14, 2026 - 11:38 am - Dry Leaf
Photographer Lisa disappears suddenly. Her last known trail leads to seven football fields she photographed, scattered across seven remote villages in Georgia.... Read more »Source: Culture | Published: April 14, 2026 - 11:37 am - At Work
At Work tells the true story of a successful photographer who abandons everything to devote himself fully to writing, thus confronting poverty head-on.... Read more »Source: Culture | Published: April 14, 2026 - 11:36 am - Two People in One Life and a Dog
The film tells the story of an elderly intellectual couple living in St. Petersburg, Russia.... Read more »Source: Culture | Published: April 14, 2026 - 11:35 am - Isabel
Isabel follows a woman determined to carve out a space of her own in São Paulo by opening a small, independent wine bar named "Os Rejeitados" ("The Rejects").... Read more »Source: Culture | Published: April 14, 2026 - 11:34 am - You Found Me
You Found Me or L’Âme idéale centers on Elsa, a 40-year-old palliative care doctor who has long distanced herself from love and from others because of a secret she can no longer ignore: she can see and speak to the dead.... Read more »Source: Culture | Published: April 14, 2026 - 11:31 am
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- 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 »Source: Tech&Sci | Published: April 14, 2026 - 12:11 am - Musk's XChat set for App Store debut
Musk's XChat set for App Store debut... Read more »Source: Tech&Sci | Published: April 13, 2026 - 2:51 pm - 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 »Source: Tech&Sci | Published: April 13, 2026 - 12:34 pm - Spanish PM Sánchez receives honorary professorship from UCAS
Spanish PM Sánchez receives honorary professorship from UCAS... Read more »Source: Tech&Sci | Published: April 13, 2026 - 10:41 am - 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 »Source: Tech&Sci | Published: April 13, 2026 - 6:30 am - China launches first offshore carbon injection project in Hainan
The China National Offshore Oil Corporation announced on Saturday that construction has officially started on a carbon capture, utilization and storage project at the Dongfang 1-1 gas field in south China's Hainan Province.... Read more »Source: Tech&Sci | Published: April 12, 2026 - 2:24 am - China launches satellite via sea-based commercial rocket
China launches satellite via sea-based commercial rocket... Read more »Source: Tech&Sci | Published: April 11, 2026 - 3:09 pm - China issues national standards for BCI and emerging tech
China issues national standards for BCI and emerging tech... Read more »Source: Tech&Sci | Published: April 11, 2026 - 9:39 am - Chinese scientists develop new nickel-based superconductors
Chinese scientists develop new nickel-based superconductors... Read more »Source: Tech&Sci | Published: April 11, 2026 - 8:57 am
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- ● Who on Earth Feels Threatened by a Nun?From Jerusalem to the West Bank to Lebanon, attacks on Christians by Israelis have become far too common. The perpetrators confuse dominance and security - and any unfamiliar 'other' is seen as an enemy.... Read more »Source: Israel Palestine News | Published: May 20, 2026 - 12:16 am
- ● Antisemitism? Really? The 33 Most Absurd Examples Listed in the ADL’s New DatabaseWe looked through the 6,000-plus incidents recorded in the ADL's antisemitism database and found dozens of examples that are debatable or weird, or dishonestly conflate anti-Zionism with antisemitism.... Read more »Source: Israel Palestine News | Published: May 20, 2026 - 12:11 am
- Gaza’s water crisis: Families survive on less than 10 liters a day amid Israel’s ongoing genocideIn Gaza's displacement camps, access to water has become a daily struggle measured in liters, queues, and exhaustion.... Read more »Source: Israel Palestine News | Published: May 19, 2026 - 9:46 pm
- Why the Zionist Establishment Wants Progressives Talking About ICE Instead of GazaAn easily distracted and polarized population is one that is putty in the hands of Zionist interest groups.... Read more »Source: Israel Palestine News | Published: May 19, 2026 - 9:40 pm
- The Media’s Double Standards on Rape in Palestine and IsraelThe New York Times published a detailed accounting of rape against Palestinians. An unreliable Israeli nonprofit put out a report on sexual abuse against Israelis. And all hell broke loose.... Read more »Source: Israel Palestine News | Published: May 19, 2026 - 9:35 pm
- Leaked Documents Show Cisco Systems’ Deep Relationship with Israeli Security State“Never Let a Good Crisis Go To Waste”: Internal documents show Cisco’s growing collaboration with the Israeli military over the course of the genocide in Gaza.... Read more »Source: Israel Palestine News | Published: May 19, 2026 - 8:36 pm
- Israel Can Sue New York Times Over Sexual Abuse Allegations, But Can’t Erase the TruthA constitutional law professor told Haaretz: 'The burden of proof on the plaintiff in a case like this is extraordinary'... Read more »Source: Israel Palestine News | Published: May 19, 2026 - 6:57 pm
- Israeli military commits piracy (again), kidnaps “hundreds” of humanitarians – Daily UpdateIn Gaza, food/water/medical crises deepen ■ Israel's act of mass piracy ■ Shocking actions by Israeli settlers ■ Smotrich, Ben Gvir strike back at ICC ■ Latest from Iran, Lebanon, US politics... Read more »Source: Israel Palestine News | Published: May 19, 2026 - 3:00 pm
- Israeli Soldiers Kill A Palestinian Teacher In JeninIsraeli occupation forces shot and killed a Palestinian teacher early Saturday (May 16) during an invasion of the Jenin refugee camp, in Jenin in the occupied West Bank’s northern part, the Palestinian Ministry of Health confirmed.... Read more »Source: Israel Palestine News | Published: May 19, 2026 - 12:57 am
- Earworm Kars4Kids jingle yanked from California airwaves for false advertisingCharity failed to mention it funnels about $45m annually to a Jewish non-profit that organizes Israel trips for teens... Read more »Source: Israel Palestine News | Published: May 19, 2026 - 12:50 am
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- Russia and North Korea: An Alliance of DesperationThe Kremlin can count on only one real ally in its war in Ukraine. The post Russia and North Korea: An Alliance of Desperation appeared first on Institute for Policy Studies.... Read more »Source: Institute for Policy Studies | Published: May 18, 2026 - 5:41 pm
