- 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 »
- 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 »
- 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 »
- 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 »
- Drugs, sexual blackmail: shocking confession letter exposes Israel’s Red Crescent spy ringA bombshell confession letter obtained by The Grayzone reveals Israeli intelligence recruited an asset in the Palestinian Red Crescent, who admitted using drugs and sexual blackmail to create a “network of informants” which could infiltrate and destroy resistance groups. A leaked confession indicates the Red Crescent was infiltrated by Israeli... Read more »
The Grayzone
- Video● UAE Launches Muslim Shia Crackdown Under Cover of “Iran-Linked Terror” ClaimsDespite labeling the arrests of 27 individuals as part of an “Iran-linked terror threat”, UAE authorities have not brought terrorism charges — raising concerns that, in the context of the Iran war, the crackdown on dissent is targeting Shia communities under the guise of security. The post UAE Launches Muslim... Read more »
- Interview: Bombs in the Name of “Liberation”: Iranian Women Lead Resistance to U.S.-Israeli WarAs Western leaders claim to “liberate” Iranian women, millions are taking to the streets to defend their country — directly challenging long-standing orientalist narratives that portray them as passive victims in need of saving, explains Iranian professor Dr. Setareh Sadeqi. The post Interview: Bombs in the Name of “Liberation”: Iranian... Read more »
- Not Neutral: Inside The UAE’s Shadow Role In the US-Israeli War on IranBehind claims of neutrality, the UAE has emerged as a key player in the war on Iran — providing surveillance, hosting operations, enabling strikes from its bases and aiding Israeli false flags while portraying itself as a victim on the world stage The post Not Neutral: Inside The UAE’s Shadow... Read more »
- From Dunks To Drones: The NBA Has an Israel ProblemAs the NBA playoffs tip off this weekend, Kevin Durant, LeBron James, and Stephen Curry are under growing scrutiny — not just for their play, but for links to Israeli drone technology and security firms tied to Israel’s military operations that are used to commit war crimes in Gaza, Lebanon,... Read more »
- 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 »
MintPress News
- A Lefty Progressive Goes To The Tank MuseumI was born in the south-east of England 17 years after the end of the Second World War, the most destructive conflict in human history. As a child, the 17-year gap seemed a lifetime; as →... Read more »
- VideoNuclear Genocide – The Threat And The CeasefireGiven the ‘mainstream’ structural filters that reflexively whitewash the crimes of ‘The Good Guys’ – ‘us’, by doctrinal fiat – we have often wondered how the great and the good of corporate politics and media →... Read more »
- Video‘How On Earth Do You Justify That?’ Laura Kuenssberg’s Selective EmpathyOn 8 March, on the BBC politics programme, ‘Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg’, the former BBC political editor put these impassioned words to Seyed Ali Mousavi, the Iranian ambassador to the UK: ‘Since we last spoke, →... Read more »
- ‘Operation Epic Fury’ – Anatomy Of A War Of AggressionCommenting last week on the build-up of US military forces targeting Iran, Robert A. Pape, Professor of Political Science at the University of Chicago, got it right: ‘This represents 40-50% of the deployable US air →... Read more »
- ‘The Weak Must Suffer’: The Eternal Fiction Of The ‘International Rules-Based Order’These are exceptional times. The United States has been threatening to take over Greenland, an aggressive move against Europe. Now, and only now, are political leaders and compliant news media publicly acknowledging that the ‘international →... Read more »
Media Lens
- VideoNoam Chomsky on Language, Left Libertarianism, and Progress (Ep. 182)Noam Chomsky on Language, Left Libertarianism, and Progress (Ep. 182) Noam Chomsky Interviewed on Conversations with Tyler June 14, 2023. Conversations with Tyler. Noam Chomsky joins Tyler to discuss why Noam and Wilhelm von Humboldt have similar views on language and liberty, good and bad evolutionary approaches to language, what he thinks... Read more »
- Chomsky and Pollin: Just Transition Can Stop Earth From Becoming UninhabitableChomsky and Pollin: Just Transition Can Stop Earth From Becoming Uninhabitable Noam Chomsky Interviewed by C.J. Polychroniou June 7, 2023. Truthout. Climate change is “making our planet uninhabitable,” said UN Secretary-General António Guterres in late March. Indeed, the threats of the impending climate crisis have become very tangible, and the world’s top scientists... Read more »
- Current US policies toward China are outrageous: Noam ChomskyCurrent US policies toward China are outrageous: Noam Chomsky Noam Chomsky Interviewed by Global Times June 6, 2023. Global Times. Editor’s Note: At 94 years old, Noam Chomsky (Chomsky) is as vocal as ever. As a renowned American linguist and public intellectual, he constantly appears on the media talking about US... Read more »
chomsky.info: The Noam Chomsky Website
- Sex, power and backlash in Africa
An extract from Nana Darkoa Sekyiamah’s new book Seeking Sexual Freedom... Read more » - What movements can learn from their own histories
Nana Darkoa Sekyiamah on memory, risk and organising beyond backlash... Read more » - Big Tech platforms under fire in inquiry into Southport mass stabbing
Amazon and X’s policies on age verification and content moderation criticised in report on murder of three children and stabbing of others... Read more » - Brazil: How the CIA funded Catholic marches that paved the way for the 1964 coup
Thousands clutching rosaries and dollars from Washington formed the march that paved the way for the 1964 coup... Read more » - 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 »
openDemocracy
- Video● Manipulators Understand That Narrative Control Is Everything
They understand that humans are storytelling animals whose inner lives are typically dominated by mental narratives about what's happening, so if you can control those narratives, you can control the humans.... Read more » - VideoBiden Official: Biden Was Preparing To Bomb Iran If Re-Elected
These moves were planned years in advance, and would have been rolled out regardless of what impotent meat puppet happened to be wheeled into office in January 2025. ... Read more » - VideoNothing About This Dystopia Feels Natural
Nothing about this dystopia feels natural. We all sense it deep in our marrow. We all know something has gone terribly wrong.... Read more » - VideoWe Should Not Fear The Tyrants; The Tyrants Should Fear Us
In our society, we do not push psychopaths off the ice when nobody is looking. In our society, we let them rule the world.... Read more » - VideoThe Number Of Dead Iranian Protesters Keeps Changing Because It’s A Fictional Story
In online discourse with empire apologists these past few months I've been told that the number of dead protesters is thirty thousand, forty thousand, fifty thousand, sixty thousand, seventy thousand, eighty thousand, ninety thousand, and a hundred thousand.... Read more »
Caitlin Johnstone
- Video● “Their Chaos is Our Peace”: Fighting Zionist Repression in Texas and Beyond
Last month, on March 24, Idris Robinson, a philosophy professor at Texas State University, filed a lawsuit against the university for wrongful termination and for violating his right to free speech. The University had decided not to renew Robinson’s tenure-track contract – despite his stellar academic reviews – after Zionists... Read more » - ● The Constitutional Origins of the War in Iran
Much of the criticism aimed at Trump for taking the United States into the ruinous Iran war concerns his alleged authoritarian departure from constitutional norms. A loud chorus online and in the press denounces him for flouting the Constitution’s separation of powers principle with regard to the provision granting Congress... Read more » - ● A Single Field of Grief: American and Iranian Anti-War Voices
I have sought out the following to show that peace can be mutual across warring sides. The key is not to drift into maudlinness or sentimentality. Across both American and Iranian poetic traditions, anti-war poetry leans towards a few core themes. The dehumanisation of conflict. The grief of survivors. The... Read more » - ● A $600 Billion Increase for the Military is a Ton of Money
I’m going back to harping on one of my favorite topics, because it is really necessary right now. The $1.5 trillion that Donald Trump is asking for the military for next year is a crazy amount of money. It should be laughed out of Congress, but due to Trump-cult member... Read more » - ● Capitalism Without Beneficial Socialized Restraints Is Unbearably Toxic
Imagine a neighborhood that resulted from a Commune-ity of efforts and, is now, filled with distrust, accusations, monetary hoarding, spying, and boarded-up windows with numerous weapons at every opening, while the inhabitants support themselves by selling off the foundations so that they can escape from their own delusion-filled creation. A... Read more »
CounterPunch.org
- Capitalism & Genocide: My testimony at the Gaza Tribunal, Istanbul 23-10-2025On 23rd October, I testified in front of the Jury of Conscience in the context of the Gaza Tribunal. My speech focused on the economic forces underpinning the genocide of the Palestinian people. Here it is: My name is Yanis Varoufakis. I am an economist, a politician and activist representing... Read more »
- RAISE YOUR SOUL! My new book telling the story of the last 100 years through the voices of 5 remarkable women
Hello everyone. RAISE YOUR SOUL! is my new book which I am taking the liberty of presenting to you. It is unlike anything I have written before. Setting aside high theory, it is the story of five women who, over of a hundred years, resisted fascism, authoritarianism and chauvinism. It... Read more » - A Trust Fund for Everyone: How to create a Monetary Commons that socialises money and funds a basic dividend without new taxes or debtAt a time Donald Trump, Big Tech and Wall Street deploy stablecoins to privatise the dollar, usurping the decentralising power of blockchain to enrich themselves at everyone else’s expense, here is an alternative use of blockchain that harnesses its decentralising powers to benefit everyone equally – to pay everyone a... Read more »
- Global Alliance for Palestine – my message on why we need itOn 26th July 2025, delegates from over 25 countries convened in London for the inaugural conference of the Global Alliance for Palestine (GAFP). This new transnational initiative seeks to transform rising global solidarity for Palestine into coordinated political action. As a member of the steering committee, I was asked to... Read more »
- Who needs Marx in 2025? The Guardian, July 2025To free ourselves from our technofeudal overlords, we must think like Karl Marx. The corporations would asset-strip our brains, but we can take back control A young woman I met recently remarked that it was not so much pure evil that drove her berserk, but rather people, or institutions, with... Read more »
Yanis Varoufakis
- ● Amnesty International warns Starmer is complicit in generational human rights crisis
Human rights organisation Amnesty International has warned that the UK is complicit in a generational human rights crisis. The NGO’s new report, published on 21 April, said the UK had “failed to register” spiralling global trends. And singled out Keir Starmer for, among other things, his pathetic decision to help... Read more » - ● Met police violently arrest peaceful protesters leaving Euston demo
Metropolitan police officers have arrested ten peaceful protesters at an anti-genocide demonstration in Euston, London – in at least one case violently. Police violence in Euston On Wednesday 22 April the Israel Institute of Technology was holding a fundraising event for Israel at the Shaw Theatre. As London for Palestine... Read more » - ● The local elections will be a brutal referendum on Keir Starmer
It is now just over two short weeks until local elections polling day on May 7th and the real verdict on nearly two murky years of Starmerism. Voters in 136 English councils, all 32 London boroughs, six mayoral contests and more will deliver their damning judgment. Labour is defending over... Read more » - ● Labour set for huge defeat in Lambeth as Greens and Indies rise
Lambeth Council in London has long been a Labour stronghold, however, that all looks likely to change come the local elections on 7 May. The Greens look set to take several seats, with independents and Lib Dems also set to make significant gains. As a result, it appears a hung... Read more » - ● YouGov’s latest poll puts Reform and Plaid Cymru neck-and-neck in the Senedd
The latest projections from YouGov, published on 22 April, put Welsh nationalist party Plaid Cymru and far-right populists Reform UK neck-and-neck for control of the Senedd. What’s more, the pollster also predicts massive losses for both Labour and the Conservatives. The new data represent only the second YouGov multi-level regression... Read more »
Canary
- ● Careless Talk newsletterOnline archive of publications by this early 1980s revolutionary anarchist / libertarian communist newsletter from Newcastle-under-Lyme and Stoke on Trent. Author Careless Talk Submitted by Fozzie on April 22, 2026 Careless Talk was preceded by the “Libertarians Living in The... Read more... Read more »
