- Delcy’s ‘gatekeeper’: sources say ex-Trump official Claver-Carone holds keys to CaracasA mastermind of Trump’s hardline Latin American policies, Mauricio Claver-Carone no longer serves in the administration. But according to well-placed sources, he’s “picking who can operate” in Venezuela, controlling access to the government, and creating conflicts of interest. Speaking with reporters on May 21, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio... Read more »
- OPCW admits it suppressed key dissenter in Douma chemical cover-upIn its defeat at an international tribunal, the OPCW has acknowledged that it shunned an inspector who challenged the Douma chemical cover-up. OPCW whistleblower Dr. Brendan Whelan details the closing chapter of his bid for justice. The wheels of justice turn slowly but grind exceedingly fine, they say. A recent... Read more »
- Daily Mail lies: Oct 7 victim saved from rape by non-existent Muslim prohibition on violating scarred womenThe latest Oct. 7 rape hoax propaganda piece from The Daily insists that the only reason a woman at the Nova music festival wasn’t raped by Hamas members is that she had a scar – and falsely claims that “scars have a spiritual significance in the eyes of the terrorists.”... Read more »
- Covert NATO initiative turns film into anti-Russia battlegroundA scandal has erupted over covert NATO conferences with the Western entertainment industry. Leaked documents reviewed by The Grayzone show how NATO has sought to infiltrate film and TV for decades, with UK intel operatives taking the lead. On May 3, The Guardian revealed that NATO has held a series... Read more »
- ‘Highly Protected’: OPCW confirms it buried critical evidence in Syria chemical weapons probeThe OPCW has finally acknowledged concealing the assessment of German military toxicologists who ruled out chlorine gas as the cause of dozens of deaths in the alleged Douma chemical attack of April 2018. For the first time in a prolonged cover-up scandal, the world’s top chemical watchdog has acknowledged censoring... Read more »
The Grayzone
- Revealed: USAID, NED & Open Society Quietly Bankroll Cuba’s “Independent” Media In Push for Regime ChangeFrom CubaNet to ADN Cuba, some of the most widely cited “independent” Cuban media outlets in Western Corporate media are quietly funded by USAID, the National Endowment for Democracy (NED) and Open Society Foundation as part of a decades-long campaign to destabilize Cuba’s society by blaming all economic issues on... Read more »
- As Evidence Mounts of Dogs Raping Palestinian Prisoners in Israeli Prisons, NYT’s Isabel Kershner Revives Unverified October 7 Rape NarrativeFollowing Nicholas Kristof’s report on sexual abuse inside Israeli prisons including the use of dogs to rape hostages as young as 13, the NYT’s Isabel Kershner, whose sons served in the Israeli military, revived unverified October 7 rape claims relying on Israeli government-linked source Cochav Elkayam-Levy, who was later accused... Read more »
- From Bahrain to the UAE: Gulf States Expand Anti-Shia Crackdowns During Direct Strikes on IranAs reports emerge of direct Gulf involvement in strikes on Iran, Bahrain is escalating a sweeping anti-Shia crackdown — arresting clerics, revoking citizenships, and threatening dissidents with death sentences. The post From Bahrain to the UAE: Gulf States Expand Anti-Shia Crackdowns During Direct Strikes on Iran appeared first on MintPress... Read more »
- Hezbollah’s Cheap FPV Drones Are Making Israel’s High-Tech Military ObsoleteFrom destroying hundreds of Israeli Merkava tanks to Iron Dome systems, Hezbollah’s $50 FPV drones are inflicting massive losses on Israel using weapons so cheap and simple that military analysts now fear they are changing warfare forever. The post Hezbollah’s Cheap FPV Drones Are Making Israel’s High-Tech Military Obsolete appeared... Read more »
- Dr. Marandi: Washington Post Assassination Orders, Iran Refuses Negotiations & UAE ComplicityAs Washington shifts from threats to negotiations, Iran is signaling it no longer sees talks as credible. Dr. Seyed Mohammad Marandi explains why Tehran is rejecting U.S. outreach — citing escalating attacks, deep mistrust, and even assassination threats against its negotiating team. The post Dr. Marandi: Washington Post Assassination Orders,... Read more »
MintPress News
- VideoMedia Myopia As We Hurtle Towards Climate OblivionAny aliens who have been monitoring radio and television transmissions streaming outwards into space from Planet Earth over the past few decades will likely be intrigued, bemused or simply horrified at humanity’s headlong drive towards →... Read more »