- She Spoke Up for Due Process. Now She’s Detained Without Charges.Americans should demand the release of jailed Salvadoran lawyer Ruth Lopez — because it can happen here, too. The post She Spoke Up for Due Process. Now She’s Detained Without Charges. appeared first on Institute for Policy Studies.... Read more »Source: Institute for Policy Studies | Published: May 14, 2026 - 3:48 pm
- VIDEO: Phyllis Bennis Says “Stop the War” at the National Moral Monday Peace RallyBennis calls the U.S.-Israeli war against Iran "immoral and illegal" and demands an end to U.S. funding of the Gaza genocide. The post VIDEO: Phyllis Bennis Says “Stop the War” at the National Moral Monday Peace Rally appeared first on Institute for Policy Studies.... Read more »Source: Institute for Policy Studies | Published: May 14, 2026 - 2:22 pm
- While the U.S. Doubles Down on Fossil Fuels, Other Countries Are Charting a Path Away From ThemThe recent Santa Marta conference in Colombia was the world’s first diplomatic conference expressly dedicated to phasing out fossil fuels. The post While the U.S. Doubles Down on Fossil Fuels, Other Countries Are Charting a Path Away From Them appeared first on Institute for Policy Studies.... Read more »Source: Institute for Policy Studies | Published: May 12, 2026 - 2:22 pm
- 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 »Source: Institute for Policy Studies | Published: May 8, 2026 - 2:34 pm
- 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 »Source: Institute for Policy Studies | Published: May 7, 2026 - 5:55 pm
- 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 »Source: Institute for Policy Studies | Published: May 7, 2026 - 5:49 pm
- 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 »Source: Institute for Policy Studies | Published: May 6, 2026 - 3:27 pm - 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 »Source: Institute for Policy Studies | Published: May 5, 2026 - 2:06 pm
- Chicago Teachers Are Making This May Day CountA Q&A with Chicago Teachers Union Vice President Jackson Potter about why they're mobilizing en masse this May 1. The post Chicago Teachers Are Making This May Day Count appeared first on Institute for Policy Studies.... Read more »Source: Institute for Policy Studies | Published: May 4, 2026 - 1:39 pm
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- 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 »Source: FAIR | Published: April 14, 2026 - 8:16 pm - 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 »Source: FAIR | Published: March 13, 2026 - 3:58 pm - 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 »Source: FAIR | Published: February 3, 2026 - 9:36 pm - 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 »Source: FAIR | Published: January 28, 2026 - 5:15 pm - 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 »Source: FAIR | Published: January 20, 2026 - 9:04 pm - When a Shooter Is Trans—and Not a Cis Male—Suddenly Identity Matters
Most media outlets focused on profiling the shooter—who was transgender—treating the shooting as an isolated case rather than part of a larger, systemic issue.... Read more »Source: FAIR | Published: October 1, 2025 - 9:48 pm - Western Media Manufactured Consent for Israel’s Murder of Palestinian Journalists
Most outlets accepted Israel’s premise that any number of bystanders can legitimately be killed in order to target a supposed Hamas member.... Read more »Source: FAIR | Published: August 22, 2025 - 10:00 pm - Media Largely Ignored Gaza Famine When There Was Time to Avert Mass Starvation
Gaza's conditions of famine have been out in the open for well over a year, and yet it was considered barely newsworthy in US news media.... Read more »Source: FAIR | Published: July 29, 2025 - 9:49 pm - America’s Opinion Pages Overwhelmingly Supported Trump’s Attack on Iran
56% of Americans opposed Trump’s bombing. Why wasn’t this reflected in the range of opinions presented by America’s top press outlets?... Read more »Source: FAIR | Published: July 25, 2025 - 9:47 pm - NYT Less Interested Than Ever in Trans Perspectives on Trans Issues
Even while feigning concern, the paper of record remains largely uninterested in centering trans people and perspectives in coverage of trans issues.... Read more »Source: FAIR | Published: July 14, 2025 - 6:48 pm
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- Video● D.C. Feds Launch "Summer Surge" To Crack Down On Youth CrimeD.C. Feds Launch "Summer Surge" To Crack Down On Youth Crime U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro and federal law enforcement officials held a press conference around midday Friday to announce a "Summer Surge" under the D.C. Safe and Beautiful Task Force ahead of America 250 events across the Capital Beltway. The... Read more »Source: ZeroHedge News | Published: May 20, 2026 - 2:10 am
- ● Cuban Leader Warns Of Potential 'Bloodbath' If US Takes Military Action
Cuban Leader Warns Of Potential 'Bloodbath' If US Takes Military Action Authored by Jack Phillips via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Cuba’s leader on Monday warned that any U.S. military action against the communist-controlled island nation would cause a “bloodbath” and lead to regional insecurity. Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel delivers... Read more »Source: ZeroHedge News | Published: May 20, 2026 - 1:45 am - ● Iran Teaching Civilians How To Shoot: Public Tutorials On State TV & In Marketplaces
Iran Teaching Civilians How To Shoot: Public Tutorials On State TV & In Marketplaces Amid stalled peace talks and ongoing tit-for-tat threats, Iranians are reportedly arming themselves in preparation a potential US ground invasion, or renewal of major military action in its skies. CNN cameras captured individual citizens being given... Read more »Source: ZeroHedge News | Published: May 20, 2026 - 1:20 am - ● Why College Grads Hate AI
Why College Grads Hate AI Authored by Adam Sharp via DailyReckoning.com, I saw a fascinating clip on Twitter/X recently. At the graduation ceremony for the University of Central Florida, the commencement speaker brought up AI. “The rise of artificial intelligence is the next industrial revolution.” BOOOOOO! HISS! The new college grads... Read more »Source: ZeroHedge News | Published: May 20, 2026 - 12:55 am - ● Multiple States Begin Ejecting Illegal Immigrants From Subsidized Healthcare
