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The FBI manufactured plots to convince Trump that Iran sought to kill him, while Israel and its administration allies exploited the president’s deepest fears to keep him on the war path. “I got him before he got me,” an ebullient President Donald Trump remarked to a reporter when asked about... Read more »

Emails show sex trafficking billionaire Jeffrey Epstein worked Israeli connections to help his lawyer’s daughter join an elite IDF unit. The woman, who Epstein wrote would make a “fantastic ambassador for Israel” at Columbia University, served on the board of Hillel International. Jeffrey Epstein personally recruited an 18-year-old girl from... Read more »

The National Endowment for Democracy’s president, Damon Wilson, bragged to a House committee of his group’s aggressive efforts to spark unrest in Iran, including by smuggling Starlink terminals and fashioning anti-Iran narratives for the media. Damon Wilson, the head of the National Endowment for Democracy (NED), was interrupted by a... Read more »

A shadowy think tank run by British PM Keir Starmer’s top strategist has been exposed for paying a PR firm to spy on journalists including me and the outlet I write for, The Grayzone. Will the scandal push an already collapsing Starmer government over the edge? Leaked files have revealed... Read more »

The world’s second-largest tech company just acquired a military-linked Israeli startup that uses “facial skin micromovements” to anticipate what users will say before they speak. This article was originally published by ¡Do Not Panic! Tech giant Apple has quietly paid nearly $2 billion for a “pre-speech” tech company whose employees helped Israel... Read more »

An attendee told The Grayzone that oil industry heavyweights were less excited about Trump’s Venezuela policy, privately complaining about the President’s aggressive push to restart their operations. When the American Petroleum Institute (API) gathered oil industry leaders and lobbyists for a “State of American Energy” summit on January 16, 2026, the geopolitical... Read more »

Una periodista de oposición financiada por Estados Unidos reveló que el Departamento de Justicia de Trump ha elaborado una acusación secreta contra la Presidenta Encargada de Venezuela para que “penda sobre su cabeza” y la ejecutará si ella se “desvía”. La administración Trump está usando una acusación secreta para usarla... Read more »

A US-funded opposition journalist revealed the Trump DOJ has crafted a secret indictment of Venezuela’s Acting President to “hold it over her head,” and will execute it if she “derails.” The Trump administration is using a secret indictment to assert leverage over Venezuela’s Acting President Delcy Rodríguez, according to the... Read more »

Half a century after the public learned that boys at a Belfast group home were sexually assaulted by senior staff, a key question remains unanswered: was British intelligence implicated in the abuse conspiracy, and did Kincora serve as a ‘honeypot’ to entrap and blackmail powerful figures? A vast trove of... Read more »

Across the West, corporate media have employed the same tactics of using the passive voice and not naming the perpetrator when describing U.S./Israeli aggression. A perfect encapsulation of this was the BBC’s headline, “At least 153 dead after reported strike on school, Iran says,” that made it sound as if... Read more »

While CNN censors reports of failing Israeli interceptors, Iran is writing the handbook for how to defeat the US - Israeli empire. From destroyed US FAD radars to the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, the repercussions of this imperialist aggression against the Islamic Republic have massive global implications and... Read more »

A wide range of anonymous X (Twitter) users have reported that their real names are suddenly being Googled in Israel shortly after they began criticizing the country for its actions in Palestine. Some connected the phenomenon to Au10tix, the software X requires users (even anonymous ones) to use in order... Read more »

In this week's MintCast podcast hosted by Mnar Adley, she is joined by Dr. Mohammed Marandi -- a professor of Orientalism and history at the University of Tehran to discuss the latest on the ground in Iran in the aftermath of the US and Israeli assasisation of Iran's supreme leader... Read more »

Many of the DOJ files have been heavily redacted in order to protect Epstein’s powerful clients. Still, they have exposed a massive elite nexus revolving around the New York billionaire, implicating presidents, diplomats, and plutocrats in his crimes, and imply that Epstein was significantly more powerful than first thought, shaping... Read more »

European nations including the UK and NATO allies are joining the US and Israel in their war on Iran. From providing economic and diplomatic support, to supplying military assistance to Washington, Europe is moving from a passive supporter to an active participant in the campaign to overthrow the Iranian government.... Read more »

War with Iran has been the goal of both neoconservative and Zionist factions in Washington for decades. With an increasingly belligerent and erratic Trump in the White House, it could be that the warmongers finally achieve their dream. The post Scott Ritter: US vs Iran: What War Would Really Look... Read more »

A prominent Epstein guest recalls meeting the Buddhist teacher at Epstein’s Manhattan mansion, scene of many of his most serious sex crimes. The post The Dalai Lama – Epstein Connection appeared first on MintPress News.... Read more »

There is an epidemic of child sex crimes in and around Fort Bragg, North Carolina. Since 2021, and the American withdrawal from Afghanistan, dozens of elite soldiers stationed at the military base have been convicted of raping children, distributing child pornography, and other similar offenses. Many of these soldiers served in... Read more »

Commenting last week on the build-up of US military forces targeting Iran, Robert A. Pape, Professor of Political Science at the University of Chicago, got it right: ‘This represents 40-50% of the deployable US air →... Read more »

These are exceptional times. The United States has been threatening to take over Greenland, an aggressive move against Europe. Now, and only now, are political leaders and compliant news media publicly acknowledging that the ‘international →... Read more »

After declaring his second presidential victory on 6 November 2024, Donald Trump said of his first term: ‘You know, we had no wars for four years. We had no wars. Except we defeated ISIS, we →... Read more »

A significant feature of the propaganda system is the suppression of clearly important, credible books which are nevertheless deemed unfit for review in the ‘respectable mainstream’. In 2025, two important – indeed, groundbreaking – bestselling →... Read more »

In Part 1, we saw how even the most exalted stars in the celebrity firmament look on in dismay as their greatest successes – Wimbledon titles, World Cups, sell-out concerts – vanish into the magic →... Read more »

‘One day a beggar knocked on the doors of a great king. By chance, the king himself opened the door. He saw the beggar: the beggar was not an ordinary beggar, he was almost luminous. →... Read more »

The BBC: A ‘Leftist Propaganda Machine’? The resignations of Tim Davie, BBC director general, and Deborah Turness, BBC head of news, after an intense, right-wing campaign led by the Daily Telegraph reveal much about the →... Read more »

Traditionally, August is ‘silly season’ in the UK, and things certainly got silly on 14 August of this year, when we published our media alert, ‘“Israel Says” Is Not Journalism’. If reader reaction was more →... Read more »

We live in a time when truth is reversed in plain sight. Black is declared white, and white is declared purple with pink polka dots. Immunity appears to be assumed on the basis that a →... Read more »

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Noam Chomsky on Language, Left Libertarianism, and Progress (Ep. 182) Noam Chomsky Interviewed on Conversations with Tyler  June 14, 2023. Conversations with Tyler.  Noam Chomsky joins Tyler to discuss why Noam and Wilhelm von Humboldt have similar views on language and liberty, good and bad evolutionary approaches to language, what he thinks... Read more »

Chomsky and Pollin: Just Transition Can Stop Earth From Becoming Uninhabitable Noam Chomsky Interviewed by C.J. Polychroniou June 7, 2023. Truthout.  Climate change is “making our planet uninhabitable,” said UN Secretary-General António Guterres in late March. Indeed, the threats of the impending climate crisis have become very tangible, and the world’s top scientists... Read more »

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Current US policies toward China are outrageous: Noam Chomsky Noam Chomsky Interviewed by Global Times June 6, 2023. Global Times. Editor’s Note: At 94 years old, Noam Chomsky (Chomsky) is as vocal as ever. As a renowned American linguist and public intellectual, he constantly appears on the media talking about US... Read more »

Chomsky: Europe May Face Decline, Deindustrialization by Staying in ‘US-Dominated System’ Noam Chomsky Interviewed by Sputnik  May 31, 2023. Sputnik.  Europe will experience a likely decline and deindustrialization if it chooses to stay within the system dominated by the United States, renowned US academic and philosopher Noam Chomsky told Sputnik. “Europe... Read more »

Noam Chomsky on Why This Is the Most Dangerous Point in Human History Noam Chomsky Interviewed by C. J. Polychroniou May 27, 2023. Common Dreams.  We live in a world facing existential threats while extreme inequality is tearing our societies apart and democracy is in sharp decline. The U.S., meanwhile, is... Read more »

Interview with Noam Chomsky on the State of the World Noam Chomsky Interviewed by C. J. Polychroniou May 26, 2023. Global Policy. We live in a world facing existential threats while extreme inequality is tearing our societies apart and democracy is in sharp decline. The U.S., meanwhile, is bent on maintaining... Read more »

A capitalist interviews Noam Chomsky Noam Chomsky Interviewed by Richard McDaniel May 26, 2023. The Sentinel. Usually as a high school journalist, one expects to write their fair share of articles regarding anything from local events to national political issues, which may interest a decent number of students within the school.... Read more »

As the president-elect prepares to take office this week, women and LGBTQ+ people are standing up for their rights... Read more »

Denmark’s foremost professor of mobility studies decodes a policy that is increasingly touted as a model to emulate... Read more »

Despite what Donald Trump may claim, my work at the United Nations is now more important than ever – for all of us... Read more »

Trump and Netanyahu are already boasting of success. But the war is not going to plan for any of the parties involved... Read more »

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Exclusive: New dossier exposes how Russian operatives sought to ensure their ally won Bolivia's presidential election... Read more »

Experts described the decision to appoint Doug Gurr as the head of the CMA as “very positive” if you are Big Tech... Read more »

The 25‑point swing away from Labour shows voters want people‑centred solutions rather than cautious managerialism... Read more »

We’re living through a series of interlinked disasters, confounded by the rise of surveillance. How do we fight back?... Read more »

"You grew up wanting so bad to be Luke Skywalker, but you realize that you were basically a Stormtrooper." ~ Daniel Crimmins... Read more »

Don't lean out the window of the Empire of Perpetual Bloodlust to wag your finger at empire-targeted countries in the global south. It's obnoxious.... Read more »

Reading by Tim Foley: Watching Amazon Prime while the Iranians burn.Stuffing our mouths with cheesysugarbaconwhile the sky turns black over Tehran.Laughing without smiling.Laughing with full mouths and empty eyeswhile their water mixes with oil and blood. “Hoho this will hurt Trump in the midterms”the liberal chortles,masturbating furiouslywhile ruined parents pull... Read more »

It’s not okay for grown adults to believe US military interventionism in the middle east has anything to do with women’s rights or making life better for women.... Read more »

Those soldiers did not die for any noble reason. They died for money, for power, and for Israel. They wasted their lives, and they died for stupid, unworthy reasons. Don't let anyone claim otherwise.... Read more »

This is the new George W Bush. Trump is what Bush metamorphoses into when it emerges from its red cocoon. The crazier the US empire gets, the more insane its managers are becoming.... Read more »

Secretary of War Pete Hegseth gave one of his signature "I don't have a small penis" tirades at the Pentagon on Wednesday, ranting and raving about the big, powerful, masculine war machinery that's currently raining death and destruction upon the people of Iran.... Read more »

This is true not because Iran is especially good, but because the United States is especially evil.... Read more »

War is the worst thing in the world. Westerners talk about it like it's a fucking video game, like "hurr durr, we just go in there and achieve our objectives and win," when really war means shredding human bodies to bits.... Read more »

Bilateral negotiations are rarely simple, as the late-February negotiations between Iranians and Americans have recently shown. As an American-Swiss citizen, I can recount a story of successful negotiations I had with the Iranian government several years ago in a very different environment, fully aware of the tension between the United... Read more »

Sixty-three years ago, Hannah Arendt coined the concept of the “banality of evil,” describing Holocaust organizer Adolf Eichmann as disturbingly normal rather than a monstrous fanatic.  Arendt didn’t mean that Eichmann was not evil, but that he was a small and ordinary man with an “inability to think for himself.” ... Read more »

There has been a lot of sloppy commentary from people who should know better about who is being hit hardest by the runup in oil and natural gas prices since the start of the war in Iran. There’s a simple story where the countries in Europe and East Asia are... Read more »

According to Donald Trump, the United States is “bigger, better, richer, and stronger” since he became president, lifting his new-and-improved MAGA slogan straight from the Olympics motto of “faster, higher, stronger.” If one is to define excellence by standard of living, healthcare, or life expectancy, however, the US falls short.... Read more »

All the way back in 2023, the surgeon general diagnosed Americans as suffering from an epidemic of loneliness. More recently, amid the rise of American fascism, I started to notice that people were not only lonely but had also begun referring to the world as simply “the news.” Perceived that way — as... Read more »

“To act is to be committed, and to be committed is to be in danger.” – James Baldwin An aerial photo shows rectangular tracings etched into dirt, one rectangle after the other, creating a grid across the land. A yellow excavator pulls piles of earth out from within the rectangular... Read more »

Antonio Lobo Antunes’s fiction challenged colonialism and fascist dictatorship. It is a necessary sentence that mainstream publications are incapable of producing this week, as Portugal lost one of its greatest novelists on March 5. Maybe this sentence doesn’t sell. Authors I know who hide from politics say we have enough... Read more »

The Algerian-born French novelist, Albert Camus, a pied-noir, began his existentialist classic, The Stranger, with the now memorable words, “Mother died today. Or maybe yesterday, I don’t know. I received a telegram from the old people’s home: ‘Mother deceased.’” Camus would add, “In our society, any man who doesn’t cry... Read more »

To expand a stockpile of both the useless and the mindlessly murderous in a military sense would seem to be a wasteful exercise best contemplated in the psychiatric ward.  But such a ward is increasingly occupied by the world’s leaders, and war is on their lost minds.  As Israel and the United... Read more »

On 23rd October, I testified in front of the Jury of Conscience in the context of the Gaza Tribunal. My speech focused on the economic forces underpinning the genocide of the Palestinian people. Here it is:  My name is Yanis Varoufakis. I am an economist, a politician and activist representing... Read more »

Hello everyone.  RAISE YOUR SOUL! is my new book which I am taking the liberty of presenting to you. It is unlike anything I have written before. Setting aside high theory, it is the story of five women who, over of a hundred years, resisted fascism, authoritarianism and chauvinism. It... Read more »

At a time Donald Trump, Big Tech and Wall Street deploy stablecoins to privatise the dollar, usurping the decentralising power of blockchain to enrich themselves at everyone else’s expense, here is an alternative use of blockchain that harnesses its decentralising powers to benefit everyone equally – to pay everyone a... Read more »

On 26th July 2025, delegates from over 25 countries convened in London for the inaugural conference of the Global Alliance for Palestine (GAFP). This new transnational initiative seeks to transform rising global solidarity for Palestine into coordinated political action. As a member of the steering committee, I was asked to... Read more »

To free ourselves from our technofeudal overlords, we must think like Karl Marx. The corporations would asset-strip our brains, but we can take back control A young woman I met recently remarked that it was not so much pure evil that drove her berserk, but rather people, or institutions, with... Read more »

ATHENS – Margaret Thatcher famously quipped that the problem with socialists is that, eventually, they run out of other people’s money. But what happens when bankers run out of other people’s money, as seems likely to happen soon? Either we end up with another calamitous financial meltdown or we innovate... Read more »

Mια συνέντευξη, που δεν θα έδειχνε ποτέ κάποιο από τα κανάλια της ολιγαρχίας, για τα 10 χρόνια από το ιστορικό ΟΧΙ που αναπτέρωσε τους λαούς της Γης. Ο Γραμματέας του ΜέΡΑ25 Γιάνης Βαρουφάκης απαντά για όλα στις ερωτήσεις των: Μαριάννα Πυργιώτη (πολιτική αναλύτρια), Κωνσταντίνου Πουλή (the press project) Γιάννη Κιμπουρόπουλου... Read more »

