- OPCW admits it suppressed key dissenter in Douma chemical cover-upIn its defeat at an international tribunal, the OPCW has acknowledged that it shunned an inspector who challenged the Douma chemical cover-up. OPCW whistleblower Dr. Brendan Whelan details the closing chapter of his bid for justice. The wheels of justice turn slowly but grind exceedingly fine, they say. A recent... Read more »
- Daily Mail lies: Oct 7 victim saved from rape by non-existent Muslim prohibition on violating scarred womenThe latest Oct. 7 rape hoax propaganda piece from The Daily insists that the only reason a woman at the Nova music festival wasn’t raped by Hamas members is that she had a scar – and falsely claims that “scars have a spiritual significance in the eyes of the terrorists.”... Read more »
- Covert NATO initiative turns film into anti-Russia battlegroundA scandal has erupted over covert NATO conferences with the Western entertainment industry. Leaked documents reviewed by The Grayzone show how NATO has sought to infiltrate film and TV for decades, with UK intel operatives taking the lead. On May 3, The Guardian revealed that NATO has held a series... Read more »
- ‘Highly Protected’: OPCW confirms it buried critical evidence in Syria chemical weapons probeThe OPCW has finally acknowledged concealing the assessment of German military toxicologists who ruled out chlorine gas as the cause of dozens of deaths in the alleged Douma chemical attack of April 2018. For the first time in a prolonged cover-up scandal, the world’s top chemical watchdog has acknowledged censoring... Read more »
- Trump’s new Iran negotiator is Israel lobbyist who denounced negotiations with IranTapped to advise Steve Witkoff on Iran, Nick Stewart previously condemned dealing with any of Iran’s elected leaders. His presence consolidates military conflict as the Trump administration’s only option. The latest addition to the Trump administration’s Iran negotiation team, Nick Stewart, has declared his absolute opposition to negotiating with the... Read more »
The Grayzone
- Revealed: USAID, NED & Open Society Quietly Bankroll Cuba’s “Independent” Media In Push for Regime ChangeFrom CubaNet to ADN Cuba, some of the most widely cited “independent” Cuban media outlets in Western Corporate media are quietly funded by USAID, the National Endowment for Democracy (NED) and Open Society Foundation as part of a decades-long campaign to destabilize Cuba’s society by blaming all economic issues on... Read more »
- As Evidence Mounts of Dogs Raping Palestinian Prisoners in Israeli Prisons, NYT’s Isabel Kershner Revives Unverified October 7 Rape NarrativeFollowing Nicholas Kristof’s report on sexual abuse inside Israeli prisons including the use of dogs to rape hostages as young as 13, the NYT’s Isabel Kershner, whose sons served in the Israeli military, revived unverified October 7 rape claims relying on Israeli government-linked source Cochav Elkayam-Levy, who was later accused... Read more »
- From Bahrain to the UAE: Gulf States Expand Anti-Shia Crackdowns During Direct Strikes on IranAs reports emerge of direct Gulf involvement in strikes on Iran, Bahrain is escalating a sweeping anti-Shia crackdown — arresting clerics, revoking citizenships, and threatening dissidents with death sentences. The post From Bahrain to the UAE: Gulf States Expand Anti-Shia Crackdowns During Direct Strikes on Iran appeared first on MintPress... Read more »
- Hezbollah’s Cheap FPV Drones Are Making Israel’s High-Tech Military ObsoleteFrom destroying hundreds of Israeli Merkava tanks to Iron Dome systems, Hezbollah’s $50 FPV drones are inflicting massive losses on Israel using weapons so cheap and simple that military analysts now fear they are changing warfare forever. The post Hezbollah’s Cheap FPV Drones Are Making Israel’s High-Tech Military Obsolete appeared... Read more »
- Dr. Marandi: Washington Post Assassination Orders, Iran Refuses Negotiations & UAE ComplicityAs Washington shifts from threats to negotiations, Iran is signaling it no longer sees talks as credible. Dr. Seyed Mohammad Marandi explains why Tehran is rejecting U.S. outreach — citing escalating attacks, deep mistrust, and even assassination threats against its negotiating team. The post Dr. Marandi: Washington Post Assassination Orders,... Read more »
MintPress News
- VideoMedia Myopia As We Hurtle Towards Climate OblivionAny aliens who have been monitoring radio and television transmissions streaming outwards into space from Planet Earth over the past few decades will likely be intrigued, bemused or simply horrified at humanity’s headlong drive towards →... Read more »
- ‘Starmageddon’ – The Anti-Polanski Smear Campaign That Ate ItselfHistorian Ian Kershaw titled the two volumes of his definitive biography of Adolf Hitler, ‘Hubris’ and ‘Nemesis’. (Allen Lane, 1998 and 2000) Inevitably, it seems, great power comes with great hubris. For a brief, glorious →... Read more »
- 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 »
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- The Climate Wars: How Superpowers Are Carving Up the Earth | With Arthur Snell
What do melting Arctic ice, a war for farmland in Ukraine, and the panic of Gulf petro-states have in common? Arthur Snell exposes the terrifying new geography of global conflict and how humanity can adapt to survive it.... Read more » - Sex, power and backlash in Africa
An extract from Nana Darkoa Sekyiamah’s new book Seeking Sexual Freedom... Read more » - What movements can learn from their own histories
Nana Darkoa Sekyiamah on memory, risk and organising beyond backlash... Read more » - Big Tech platforms under fire in inquiry into Southport mass stabbing
Amazon and X’s policies on age verification and content moderation criticised in report on murder of three children and stabbing of others... Read more » - Brazil: How the CIA funded Catholic marches that paved the way for the 1964 coup
Thousands clutching rosaries and dollars from Washington formed the march that paved the way for the 1964 coup... Read more »
openDemocracy
- VideoIsrael Rapes Everyone, And Other Notes
When you see the Israeli military being constantly accused by people from all walks of life of using rape and sexual torture, you have to conclude that Israel is a rape country.... Read more » - VideoPodcast/Painting Video: Bastards, Billionaires And Bombs
Caitlin and Tim discuss Itamar Ben-Gvir, Jeff Bezos, Mark Zuckerberg, Cuba, capitalist dystopia, and love. Caitlin paints Ben-Gvir. Available in video and audio. Please send us your questions, comments and feedback so we can respond to them in the next episode. __________________ The best way to make sure you see... Read more » - VideoNobody Sincerely Believes Cuba Threatens The United States
In a sign that the US is preparing for yet another evil war, Marco Rubio is now claiming that Cuba poses a “national security threat” to the United States, saying the likelihood of a peaceful agreement is “not high”.... Read more » - VideoThey’re Not Mad At Ben-Gvir For Being Evil, They’re Mad At Him For Being Honest
Ben-Gvir is the perfect embodiment of the racist murderousness of both Israel and the western empire. He represents everything this twisted civilization has become.... Read more » - VideoAmerican Democracy Does Not Exist
Americans just watched the Israel lobby openly manipulate yet another election, and then in like two weeks they're going to hear their government tell them they need to regime change another foreign country to bring "democracy" to its people. Americans themselves do not have democracy.... Read more »
Caitlin Johnstone
- ● Why American Workers Should Welcome Chinese Investments
Volvo withered under Ford, and its workers were subjected to a succession of layoffs. In 2010, just eleven years after its purchase, Ford sold Volvo to a Chinese company for $1.8 billion. The Chinese owners added plants in China, but kept production in all of its existing locations in Sweden,... Read more » - ● Nicholas Kristof’s Eyewitness Laments Skip the Obvious Conclusion
A skeptical friend reading the New York Times asked me why columnist Nicholas Kristof keeps writing columns about recurring poverty in less developed countries. My answer is simple. Because he keeps going to these remote areas populated by brutalized human beings living in dire impoverishment and sickness. At no small risk to... Read more » - ● “Hondurasgate”: A Symptom of Deeper Crises in Honduras and a Warning for Latin America
Governance in Honduras shifted sharply to the extreme right within months of the National Party’s Nasry Asfura taking office on January 27, succeeding the Libre party’s progressive Xiomara Castro. In the November 30 elections, the National Party was trailing a poor third before Trump threatened to end all aid to... Read more » - ● The Witch Hunt Continues: U.S. Appeals Court Allows Reinstatement of Sanctions on Francesca Albanese
In a disturbing escalation, a U.S. Court of Appeals has allowed the reinstatement of sanctions against Francesca Albanese, the UN Special Rapporteur on the Occupied Palestinian Territories. After a federal district court suspended the Trump administration’s punitive measures on free speech grounds in mid-May 2026, the administration formally lifted them.... Read more » - ● Forget Citizens United, Think Media
Last week, I was briefly sent into a rage, throwing ketchup against the wall, when I saw that one of the Murdoch sons was buying up Vox Media. After seeing Elon Musk take over Twitter, Junior Trumper David Ellison take over Paramount and CBS, and now ready to buy Warner... Read more »
CounterPunch.org
- Γιατί οι πλουτοκράτες λατρεύουν τον πόλεμο του ΤραμπΌταν άρχισαν να πέφτουν βροχή οι βόμβες στο Ιράν, τις θεώρησα απαρχή του Βατερλό του Ντόναλντ Τραμπ. Βλέποντας το πολιτικό του κίνημα, μια περίεργη συμμαχία εξαγριωμένων προλετάριων και αχόρταγων πλουτοκρατών, να βυθίζεται σε εμφύλιο ταξικό πόλεμο, παράφρασα εκείνο που είχε πει ο Τσόρτσιλ για τη Μάχη του Ελ Αλαμέιν: πριν... Read more »
- Why plutocrats love Trump’s war – UnherdWhen the bombs began to rain down on Iran, I predicted Donald Trump’s Waterloo. Watching his MAGA coalition, a noxious brew of working-class resentment and tax cuts for billionaires, descend into a civil class war, I paraphrased Churchill on the Battle of El Alamein: in his second term, before Iran,... Read more »
- Palantir and the New Order: Neoliberalism is dead. Say hello to Techlordism – The PointA new form of capital is ascending: cloud capital—networked algorithmic machines that grant their owners remarkable powers to modify our behaviour. And just as financiers needed neoliberalism, today’s tech lords need a new ideology to legitimise their rule. I call it techlordism. Yanis Varoufakis Tue 21 Apr 2026 22.00 AEST... Read more »