Multiple States Begin Ejecting Illegal Immigrants From Subsidized Healthcare The political left often betrays their true agenda in the legislation they choose to oppose. The SAVE Act, for example, would require proof of citizenship to vote in US elections; a law which the majority of countries around the world enforce. ... Read more »Source: ZeroHedge News | Published: May 20, 2026 - 12:30 am - ● Sanctuary Jurisdictions Must Comply Or Face More ICE Boots On The Ground: Homan
Sanctuary Jurisdictions Must Comply Or Face More ICE Boots On The Ground: Homan Authored by Naveen Athrappully via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Sanctuary jurisdictions in the United States will see more Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) personnel on the ground if they do not allow local law enforcement to... Read more »Source: ZeroHedge News | Published: May 20, 2026 - 12:05 am - IRGC Says It Foiled US Arms Shipments To 'Terror Groups' Near Border With Iraqi Kurdistan
IRGC Says It Foiled US Arms Shipments To 'Terror Groups' Near Border With Iraqi Kurdistan Via The Cradle Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said in a statement on Monday that it foiled an attempt to smuggle a large shipment of US-made weapons and ammunition into the country. "Counter-revolutionary terror groups based... Read more »Source: ZeroHedge News | Published: May 19, 2026 - 11:40 pm - Video"A Breakthrough": White House Says Strategic Bitcoin Reserve Announcement Is Imminent
"A Breakthrough": White House Says Strategic Bitcoin Reserve Announcement Is Imminent Authored by Micah Zimmerman via BitcoinMagazine.com, The White House is on the verge of a formal announcement on the U.S. Strategic Bitcoin Reserve — and the official leading the charge says the hard part is done. Patrick Witt, Executive... Read more »Source: ZeroHedge News | Published: May 19, 2026 - 11:15 pm - "Need Solidarity , Not Stigma": African Officials Say US Ebola-Related Restrictions Unnecessary
"Need Solidarity , Not Stigma": African Officials Say US Ebola-Related Restrictions Unnecessary The U.S. government on May 18 said it will not let people without U.S. passports enter the United States if they have been to African countries affected by, or close to, a new Ebola outbreak within the past... Read more »Source: ZeroHedge News | Published: May 19, 2026 - 10:50 pm - Americans Who Can Are Dropping Medical Insurance
Americans Who Can Are Dropping Medical Insurance Authored by Jeffrey Tucker via The Epoch Times, Have you observed what is happening with medical insurance in the United States? There is an upheaval taking place. You might be experiencing it yourself. The Wakely Consulting Group has taken upon itself to track... Read more »Source: ZeroHedge News | Published: May 19, 2026 - 10:25 pm
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- ● Ex-MAGA influencer shares election conspiracy theory involving Elon Musk
Ashley St. Clair, a former MAGA influencer who has renounced her past rhetoric, claims Tesla CEO Elon Musk told her he knew President Donald Trump won the 2024 election hours before the Associated Press called it at 5:34 a.m. ET on Nov. 6. St. Clair alleges Musk possesses "real-time data"... Read more »Source: Raw Story | Published: May 20, 2026 - 2:40 am - ● Trump won't have his gold coins in time for America's 250th birthday: report
The U.S. Mint won't be able to produce gold coins bearing Trump's face before America's 250th birthday, according to a new report. "The Mint is currently in the design stage of a large 24k gold coin depicting President Trump in commemoration of the United States Semiquincentennial," April Stafford, the director... Read more »Source: Raw Story | Published: May 20, 2026 - 2:00 am - ● 'A curse for the party': WaPo warns Trump's 'pyrrhic victory' could cost GOP dearly
President Donald Trump scored a personal victory on Tuesday evening when Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY), a lawmaker who has been a thorn in his side for months, was defeated by MAGA-endorsed former Navy SEAL Ed Gallrein in the GOP primary for Kentucky's 4th Congressional District — but this may soon... Read more »Source: Raw Story | Published: May 20, 2026 - 1:53 am - ● Details from Epstein's ranch suggest connections to CIA: journalist
After analyzing the Justice Department's files, veteran journalist Alisa Valdes-Rodríguez concluded Jeffrey Epstein's advanced communications infrastructure is tied to U.S. intelligence. Valdes-Rodríguez identified military-grade technology at Epstein's Zorro Ranch compound in New Mexico, including a "private microwave communications link" still maintained by current owner Don Huffines, an ally of President... Read more »Source: Raw Story | Published: May 20, 2026 - 1:50 am - ● WSJ torches Trump's 'rotten' deal as 'emblem of today's warped political age'
The Wall Street Journal's conservative editorial board torched one of Trump's latest deals in a Tuesday opinion piece. "Could future historians ask for a better emblem of today's warped political age?" the board wrote about Trump's $1.8 billion anti-weaponization fund. Trump created the fund by dismissing a lawsuit against the... Read more »Source: Raw Story | Published: May 20, 2026 - 1:45 am - ● Trump's $1B ballroom funding on the verge of being 'ejected' by his own party
Funding for President Donald Trump's pricey White House ballroom is on the verge of being "ejected" from his own party's immigration enforcement bill, according to a new report.The White House ballroom project has been touted as a $400 million privately funded build, though Republicans have also pushed a separate $1... Read more »Source: Raw Story | Published: May 20, 2026 - 1:35 am - ● RFK Jr.'s daughter-in-law quits 2 top intel jobs amid break with Trump: report
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s daughter-in-law is leaving her roles in the Trump administration."Amaryllis Fox Kennedy, a top Trump administration intelligence official and ally of Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, is stepping down this week from two key administration posts," reported The Washington Post. "The... Read more »Source: Raw Story | Published: May 20, 2026 - 1:15 am - ● 'Another scalp for Trump': Thomas Massie's defeat sparks frenzy