- ‘Starmageddon’ – The Anti-Polanski Smear Campaign That Ate ItselfHistorian Ian Kershaw titled the two volumes of his definitive biography of Adolf Hitler, ‘Hubris’ and ‘Nemesis’. (Allen Lane, 1998 and 2000) Inevitably, it seems, great power comes with great hubris. For a brief, glorious →... Read more »
- A Lefty Progressive Goes To The Tank MuseumI was born in the south-east of England 17 years after the end of the Second World War, the most destructive conflict in human history. As a child, the 17-year gap seemed a lifetime; as →... Read more »
- VideoNuclear Genocide – The Threat And The CeasefireGiven the ‘mainstream’ structural filters that reflexively whitewash the crimes of ‘The Good Guys’ – ‘us’, by doctrinal fiat – we have often wondered how the great and the good of corporate politics and media →... Read more »
- Video‘How On Earth Do You Justify That?’ Laura Kuenssberg’s Selective EmpathyOn 8 March, on the BBC politics programme, ‘Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg’, the former BBC political editor put these impassioned words to Seyed Ali Mousavi, the Iranian ambassador to the UK: ‘Since we last spoke, →... Read more »
Media Lens
- Judge Sanctioned Private Prison Giant for Destroying Evidence in ICE Death Suit
The first known sanction of its kind held CoreCivic responsible for destroying video in a case alleging wrongful death of an ICE detainee. The post Judge Sanctioned Private Prison Giant for Destroying Evidence in ICE Death Suit appeared first on The Intercept.... Read more » - AIPAC, AI, Crypto, and Gambling Are Hiding Their Big Election Spends
Intercept staffers break down the latest election news and the front groups fueling the midterms. The post AIPAC, AI, Crypto, and Gambling Are Hiding Their Big Election Spends appeared first on The Intercept.... Read more » - Corporate Interests Paid for Haley Stevens’s Trip to Portugal — and Her Campaign AdsCenter Forward sent Stevens — and her mom — to a banking and crypto conference. Now it's spending millions on ads in Michigan. The post Corporate Interests Paid for Haley Stevens’s Trip to Portugal — and Her Campaign Ads appeared first on The Intercept.... Read more »
- DNC Autopsy of 2024 Loss Doesn’t Mention Gaza or Israel at allAs the DNC blamed the author for the report’s shortcomings, a source who participated in the research said the author seemed to grasp that Gaza "clearly" hurt Harris. The post DNC Autopsy of 2024 Loss Doesn’t Mention Gaza or Israel at all appeared first on The Intercept.... Read more »
- ICE Recruitment Tweets Are So Racist That Cops Feared They Could Incite Neo-Nazi Violence
A newly uncovered police bulletin warns that white supremacists may interpret ICE social media content as a call to violence. The post ICE Recruitment Tweets Are So Racist That Cops Feared They Could Incite Neo-Nazi Violence appeared first on The Intercept.... Read more »
The Intercept
- The Climate Wars: How Superpowers Are Carving Up the Earth | With Arthur Snell
What do melting Arctic ice, a war for farmland in Ukraine, and the panic of Gulf petro-states have in common? Arthur Snell exposes the terrifying new geography of global conflict and how humanity can adapt to survive it.... Read more » - Sex, power and backlash in Africa
An extract from Nana Darkoa Sekyiamah’s new book Seeking Sexual Freedom... Read more » - What movements can learn from their own histories
Nana Darkoa Sekyiamah on memory, risk and organising beyond backlash... Read more » - Big Tech platforms under fire in inquiry into Southport mass stabbing
Amazon and X’s policies on age verification and content moderation criticised in report on murder of three children and stabbing of others... Read more » - Brazil: How the CIA funded Catholic marches that paved the way for the 1964 coup
Thousands clutching rosaries and dollars from Washington formed the march that paved the way for the 1964 coup... Read more »
openDemocracy
- Video● Yet Another Escalation In The Empire’s War On Activism And Journalism
The empire’s war on activism and journalism continues to escalate as the Trump administration targets left-wing streamer Hasan Piker and antiwar activist Medea Benjamin for the crime of bringing humanitarian aid to Cuba.... Read more » - VideoIsrael Rapes Everyone, And Other Notes
When you see the Israeli military being constantly accused by people from all walks of life of using rape and sexual torture, you have to conclude that Israel is a rape country.... Read more » - VideoPodcast/Painting Video: Bastards, Billionaires And Bombs