- On The Rest Is Politics, with Alastair Campbell and Rory Stewart: From the 2008 Crash to the Rise of PopulismA surprisingly agreeable and wholesome discussion with Alastair Campbell and Rory Stewart on their THE REST IS POLITICS podcast. I wish there were more opportunities for political adversaries to engage in discussions such as this one. In this episode we begin by discussing RAISE YOUR SOUL, my latest book on... Read more »
- Discussing Raise Your Soul with Helen Vatsikopoulos on ABC Radio National’s Big IdeasResistance — Yanis Varoufakis with Helen Vatsikopoulos on the people who fought back against fascism Source: ABC Radio National Program: Big Ideas Published: Tue 28 Apr 2026 at 7:00am Play duration: 54 minutes 35 seconds Presented by: Natasha Mitchell Through the stories of five women across three generations of his... Read more »
Yanis Varoufakis
- North of Ireland authorities increasingly assisting the far-right
In recent weeks, there has been increasing evidence of authorities in the north of Ireland aligning themselves with dangerous far-right thugs. On May 1, the racists and Islamophobes of Our Northern Ireland Voice (ONIV) shared a video showing a group of men assaulting a person they described as a “Pakistani... Read more » - VideoLabour pulled up for gimmicky August free bus policy
The cost of living is an ongoing crisis in modern Britain. In response to this, the government has unveiled a ‘Summer Savings’ plan which will provide minimal savings for a single month — specifically August. In response to this, Sky News’s Trevor Phillips has laid into Labour minister Darren Jones:... Read more » - Singer CMAT says ‘f*ck Reform’ and tells UK artists to get off the fence
Speaking at the Ivor Novello awards, singer CMAT has spoken out against Reform UK and the far right. She’s also called on her fellow artists to get off the fence and to take a stand: "I have no time, sympathy or empathy for anybody that decides to make life more... Read more » - Reform councillor claims Swastika tattoo is a ‘Buddhist peace symbol’
Another Reform member has been exposed for having an alleged link to Adolf Hitler’s Nazi Party. The latest is Barnsley councillor Andy Arnold who was photographed over multiple years with a Swastika tattoo. In response, Arnold’s wife has claimed it was actually a Buddhist symbol of peace: Swastika tattoo visible... Read more » - Reform’s new overtime tax policy torn to shreds
Reform UK unveiled an attention-grabbing new policy proposal on Sunday 24 May: Reform will scrap income tax on overtime. It's time to make work pay. pic.twitter.com/Q0luvT9WPM — Nigel Farage MP (@Nigel_Farage) May 24, 2026 The problem for Reform is that the policy has also grabbed the attention of people who... Read more »
Canary
- ● All Power to the BureaucracyShare this: Glorious workers’ commodity-forms gathering dust, not in the dustbin of history but Tom Wetzel || A major influence on radical thinking since the Russian revolution is the form of radical politics called Leninism. The name derives from the... Read more... Read more »
- ● Revolutionary Forgiveness: Beyond Moralism, Toward LiberationShare this: Forgiveness is necessary in the long fight for a just world—but it is only possible after the oppressed are victorious. For too long, revolutionary social movements have reconciled to defeat. We must start winning again. Forgiveness is a... Read more... Read more »
- ● Powerups in Mario Kart and CapitalismFrom John Green’s The Anthropocene Reviewed || Super Mario Kart is a racing game, first... Read more »
- ● India’s Struggle for Freedom is Our Struggle – War Commentary (1942)From the front page of ‘War Commentary: For Anarchism’, Mid-August 1942, London, UK The blood of the Indian people, the blood of Amritsar, flows again under the blows of tyranny. In the cities of India, unarmed masses are shot down... Read more... Read more »
- Freedom, rights, equality, from reality to hoaxesLet’s turn to the last decades of the 18th century in France. A society that was the most populous country in Europe at the time, and a force known as the ” Third social class” made up a significant portion... Read more... Read more »
🏴 Anarchist Federation
- Walker C. Smith - SabotageAuthor: Walker C. SmithTitle: SabotageSubtitle: Its History, Philosophy & FunctionDate: 1913Notes: 1917 edition; originally published in 1913. Transcribed by J. D. Crutchfield from a scan kindly supplied by Lisa & Jon Schindler. Many misprints silently corrected. Last updated 15 July 2004.Source: <archive.iww.org/history/library/WCSmith/sabotage> Foreword This little work is the essence of... Read more »
- Václav Havel - The Power of the PowerlessAuthor: Václav HavelTitle: The Power of the PowerlessDate: October 1978Source: Retrieved on 2012-01-07 via the Internet Archive at <vaclavhavel.cz/showtrans.php?cat=clanky&val=72_aj_clanky.html> To the memory of Jan Patocka “The Power of the Powerless” (October 1978) was originally written (“quickly,” Havel said later) as a discussion piece for a projected joint Polish Czechoslovak... Read more »
- anon. - An Open Letter From Cuban AnarchistsAuthor: anon.Title: An Open Letter From Cuban AnarchistsDate: 2003Source: Fifth Estate # 363, Winter, 2003/2004, retrieved on 14 May 2026 from https://www.fifthestate.org/archive/363-winter-20032004/an-open-letter-from-cuban-anarchists/ Dear comrades, As you might be aware, the Castroist crackdown on dissent has been stepped up and toughened up over these past few months in Cuba. Even so,... Read more »
- Muswell Hillbillie - Review of Dolgoff Cuba BookAuthor: Muswell HillbillieTitle: Review of Dolgoff Cuba BookSubtitle: Cuba Book Avoids Crucial QuestionsDate: September 1977Source: Fifth Estate # 286, September, 1977, retrieved on 14 May 2026 from https://www.fifthestate.org/archive/286-september-1977/review-of-dolgoff-cuba-book/ a review of Sam Dolgoff, The Cuban Revolution, A Critical Perspective; Copyright 1976, Black Rose Books, Ltd., Montreal; $5.95. Sam Dolgoff’s book,... Read more »
- Quincy B. Thorn - Anarchists Confront the Marxist State in CubaAuthor: Quincy B. ThornTitle: Anarchists Confront the Marxist State in CubaSubtitle: Whee! Airbnb announces 2000 available Cuban listings; The New York Times has full page ads for travel to the island. Isn't it all grand? Well, no.Date: 2015Source: Fifth Estate # 394, Summer 2015 - Technology, retrieved on 14 May... Read more »
The Anarchist Library
- Spain : July 19 1936-July 19 1937Spain : July 19 1936-July 19 1937... Read more »
- Ariane Gransac is dead: a life that was intense, rebellious and anarchistAriane Gransac is dead: a life that was intense, rebellious and anarchist... Read more »
- Ariane Gransac, Octavio Alberola, Stefi Browner [1978]Ariane Gransac, Octavio Alberola, Stefi Browner [1978] (in Stuart Christie photo album)... Read more »
- Paris 1973; Antonio Téllez, Ariane Gransac, Stuart Christie and Octavio AlberolaParis 1973; Antonio Téllez, Ariane Gransac, Stuart Christie and Octavio Alberola (in Stuart Christie photo album)... Read more »
- Agustín García Calvo with portrait by Ariane GransacAgustín García Calvo with portrait by Ariane Gransac (in Stuart Christie photo album)... Read more »
Kate Sharpley Library: Recent documents
- FACTBOX – Iranian, US versions of potential agreement proposals
Both the US and Iran have recently signaled progress on efforts to reach a deal to end their conflict, though their accounts of its terms differ on some issues across respective media narratives, Anadolu reports. US President Donald Trump on Saturday said an agreement with Iran to end the war was “largely... Read more » - Israeli strikes kill 14, wound several in southern Lebanon in latest ceasefire violation
At least 14 people were killed and several others wounded in Israeli airstrikes in southern Lebanon on Sunday amid continued violations of an ongoing ceasefire, Anadolu reports. The Lebanese Health Ministry said 11 people were killed and nine others injured in an Israeli strike on the town of Seir al-Gharbiyeh in Nabatieh... Read more » - US official says Washington, Tehran reach preliminary deal to reopen Strait of Hormuz: Reports
The US and Iran have agreed in principle to a deal that would reopen the Strait of Hormuz, in exchange for Tehran’s commitment to dispose of its highly enriched uranium, a US official said, according to a report by The New York Times on Sunday. The official said that the... Read more » - 5 Palestinians killed, 5 injured by Israeli fire in Gaza
Five Palestinians, including three members of the same family, were killed and five others injured in fresh Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip on Sunday amid daily violations of an ongoing ceasefire, medical sources said. One of the Palestinians was killed by Israeli gunfire in the center of Jabalia refugee... Read more » - Iran ready to reassure world it is not pursuing nuclear weapons, president says
Iran is ready to reassure the international community that it is not pursuing nuclear weapons or instability in the region, President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Sunday, Anadolu reports. “Prior to the martyrdom of Ayatollah (Ali) Khamenei, Iran’s late Leader, we declared — and we reiterate now — that we are ready to... Read more »
Middle East Monitor
- RootsAction Blasts Official DNC Autopsy; ‘Disgrace’ Would Be ‘Understatement’RootsAction is releasing the following statement:After months of intense pressure, Chair Ken Martin and the DNC finally caved and released their 2024 autopsy report. To call the report a disgrace would be an understatement. The report focuses extensively on ad spending and fundraising, without discussing the Democratic platform, policy positions... Read more »
- “Failures of ‘America First Global Health’”: U.S. Global Health Cuts and DRC Conflict Fuel Ebola CrisisSweeping U.S. cuts to critical global health programs, including funding and staffing reductions at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the dismantling of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), and the U.S. withdrawal from the World Health Organization (WHO), have dangerously weakened the world’s ability to respond... Read more »
- Burgers, Brats, and Busted Budgets: Summer Staples Up 13%, Travel Prices Surging Ahead of Memorial DayNew data released today by Groundwork Collaborative and The Century Foundation shows how President Trump’s reckless economic policies and war in Iran are driving up the costs of summer cookouts and travel season. Prices for backyard barbecue staples jumped 13% on average since last year, more than four times the... Read more »
- VideoOne Racist Batshit Christo-Fascist Homeland Under God