President Donald Trump got his desire on Tuesday evening as Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY), a longtime thorn in his side who frequently bucks the GOP on key votes and co-sponsored the bill to release the Jeffrey Epstein case files, lost his re-nomination to MAGA-endorsed former Navy SEAL Ed Gallrein.The result... Read more »Source: Raw Story | Published: May 20, 2026 - 1:05 am - ● Trump cuts left region 'dangerously exposed' to fatal virus now infecting hundreds: report
A humanitarian group says that funding cuts by the Trump administration left a region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo "dangerously exposed" to a rare strain of Ebola that has killed more than a hundred people, according to a new report. The International Rescue Committee told Politico that losing... Read more »Source: Raw Story | Published: May 20, 2026 - 12:50 am - ● WSJ warns Trump about to repeat catastrophic mistake that once cost Republicans Georgia
The Wall Street Journal's conservative editorial board wasn't happy with President Donald Trump on Tuesday, warning he's about to repeat the political catastrophe that cost Republicans control of the Senate five years ago.In a sharply worded editorial published Tuesday, the Journal's editorial board argued that Trump's last-minute endorsement of Texas... Read more »Source: Raw Story | Published: May 20, 2026 - 12:40 am
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- ● Ex-MAGA influencer shares election conspiracy theory involving Elon Musk
Ashley St. Clair, a former MAGA influencer who has renounced her past rhetoric, claims Tesla CEO Elon Musk told her he knew President Donald Trump won the 2024 election hours before the Associated Press called it at 5:34 a.m. ET on Nov. 6. St. Clair alleges Musk possesses "real-time data"... Read more »Source: Raw Story | Published: May 20, 2026 - 2:40 am - ● Trump won't have his gold coins in time for America's 250th birthday: report
The U.S. Mint won't be able to produce gold coins bearing Trump's face before America's 250th birthday, according to a new report. "The Mint is currently in the design stage of a large 24k gold coin depicting President Trump in commemoration of the United States Semiquincentennial," April Stafford, the director... Read more »Source: Raw Story | Published: May 20, 2026 - 2:00 am - ● 'A curse for the party': WaPo warns Trump's 'pyrrhic victory' could cost GOP dearly
President Donald Trump scored a personal victory on Tuesday evening when Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY), a lawmaker who has been a thorn in his side for months, was defeated by MAGA-endorsed former Navy SEAL Ed Gallrein in the GOP primary for Kentucky's 4th Congressional District — but this may soon... Read more »Source: Raw Story | Published: May 20, 2026 - 1:53 am - ● Details from Epstein's ranch suggest connections to CIA: journalist
After analyzing the Justice Department's files, veteran journalist Alisa Valdes-Rodríguez concluded Jeffrey Epstein's advanced communications infrastructure is tied to U.S. intelligence. Valdes-Rodríguez identified military-grade technology at Epstein's Zorro Ranch compound in New Mexico, including a "private microwave communications link" still maintained by current owner Don Huffines, an ally of President... Read more »Source: Raw Story | Published: May 20, 2026 - 1:50 am - ● WSJ torches Trump's 'rotten' deal as 'emblem of today's warped political age'
The Wall Street Journal's conservative editorial board torched one of Trump's latest deals in a Tuesday opinion piece. "Could future historians ask for a better emblem of today's warped political age?" the board wrote about Trump's $1.8 billion anti-weaponization fund. Trump created the fund by dismissing a lawsuit against the... Read more »Source: Raw Story | Published: May 20, 2026 - 1:45 am - ● Trump's $1B ballroom funding on the verge of being 'ejected' by his own party
Funding for President Donald Trump's pricey White House ballroom is on the verge of being "ejected" from his own party's immigration enforcement bill, according to a new report.The White House ballroom project has been touted as a $400 million privately funded build, though Republicans have also pushed a separate $1... Read more »Source: Raw Story | Published: May 20, 2026 - 1:35 am - ● RFK Jr.'s daughter-in-law quits 2 top intel jobs amid break with Trump: report
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s daughter-in-law is leaving her roles in the Trump administration."Amaryllis Fox Kennedy, a top Trump administration intelligence official and ally of Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, is stepping down this week from two key administration posts," reported The Washington Post. "The... Read more »Source: Raw Story | Published: May 20, 2026 - 1:15 am - ● 'Another scalp for Trump': Thomas Massie's defeat sparks frenzy
President Donald Trump got his desire on Tuesday evening as Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY), a longtime thorn in his side who frequently bucks the GOP on key votes and co-sponsored the bill to release the Jeffrey Epstein case files, lost his re-nomination to MAGA-endorsed former Navy SEAL Ed Gallrein.The result... Read more »Source: Raw Story | Published: May 20, 2026 - 1:05 am - ● Trump cuts left region 'dangerously exposed' to fatal virus now infecting hundreds: report
A humanitarian group says that funding cuts by the Trump administration left a region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo "dangerously exposed" to a rare strain of Ebola that has killed more than a hundred people, according to a new report. The International Rescue Committee told Politico that losing... Read more »Source: Raw Story | Published: May 20, 2026 - 12:50 am - ● WSJ warns Trump about to repeat catastrophic mistake that once cost Republicans Georgia
The Wall Street Journal's conservative editorial board wasn't happy with President Donald Trump on Tuesday, warning he's about to repeat the political catastrophe that cost Republicans control of the Senate five years ago.In a sharply worded editorial published Tuesday, the Journal's editorial board argued that Trump's last-minute endorsement of Texas... Read more »Source: Raw Story | Published: May 20, 2026 - 12:40 am
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- VideoWhat Will Happen To Gasoline Prices When the Iran War Ends?