On the day the Financial Times published its latest article whitewashing the criminally insane troika’s  (comprising the EU Commission, ECB and IMF) hatchet job on Greece, which has rendered the country a permanently bankrupt colony, Jacobin published this interview (read here, listen here) in which I lay down three basic... Read more »

My hopes these days spring not from Europe nor from the United States. Let me be frank on this. I take my hat off to the young people particularly, but not only young people, to Jewish comrades who went out on the street to demonstrate for Palestine, who were beaten... Read more »

The US and Israel’s illegal war on Iran has become a déjà vu moment for Labour members, reminding them of Blair’s unforgivable decision to invade Iraq – while Starmer continues to hum and haw. Tony Blair was eager to go to war, dismissing the warnings of anti-war voices within his... Read more »

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has admitted it knowingly leaves disabled people caught up in Access to Work delays with no support. Access to Work in tatters We all know that Access to Work has been ripped to shreds by the Labour government. Whilst eligibility is being silently... Read more »

Trump’s illegal and unprovoked attack on Iran is having a massive impact on oil and gas prices. On 9 March, US president Donald Trump tried convincing the markets that his ‘Israel first’ war was “very complete” and would end “very soon”. The problem, which he does not see, is that... Read more »

In a move that favours corporations over consumers, the UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has approved price hikes for four water companies. This comes despite a cap set by Ofwat to protect consumers during the cost-of-living crisis. Notably, this decision mirrors past attempts by water companies scrambling to offset... Read more »

Former Boris Johnson adviser Thomas Corbett-Dillon has appeared on far-right broadcaster GB News insisting that the channel is nowhere near extremist but insteaad lovely, cuddly, and “really, really impartial.” Barely a breath later, he was confidently telling his white, male GB News panellists that the UK is suffering a genocide... Read more »

More than 50 organisations, including national trade unions, tenants’ unions and the Green Party, have announced the National Housing Demonstration in Central London on Saturday 18 April. They’re demanding urgent rent controls and a new generation of accessible council homes. In what is set to be the largest coming-together of... Read more »

A sitting member of the London Assembly – an elected body considered the ‘eyes and ears of Londoners‘ – delivered a blistering critique of London mayor Sadiq Khan. They have described him as “part of the problem” when it comes to racialised stop-and-search powers. Notably, these powers overwhelmingly target black... Read more »

The world’s largest pension fund has revealed that it sold its shares in the Bolloré group, a powerful French conglomerate. This was due to unresolved concerns about “serious human rights violations” at a plantation company which Bolloré partly owned. A report from the Norwegian Bank Investment Management (NBIM) made the decision... Read more »

Jamaican club Mount Pleasant suffered a major blow ahead of their highly anticipated match against Los Angeles Galaxy in the The Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF) Champions Cup. The United States refused to issue visas to ten of their players, preventing them from participating in... Read more »

MARCH 8 – GATHERING AT KORYDALLOS WOMEN’S PRISONS, 7 PM FIRE TO PRISONS, STATES AND PALACES – DOWN WITH PATRIARCHY For the past year and a half, our comrades Marianna Manoura and Dimitra Zarafeta have been imprisoned behind the bars... Read more... Read more »

From Space City Anarchist Organization March 4, 2026 The following is a transcript of the talk given by members of Houston’s own Space City Anarchist Organisation (SCAO) at last years Amsterdam Anarchist Bookfair. A Brief History In the United States,... Read more... Read more »

Claim of damage to the headquarters of AXA Insurance (Trento, 16 February 2026) AXA = GENOCIDE During the night between Sunday 15 and Monday 16 February, under cover of darkness, we damaged the headquarters of AXA Insurance in Trento. AXA... Read more... Read more »

Meet Peter Walter Patrick, who goes by the username “Conspiretard” across various platforms. A Coos Bay, OR tattooist who dressed up like a Nazi (his description) in a Siege Mask to menace children and families at It’s Not a Phase... Read more... Read more »

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Share this: Nice to see an IWA section do something other than bitch about initials when it has no workplace presence or influence, when it builds churches of radical purity to compensate, and tries to wedge radical ghettos with personality... Read more... Read more »

Bail funds are usually run by liberal “nonprofits” & come with the associated political limits ( https://types.mataroa.blog/blog/ngo/ ). However it may still be useful to be aware of which parts of the region have functional ones. Use this link to... Read more... Read more »

February 22, 2026 An internal Homeland Security document shows how ICE plans to cram thousands of detained human beings inside a Georgia warehouse. A newly built warehouse is seen on Feb. 6 in Social Circle, Ga., where local officials are... Read more... Read more »

What did the “abolition” of slavery change in tuscaloosa, alabama and the surrounding area? Not much. At least 8 Black people were lynched in tuscaloosa county from 1884 to 1933. https://eji.org/news/eji-dedicates-marker-for-lynching-victims-in-tuscaloosa-alabama/ https://adhc.lib.ua.edu/Alabama_Memory/s/alabamamemoryproject/item/450 What did the “end” of segregation laws change... Read more... Read more »

Author: Andrew McLaverty-RobinsonTitle: A Leftist Hatchet Job on AnarchismDate: 2026Source: https://freerangeegghead.substack.com The writings of Colin Ward and the legacy of anarchism for housing studies, by Keith Jacobs, Housing Studies 40 no. 6, 2025. This article summarizes Colin Ward’s evolutionary anarchist approach to housing, summarizes existing writing on the topic, and... Read more »

Author: Anarchist Front of Iran and AfghanistanTitle: From the Cell to the StreetSubtitle: Iranian Women Never Surrender!Date: March 6 2026Source: Retrieved on March 7 2026 from https://www.instagram.com/p/DVjWWRmjSeR/ 8 March. On this International Women's Day, Iran is under bombardment, and Iranian women are, as they have always been, in the middle... Read more »

Author: Liz WillisTitle: Women in the Spanish revolutionDate: October 15, 1975Notes: Originally published October 15, 1975, by Solidarity, LondonSource: Retrieved on 2012-03-12 from https://web.archive.org/web/20120312154349/http://flag.blackened.net/revolt/disband/solidarity/womenSpain.html Introduction In a way, it is clearly artificial to try to isolate the role of women in any series of historical events. There are reasons, however,... Read more »

Author: Julia TanenbaumTitle: To Destroy Domination in All FormsSubtitle: Anarcha-Feminist Theory, Organization and Action 1970–1978Date: 2016Notes: “To Destroy Domination in All Its Forms: Anarcha-Feminist Theory, Organization and Action 1970–1978” was first published in the Anarcha-Feminisms issue. No. 29 (2016) of Perspectives on Anarchist Theory published by the Institute for Anarchist... Read more »

Author: anarchofggtTitle: A Way Forward for Americans?Subtitle: Remembering Omar Aziz and the Necessity for Local CouncilsDate: February 28, 2026Source: Retrieved on February 28 2026 from https://anarchofggt.substack.com/p/a-way-forward-for-americans It feels everyday like the United States is approaching rapidly closer to collapse. With never-ending imperial wars, rising AI-fueled fascism, ICE executions and kidnappings,... Read more »

Author: The Eclipse CommitteeTitle: The Eclipse Committee ManifestoDate: 2025Source: Retrieved on 2026-02-25 from https://wearetheeclipse.com/ Are you not burning with rage beneath this empire’s unsettling sun? Something is deeply wrong. Despite all the work we put into building a new world, the problems of the current one still loom large. We... Read more »

Author: J. F. CalderTitle: Networks aren't a strategySubtitle: The Eclipse Committee and the politics of avoidanceDate: 2026-01-05Source: Retrieved on 2026-02-25 from https://libcom.org/article/networks-arent-strategy-eclipse-committee-and-politics-avoidance The Eclipse Committee has been presented as a necessary response to fragmentation and the rise of the far right. This article argues the opposite: that coordination without strategy... Read more »

Author: The Eclipse CommitteeTitle: Thinking About StrategyDate: 2026-02-18Source: Retrieved on 2026-02-25 from https://wearetheeclipse.com/2026/02/18/thinking-about-strategy/ Developing strategy can be very intimidating: it requires thinking about a lot of different things and how they interlink, taking a stand on certain issues and committing to courses of action based on imperfect information. Anarchists face... Read more »

Author: The Eclipse CommitteeTitle: Anarchism Against FascismDate: 2026Notes: Retrieved on 2026-02-25 from https://wearetheeclipse.com/2026/01/14/anarchism-against-fascism-part-i-the-state-and-fascist-ideas/ (published 2026-01-14), https://wearetheeclipse.com/2026/01/21/anarchism-against-fascism-part-ii-the-state-and-fascist-people/ (published 2026-01-21), https://wearetheeclipse.com/2026/01/28/anarchism-against-fascism-part-iii-the-failure-to-fight-fascism/ (published 2026-01-28) & https://wearetheeclipse.com/2026/02/04/anarchism-against-fascism-part-iv-an-anarchist-anti-fascist-movement/ (published 2026-02-04) PART I – THE STATE AND FASCIST IDEAS Today, much of the global core seems to be sliding towards fascism. In the USA, the liberal... Read more »

Why I Was Expelled From the CNT... Read more »

Some of the Libertarian Guerrilla Bands Operating in the Cádiz-To-Málaga Area... Read more »

Cologne FAU hosted miners kids from Blyth... Read more »

A Very Interesting Letter [Marie Le Compte on flags, Louise Michel, translating Bakunin and Jo Labadie]... Read more »

Syndicalism rediscovered... Read more »

Civil War in the Coalfields: Coal Convoys Preparing to Outflank Pickets; Government Intends to Bankrupt NUM... Read more »

Editorial on resistance in the mining communities [1985]... Read more »

[Report on return to work at Kellingly Colliery]... Read more »

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Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva warned that the escalation in the Middle East represents “a serious threat to international peace and security,” stressing that its repercussions do not stop at the region’s borders, but extend to energy, input, and food supply chains. Lula made the remarks while receiving... Read more »

A drone targeted a US diplomatic facility in Iraq on Tuesday in an attack believed to have been carried out by Iran-aligned armed groups, the Washington Post reported. The newspaper, citing an Iraqi security official and an internal alert from the US State Department, said one of six drones struck... Read more »

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich said on Tuesday evening that the government would suspend efforts to advance a bill exempting ultra-Orthodox Jews from military service for now, citing the demands and financial pressures of the war. In a joint video statement, Netanyahu and Smotrich said... Read more »

The Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, warned on Tuesday of the consequences of the continued closure of the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound for the 11th consecutive day and the prevention of worshippers from performing Taraweeh prayers and religious retreat during the holy month of Ramadan. In a statement, the movement said the... Read more »

A report presented to the UN Human Rights Council last month noted that Israel destroyed 92 per cent of Gaza’s housing units and displaced over 90 per cent of Palestinians, while 86 percent of the territory was under orders for displacement or incorporated into military zones. Based on the evidence... Read more »

France “cannot approve” strikes by US and Israeli forces on Iran as they are being carried out outside international law and without clearly defined objectives, Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot said Tuesday, Anadolu reports. Speaking on France 2, Barrot said the strikes lacked clear strategic goals and did not comply with... Read more »

US President Donald Trump on Tuesday threatened Iran with unprecedented military consequences if it had placed mines in the Strait of Hormuz and failed to remove them, Anadolu reports. “If for any reason mines were placed, and they are not removed forthwith, the military consequences to Iran will be at... Read more »

In this conversation with Raouf Farrah, lead Africa analyst at SecDev and co-editor of Rising for Palestine, we discuss his new book and its call for renewed Africa-Palestine solidarity. We also discuss the Sumud convoy, a North African solidarity initiative organised to challenge Israel’s siege on Gaza. Farrah reflects on... Read more »

Saudi oil giant Aramco warned Tuesday of “catastrophic” consequences for global oil markets if the closure of the Strait of Hormuz continues amid a US-Israeli offensive on Iran, Anadolu reports. Speaking at a press conference, Aramco CEO Amin Nasser said a prolonged shutdown of the strait “could lead to catastrophic... Read more »

In the second week of an inept narcissist's spiraling war - not even of choice but of whim - that's killed over 1,500 people and wreaked widespread havoc, almost as grotesque as the witless carnage itself is the "slopaganda" issuing almost daily from a White House evidently run by 14-year-old... Read more »

A new analysislysis from the Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) finds that this coming Monday (March 9) is the day that million-dollar earners stop contributing to Social Security – a milestone that serves as a reminder that the program’s finances could be greatly improved by lifting the cap... Read more »

The latest jobs report shows the United States lost 92,000 jobs in February 2026, with prior months revised down by 69,000 jobs. The unemployment rate remains elevated at 4.4% and is near its highest levels in 4 years. The February report reveals a labor market that is barely hanging on... Read more »

Public Citizen sent a letter today calling upon the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) to investigate highly suspicious bets placed on the outcome of the recent American-Israeli military assault on Iran and the death of Iran’s Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Using platforms such as Kalshi and Polymarket, certain users have been... Read more »

The Federal Reserve released its February 2026 Beige Book, providing an updated snapshot of economic conditions across all 12 Federal Reserve Districts. A growing share of districts reported flat or declining activity as economic uncertainty and price sensitivity weighed on consumer spending alongside rising housing and food insecurities.The report paints... Read more »

Our latest senseless illegal war against brown people, born of ever-shifting lies and fought by the sons of the blithe un-rich, is Trump's ultimate Wag-the-Dog distraction from his crimes, failures and pedophilia at home. Having oafishly declared the Iran regime “a vicious group of very hard, terrible people” - pot/kettle... Read more »

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP), and Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) today introduced the Make Billionaires Pay Their Fair Share Act, legislation that would establish a 5% annual wealth tax on the 938 billionaires in America — who are... Read more »

Most memorable about this week's longest, basest, game-show SOTU, a toxic, lying, us-and-them hate fest: The rowdy multitude of responses from a populace "defying the lie that we are powerless." Bigly upstaging a goalie's Medal of Freedom was "a marathon of truth-telling," from a cogent Dem response to the Portland... Read more »

On Thursday, the Warner Bros. Discovery board decided to abandon its plans to sell the company to Netflix in favor of a Paramount Skydance bid.In addition to offering $31-per-share to purchase the massive entertainment and news conglomerate, Paramount agreed to pay a $2.8 billion breakup fee to Netflix to walk... Read more »

President Nicolás Maduro is a working-class man, a bus driver who worked his way to office through the trade union movement. Compare that to the Western “elite”. In Caracas I joined a rally of his fellow Metro workers, many of whom know him personally, demanding his release after kidnap by... Read more »

The United States and Israel are both revelling in inflicting the maximum possible death and suffering on Iran. After the genocide in Gaza, on a far larger field in Iran, those in power in Israel and the USA have a lust to kill and they revel in impunity. The Epstein... Read more »

There has scarcely been an attempt to pretend any justification in international law for the attack on Iran and murder of its leader. The response of the UK government, focusing almost entirely on condemning Iran for exercising its legitimate right of self-defence, takes the Starmer dishonesty meter further off the... Read more »

There are two things which are extremely difficult to find in Venezuela – government repression and opposition support. I am pretty long in the tooth and very experienced in understanding politics and people around the world, and I have found it difficult to locate either. I would particularly warn you... Read more »

I hope to write a serious article shortly about the position of Venezuela, which is rather that of a hostage with a gun to their head, attempting to appease a psychopath. But for now here are a couple of small videos illustrating that it is a lie that the country... Read more »

On the face of it the English High Court ruling that the Palestine Action proscription is unlawful makes the decision that the proscription remains in place pending appeal utterly illogical. But what if the High Court ruling is deliberately designed to fail at appeal? I believe that it is. They... Read more »