- ● Super DumbVoters don’t like gerrymandering. But they seem to hate Trump even more. Republicans are disturbed they’re losing the fight they started, following a major win in Virginia. What the president learned from a prosperity-gospel minister decades ago may help explain... Read more... Read more »
- ● AFA: Trump Justices Must Turn SCOTUS ‘Back to God’ to Avoid Fearful JudgmentA Christian nationalist organization that is vetting potential Supreme Court nominees for their adherence to the group’s biblical worldview standard says that previous Supreme Court rulings have invited God’s punishment on the U.S., and that President Donald Trump must name... Read more... Read more »
- ● Podcast: Trump to The Hague! IIInternational law scholars are warning that Trump may have committed war crimes in Iran, and that his ongoing threats to bomb civilian targets may constitute self-incrimination—by the same standards that US prosecutors used to gather evidence against Russia in Ukraine (before Trump... Read more... Read more »
- ● Micah Beckwith Says Democrats ‘Are Being Led By The Minions And The Voices Of Darkness’Last night, far-right Christian nationalist pastor and Indiana Lt. Gov. Micah Beckwith was among the guests who appeared on the “FlashPoint” program. During the broadcast, it was announced that voters in Virginia had passed a measure giving the state legislature... Read more... Read more »
🏴 Anarchist Federation
- Gustavo Rodríguez - From Caracas to Tehran with a stopover in HavanaAuthor: Gustavo RodríguezTitle: From Caracas to Tehran with a stopover in HavanaSubtitle: Reflections on the ongoing war from an anarchist perspectiveDate: March 29, 2026Source: via email “We know full well that there are values that are born old and that, from the moment of their birth, bear witness to their... Read more »
- VideoIdris Robinson - How It Might Should Be DoneAuthor: Idris RobinsonTitle: How It Might Should Be DoneDate: July 20, 2020Notes: The following is a transcript of a talk delivered in Seattle on July 20, 2020, lightly-edited by the author for readability. A video recording produced by Red May is online here. This text was first published by Ill... Read more »
- Gianfranco Sanguinetti - An Orgasm of History: 1977 in ItalyAuthor: Gianfranco SanguinettiTitle: An Orgasm of History: 1977 in ItalySubtitle: Digression on the Thread of Memory by a former SituationistDate: 2017Notes: "We thank the notbored.org collective for sharing this text...."Source: https://autonomies.org/2026/04/an-orgasm-of-history-1977-in-italy-digression-on-the-thread-of-memory-by-a-former-situationist/ They think I’m severe? I know I am, I force them to think. Vittorio Alfieri, Epigrams, 1783 The catastrophe... Read more »
- Yavor Tarinski - Déjà vu and the Horizontal Reinstitution of FutureAuthor: Yavor TarinskiTitle: Déjà vu and the Horizontal Reinstitution of FutureDate: April 8, 2026Source: https://autonomies.org/2026/04/deja-vu-and-the-horizontal-reinstitution-of-future/ We become epigones or spectators, but epigones or spectators of our very own potential-to-be. ~Paolo Virno[1] Within bureaucratic settings time seems to simultaneously rush and stay frozen – an endless cycle of past-presentism that shrinks... Read more »
- Ron Sakolsky and James Koehnline - Gone to Croatan
Author: Ron Sakolsky and James KoehnlineTitle: Gone to CroatanSubtitle: Origins of North American Drop Out CultureDate: 1993Source: <www.archive.org/details/gonetocroatanori0000unse> & <www.autonomedia.org/product/gone-to-croatan> “America” was founded as a land of drop-outs. Almost at once it began to produce its own crop of dissidents—visionaries, Utopians, Maroons (escaped slaves), white and black “Indians,” sailors... Read more »
The Anarchist Library
- ● Remembering Santiago Súria aka Surieta, murdered by the OAS in Algiers on 10 April 1962Remembering Santiago Súria aka Surieta, murdered by the OAS in Algiers on 10 April 1962... Read more »
- Juan José Caba Pedrazo, JailbreakerJuan José Caba Pedrazo, Jailbreaker... Read more »
- María Bruguera Pérez (1915-1992)María Bruguera Pérez (1915-1992)... Read more »
- KSL: Bulletin of the Kate Sharpley Library No. 120, April 2026KSL: Bulletin of the Kate Sharpley Library No. 120, April 2026 (in KSL: Bulletin of the Kate Sharpley Library)... Read more »
Kate Sharpley Library: Recent documents
- ● White House says Trump does not view Iran’s seizure of ships as ceasefire violation
US President Donald Trump does not consider Iran’s seizure of ships in the Strait of Hormuz as a ceasefire violation, the White House said on Wednesday, Anadolu reports. Spokesperson Karoline Leavitt said the president does not view the seizures as violations of the truce he unilaterally extended Tuesday “because these... Read more » - ● Canada contributes $5M to eliminate chemical weapons stockpiles in Syria
Canada on Wednesday announced $5 million in funding for international efforts aimed at identifying and eliminating chemical weapons remaining in Syria, Anadolu reports. “Today, the Honourable Anita Anand, Minister of Foreign Affairs, announced Canada’s contribution of $5 million to the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) through Canada’s... Read more » - ● Morocco captures Israeli fraudster wanted by Interpol: Report
Moroccan security forces arrested an Israeli national, Avi Golan, 70, one of the most dangerous cross-border fraudsters who was wanted by Interpol, according to Israeli media, Anadolu reports. Israel’s Channel 12 said Tuesday that “an elite unit of Moroccan police carried out a nighttime raid days ago on a luxury... Read more » - ● Trump thanks Iranian leadership for halting alleged executions of 8 women
US President Donald Trump on Wednesday expressed his gratitude to Iranian leaders for canceling the alleged executions of eight female protesters, Anadolu reports. “I very much appreciate that Iran, and its leaders, respected my request, as President of the United States, and terminated the planned execution,” Trump wrote on his... Read more » - ● UN says destruction of Jesus statue by Israeli soldier in Lebanon ‘shocking’
The UN on Wednesday expressed outrage over the destruction of a statue of Jesus by an Israeli soldier in southern Lebanon, Anadolu reports. Responding to Anadolu’s question on the incident, the secretary-general’s spokesperson, Stephane Dujarric, told a news conference that the UN is aware of the incident and called it... Read more »
Middle East Monitor
- ● EFF Sues DHS and ICE For Records on Subpoenas Seeking to Unmask Online CriticsThe Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) sued the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) today demanding public records about their use of administrative subpoenas to try to identify their online critics.Court records and news reports show that in the past year, DHS has used administrative subpoenas... Read more »
- ● Common Cause: DOJ’s Attack on SPLC Part of “Campaign of Intimidation”Statement of Common Cause President & CEO Virginia Kase Solomón: Common Cause, our National Governing Board, our executive team, our staff, and the more than one million members we represent across this country, stands firmly with the Southern Poverty Law Center in the face of yesterday’s attack by the Department... Read more »
- ● Trump Administration Finally Discloses White House Ballroom Funding Contract in Response to Public Citizen’s FOIA LawsuitThe Trump Administration today disclosed the funding agreement for Trump’s $400 million White House ballroom project. The administration disclosed the 14-page “Philanthropic Support Agreement” between the White House, the National Park Service and the non-profit Trust for the National Mall in response to Public Citizen’s FOIA request and a subsequent... Read more »
- ● Data center growth threatens air quality and progress toward cleaner energy gridDespite the rapid growth of renewable energy usage in recent years, the even-more-explosive growth of data centers is delaying the transition to a cleaner grid in ways that could harm the air we breathe. That’s according to new research released for Earth Day on Wednesday by Frontier Group, Environment America... Read more »
- New report: Households pay $12 trillion a year in hidden fossil fuel costs – a $23 million a minute ‘gift to Big Oil’New research by 350.org shows that on top of soaring energy bills, fossil fuels cost households an additional $12 trillion a year in taxpayer handouts, health impacts and extreme weather damage – equivalent to a $23 million a minute “gift to Big Oil” that costs each person on Earth $1,400... Read more »
Common Dreams
- An Inspiring Story
In 2018, at the height of the economic crisis in Venezuela through crippling sanctions, Kellogg’s announced the overnight closure of their Maracay factory with hundreds of redundancies – and massive knock-on effects in the local community. The workers refused to accept the closure and, with government assistance, restarted the factory.... Read more » - Vote for the Alliance to Liberate Scotland
It was not my intention to run for election to the Scottish parliament from a hospital bed in Caracas, but sometimes we have to take what life gives us. I went to a clinic a week ago feeling dizzy and was immediately rushed to hospital. My heart rate was fluttering... Read more » - 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 » - 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 » - The Caracas MetroThe 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 »
Craig Murray
- ● The Strait of Hormuz and the Big Squeeze (no, not you. Donald.You’re something else
The Strait of Hormuz, that narrow choke point through which a fifth of the world’s oil politely tiptoes, has once again been turned into a geopolitical tantrum zone. It’s less a strategic waterway now and more a badly managed queue where everyone’s armed, impatient, and convinced they’re the main character.... Read more » - Jeffrey who?There’s a photograph of Donald Trump standing alongside Emma Little Pengely, presumably on St Patrick’s Day. The caption below reads ‘Both hoping the other won’t mention Jeffrey’. It’s a tidy little joke, but while Jeffrey Epstein is the nemesis stalking Trump, Emma’s bete noire is Sir Jeffrey Donaldson. Remember him?... Read more »
- PAT+JUDE TALK ABOUT MED TRAINING &’LOVE’, CATHOLICISM `& YOUNG PEOPLE, NEUTRALITY, & STUPID EXAMS
Nearly 250 military aircraft used Shannon airport facilities in the past year.EH? But isn’t the Free State supposed to be neutral?Isn’t it time political parties started speaking up about this blatant contradiction? Should doctors be taught to love? To have empathy for their patients? And if they should, can love/empathy... Read more » - Woke revisitedA man told me the other day that research in Oxford University shows that men who don’t comment on women’s appearance live on average some 30 years longer than men who do. I suspect he made the whole thing up, but it does draw attention to a topic that has... Read more »
- PAT+JUDE TALK ABOUT WOBBLY LEADERS MARTIN & STARMER, THE IRISH LANGUAGE, AND U2’s WUUNERFUL MUSIC Will Micheál Martin get the chop as leader of Fianna Fail?After all, he made a bags of the treatment of the fuel protestors. But is there anyone to replace him?Jim O’Callaghan? Didn’t he soil his nappy by talking about AND bringing in the Army? As for Keir Starmer, do... Read more »
Jude Collins
- ● The Strait of Hormuz and the Big Squeeze (no, not you. Donald.You’re something elseThe Strait of Hormuz, that narrow choke point through which a fifth of the world’s oil politely tiptoes, has once again been turned into a geopolitical tantrum zone. It’s less a strategic waterway now and more a badly managed queue where everyone’s armed, impatient, and convinced they’re the main character.... Read more »
- Jeffrey who?There’s a photograph of Donald Trump standing alongside Emma Little Pengely, presumably on St Patrick’s Day. The caption below reads ‘Both hoping the other won’t mention Jeffrey’. It’s a tidy little joke, but while Jeffrey Epstein is the nemesis stalking Trump, Emma’s bete noire is Sir Jeffrey Donaldson. Remember him?... Read more »
- PAT+JUDE TALK ABOUT MED TRAINING &’LOVE’, CATHOLICISM `& YOUNG PEOPLE, NEUTRALITY, & STUPID EXAMSNearly 250 military aircraft used Shannon airport facilities in the past year.EH? But isn’t the Free State supposed to be neutral?Isn’t it time political parties started speaking up about this blatant contradiction? Should doctors be taught to love? To have empathy for their patients? And if they should, can love/empathy... Read more »
- Woke revisitedA man told me the other day that research in Oxford University shows that men who don’t comment on women’s appearance live on average some 30 years longer than men who do. I suspect he made the whole thing up, but it does draw attention to a topic that has... Read more »
- PAT+JUDE TALK ABOUT WOBBLY LEADERS MARTIN & STARMER, THE IRISH LANGUAGE, AND U2’s WUUNERFUL MUSIC Will Micheál Martin get the chop as leader of Fianna Fail?After all, he made a bags of the treatment of the fuel protestors. But is there anyone to replace him?Jim O’Callaghan? Didn’t he soil his nappy by talking about AND bringing in the Army? As for Keir Starmer, do... Read more »
Jude Collins
- VideoIs another financial crisis brewing in the US economy? Economist Michael Hudson explains the dangers