President Donald Trump on multiple occasions has assured the public that high gasoline prices will “rapidly” or “quickly” decline “as soon as” the war with Iran ends. Energy experts told us that prices will start to fall when the conflict is resolved, but it could take many months before the... Read more »Source: FactCheck.org | Published: May 14, 2026 - 9:40 pm - Who’s Paying for the White House Ballroom?
Q: Has President Trump asked for a billion dollars for the ballroom? A: Since the White House announced plans in July for a ballroom, the president has promised to fund its construction without using public money. But in May congressional Republicans proposed $1 billion in federal funding for “security adjustments and... Read more »Source: FactCheck.org | Published: May 14, 2026 - 5:40 pm - VideoRepublicans Repeat Problematic Estimate of Medication Abortion Harms
In the midst of a court battle over whether to continue to allow access by mail to the medication abortion pill mifepristone, Republican lawmakers have claimed that 10% or more of women who take the drug have serious side effects. A 2025 report from an anti-abortion group that put forward the figure has been criticized by reproductive health... Read more »Source: FactCheck.org | Published: May 12, 2026 - 2:50 pm - 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 »Source: FactCheck.org | Published: May 6, 2026 - 11:01 pm - 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 »Source: FactCheck.org | Published: May 4, 2026 - 9:20 pm - 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 »Source: FactCheck.org | Published: April 30, 2026 - 9:09 pm - 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 »Source: FactCheck.org | Published: April 30, 2026 - 8:14 pm - 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 »Source: FactCheck.org | Published: April 29, 2026 - 8:48 pm - Project 2025 Series Wins National Headliner Award
FactCheck.org has won a National Headliner Award for online beat reporting of government and political coverage. Our series on “How Project 2025 Has Unfolded Under Trump” won first place in that category. The post Project 2025 Series Wins National Headliner Award appeared first on FactCheck.org.... Read more »Source: FactCheck.org | Published: April 28, 2026 - 6:25 pm - VideoThe Persistent Misleading Claim That Vaccines Aren’t Properly Tested for Safety
It’s a common, misleading refrain in anti-vaccine circles: Childhood vaccines may be unsafe because few if any have been tested in placebo-controlled trials before being approved. But that claim misunderstands the vaccine safety testing process and takes advantage of a narrow definition of a placebo, scientists told us. The post... Read more »Source: FactCheck.org | Published: April 27, 2026 - 9:18 pm
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- VideoWhat Will Happen To Gasoline Prices When the Iran War Ends?
President Donald Trump on multiple occasions has assured the public that high gasoline prices will “rapidly” or “quickly” decline “as soon as” the war with Iran ends. Energy experts told us that prices will start to fall when the conflict is resolved, but it could take many months before the... Read more »Source: FactCheck.org | Published: May 14, 2026 - 9:40 pm - Who’s Paying for the White House Ballroom?
Q: Has President Trump asked for a billion dollars for the ballroom? A: Since the White House announced plans in July for a ballroom, the president has promised to fund its construction without using public money. But in May congressional Republicans proposed $1 billion in federal funding for “security adjustments and... Read more »Source: FactCheck.org | Published: May 14, 2026 - 5:40 pm - VideoRepublicans Repeat Problematic Estimate of Medication Abortion Harms
In the midst of a court battle over whether to continue to allow access by mail to the medication abortion pill mifepristone, Republican lawmakers have claimed that 10% or more of women who take the drug have serious side effects. A 2025 report from an anti-abortion group that put forward the figure has been criticized by reproductive health... Read more »Source: FactCheck.org | Published: May 12, 2026 - 2:50 pm - 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 »Source: FactCheck.org | Published: May 6, 2026 - 11:01 pm - 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 »Source: FactCheck.org | Published: May 4, 2026 - 9:20 pm - 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 »Source: FactCheck.org | Published: April 30, 2026 - 9:09 pm - 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 »Source: FactCheck.org | Published: April 30, 2026 - 8:14 pm - 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 »Source: FactCheck.org | Published: April 29, 2026 - 8:48 pm - Project 2025 Series Wins National Headliner Award
FactCheck.org has won a National Headliner Award for online beat reporting of government and political coverage. Our series on “How Project 2025 Has Unfolded Under Trump” won first place in that category. The post Project 2025 Series Wins National Headliner Award appeared first on FactCheck.org.... Read more »Source: FactCheck.org | Published: April 28, 2026 - 6:25 pm - VideoThe Persistent Misleading Claim That Vaccines Aren’t Properly Tested for Safety
It’s a common, misleading refrain in anti-vaccine circles: Childhood vaccines may be unsafe because few if any have been tested in placebo-controlled trials before being approved. But that claim misunderstands the vaccine safety testing process and takes advantage of a narrow definition of a placebo, scientists told us. The post... Read more »Source: FactCheck.org | Published: April 27, 2026 - 9:18 pm
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- What North Korea Can Tell Us About America’s Future
John Feffer Trump and Kim have something in common: their desire for total control. The post What North Korea Can Tell Us About America’s Future appeared first on The Nation.... Read more »Source: Article | The Nation | Published: May 19, 2026 - 2:06 pm - Sunbonnet Truths
Jane Pearlmutter Sunbonnets stitching together razor-sharp truths. The post Sunbonnet Truths appeared first on The Nation.... Read more »Source: Article | The Nation | Published: May 19, 2026 - 12:30 pm - Trump Just Created a White Grievance Reparations Fund
Elie Mystal And it will be paid for with your tax dollars. The post Trump Just Created a White Grievance Reparations Fund appeared first on The Nation.... Read more »Source: Article | The Nation | Published: May 19, 2026 - 12:30 pm - The CIA Goes to Cuba