My first video report from Venezuela: My being here reporting is entirely possible due, as is all my journalism and activism, to your individual subscriptions and donations. We now have a Venezuela reporting crowdfunder. I have simply edited the Lebanese GoFundMe crowdfunder, because that took many weeks to be approved... Read more »

As the trial finished at Woolwich Crown Court of the six Palestine Action activists who entered the Filton factory to destroy Israeli killer drones, Starmer, Cooper, Lammy and Mahmood are left bereft of a single guilty verdict in the case on which they relied heavily to label Palestine Action as... Read more »

I have now been here a week and I think that I have absorbed enough to attempt a little analysis, as opposed to the simple impressions I gave shortly after arrival. Those impressions remain valid however: this is not a repressive state. I was on the Randy Credico show live... Read more »

The recent comments by Gavin Robinson and Gregory Campbell in London, warning that a guilty verdict would be “seismic,” say more about the anxieties of unionist politics than they do about political reality. Such language suggests a belief that a dramatic legal outcome would fundamentally reshape how people view the... Read more »

Democracy is a funny old system. We elect people who promise loudly and repeatedly to represent our interests in a parliament. Then they take a biggish chunk of our salary from us before we can even see it and use that money to pay themselves and to maintain justice, policing,... Read more »

    RSH. PEACE  WALLS.A poem By Randall Stephen Hall.Update 7.3.26Plus Song. THE BOATYARDListen to _9 THE BOATYARD By Randall Stephen Hall by Randall Stephen Hall on #SoundCloudhttps://on.soundcloud.com/oV2OVRwoqpZD5yYLYHo PEACE WALLS Peace Walls to keep us divided.Red brick divisions, chiding usTo begin fighting and hurling insults.We can see them from the... Read more »

Ireland has, it seems, developed a curious two-tier system of political speech. One tier involves saying plainly what is happening. The other involves saying absolutely anything except that. President Catherine Connolly has opted firmly for the first approach. In a statement on the escalating war in the Middle East, she... Read more »

There is something almost touching about the confidence with which Donald Trump assumes he can shop for a new leader of Iran the way one might browse kitchen tiles. Apparently, somewhere between golf rounds and late-night social media posts, the President has decided that selecting Iran’s next supreme leader is... Read more »

By Joe McVeigh       It is hard to find words to describe the evil that is going on in the world today – words like Madness/ Wreckless/ Genocide are the words that come to mind! And worst of all when you hear the political leaders in America say... Read more »

              RSH.The Daffodils.By Randall Stephen Hall.Plus Free track, THE BOATYARDListen to _9 THE BOATYARD By Randall Stephen Hall by Randall Stephen Hall on #SoundCloudhttps://on.soundcloud.com/uhRgjqhxE8jp8iKxQXTHE DAFFODILSThe daffodils are comingAnd things are looking up.Donald’s in his heavenAnd things are getting rough.Kristi’s gotten crispy.She’s fried and turned... Read more »

The arrival of Mark Carney on the international stage as a voice of economic and geopolitical sobriety has been widely welcomed. Few figures combine such credibility in finance with a clear-eyed understanding of the shifting global order. His emphasis on strengthening ties between countries like Canada, India, and Australia is... Read more »

Imagine the global reaction if Vladimir Putin had woken up one morning, dispatched commandos into Ukraine, kidnapped Volodymyr Zelenskyy and his wife from Kyiv, and then—just to round off the afternoon—launched a heavy bombardment of Poland. The response would be instantaneous and volcanic. Emergency meetings at the United Nations would... Read more »

The recent comments by Gavin Robinson and Gregory Campbell in London, warning that a guilty verdict would be “seismic,” say more about the anxieties of unionist politics than they do about political reality. Such language suggests a belief that a dramatic legal outcome would fundamentally reshape how people view the... Read more »

Democracy is a funny old system. We elect people who promise loudly and repeatedly to represent our interests in a parliament. Then they take a biggish chunk of our salary from us before we can even see it and use that money to pay themselves and to maintain justice, policing,... Read more »

    RSH. PEACE  WALLS.A poem By Randall Stephen Hall.Update 7.3.26Plus Song. THE BOATYARDListen to _9 THE BOATYARD By Randall Stephen Hall by Randall Stephen Hall on #SoundCloudhttps://on.soundcloud.com/oV2OVRwoqpZD5yYLYHo PEACE WALLS Peace Walls to keep us divided.Red brick divisions, chiding usTo begin fighting and hurling insults.We can see them from the... Read more »

Ireland has, it seems, developed a curious two-tier system of political speech. One tier involves saying plainly what is happening. The other involves saying absolutely anything except that. President Catherine Connolly has opted firmly for the first approach. In a statement on the escalating war in the Middle East, she... Read more »

There is something almost touching about the confidence with which Donald Trump assumes he can shop for a new leader of Iran the way one might browse kitchen tiles. Apparently, somewhere between golf rounds and late-night social media posts, the President has decided that selecting Iran’s next supreme leader is... Read more »

By Joe McVeigh       It is hard to find words to describe the evil that is going on in the world today – words like Madness/ Wreckless/ Genocide are the words that come to mind! And worst of all when you hear the political leaders in America say... Read more »

              RSH.The Daffodils.By Randall Stephen Hall.Plus Free track, THE BOATYARDListen to _9 THE BOATYARD By Randall Stephen Hall by Randall Stephen Hall on #SoundCloudhttps://on.soundcloud.com/uhRgjqhxE8jp8iKxQXTHE DAFFODILSThe daffodils are comingAnd things are looking up.Donald’s in his heavenAnd things are getting rough.Kristi’s gotten crispy.She’s fried and turned... Read more »

The arrival of Mark Carney on the international stage as a voice of economic and geopolitical sobriety has been widely welcomed. Few figures combine such credibility in finance with a clear-eyed understanding of the shifting global order. His emphasis on strengthening ties between countries like Canada, India, and Australia is... Read more »

Imagine the global reaction if Vladimir Putin had woken up one morning, dispatched commandos into Ukraine, kidnapped Volodymyr Zelenskyy and his wife from Kyiv, and then—just to round off the afternoon—launched a heavy bombardment of Poland. The response would be instantaneous and volcanic. Emergency meetings at the United Nations would... Read more »

The US and Israel bombed 20 schools and 13 hospitals in Iran in one week. War Secretary Pete Hegseth boasted of unleashing "death and destruction" to provoke societal collapse, with "no stupid rules of engagement". The post ‘Punching them while they’re down’: US & Israel bomb Iran’s schools & hospitals,... Read more »

After launching a war of aggression against Iran, Israel invaded Lebanon and besieged Gaza. The US is arming Kurdish militants, shooting Pakistani protesters, and fighting in Ecuador. Trump even threatened to embargo Spain. The post War expands: While bombing Iran, US and Israel attack even more countries appeared first on... Read more »

The US and Israel are waging a war of aggression against Iran. Non-existent "nuclear weapons" are the absurd fig leaf. Trump and Netanyahu admitted they want regime change, to put a puppet in Tehran. The post US-Israeli war on Iran is NOT about nuclear weapons. It’s about imperialism. appeared first... Read more »

Cold War II is transforming the global system, with two competing visions: The US seeks to revive colonialism and imperialist spheres of influence. China wants a multipolar order based on peace, sovereign equality, and win-win cooperation. Compare speeches by their top officials. The post US unipolarity vs China’s multipolarity: Whose... Read more »

Speaking to EU leaders at the Munich Security Conference, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio gave a pro-colonialist speech calling to revive “great Western empires” and “build a new Western century" based on exploiting the Global South. The post What is US plan to reverse West’s decline? Undo decolonization, revive... Read more »

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Trump's illegal "maximum pressure" sanctions seek to "collapse" Iran's economy by cutting off oil exports, denying hard currency, and fueling inflation: "making Iran broke again". The post US officials boast their illegal sanctions ‘collapsed’ Iran’s economy, causing high inflation and protests appeared first on... Read more »

Pro-US, right-wing candidate Laura Fernández won Costa Rica's election, pledging to continue the conservative program of current, corrupt President Rodrigo Chaves, supporting Donald Trump and Israel, while opposing China. The post Costa Rica deepens alignment with US-backed right-wing forces, with victory of Laura Fernández appeared first on Geopolitical Economy Report.... Read more »

Self-declared “peacemaker” Donald Trump has bombed 10 countries, more than any other US leader. Now he plans to raise the military budget to $1.5 trillion -- nearly the rest of the world's defense spending combined. The post ‘Peace president’ Trump has bombed 10 countries, now plans $1.5 trillion military budget... Read more »

At Davos, Canadian PM Mark Carney admitted that the West's imperialist "rules-based international order" was "false", hypocritical, and exploitative. What does his criticism of "American hegemony" mean? The post Western imperial alliance in crisis: Canada condemns USA, declaring ‘new world order’ in China appeared first on Geopolitical Economy Report.... Read more »

At this Teach Truth Prep Session, participants will hear from the growing chorus of diverse voices speaking out to defend students’ freedom to learn and educators’ freedom to teach. The post Teach Truth Prep Session appeared first on Zinn Education Project.... Read more »

Resources to introduce the U.S.-Israeli war against the people of Iran in the context of history and imperialism. The post Exposing the Rhetoric of War appeared first on Zinn Education Project.... Read more »

Activist Mike Africa Jr. and scholar Dr. Krystal Strong will discuss the story of the MOVE organization, repairing histories of state violence, and the "On a MOVE" curriculum project. This session is part of the Zinn Education Project’s Teach the Black Freedom Struggle online people’s history series. The post On... Read more »

For International Women’s Day and Women’s History Month, we offer a collection of classroom resources, including bios of women in labor history, a class on A Black Women's History of the United States, a SNCC toolkit on women & gender, this day in people's history posts, a lesson on Black... Read more »

Online classes for educators on teaching the Black Freedom Struggle. People's historians interviewed by classroom teachers and teacher educators. The post Teach the Black Freedom Struggle Online Classes appeared first on Zinn Education Project.... Read more »

Hundreds of educators register for free each month at the Zinn Education Project to access lessons and other resources. Here’s why. The post Why I Registered appeared first on Zinn Education Project.... Read more »

In the summer of 2026, the Zinn Education Project will host and facilitate a Teaching for Black Lives study group for educators across the United States. The post National Teaching for Black Lives Summer Study Group appeared first on Zinn Education Project.... Read more »

In appreciation for teaching stories about the lessons on the American Revolution, we offer The Rediscovery of America: Native Peoples and The Unmaking of U.S. History by Ned Blackhawk or We Refuse: A Forceful History of Black Resistance by Kellie Carter Jackson. The post Share Your American Revolution Teaching Story... Read more »

This Presidents Day, rather than mythologize past presidents as kinder and gentler than Trump, let's remind students that this country has been at its best when people have organized to question and challenge presidents — opposing presidential support for slavery, war, invasion, segregation, and injustice of all kinds.  The post Question the... Read more »

#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 »

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World 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 »

Six 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 »

By 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 »

As 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 »

A new way of reading ‘Ulysses’ may be found, which will harmonise all its symbols and references to external reality The post Joycean Blooms: Altman again appeared first on Village Magazine.... Read more »

In an age of limitless distractions, adulthood is now just one lifestyle option among The post The ascent of Man-child nerds appeared first on Village Magazine.... Read more »

Lessons for those who are too civilised for tormented times from Stefan Zweig, friend of Joyce, technology sceptic and the greatest storyteller of the last 100 years The post Beware of Pity appeared first on Village Magazine.... Read more »

Recreating an entire universe: Brendan O’Byrne reviews ‘Beyond the Pale’ by Patrick Healy The post Review: Patrick Healy’s ‘Beyond the Pale’ appeared first on Village Magazine.... Read more »

RTÉ needs security so it can do the stuff other broadcasters can’t but it should modernise including by focusing on its player, social platforms, podcasts, video, and archives; and leveraging trust The post RTÉ’s signal lost appeared first on Village Magazine.... Read more »

Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva warned that the escalation in the Middle East represents “a serious threat to international peace and security,” stressing that its repercussions do not stop at the region’s borders, but extend to energy, input, and food supply chains. Lula made the remarks while receiving... Read more »

A report presented to the UN Human Rights Council last month noted that Israel destroyed 92 per cent of Gaza’s housing units and displaced over 90 per cent of Palestinians, while 86 percent of the territory was under orders for displacement or incorporated into military zones. Based on the evidence... Read more »

After days of silence, Indonesia has finally issued a statement on the war between the United States, Israel and Iran. The response, however, is strikingly cautious. President Prabowo Subianto said Indonesia is “on the right track” by refusing to take sides. Speaking on March 9, he emphasized that Indonesia should... Read more »

A recent Reuters investigation citing internal Israeli military assessments offers an unexpected snapshot of post-war Gaza administration – one that complicates the official narrative of Hamas’ dismantlement. This is a snapshot of post-war Gaza administration. Hamas poses a structural contradiction at the heart of Washington and Tel Aviv’s political narrative.... Read more »

Donald Trump said he was “disappointed” by Iran’s choice of Mojtaba Khamenei as the country’s new supreme leader. The remark was vintage Trump: blunt, theatrical and heavy with the assumption that Washington still has the right to sit in judgement over the inner life of other nations. Yet the more... Read more »

Wars can distract, and for leaders in political purgatory, they can be particularly useful.  It remains to be seen whether the UK’s increasing involvement in the illegal war being waged on Iran by Israel and the United States will serve that purpose.  Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer, the great saviour... Read more »

I am intrigued by the writing of Mr. Muhammad Zulfikar Rakhmat and Ms. Shafa Kalila Aryanti  titled “Indonesia’s cabinet secretary is sanitizing genocide in Gaza” published on 7 March 2026. On 5 March 2026, Indonesia’s cabinet secretary, Mr. Teddy Indra Wijaya, was quoted to have stated that the cessation of... Read more »

Public concern in Egypt is rising over the continuation of the Israeli-American war on Iran, amid fears of economic repercussions and difficult financial burdens that could weigh heavily on Egyptians, who have already endured considerable hardship after more than ten years under the rule of the current president, Abdel Fattah... Read more »

The election of Ayatollah Seyyed Mojtaba Hosseini Khamenei as the new Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran represents far more than a simple institutional succession. Coming amid an open regional conflict and following the martyrdom of Iran’s long-time leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the decision by the Assembly of... Read more »

Although 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 »

Although 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 »

Although 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 »

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 »

Ethnic 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 »

You obviously can not be against this terrible war, but support it continuing. We must support the peace talks between Russia and Ukraine, and encourage them to find mutual peace in an agreed neutrality/sovereignty to end this tragic and unnecessary confrontation between such close peoples. Neutrality and internationally monitored referendums... Read more »

A key factor that explains Vladimir Putin’s military invasion of Ukraine is traditional Russian imperialism. Throughout the world’s long and bloody history, other powerful territories (and, later, nations) expanded their lands through imperial conquest, including Rome, China, Spain, France, Britain, Germany, Japan, and the United States. Russia was no exception. ... Read more »

The declared intention of USA NATO and Ukraine’s government to join in a hostile military alliance against their neighbour Russia has now proven to be a terrible mistake and negligent disaster for the people and sovereign state of Ukraine. For USA/NATO to now continue making Ukraine a weapon, while we... Read more »

(i) This is the Wikipedia article on the Galician Regional Elections held by the Galician Autonomous President, Alberto Nuñez Feyjoo, on March 1, 2009;  the first Regional Elections in which he was victorious. https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elecciones_al_Parlamento_de_Galicia_de_2009?wprov=sfti1  in total number and percentage of votes, the opposition won, made up of Emilio Pérez Touriño... Read more »

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 »