Reports suggest the US economy may be on the verge of another financial crisis, with major problems in the $3 trillion private credit market. Economist Michael Hudson explains the dangers of Wall Street's Ponzi schemes. The post Is another financial crisis brewing in the US economy? Economist Michael Hudson explains... Read more » - VideoIran is winning the war with the US. This is how
Iran is winning the war started by Trump. This is now admitted even in the Western media. Tehran has destroyed major US military bases in West Asia, expelling American troops to Europe. The post Iran is winning the war with the US. This is how appeared first on Geopolitical Economy... Read more » - The war on Iran is transforming the global economy: Economist Michael Hudson explains how
The US-Israeli war on Iran is altering the geopolitical order, and could cause a global economic crisis. Economist Michael Hudson discusses the shock in the oil market and Tehran's challenge to US dominance. The post The war on Iran is transforming the global economy: Economist Michael Hudson explains how appeared... Read more » - 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 » - 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 »
Geopolitical Economy Report
- 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. The post Organization of American Historians 2026 Conference appeared first on Zinn Education Project.... Read more » - 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 » - 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 » - 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 » - 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 »
Zinn Education Project
- #BREAKING | Israeli Defense Minister
#BREAKING | Israeli Defense Minister: We expect to implement the first phase of the plan soon and release our captives. The army is deployed in Gaza City and ready for any scenario, and if Hamas refuses, fire will resume.#GazaWar... Read more »
Free willl
- Back to the point of CarnsoreThe anti-nuclear festivals at Carnsore Point, 1978-1981, were recalled at a lively and political event called ‘Memory of a Free Festival’ at the Projects Arts Centre in central Dublin which will now tour nationwide for a year By Caroline Hurley The launch event of ‘Memory of A Free Festival’ was... Read more »
- International LeadersWorld leaders turned toadies as Trump dismantles international law and pollutes the discourse, without concerted opposition. The post International Leaders appeared first on Village Magazine.... Read more »
- Massive Zack AttackSix months ago Zack Polanski was a lively London Assembly member known mainly for his theatre background and a tabloid humiliation involving “hypnoboobs”. The post Massive Zack Attack appeared first on Village Magazine.... Read more »
- PEAK TRUMPBy February 2026, the idea that Donald Trump represents an endlessly renewable force of disruption moved from hard to stomach to hard to sustain. The post PEAK TRUMP appeared first on Village Magazine.... Read more »
- From pastifism to pacifismAs the government prepares to jettison the triple lock, clear thinking could make Ireland a power for peace The post From pastifism to pacifism appeared first on Village Magazine.... Read more »
Village Magazine
- ● Indefinite ceasefire is a strategic defeat for the US in the face of Iran
The decision by Donald Trump to unilaterally announce an indefinite extension of the ceasefire with Iran, without any request from Tehran, reveals more than an attempt at mediation. It exposes the failure of Washington’s military approach and the difficulty the United States faces in sustaining escalation against an adversary that... Read more » - ● Iran war used as a pretext for harsh measures in Egypt
The Egyptian government has launched a media campaign featuring prominent actors and footballers, urging people to stay at home and reduce energy consumption amid rising energy pressures linked to the war with Iran. However, the resulting restrictions have brought significant hardship for Egyptians. Egyptians did not expect that the sound... Read more » - Europe still blurs the line between support and betrayal
“Europe is the biggest supporter of the Palestinian people,” EU High Representative Kaja Kallas said to the Ad Hoc Liaison Committee yesterday. However, while there have been shifts in individual European countries’ stances as regards Israel, mostly as a result of the economic ramifications of the US-Israeli attacks against Iran,... Read more » - Can Sistani save Iraq from its predicament?
The question posed by the title of this article is more than just a political inquiry. At its core, it is a question about the nature of authority in Iraq, the limits of the state, and the role that a single cleric can play when domestic crises intersect with regional... Read more » - Kuwait: Detaining Ahmed Shihab-Eldin — How far can the law stretch before it snaps?
Could sharing publicly available footage of a military incident land you in prison in Kuwait? Journalist Ahmed Shihab-Eldin’s early March 2026 arrest for resharing already-circulated videos of alleged Kuwaiti friendly fire amid Iran tension brings this question into sharp focus. Understood to be facing charges of spreading false information and... Read more »
Opinion – Middle East Monitor
- Imperial Nostalgia and Its PerilsAlthough great empires rank among the most powerful engines of world history, they are also among the most dangerous, especially as they brood over their decline. The Russian empire provides a striking illustration of this phenomenon. Traditionally referred to as the “prison of nations,” Russia, in its Czarist and Soviet... Read more »
- Imperial Nostalgia and Its PerilsAlthough great empires rank among the most powerful engines of world history, they are also among the most dangerous, especially as they brood over their decline. The Russian empire provides a striking illustration of this phenomenon. Traditionally referred to as the “prison of nations,” Russia, in its Czarist and Soviet... Read more »
- Military and Economic Power Once Again Fail to Produce HappinessAlthough the rulers of the world’s major military and economic powers have repeatedly claimed that they are making their nations great again, their policies have not resulted in widespread happiness among their citizens. That conclusion emerges from the recent World Happiness Report-2022, published by the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network. ... Read more »
- Who Speaks for the World?Russia’s brutal war upon the nation of Ukraine should remind us that, for thousands of years, great powers have used their military might to launch military assaults upon smaller, weaker societies. Since World War II alone, these acts of aggression have included France’s colonial wars in Indochina and Algeria, Britain’s... Read more »
- Peace in Ukraine through neutrality and peaceful EU membership, end the USA’s proxy war against RussiaEthnic division was used to consolidate control by the USA and Nationalists of Ukraine. They have signed Minsk Peace Accords to end the civil wars in Donbas region through referendums, signed since 2015, but they did not implement them, because maintaining an active civil war front psyche of ‘them and... Read more »
Z Blogs Archive - ZNetwork
- ‘How Many Minutes to Midnight?’: Noam Chomsky on Why National Security Has Nothing to Do With Security
Intro by Tom Engelhardt: [Note for TomDispatch readers: Back in 2014, Noam Chomsky — whose voice I miss terribly in this embattled Trumpian world of ours — wrote what still seems to me to be a stunning piece not just on “the most dangerous moment in history,” the Cuban missile crisis... Read more » - Noam Chomsky – The Crimes of U.S. Presidents
Chomsky goes through some of the crimes of the post-war presidents. From 2003.... Read more » - Noam Chomsky On The Responsibility To Act Against Fascism
Tomorrow is Election Day, the close of the most consequential election of our lifetimes. Get out and vote, if you haven’t already, and if you’re looking to help others do the same, there are still plenty of canvassing and phone-banking opportunities. And if you’re still in doubt for any reason,... Read more » - Israel & Palestine: Possible Futures — a Discussion with Noam Chomsky
Professor Noam Chomsky discuss in May 23, 2023, Israel-Palestine conflict which he describes as “the main issue of my life” with academics Dylan Rodriguez, Michael Alexander and Mohamad Ali. With incomparable precision and detail professor Chomsky re-defines concepts such as “genocide” and “apartheid” in relation to the conflict; points the... Read more » - Humanity Imperiled[What follows is a 2013 piece by the remarkable, now 94-year-old Noam Chomsky looking at a future that — from the latest devastating news about climate change to the revival of nuclear fears thanks to the war in Ukraine — is all too of the moment. This piece was adapted... Read more »
Posts – ZNetwork
- ● ‘The era of climate migration is already here’
“Worldwide, natural disasters drive people out of their homes more than twice as often as war and other conflict… The era of climate migration is already here. We're just finally starting to realize it.”... Read more » - ● Virginia voters deal major blow to Trump-GOP ploy to ‘steal the 2026 midterms’
“Virginia voters have spoken, and tonight they pushed back against a president who claims he is ‘entitled’ to more Republican seats in Congress,” said Democratic Gov. Abigail Spanberger.... Read more » - Zionist doxxing campaigns upended their lives. Now they’re suing for damages.
Canary Mission faces a class-action lawsuit under a new Illinois anti-doxxing law.... Read more » - Israel is racing to expand West Bank settlements before new political realities end its era of impunity
Israel is approving the construction of new West Bank settlements at an unprecedented rate because it knows its window of impunity is closing — especially if Iran emerges intact from the war and the Republicans lose the U.S. midterms.... Read more » - Want to resist a data center? These organizers share how they did it.Organizers from Tennessee, Wisconsin, and Arizona share strategies for resisting data centers in other communities.... Read more »
The Real News Network
- ● Reform UK candidate says women should stay at home and look after the kids instead of going to workSo much for Farage's 'beefed up' vetting of candidates, clearly people with disgraceful and bigoted views are still being let through. The post Reform UK candidate says women should stay at home and look after the kids instead of going to work appeared first on Left Foot Forward: Leading the... Read more »
- ● Green MP calls on Keir Starmer to resign over Peter Mandelson scandal in fiery PMQs speech‘Does the prime minister not recognise that the best thing he can do to restore trust [...] is to take true responsibility and resign?’ The post Green MP calls on Keir Starmer to resign over Peter Mandelson scandal in fiery PMQs speech appeared first on Left Foot Forward: Leading the... Read more »
- ● Farage told to act over Reform local election candidates with racist, sexist and homophobic viewsReform continues to allow candidates with "grotesque" views to stand for the party The post Farage told to act over Reform local election candidates with racist, sexist and homophobic views appeared first on Left Foot Forward: Leading the UK's progressive debate.... Read more »
- ● Nigel Farage calls Elon Musk’s X ‘very dangerous’ despite making thousands from the platformFarage and his MPs have made almost £60,000 from posting on Twitter/X The post Nigel Farage calls Elon Musk’s X ‘very dangerous’ despite making thousands from the platform appeared first on Left Foot Forward: Leading the UK's progressive debate.... Read more »
- ● Disaster for Nigel Farage as his approval rating drops to lowest everNow Farage's personal approving ratings have dropped too, alongside those of his party. The post Disaster for Nigel Farage as his approval rating drops to lowest ever appeared first on Left Foot Forward: Leading the UK's progressive debate.... Read more »
Left Foot Forward: Leading the UK's progressive debate
- ● Greenpeace Sends Ship to Support Global Sumud Flotilla's Attempt to Break Israel's Blockade of Gaza
More than 70 vessels and over 1,000 participants from all over the world have joined a second Global Sumud Flotilla en route to Gaza in order to challenge Israel’s ongoing maritime blockade of aid. We speak to two participants aboard the Greenpeace ship, the Arctic Sunrise, which is providing technical... Read more » - ● "Data Colonialism": Native Communities Fight AI Data Centers on Indigenous Land
The artificial intelligence industry’s data center boom is the latest chapter in a long history of environmental racism and resource exploitation in vulnerable Native communities, says Oglala Lakota and Northern Cheyenne activist Krystal Two Bulls, the executive director of Honor the Earth, an Indigenous-led environmental justice organization that is tracking... Read more » - ● "Colossus Failure": Elon Musk's Data Centers Face Lawsuit for Polluting Black Neighborhoods in Memphis
As tech companies scramble to build massive new data centers to power artificial intelligence, marginalized communities are bearing the brunt of the environmental harms. In Memphis, Tennessee, Elon Musk’s xAI operates over two dozen methane gas-burning turbines without legal permits to power its data centers, Colossus 1 and Colossus 2,... Read more » - ● AI Data Center Resistance: Maine Passes Nation's First Statewide Moratorium — Will Gov. Mills Sign It?