In retrospect, Sunday's taxpayer-funded blasphemy fest to "rededicate" America as a Christian nation though it's not and never was looks ever more obscene amidst an unholy regime's mounting crimes and abuses. Its sectarian circus - ICE milled, vendors urged "WIVES SUBMIT," zealots screeched "We welcome Jesus!", speakers attested God is... Read more » - G7 Finance Ministers Let Big Oil Off the Hook AgainOn Monday and Tuesday, Paris hosted the G7 Finance Ministers’ meeting, bringing together finance ministers and central bank governors from some of the world’s most powerful economies, alongside counterparts from Brazil, India, Kenya, South Korea, Ukraine, Syria, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates. But behind the diplomatic pageantry,and despite the... Read more »
Common Dreams
- Dr Manivannan
The furore around the election of Dr Manivannan to the Scottish Parliament is deeply troubling. There is no argument whatsoever that they were eligible to stand for election. The law was changed specifically in order for those on temporary visas to be able to stand in Scottish parliamentary elections. I... Read more » - URGENT FILTON TRIAL UPDATE
While the Court of Appeal has now stopped the High Court contempt of court action against Rajiv Menon KC for defending his client, this is purely on procedural grounds. They ruled that Judge Johnson had to go via the Attorney General to the High Court, not direct. It is now... Read more » - Zionism Has Poisoned the UK’s Central Nervous SystemUnquestioning Zionism has for decades been the entry ticket to the British political and media Establishment. Anybody who was not a fully certified and compliant zionist would find their career limited – as Jeremy Corbyn, Alan Duncan, Robin Cook and David Mellor all found. Most others, of course, were never... Read more »
- The 2026 Scottish Elections
We get so trapped inside the logic of the UK’s crazy electoral systems we often do not see what is really happening. Two thirds of active voters, voted against Starmer’s Labour at the last general election. He was always highly unpopular. Just as Starmer’s landslide victory in the 2024 general... Read more » - VideoThe Morass of Injustice
A vast cloying morass of injustice has visibly submerged the British legal systems in anything connected to Palestine. In a quite incredible series of linked and kinked events this week, the senior KC representing one of the Palestine Action activists in the Filton trial was in the Court of Appeal... Read more »
Craig Murray
- PAT+ JUDE TALK ABOUT THE FLOTILLA,, ANDREW & HIS INNOCENCE, & MONEY GIVES A. POLITICAL LEG-UP
How did you respond to the sight of the Israeli minister Itamar Ben Gvir mocking the flotilla people whom Israel had kidnapped in international waters(war crime) and strutted about telling them they were welcome to Israel? The event was filmed, so the Israelis must have been OK with that.... Read more » - Arrogant, amoral Israel
I was really glad to see that video clip of Israeli treatment of people seized from that aid-providing flotilla headed for Gaza. I was glad when Israeli minister Ben-Gvir was shown mocking them and taunting them. I was happy that the members of the flotilla were shown with their hands... Read more » - If I was a rich manMoney is an attention-magnet. If you’re in a restaurant, say, and a man walks by your table, you may or may not pay attention to him. But if somebody mentions that he’s a hugely rich man, worth many millions, however spiritual you are, you’ll swivel and gawk at him like... Read more »
- DUP fear and loathing of the fada
The Democratic Unionist Party’s relationship with the Irish language has long resembled a man reacting to a toaster as if it were an unexploded bomb. Mention bilingual signage, an Irish-medium school, or the phrase céad míle fáilte, and somewhere in DUP headquarters a siren seems to go off. The... Read more » - Bertie : the man they couldn’t gag“It’s a different world, this social media thing…You talk to people at doors and you don’t expect people to be taping you.” That was Bertie Ahern, looking back ruefully at a doorstep conversation he had with a woman in a Dublin constituency, where he was helping the Fianna Fail candidate... Read more »
Jude Collins
- PAT+ JUDE TALK ABOUT THE FLOTILLA,, ANDREW & HIS INNOCENCE, & MONEY GIVES A. POLITICAL LEG-UP How did you respond to the sight of the Israeli minister Itamar Ben Gvir mocking the flotilla people whom Israel had kidnapped in international waters(war crime) and strutted about telling them they were welcome to Israel? The event was filmed, so the Israelis must have been OK with that.... Read more »
- Arrogant, amoral IsraelI was really glad to see that video clip of Israeli treatment of people seized from that aid-providing flotilla headed for Gaza. I was glad when Israeli minister Ben-Gvir was shown mocking them and taunting them. I was happy that the members of the flotilla were shown with their hands... Read more »
- If I was a rich manMoney is an attention-magnet. If you’re in a restaurant, say, and a man walks by your table, you may or may not pay attention to him. But if somebody mentions that he’s a hugely rich man, worth many millions, however spiritual you are, you’ll swivel and gawk at him like... Read more »
- DUP fear and loathing of the fada The Democratic Unionist Party’s relationship with the Irish language has long resembled a man reacting to a toaster as if it were an unexploded bomb. Mention bilingual signage, an Irish-medium school, or the phrase céad míle fáilte, and somewhere in DUP headquarters a siren seems to go off. The... Read more »
- Bertie : the man they couldn’t gag“It’s a different world, this social media thing…You talk to people at doors and you don’t expect people to be taping you.” That was Bertie Ahern, looking back ruefully at a doorstep conversation he had with a woman in a Dublin constituency, where he was helping the Fianna Fail candidate... Read more »
Jude Collins
- VideoEven American war hawks now admit Iran is defeating the US – and it will change the world
It is so widely accepted that the USA is losing the war that now even neoconservative hawks admit it. They lament that Iran's victory reflects the decline of US hegemony and rise of multipolarity. The post Even American war hawks now admit Iran is defeating the US – and it... Read more » - VideoTrump’s failed China trip shows his trade war backfired, and US corporations are desperate
Donald Trump visited Beijing alongside the billionaire CEOs of a dozen top US corporations. His failure to pressure China to meet his demands demonstrated how Washington lost the trade war. The post Trump’s failed China trip shows his trade war backfired, and US corporations are desperate appeared first on Geopolitical... Read more » - VideoTrump boasts ‘we’re like pirates’, seizing Iran’s ships, as China challenges US sanctions
Donald Trump boasted the US government acts "like pirates", seizing Iran's ships and oil. Meanwhile, Beijing ordered all domestic companies to ignore US sanctions, after Washington hit Chinese firms for buying Iranian oil. The post Trump boasts ‘we’re like pirates’, seizing Iran’s ships, as China challenges US sanctions appeared first... Read more » - VideoHow China prepared for the new global food crisis, caused by the US war on Iran
The US-Israeli war on Iran has unleashed a massive global food crisis. China is prepared, because its state-owned enterprises maintain the largest grain reserves in human history. This is how they work. The post How China prepared for the new global food crisis, caused by the US war on Iran... Read more » - VideoIs another financial crisis brewing in the US economy? Economist Michael Hudson explains the dangers
Reports suggest the US economy may be on the verge of another financial crisis, with major problems in the $3 trillion private credit market. Economist Michael Hudson explains the dangers of Wall Street's Ponzi schemes. The post Is another financial crisis brewing in the US economy? Economist Michael Hudson explains... Read more »
Geopolitical Economy Report
- Teach About Imperialism
As we equip students to understand today's immoral and illegal U.S. interventions, let’s frame these actions in terms of the much longer history of U.S. efforts to control other people’s lives and resources. Here, we highlight a few teaching resources. The post Teach About Imperialism appeared first on Zinn Education... Read more » - One Hundred Years of High School Student Organizing
Rethinking Schools editor Jesse Hagopian will be in conversation with historians Aaron G. Fountain Jr. and Jon N. Hale about student organizing and state repression. This class is part of the Zinn Education Project’s Teach the Black Freedom Struggle online people’s history series. The post One Hundred Years of High... Read more » - Teach the Struggle for Voting Rights
To help students respond to voter suppression, teach about the long history of the fight for voting rights. The post Teach the Struggle for Voting Rights appeared first on Zinn Education Project.... Read more » - Freedom Ship: The Uncharted History of Escaping Slavery by Sea
Historian Marcus Rediker discussed his books Freedom Ship: The Uncharted History of Escaping Slavery by Sea and The Many-Headed Hydra: Sailors, Slaves, Commoners, and the Hidden History of the Revolutionary Atlantic, and talked about the many enslaved people who fled successfully from the horrors of bondage in the antebellum South... Read more » - Teach About Toxins and Organizing for Environmental Justice
People’s exposure to toxic chemicals is on the rise — made worse by the recent cuts to the already limited regulations. This administration is placing the health of our students at risk. The post Teach About Toxins and Organizing for Environmental Justice appeared first on Zinn Education Project.... Read more »
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
- Escape or escalate: Trump’s tactical crossroads in the Iran conflict
The war that Donald Trump declared won last month looks rather different from the inside of the Pentagon. The resulting stalemate has drained American military stockpiles, emboldened Iranian commanders, and left the US with far worse options than before the conflict began. The administration’s triumphalist framing has struck a jarring... Read more » - Acceptable till it wasn’t: Itamar Ben-Gvir and the Global Sumud Flotilla
It has been a sorry though predictable exercise. When he lived up (or down) to expectations of atrocious conduct befitting the proud bigot that he is, Israel’s Minister for National Security had to be seen as aberrant, the man who strayed, if only slightly. The conduct in question involved Itamar... Read more » - German court classifies Jewish Voice as “extremist”
The German organisation Jewish Voice for a Just Peace in the Middle East (JV) may, for the time being, continue to be classified as “extremist” by Germany’s domestic intelligence service. This was decided by a court in Cologne last Wednesday. The organisation describes itself as anti-Zionist and is among the... Read more » - Has the Flotilla finally exposed the West’s moral double standard?