Chomsky goes through some of the crimes of the post-war presidents. From 2003.... Read more »

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 »

[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 »

The force pushing humanity towards destructive wars and climate catastrophe is “very simple,” Noam Chomsky says. It’s “the word we’re not allowed to think about called: capitalism.” In this interview with The Breach’s publisher Dru Oja Jay, Chomsky explains why our current period of capitalism is particularly harsh. He also... Read more »

Climate change is “making our planet uninhabitable,” said UN Secretary-General António Guterres in late March. Indeed, the threats of the impending climate crisis have become very tangible, and the world’s top scientists are warning that the Earth is likely to pass a dangerous temperature threshold very soon unless we act... Read more »

Piers Morgan Uncensored is joined by American linguist and philosopher Noam Chomsky to discuss the current state of the world, the threat of Artificial Intelligence (AI), the Ukraine vs Russia conflict, the attack on free speech within western societies, Donald Trump re-running for President and much more.... Read more »

Noam Chomsky discusses the history of nuclear agreements and arms control treaties, highlighting their gradual dismantling by successive U.S. administrations. He criticizes the U.S. for its withdrawal from treaties and the deployment of military assets near Russian borders. Chomsky also expresses concerns about the dangers of artificial intelligence and the... Read more »

Noam Chomsky discusses the heroic contributions Daniel Ellsberg made by releasing the Pentagon Papers and revealing the madness of American nuclear war plans. Ellsberg uncovered shocking information about the planning for nuclear war in the 1950s, during his time within the system and with high-level access. He revealed details about... Read more »

“Americans can’t afford their groceries, they can’t afford their medicine, they can’t afford the cost of living, and yet we’re dropping a billion dollars of bombs, it seems, every day in Iran,” said one Senate Democrat.... Read more »

“They called Afghanistan ‘the place where empires go to die,’ and Iran is very similar in that terrain. You put boots on the ground in Iran, and we're in for a lot of pain.”... Read more »

Federal protections against detention and deportation for sexual abuse survivors have deteriorated under Trump.... Read more »

In their new feature documentary, Pípsell: The Last Stand, award-winning journalist Brandi Morin and filmmaker Geordie Day expose the human and environmental costs of Canada's TMX pipeline.... Read more »

The daily number of kids in ICE cages has increased sixfold under the second Trump administration, according to new reporting from the Marshall Project.... Read more »

“The consequences of this environmental and humanitarian catastrophe will not be confined within Iran’s borders. These strikes constitute war crimes,” said a spokesperson for the Iranian Foreign Ministry.... Read more »

“We have totally unserious, completely incompetent people taking us into mindless, deadly war,” said Democratic US Sen. Chris Murphy.... Read more »

Abby Martin of The Empire Files and Adam Johnson of Citations Needed break down the media’s complicity in manufacturing the conditions for the illegal US-Israeli war with Iran.... Read more »

“Trump’s violent, cruel deportation agenda didn’t begin with Kristi Noem, and it won’t end with her firing,” said Rep. Summer Lee, who called for dismantling DHS and prosecuting everyone “violating our rights.”... Read more »

"It said ‘reduce waste and cut your taxes’. Those were the words." The post Nigel Farage in car crash interview after being grilled about Reform councils breaking pledge to cut taxes appeared first on Left Foot Forward: Leading the UK's progressive debate.... Read more »

The US-Israeli strikes on Iran, which Reform had voiced support for, are driving up fuel prices The post Reform’s hypocrisy exposed as Farage vows to cut fuel duty despite previously backing the Iran war appeared first on Left Foot Forward: Leading the UK's progressive debate.... Read more »

Opposition to the US-Israeli strikes on Iran has risen by 10 points The post British opposition to US military action in Iran grows, new YouGov poll finds appeared first on Left Foot Forward: Leading the UK's progressive debate.... Read more »

'You collapsed the pound. Sit this one out' The post Liz Truss roasted after defending her plans for the economy yet again appeared first on Left Foot Forward: Leading the UK's progressive debate.... Read more »

George Finch has been accused of bringing the council into disrepute The post Warwickshire County Council’s Reform leader faces no confidence vote appeared first on Left Foot Forward: Leading the UK's progressive debate.... Read more »

Pro-democracy campaigners and MPs have warned that crypto currency donations pose a risk to the integrity and transparency of our political system. The post ‘Man of the people’ Nigel Farage invests £215,000 in Kwasi Kwarteng’s bitcoin firm appeared first on Left Foot Forward: Leading the UK's progressive debate.... Read more »

Reform's position on the war has been called "an almighty mess" The post Reform UK accused of flip-flopping over Iran war stance appeared first on Left Foot Forward: Leading the UK's progressive debate.... Read more »

It is unsurprising that a majority of Brits describe themselves as anti-Trump given that he has repeatedly criticised the UK. The post Majority of Britons describe themselves as anti-Trump, poll finds appeared first on Left Foot Forward: Leading the UK's progressive debate.... Read more »

The leader of the Lib Dems has said the King’s state visit should be cancelled given Trump’s illegal war on Iran The post Calls grow for King Charles’ ‘unthinkable’ Donald Trump visit to be cancelled appeared first on Left Foot Forward: Leading the UK's progressive debate.... Read more »

Oil prices surged past $100 a barrel this week as the U.S.-Israeli war against Iran threatens global energy supplies and the broader economy. Iranian officials say no oil will be allowed to leave the Middle East until the bombardment stops, raising fears of disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz, the... Read more »

We speak with Kareem Shaheen, Middle East editor at New Lines Magazine, about the regional response to the U.S.-Israeli war against Iran. He says the Gulf countries are in a no-win situation, stuck between a belligerent Israel that has no qualms about using violence to achieve its strategic aims and... Read more »

As President Trump gives conflicting statements about the length and objectives of the war he launched with Israel against Iran, fears are growing that the conflict could continue to expand throughout the region and beyond. Lawrence Wilkerson, retired U.S. Army colonel and former chief of staff to Secretary of State... Read more »

Trump Denies U.S. Responsibility for Bombing of Girls’ School That Killed 175 in Iran, Huge Crowds Rally in Tehran to Support New Supreme Leader and Oppose U.S.-Israeli Assault, State Department Orders U.S. Diplomats to Leave Saudi Arabia as Iran Strikes Gulf Neighbors, U.N. Warns Israel’s Assault on Lebanon Has Displaced... Read more »

U.S. military commanders have reportedly been invoking extremist Christian rhetoric to push war on Iran, selling the conflict to American troops as an existential “holy war” in apocalyptic language that experts fear could exacerbate the violence and death toll of military operations. Mikey Weinstein, founder and president of the Military... Read more »

We get an update on the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran from Israel, where reports are growing of discrimination against non-Jewish and Palestinian citizens of Israel attempting to seek shelter from Iranian drone and missile attacks. While Jewish neighborhoods are “well protected” by bomb shelters, shelters are much rarer in Palestinian... Read more »

Iran has selected Mojtaba Khamenei to succeed his father Ali Khamenei as Iran’s supreme leader. The elder Khamenei was assassinated in a joint U.S.-Israeli airstrike on February 28. Iran selected the “hard-liner” Mojtaba Khamenei in defiance of President Trump, who has repeatedly claimed he can choose Iran’s next leader. His... Read more »

Toxic Black Raindrops Fall on Tehran Following U.S.-Israeli Attacks on Fuel Depots, Video Shows U.S. Missile Struck Iranian Girls’ School, Killing 175, Contradicting Trump’s Denials, Mojtaba Khamenei, Son of Ayatollah Assassinated by U.S. and Israel, Named Iran’s Supreme Leader, State Department Declares Iran War an “Emergency,” Speeding Sale of 20,000+... Read more »

President Trump is hosting right-wing leaders from across Latin America in Miami for a summit discussing his so-called Shield of the Americas initiative. This comes as the U.S. deploys special forces to Ecuador and as Trump hints about regime change in Cuba. “This summit is … an opportunity for Trump... Read more »

  https://media.blubrry.com/counterspin/content.blubrry.com/counterspin/CounterSpin260306.mp3 Right-click here to download this episode (“Save link as…”).   Column (3/4/26) This week on CounterSpin: As a radio producer, you get pitches; to paraphrase one we got this week: Dear Janine, the United States and Israel launched attacks on Iranian military targets and leaders this weekend. Iran’s... Read more »

  https://media.blubrry.com/counterspin/content.blubrry.com/counterspin/CounterSpin260227.mp3 Right-click here to download this episode (“Save link as…”).   American Prospect (2/23/26) This week on CounterSpin: US news media don’t show a serious interest in history generally, as you can see from many outlets’ pretense to offer “all you need to know” about current events in a... Read more »

  https://media.blubrry.com/counterspin/content.blubrry.com/counterspin/CounterSpin260220.mp3 Right-click here to download this episode (“Save link as…”).   Center for Independent Documentary This week on CounterSpin: CNBC, a news outlet, brought viewers the news that Cuba has suspended its annual cigar festival. The postponement, if you wondered, “comes as the island nation’s Communist-run government endures its... Read more »

  https://media.blubrry.com/counterspin/content.blubrry.com/counterspin/CounterSpin260213.mp3 Right-click here to download this episode (“Save link as…”).   Mother Jones (2/11/26) This week on CounterSpin: Trump and congressional Republicans are pushing for changes to the electoral process that would make it harder for millions of people to vote, and some media are still presenting it as... Read more »

  https://media.blubrry.com/counterspin/content.blubrry.com/counterspin/CounterSpin260206.mp3 Right-click here to download this episode (“Save link as…”).   The Nation (2/3/26) This week on CounterSpin: “What do you call a ceasefire agreement under which people keep dying? That is the question the people of Gaza have been asking themselves for the past few months.” And it’s... Read more »

  https://media.blubrry.com/counterspin/content.blubrry.com/counterspin/CounterSpin260130.mp3 Right-click here to download this episode (“Save link as…”).   Free Press (1/26/26) This week on CounterSpin: There are reports that people out in the street opposing ICE abductions of their neighbors are chanting, “We’re not cold, we’re not afraid. Minnesota made us brave.” Around the country, people... Read more »

  https://media.blubrry.com/counterspin/content.blubrry.com/counterspin/CounterSpin260123.mp3 Right-click here to download this episode (“Save link as…”).   Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies (1/19/26) This week on CounterSpin: In 1967, when Martin Luther King came out against the Vietnam War, and called the US the “greatest purveyor of violence in the world today,” corporate... Read more »

  https://media.blubrry.com/counterspin/content.blubrry.com/counterspin/CounterSpin260116.mp3 Right-click here to download this episode (“Save link as…”).   Fox 9 (1/15/26) This week on CounterSpin:  Headlines today on January 15: “North Minneapolis ICE shooting: Children Hospitalized After Flash Bang, Tear Gas Hits Van.” And from the official Homeland Security website: “ICE Announced the Arrest of More Worst of... Read more »

  https://media.blubrry.com/counterspin/content.blubrry.com/counterspin/CounterSpin260109.mp3 Right-click here to download this episode (“Save link as…”).   AP (1/6/26) This week on CounterSpin: For millions of people around the globe, the US under the administration of convicted felon Donald Trump has acted—it’s beyond “illegal”; it’s sort of “a-legal,” as if laws meant nothing—they’ve kidnapped the... Read more »

Why does the US debt machine keep running despite $38 trillion in liabilities? Michael Hudson explains how military spending, dollar dominance, financial engineering, and the lack of alternatives keep global capital tied to US Treasury markets even as the system grows more unstable. The post Rentier Capitalism and the Illusion... Read more »

A sweeping analysis of the U.S.–Israel strike on Iran and the economic chain reaction now in motion. The discussion tracks oil chokepoints, insurance and shipping risk, global balance-of-payments stress, and the pressure this creates for de-dollarisation and alternative institutions. It frames the conflict as a turning point for the U.S.-led... Read more »

Michael Hudson and Richard Wolff dissect Trump’s State of the Union, exposing tariff refunds as a windfall for corporations while consumers pay the bill. They examine the push to replace income taxes with tariffs, the geopolitical risks around Iran and oil, the erosion of progressive taxation, and the broader shift... Read more »

Michael Hudson argues that a reported Iranian concession on uranium enrichment was overtaken by a joint US–Israeli strike, exposing deeper strategic aims over Middle Eastern oil and dollar dominance. The post Negotiation to Detonation first appeared on Michael Hudson.... Read more »

Michael Hudson and Richard Wolff analyse escalating tensions around Iran, the Persian Gulf and the Red Sea, asking why oil markets remain subdued despite warnings of disruption in Hormuz. They examine the risk of a rapid oil price spike, the financial consequences for debt-burdened economies, and the broader implications for... Read more »

Michael Hudson and Richard Wolff assess escalating U.S. confrontation with Iran and China as symptoms of systemic decline. They point to failed tariff policies, falling manufacturing employment, energy bottlenecks, and Europe’s militarisation dilemma as evidence that Western dominance is weakening amid a broader shift toward a multipolar global order. The... Read more »

Michael Hudson argues that today’s crisis is not just economic but civilizational. He traces how classical political economy sought to minimise unearned income from landlords, monopolists and bankers, and contrasts this with modern finance capitalism, where rent-seeking dominates GDP, public infrastructure is privatised, and debt replaces production as the driver... Read more »

This transcript unpacks the split between production and FIRE (finance, insurance, real estate), arguing modern capitalism is driven by asset-price gains powered by credit, especially mortgages, rather than productive investment. It also critiques GDP accounting, explains why mainstream models omit debt, and links deregulation to recurrent bubbles, inequality, and a... Read more »

At Davos 2026, Richard Wolff and Michael Hudson analyse Trump’s Greenland strategy, NATO tensions, Europe’s dilemma, and the deeper shift from US dominance to a multipolar world shaped by China and Eurasia. The post Washington’s Arctic Power Play first appeared on Michael Hudson.... Read more »

Kristi Noem is out as Homeland Security Secretary, but a luxury 737 she has traveled on remains in government hands. That plane, reportedly dubbed the “Big, Beautiful Jet” by DHS staffers, has been quietly leased to the department by a company linked to William Walters, a former State Department official... Read more »

On Monday evening, as his administration escalated air strikes on Iran, President Donald Trump openly mused about his next moves on Cuba. “It may be a friendly takeover, it may not be a friendly takeover,” he said. “It wouldn’t matter because they’re really down to, as they say , fumes.... Read more »

This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The war with Iran has brought shipping traffic to a virtual standstill in the Strait of Hormuz, the narrow Persian Gulf channel through which roughly one-fifth of the world’s oil and gas flows. That has sent fossil... Read more »

When six-year-old Joseph Rodriguez got sick, his mother had to bring him along to her regular check-in at a California ICE office. There, last week, he was immediately detained and quickly deported—all without his hearing aids. Rodriguez is Deaf; he and his mother Lesly Rodriguez Gutierrez, an asylum seeker from... Read more »

Zohran Mamdani maintained the right to peaceful protest on Monday, two days after two counterprotesters allegedly deployed two explosive devices during an anti-Muslim demonstration targeting the New York City mayor.  “Anti-Muslim bigotry is nothing new to me, nor is it anything new for the one million or so Muslim New... Read more »

This story was originally published by the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists and was supported by funding from the Pulitzer Center. The word of the year last year in Japan was bear. Black bear sightings doubled from the previous year. There were 200 injuries and 13 deaths. Okuma, meaning “big bear,” is... Read more »

Less than a day after President Donald Trump falsely suggested that Ilhan Omar had staged an attack on herself, the images started to circulate. In AI-generated fake photos that soon flooded both X and Facebook, the Minnesota representative is depicted posing next to the man who invaded a town hall... Read more »