Communities across the United States are pushing back against resource-draining data centers being built to fuel artificial intelligence and crypto ventures. In Maine, state legislators recently passed a first-in-the-country statewide moratorium on large data centers. “Maine residents are concerned about the impacts of data centers on both their electric rates... Read more » - ● Headlines for April 22, 2026Trump Extends Iran Ceasefire But Maintains Blockade as Iran Seizes Ships in Strait of Hormuz, Israel-Lebanon Ceasefire Frays as Hezbollah Fires on Israeli Forces, Israeli Army Reservist Kills Two Palestinians in West Bank Settler Attack, NYT: Two Senior Hamas Officials Say Group Could Give Up Some Weapons Belonging to Police... Read more »
Democracy Now!
- mp3Sarah Anderson on Poverty Wages, Lia Holland on the Wayback Machine
https://media.blubrry.com/counterspin/content.blubrry.com/counterspin/CounterSpin260417.mp3 Right-click here to download this episode (“Save link as…”). Inequality.org (3/4/26) This week on CounterSpin: Tesla reported $5.7 billion in US profits in 2025 and paid $0.0 in taxes. As Rebecca Crosby and Judd Legum at Popular Information report, there’s little mystery to this miracle: Tesla used... Read more » - mp3Sina Toossi on War on Iran, Chip Gibbons on Impeaching Trump
https://media.blubrry.com/counterspin/content.blubrry.com/counterspin/CounterSpin260410.mp3 Right-click here to download this episode (“Save link as…”). New York Times (4/8/26) When a president commits war crimes, including what the Nuremberg trials established as the “supreme international crime” of plotting and waging an aggressive war, as Trump has done, and then blithely threatens more... Read more » - 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 » - 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 » - 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 »
CounterSpin
- 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 Hormuz Is Leverage first appeared on Michael Hudson. The post Hormuz Is Leverage first appeared on Michael Hudson.... Read more »
- Strait PowerCross-posted from the Democracy Collaborative. Postponing the World’s Financial Winter – For How Long? Iran’s MAD Standoff with the Rest of the World April 17,2026 Announcing that “A whole civilization will die tonight,” Donald Trump threatened on April 7, 2026 to destroy “every bridge in Iran” and “every power plant... Read more »
- The End of Stable EnergyApril 1, 2026 Nima Alkhorshid: Hi everybody. Today is Wednesday, April 1, 2026, and our friend Richard Wolf from San Francisco and Michael Hudson from New York are back with us. Welcome back, Richard and Michael. Michael Hudson: Thank you. Richard Wolff: Glad to be here. Nima Alkhorshid: And... Read more »
- When Control Means DisruptionMichael Hudson and Tarik Amar argue Iran’s control of the Strait of Hormuz creates economic leverage capable of triggering global crisis and forcing a shift in world power dynamics. The post When Control Means Disruption first appeared on Michael Hudson. The post When Control Means Disruption first appeared on Michael... Read more »
- The Blockade BluffRadhika Desai and Michael Hudson, ‘The Blockade Stage of Trump’s absurdities,” Geopolitical Hour, April 14, 2026. Radhika: Hello and welcome to the 59th Geopolitical Economy Hour, the conversation that illuminates the fast-changing political economy and geopolitical economy of our times. I’m Radhika Desai, and you are watching Radhika Desai: Geopolitical... Read more »
Michael Hudson
- ● The Trump Family’s Crypto Venture Is Being Sued by Its Own Billionaire BackerThe Trump family’s cryptocurrency venture World Liberty Financial is being sued by one of its billionaire investors, who claims the company froze his token holdings. In the lawsuit filed Tuesday, Justin Sun accused World Liberty Financial of “engaging in an illegal scheme to seize property.” “They wrongfully froze all of... Read more »
- ● Florida’s Notorious “Alligator Alcatraz” Can Remain Open, Court RulesThe infamous Florida immigrant detention center known as “Alligator Alcatraz” can remain open, an appeals court ruled Tuesday, overturning a lower judge’s decision to close the facility because it violated federal environmental laws. The ruling is the latest development in the months-long legal battle against the center, which was constructed... Read more »
- ● Truth Social CEO Out After $1.1 Billion in LossesDevin Nunes was not an obvious choice to run a fledgling social media network, but after $1.1 billion in losses, the former dairy farmer and congressman is out as the head of Truth Social. Donald Trump Jr., a board member at Trump Media + Technology, the parent company of Truth... Read more »
- ● Tulsi Gabbard’s Dangerous WarA version of the below article first appeared in David Corn’s newsletter, Our Land. The newsletter comes out twice a week (most of the time) and provides behind-the-scenes stories and articles about politics, media, and culture. Subscribing costs just $5 a month—but you can sign up for a free 30-day trial. On Saturday, Donald... Read more »
- ● Majority Backs Trump Impeachment—Even One in Five of His Own VotersA majority of American adults say that the US House should vote to impeach President Trump—including one-in-five people who voted for him in 2024. A new poll by Strength in Numbers, a data-based news website, and the market research platform Verasight found that 55 percent of respondents said they support... Read more »
Mother Jones
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- You Don’t Own Your Narrative Anymore — Naomi Klein and Yanis Varoufakis
From recent deepfakes using Yanis’ image for viral gain, to his latest police harassment over events from decades ago, the discussion opens onto larger questions Naomi explores in Doppelgänger (identity, imitation, credibility, and what “truth” means when noise travels faster than institutions — and institutions still hold power) before moving... Read more » - How Israel Has Made Trauma a Weapon of War
A slick, high-priced television production. Speeches from top officials. A live audience of thousands. A unified show of collective sorrow and military resolve. That is how the Israeli government hoped to mark the passing of one year since Hamas’s surprise and bloody attacks last 7 October. But little has gone... Read more » - The Case for BDS
The Case for BDS by Mehdi Hasan Mehdi and Naomi debunk the myths used to attack the boycott movement against Israel. Read on Substack In the newest episode of ‘Unshocked,’ Mehdi and Naomi debunk the myths around the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) Movement – a nonviolent Palestinian-led movement that works... Read more » - ‘Unshocked’: Naomi Klein vs the “ideological shackles of Zionism”In a conversation with Mehdi for her new contributor segment at Zeteo, called “Unshocked,” Jewish activist, academic, and author Naomi Klein calls for an “exodus from the ideological shackles of Zionism.” Naomi also reacts to Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu comparing student protesters at Columbia University to Nazis, telling Mehdi that... Read more »
- Jews Must Raise Voices for Palestine, Oppose “False Idol of Zionism”
Hundreds of protesters were arrested in Brooklyn on Tuesday when Jewish New Yorkers and allies gathered for what they called a “Seder in the Streets to Stop Arming Israel” on the second night of Passover. The demonstration, held one block away from the home of Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer,... Read more »
Posts – ZNetwork
- VideoSelf-BurnThanks to Trump, people around the world are scrambing to get out of fossil fuels. By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 18th April 2026 Donald Trump has done more to accelerate the energy transition than anyone else alive. Fossil fuel companies bankrolled his presidential campaign to stop the transition... Read more »
- Gateway DumpHow the deregulation of waste disposal has turned this country into a magnet for the mafia. By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 1st April 2026 This country’s a dump. I don’t mean that metaphorically. I mean it literally. From the point of view of criminal waste gangs, it is... Read more »
- 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 »
- 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 »
- 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 »
George Monbiot
- ● Trump faces 'serious indictment' as most Americans turn on him a third time
After a slew of botched decisions, economic pain and a brooding fascination with being Jesus, new information reveals Americans are back in President Donald Trump’s impeachment club for a third time. And even more Trump voters are signing up for it.“For the first time since Trump returned to office, the... Read more » - Video● Former Trump official says president was already 'a basket case'
President Donald Trump seems to have lost his marbles, according to some critics, but one former Trump official said the man was already in decline in his first term.Trump’s former Homeland Security chief of staff Miles Taylor on Wednesday took to task MS NOW anchor Nicole Wallace's point about Trump’s... Read more » - ● Military expert warns Trump’s big war plan is doomed
A New York Times op-ed by a military expert argues that blockades don’t work the way President Trump thinks — and that his blockade of Iran is “unlikely” to succeed.Jennifer Kavanagh, director of military analysis at Defense Priorities, a foreign policy think tank, explains that Trump’s blockade should not have... Read more » - ● Trump's security pick ousted by his own party after contract tampering
President Donald Trump’s pick to lead a top US security agency withdrew his nomination on Wednesday after more than a year of controversy — including from his own Republican Party.Sean Plankey, Trump's pick to lead the government’s civilian cyber defense agency, withdrew himself from consideration after his candidacy languished in... Read more » - ● Fox News host brings receipts to Trump's optimistic Iran claims
The Trump Administration has offered numerous, sometimes confused justifications for launching war against Iran, with one of the most oft-cited being the reduction of Iranian missile and drone capabilities. But while President Donald Trump has asserted that such programs have been “decimated,” one Fox News host said the government’s public... Read more »
Alternet.org
- ● Trump’s Iran Fiasco’s Silver Lining – The End of NATOThe one great big positive that has come out of the Donald’s Iran fiasco is that he has not held back in blackening the name of NATO in a manner that has heretofore been unthinkable: “NATO WASN’T THERE WHEN WE NEEDED THEM, AND THEY WON’T BE THERE IF WE NEED... Read more »
- Iran’s 10-point Plan Is Still a Workable Basis for NegotiationsThe US government under Donald Trump has twice used disingenuous negotiations with Iran to provide cover for attacking it, in June 2025 and again before launching the current war in February. Now it is trying to do so for a third time. On April 8, the US and Iran began... Read more »
- America: Land of the (Not Really) FreeLast week, President Donald Trump commemorated income tax payments being due by having DoorDash deliver food from McDonald’s to the White House. The delivery was intended to highlight the first year of tax-free tips. Removing tax on tips was part of the 2025 Big Beautiful Bill (BBB). As the sponsor... Read more »
- Hope in the Data: Can Palestine Explain America’s Moral Shift?In the Middle East, the perception of ordinary Americans has long followed a familiar script: detached, uninformed, inward-looking, and politically shallow – a society of ‘gas guzzlers’, with little grasp of global realities beyond their immediate geography. This perception did not emerge from thin air. It was cultivated – reinforced,... Read more »
- The Most Unpopular War in American History?The night before l voted against going to war in Iraq, my sister, Beverly, told me that a Knoxville television station had run a poll and found that in East Tennessee, 74 percent were in favor of going to war, 9 percent were against it, and 17 percent were undecided.... Read more »
Antiwar.com
- Justice: under pressureJustice systems in many countries are under pressure as a result of the high (and contradictory) expectations of societies, authoritarian impulses of governments and chronic under-resourcing. These factors have caused a profound democratic and social crisis. Contrary to the accusations of conservatives, the justice system is not ‘lenient'; it often... Read more »
- April: the longer viewThe month's archives. - 2026/04 / perspective... Read more »