Caitlin and Tim discuss Itamar Ben-Gvir, Jeff Bezos, Mark Zuckerberg, Cuba, capitalist dystopia, and love. Caitlin paints Ben-Gvir. Available in video and audio. Please send us your questions, comments and feedback so we can respond to them in the next episode. __________________ The best way to make sure you see... Read more » - VideoNobody Sincerely Believes Cuba Threatens The United States
In a sign that the US is preparing for yet another evil war, Marco Rubio is now claiming that Cuba poses a “national security threat” to the United States, saying the likelihood of a peaceful agreement is “not high”.... Read more » - VideoThey’re Not Mad At Ben-Gvir For Being Evil, They’re Mad At Him For Being Honest
Ben-Gvir is the perfect embodiment of the racist murderousness of both Israel and the western empire. He represents everything this twisted civilization has become.... Read more »
Caitlin Johnstone
- ● The Long History of Controlling Water and Why It No Longer Works
The defining signature of the past 6,000 years of human civilization is the domestication of the hydrosphere—capturing, damming, canalizing, reorienting, propertizing, privatizing, consuming, profiting from, depleting, and poisoning it. From ancient hydraulic civilizations to the hydro-powered superdams, reservoirs, canals, and ports of the 21st century, water has been repurposed for... Read more » - ● The Washington Post’s David Ignatius Underestimates Xi Jinping
The Washington Post’s leading national security columnist, David Ignatius, has been an ever-present apologist for the “power of the military and the secrecy of the intelligence community.” At a crucial time that requires fresh thinking about the loss of U.S. influence and credibility in the international arena, Ignatius and the... Read more » - Video● Pete Hegseth’s Desperate Crusade for Masculine Validation
Earlier this year, President Donald Trump surveyed his top military brass on the prospect of making war in Iran. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Dan Caine urged caution, presciently predicting that a ramped-up campaign against Iran could lead its leaders to close the Strait of Hormuz. However, Pete Hegseth,... Read more » - Video● The Politics of Purity and the War on Venezuela
In mid-January, a young Venezuelan mother named Oriana invited me into her home in Ciudad Tiuna, a government-built housing project with thousands of apartments and roughly 20,000 residents. With her five- and twelve- year-old sons in the other room, she pointed through the window at the charred earth where the... Read more » - ● Wall Street Says That a Company That Loses Billions is Worth Trillions
On Wednesday, the Washington Post ran a short piece with the headline, “Musk’s SpaceX Discloses Massive Losses Ahead of Expected Record-Breaking IPO.” The first sentence told readers: SpaceX, the rocket company led by Elon Musk set to debut on the stock market in coming weeks, has recorded $13 billion worth... Read more »
CounterPunch.org
- Γιατί οι πλουτοκράτες λατρεύουν τον πόλεμο του ΤραμπΌταν άρχισαν να πέφτουν βροχή οι βόμβες στο Ιράν, τις θεώρησα απαρχή του Βατερλό του Ντόναλντ Τραμπ. Βλέποντας το πολιτικό του κίνημα, μια περίεργη συμμαχία εξαγριωμένων προλετάριων και αχόρταγων πλουτοκρατών, να βυθίζεται σε εμφύλιο ταξικό πόλεμο, παράφρασα εκείνο που είχε πει ο Τσόρτσιλ για τη Μάχη του Ελ Αλαμέιν: πριν... Read more »
- Why plutocrats love Trump’s war – UnherdWhen the bombs began to rain down on Iran, I predicted Donald Trump’s Waterloo. Watching his MAGA coalition, a noxious brew of working-class resentment and tax cuts for billionaires, descend into a civil class war, I paraphrased Churchill on the Battle of El Alamein: in his second term, before Iran,... Read more »
- Palantir and the New Order: Neoliberalism is dead. Say hello to Techlordism – The PointA new form of capital is ascending: cloud capital—networked algorithmic machines that grant their owners remarkable powers to modify our behaviour. And just as financiers needed neoliberalism, today’s tech lords need a new ideology to legitimise their rule. I call it techlordism. Yanis Varoufakis Tue 21 Apr 2026 22.00 AEST... Read more »
- On The Rest Is Politics, with Alastair Campbell and Rory Stewart: From the 2008 Crash to the Rise of PopulismA surprisingly agreeable and wholesome discussion with Alastair Campbell and Rory Stewart on their THE REST IS POLITICS podcast. I wish there were more opportunities for political adversaries to engage in discussions such as this one. In this episode we begin by discussing RAISE YOUR SOUL, my latest book on... Read more »