Peter Kornbluh After decades of covert operations, the CIA director has given the Cubans an overt ultimatum for change on the island. The post The CIA Goes to Cuba appeared first on The Nation.... Read more »Source: Article | The Nation | Published: May 18, 2026 - 4:09 pm - Trump Gloats About “Making a Fortune” While Americans Suffer
Jeet Heer As his war in Iran wreaks havoc, Trump is fixated on personal glory and enrichment. The post Trump Gloats About “Making a Fortune” While Americans Suffer appeared first on The Nation.... Read more »Source: Article | The Nation | Published: May 18, 2026 - 2:31 pm - Undoing the Voting Rights Act
Brian Stauffer Racists undoing democracy. The post Undoing the Voting Rights Act appeared first on The Nation.... Read more »Source: Article | The Nation | Published: May 18, 2026 - 12:30 pm - Trapped in “el Pozo”: As Overcrowding in ICE Detention Increases, So Does Solitary Confinement
Francisco Rodriguez The spike in solitary confinement epitomizes the abuses of a migrant detention system that seems to be spinning out of control. The post Trapped in “el Pozo”: As Overcrowding in ICE Detention Increases, So Does Solitary Confinement appeared first on The Nation.... Read more »Source: Article | The Nation | Published: May 18, 2026 - 12:00 pm - Trillion-Dollar Tech Bandits Are Finally Facing Justice
Margaret Mabie, Yasmine Taeb An outdated law has allowed Big Tech to evade accountability for 30 years. Now landmark court rulings are giving consumers a chance to fight back. The post Trillion-Dollar Tech Bandits Are Finally Facing Justice appeared first on The Nation.... Read more »Source: Article | The Nation | Published: May 18, 2026 - 9:00 am - The Dismantling of Black Studies
Jafari Sinclaire Allen Everyone committed to democracy, intellectual freedom, and the rule of law should be alarmed at what is happening—and prepared to act. The post The Dismantling of Black Studies appeared first on The Nation.... Read more »Source: Article | The Nation | Published: May 18, 2026 - 9:00 am - How the Military Mindset Has Crushed Our Country’s Men
Jasper Craven I talked to troops and cadets about the kind of masculinity the military encourages. Its ripple effects on mental health are dire. The post How the Military Mindset Has Crushed Our Country’s Men appeared first on The Nation.... Read more »Source: Article | The Nation | Published: May 16, 2026 - 9:30 am
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- ● Who on Earth Feels Threatened by a Nun?From Jerusalem to the West Bank to Lebanon, attacks on Christians by Israelis have become far too common. The perpetrators confuse dominance and security - and any unfamiliar 'other' is seen as an enemy.... Read more »Source: Israel Palestine News | Published: May 20, 2026 - 12:16 am
- ● Antisemitism? Really? The 33 Most Absurd Examples Listed in the ADL’s New DatabaseWe looked through the 6,000-plus incidents recorded in the ADL's antisemitism database and found dozens of examples that are debatable or weird, or dishonestly conflate anti-Zionism with antisemitism.... Read more »Source: Israel Palestine News | Published: May 20, 2026 - 12:11 am
- Gaza’s water crisis: Families survive on less than 10 liters a day amid Israel’s ongoing genocideIn Gaza's displacement camps, access to water has become a daily struggle measured in liters, queues, and exhaustion.... Read more »Source: Israel Palestine News | Published: May 19, 2026 - 9:46 pm
- Why the Zionist Establishment Wants Progressives Talking About ICE Instead of GazaAn easily distracted and polarized population is one that is putty in the hands of Zionist interest groups.... Read more »Source: Israel Palestine News | Published: May 19, 2026 - 9:40 pm
- The Media’s Double Standards on Rape in Palestine and IsraelThe New York Times published a detailed accounting of rape against Palestinians. An unreliable Israeli nonprofit put out a report on sexual abuse against Israelis. And all hell broke loose.... Read more »Source: Israel Palestine News | Published: May 19, 2026 - 9:35 pm
- Leaked Documents Show Cisco Systems’ Deep Relationship with Israeli Security State“Never Let a Good Crisis Go To Waste”: Internal documents show Cisco’s growing collaboration with the Israeli military over the course of the genocide in Gaza.... Read more »Source: Israel Palestine News | Published: May 19, 2026 - 8:36 pm
- Israel Can Sue New York Times Over Sexual Abuse Allegations, But Can’t Erase the TruthA constitutional law professor told Haaretz: 'The burden of proof on the plaintiff in a case like this is extraordinary'... Read more »Source: Israel Palestine News | Published: May 19, 2026 - 6:57 pm
- Israeli military commits piracy (again), kidnaps “hundreds” of humanitarians – Daily UpdateIn Gaza, food/water/medical crises deepen ■ Israel's act of mass piracy ■ Shocking actions by Israeli settlers ■ Smotrich, Ben Gvir strike back at ICC ■ Latest from Iran, Lebanon, US politics... Read more »Source: Israel Palestine News | Published: May 19, 2026 - 3:00 pm
- Israeli Soldiers Kill A Palestinian Teacher In JeninIsraeli occupation forces shot and killed a Palestinian teacher early Saturday (May 16) during an invasion of the Jenin refugee camp, in Jenin in the occupied West Bank’s northern part, the Palestinian Ministry of Health confirmed.... Read more »Source: Israel Palestine News | Published: May 19, 2026 - 12:57 am
- Earworm Kars4Kids jingle yanked from California airwaves for false advertisingCharity failed to mention it funnels about $45m annually to a Jewish non-profit that organizes Israel trips for teens... Read more »Source: Israel Palestine News | Published: May 19, 2026 - 12:50 am
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- ● Who on Earth Feels Threatened by a Nun?From Jerusalem to the West Bank to Lebanon, attacks on Christians by Israelis have become far too common. The perpetrators confuse dominance and security - and any unfamiliar 'other' is seen as an enemy.... Read more »Source: Israel Palestine News | Published: May 20, 2026 - 12:16 am
- ● Antisemitism? Really? The 33 Most Absurd Examples Listed in the ADL’s New DatabaseWe looked through the 6,000-plus incidents recorded in the ADL's antisemitism database and found dozens of examples that are debatable or weird, or dishonestly conflate anti-Zionism with antisemitism.... Read more »Source: Israel Palestine News | Published: May 20, 2026 - 12:11 am