The image that ricocheted across the world was not a missile strike, nor another skyline collapsing into Gaza’s dust. It was far quieter than that. Dozens of civilians — aid workers, doctors, parliamentarians, students and activists from 44 countries — kneeling on the deck of a seized flotilla in the... Read more » - The world cannot contain Iran forever outside the global order
For months the world has remained fixated on a single number: 450 kilograms. That figure — referring to Iran’s stockpile of highly enriched uranium — has become the center of international negotiations, military threats, and diplomatic deadlock between Tehran, Washington, and Israel. American officials continue to insist that Iran must... 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
- Behind closed doors, Greek and Cypriot governments go ‘all in’ on Israel
Independent journalist Dimitri Lascaris gained access to a closed-door business conference in Athens designed to deepen Israel’s ties to (and influence in) Greece. What he saw and filmed was “extraordinarily enlightening, if not utterly nauseating.”... Read more » - It’s the genocide, stupid
The DNC finally released its long-awaited autopsy of Kamala Harris's failed presidential campaign, and it doesn't mention Gaza. The Democratic leadership’s refusal to acknowledge the party's shift on Israel could spell another defeat in 2028.... Read more » - VideoBusiness motives don’t explain the right-wing turn of the Washington Post and CBS. Billionaire ideology does.
We need to come to terms with the fact that––increasingly––media properties are overt ideological playtoys largely indifferent to ratings and clicks.... Read more » - Cuba denounces ‘cruel and ruthless aggression’ of US as White House indicts Raúl Castro
In a speech described as “Orwellian,” US Secretary of State Marco Rubio blamed Cuba’s suffering on the military-run company founded by Fidel Castro’s brother.... Read more » - Sanders, Lee move to rein in super PACs amid growing billionaire grip on US elections
The bill targets one of the central vehicles for unlimited outside spending, as progressives warn that billionaire money—and broader threats of voter intimidation—are putting democratic elections under strain.... Read more »
The Real News Network
- Right-wing media watch: Flag fury once again consumes the rightThe Telegraph drafted in the reliably vexed Sir John Hayes, who declared he could see no reason for the flags to be removed “whatever the weather.” The post Right-wing media watch: Flag fury once again consumes the right appeared first on Left Foot Forward: Leading the UK's progressive debate.... Read more »
- Daily Mail mocked for ‘post-Brexit rule severely impacting’ Spanish tourism article“More rubbish from the daily heil... Spain's economy is booming.” The post Daily Mail mocked for ‘post-Brexit rule severely impacting’ Spanish tourism article appeared first on Left Foot Forward: Leading the UK's progressive debate.... Read more »
- Robert Jenrick’s week goes from bad to worse: donation scrutiny returns as Commons jibe leaves Reform MP humiliated“OMG how funny. He doesn’t even have the grace to laugh at himself.” The post Robert Jenrick’s week goes from bad to worse: donation scrutiny returns as Commons jibe leaves Reform MP humiliated appeared first on Left Foot Forward: Leading the UK's progressive debate.... Read more »
- Restore Britain: Can Farage be outflanked by a revolt on the far-right?
Britain’s fragmented electoral landscape can produce strange outcomes, and even a modest Restore vote share could complicate matters for Reform by siphoning off support from the same political constituency. If nothing else, that prospect may puncture some of Reform’s recent swagger. The post Restore Britain: Can Farage be outflanked by... Read more » - Zarah Sultana hits back at Piers Morgan after fake Nakba march jibe“Sorry Piers, weren’t you sacked as editor of the Mirror for publishing fake photos? Accuracy doesn’t exactly seem to be your strong point." The post Zarah Sultana hits back at Piers Morgan after fake Nakba march jibe appeared first on Left Foot Forward: Leading the UK's progressive debate.... Read more »
Left Foot Forward: Leading the UK's progressive debate
- "AI Resist List": Karen Hao on Data Center Resistance, Tech Billionaires, "Empire of AI" & More
We speak with journalist Karen Hao, author of Empire of AI, about the Trump administration’s alliance with tech billionaires, efforts to regulate artificial intelligence technology, and rising local opposition to data centers across the United States. “In 2025, these data center protests successfully stalled over $100 billion worth of these... Read more » - Stephen Colbert Out at CBS as Trump Weaponizes Regulatory Power to Control the Media: David Sirota
Late-night comedian Stephen Colbert has ended his 11-year run as host of The Late Show on CBS. His program’s cancellation removes one of President Trump’s most vocal critics from the airwaves and comes after the comedian criticized his own employer for agreeing to pay $16 million to settle a lawsuit... Read more » - "Politically Driven Epidemic": Ebola Response Hampered by Impoverishment & U.S. Global Health Cuts
The deadly Ebola outbreak spreading across the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo has killed at least 177 people, with more than 750 suspected cases reported in the DRC and neighboring Uganda, according to the World Health Organization. Health officials believe the virus may have been spreading undetected for months... Read more » - Headlines for May 22, 2026GOP Leaders Delay Vote on Iran War Powers Resolution Until June, “I’ll Be the One That Does It”: Trump Says He’s Ready to Attack Cuba, Syrian Child and Paramedics Are Victims of Latest Israeli Strikes on Lebanon, Deported Global Sumud Flotilla Activists Describe Torture and Abuse by Israeli Captors, Greenlanders... Read more »
- "They're Trying to Silence Us": Students, Faculty on Censoring Pro-Palestine Voices at Graduations
As colleges hold graduation ceremonies across the country, many schools are attempting to silence pro-Palestine speech at the commemorations, including canceling speakers and eliminating live speeches by students altogether. There will be no live student speakers at the City University of New York’s School of Law or at New York... Read more »
Democracy Now!
- mp3Karma Chávez on Academic Freedom, Alex Main on War on Cuba?