This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. During the year she spent leading the US Department of Homeland Security, or DHS, Kristi Noem faced a torrent of criticism. Lawmakers from both parties assailed her for lying about the shooting of protestors in Minneapolis and spending millions of... Read more »

This piece is adapted from Amy Littlefield’s new book, Killers of Roe: My Investigation into the Mysterious Death of Abortion Rights, published by Legacy Lit (Hachette) on March 10. In 1974, an Internal Revenue Service attorney named Paul Haring pitched an idea to Catholic leaders that would shape the lives... Read more »

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 »

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 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 »

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 »

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 »

Exactly 15 years ago this week, I published an article in the Guardian. It began like this: It’s time. Long past time. The best strategy to end the increasingly bloody occupation is for Israel to become the target of the kind of global movement that put an end to apartheid in South... Read more »

On Wednesday, October 18, the Lever’s David Sirota hosted a live event with Canadian journalist and activist Naomi Klein and Palestinian-American political analyst Omar Baddar to discuss the ongoing fighting between Israel and Hamas and the mounting humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip. David, Naomi, and Omar spoke about the historical and political... Read more »

In Doppelganger, Naomi Klein takes a journey into the uncanny world of anti-vaxxer conspiracy theory and far right propaganda. As she goes through the looking glass, she discovers dark forces bent on warping our politics in their image. What starts as a story of mistaken identity with her namesake Naomi... Read more »

All over Maui, golf courses glisten emerald green, hotels manage to fill their pools and corporations stockpile water to sell to luxury estates. And yet, when it came time to fight the fires, some hoses ran dry. Why? The reason is the long-running battle over west Maui’s most precious natural... Read more »

Today’s cruel treatment of Muslims and immigrants was originally crafted as an attack on Jews. By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 5th March 2026 Our political memory fails us. We treat government policies as if we’re seeing them for the very first time. But much of what appears to... Read more »

The Green Party is becoming everything you might have wanted Labour to be. By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 25th February 2026 NB: This article was published before the by-election it refers to. The Greens won by a mile.   Every barb Labour has directed at the Greens can... Read more »

Peter Mandelson was not one bad apple: he was brought in repeatedly by governments to do their dirty work. By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian  10th February 2026 History is being rewritten. The story we are told is that an evil man called Peter Mandelson, pursuing his own interests,... Read more »

Here is the real reason why Keir Starmer’s government refuses to let us have a fair electoral system. By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 4th February 2026 Don’t let the Labour party say one more word about “splitting the vote”, in the forthcoming byelection or at any other time.... Read more »

Even the intelligence services are gagged by the government when they try to tell the truth about our planetary crisis. By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian  27th January 2026 I know it’s almost impossible to turn your eyes away from the Trump show, but that’s the point. His antics,... Read more »

The grim truth is that almost the entire political class aligns with the ultra-rich against the rest. By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 16th January 2026 There is one political problem from which all others follow. It is the major cause of Donald Trump, of Nigel Farage, of the... Read more »

If the Palestine Action hunger strikers die, the government will be responsible. By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian  7th January 2026 They are far into the lethal zone. Three people who are being held in prison on charges connected with the protest group Palestine Action have been on hunger... Read more »

How Joe Rogan and Mel Gibson turned a metaphor into a reality. By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 27th December 2025 Looking back on this crazy year, one event, right at the start, seems to me to encapsulate the whole. In January, recording his podcast in a studio in... Read more »

The absolute madness of the proposed new food rules. By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 20th December 2025 Most of what you eat is sausages. I mean, if we’re going to get literal about it. Sausage derives from the Latin salsicus, which means “seasoned with salt”. You might think... Read more »

Across Iran and the Caribbean, Donald Trump and his lickspittles delight in killing as if people were expendable scenery, not human beings with loved ones and families. Meanwhile, they ignore the death and destruction their fellow psychopath, Vladimir Putin, rains down on Ukraine every night.India and America invite Iran to... Read more »

President Donald Trump has repeatedly claimed that from a national security standpoint, the United States suffered greatly under former President Joe Biden — and that he has made the country much safer since returning to the White House. But in an op-ed published by the Philadelphia Inquirer on March 10,... Read more »

Irish Times writer Fintan O’Tool says there are gentle ways to deal with madness. Dealing with the all-powerful malignance of Trump’s madness, however, is something different.“How do you deal with a madman? For a long time, the answer was to beat him and chain him up in the dungeon. But... Read more »

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt defended what she claimed is President Donald Trump's right to share his opinion that Iran has U.S. Tomahawk missiles, a major weapon currently only in the possession of the United States, Australia, and the U.K.On Monday, President Trump said Iran had U.S.-made Tomahawk missiles... Read more »

President Donald Trump “benefits from cynicism” as he erodes Americans’ faith in key democratic institutions, according to a prosecutor speaking with a conservative commentator.“One of the things I think about when listening to voters is how Trump benefits from a certain kind of cynicism that has now taken root, which... Read more »

President Donald Trump can usually rely on The Wall Street Journal Editorial Board to support his economic programs, but on Tuesday the venerable newspaper slammed the Republican Party leader for being too “progressive.”“Republicans want to show voters they’re doing something to ease housing costs,” the Editorial Board observed. “The result,... Read more »

Emails reveal some of the most notorious organizers backing President Donald Trump’s plan to militarize US soil were Chistian nationalists comprising the controversial Project 2025, according to the Phoenix New Times.Writer Beau Hodai called the Border Security Workgroup’s meeting the “insurrectionist brunch,” and it went down before the 2024 election,... Read more »

President Donald Trump’s supporters are not happy with a new gold statue in Washington DC because it depicts the Republican romantically posing with his late friend, the convicted child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein.“A couple of families with young children from Pennsylvania skirted the statue and the small crowd that had... Read more »

President Donald Trump is receiving a warning from a newspaper whose columnists usually support him — he seems like a “captive” as he leads America into war with Iran.“Events may yet pan out but Mr. Trump is becoming captive to decisions made elsewhere,” wrote Holman W. Jenkins, Jr. of The... Read more »

So according to a White House official, and reported in every South Korean news portal, Trump is open to talking with Kim, “without any preconditions.” Some have been waiting for this for a while – at least Washington’s think-tanks have. Read the latest from Washington’s think tanks: Can diplomacy with... Read more »

This is the oldest mistake in Washington: treating the opening move as strategy. Bomb first, define success later, and assume the political debris will somehow arrange itself into a better Middle East. That fantasy has outlived too many presidents and too many graves. It is alive again in the rush... Read more »

For anyone looking into the history of U.S.-Iranian relations, what’s laid bare is not a history of friendship, diplomacy, and mutual respect, but rather a past marked with covert action, harsh rhetoric, and now, hot war. In 1953 the CIA directed an overthrow of the democratically elected government of Iran... Read more »

At the center of the White House justification for launching still another Forever War stands the most hideous neocon lie yet. And it’s one that blatantly betrays every campaign promise the Donald ever made on the subject. The latest Big Lie, of course, is that rather than starting another Forever... Read more »

President Trump’s unconstitutional and unjust war against Iran is setting back his “affordability” agenda. The war has caused a big rise in gasoline prices. Among the related concerns is the hindering of the movement of oil through the Strait of Hormuz, the only available passage for ships to transport oil... Read more »

It is near impossible to make sense – at least from the justifications on offer – of what US President Donald Trump really hopes to achieve with his and Israel‘s blatantly illegal war of aggression on Iran. Is it to destroy an Iranian nuclear weapons program for which there has... Read more »

The United States has once again launched a war in the Middle East based on false claims about weapons of mass destruction. Like the invasion of Iraq in 2003, the U.S. assault on Iran rests on allegations that international inspectors have already debunked. But beyond the false pretext lies an... Read more »

Iran has an “inalienable right” to enrich uranium for civilian use, Iran’s foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, told the U.S. delegation with frustration in the final round of talks before the bombs started to fall on Iran. And the U.S. has an “inalienable right” to stop you, Trump’s special envoy Steve... Read more »

There is more history percolating up in the current Iranian madness than just another failed Forever War. It’s going to be the end of the Trumpified GOP too, and that means that a motley menagerie of Dem statists, spenders, regulators, lifers, wokests and outright freaks are likely to be swept... Read more »

Saint Kitts and Nevis, the smallest sovereign nation in the Western hemisphere, has become the unlikely target of a crypto-millionaire whose designs on the island could reverberate throughout the Caribbean and beyond. - Outside in / Comment... Read more »

Source: Interviews with farmworkers and the United Farm Workers union. Credit: Los Angeles Times. - Economy / Map, 2026/03 agriculture... Read more »

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Among the world's most widely read books, The Little Prince inspires enduring devotion. Today, it is valued less as a celebration of imagination than for the consolation it offers in troubled times. - 2026/03 / article... Read more »

China aims to have 70,000km of high-speed rail by 2035 as regions compete for their own line, yet with capacity already exceeding demand, this huge state-run project could yet prove a risky gamble. - 2026/03 / article... Read more »

The DRC's mineral wealth, long monopolised by China, is drawing renewed interest from the Trump administration. But strategic competition won't bring security or prosperity for its people. - 2026/03 / article... Read more »

Sri Lanka's 2024 election delivered a historic victory for a party with a radical leftwing pedigree. In power, its emphasis has been on continuity with the past, and keeping foreign investors happy. - 2026/03 / article... Read more »

California's leaders take pride in some of the US's toughest workplace safety laws. Yet thousands of underage workers, often the children of undocumented immigrants, help power its $60bn agricultural industry. - 2026/03 / article, 2026/03 agriculture... Read more »

When Nord Stream 2's pipeline was sabotaged, few thought it would ever carry gas to Europe again. Yet quietly, this ‘toxic asset' is on its way back. - 2026/03 / article, 2026/03 nordstream... Read more »

Keir Starmer’s complicity in the illegal US-Israeli war started in January when British and American assets started moving to the Middle East   The post How Britain is involved in Trump’s Iran war appeared first on Declassified UK.... Read more »

Exclusive: Scottish factory helps make US Tomahawk missiles reportedly used in attack on the Minab compound in Iran, where over 100 children were killed. The post Did Trump bomb Iranian schoolgirls with UK-made weaponry? appeared first on Declassified UK.... Read more »

Long before a drone struck RAF Akrotiri, opposition to one of Britain’s last colonial outposts was already growing in Cyprus The post Inside the Cypriot campaign to kick out British bases appeared first on Declassified UK.... Read more »

From where they are exactly to the laws governing them, here’s what we need to know to hold the UK government accountable for Trump's use of British bases The post ‘We deserve to know the truth’: 11 questions about US bases in Britain appeared first on Declassified UK.... Read more »

Sir Richard Dalton tells Declassified that US and Israel failed to take break up of Iran and its consequences into account The post Iran could be next Syria, warns former British ambassador appeared first on Declassified UK.... Read more »

Exclusive: Documents expose how Sir Trevor Chinn, who has funded Keir Starmer and Labour Together, was awarded Israel’s highest civilian honour The post How Labour megadonor won Israeli medal of honour appeared first on Declassified UK.... Read more »

American warplanes are transiting through UK military bases en route to the Middle East. Why is Britain allowing it? The post Campaigners condemn Starmer’s secrecy over US attack on Iran appeared first on Declassified UK.... Read more »

Officials initially blocked us from holding a press pass, citing the ‘particular standpoint’ of our Gaza investigations The post Declassified wins battle over access to Parliament appeared first on Declassified UK.... Read more »

Britain is running an aid project helping Ukraine prepare to join Nato and opening up the country to UK businesses The post UK aid still helping Ukraine join Nato appeared first on Declassified UK.... Read more »

Hong Kong police and a bomb disposal unit were deployed to a residential area in Happy Valley on Wednesday afternoon after a driver spotted a suspected wartime grenade lodged on a hillside. Police received a report at about 1.40pm from a driver passing the Villa Monte Rosa housing estate on... Read more »

India has relaxed curbs on Chinese investments in certain sectors to attract more foreign capital, as Beijing and New Delhi continue to gradually repair their economic relationship after years of tense relations. In a cabinet statement released on Tuesday, New Delhi introduced a fast-track approval mechanism for investments from land-bordering... Read more »

We have put together stories from our coverage of China’s ongoing “two sessions”. If you would like to see more of our reporting, please consider subscribing. 1. Taiwan, trade war, PLA and AI: Li Qiang lays out priorities at ‘two sessions’ China’s premier pledged to champion “orderly” multipolarism and “inclusive”... Read more »

A former Hong Kong opposition district councillor has been jailed for three years and nine months for handling HK$590,000 (US$75,409) in telephone scam proceeds on behalf of a fraud syndicate, saying he wanted to earn quick cash to repay his gambling debts and cover his father’s medical expenses. Sheep Wong... Read more »

How does a missile strike on a Qatari gas plant end up raising the price of rice in Bangladesh? The answer is fertiliser, an unglamorous commodity that nevertheless sustains much of what the world eats. Qatar burns natural gas to produce ammonia. Ammonia is converted into urea. Urea goes into... Read more »

Geely Auto has gained the upper hand in mainland China’s intensifying automotive sector, as its diverse product line-up pays off after electric vehicle (EV) king BYD suffered a setback following partial withdrawal of a tax break. Controlled by Chinese billionaire Li Shufu, Geely overtook BYD in sales during the first... Read more »

Iran’s new Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei is “safe and sound” despite reports of an injury during the war with Israel and the United States, said the son of the Iranian president on Wednesday. “I heard news that Mr Mojtaba Khamenei had been injured. I have asked some friends who had... Read more »

We have put together stories from our coverage on science from the past two weeks to help you stay informed. If you would like to see more of our reporting, please consider subscribing. 1. Could Iran war confirm China’s prediction on US military’s hypersonic nightmare? On the same day the... Read more »

British Airways and Deutsche Lufthansa are adding flights to Asia amid increased long-haul demand as customers seek alternatives to Middle East carriers hamstrung by airspace closures at home. BA will operate more flights from London to Singapore and Bangkok this week, using aircraft that currently are not needed in the... Read more »

Taiwan’s defence ministry has received a US letter of offer and acceptance (LOA) for 82 Himars rocket launchers, according to officials, who said the deal must be signed by March 26 as other pending arms contracts near expiry. Speaking before a legislative session on Tuesday, Wellington Koo Li-hsiung, the island’s... Read more »

China should bring in judges from overseas and expand arbitration pilot programmes to extend the international reach of its legal system, according to a former senior justice official. Xiong Xuanguo, who was vice-minister of justice from 2016 to 2023, said China’s legal system was not integrated with others around the... Read more »

In his decades toiling as a health official in a coastal Chinese province, Alan Chen has rarely had to study a subject about which he knew so little. “Nd is Neodymium. It is needed for almost all modern EV motors. China dominates the refining of Nd oxide. Dy is Dysprosium.... Read more »

China will enact a law to combat cross-border corruption this year, according to the top legislature’s work report released on Monday – a move aimed at preventing corruption by companies overseas, which some experts said could shield them from foreign “long-arm jurisdiction”. The work report, submitted by the National People’s... Read more »

US President Donald Trump will not go to any cities beyond Beijing during his visit to China scheduled for late this month because of his tight schedule and security concerns, according to sources familiar with the matter. Several sources, who declined to be named due to the sensitivity of the... Read more »

China’s highest court says that while it handles AI-related cases with care it has allowed room for the country’s artificial intelligence industry to innovate and make mistakes, according to its annual report. Supreme People’s Court president Zhang Jun told the National People’s Congress (NPC), China’s top legislative body, on Monday... Read more »

Beijing has hailed as a success the sentencing and execution of leaders of a Myanmar crime syndicate, vowing to punish all who harm the rights of Chinese citizens overseas. During a plenary meeting of the National People’s Congress (NPC) on Monday, Zhang Jun, president of the Supreme People’s Court, said... Read more »