- Gaza’s water crisis: Families survive on less than 10 liters a day amid Israel’s ongoing genocideIn Gaza's displacement camps, access to water has become a daily struggle measured in liters, queues, and exhaustion.... Read more »Source: Israel Palestine News | Published: May 19, 2026 - 9:46 pm
- Why the Zionist Establishment Wants Progressives Talking About ICE Instead of GazaAn easily distracted and polarized population is one that is putty in the hands of Zionist interest groups.... Read more »Source: Israel Palestine News | Published: May 19, 2026 - 9:40 pm
- The Media’s Double Standards on Rape in Palestine and IsraelThe New York Times published a detailed accounting of rape against Palestinians. An unreliable Israeli nonprofit put out a report on sexual abuse against Israelis. And all hell broke loose.... Read more »Source: Israel Palestine News | Published: May 19, 2026 - 9:35 pm
- Leaked Documents Show Cisco Systems’ Deep Relationship with Israeli Security State“Never Let a Good Crisis Go To Waste”: Internal documents show Cisco’s growing collaboration with the Israeli military over the course of the genocide in Gaza.... Read more »Source: Israel Palestine News | Published: May 19, 2026 - 8:36 pm
- Israel Can Sue New York Times Over Sexual Abuse Allegations, But Can’t Erase the TruthA constitutional law professor told Haaretz: 'The burden of proof on the plaintiff in a case like this is extraordinary'... Read more »Source: Israel Palestine News | Published: May 19, 2026 - 6:57 pm
- Israeli military commits piracy (again), kidnaps “hundreds” of humanitarians – Daily UpdateIn Gaza, food/water/medical crises deepen ■ Israel's act of mass piracy ■ Shocking actions by Israeli settlers ■ Smotrich, Ben Gvir strike back at ICC ■ Latest from Iran, Lebanon, US politics... Read more »Source: Israel Palestine News | Published: May 19, 2026 - 3:00 pm
- Israeli Soldiers Kill A Palestinian Teacher In JeninIsraeli occupation forces shot and killed a Palestinian teacher early Saturday (May 16) during an invasion of the Jenin refugee camp, in Jenin in the occupied West Bank’s northern part, the Palestinian Ministry of Health confirmed.... Read more »Source: Israel Palestine News | Published: May 19, 2026 - 12:57 am
- Earworm Kars4Kids jingle yanked from California airwaves for false advertisingCharity failed to mention it funnels about $45m annually to a Jewish non-profit that organizes Israel trips for teens... Read more »Source: Israel Palestine News | Published: May 19, 2026 - 12:50 am
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- 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 »Source: Progressive Economy @ TASC - Blog | Published: April 28, 2026 - 8:13 am - 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 »Source: Progressive Economy @ TASC - Blog | Published: April 14, 2026 - 2:15 pm - 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 »Source: Progressive Economy @ TASC - Blog | Published: April 2, 2026 - 11:56 am - 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 »Source: Progressive Economy @ TASC - Blog | Published: March 10, 2026 - 7:04 am - 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 »Source: Progressive Economy @ TASC - Blog | Published: February 17, 2026 - 10:12 am - Economic Inequality and the Rise of Populism, Revisited
In 2017, I published a paper entitled Three Connections between Rising Economic Inequality and the Rise of Populism. This has been my most cited academic article and it is an appropriate topic to revisit on the 25th anniversary of TASC, which has …... Read more »Source: Progressive Economy @ TASC - Blog | Published: February 16, 2026 - 11:11 am - 25 Years of Change: Addiction Work in Dublin Through a Trauma Informed Lens
If you walked into an addiction service 25 years ago – when I started working in Chrysalis CDP, a Dublin community drug project – the work looked very different. Heroin dominated the scene; the focus was on reducing harm and crisis management– …... Read more »Source: Progressive Economy @ TASC - Blog | Published: January 20, 2026 - 8:44 am - Challenging disability access to transport in Ireland
In Ireland, people with disabilities, whether visible or non-visible, face various difficulties in accessing public transport. These challenges limit independence and restrict access to essential services like healthcare, education, and employment, …... Read more »Source: Progressive Economy @ TASC - Blog | Published: December 17, 2025 - 9:07 am - Voices of Civic Engagement
Deliberative democracy has been on the rise globally as more governments embrace citizen participation as a tool in policymaking. Despite this progress, and commitments in the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement for a Civic Forum – envisaged to be an …... Read more »Source: Progressive Economy @ TASC - Blog | Published: December 3, 2025 - 8:22 am - I wish we could ignore Bill Gates on the climate crisis
There are truckloads of money available. Just after Gates published his new missive, Oxfam revealed that the net worth of the 10 richest US billionaires grew by $698bn in the past year. That money alone, the increment in the wealth of 10 …... Read more »Source: Progressive Economy @ TASC - Blog | Published: November 10, 2025 - 11:42 am
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- Sexual misconduct surges inside Israeli military with 2,500 complaints filed in 2025Israeli army data has revealed a rise in sexual assaults and harassment complaints within its ranks during 2025.... Read more »Source: Presstv |
- Israel drops phosphorus shells on farms in southern Lebanon amid ceasefire violationsIsraeli forces have dropped phosphorous shells on farms in southern Lebanon.... Read more »Source: Presstv |
- ICC seeks arrest warrant for Israeli minister Smotrich over forced displacement, genocidal remarksThe ICC has requested an arrest warrant for Israeli minister Bezalel Smotrich for forceful displacement of Palestinians.... Read more »Source: Presstv |
- UAE paid over $6 million to US firm to bury damaging report on ambassador: ReportA new report has revealed that the UAE has paid more than $6 million to a US-based reputation management firm to improve the online image of its ambassador to Washington.... Read more »Source: Presstv |
- Israeli attacks kill five civilians in south Lebanon amid ceasefire violationsA series of new Israeli attacks have killed at least five civilians and wounded several others across south Lebanon,... Read more »Source: Presstv |