- Discussing Raise Your Soul with Helen Vatsikopoulos on ABC Radio National’s Big IdeasResistance — Yanis Varoufakis with Helen Vatsikopoulos on the people who fought back against fascism Source: ABC Radio National Program: Big Ideas Published: Tue 28 Apr 2026 at 7:00am Play duration: 54 minutes 35 seconds Presented by: Natasha Mitchell Through the stories of five women across three generations of his... Read more »
Yanis Varoufakis
- ● Mexico steps in to host Iran after fears over erratic TrumpThe United States declined to host Iran’s World Cup training camp; Iran will base itself in Tijuana, Mexico and commute to U.S. venues for its group matches. The 2026 World Cup was sold as a continental celebration across the United States, Mexico and Canada. Instead, geopolitics has forced a national... Read more »
- ● UKLFI referred to legal regulator over Israel lobby group’s anti-Palestine ‘lawfare’Three barristers who are part of the lobby group, UK Lawyers for Israel (UKLFI), have been reported to the Bar Standards Board for participating in a “pattern of legal intimidation”. The barristers include crossbench peer, David Pannick KC, and crossbench (originally Labour) peer, Anthony Grabiner KC. The third is Times... Read more »
- ● Why Mikel Arteta’s Arsenal are worthy champions despite the style debateMartin Ødegaard hoisted the Premier League trophy aloft for Arsenal and the noise that followed was predictable: pundits dissected style, social feeds mocked set-piece reliance, and rivals sniffed at the manner of victory. None of that changes the simple fact on the pitch. Arsenal finished top of the table and... Read more »
- ● What if Palestine hosted the World Cup?Every time a country hosts the World Cup, it is completely transformed. The streets are filled with flags, the airports are packed with fans, and the cities become one big open-air celebration. But what if Palestine were the host? What would it have been like if the world had come... Read more »
- ● 2026 FIFA World Cup under threat: fears of security chaos and disruption to fan travelWith just weeks to go before the start of the 2026 World Cup, security and logistical concerns are mounting regarding the tournament, which will be held for the first time with 48 teams taking part across three countries – the United States, Canada and Mexico – in what is described... Read more »
Canary
- ● Man (28) Dies in Northumberland OPP Custody (May 24-25, 2026)Ontario’s Special Investigations Unit (SIU) is investigating the death of a 28-year-old man in Northumberland OPP custody on May 25, 2026. According to the SIU, on the evening of May 24, OPP officers attended an address in Cramahe Township to... Read more... Read more »
- ● Israel Plans More Widespread Ceasefire Violations in LebanonAn Israeli airstrike targets Yohmor al-Shaqif in Lebanon on May 26 Israel struck more than 70 sites across Lebanon on Monday, one of the heaviest days of bombing since the April ceasefire was signed, and by evening Benjamin Netanyahu had... Read more... Read more »
- ● The Indian Ocean Defence and Security Conference and the Government’s Call for an Arms Hub in Western AustraliaWe already live in a militarised state here in Western Australia, with the Stirling Naval Base (it makes me iller than I already am just writing this name) and its ‘key’ role in the developing AUKUS nuclear submarine horror junket,... Read more... Read more »
- ● War Is Not A Weapon You Can AimReading: Matthew Petti, A Pointless War in Reason (June 2026). Trump still expected a quick and unambiguous surrender when he and Netanyahu launched the war a few days later. Israel assassinated Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei in a first strike,... Read more... Read more »
- ● Report from Teesside Radical BookfairSolidarity and good vibes in Middlesbrough – Wembley be damned ~ Uri Gordon ~ Later I was wondering if this was the first time a radical bookfair had to compete with a major footballing event, but I figure quite possibly... Read more... Read more »
🏴 Anarchist Federation
- Freedom Press - At our BestAuthor: Freedom PressTitle: At our BestDate: April 1892Source: Freedom: A Journal of Anarchist Socialism, Vol. 6, No. 65, online source Libcom, retrieved on 22 May 2026. We tell thee, poor toiler, how hard we had striven, To better thy lot, and to sweeten thy life ; How much of our... Read more »