China’s top diplomat has cast his country as “an irreplaceable mainstay” amid global upheaval, rejecting any suggestion of a US-China G2 duopoly for global co-leadership as a replay of disastrous great-power rivalries. Instead, against the backdrop of the escalating Iran conflict and Washington’s renewed trade wars, Wang Yi renewed Beijing’s... Read more »

Beijing’s top diplomat has issued a stark warning against any attempt to thwart reunification with Taiwan and repeated his country’s criticism of Tokyo, dimming hopes that the diplomatic row sparked by Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s comments on Taiwan would come to an end any time soon. The comments by... Read more »

by 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 »

by 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 »

by 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 »

by 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 »

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 »

by Mark Curtis, Declassified UK, 15 September 2025 Britain colluded with a militia in the Kosovo war whose leaders now face war crimes charges in The Hague. Will UK officials ever be held to account? On 28 April 1999, prime minister Tony Blair’s adviser John Sawers wrote a memo to... Read more »

by Mark Curtis, Declassified UK, 15 August 2025 Declassified files show Britain has long known of Israel’s criminality against Palestinians, as Whitehall has deepened its military, trade and diplomatic support. The parallels are remarkable.  There were “numerous reports that the Israeli authorities have prevented medical and other humanitarian assistance from... Read more »

by Mark Curtis, Declassified UK, 5 August 2025 Downing Street files show Tony Blair was prepared to allow Israel to take over part of the West Bank and to give Israel a “privileged” alliance with Nato and the European Union. Tony Blair considered establishing a “privileged Israeli partnership” with Nato... Read more »

by Mark Curtis, Declassified UK, 9 July 2025 The Home Office briefed the Times that Palestine Action could be funded by Iran, and then UK media kicked into action spreading the story. The proscription of Palestine Action took place alongside claims made in sections of the British media that the... Read more »

About half of Americans (53%) said in a summer 2025 survey that they had seen a movie in theaters in the past year.... Read more »

In the aftermath of the U.S. and Israeli attacks in Iran, here are seven facts about Iranians living in the U.S.... Read more »

Nearly everyone in Indonesia, as well as the vast majority of people in Kenya, India and South Africa, say it’s necessary to believe in God to be moral.... Read more »

About Pew Research Center’s Spring 2025 Global Attitudes Survey Results for the survey are based on a mix of telephone, face-to-face and online interviews conducted under the direction of Gallup, Langer Research Associates and Social Research Centre. The results are based on national samples unless otherwise noted. Read more about... Read more »

Pew Research Center is a subsidiary of The Pew Charitable Trusts, its primary funder. This report is a collaborative effort based on the input and analysis of the following individuals: Primary research team Jonathan Evans, Senior ResearcherKirsten Lesage, Research AssociateManolo Corichi, Research AnalystWilliam Miner, Research AnalystAndrew Prozorovsky, Research AssistantJulia Armeli,... Read more »

For this analysis, we grouped people into two political categories: those who support the governing political party (or parties) in their country, and those who do not. These categories were coded based on the party or parties in power at the time the survey was fielded and on respondents’ answers... Read more »

Across 25 countries, Americans are the most likely to see the morality and ethics of people in their country as somewhat or very bad.... Read more »

People who live in the American South continue to be more religious, on average, than residents of the Midwest, Northeast and West.... Read more »

Women are currently the head of government in 13 of the 193 member countries of the United Nations.... Read more »

Elected officials desperately want to cast our war with Iran as an “intervention” or “operation.” Don’t let them get away with it. The post It’s a War With Iran, Not an “Intervention” appeared first on The Intercept.... Read more »

The Israeli military has closed checkpoints around the West Bank, restricting Palestinians’ movement as settler violence ramps up. The post With World’s Eyes on Iran, Israel Locks Down the West Bank appeared first on The Intercept.... Read more »

The far-right Center for Security Policy, led by anti-Muslim activist Frank Gaffney, is best known for pedaling conspiracy theories. The post Islamophobic Think Tank Helped Write Indictment Against ICE Protesters appeared first on The Intercept.... Read more »

“It would be inappropriate to comment given the incident is under investigation,” CENTCOM told The Intercept. The post U.S. Military Refuses to Endorse Trump Claim That Iran Bombed Girls’ School appeared first on The Intercept.... Read more »

Israeli bombing left cars in Gaza immobile and roads impassable. The assault on Iran has only spiked prices and worsened conditions. The post Israel Destroyed Gaza’s Roads and Transit. Now, We Walk Everywhere. appeared first on The Intercept.... Read more »

OpenAI says Americans shouldn’t worry about the ethics of its new Pentagon contract. You’ll have to take their word for it (and Pete Hegseth’s). The post OpenAI on Surveillance and Autonomous Killings: You’re Going to Have to Trust Us appeared first on The Intercept.... Read more »

The policy has been in place for at least a year — but school security keeps letting ICE agents in. The post Columbia Flouted Its Own Policies and Let ICE Into University Buildings appeared first on The Intercept.... Read more »

DHS has built a national police force with massive surveillance capabilities — which it could use to interfere with our elections. The post ICE Poses a Real Threat to Our Elections appeared first on The Intercept.... Read more »

Intercept senior editor Ali Gharib discusses the human and political toll of the Israel–U.S. war on Iran with Séamus Malekafzali. The post Trump’s War to Nowhere appeared first on The Intercept.... Read more »

The Trump Administration has lent one of its top lawyers to argue a case in front of the Supreme Court in favor of the discredited practice.... Read more »

In his four-time Oscar nominated thriller, director Kleber Mendonça Filho explores the period of Brazil’s military dictatorship.... Read more »

Words from populist author, public speaker, and radio commentator Jim Hightower.... Read more »

A true affordability agenda should raise wages. Unions and collective bargaining can help achieve that.... Read more »

As the U.S. government pushes the kingpin strategy, residents of Guadalajara face ongoing violence and uncertainty.... Read more »

An Oscar-nominated documentary film chronicles the life and death of journalist Brent Renaud.... Read more »

Amid uncertainty and danger, students find confidence in Alsama’s school and athletic programs.... Read more »

Four ways billionaire investors are making daily life more expensive for all of us — and what to do about it.... Read more »

The humanitarian agency laid off hundreds of employees, leaving many without income and hope.... Read more »

In the second week of an inept narcissist's spiraling war - not even of choice but of whim - that's killed over 1,500 people and wreaked widespread havoc, almost as grotesque as the witless carnage itself is the "slopaganda" issuing almost daily from a White House evidently run by 14-year-old... Read more »

A new analysislysis from the Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) finds that this coming Monday (March 9) is the day that million-dollar earners stop contributing to Social Security – a milestone that serves as a reminder that the program’s finances could be greatly improved by lifting the cap... Read more »

The latest jobs report shows the United States lost 92,000 jobs in February 2026, with prior months revised down by 69,000 jobs. The unemployment rate remains elevated at 4.4% and is near its highest levels in 4 years. The February report reveals a labor market that is barely hanging on... Read more »

Public Citizen sent a letter today calling upon the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) to investigate highly suspicious bets placed on the outcome of the recent American-Israeli military assault on Iran and the death of Iran’s Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Using platforms such as Kalshi and Polymarket, certain users have been... Read more »

The Federal Reserve released its February 2026 Beige Book, providing an updated snapshot of economic conditions across all 12 Federal Reserve Districts. A growing share of districts reported flat or declining activity as economic uncertainty and price sensitivity weighed on consumer spending alongside rising housing and food insecurities.The report paints... Read more »

Our latest senseless illegal war against brown people, born of ever-shifting lies and fought by the sons of the blithe un-rich, is Trump's ultimate Wag-the-Dog distraction from his crimes, failures and pedophilia at home. Having oafishly declared the Iran regime “a vicious group of very hard, terrible people” - pot/kettle... Read more »

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP), and Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) today introduced the Make Billionaires Pay Their Fair Share Act, legislation that would establish a 5% annual wealth tax on the 938 billionaires in America — who are... Read more »

Most memorable about this week's longest, basest, game-show SOTU, a toxic, lying, us-and-them hate fest: The rowdy multitude of responses from a populace "defying the lie that we are powerless." Bigly upstaging a goalie's Medal of Freedom was "a marathon of truth-telling," from a cogent Dem response to the Portland... Read more »

On Thursday, the Warner Bros. Discovery board decided to abandon its plans to sell the company to Netflix in favor of a Paramount Skydance bid.In addition to offering $31-per-share to purchase the massive entertainment and news conglomerate, Paramount agreed to pay a $2.8 billion breakup fee to Netflix to walk... Read more »

Our modern world was born from destruction — and no more so than in North America, which historian Clifton Crais describes as the most violent place on the planet in the 18th and 19th centuries. Crais describes what he calls the Mortecene against humans and the rest of nature. Clifton... Read more »

The global rise of the authoritarian right has confounded classification and led to contentious debates on the left. Do politicians like Modi, Bolsonaro, Orban, and Trump represent an extreme form of right-wing populism? Or are they fascists, as some claim? Historian and scholar of populism and fascism Federico Finchelstein argues... Read more »

For 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: Humans and Ancient Trees appeared... Read more »

It’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 »

Capitalism by its nature produces crises and, for the last century, states have responded by imposing austerity measures on the public. Economist Clara Mattei argues that austerity is actually a bludgeon to entrench elite power and repress workers’ aspirations for a more egalitarian society. She discusses its origins—and that of... Read more »

It’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 »

Ancient Greece and Rome are venerated throughout our society — including by the far right. Is this a misappropriation and misuse of the ideals of Greco-Roman antiquity? Classical scholar Curtis Dozier argues that when white nationalists appeal to ancient thinkers to justify their reactionary ideas, there is surprisingly much to... Read more »

Entomologist Douglas Tallamy discusses what we can do to stem the extinction crisis — the loss of habitat and plant and animal species — by transforming the places where we live. Please donate in support of KPFA and Against the Grain. The post Fund Drive Special: Saving and Restoring Nature... Read more »

Capitalism has transformed the world like no other force, which historian Sven Beckert calls a fundamental break in human history. Beckert traces the emergence and expansion of capitalism, arguing that we can best understand the present by coming to terms with its past. Please donate in support of KPFA and... Read more »

Peace and development are the shared aspirations of people on both sides of the Taiwan Strait, Xu Kewei, a member of the 14th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, said on Wednesday.... Read more »

China's special envoy for Middle East affairs on Tuesday reiterated the importance of a ceasefire and end to hostilities in the Gulf region, amid fears that the ongoing conflict between Iran and the United States and Israel could lead to further destabilization.... Read more »

Israel is not seeking an endless war with Iran and will coordinate with the United States on when to end the fighting, Foreign Minister Gideon Saar said on Tuesday, declining to publicly state a timeline for when the conflict could end.... Read more »

Fuel shortages in Cuba have triggered a humanitarian crisis with the island nation's health system approaching a critical point, a UN spokesman said Tuesday.... Read more »

In a wide-ranging exclusive interview with China Media Group in Tehran on Tuesday, Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei addressed the regional situation and the latest developments in the ongoing conflict involving the US, Israel and Iran.... Read more »

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Tuesday held a phone conversation with Pakistani Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mohammad Ishaq Dar over the current situation in Iran.... Read more »

OpenClaw, the open-source AI assistant that reached 250,000 GitHub stars in 90 days, is the latest hot topic in China but also faces security warnings after researchers found 40,000 vulnerable instances online.... Read more »

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Tuesday that China calls for an immediate ceasefire in the Middle East and efforts toward a political solution, and supports Gulf countries in taking the future of the region in their own hands.... Read more »

EU President: Russia 'only winner' of Middle East conflict... Read more »

Peace and development are the shared aspirations of people on both sides of the Taiwan Strait, Xu Kewei, a member of the 14th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, said on Wednesday.... Read more »

China's special envoy for Middle East affairs on Tuesday reiterated the importance of a ceasefire and end to hostilities in the Gulf region, amid fears that the ongoing conflict between Iran and the United States and Israel could lead to further destabilization.... Read more »

Xi Jinping attends closing meeting of top political advisory body's annual session... Read more »

The fourth session of the 14th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), China's top political advisory body, held its closing meeting on Wednesday morning.... Read more »

Fuel shortages in Cuba have triggered a humanitarian crisis with the island nation's health system approaching a critical point, a UN spokesman said Tuesday.... Read more »

In a wide-ranging exclusive interview with China Media Group in Tehran on Tuesday, Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei addressed the regional situation and the latest developments in the ongoing conflict involving the US, Israel and Iran.... Read more »

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Tuesday held a phone conversation with Pakistani Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mohammad Ishaq Dar over the current situation in Iran.... Read more »

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Tuesday that China calls for an immediate ceasefire in the Middle East and efforts toward a political solution, and supports Gulf countries in taking the future of the region in their own hands.... Read more »

EU President: Russia 'only winner' of Middle East conflict... Read more »

China's urbanization is shifting toward higher quality and optimized structure.... Read more »

Energy market fallout from US-Israel strikes on Iran... Read more »

China's foreign trade surged 18.3% year-on-year in the first two months of 2026, marking a robust start to the year.... Read more »

How a cable car's changed lives in China's remote minority community... Read more »

China's consumer price index (CPI), a main gauge of inflation, rose 1.3% year-on-year last month, official data showed on Monday.... Read more »

Chinese manufacturers look to expand into US markets... Read more »

The significance of institutional opening-up goes beyond aligning with global standards. It is about creating a transparent, predictable, and inclusive environment that not only attracts international partners but also strengthens China's own economic resilience.... Read more »

China cautions Nexperia over risks to chip supply chain... Read more »

During the 15th Five-Year Plan period, China will continue to improve the foreign investment environment, Chen Lei, head of the Department of Development Planning of NDRC said on Saturday.... Read more »

Canada has taken a historic step toward economic equity and social inclusion with the rollout of the Canada Disability Benefit... Read more »

As Singapore continues its planned increase in the Goods and Services Tax (GST) from 7% to 9%... Read more »

As of March 2025, Canada’s Open Work Permit (OWP) program has undergone significant changes aimed at simplifying the process... Read more »

As Australians continue to grapple with the growing burden of daily expenses... Read more »

Canada's Digital Nomad Visa is more than just a temporary travel allowance... Read more »

The core aim of the WIS scheme is to supplement the income and retirement savings of lower-earning Singaporeans... Read more »

This sum ensures that retirees receive a stable monthly income throughout their golden years.... Read more »

Australian households are set to benefit from a substantial energy rebate... Read more »

One of the standout changes is the introduction of a 90-day visa-free travel opportunity for Indian nationals beginning in January 2025.... Read more »

“The timeline of it, how things have gone this year, and how there are all these Western countries supporting the bombing of Iran and other wars—this is a lead-up to world war.”... Read more »

In spite of the nurses’ powerful position, the 41 day strike ended with a betrayal, demonstrating the need for rank-and-file committees to take struggles out of the hands of the union bureaucracy.... Read more »

The six-month strike by 750 hospital nurses and case workers in Grand Blanc, Michigan, has come to a fundamental crossroads.... Read more »

Contrary to the president’s claims, Colombo is functioning as a compliant intermediary for the diplomatic and strategic objectives of the US and Israel in the war of extermination against Iran.... Read more »

The growth target for this year has been set at a range between 4.5 and 5 percent, down from last year's target of “around 5 percent” and the lowest since 1991.... Read more »

This criminal war of aggression is systematically enabled by the US media and theDemocratic Party, whose leaders have endorsed the murder of Iranian officials, provided political cover for the Trump regime and funded the war.... Read more »