https://media.blubrry.com/counterspin/content.blubrry.com/counterspin/CounterSpin260522.mp3 Right-click here to download this episode (“Save link as…”). Texas Tribune (5/20/26) This week on CounterSpin: You may have seen videos of college commencement speakers telling students who’ve spent time and money learning how to read, write and think critically that that was dumb, cuz AI is... Read more » - mp3Jules Boykoff on World Cup and ‘Sportswashing’
https://media.blubrry.com/counterspin/content.blubrry.com/counterspin/CounterSpin260515.mp3 Right-click here to download this episode (“Save link as…”). FIFA, the governing body of association football, concocted a “FIFA Peace Prize”—described as recognizing “individuals for exceptional contributions to peace and unity”—in order to award it to Donald Trump. Alongside revelations of deep-seated corruption—collusion, bribery—involving official bodies and executives, and... Read more » - mp3Angelo Carusone on Media Matters v. FTC, Rachel K. Jones (2023) on Mifepristone
https://media.blubrry.com/counterspin/content.blubrry.com/counterspin/CounterSpin260508.mp3 Right-click here to download this episode (“Save link as…”). Media Matters (11/16/23) This week on CounterSpin: In 2023, the group Media Matters reported that social media platform X was placing ads for major brands like Apple and IBM alongside content touting Hitler and the Nazi Party—despite the... Read more » - mp3Derek Kravitz on Dynamic Pricing
https://media.blubrry.com/counterspin/content.blubrry.com/counterspin/CounterSpin260501.mp3 Right-click here to download this episode (“Save link as…”). Yahoo Finance (4/25/26) This week on CounterSpin: A CNN headline a few months back told us that Instacart—which used to call itself a company that delivers groceries, but now, as its CEO told investors, is the “leading technology... Read more » - mp3Jesse Rabinowitz on Harassing the Unhoused, Maritza Perez Medina on Rescheduling Marijuana
https://media.blubrry.com/counterspin/content.blubrry.com/counterspin/CounterSpin260424.mp3 Right-click here to download this episode (“Save link as…”). NHLC (3/24/26) This week on CounterSpin: From the federal level on down, many laws and policies that claim to be about “ending homelessness” seem to be clearly more about hurting homeless people than changing their circumstance. Even if you,... Read more »
CounterSpin
- When the Empire Becomes the RiskMichael Hudson argues that the Iran war has exposed the fragility of the U.S.-led order, with oil, dollar reserves, food, finance and military security all turned into weapons. The post %%post_title%% first appeared on %%site_link%%. Read the original here: %%post_link%%... Read more »
- Why This Is Not the 1970s AgainMichael Hudson explains why rising interest rates, oil shocks and war spending are pushing the U.S. economy towards a debt crisis. He argues that today’s inflation is not wage-driven, but rooted in energy disruption, financialisation and a debt-leveraged economy that can no longer borrow its way out of trouble. The... Read more »
- America Wanted Submission, China Offered ParityMichael Hudson and Radhika Desai argue that Trump’s Beijing trip exposed the limits of US power, with China refusing to rescue Washington from its Iran war, dollar sanctions and weakening global position. The post %%post_title%% first appeared on %%site_link%%. Read the original here: %%post_link%%... Read more »
- The Crisis Finance Capitalism Can’t EscapeThe 2026 World Financial Crisis Trump is threatening to escalate his war against Iran, and Iran is prepared to destroy the oil production and transport capacity of Arab OPEC countries that do not act to stop the U.S. attack. The result will be to deepen the world depression that already... Read more »
- Did Xi Really Trade Iran for Taiwan?Professor Michael Hudson – in conversation with Ali Alizadeh, Jedaal TV, Iran AA – The American readout of the Trump–Xi meeting claims that Xi explicitly agreed that the Strait of Hormuz must remain open, that there must be no tolls, that China opposes the militarisation of the Strait, that... Read more »
Michael Hudson
- Is Pope Leo Joining the Anti-AI Resistance?Having spoken out for the welfare of immigrants and against the war in Iran—and drawn the ire of some American conservatives in the process—Pope Leo XIV is now calling on the world to safeguard human dignity in the AI era. His upcoming address on Monday, alongside a co-founder of artificial... Read more »
- Republican Infighting Erupts Over Trump’s Emerging Iran DealIs there a deal? Is there not a deal? The fawning quarters of the right-wing press have spent the weekend so far gushing about how late and hard President Donald Trump is working on a deal to end his war on Iran—even missing his own son’s wedding for “circumstances pertaining... Read more »
- A Surprising Climate Fix Both Democrats and Republicans Can Get BehindThis story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Democrats and Republicans agree on virtually nothing at this point, except the desperate need to build more housing in the United States. Depending on your viewpoint, the country needs new domiciles because it puts people to work... Read more »
- Donald Trump Is Too Busy Posting Weird Memes to Go to Don Jr.’s WeddingDonald Trump has made it known far and wide that, as president, with the weight of the world on his shoulders, he’s too busy to attend his son Don Jr.’s second wedding to Florida influencer Bettina Anderson in the Bahamas this weekend. Earlier this week, the president said that with... Read more »
- Stephen Colbert Escaped Late Night and Immediately Started Having FunIn a delightful Easter egg for fans of Stephen Colbert, local television, or the improbable combination of the two, following Colbert’s last-ever Late Show, he popped up the following day as the guest host of “Only in Monroe,” a public access show in Monroe, Michigan. Colbert presented an hour of... 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
- Never Again, AgainWhy are rightwingers being given a free pass on antisemitism? By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 14th May 2026 The media’s message appears to have cut through. At the crucial rally against antisemitism in London on Sunday, Zack Polanski, the Jewish leader of the Green party of England and... Read more »
- Hear ThisRadical Listening could transform our politics and block the rise of the far right. By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 7th May 2026 Most people have made up their minds, and nothing you can say will change them: that’s the credo of parties such as Labour and the Democrats.... Read more »
- Get the Money out of PoliticsThere’s a really simple way of ensuring that politics belongs to the people, not to the ultra-rich. By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 30th April 2026 How do we know whether political funding is corrupt? Mostly, we don’t. A plutocrat delivers a sack of cash to a political party.... Read more »
- Alternating CurrentIf this crucial circulation system shuts down, the civilisational impacts will be irreversible. So why isn’t it a top priority? By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 23rd April 2026 The poor and middle pay taxes, the rich pay accountants, the very rich pay lawyers – and the ultra-rich pay... Read more »
- VideoSelf-BurnThanks to Trump, people around the world are scrambling to get out of fossil fuels. By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 18th April 2026 Donald Trump has done more to accelerate the energy transition than anyone else alive. Fossil fuel companies bankrolled his presidential campaign to stop the transition... Read more »
George Monbiot
- The Democrats need to get over themselves
Well, the much-ballyhooed autopsy on the 2024 election has arrived from Democratic National Committee’s headquarters, and it is a shame it didn’t stay buried in a trashcan in one of their offices deep inside the Beltway, and as far away from real people as possible. Before moving on just as... Read more » - Steve Schmidt's issues stark warning: Trump is laughing at us
President Donald Trump is trying to become an American Caesar, argued one of President George W. Bush’s advisers in a recent Substack post — but returning to America’s core ideals can stop him.In his Sunday argument, Steve Schmidt ventured back 90 years to 1936, when President Franklin D. Roosevelt was... Read more » - Trump doesn't care if you're angry: report
President Donald Trump seems indifferent to public opinion, according to one political analyst — and that poses a grave threat to the future of democracy.“His approval rating has plunged into the 30s, and he doesn’t seem to care,” MS NOW’s Paul Waldman wrote on Sunday. “Americans think the economy is... Read more » - CEO has 'had enough' of Trump's big scheme to save the US economy
President Donald Trump’s tariffs are wrecking America’s economy, a conservative wrote on Sunday — and it is doing so in the way he said they would help.“Trump’s trade wars have jeopardized the jobs of the hundreds of Americans whom Weyco actually does employ, in those twenty-first-century jobs that the United... Read more » - Trump supporters are ignoring the math — and the consequences: analysis
President Donald Trump’s supporters defy objective reality on key issues, according to a political analyst — and the consequences of their ignorance on those matters is desire for America.“Recent polls, however, show that substantial numbers of Republican voters simply don’t believe these statements,” wrote MS NOW’s Ryan Teague Beckwith on... Read more »
Alternet.org
- ● A Global War on ChildrenOriginally published on TomDispatch. Sometimes, Donald Trump just doesn’t get the credit he deserves. In so many ways, he is indeed a record-setting president. Here’s just one example, as reported by Dave DeCamp of Antiwar.com. In early May, the U.S. military bombed Somalia for the 63rd time this year, putting... Read more »
- ● Support Our Troops: What It Really MeansThe other day, I was reading an old Atlantic Monthly and came across the following cartoon: That is one powerful image. I like the tiny heads on the pallbearers. They make me think of the posturing politicians who tell us to “support our troops” while sending them to die in... Read more »
- The Strait of Hormuz: A Constant in Iranian HistoryThe strategic and spiritual resonance of the Strait of Hormuz is deeply woven into Iran’s identity. It represents a profound geographic constant in Iranian history. This narrow waterway has served as a central artery for Persian political and economic power, historical consciousness and culture across millennia. Whether safeguarding Zoroastrian trade... Read more »
- Wildlife & Landmines: The Lasting Legacy of Passive WeaponsHorrifically deadly and widely implemented on a global scale, landmines continue to speckle the landscape of current and past battlefields. And while effective in a passive sense, the hardware planted beneath the soil persists long after the inevitable conclusion of war. Innocents and combatants who survive the barrage of bullets... Read more »
- The Boring Trump-Xi Summit: Boring Is GoodCritics of the May 2026 summit between President Trump and Xi Jinping, president of the People’s Republic of China (PRC), widely condemned the outcome as being long on pomp and ceremony but short on meaningful substantive results. They noted that most of the agreements reached, especially on trade and other... Read more »
Antiwar.com
- Canada: the ‘best country in the world' under the microscopeCanada — often idealised but poorly understood — is a land of contradictions, from its half-hearted bilingualism, colonial past and the status of first nations peoples to the curse of oil and its dependence on the US. Prosperous and multicultural, it is still in search of an identity, wavering between... Read more »
- May: the longer viewThe month's archives. - 2026/05 / perspective... Read more »
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- Asia / Map, 2026/05 afghanistan pakistan... Read more » - Strategic and commercial oil reserves
- Energy / Map, 2026/05 energy... Read more » - Lebanon: where civilisations met and mergedThe gnarled, monumental olive trees leading to Nabil Nahas's studio in the mountains north of Beirut, portrayed by the renowned Lebanese-American artist in semi-abstract paintings, are silent witnesses to more than a thousand years of history. ‘They date from the Roman period,' and come from lands mentioned in the bible,... Read more »
Le Monde diplomatique - English edition
- UK citizens subjected to ‘show trial’ in Germany, lawyers say
Two Britons are among activists being tried in Germany after targeting an Israeli weapons factory last year The post UK citizens subjected to ‘show trial’ in Germany, lawyers say appeared first on Declassified UK.... Read more » - Palestine Action ban risked activists’ right to fair trial, documents reveal
Exclusive: Former home secretary was told proscribing Palestine Action within six months of key Filton hearing could prejudice the case but went ahead anyway. The post Palestine Action ban risked activists’ right to fair trial, documents reveal appeared first on Declassified UK.... Read more » - Sexual abuse of Palestinians should force a reckoning for the British government
Israeli soldiers and settlers are using sexualised violence to displace Palestinians, new report finds. Britain should pull every lever available to stop this The post Sexual abuse of Palestinians should force a reckoning for the British government appeared first on Declassified UK.... Read more » - VideoMet chief should resign over Palestine comments, ex-senior officer says
Former Scotland Yard superintendent, Nusrit Mehtab, has accused Sir Mark Rowley of ‘blurring the lines’ between policing and politics The post Met chief should resign over Palestine comments, ex-senior officer says appeared first on Declassified UK.... Read more » - Britain’s secret ‘black propaganda’ operations
Exclusive: Top secret files expose how the UK government forged documents, controlled news agencies, and cultivated journalists amid the Cold War struggle for influence and power. The post Britain’s secret ‘black propaganda’ operations appeared first on Declassified UK.... Read more »
Declassified UK
- ● ‘Using good as bait’: blind China girl detained after fake hit-by-bike clip gets 100 million views
A viral video of a blind woman on a tactile pavement being hit by an electric bike, which turned out to be staged, has sparked a wave of public anger in China. The video has been viewed more than 100 million times online. It has also raised questions about similar... Read more » - ● Muslims begin haj in sweltering heat and shadow of Middle East tensions
The annual haj pilgrimage, one of the Five Pillars of Islam, officially began on Monday. More than 1.5 million pilgrims have arrived in Saudi Arabia from outside the country, Saleh bin Saad Al-Murabba, commander of the haj passport forces, said on Friday. The faithful have been pouring into the country... Read more » - ● Thai Singha beer heir’s sexual abuse claims empower others to come forward
A high-profile alleged sexual abuse case within a wealthy Thai beer brewing family has prompted a wave of painful accounts from survivors of unconnected abuse in the conservative country. Siranudh Scott, a fourth-generation member of the billionaire Thai family that founded the ubiquitous Singha beer brand, posted an emotional video... Read more » - ● Chinese coal mine accident, Cathay Pacific flight turbulence: 5 weekend reads you missed
We have put together stories from our coverage last weekend to help you stay informed about news across Asia and beyond. If you would like to see more of our reporting, please consider subscribing. 1. 82 killed in China’s worst coal mine accident for more than a decade 2. Why... Read more » - ● Singapore train operator steps up pest control after rat seen cavorting in carriage
Singapore train operator SMRT will be stepping up pest control measures at its stations and depots after a video circulating online showed a rat on one of its trains. In the video posted on social media on Saturday, a rat is seen scurrying around the cabin of a train as... Read more »
News - South China Morning Post
- Owners of Chinese mine where 82 died in blast accused of ‘serious violations’ of the law
The owners of a Chinese coal mine where at least 82 people were killed have been accused of “serious violations of the law” by the local government. As search and rescue operations continued through the night, Chen Xiangyang, the deputy Communist Party secretary of Changzhi in Shanxi province, said that... Read more » - Will China’s residency changes to social insurance unlock economic growth?