- Walker C. Smith - SabotageAuthor: Walker C. SmithTitle: SabotageSubtitle: Its History, Philosophy & FunctionDate: 1913Notes: 1917 edition; originally published in 1913. Transcribed by J. D. Crutchfield from a scan kindly supplied by Lisa & Jon Schindler. Many misprints silently corrected. Last updated 15 July 2004.Source: <archive.iww.org/history/library/WCSmith/sabotage> Foreword This little work is the essence of... Read more »
- Václav Havel - The Power of the PowerlessAuthor: Václav HavelTitle: The Power of the PowerlessDate: October 1978Source: Retrieved on 2012-01-07 via the Internet Archive at <vaclavhavel.cz/showtrans.php?cat=clanky&val=72_aj_clanky.html> To the memory of Jan Patocka “The Power of the Powerless” (October 1978) was originally written (“quickly,” Havel said later) as a discussion piece for a projected joint Polish Czechoslovak... Read more »
- anon. - An Open Letter From Cuban AnarchistsAuthor: anon.Title: An Open Letter From Cuban AnarchistsDate: 2003Source: Fifth Estate # 363, Winter, 2003/2004, retrieved on 14 May 2026 from https://www.fifthestate.org/archive/363-winter-20032004/an-open-letter-from-cuban-anarchists/ Dear comrades, As you might be aware, the Castroist crackdown on dissent has been stepped up and toughened up over these past few months in Cuba. Even so,... Read more »
- Muswell Hillbillie - Review of Dolgoff Cuba BookAuthor: Muswell HillbillieTitle: Review of Dolgoff Cuba BookSubtitle: Cuba Book Avoids Crucial QuestionsDate: September 1977Source: Fifth Estate # 286, September, 1977, retrieved on 14 May 2026 from https://www.fifthestate.org/archive/286-september-1977/review-of-dolgoff-cuba-book/ a review of Sam Dolgoff, The Cuban Revolution, A Critical Perspective; Copyright 1976, Black Rose Books, Ltd., Montreal; $5.95. Sam Dolgoff’s book,... Read more »
The Anarchist Library
- Mika EtchebéhèreMika Etchebéhère... Read more »
- Spain : July 19 1936-July 19 1937Spain : July 19 1936-July 19 1937... Read more »
- Ariane Gransac is dead: a life that was intense, rebellious and anarchistAriane Gransac is dead: a life that was intense, rebellious and anarchist... Read more »
- Ariane Gransac, Octavio Alberola, Stefi Browner [1978]Ariane Gransac, Octavio Alberola, Stefi Browner [1978] (in Stuart Christie photo album)... Read more »
- Paris 1973; Antonio Téllez, Ariane Gransac, Stuart Christie and Octavio AlberolaParis 1973; Antonio Téllez, Ariane Gransac, Stuart Christie and Octavio Alberola (in Stuart Christie photo album)... Read more »
Kate Sharpley Library: Recent documents
- ● Qatar denies reports of $12bn offer to Iran to secure US deal
Qatar’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Majed Al Ansari has denied reports claiming that Doha had offered Iran $12 billion to help secure an agreement with the United States. In a post on X, Al Ansari said: “The reports suggesting Qatar “offered” $12 billion to Iran to secure a deal are simply not... Read more » - ● Israel plans major troop reduction in southern Lebanon amid drone attacks
Israeli media reported on Monday evening that the Israeli army is planning a major reduction in the number of its forces deployed in southern Lebanon in the near future, despite ongoing security tensions and the growing threat of explosive drones. According to the reports, thousands of Israeli soldiers have been... Read more » - ● Netanyahu threatens to expand offensive in Lebanon as Washington signals support
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu threatened on Monday evening to expand Israel’s military offensive in Lebanon. In a video statement, Netanyahu said: “We will not back down — quite the opposite. I said: press the accelerator in Lebanon. We will hit them, we will hit them head-on.” Netanyahu acknowledged that... Read more » - ● Herzog warns of ‘moral decline’ in Israel amid rising violence against Muslims and Christians
Israeli President Isaac Herzog has acknowledged growing violence and extremism within Jewish society against Muslims and Christians, criticising what he described as a “state of brutality and moral decline”. Herzog made the remarks on Sunday during the Jerusalem Unity Prize 2026 ceremony at the President’s residence in Jerusalem, according to... Read more » - ● US ambassador to Israel sparks controversy over remarks to Lebanese about tomatoes, mobile phones
US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee sparked widespread controversy after calling on Lebanese people to “thank Israel for its contributions in technology and agriculture”. Speaking at the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange during the Atlas Award 2026 ceremony, Huckabee said Lebanese people should thank Israel for its contributions to mobile phones,... Read more »
Middle East Monitor