- Kurdish women's struggle for gender equality – and much else besidesFor a century, Kurdish women have been at the forefront of the struggle against patriarchal and state oppression. They continue to push boundaries and defend their gains against mounting pressure. - Outside in / article... Read more »
- This is Israel's warUS imperialism is all too evident in the methods of the war in Iran, but what of its aims? With Trump struggling to articulate them clearly, it's much easier to see what Israel hopes to gain. - 2026/04 / article... Read more »
- Kazakhstan's industrial and mining monotowns
- Caucasus / Map, 2026/04 kazakhstan... Read more »
Le Monde diplomatique - English edition
- ● UK politicians call for sanctions on Israeli charity
Demands follow Declassified investigation, which revealed how Shivat Zion touted ‘awesome’ illegal settlements The post UK politicians call for sanctions on Israeli charity appeared first on Declassified UK.... Read more » - No war crimes in Gaza, says Nigel Farage’s Israel tsar
Jason Pearlman is among several pro-Israel figures behind the party predicted to win big in May elections The post No war crimes in Gaza, says Nigel Farage’s Israel tsar appeared first on Declassified UK.... Read more » - Minister misled parliament over arms exports to Israel
Chris Bryant told a parliamentary committee that UK-made aircraft parts would not benefit Israeli fighter pilots. His briefing said otherwise. The post Minister misled parliament over arms exports to Israel appeared first on Declassified UK.... Read more » - Strong pro-Israel bias among BBC bosses, new data indicates
BBC executives met nine times with pro-Israel Jewish groups and just once with pro-Palestinians in 14 months of genocide, Freedom of Information shows The post Strong pro-Israel bias among BBC bosses, new data indicates appeared first on Declassified UK.... Read more » - Nato expansion ‘would provoke Russians’, UK understood
Britain’s military has stated hundreds of times that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine was “unprovoked”, but declassified files tell a different story The post Nato expansion ‘would provoke Russians’, UK understood appeared first on Declassified UK.... Read more »
Declassified UK
- ● Trump envoy seeks to replace Iran with Italy in World Cup, report says
A top envoy to US President Donald Trump has asked Fifa to replace Iran with Italy in the coming World Cup, the Financial Times reported on Wednesday. The plan is an effort to repair ties between Trump and Italy’s Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni after the two fell out amid the... Read more » - ● Inside Tesla’s hidden supply chain: how a Chinese town shapes the modern world
Few people have heard of Huangyan, a booming industrial district of Taizhou, a city in eastern China’s Zhejiang province. Yet without it, many cars would likely be heavier, more expensive and less energy efficient, while everyday household goods would probably cost more. The town specialises in plastic components and moulding... Read more » - ● China bought zero H200 chips ‘as of today’, says Lutnick as he cites ‘delicate balance’ with Xi
US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick sought to quell fears in Senate testimony on Wednesday that American technology was aiding China’s military, but drew scepticism given the US president’s willingness to sell advanced semiconductors. Lutnick asserted before the powerful Senate Appropriations Committee that US President Donald Trump was striking a “delicate... Read more » - ● Trump team demands ‘entry fee’ before Canada talks, Carney says US doesn’t dictate terms
The US does not get to dictate the terms of coming trade talks, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said on Wednesday, following reports Washington wants an “entry fee” before agreeing to open negotiations. The United States and Canada are set to hold talks on revising a North American free trade... Read more » - ● Top Peru ministers resign in protest over stalled US fighter jet deal
Peru’s foreign and defence ministers resigned on Wednesday in protest over the decision by the government to stall a US$3.5 billion deal for the purchase of 24 US F-16 fighter jets. The ministers said Peru’s reputation was in jeopardy after interim president Jose Maria Balcazar said on Tuesday that he... Read more »
News - South China Morning Post
- ● Does William Lai’s cancelled eSwatini trip show Beijing’s reach in Africa?
Beijing has praised the decision by three African countries to deny overflight clearance for Taiwanese leader William Lai Ching-te, whose trip to eSwatini was cancelled a day before his scheduled departure. Lai had been due to leave on Wednesday for a five-day trip to eSwatini, the only African country that... Read more » - ● Trump effect? Taiwan poll reveals deep doubts about US military protection
Half of Taiwanese not only doubt the US would send troops to defend Taiwan in the event of a cross-strait conflict but also question whether American weapons would prove effective, a poll this week has revealed. The results highlighted mounting scepticism on the island over Washington’s security guarantees, according to... Read more » - Taiwanese leader Lai postpones Africa trip after 3 nations revoke overflight permission
Taiwanese leader William Lai Ching-te was forced to postpone a visit to the island’s last African partner after three other nations abruptly refused to allow his aircraft to fly over their territory, in a move Taipei blamed on pressure from Beijing. This is the first time any Taiwanese leader has... Read more » - Why leading Chinese scientists are rising to the top in the Communist Party
The number of members from China’s leading scientific and engineering institutes in the top ranks of the Communist Party has doubled over the course of a decade, according to a new report. It said the number of academicians in the party’s 18th Central Committee, selected in 2012, stood at 15,... Read more » - How China is reinforcing its ‘legal shield’ against foreign pressure
China has released new regulations that aim to counter the “unjustified” extraterritorial use of foreign laws, the latest move to protect its interests from external threats. Analysts view the move as a shift from diplomatic protests to legal warfare, and some warn it could have wide-ranging applications. The European Chamber... Read more »
Politics - South China Morning Post
- UK ignores massacres and terrorism to deepen Syria relationsby Mark Curtis, Declassified UK, 12 November 2025 British officials are developing new ties with their Syrian counterparts complicit in recent killings, including former leading al-Qaeda operatives Last month, Keir Starmer’s special representative to Syria, Ann Snow, met defence minister Murhaf Abu Qasra in Damascus. This followed a meeting between... Read more »
- Secret UK-Israel military deal in place throughout genocideby Mark Curtis, Declassified UK, 20 October 2025 A military agreement Britain and Israel signed in 2020 has not been modified despite Israel’s attacks on Gaza, the Ministry of Defence admits. In December 2020, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) tweeted that it had signed a military agreement with the UK. It... Read more »
- The Israel firms aiding the NHS and IDFby Mark Curtis, Declassified UK, 30 September 2025 Drugs corporation Teva makes one in seven of the medicines prescribed in the UK. It’s also backing the Israeli military during the genocide. An Israeli pharmaceutical company that operates at the heart of the NHS has been aiding the Israeli military during... Read more »
- ‘Ruthless terror’ — When Labour aided genocide in Indonesiaby Mark Curtis, Declassified UK, 29 September 2025 Sixty years ago, Harold Wilson’s government secretly conspired with the Indonesian military as it conducted one of the postwar world’s worst bloodbaths. British declassified files show how Harold Wilson’s Labour government, together with the US government under Lyndon Johnson, were complicit in... Read more »
- RAF Museum hosts fundraiser for Israeli soldiers’ ’emotional support’by Mark Curtis, Declassified UK, 25 September 2025 Exclusive: Israeli air force pilot invited to speak about ‘operational frontlines’ at British charity event. The Royal Air Force museum in London hosted an event last week supporting the education of Israeli soldiers who have fought in Gaza, Declassified can reveal. The event, entitled... Read more »
Articles – Mark Curtis
- UK ignores massacres and terrorism to deepen Syria relationsby Mark Curtis, Declassified UK, 12 November 2025 British officials are developing new ties with their Syrian counterparts complicit in recent killings, including former leading al-Qaeda operatives Last month, Keir Starmer’s special representative to Syria, Ann Snow, met defence minister Murhaf Abu Qasra in Damascus. This followed a meeting between... Read more »
- Secret UK-Israel military deal in place throughout genocideby Mark Curtis, Declassified UK, 20 October 2025 A military agreement Britain and Israel signed in 2020 has not been modified despite Israel’s attacks on Gaza, the Ministry of Defence admits. In December 2020, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) tweeted that it had signed a military agreement with the UK. It... Read more »
- The Israel firms aiding the NHS and IDFby Mark Curtis, Declassified UK, 30 September 2025 Drugs corporation Teva makes one in seven of the medicines prescribed in the UK. It’s also backing the Israeli military during the genocide. An Israeli pharmaceutical company that operates at the heart of the NHS has been aiding the Israeli military during... Read more »
- ‘Ruthless terror’ — When Labour aided genocide in Indonesiaby Mark Curtis, Declassified UK, 29 September 2025 Sixty years ago, Harold Wilson’s government secretly conspired with the Indonesian military as it conducted one of the postwar world’s worst bloodbaths. British declassified files show how Harold Wilson’s Labour government, together with the US government under Lyndon Johnson, were complicit in... Read more »
- RAF Museum hosts fundraiser for Israeli soldiers’ ’emotional support’by Mark Curtis, Declassified UK, 25 September 2025 Exclusive: Israeli air force pilot invited to speak about ‘operational frontlines’ at British charity event. The Royal Air Force museum in London hosted an event last week supporting the education of Israeli soldiers who have fought in Gaza, Declassified can reveal. The event, entitled... Read more »
Articles – Mark Curtis
- Video● The Short and Ridiculous Trial of a Protester Arrested in an Inflatable Penis Costume
An Alabama cop who confronted the No Kings protester claimed she posed a risk to public safety. The judge was unconvinced. The post The Short and Ridiculous Trial of a Protester Arrested in an Inflatable Penis Costume appeared first on The Intercept.... Read more » - Video● Pentagon Erases Wounded U.S. Troops From Iran War Casualty List: “Definition of a Cover-up”
The U.S. government altered its tally of American casualties — inexplicably scrubbing 15 wounded-in-action troops from the count. The post Pentagon Erases Wounded U.S. Troops From Iran War Casualty List: “Definition of a Cover-up” appeared first on The Intercept.... Read more » - U.S. Personnel Who Died in Mexico Were Working for the CIA, Sources Say
Two Americans killed in Mexico, previously identified only as “staff from the United States Embassy,” participated in a raid on a drug lab. The post U.S. Personnel Who Died in Mexico Were Working for the CIA, Sources Say appeared first on The Intercept.... Read more » - ICE Is Looking for Parking in New York City — For a 150-Vehicle Deportation FleetWith its last contract expiring, activists say garage owners should spurn ICE to avoid becoming complicit in Trump’s deportation blitz. The post ICE Is Looking for Parking in New York City — For a 150-Vehicle Deportation Fleet appeared first on The Intercept.... Read more »
- VideoHow the Lebanon Ceasefire Could Make It Harder to End the War on Iran
The deal is a welcome reprieve from Israel’s bombing — but separating Lebanon from the ceasefire with Iran sets a dangerous precedent. The post How the Lebanon Ceasefire Could Make It Harder to End the War on Iran appeared first on The Intercept.... Read more »
The Intercept
- ● Trump’s Vision for the Homeless Is Already Here
Forcing the most vulnerable among us into institutions only perpetuates their trauma. I know, because I’ve lived it.... Read more » - ● West Bank Children Forced from Classrooms As Israel Weaponizes Tax Revenue
As Israel manufactures a financial crisis in the West Bank, public schools are only able to teach three days a week.... Read more » - ● From Classroom to Rubble