China’s decision to ease residency restrictions on social insurance applicants will help unleash positive, long-term economic growth, according to analysts. The new measures announced on Friday by the State Council are part of China’s broader push to create a unified national market by removing barriers to the free flow of... Read more » - Myanmar’s Wei family put on trial in latest phase of China’s crackdown on scam compounds
An alleged Myanmar crime boss and members of his syndicate were put on trial this week in the latest stage of Beijing’s sweeping crackdown on cross-border scam networks. Wei Huairen, also known as Wai San, faces charges including fraud, murder, extortion and organising illegal border crossings, Chinese state broadcaster CCTV... Read more » - Cambodia raids buildings linked to Chen Zhi, Chinese billionaire accused of scam empire
Cambodian authorities raided two buildings in Phnom Penh’s Prince Plaza Centre linked to the extradited Chinese billionaire Chen Zhi and detained 104 individuals, including 82 Chinese nationals, local media reported. Governments around the world have intensified their crackdown on Chen’s alleged multibillion-dollar online scam empire since his arrest earlier this... Read more » - Beijing slams Taiwan’s Lai as ‘destroyer’ of peace after anniversary speech
Beijing on Wednesday accused Taiwanese leader William Lai Ching-te of “destroying cross-strait peace”, shortly after he delivered a speech to mark his second anniversary in office. The row comes in the wake of US President Donald Trump’s remarks on Taiwan independence following his state visit to Beijing. Beijing’s Taiwan Affairs... 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
- Judge Sanctioned Private Prison Giant for Destroying Evidence in ICE Death Suit
The first known sanction of its kind held CoreCivic responsible for destroying video in a case alleging wrongful death of an ICE detainee. The post Judge Sanctioned Private Prison Giant for Destroying Evidence in ICE Death Suit appeared first on The Intercept.... Read more » - AIPAC, AI, Crypto, and Gambling Are Hiding Their Big Election Spends
Intercept staffers break down the latest election news and the front groups fueling the midterms. The post AIPAC, AI, Crypto, and Gambling Are Hiding Their Big Election Spends appeared first on The Intercept.... Read more » - Corporate Interests Paid for Haley Stevens’s Trip to Portugal — and Her Campaign AdsCenter Forward sent Stevens — and her mom — to a banking and crypto conference. Now it's spending millions on ads in Michigan. The post Corporate Interests Paid for Haley Stevens’s Trip to Portugal — and Her Campaign Ads appeared first on The Intercept.... Read more »
- DNC Autopsy of 2024 Loss Doesn’t Mention Gaza or Israel at allAs the DNC blamed the author for the report’s shortcomings, a source who participated in the research said the author seemed to grasp that Gaza "clearly" hurt Harris. The post DNC Autopsy of 2024 Loss Doesn’t Mention Gaza or Israel at all appeared first on The Intercept.... Read more »
- ICE Recruitment Tweets Are So Racist That Cops Feared They Could Incite Neo-Nazi Violence
A newly uncovered police bulletin warns that white supremacists may interpret ICE social media content as a call to violence. The post ICE Recruitment Tweets Are So Racist That Cops Feared They Could Incite Neo-Nazi Violence appeared first on The Intercept.... Read more »
The Intercept
- Every Worker Deserves Paid Leave
Virginia law advances the cause but what is needed is federal action.... Read more » - A Shortage of Special Educators Is Becoming a Crisis of Trust
A legal right for students with disabilities is meaningless when there isn’t a qualified person to deliver the services.... Read more » - Protect English Learners in Nation’s Schools
Multilingual education is not merely workforce preparation. It is about equal opportunity.... Read more » - Got a Bedroom? Get a Benefit Cut
A new rule change will allow the government to count having a place to sleep as income, and deduct it from SSI payments.... Read more » - The Unspoken Abyss
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- RootsAction Blasts Official DNC Autopsy; ‘Disgrace’ Would Be ‘Understatement’RootsAction is releasing the following statement:After months of intense pressure, Chair Ken Martin and the DNC finally caved and released their 2024 autopsy report. To call the report a disgrace would be an understatement. The report focuses extensively on ad spending and fundraising, without discussing the Democratic platform, policy positions... Read more »
- “Failures of ‘America First Global Health’”: U.S. Global Health Cuts and DRC Conflict Fuel Ebola CrisisSweeping U.S. cuts to critical global health programs, including funding and staffing reductions at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the dismantling of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), and the U.S. withdrawal from the World Health Organization (WHO), have dangerously weakened the world’s ability to respond... Read more »
- Burgers, Brats, and Busted Budgets: Summer Staples Up 13%, Travel Prices Surging Ahead of Memorial DayNew data released today by Groundwork Collaborative and The Century Foundation shows how President Trump’s reckless economic policies and war in Iran are driving up the costs of summer cookouts and travel season. Prices for backyard barbecue staples jumped 13% on average since last year, more than four times the... Read more »
- VideoOne Racist Batshit Christo-Fascist Homeland Under GodIn retrospect, Sunday's taxpayer-funded blasphemy fest to "rededicate" America as a Christian nation though it's not and never was looks ever more obscene amidst an unholy regime's mounting crimes and abuses. Its sectarian circus - ICE milled, vendors urged "WIVES SUBMIT," zealots screeched "We welcome Jesus!", speakers attested God is... Read more »
- G7 Finance Ministers Let Big Oil Off the Hook AgainOn Monday and Tuesday, Paris hosted the G7 Finance Ministers’ meeting, bringing together finance ministers and central bank governors from some of the world’s most powerful economies, alongside counterparts from Brazil, India, Kenya, South Korea, Ukraine, Syria, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates. But behind the diplomatic pageantry,and despite the... Read more »
Common Dreams
- mp3Fund Drive Special: Artificial Intelligence, the Media, and the Billionaire ClassIf it weren’t obvious before, the Trump administration has exposed the enormous power, as well as astounding wealth, of the billionaire class. And the power of that class partially emanates from their ownership of much of our media system, with significant political consequences. Economist Rob Larson discusses the 1%, AI... Read more »
- mp3Against the Grain – May 19, 2026A radio and web media project whose aim is to provide in-depth analysis and commentary on a variety of matters — political, economic, social and cultural — important to progressive and radical thinking and activism. The post Against the Grain – May 19, 2026 appeared first on KPFA.... Read more »
- mp3Fund Drive Special: Against the Attention EconomyIt’s been called a new gold rush, but not of our external environment, which continues to be plundered, but of our internal environment — of our psyches. Historian of science D. Graham Burnett, one of the Friends of Attention, lays out what’s at stake — and how they’re organizing a... Read more »
- mp3Fund Drive Special: Fossil Capitalism and TreesFor as long as we’ve known, humans have revered ancient trees. We have also destroyed them, especially since the advent of colonialism and fossil fuel capitalism. Historian Jared Farmer reflects on what trees illuminate about our past and potential future. The post Fund Drive Special: Fossil Capitalism and Trees appeared... Read more »
- mp3Fund Drive Special: What the Frankfurt School Teaches Us About the RightWhat has the far right learned from the Frankfurt School? And what can we learn from Frankfurt School thinkers like Theodor Adorno and Herbert Marcuse to understand the appeal of the right? Paul Fleming sheds light on the fixation of conservatives like Christopher Rufo — who has set about remaking... Read more »
KPFA - Against the Grain
- President Xi Jinping meets Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez
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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
- ● Turkish police storm CHP headquarters, as court ousts elected party leadershipThe political crisis in Turkey escalated further on Sunday when police raided the CHP headquarters.... Read more »
- ● After strike betrayal, Los Angeles schools cut more than 1,000 jobs, with 6,000 more on the way in the coming yearsDemocrats from LA City Hall to Sacramento colluded with union bureaucrats to strangle a 77,000-strong strike—then imposed more cuts.... Read more »
- ● “People on the shop floor are saying, ‘Hell no’”: Nexteer workers denounce third UAW-backed agreementThe World Socialist Web Site calls on Nexteer workers to vote down this third sellout with the contempt it deserves and build the Nexteer Workers Rank-and-File Committee as the instrument for carrying forward the fight, constructing a new leadership drawn from workers rather than bureaucrats.... Read more »
- ● Works council blackmails Bosch workers in Schwäbisch Gmünd, GermanyThe IG Metall apparatus and its works council representatives have made it their main task to ensure that all the company’s attacks are enforced and the workforce is squeezed to the last drop to increase Bosch's profit margin.... Read more »
- ● Governments escalate the global war on online anonymityThe drive to abolish online anonymity is the digital dimension of a broader turn toward authoritarianism, austerity and imperialist war.... 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
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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
- Israel escalates attacks in Gaza, as it demands total disarmament – Daily UpdateNo end to killing in Gaza, Lebanon ■ Israel ok with torture, just not broadcasting it ■ Update on Iran ■ Israeli journalist: Why is there still a Support Israel parade in NYC?... Read more »