The joint military operation launched last week is turning Ecuador into a fascist laboratory for Trump’s hemispheric war drive and preparations for military dictatorships.... Read more »

As the sixth anniversary of the WHO pandemic declaration passes with total media silence, wastewater data, excess death estimates and new research on Long COVID reveal an ongoing public health catastrophe sustained by bipartisan political decisions.... Read more »

In an interview, the film’s young director correctly noted: “We can’t really understand the German judicial system without taking its Nazi past into account."... Read more »

How China is rewriting the contract between humanity and nature... Read more »

Peace and development are the shared aspirations of people on both sides of the Taiwan Strait, Xu Kewei, a member of the 14th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, said on Wednesday.... Read more »

China's special envoy for Middle East affairs on Tuesday reiterated the importance of a ceasefire and end to hostilities in the Gulf region, amid fears that the ongoing conflict between Iran and the United States and Israel could lead to further destabilization.... Read more »

Xi Jinping attends closing meeting of top political advisory body's annual session... Read more »

The fourth session of the 14th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), China's top political advisory body, held its closing meeting on Wednesday morning.... Read more »

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Tuesday held a phone conversation with Pakistani Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mohammad Ishaq Dar over the current situation in Iran.... Read more »

OpenClaw, the open-source AI assistant that reached 250,000 GitHub stars in 90 days, is the latest hot topic in China but also faces security warnings after researchers found 40,000 vulnerable instances online.... Read more »

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Tuesday that China calls for an immediate ceasefire in the Middle East and efforts toward a political solution, and supports Gulf countries in taking the future of the region in their own hands.... Read more »

The remains of Song Ping, a former senior official of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and the state, were cremated in Beijing on Tuesday.... Read more »

Why do we care about China's Two Sessions 2026?... Read more »

Innovation flows from the people, back to the people. From village elders to city youth, everyone shares the rewards. This isn't zero-sum competition. It's whole-process people's democracy.... Read more »

Within less than 80 years, China's average life expectancy has more than doubled from about 35 to 79.25 in 2025.... Read more »

In an era where global politics is often defined by confrontation and unpredictability, the emphasis on long-term planning and cooperative development emerging from Beijing offers an alternative perspective.... Read more »

Today, the Cold War is over, but its structural dynamics persist. The strikes on Iran were not an anomaly; they were the beta test for a new way of war.... Read more »

Data transparency for green growth... Read more »

Is China's economy really in trouble like the Western media depict?... Read more »

Education is the nexus where people's aspirations for a better life meet the nation's strategic needs for talent and innovation.... Read more »

In an era challenged by geopolitical rivalry and uncertainty, China is positioning itself as a proponent of multilateral cooperation.... Read more »

Real civilization is not easily severed by bombings. For a country that has yet to experience the passage of millennia, even as it tries to claim a place within one of them, the resilience of civilization may seem unfathomable.... Read more »

Xin Lili, artistic director of the Shanghai Ballet, emphasized that artists should serve the public and highlighted the troupe's long-term commitment to public welfare and grassroots art education.... Read more »

Yang Lei, director of the hit historical drama Swords Into Plowshares, is expected to direct a new TV drama series Celestial North, which will focus on the development of China's BeiDou navigation satellite system over the decades.... Read more »

Paragliding is bringing a new kind of excitement to the countryside of Anji County in east China's Zhejiang Province.... Read more »

Movie fans flocked to a special open day in Ningbo City, Zhejiang Province, visiting the real‑life industrial filming location of the hit racing-comedy film "Pegasus 3."... Read more »

As society advances and the pace of life accelerates, a fascinating shift is happening: toys are outgrowing the playroom.... Read more »

Artists from a folk art troupe in Shigatse, Xizang presented a grand celebration at the Xiangyunwan Cultural and Tourist Scenic Area in Hubei Province.... Read more »

On the sidelines of the 14th National People's Congress, CGTN's Yang Yan spoke with deputy Wang Jiapeng, the founder of United World College Changshu China, which brings together students from over 100 countries.... Read more »

At a group discussion among CPPCC members from the cultural and art sectors during China's Two Sessions, CGTN reporter Yang Yan interviewed Feng Yuanzheng, president of the Beijing People's Art Theatre.... Read more »

OpenClaw, the open-source AI assistant that reached 250,000 GitHub stars in 90 days, is the latest hot topic in China but also faces security warnings after researchers found 40,000 vulnerable instances online.... Read more »

In lunar program, China eyes cooperation where US sees competition... Read more »

China's internet emergency center issues OpenClaw security alert... Read more »

Chinese scientists improve lunar chemistry map using far-side data... Read more »

China's first integrated large-scale fracturing vessel delivered... Read more »

Family sues ChatGPT-maker OpenAI over school shooting in Canada... Read more »

How China is stopping a desert from swallowing a lake... Read more »

Fujian's technological leap: Building a core innovation hub in China... Read more »

China possesses the world's largest scale of maritime fleet and the world's largest cluster of world-class ports, said Ni Di, senior captain of China COSCO Shipping Corporation Ltd, on Monday.... Read more »

More than two decades ago, the illegal war against Iraq was cooked in the dens of the Pentagon by Israel-first ideologues and sold to the American public through mass propaganda. The current war is, in some ways, even more brazen.... Read more »

Founded in 1940, the Center on Conscience and War provides guidance to military service members pursuing a conscientious objector (CO) status or a discharge.... Read more »

A fake scandal involving Rama Duwaji’s Instagram likes reveals how desperate pro-Israel pundits are grasping at straws as support for the country plummets in the U.S.... Read more »

Trump, Israel can't agree on when to stop war ■ Trump, Hegseth can't agree: is war over, or just getting started? ■ Iran threatens to assassinate Trump ■ Journalist killed in Gaza ■ No peace in WBank... Read more »

"Israel’s widespread use of white phosphorus in south Lebanon is putting civilians at grave risk and contributing to civilian displacement... While phosphorous inflicts death or cruel injuries that result in lifelong suffering. It can set homes, agricultural areas, and other civilian objects on fire."... Read more »

Corporate media of all stripes have rushed to support the U.S./Israeli attack on Iran, throwing objectivity and accuracy by the wayside in order to manufacture consent for regime change. ... Read more »

Inside the hospitals, severe pre-war shortages of equipment and staff have turned the wards into internal battlefields.... Read more »

The embers of resistance – in Gaza, Iraq, Lebanon, Syria, Yemen - have not been snuffed out. With the attack on Iran, they are being fanned into a fire... Read more »

At its root, the assault on Iran is inseparable from the question of Palestine... Read more »

Congress must not permit a dollar more of public money to be spent on this catastrophic war of choice. The post Not Another Dollar for the U.S. War on Iran appeared first on Institute for Policy Studies.... Read more »

Nearly a decade before she was the public face of DHS, Noem’s tall tales about the estate tax helped gut one of the few remaining checks on elite fortunes. The post Adios Kristi! Noem’s Long History of Lying to Protect the Powerful appeared first on Institute for Policy Studies.... Read more »

Four ways billionaire investors are making daily life more expensive for all of us — and what to do about it. The post How Billionaires Worsen Affordability Crisis appeared first on Institute for Policy Studies.... Read more »

The detailed analysis shows how these firms are enriching their CEOs while paying their workers so little that a significant share have to rely on SNAP and Medicaid and struggle to afford other basic necessities. The post New Report Analyzes America’s 20 Largest Low-Wage Employers and the Affordability Crisis  appeared... Read more »

Low wages are a key driver of the affordability crisis. These 20 firms pay poverty wages while enriching CEOs. The post America’s 20 Largest Low-Wage Employers and the Affordability Crisis appeared first on Institute for Policy Studies.... Read more »

Trump has brought the full extent of the war machine out into the open. Let’s channel public anger into organizing. The post Trump Has Made the US War Machine a Spectacle – and It’s Spectacularly Unpopular appeared first on Institute for Policy Studies.... Read more »

We initially found nearly $60 million a day in costs for weapons systems, but the total costs are much higher. The post FACT SHEET: How Much Is the War in Iran Costing American Taxpayers? appeared first on Institute for Policy Studies.... Read more »

The US has waged many wars—but this is one of the most senseless we’ve ever seen. The post The US Attacks Iran in a War of Aggression appeared first on Institute for Policy Studies.... Read more »

As the White House takes the U.S. to war, here are five reasons to oppose the attacks on Iran. The post It’s the Trump Administration That’s Threatening the World—Not Iran appeared first on Institute for Policy Studies.... Read more »

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 »

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 »

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 »

Most media outlets focused on profiling the shooter—who was transgender—treating the shooting as an isolated case rather than part of a larger, systemic issue.... Read more »

Most outlets accepted Israel’s premise that any number of bystanders can legitimately be killed in order to target a supposed Hamas member.... Read more »

Gaza's conditions of famine have been out in the open for well over a year, and yet it was considered barely newsworthy in US news media.... Read more »

56% of Americans opposed Trump’s bombing. Why wasn’t this reflected in the range of opinions presented by America’s top press outlets?... Read more »

Even while feigning concern, the paper of record remains largely uninterested in centering trans people and perspectives in coverage of trans issues.... Read more »

A FAIR study found that CNN’s primetime coverage of the Los Angeles anti-ICE protests in early June rarely included the voices of the protesters themselves.... Read more »

How Europe's Economic 'Center Of Gravity' Has Shifted Since 1950 Europe’s economic balance point has been slowly drifting east for decades. This map traces the continent’s GDP-weighted “center of gravity” from 1950 to 2022, showing how Europe’s economic core has shifted from near Cologne toward Munich over time. The visualization,... Read more »

European Parliament Committee Backs Tougher Asylum Return Rules In Right-Wing Migration Win Authored by Thomas Brooke via Remix News, The European Parliament’s Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs voted on Monday to adopt a harder line on asylum returns. The committee voted 41 to 32, with one abstention,... Read more »

Dozens Of Oil Tankers Divert To Red Sea As Saudis Reroute Crude Flows From Hormuz Chokepoint Despite continued disruption at the Strait of Hormuz chokepoint, maritime traffic has not fully collapsed. More ships transiting the Strait with transponders turned off https://t.co/PpEsenCVCE — zerohedge (@zerohedge) March 10, 2026 On Tuesday afternoon,... Read more »

European Taxpayers Warn Against Eurobonds: A Looming Fiscal Trap Submitted by Thomas Kolbe In public debate, the introduction of joint European bonds, Eurobonds, has so far often been dismissed as a fantasy. That the European Taxpayers’ Association has now issued a clear warning against joint debt issuance should give critics... Read more »

We Must Invest In Civics For America's 250th Authored by Hans Zeiger via RealClearEducation, The second week of March is Civic Learning Week. It’s an annual observance marked by civics advocates with webinars, social media campaigns, and a big conference known as the National Forum, organized by the nonprofit iCivics.... Read more »

$330 Million In U.S. Reaper Drones Suffer Grim Fate In Operation Epic Fury CBS News sources confirmed that over the eleven-day course of Operation Epic Fury, the U.S. lost eleven General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper drones. At roughly $30 million apiece, the losses likely cost taxpayers more than $330 million. The... Read more »

ADHD May Not Be A Disorder After All Authored by Amy Denney via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Isaac’s energy level, enthusiasm, and talkativeness were too much—at least for a traditional classroom. He had been diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD); one psychologist explained that he had a high... Read more »

Trump Willing To Kill New Ayatollah If He Doesn't Cede To US Demands It remains increasingly difficult to interpret President Trump, or to take his words at face value, especially when it comes to back-and-forth with reporters on the Iran war and future aims and plans. For example, on Monday,... Read more »

Why Fusion Energy Needs To Be American Born - Now More Than Ever Authored by Lawrence Kadish via the Gatestone Institute, The Strait of Hormuz is closed to shipping. Qatar's energy minister -- who, not surprisingly, appears to be lobbying on the side of Iran -- is warning that the... Read more »

We at least know now that the fuse for the Trump administration's destruction is lit and burning fast.Yes, the Epstein Files loom larger almost by the day, with allegations that Donald Trump attacked a 13-year-old girl, reporting on Epstein's possible murder and its cover-up, and new stories about Epstein's ranch... Read more »

President Donald Trump appointed Erika Kirk, widow of late Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk, to the U.S. Air Force Academy Board of Visitors, the position her husband was set to hold before his September assassination. The appointment triggered significant social media backlash, with critics questioning Kirk's qualifications. Kirk has... Read more »

Sen. Lindsey Graham intervened during a Senate Banking Committee hearing on Tuesday after Sen. Bernie Moreno attacked Democratic witnesses and colleague Sen. Jeff Merkley without allowing him to respond. Moreno mocked the witnesses' position on immigration law and criticized their qualifications. When Merkley attempted to respond, Moreno refused to let... Read more »

CNN host Abby Phillip silenced a MAGA columnist on Tuesday's broadcast of "NewsNight" who was defending recent comments from two GOP lawmakers that Phillip described as "anti-Muslim bigotry." Phillip and Lydia Moynihan, a correspondent at The New York Post, got into a heated back-and-forth during a panel discussion about recent... Read more »

House Speaker Mike Johnson delivered a contentious pitch to voters Tuesday at President Donald Trump's Florida resort, calling it "foolish" to vote against Republican candidates in November. This comes as an NBC News poll shows Democrats well-positioned to retake the House, with some Republicans fearing Senate losses too. Even Sen.... Read more »

Attorney General Pam Bondi has moved into military housing after facing growing threats from cartels and irate Americans, according to a new report. The New York Times reported on Tuesday that Bondi moved out of her Washington, D.C. apartment and moved into a military base in the area. The report... Read more »

One of President Donald Trump's allies in Congress left political analysts aghast on Tuesday after making a startling admission during a Fox News interview. Rep. James Comer (R-KY) joined Jesse Watters on "Jesse Watters Prime Time," where the two discussed the ongoing investigation into disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein's ranch in... Read more »

An FBI memo from a 2020 interview documents a woman's account of her sexual assault. In the early 2000s, when she was 16 years old, Jeffrey Epstein took advantage of the then minor while on a speakerphone call with Donald Trump, the memo said. The woman, recruited by Epstein as... Read more »

Energy Secretary Chris Wright lit up the internet Tuesday after his social media post about Navy tanker escorts sent oil markets into a frenzy.The post, which has since been deleted, left Wall Street reeling from what one expert called "an unforgivable error," according to the Wall Street Journal. The tweet,... Read more »

For many years, Senator Charles Schumer demanded tougher and tougher sanctions on the people of Iran, as he shamelessly documents on his own website. He insisted on a Cuba-like blockade, punishing and deterring any company or nation from providing life support to Iran. He predicted, ludicrously but proudly, that such... Read more »

Anthropological confirmation of primitive communism When Marx and Engels proclaimed that the first human societies practiced ”primitive communism” they hardly had much company. In the first half of the 20th century two exceptions were the archeologist V. Gordon Childe and later on the anthropologist Leslie White. It was only in... Read more »

Releasing the Epstein Files, without holding the exposed individuals and institutions accountable, will embolden rapists and pedophiles. Transparency alone is not justice. If we don’t hold these monsters accountable, we will have allowed them to brag to all the world that they got away with rape, pedophilia, and human trafficking.... Read more »

Governor of the Mykolaiv Region of Ukraine, Vitaly Kim [Source: alamy.com] In February 2026, Zelensky’s key political ally, Mykolaiv Governor Vitaliy Kim, slammed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in an interview with British media outlet The Independent, saying that people are more important than territory. “Land is important, but people are... Read more »

“It’s not meant to be happening here.” Louise Starkey, an Australian influencer in Dubai posted those words to the internet in response to Iranian missiles hitting the United Arab Emirates. The adverb says everything. Life is forever nice “here” because all the crimes we commit “there” are denied a response... Read more »