Over the course of two years, Kuwait School transformed from a school to a shelter to a detention center, and ultimately, to debris.... Read more » - ● No Place Like Home
‘There Is No Place for Us’ and ‘Placeless’ paired together provide a clear picture of homelessness in the modern age.... Read more » - Trump’s High Gas Prices Are No Accident
This administration is doing everything it can to keep Americans hooked on fossil fuels—no matter how dearly it costs working people.... Read more »
The Progressive — A voice for peace, social justice, and the common good
- ● EFF Sues DHS and ICE For Records on Subpoenas Seeking to Unmask Online CriticsThe Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) sued the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) today demanding public records about their use of administrative subpoenas to try to identify their online critics.Court records and news reports show that in the past year, DHS has used administrative subpoenas... Read more »
- ● Common Cause: DOJ’s Attack on SPLC Part of “Campaign of Intimidation”Statement of Common Cause President & CEO Virginia Kase Solomón: Common Cause, our National Governing Board, our executive team, our staff, and the more than one million members we represent across this country, stands firmly with the Southern Poverty Law Center in the face of yesterday’s attack by the Department... Read more »
- ● Trump Administration Finally Discloses White House Ballroom Funding Contract in Response to Public Citizen’s FOIA LawsuitThe Trump Administration today disclosed the funding agreement for Trump’s $400 million White House ballroom project. The administration disclosed the 14-page “Philanthropic Support Agreement” between the White House, the National Park Service and the non-profit Trust for the National Mall in response to Public Citizen’s FOIA request and a subsequent... Read more »
- ● Data center growth threatens air quality and progress toward cleaner energy gridDespite the rapid growth of renewable energy usage in recent years, the even-more-explosive growth of data centers is delaying the transition to a cleaner grid in ways that could harm the air we breathe. That’s according to new research released for Earth Day on Wednesday by Frontier Group, Environment America... Read more »
- New report: Households pay $12 trillion a year in hidden fossil fuel costs – a $23 million a minute ‘gift to Big Oil’New research by 350.org shows that on top of soaring energy bills, fossil fuels cost households an additional $12 trillion a year in taxpayer handouts, health impacts and extreme weather damage – equivalent to a $23 million a minute “gift to Big Oil” that costs each person on Earth $1,400... Read more »
Common Dreams
- mp3● The Political Power of the PoliceThe power the police wield on the streets of this country is plain to see. Less visible, but no less formidable, is the immense political power and influence that the police exercise. Historian Stuart Schrader describes how police unions amassed enormous power over the last fifty years. Stuart Schrader, Blue... Read more »
- mp3The Decline of U.S. Capitalism?The left has a long history of predicting the decline of US capitalism and empire. Some argue that Trump is a symptom of that decline — a strongman chosen by capital to set things right — and that the ill health of U.S. capitalism is paralleled by the decline of... Read more »
- mp3American Jews and the LeftJews and the left have been closely associated with each other for well over a century, both in Europe where the Nazis genocidally linked one with the other, and in the United States. Scholar Benjamin Balthaser considers the history of American Jews and the left, including in opposition to Jewish... Read more »
- mp3Fuentes on Aggression; Graeber on EgalitarianismWe often are told there is no other way to organize society — that by our very nature, we’re destined to try to dominate each other. But are such assumptions merited? Primatologist Agustín Fuentes pulls apart the supposedly evolutionary case that humans are hardwired for war. And the late anthropologist... Read more »
- mp3(Not) Taxing the RichIt’s widely recognized that vast amounts of wealth are now concentrated in the hands of the very few. But less well understood, scholar Ray Madoff argues, is how the U.S. tax code played a key role in that process. She delineates how progressive taxation and the estate tax — designed... Read more »
KPFA - Against the Grain
- President Xi Jinping meets Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez
Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday met with Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, who is on an official visit to China, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.... Read more » - President Xi Jinping meets Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, UAE
President Xi Jinping meets Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, UAE... Read more » - Mozambique's President Daniel Francisco Chapo to visit China
Mozambique's President Daniel Francisco Chapo to visit China... Read more » - IEA, IMF, World Bank heads warn of impacts of Iran war
The heads of the International Energy Agency (IEA), International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank Group on Monday warned of the negative impacts of the war against Iran waged by the United States and Israel.... Read more » - Vietnam's top leader To Lam arrives in Beijing for state visit
To Lam, general secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee and president of Vietnam, arrived in Beijing on Tuesday for a state visit to China through Friday.... Read more »
World
- President Xi Jinping meets Spanish Prime Minister Pedro SanchezChinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday met with Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, who is on an official visit to China, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.... Read more »
- President Xi Jinping meets Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, UAEPresident Xi Jinping meets Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, UAE... Read more »
- Mozambique's President Daniel Francisco Chapo to visit ChinaMozambique's President Daniel Francisco Chapo to visit China... Read more »
- IEA, IMF, World Bank heads warn of impacts of Iran warThe heads of the International Energy Agency (IEA), International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank Group on Monday warned of the negative impacts of the war against Iran waged by the United States and Israel.... Read more »
- Vietnam's top leader To Lam arrives in Beijing for state visitTo Lam, general secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee and president of Vietnam, arrived in Beijing on Tuesday for a state visit to China through Friday.... Read more »
Politics
- Polish official: A new gateway for Chinese-Polish synergy
Polish official: A new gateway for Chinese-Polish synergy... Read more » - IMF downgrades global growth forecast amid Middle East conflict
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has downgraded its global economic outlook for 2026 amid the ongoing conflict in the Middle East.... Read more » - 85% of respondents say 'Investing in China' key for global success
85% of respondents say 'Investing in China' key for global success... Read more » - China drives sharp reduction of trade surplus with Q1 import surge
China's Q1 imports surged, reshaping the familiar narrative of export-led trade growth.... Read more » - UNDP: Middle East tensions could cost Asia-Pacific up to $299 billion
A new report from the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) warns that military escalation in the Middle East could inflict $97 billion to $299 billion in economic losses across the Asia-Pacific region and push 8.8 million people into poverty.... Read more »
Business
- Canada Rolls Out New Disability Benefit Program Under Bill C-22
Canada has taken a historic step toward economic equity and social inclusion with the rollout of the Canada Disability Benefit... Read more » - Check Eligibility Criteria for Singapore’s 2025 Assurance Package
As Singapore continues its planned increase in the Goods and Services Tax (GST) from 7% to 9%... Read more » - Check Eligibility, Fees & Processing Time for Canada’s Open Work Permit in 2025
As of March 2025, Canada’s Open Work Permit (OWP) program has undergone significant changes aimed at simplifying the process... Read more » - Australia Government Launches Financial Relief Package to Ease Living Costs in 2025
As Australians continue to grapple with the growing burden of daily expenses... Read more » - Unlocking International Opportunities with the Digital Nomad Visa
Canada's Digital Nomad Visa is more than just a temporary travel allowance... Read more »
Citizen Truth
- ● Oppose the attempt to silence freedom of speech at Carroll Community College!Carroll Community College’s “Freedom of Expression and Public Assembly” policy is a bureaucratic censorship tool.... Read more »
- ● London Underground drivers strike against longer shifts under four-day week planTalks have broken down not due to RMT intransigence but because of TfL’s hardline stance. It has used Dempsey’s demobilisation of members to press ahead with restructuring.... Read more »
- ● Right-wing led fuel protests bring Ireland to a haltHundreds of hauliers and agricultural contractors, farmers and small transport businesses brought together by right-wing organisers and social media pages forced Ireland to a standstill for days, through blockades, rolling roadblocks and protests.... Read more »
- ● Kenya’s Ruto regime suppresses anti-fuel hike protestsThe “Total Shutdown Tuesday” protests opposed a sharp fuel price hike, raising petrol prices by over 16 percent and diesel by more than 24 percent. The hike, driven by disruptions to global oil supplies by the US-Israeli war against Iran, has sharply increased the cost of transport and basic goods.... Read more »
- ● Why Los Angeles teachers must vote “no” on the UTLA-LAUSD contractThe specific aim of the contracts is to block all resistance to massive austerity which will begin, in all likelihood, soon after the agreements are ratified.... Read more »
World Socialist Web Site (en)
- Chinese scientists unlock potent, addiction-free pain relief
Chinese scientists unlock potent, addiction-free pain relief... Read more » - Premier Li: China encourages more Chinese companies to invest in Spain
China is ready to import more high-quality products from Spain and encourages more capable Chinese enterprises to invest in Spain, Chinese Premier Li Qiang said on Tuesday.... Read more » - Xi Jinping holds talks with Vietnam's top leader To Lam
Xi Jinping holds talks with Vietnam's top leader To Lam... Read more » - Xi Jinping holds welcome ceremony for Vietnam's top leader
Xi Jinping holds welcome ceremony for Vietnam's top leader... Read more » - Chinese President Xi Jinping meets Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov
Chinese President Xi Jinping meets Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov... Read more »
China
- Sanchez's fourth China visit signals EU strategic shift
The Spanish prime minister is undertaking a state visit to China from April 11 to 15. This marks his fourth trip to China in four years, demonstrating a sustained high-level engagement between two countries aimed at bolstering economic ties.... Read more » - Europe's Atlantic foundation crumbles as the US becomes a threat
The Politico survey is a clarion call. As the US retreats into a fortress of protectionism and unpredictability, Europe's quest for strategic autonomy should be matched by a diversification of its global partnerships.... Read more » - CICPE to decode China's consumption upgrade
As a weathervane for consumption upgrade, the CICPE is witnessing China's consumption transformation from quantity accumulation to quality leap.... Read more » - Three takeaways from KMT chair's visit to the mainland
Cheng's visit reinforces the argument that stability and peaceful development should remain the core priorities in managing cross-Strait relations.... Read more » - Sanchez's China visit to promote development of China-Europe ties
The growing development of Sino-Spanish relations is bringing tangible benefits to both sides, rendering any attempts to question or suppress the ties naive, hypocritical and powerless.... Read more »
Opinion
- CGTN's picks for the 16th Beijing International Film Festival
The 16th Beijing International Film Festival has arrived as promised this April, reuniting film lovers everywhere in front of the big screen.... Read more » - Brought with the Storm