- Flotilla activists’ allegations of rape, sexual assault multiply – Daily UpdateGaza aid still way below agreed-upon amounts ■ Has the flotilla finally exposed the West’s moral double standard? ■ Israel's latest provocations in West Bank ■ Latest from Iran, Lebanon, more.... Read more »
- Israel’s long record of using banned incendiary weapons on civiliansFrom white phosphorus attacks in southern Lebanon to thermal weapons in Gaza that left bodies reduced to ash, Israel’s repeated use of incendiary munitions adds to its long record of war crimes against civilians.... Read more »
- How Jeffrey Goldberg weaponized Jewish trauma to pave the way for war with IranOver the past two decades, no one has done more to shape U.S. discourse on Israel than Jeffrey Goldberg. By relying on tropes of eternal Jewish victimhood, Goldberg declared Iran an existential threat to Jews and helped pave the way for war.... Read more »
- ISRAELI MEDIA: They Were Children During the Nakba. This Is What They Remember 78 Years Later'We thought we'd return after two days': Five elderly Palestinian citizens of Israel share their testimonies from 1948... Read more »
Israel Palestine News
- Our Wars Haven’t Been Worth It, and Not Just in IranAfter decades of war since 9/11, Americans now largely agree: War isn’t worth it. The post Our Wars Haven’t Been Worth It, and Not Just in Iran appeared first on Institute for Policy Studies.... Read more »
- What Can North Korea Tell Us About America’s Future?Is the United States heading toward a hard landing? The post What Can North Korea Tell Us About America’s Future? appeared first on Institute for Policy Studies.... Read more »
- From Asia to the Middle East, U.S. Bombs Are a Failed Foreign Policy ChoiceThe only reliable products of US airpower are devastated civilian populations and suppression of internal movements. The post From Asia to the Middle East, U.S. Bombs Are a Failed Foreign Policy Choice appeared first on Institute for Policy Studies.... Read more »
- Russia and North Korea: An Alliance of DesperationThe Kremlin can count on only one real ally in its war in Ukraine. The post Russia and North Korea: An Alliance of Desperation appeared first on Institute for Policy Studies.... Read more »
- She Spoke Up for Due Process. Now She’s Detained Without Charges.Americans should demand the release of jailed Salvadoran lawyer Ruth Lopez — because it can happen here, too. The post She Spoke Up for Due Process. Now She’s Detained Without Charges. appeared first on Institute for Policy Studies.... Read more »
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
- Video● Shurk: Prominent Democrats Must Go To Prison
Shurk: Prominent Democrats Must Go To Prison Authored by J.B. Shurk via American Thinker, Until then, it’s open season on all of us... Reports last week confirmed that former special counsel Jack Smith “secretly arranged” to preserve evidence in his criminal cases against President Trump in order to maintain the threat of future prosecution... Read more » - ● Which US States Gained The Most Residents In 2025
Which US States Gained The Most Residents In 2025 Nearly 15 million Americans moved in 2025, with many relocating across state lines in search of lower costs, job opportunities, and warmer climates. This map, via Visual Capitalist's Gabriel Cohen, shows net migration per 10,000 residents across all 50 states in 2025, revealing... Read more » - ● The Inherited IRA 10-Year Rule Is Fully Enforced In 2026 - What Beneficiaries Need To Do Now
The Inherited IRA 10-Year Rule Is Fully Enforced In 2026 - What Beneficiaries Need To Do Now Authored by Adam H. Douglas via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), If you inherited a traditional IRA from someone who was already taking required minimum distributions (RMDs), you may have to take annual... Read more » - ● $150 Humanoid Robot House Cleaning Service Threatens To Undercut Maid Services
$150 Humanoid Robot House Cleaning Service Threatens To Undercut Maid Services It's no secret that some humanoid robotics companies are training their machines for work on factory floors, while others are positioning their bots to enter homes in the coming years. One of the first real signs of humanoids entering... Read more » - ● Trump Indicates He'll Sign Bill Making Daylight Saving Time Permanent
Trump Indicates He'll Sign Bill Making Daylight Saving Time Permanent Authored by Jack Phillips via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), President Donald Trump has indicated he would sign a bill to make daylight saving time permanent as a House of Representatives committee advanced a measure that would codify the change.... Read more »
ZeroHedge News
- ● Three-time Trump voter calls for president ‘be removed from office before it’s too late’
Breck Worsham, a prominent right-wing influencer and independent journalist who has since turned on President Donald Trump, warned Sunday night that the commander-in-chief had become a “direct threat” to the United States and called for his immediate removal.“At this point Trump is no longer just a global novelty. He's no... Read more » - ● GOP lawmaker bucks Trump over his Senate pick's 'deal' with 'dangerous predator’
Republican Texas state Rep. Jeff Leach, who’s “proudly endorsed by President Donald Trump,” bucked the president Sunday night over his endorsement of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton in his race for U.S. Senate, and suggested that voters support Paxton’s GOP opponent instead.Leach’s reasoning for breaking with the president, he explained... Read more » - ● Outgoing lawmaker vows to ‘name names’ in Epstein files: ‘I’ve got seven more months’
Outgoing Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY), who last week lost his re-election bid after serving seven terms, vowed on Sunday that during his remaining seven months in office, he would publicly identify individuals linked to Jeffrey Epstein whose names, critics have said, had been unlawfully redacted in Justice Department files.“I’ve got... Read more » - ● Fox News defies Trump by inviting mortal enemy – who goes on to ask for White House invite
President Donald Trump demanded on Saturday that Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) not be allowed back on the Fox News, but on Sunday, not only was Khanna invited back on the right-wing network, but the California Democrat expressed hope that the president may be watching and extend him an invitation to... Read more » - ● The Roberts Court is pushing America toward a dangerous reckoning
Is the United States headed for a second Civil War? According to a survey of likely midterm voters published by the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, 57% of Americans believe it is. Sixty-nine percent say democracy is under serious threat; and an equal percentage of non-white voters say... Read more »
Raw Story
- ● Three-time Trump voter calls for president ‘be removed from office before it’s too late’Breck Worsham, a prominent right-wing influencer and independent journalist who has since turned on President Donald Trump, warned Sunday night that the commander-in-chief had become a “direct threat” to the United States and called for his immediate removal.“At this point Trump is no longer just a global novelty. He's no... Read more »
- ● GOP lawmaker bucks Trump over his Senate pick's 'deal' with 'dangerous predator’Republican Texas state Rep. Jeff Leach, who’s “proudly endorsed by President Donald Trump,” bucked the president Sunday night over his endorsement of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton in his race for U.S. Senate, and suggested that voters support Paxton’s GOP opponent instead.Leach’s reasoning for breaking with the president, he explained... Read more »
- ● Outgoing lawmaker vows to ‘name names’ in Epstein files: ‘I’ve got seven more months’Outgoing Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY), who last week lost his re-election bid after serving seven terms, vowed on Sunday that during his remaining seven months in office, he would publicly identify individuals linked to Jeffrey Epstein whose names, critics have said, had been unlawfully redacted in Justice Department files.“I’ve got... Read more »
- ● Fox News defies Trump by inviting mortal enemy – who goes on to ask for White House invitePresident Donald Trump demanded on Saturday that Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) not be allowed back on the Fox News, but on Sunday, not only was Khanna invited back on the right-wing network, but the California Democrat expressed hope that the president may be watching and extend him an invitation to... Read more »
- ● The Roberts Court is pushing America toward a dangerous reckoningIs the United States headed for a second Civil War? According to a survey of likely midterm voters published by the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, 57% of Americans believe it is. Sixty-nine percent say democracy is under serious threat; and an equal percentage of non-white voters say... Read more »
Raw Story
- RFK Jr.’s Muddled Claims on Drug Approval Speed
The Food and Drug Administration in recent months has approved a small number of drugs quite quickly under a new expedited review program. But Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has overstated the impact of the program by making misleading comparisons to the pace of drug approvals... Read more » - VideoAd in Texas GOP Runoff Attacks Cornyn on Immigration, Islam
A TV ad attacking incumbent Texas Sen. John Cornyn for supporting "Muslim mass immigration" misleadingly cites a 2021 quote from Cornyn about certain Afghan refugees and claims that "Cornyn has a special place in his heart for radical Islam." The post Ad in Texas GOP Runoff Attacks Cornyn on Immigration,... Read more » - VideoWhat Will Happen To Gasoline Prices When the Iran War Ends?
President Donald Trump on multiple occasions has assured the public that high gasoline prices will “rapidly” or “quickly” decline “as soon as” the war with Iran ends. Energy experts told us that prices will start to fall when the conflict is resolved, but it could take many months before the... Read more » - Who’s Paying for the White House Ballroom?