- Irish president condemns abduction of sister from Gaza aid flotilla by IsraelThe Irish president has condemned her sisters’ abduction from Gaza-bound Sumud Flotilla by Israel.... Read more »Source: Presstv |
- Hezbollah drones paralyze 80% of Israeli offensives in Lebanon: ReportIsraeli media says Hezbollah’s expanding drone operations are severely restricting the regime’s attacks in southern Lebanon and forcing troops to avoid daytime offensives.... Read more »Source: Presstv |
- Strait of Hormuz Iran’s ‘permanent asset’, will be defended with ‘full strength’: LawmakerA senior Iranian lawmaker describes the Strait of Hormuz as the Islamic Republic's permanent asset that would remain under the control and management of the Iranian nation.... Read more »Source: Presstv |
- UAE paid over $6 million to US firm to bury damaging report on ambassador: ReportA new report has revealed that the UAE has paid more than $6 million to a US-based reputation management firm to improve the online image of its ambassador to Washington.... Read more »Source: Presstv |
- Israeli attacks kill five civilians in south Lebanon amid ceasefire violationsA series of new Israeli attacks have killed at least five civilians and wounded several others across south Lebanon,... Read more »Source: Presstv |
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- Cuba warns US spinning ‘fraudulent case’ as pretext for invasionCuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez says the US is fabricating a "fraudulent case" as a justification for a Cuba invasion.... Read more »Source: Presstv |
- Cuba vows to annihilate US invadersCuba's ambassador and permanent representative to the United Nations has firmly asserted the island nation's sovereign right to defend itself against any potential US military aggression, in line with international law and the UN Charter.... Read more »Source: Presstv |
- Cuba faces fuel collapse as energy crisis deepens under 'genocidal' US blockadeCuba's minister of energy says the US-blockaded island is out of fuel.... Read more »Source: Presstv |
- Pentagon lowballs Iran war cost at $29 billion as real toll could hit $1 trillionA senior Pentagon official has revealed that the war on Iran has already cost the United States approximately $29 billion since February 28.... Read more »Source: Presstv |
- Trump ‘frustrated’ with Cuba’s ability to withstand pressure, considers military action: ReportUS President Donald Trump becomes “increasingly frustrated” with Cuba and is considering waging an act of aggression against the Caribbean country, a new report says.... Read more »Source: Presstv |
- Spain evacuates Hantavirus-hit cruise ship passengers, WHO says risk lowPassengers from hantavirus-stricken cruise ship docked at a port in the Spanish Canary Island are flown to Madrid.... Read more »Source: Presstv |
- Canada’s most oil‑rich province nears independence vote after signature pushPro-independence campaign in Alberta says it has collected enough signatures to trigger a referendum on separation from Canada.... Read more »Source: Presstv |
- Two US embassy officials killed in car crash in Mexico were CIA agents: ReportThe two US embassy officials who were killed during a car accident in Mexico worked for the CIA, according to a report.... Read more »Source: Presstv |
- Pentagon lowballs Iran war cost at $29 billion as real toll could hit $1 trillionA senior Pentagon official has revealed that the war on Iran has already cost the United States approximately $29 billion since February 28.... Read more »Source: Presstv |
- Trump ‘frustrated’ with Cuba’s ability to withstand pressure, considers military action: ReportUS President Donald Trump becomes “increasingly frustrated” with Cuba and is considering waging an act of aggression against the Caribbean country, a new report says.... Read more »Source: Presstv |
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- Russia begins 3-day nuclear exercise as Putin due in China for official visitRussia has launched large-scale nuclear weapons exercises involving tens of thousands of troops as Putin is due in China for a two-day visit.... Read more »Source: Presstv |
- Iran slams German chancellor’s baseless accusations as blatant hypocrisyIran has strongly rejected “baseless and selective accusations” leveled by German Chancellor Friedrich Merz against the Islamic Republic regarding a mysterious failed explosion incident near a nuclear power plant in the UAE.... Read more »Source: Presstv |
- Italians strike to denounce military spending, Israel’s Gaza genocidePeople in Italy stage a nationwide general strike to condemn the country’s increased military spending and Israel’s genocidal war on the Gaza Strip.... Read more »Source: Presstv |
- French opposition figure slams ‘European complicity’ in US-Israel war on IranA leading French opposition figure attacks European complicity in the recent US-Israel war against Iran that triggered a wider conflict across the region.... Read more »Source: Presstv |
- US lets waiver allowing purchases of stranded Russian oil expireThe US allows a sanctions waiver permitting the purchase of Russian oil cargoes stranded at sea to expire without renewal.... Read more »Source: Presstv |
- Russia says US resolution on Strait of Hormuz 'not right'Russia says the US resolution on the Strait of Hormuz is incorrect, echoing China's criticism of the draft measure.... Read more »Source: Presstv |
- French police arrest 6 for displaying Palestinian flag on Eiffel Tower during Nakba protestPolice arrested six activists after they displayed a large Palestinian flag on the Eiffel Tower to mark the Nakba Day anniversary.... Read more »Source: Presstv |
- French judge launches inquiry into Khashoggi killingA French judge has been appointed to oversee an investigation into the murder of dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi, following a court's determination that the case is admissible.... Read more »Source: Presstv |
- French opposition figure slams ‘European complicity’ in US-Israel war on IranA leading French opposition figure attacks European complicity in the recent US-Israel war against Iran that triggered a wider conflict across the region.... Read more »Source: Presstv |
- US lets waiver allowing purchases of stranded Russian oil expireThe US allows a sanctions waiver permitting the purchase of Russian oil cargoes stranded at sea to expire without renewal.... Read more »Source: Presstv |
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