The film centers on a male protagonist who has just ended a relationship.... Read more » - The Fox King
The film tells the story of a pair of twin brothers living in a peaceful coastal town in Malaysia.... Read more » - Goodbye Julia
Mona was once a singer before retiring from the stage after marriage. Leading a respectable life, she is tormented by a secret deep inside: She was indirectly responsible for a murder.... Read more » - The Blue Trail
Set in Brazil, the film follows a story where a mandatory elderly segregation policy is enforced, sending senior citizens to remote "relocation zones."... Read more »
Culture
- Spanish PM stresses role of cooperation in driving scientific progress
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez underscored the vital role of cooperation in driving scientific progress during a visit to the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) on Monday.... Read more » - Musk's XChat set for App Store debut
Musk's XChat set for App Store debut... Read more » - International Dark Sky Week: China's legal path to a starry economy
International Dark Sky Week: China's legal path to a starry economy... Read more » - Spanish PM Sánchez receives honorary professorship from UCAS
Spanish PM Sánchez receives honorary professorship from UCAS... Read more » - 2026 World Internet Conference Asia-Pacific Summit kicks off in HKSAR
The 2026 World Internet Conference (WIC) Asia-Pacific Summit opened in China's Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) on Wednesday morning.... Read more »
Tech&Sci
- ● Final Gaza Rapid Damage and Needs AssessmentThe report highlights the catastrophic impact on human development across Gaza, which is estimated to have been set back by 77 years.... Read more »
- ● Zionist Doxxing Campaigns Upended Their Lives. Now They’re Suing for Damages.The lawsuit brings to the forefront that these organizations aren't trying to fight antisemitism, they are propaganda, at best, and at worst, something more sinister an attempt to harm people who are speaking out about the rights of Palestinians and of the oppression that Israel has inflicted on them.... Read more »
- ● Eyes on Gaza, as trends reveal increased Israeli violence – Daily UpdateWhat's new in Iran ceasefire and Hormuz blockade? ■ Israel blows up school in Lebanon ■ Human development in Gaza set back 77 years ■ Israeli settlers, military, gov't commit flagrant crimes against Palestinians ■ More... Read more »
- ● Israeli soldiers using sexual assault to force Palestinians out of West Bank, report saysIsraeli soldiers and settlers are using gendered violence and sexual assault and harassment to force Palestinians from their homes in the occupied West Bank, human rights and legal experts say.... Read more »
- ● Top Biden Official Supports Trump Iran Attack, Says Biden May Have Done The Same“We did some practice runs on what it would look like to look into [bombing Iran], because that may have had to happen under our watch as well.” Hochstein, a senior adviser to Biden, was born in Israel and formerly served in the Israeli military.... Read more »
Israel Palestine News
- Trump’s High Gas Prices Are No AccidentWhile the costs mount for regular people, the Trump administration's allies in the fossil fuel industry stand to profit handsomely. The post Trump’s High Gas Prices Are No Accident appeared first on Institute for Policy Studies.... Read more »
- The Case for Blaming BillionairesCriticizing the billionaire class may lack nuance, but the ultrawealthy are robbing us of our voice and vote, trashing our environment and blocking our path to a livable future. The post The Case for Blaming Billionaires appeared first on Institute for Policy Studies.... Read more »
- When We Disinvest in People, We All Pay the PriceThe fiscal year 2027 budget proposal from President Trump is a shocking departure from values most Americans hold. The post When We Disinvest in People, We All Pay the Price appeared first on Institute for Policy Studies.... Read more »
- The Average Taxpayer Shelled Out Over $4,000 for War and Weapons Last YearAmericans want a government that supports them when times are tough—not one that shakes us down for endless wars. The post The Average Taxpayer Shelled Out Over $4,000 for War and Weapons Last Year appeared first on Institute for Policy Studies.... Read more »
- The Axis of Evil Suffers a Big LossAfter Viktor Orban's landslide loss in Hungary, will Trump and even Putin be next in line for their political comeuppance? The post The Axis of Evil Suffers a Big Loss appeared first on Institute for Policy Studies.... Read more »
Institute for Policy Studies
- Climate Coverage Plunges, Though Crisis More Dire Than Ever
The scientific consensus that we need to phase out fossil fuels fast has not changed, but coverage about climate change in US news outlets has plunged.... Read more » - mp3A History of Iran Propaganda
CounterSpin has been tracking US news media failings, omissions and propagandizing on Iran for decades. We revisit some of that conversation this week.... Read more » - The Digital Media Oligarchy: Who Owns Online News?
More than half of US visits to major online news sites from Dec. 2024 through Nov. 2025 went to outlets controlled by just seven families or corporate entities.... Read more » - After Trump Declared Gaza War ‘Over,’ Media Lost Interest
Since Donald Trump declared that "the war in Gaza is over" on October 3, 2025, US news outlets' interest in the occupied territory has plummeted.... Read more » - VideoLabeling Kidnapping a ‘Capture,’ Media Legitimate Violation of International Law
It’s misleading to use language like “capture” and “arrest,” which evoke the US upholding the law, to describe heavily armed US forces taking Maduro prisoner.... Read more »
FAIR
- ● Embassy Tells Americans Still In Lebanon Depart Now While Flights Available As Ceasefire Collapsing
Embassy Tells Americans Still In Lebanon Depart Now While Flights Available As Ceasefire Collapsing The US-mediated Lebanon ceasefire is unraveling fast amid intensified fighting between Israel and Hezbollah on Thursday. This has resulted in the US embassy in Beirut issuing an urgent renewed security alert, urging US citizens to depart Lebanon... Read more » - ● Here's How Trump Can Nuke Virginia's New Gerrymandered Map...
Here's How Trump Can Nuke Virginia's New Gerrymandered Map... Authored by Matt Margolis via PJMedia.com, Virginia used to be a model of fair redistricting. That reputation is now gone. On Tuesday, Virginia Democrats passed a redistricting plan that transforms one of the most fairly apportioned states in the country into... Read more » - ● Tit-For-Tat Assaults On Shipping Widen: US Intercepts 3 More 'Illicit' Tankers In Asian Waters, Iran Seizes Additional 2 In Hormuz
Tit-For-Tat Assaults On Shipping Widen: US Intercepts 3 More 'Illicit' Tankers In Asian Waters, Iran Seizes Additional 2 In Hormuz Summary At least two fully laden Iranian tankers slip past US naval blockade, amid reports of more going dark, BBG reports, but Pentagon denies. Reports of three more Iranian tankers... Read more » - ● SaaS Stocks Slammed As ServiceNow Disappoints, Blames MidEast War
SaaS Stocks Slammed As ServiceNow Disappoints, Blames MidEast War Perhaps indicative of the fragility of the current rebound - as Software stocks have recently ripped higher for 8 straight days - SaaS stocks are all deeply in the red after-hours as ServiceNow - the potential poster-child for AI disruption -... Read more » - ● California Exposes Amazon's Alleged 'Retail Price Fixing' In Unredacted Court Filing
California Exposes Amazon's Alleged 'Retail Price Fixing' In Unredacted Court Filing California Attorney General Rob Bonta on Monday released a largely unredacted court filing packed with internal emails that allege Amazon strong-armed brands like Levi Strauss and Hanes into pressuring Walmart, Target and other rivals to raise prices - all... Read more »
ZeroHedge News
- ● Trump's 'revenge' meltdown plans leak for White House Correspondents' Dinner: report
President Donald Trump is preparing to throw a scripted tantrum at the White House Correspondents' Dinner this year, reported The Daily Beast on Wednesday."Donald Trump will launch a 'revenge' attack on the White House media when he confronts them in person at a Washington dinner on Saturday night — then... Read more » - ● 'Massive cover up' fears raised as House panel splits on clemency for Ghislaine Maxwell
Ghislaine Maxwell's condition to testify under oath — but only under the condition of clemency — has split House Oversight and Government Reform Committee members over whether President Donald Trump should grant her that pardon, Rep. James Comer (R-KY) told Politico on Wednesday. Maxwell, Jeffrey Epstein's co-conspirator, was deposed by... Read more » - ● 'Wah, wah, wah:' AOC scoffs at GOP whining over gerrymandering
WASHINGTON — Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-NY, had strong words for Republicans complaining about the gerrymandering in Virginia that voters approved on Tuesday, with strong support from her party. "Wah, wah, wah," Ocasio-Cortez told Raw Story on Wednesday, mimicking a whining baby and laughing in response to a question from... Read more » - ● Bravo's Andy Cohen reacts to Joe Rogan endorsing reality star's mayoral bid
Bravo personality Andy Cohen had a sharp reaction on Tuesday's "Watch What Happens Live" when guest Kristin Cavallari mentioned podcaster Joe Rogan endorsed reality star Spencer Pratt's Los Angeles mayoral campaign. As reported by TMZ, Cohen responded with sarcasm and profanity, saying "Oh Rogan, the great mind of the universe"... Read more » - ● GOP snubs ICE shooting victims as they beg Congress to rein in agents: 'Been through hell'
WASHINGTON — Nearly all Republicans on the House Homeland Security Committee failed to show up for a Wednesday hearing convened by Democrats to highlight President Donald Trump’s aggressive tactics in his mass deportation campaign that have ensnared U.S. citizens.It marked a rare full committee hearing that Democrats were allowed to... Read more »
Raw Story
- ● Trump's 'revenge' meltdown plans leak for White House Correspondents' Dinner: reportPresident Donald Trump is preparing to throw a scripted tantrum at the White House Correspondents' Dinner this year, reported The Daily Beast on Wednesday."Donald Trump will launch a 'revenge' attack on the White House media when he confronts them in person at a Washington dinner on Saturday night — then... Read more »
- ● 'Massive cover up' fears raised as House panel splits on clemency for Ghislaine MaxwellGhislaine Maxwell's condition to testify under oath — but only under the condition of clemency — has split House Oversight and Government Reform Committee members over whether President Donald Trump should grant her that pardon, Rep. James Comer (R-KY) told Politico on Wednesday. Maxwell, Jeffrey Epstein's co-conspirator, was deposed by... Read more »
- ● 'Wah, wah, wah:' AOC scoffs at GOP whining over gerrymanderingWASHINGTON — Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-NY, had strong words for Republicans complaining about the gerrymandering in Virginia that voters approved on Tuesday, with strong support from her party. "Wah, wah, wah," Ocasio-Cortez told Raw Story on Wednesday, mimicking a whining baby and laughing in response to a question from... Read more »
- ● Bravo's Andy Cohen reacts to Joe Rogan endorsing reality star's mayoral bidBravo personality Andy Cohen had a sharp reaction on Tuesday's "Watch What Happens Live" when guest Kristin Cavallari mentioned podcaster Joe Rogan endorsed reality star Spencer Pratt's Los Angeles mayoral campaign. As reported by TMZ, Cohen responded with sarcasm and profanity, saying "Oh Rogan, the great mind of the universe"... Read more »
- ● GOP snubs ICE shooting victims as they beg Congress to rein in agents: 'Been through hell'WASHINGTON — Nearly all Republicans on the House Homeland Security Committee failed to show up for a Wednesday hearing convened by Democrats to highlight President Donald Trump’s aggressive tactics in his mass deportation campaign that have ensnared U.S. citizens.It marked a rare full committee hearing that Democrats were allowed to... Read more »
Raw Story
- We Won a Webby People’s Voice Award
We're honored to have won the 2026 Webby People’s Voice Award in the category for Websites and Mobile Sites: News & Politics. Thank you to our loyal readers and social media followers who voted for us. The post We Won a Webby People’s Voice Award appeared first on FactCheck.org.... Read more » - VideoWhat Do We Know About ‘Birth Tourism’?