Q: Has President Trump asked for a billion dollars for the ballroom? A: Since the White House announced plans in July for a ballroom, the president has promised to fund its construction without using public money. But in May congressional Republicans proposed $1 billion in federal funding for “security adjustments and... Read more » - VideoRepublicans Repeat Problematic Estimate of Medication Abortion Harms
In the midst of a court battle over whether to continue to allow access by mail to the medication abortion pill mifepristone, Republican lawmakers have claimed that 10% or more of women who take the drug have serious side effects. A 2025 report from an anti-abortion group that put forward the figure has been criticized by reproductive health... Read more »
FactCheck.org
- RFK Jr.’s Muddled Claims on Drug Approval SpeedThe Food and Drug Administration in recent months has approved a small number of drugs quite quickly under a new expedited review program. But Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has overstated the impact of the program by making misleading comparisons to the pace of drug approvals... Read more »
- VideoAd in Texas GOP Runoff Attacks Cornyn on Immigration, IslamA TV ad attacking incumbent Texas Sen. John Cornyn for supporting "Muslim mass immigration" misleadingly cites a 2021 quote from Cornyn about certain Afghan refugees and claims that "Cornyn has a special place in his heart for radical Islam." The post Ad in Texas GOP Runoff Attacks Cornyn on Immigration,... Read more »
- VideoWhat Will Happen To Gasoline Prices When the Iran War Ends?President Donald Trump on multiple occasions has assured the public that high gasoline prices will “rapidly” or “quickly” decline “as soon as” the war with Iran ends. Energy experts told us that prices will start to fall when the conflict is resolved, but it could take many months before the... Read more »
- Who’s Paying for the White House Ballroom?Q: Has President Trump asked for a billion dollars for the ballroom? A: Since the White House announced plans in July for a ballroom, the president has promised to fund its construction without using public money. But in May congressional Republicans proposed $1 billion in federal funding for “security adjustments and... Read more »
- VideoRepublicans Repeat Problematic Estimate of Medication Abortion HarmsIn the midst of a court battle over whether to continue to allow access by mail to the medication abortion pill mifepristone, Republican lawmakers have claimed that 10% or more of women who take the drug have serious side effects. A 2025 report from an anti-abortion group that put forward the figure has been criticized by reproductive health... Read more »
FactCheck.org
- GLP-1s and the Limits of Knowing Better
Grace Ginsburg I agreed with every political argument against weight-loss drugs. I took them anyway. The post GLP-1s and the Limits of Knowing Better appeared first on The Nation.... Read more » - The American Revolution Was a Mistake
Elie Mystal In this week’s Elie v. US, our justice correspondent dissects Ken Burns's American Revolution documentary. Plus: the DNC’s autopsy report. The post The American Revolution Was a Mistake appeared first on The Nation.... Read more » - Why Losing Colbert Hurts So Much
Ben Schwartz Trump would have all his comedian critics fired if he could. But Colbert represents a particular loss. The post Why Losing Colbert Hurts So Much appeared first on The Nation.... Read more » - Evacuation Day
Steve Brodner 145,000 kids matter. The post Evacuation Day appeared first on The Nation.... Read more » - Why the Park Slope Food Coop’s BDS Battle Is So Important
Tariq Kenney-Shawa Organizers trying to get the iconic store to ban Israeli goods believe in the power of tangible collective action at a moment when doing so feels increasingly difficult. The post Why the Park Slope Food Coop’s BDS Battle Is So Important appeared first on The Nation.... Read more »
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- Israel escalates attacks in Gaza, as it demands total disarmament – Daily UpdateNo end to killing in Gaza, Lebanon ■ Israel ok with torture, just not broadcasting it ■ Update on Iran ■ Israeli journalist: Why is there still a Support Israel parade in NYC?... Read more »
- Flotilla activists’ allegations of rape, sexual assault multiply – Daily UpdateGaza aid still way below agreed-upon amounts ■ Has the flotilla finally exposed the West’s moral double standard? ■ Israel's latest provocations in West Bank ■ Latest from Iran, Lebanon, more.... Read more »
- Israel’s long record of using banned incendiary weapons on civiliansFrom white phosphorus attacks in southern Lebanon to thermal weapons in Gaza that left bodies reduced to ash, Israel’s repeated use of incendiary munitions adds to its long record of war crimes against civilians.... Read more »
- How Jeffrey Goldberg weaponized Jewish trauma to pave the way for war with IranOver the past two decades, no one has done more to shape U.S. discourse on Israel than Jeffrey Goldberg. By relying on tropes of eternal Jewish victimhood, Goldberg declared Iran an existential threat to Jews and helped pave the way for war.... Read more »
- ISRAELI MEDIA: They Were Children During the Nakba. This Is What They Remember 78 Years Later'We thought we'd return after two days': Five elderly Palestinian citizens of Israel share their testimonies from 1948... Read more »
Israel Palestine News
- Israel escalates attacks in Gaza, as it demands total disarmament – Daily UpdateNo end to killing in Gaza, Lebanon ■ Israel ok with torture, just not broadcasting it ■ Update on Iran ■ Israeli journalist: Why is there still a Support Israel parade in NYC?... Read more »
- Flotilla activists’ allegations of rape, sexual assault multiply – Daily UpdateGaza aid still way below agreed-upon amounts ■ Has the flotilla finally exposed the West’s moral double standard? ■ Israel's latest provocations in West Bank ■ Latest from Iran, Lebanon, more.... Read more »
- Israel’s long record of using banned incendiary weapons on civiliansFrom white phosphorus attacks in southern Lebanon to thermal weapons in Gaza that left bodies reduced to ash, Israel’s repeated use of incendiary munitions adds to its long record of war crimes against civilians.... Read more »
- How Jeffrey Goldberg weaponized Jewish trauma to pave the way for war with IranOver the past two decades, no one has done more to shape U.S. discourse on Israel than Jeffrey Goldberg. By relying on tropes of eternal Jewish victimhood, Goldberg declared Iran an existential threat to Jews and helped pave the way for war.... Read more »
- ISRAELI MEDIA: They Were Children During the Nakba. This Is What They Remember 78 Years Later'We thought we'd return after two days': Five elderly Palestinian citizens of Israel share their testimonies from 1948... Read more »
Israel Palestine News
- The Unique Needs of Older Drug Users: Are We Doing Enough?
For the past 26 years, I have worked in the addiction sector in Dublin watching the landscape of substance use evolve. While much attention is given to young people and new drug trends, there is a growing, overlooked and underserved group, older …... Read more » - How AI Music is Advancing Far Right Narratives in Ireland
In the middle of summer 2024, the song “10 Drunk Cigarettes” became a TikTok sensation. This was the height of Brat Summer - a time when women like Charli xcx and Sabrina Carpenter were dominating the pop industry, chartreuse was the colour of …... Read more » - Food (and fuel) for thought: unpacking Ireland’s fuel protests
Over the past week, Ireland has witnessed scenes not seen for a generation. Forecourts running out of fuel, limits placed on purchases, and the blockading of key infrastructure have disrupted daily life across the country. These developments echo …... Read more » - Nearly 90% of Dublin’s data centres are in economically-deprived areas
In March, global data centre and colocation provider Equinix announced construction of a new data centre in Dublin’s Blanchardstown neighbourhood (Equinix, 2026). The DB7x facility will sit next to two other Equinix locations, DB5x and DB6x, …... Read more » - A Defence of Taxation, Revisited
In 2014, TASC published A Defence of Taxation. Its argument in favour of progressive alternatives to reducing public services through tax cuts remains as salient as ever, and it is an appropriate topic to revisit on the 25th anniversary of TASC. The …... Read more »
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- Nicaragua names a street in honor of martyred students of MinabOfficials in the Nicaraguan city of Corinto have named a street “Angels of Minab” in memory of the martyred students of Shajareh Tayyebeh school.... Read more »
- FIFA approves Iran base camp switch from US to Mexico: Federation headIran’s national football team will relocate its 2026 World Cup training base from the United States to Mexico, federation president said on Friday.... Read more »
- Iran says US committing ‘crimes against humanity’ in CubaThe Iranian Foreign Ministry condemns the ongoing interference of the US administration in Cuba's internal affairs, including illegal sanctions, provocative actions, political pressure, and military threats against the Caribbean nation.... Read more »
- US warships head to Cuba after 'fabricated' murder charge against former presidentThe US deploys its warships as Cuba's Raúl Castro is indicted with murder charges. ... Read more »
- Israeli ambassadors summoned globally after hawkish minister threatens activists on Gaza flotillaCountries have summoned Israeli ambassadors after far-right Israeli minister Itamar Ben-Gvir taunted Gaza flotilla activists.... Read more »
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- Nicaragua names a street in honor of martyred students of MinabOfficials in the Nicaraguan city of Corinto have named a street “Angels of Minab” in memory of the martyred students of Shajareh Tayyebeh school.... Read more »
- FIFA approves Iran base camp switch from US to Mexico: Federation headIran’s national football team will relocate its 2026 World Cup training base from the United States to Mexico, federation president said on Friday.... Read more »
- Iran says US committing ‘crimes against humanity’ in CubaThe Iranian Foreign Ministry condemns the ongoing interference of the US administration in Cuba's internal affairs, including illegal sanctions, provocative actions, political pressure, and military threats against the Caribbean nation.... Read more »
- US warships head to Cuba after 'fabricated' murder charge against former presidentThe US deploys its warships as Cuba's Raúl Castro is indicted with murder charges. ... Read more »
- Israeli ambassadors summoned globally after hawkish minister threatens activists on Gaza flotillaCountries have summoned Israeli ambassadors after far-right Israeli minister Itamar Ben-Gvir taunted Gaza flotilla activists.... Read more »
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