After the first paragraph of The Fugitive Slave Act of 1793 (included in the U.S. Constitution and revised in 1850, but not repealed until 1864), and “Saving America by Saving the Family Act: A Foundation for the Next 250 Years” by The Heritage Foundation, January 8, 2026 Be it enacted,... Read more »

Wars can distract, and for leaders in political purgatory, they can be particularly useful. It remains to be seen whether the UK’s increasing involvement in the illegal war being waged on Iran by Israel and the United States will serve that purpose. Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer, the great saviour... Read more »

In response to a question by a NBC reporter, Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi rejected US president Donald Trump’s format of a China-United States hegemony. Instead, Wang affirmed China’s anti-hegemony and pro-multipolarity positions. Said Wang, [W]e should not forget there are more than 190 countries on our planet. World history... Read more »

Britain’s role in the recent machinations of the US empire has been central, despite going underreported and little criticised. Britain has a significant hand in the ongoing US war of aggression against Iran and their recent invasion of Venezuela. Britain’s empire and overseas bases, and associated intelligence and surveillance capabilities,... Read more »

Multiple news outlets have reported that video, satellite images and expert analysis indicate that the United States was likely responsible for the Feb. 28 bombing of an Iranian school for young girls, contradicting President Donald Trump's unsupported claim that the deadly strike "was done by Iran." The post Without Providing... Read more »

During a speech in South Carolina on Feb. 27, Joe Biden touted his record as president while criticizing his successor, President Donald Trump. But during his remarks, Biden made a number of false, misleading or exaggerated claims. The post Biden Makes Flawed Comparisons with Trump appeared first on FactCheck.org.... Read more »

During her confirmation hearing to become surgeon general, Dr. Casey Means had various back-and-forths with senators, who pressed her on topics related to vaccines, her qualifications and disclosure of her conflicts of interest. We looked into the sometimes-dueling claims from Means and the senators. The post FactChecking Claims in Casey... Read more »

In discussing his reasoning for launching U.S. airstrikes on Iran, President Donald Trump said, "An Iranian regime armed with long-range missiles and nuclear weapons would be a dire threat to every American." But arms control experts have disputed his claim that Iran "soon" could have missiles capable of reaching the... Read more »

Many Democrats have claimed that President Donald Trump didn’t have the legal authority to unilaterally order the Feb. 28 joint military airstrikes with Israel that resulted in the death of the supreme leader of Iran, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. We'll review what experts already told us in similar past cases. The post... Read more »

In the first State of the Union address of his second term, President Donald Trump proclaimed that "our nation is back, bigger, better, richer and stronger than ever before." But our review of his speech found that he distorted a number of facts about the state of the economy, health... Read more »

In recent weeks, President Donald Trump has made a series of claims about the economy, a topic that should feature prominently in his State of the Union address to Congress on Feb. 24. The post A Pre-SOTU Guide to Trump’s Economic Claims appeared first on FactCheck.org.... Read more »

President Donald Trump has said that Americans are now paying or will pay "the lowest price anywhere in the world for drugs," thanks to the administration’s negotiations with pharmaceutical companies. The administration has announced discounted cash prices for a small number of brand-name drugs. There isn’t evidence Trump’s deals so... Read more »

One of the sticking points in the standoff between Democrats and Republicans over funding for the Department of Homeland Security has been the Trump administration's expanded use of administrative warrants to forcibly enter people's homes to make immigration arrests. Democrats argue the new DHS policy runs afoul of the Constitution... Read more »

Multiple news outlets have reported that video, satellite images and expert analysis indicate that the United States was likely responsible for the Feb. 28 bombing of an Iranian school for young girls, contradicting President Donald Trump's unsupported claim that the deadly strike "was done by Iran." The post Without Providing... Read more »

During a speech in South Carolina on Feb. 27, Joe Biden touted his record as president while criticizing his successor, President Donald Trump. But during his remarks, Biden made a number of false, misleading or exaggerated claims. The post Biden Makes Flawed Comparisons with Trump appeared first on FactCheck.org.... Read more »

During her confirmation hearing to become surgeon general, Dr. Casey Means had various back-and-forths with senators, who pressed her on topics related to vaccines, her qualifications and disclosure of her conflicts of interest. We looked into the sometimes-dueling claims from Means and the senators. The post FactChecking Claims in Casey... Read more »

In discussing his reasoning for launching U.S. airstrikes on Iran, President Donald Trump said, "An Iranian regime armed with long-range missiles and nuclear weapons would be a dire threat to every American." But arms control experts have disputed his claim that Iran "soon" could have missiles capable of reaching the... Read more »

Many Democrats have claimed that President Donald Trump didn’t have the legal authority to unilaterally order the Feb. 28 joint military airstrikes with Israel that resulted in the death of the supreme leader of Iran, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. We'll review what experts already told us in similar past cases. The post... Read more »

In the first State of the Union address of his second term, President Donald Trump proclaimed that "our nation is back, bigger, better, richer and stronger than ever before." But our review of his speech found that he distorted a number of facts about the state of the economy, health... Read more »

In recent weeks, President Donald Trump has made a series of claims about the economy, a topic that should feature prominently in his State of the Union address to Congress on Feb. 24. The post A Pre-SOTU Guide to Trump’s Economic Claims appeared first on FactCheck.org.... Read more »

President Donald Trump has said that Americans are now paying or will pay "the lowest price anywhere in the world for drugs," thanks to the administration’s negotiations with pharmaceutical companies. The administration has announced discounted cash prices for a small number of brand-name drugs. There isn’t evidence Trump’s deals so... Read more »

One of the sticking points in the standoff between Democrats and Republicans over funding for the Department of Homeland Security has been the Trump administration's expanded use of administrative warrants to forcibly enter people's homes to make immigration arrests. Democrats argue the new DHS policy runs afoul of the Constitution... Read more »

Chris Lehmann Trump’s press conference dedicated to stabilizing global markets was filled with delusions and wish-fulfillment fantasies about a peaceful, compliant planet. The post Everything Is Quiet in Trump’s Mind. The Real World Is Another Story. appeared first on The Nation.... Read more »

Maha Hilal This administration understands that pantomiming rule-following allows it to pursue its ultimate objective of justifying whatever intervention it may deem necessary. The post The Trump Administration Has Perfected the Performance of Legality appeared first on The Nation.... Read more »

John Nichols “He took the ministry from Sunday morning, and he delivered it to the people,” the younger Jackson said. The post Jesse Jackson Jr. Summons His Father’s “Consistent Prophetic Voice” appeared first on The Nation.... Read more »

Mark Kaplan The post X-Ray-Stein appeared first on The Nation.... Read more »

Matthew Duss Rubio’s transformation may say as much about neoconservatism as it does about the man himself. The post How Marco Rubio Went From Neocon “It” Boy to Top MAGA Lieutenant appeared first on The Nation.... Read more »

Calvin Trillin The post A Briefing on the War in Iran appeared first on The Nation.... Read more »

Adom Getachew Through Nkrumah’s story, Howard French charts the history of African decolonization and the American civil rights movement. The post The Global Politics of Kwame Nkrumah appeared first on The Nation.... Read more »

David Faris The battle for Dick Durbin’s seat in a potential blue-wave cycle should be a progressive cakewalk in a state like Illinois. Cue the infighting and undermining. The post How Illinois May Bumble Its Way Into Electing a Senate Moderate appeared first on The Nation.... Read more »

Michael T. Klare The bombing of Tehran. The post America’s Gaza appeared first on The Nation.... Read more »

More than two decades ago, the illegal war against Iraq was cooked in the dens of the Pentagon by Israel-first ideologues and sold to the American public through mass propaganda. The current war is, in some ways, even more brazen.... Read more »

Founded in 1940, the Center on Conscience and War provides guidance to military service members pursuing a conscientious objector (CO) status or a discharge.... Read more »

A fake scandal involving Rama Duwaji’s Instagram likes reveals how desperate pro-Israel pundits are grasping at straws as support for the country plummets in the U.S.... Read more »

Trump, Israel can't agree on when to stop war ■ Trump, Hegseth can't agree: is war over, or just getting started? ■ Iran threatens to assassinate Trump ■ Journalist killed in Gaza ■ No peace in WBank... Read more »

"Israel’s widespread use of white phosphorus in south Lebanon is putting civilians at grave risk and contributing to civilian displacement... While phosphorous inflicts death or cruel injuries that result in lifelong suffering. It can set homes, agricultural areas, and other civilian objects on fire."... Read more »

Corporate media of all stripes have rushed to support the U.S./Israeli attack on Iran, throwing objectivity and accuracy by the wayside in order to manufacture consent for regime change. ... Read more »

Inside the hospitals, severe pre-war shortages of equipment and staff have turned the wards into internal battlefields.... Read more »

The embers of resistance – in Gaza, Iraq, Lebanon, Syria, Yemen - have not been snuffed out. With the attack on Iran, they are being fanned into a fire... Read more »

At its root, the assault on Iran is inseparable from the question of Palestine... Read more »

More than two decades ago, the illegal war against Iraq was cooked in the dens of the Pentagon by Israel-first ideologues and sold to the American public through mass propaganda. The current war is, in some ways, even more brazen.... Read more »

Founded in 1940, the Center on Conscience and War provides guidance to military service members pursuing a conscientious objector (CO) status or a discharge.... Read more »

A fake scandal involving Rama Duwaji’s Instagram likes reveals how desperate pro-Israel pundits are grasping at straws as support for the country plummets in the U.S.... Read more »

Trump, Israel can't agree on when to stop war ■ Trump, Hegseth can't agree: is war over, or just getting started? ■ Iran threatens to assassinate Trump ■ Journalist killed in Gaza ■ No peace in WBank... Read more »

"Israel’s widespread use of white phosphorus in south Lebanon is putting civilians at grave risk and contributing to civilian displacement... While phosphorous inflicts death or cruel injuries that result in lifelong suffering. It can set homes, agricultural areas, and other civilian objects on fire."... Read more »

Corporate media of all stripes have rushed to support the U.S./Israeli attack on Iran, throwing objectivity and accuracy by the wayside in order to manufacture consent for regime change. ... Read more »

Inside the hospitals, severe pre-war shortages of equipment and staff have turned the wards into internal battlefields.... Read more »

The embers of resistance – in Gaza, Iraq, Lebanon, Syria, Yemen - have not been snuffed out. With the attack on Iran, they are being fanned into a fire... Read more »

At its root, the assault on Iran is inseparable from the question of Palestine... Read more »

In 2014, TASC published A Defence of Taxation. Its argument in favour of progressive alternatives to reducing public services through tax cuts remains as salient as ever, and it is an appropriate topic to revisit on the 25th anniversary of TASC. The …... Read more »

Is the Draghi Report Good for EU Citizens? The EU Commission appointed Mario Draghi to examine how the European economy might be kick-started to boost economic growth. The Draghi report was published in late 2024 running to almost 400 pages. Last …... Read more »

In 2017, I published a paper entitled Three Connections between Rising Economic Inequality and the Rise of Populism. This has been my most cited academic article and it is an appropriate topic to revisit on the 25th anniversary of TASC, which has …... Read more »

If you walked into an addiction service 25 years ago – when I started working in Chrysalis CDP, a Dublin community drug project – the work looked very different. Heroin dominated the scene; the focus was on reducing harm and crisis management– …... Read more »

In Ireland, people with disabilities, whether visible or non-visible, face various difficulties in accessing public transport. These challenges limit independence and restrict access to essential services like healthcare, education, and employment, …... Read more »

Deliberative democracy has been on the rise globally as more governments embrace citizen participation as a tool in policymaking. Despite this progress, and commitments in the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement for a Civic Forum – envisaged to be an …... Read more »

There are truckloads of money available. Just after Gates published his new missive, Oxfam revealed that the net worth of the 10 richest US billionaires grew by $698bn in the past year. That money alone, the increment in the wealth of 10 …... Read more »

For the last two weekends in a row, protests in central London have given rise to scenes that have been reported around the world and will trouble those concerned about human rights and democracy. Two weeks ago, over 850 peaceful protestors were …... Read more »

Cancer is one of the biggest health challenges in Ireland, but its impact is not felt equally across the population. Breast cancer accounts for 31.8% of all cancer diagnoses among women, while ovarian cancer represents almost 7% (NCRI, 2024). Yet, …... Read more »

Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi slams the Israeli regime for censoring how Iran is punishing the regime for its aggression.... Read more »

The Islamic Resistance in Iraq says it has carried out 291 military operations over the past 12 days, killing 13 American soldiers.... Read more »

Iran’s UN envoy says the Israeli regime has assassinated four senior Iranian diplomats in a "heinous crime” in the Lebanese capital Beirut.... Read more »

The IRGC announces launching multiple new waves of its ongoing retaliatory Operation True Promise 4.... Read more »

As per a news report, Israel is preparing for a prolonged war in Lebanon against Hezbollah. ... Read more »

 Iran says retaliatory actions against US-Israeli attacks will be based on the principle of an eye for an eye.... Read more »

The IRGC announces launching multiple new waves of its ongoing retaliatory Operation True Promise 4.... Read more »

As per a news report, Israel is preparing for a prolonged war in Lebanon against Hezbollah. ... Read more »

 Iran says retaliatory actions against US-Israeli attacks will be based on the principle of an eye for an eye.... Read more »

Venezuela has called on the UN to pressure the United States for the immediate release of Nicolas Maduro, weeks after his abduction by Washington.... Read more »

The US military seizes the 2nd oil tanker in the Indian Ocean linked to Venezuela.... Read more »

The US military kills three more people in a fresh attack targeting a boat in the Caribbean Sea.... Read more »

The United Nations has sounded the alarm over the energy crisis in Cuba after it was cut off by the Trump administration from fuel supplied by Venezuela.... Read more »

A shooting at a school in British Columbia has left eight dead, while two more people were killed at a nearby home believed to be linked to the incident.... Read more »

Canadian officials and business leaders have condemned Trump’s threat to postpone the opening of the Gordie Howe International Bridge.... Read more »

Russia pledges to provide “all possible assistance” to Cuba as the United States intensifies its illegal blockade of oil supplies to the Caribbean country.... Read more »

Cuba has suspended airline refueling due to US-imposed sanctions and pressure that have disrupted the island’s oil supplies.... Read more »

The United Nations has sounded the alarm over the energy crisis in Cuba after it was cut off by the Trump administration from fuel supplied by Venezuela.... Read more »

Iran has called on the EU Commission chief to stop ‘hypocrisy’ and cease approving occupation, genocide, and atrocities.... Read more »

The Russian president offers his congratulations to Ayatollah Seyyed Mojtaba Khamenei over his election as new Leader of the Islamic Revolution.... Read more »

The Iranian president warns his French counterpart that any move in cooperation with the aggressors will constitute complicity in the US-Israeli war against the Islamic Republic.... Read more »

The Iraqi Islamic Resistance coalition has warned European countries against engagement in the joint US-Israeli aggression on Iran.... Read more »

Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei has warned European countries against sliding toward “historical #NAZI mindsets” by supporting the Israeli-US aggression against Iran.... Read more »

The Russian president offers his condolences to the Iranian nation and presided over the assassination of Ayatollah Khamenei.... Read more »

In Paris, activists rallied in support of Olivia Zemor, a long-standing Palestinian rights advocate, charged with condoning terrorism under French law for comments on Israeli military actions in 2023, since when 350 individuals have faced similar charges in France.... Read more »

A French court has sentenced Iranian citizen Mahdieh Esfandiari to four years in prison following her protests against Israel’s actions in Gaza.... Read more »

The Iraqi Islamic Resistance coalition has warned European countries against engagement in the joint US-Israeli aggression on Iran.... Read more »