Q: How real is birth tourism? A: The government doesn’t provide estimates of the extent of so-called birth tourism — pregnant women coming to the U.S. on tourism visas in order to obtain birthright U.S. citizenship for their newborn child. One outside group has estimated it may be more than 20,000... Read more » - VideoElon Musk Amplifies Baseless Claim About COVID-19 Vaccine
Elon Musk this week amplified an unfounded claim, based on a distortion of vaccine safety monitoring data, that COVID-19 vaccines killed tens of thousands of people in Germany. The vaccines saved millions of lives worldwide during a deadly pandemic, and serious side effects or deaths from vaccination are rare. The post... Read more » - VideoAn Attack Over ICE in the Massachusetts Democratic Senate Race
An online ad attacks Rep. Seth Moulton, a Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate in Massachusetts, for not being sufficiently progressive because of past policy positions. But it also misleadingly claims that Moulton, a critic of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, "thanked ICE as they were terrorizing our communities and then... Read more » - VideoPoliticians Say Glyphosate Weedkiller Causes Cancer But Evidence Not Clear-Cut
Following an executive order from the Trump administration that promotes production of glyphosate, some Democrats have claimed that the herbicide causes cancer. The science, however, is nuanced. While there is some evidence linking glyphosate to cancers in lab animals or to the blood cancer non-Hodgkin lymphoma in agricultural workers, the... Read more »
FactCheck.org
- We Won a Webby People’s Voice AwardWe're honored to have won the 2026 Webby People’s Voice Award in the category for Websites and Mobile Sites: News & Politics. Thank you to our loyal readers and social media followers who voted for us. The post We Won a Webby People’s Voice Award appeared first on FactCheck.org.... Read more »
- VideoWhat Do We Know About ‘Birth Tourism’?Q: How real is birth tourism? A: The government doesn’t provide estimates of the extent of so-called birth tourism — pregnant women coming to the U.S. on tourism visas in order to obtain birthright U.S. citizenship for their newborn child. One outside group has estimated it may be more than 20,000... Read more »
- VideoElon Musk Amplifies Baseless Claim About COVID-19 VaccineElon Musk this week amplified an unfounded claim, based on a distortion of vaccine safety monitoring data, that COVID-19 vaccines killed tens of thousands of people in Germany. The vaccines saved millions of lives worldwide during a deadly pandemic, and serious side effects or deaths from vaccination are rare. The post... Read more »
- VideoAn Attack Over ICE in the Massachusetts Democratic Senate RaceAn online ad attacks Rep. Seth Moulton, a Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate in Massachusetts, for not being sufficiently progressive because of past policy positions. But it also misleadingly claims that Moulton, a critic of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, "thanked ICE as they were terrorizing our communities and then... Read more »
- VideoPoliticians Say Glyphosate Weedkiller Causes Cancer But Evidence Not Clear-CutFollowing an executive order from the Trump administration that promotes production of glyphosate, some Democrats have claimed that the herbicide causes cancer. The science, however, is nuanced. While there is some evidence linking glyphosate to cancers in lab animals or to the blood cancer non-Hodgkin lymphoma in agricultural workers, the... Read more »
FactCheck.org
- ● No Kings… or Idiots
Anonymous A Venn diagram of madness. The post No Kings… or Idiots appeared first on The Nation.... Read more » - ● Boris Kagarlitsky on Hungary’s Election
Suzi Weissman, Boris Kagarlitsky Reflections on right-wing populism’s dead end and the window of opportunity for the left. The post Boris Kagarlitsky on Hungary’s Election appeared first on The Nation.... Read more » - ● How California’s Kids Are Taking On Big Oil
Padma Balaji After last year’s devastating wildfires, young Californians are spearheading a growing movement to force polluters—not taxpayers—to pay for the damage. The post How California’s Kids Are Taking On Big Oil appeared first on The Nation.... Read more » - ● Wolfgang Koeppen—“Poet of Failure”
Pankaj Mishra The German writer’s postwar works were ruthless in their condemnation of a country that, in its inability to reckon with historical atrocity, was beyond reform. The post Wolfgang Koeppen—“Poet of Failure” appeared first on The Nation.... Read more » - ● Rural Organizers Are Plowing Common Ground
Erica Etelson It’s hard to hate people when you’re working shoulder to shoulder with them on things that matter. The post Rural Organizers Are Plowing Common Ground appeared first on The Nation.... Read more »
Article | The Nation
- ● Final Gaza Rapid Damage and Needs AssessmentThe report highlights the catastrophic impact on human development across Gaza, which is estimated to have been set back by 77 years.... Read more »
- ● Zionist Doxxing Campaigns Upended Their Lives. Now They’re Suing for Damages.The lawsuit brings to the forefront that these organizations aren't trying to fight antisemitism, they are propaganda, at best, and at worst, something more sinister an attempt to harm people who are speaking out about the rights of Palestinians and of the oppression that Israel has inflicted on them.... Read more »
- ● Eyes on Gaza, as trends reveal increased Israeli violence – Daily UpdateWhat's new in Iran ceasefire and Hormuz blockade? ■ Israel blows up school in Lebanon ■ Human development in Gaza set back 77 years ■ Israeli settlers, military, gov't commit flagrant crimes against Palestinians ■ More... Read more »
- ● Israeli soldiers using sexual assault to force Palestinians out of West Bank, report saysIsraeli soldiers and settlers are using gendered violence and sexual assault and harassment to force Palestinians from their homes in the occupied West Bank, human rights and legal experts say.... Read more »
- ● Top Biden Official Supports Trump Iran Attack, Says Biden May Have Done The Same“We did some practice runs on what it would look like to look into [bombing Iran], because that may have had to happen under our watch as well.” Hochstein, a senior adviser to Biden, was born in Israel and formerly served in the Israeli military.... Read more »
Israel Palestine News
- ● Final Gaza Rapid Damage and Needs AssessmentThe report highlights the catastrophic impact on human development across Gaza, which is estimated to have been set back by 77 years.... Read more »
- ● Zionist Doxxing Campaigns Upended Their Lives. Now They’re Suing for Damages.The lawsuit brings to the forefront that these organizations aren't trying to fight antisemitism, they are propaganda, at best, and at worst, something more sinister an attempt to harm people who are speaking out about the rights of Palestinians and of the oppression that Israel has inflicted on them.... Read more »
- ● Eyes on Gaza, as trends reveal increased Israeli violence – Daily UpdateWhat's new in Iran ceasefire and Hormuz blockade? ■ Israel blows up school in Lebanon ■ Human development in Gaza set back 77 years ■ Israeli settlers, military, gov't commit flagrant crimes against Palestinians ■ More... Read more »
- ● Israeli soldiers using sexual assault to force Palestinians out of West Bank, report saysIsraeli soldiers and settlers are using gendered violence and sexual assault and harassment to force Palestinians from their homes in the occupied West Bank, human rights and legal experts say.... Read more »
- ● Top Biden Official Supports Trump Iran Attack, Says Biden May Have Done The Same“We did some practice runs on what it would look like to look into [bombing Iran], because that may have had to happen under our watch as well.” Hochstein, a senior adviser to Biden, was born in Israel and formerly served in the Israeli military.... Read more »
Israel Palestine News
- Food (and fuel) for thought: unpacking Ireland’s fuel protests
Over the past week, Ireland has witnessed scenes not seen for a generation. Forecourts running out of fuel, limits placed on purchases, and the blockading of key infrastructure have disrupted daily life across the country. These developments echo …... Read more » - Nearly 90% of Dublin’s data centres are in economically-deprived areas
In March, global data centre and colocation provider Equinix announced construction of a new data centre in Dublin’s Blanchardstown neighbourhood (Equinix, 2026). The DB7x facility will sit next to two other Equinix locations, DB5x and DB6x, …... Read more » - A Defence of Taxation, Revisited
In 2014, TASC published A Defence of Taxation. Its argument in favour of progressive alternatives to reducing public services through tax cuts remains as salient as ever, and it is an appropriate topic to revisit on the 25th anniversary of TASC. The …... Read more » - Is the Draghi Report Good for EU Citizens?
Is the Draghi Report Good for EU Citizens? The EU Commission appointed Mario Draghi to examine how the European economy might be kick-started to boost economic growth. The Draghi report was published in late 2024 running to almost 400 pages. Last …... Read more » - 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 »
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- Lebanese journalist Amal Khalil deliberately killed in Israeli airstrike, body found in rubbleLebanese Civil Defense confirms the death of Amal Khalil, a journalist with the country's al-Akhbar daily, saying she was deliberately targeted in an Israeli strike.... Read more »
- Iranian professor offers intellectual, theological challenge to Zionists, rooted in QuranProfessor Bijan Davvaz, an internationally acclaimed professor of mathematical sciences based in the Iranian city of Yazd, has issued an intellectual and theological challenge to Zionist lobbies worldwide, using rational arguments rooted in the Holy Quran.... Read more »
- 90 Palestinian women held behind bars in Israeli jails: Advocacy groupAn advocacy group says Israeli authorities are keeping 90 Palestinian women behind bars, and the women face hunger, abuse and strip searches.... Read more »
- Lebanon says Israel ‘besieging journalists’ after attack on southern townLebanon’s Information Minister Paul Morcos has slammed the Israeli regime for “besieging journalists and photographers” following attacks in the town of at-Tiri in the country’s south.... Read more »
- Lebanese MP: Direct negotiations with Israel ‘out of question’A senior Lebanese lawmaker has dismissed as “out of question” the notion of direct negotiations with Israel.... Read more »
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- 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 »
- Canada's PM: Ties with US have turned into ‘weaknesses,’ must be correctedThe Canadian prime minister says the economic and political ties with the US have turned into “weaknesses” and must be corrected.... Read more »
- ‘We are not afraid of war’: Cuba president dismisses Trump’s threatsCuba pledges to do its best to defend itself if the United States launches an illegal act of aggression against the Caribbean country.... Read more »
- ‘Days of our military sending 70 cents of every dollar to US are over’: Canada PMCanada's prime minister says his country will reduce its longstanding dependence on the US in military spending and procurement.... Read more »
- ‘Complicity in US crimes’: Iran condemns Costa Rica’s move to designate IRGCTehran has strongly condemned Costa Rica's decision to designate the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC).... Read more »
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- Lufthansa to cancel 20,000 flights amid fuel crisis in EU triggered by war on IranGermany’s Lufthansa, Europe’s largest airline group, has announced that it will cancel 20,000 uneconomic short-haul flights from its European summer schedule.... Read more »
- Russia slams Netanyahu's 'disrespectful' Holocaust remarks, defends IranThe Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson has condemned Netanyahu for distorting World War II history and the Holocaust.... Read more »
- Spain, Slovenia, Ireland push EU to debate Israel pact suspensionSpain, Slovenia and Ireland have urged the European Union to debate suspending its association agreement with Israel. ... Read more »
- 40 Israeli settlers detained at Moscow airport over 'links to aggression against Iran': ReportRussian authorities reportedly detain at least 40 Israeli settlers at Moscow’s Domodedovo Airport over their links to unprovoked aggression against Iran.... Read more »
- UN experts urge EU to suspend Israel trade deal over human rights atrocitiesUN experts call on the EU to immediately suspend its trade agreement with the Israeli regime over human rights atrocities.... Read more »
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