- Video● Purchased With Blood and Lies
Another Memorial Day: boasts, insults, "self-defense strikes," cheap clichés from a Secretary of War Crimes prattling about dead boys "delivered from the battlefield into the arms of a loving Lord and savior." Spare us. And maybe revisit the war to end all wars, which didn't - its "infinity of waste"... Read more » - RootsAction Blasts Official DNC Autopsy; ‘Disgrace’ Would Be ‘Understatement’RootsAction is releasing the following statement:After months of intense pressure, Chair Ken Martin and the DNC finally caved and released their 2024 autopsy report. To call the report a disgrace would be an understatement. The report focuses extensively on ad spending and fundraising, without discussing the Democratic platform, policy positions... Read more »
- “Failures of ‘America First Global Health’”: U.S. Global Health Cuts and DRC Conflict Fuel Ebola CrisisSweeping U.S. cuts to critical global health programs, including funding and staffing reductions at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the dismantling of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), and the U.S. withdrawal from the World Health Organization (WHO), have dangerously weakened the world’s ability to respond... Read more »
- Burgers, Brats, and Busted Budgets: Summer Staples Up 13%, Travel Prices Surging Ahead of Memorial DayNew data released today by Groundwork Collaborative and The Century Foundation shows how President Trump’s reckless economic policies and war in Iran are driving up the costs of summer cookouts and travel season. Prices for backyard barbecue staples jumped 13% on average since last year, more than four times the... Read more »
- VideoOne Racist Batshit Christo-Fascist Homeland Under God
In retrospect, Sunday's taxpayer-funded blasphemy fest to "rededicate" America as a Christian nation though it's not and never was looks ever more obscene amidst an unholy regime's mounting crimes and abuses. Its sectarian circus - ICE milled, vendors urged "WIVES SUBMIT," zealots screeched "We welcome Jesus!", speakers attested God is... Read more »
Common Dreams
- Dr ManivannanThe furore around the election of Dr Manivannan to the Scottish Parliament is deeply troubling. There is no argument whatsoever that they were eligible to stand for election. The law was changed specifically in order for those on temporary visas to be able to stand in Scottish parliamentary elections. I... Read more »
- URGENT FILTON TRIAL UPDATEWhile the Court of Appeal has now stopped the High Court contempt of court action against Rajiv Menon KC for defending his client, this is purely on procedural grounds. They ruled that Judge Johnson had to go via the Attorney General to the High Court, not direct. It is now... Read more »
- Zionism Has Poisoned the UK’s Central Nervous SystemUnquestioning Zionism has for decades been the entry ticket to the British political and media Establishment. Anybody who was not a fully certified and compliant zionist would find their career limited – as Jeremy Corbyn, Alan Duncan, Robin Cook and David Mellor all found. Most others, of course, were never... Read more »
- The 2026 Scottish ElectionsWe get so trapped inside the logic of the UK’s crazy electoral systems we often do not see what is really happening. Two thirds of active voters, voted against Starmer’s Labour at the last general election. He was always highly unpopular. Just as Starmer’s landslide victory in the 2024 general... Read more »
- VideoThe Morass of InjusticeA vast cloying morass of injustice has visibly submerged the British legal systems in anything connected to Palestine. In a quite incredible series of linked and kinked events this week, the senior KC representing one of the Palestine Action activists in the Filton trial was in the Court of Appeal... Read more »
Craig Murray
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- People’s History of Memorial DayOn this Memorial Day weekend, we feature two articles: one about the early origins of the holiday, led by African Americans in Charleston, South Carolina after the Civil War, and the second by Howard Zinn urging us to "destroy the weapons of death that . . . threaten our children... Read more »
- Teach About ImperialismAs we equip students to understand today's immoral and illegal U.S. interventions, let’s frame these actions in terms of the much longer history of U.S. efforts to control other people’s lives and resources. Here, we highlight a few teaching resources. The post Teach About Imperialism appeared first on Zinn Education... Read more »
- One Hundred Years of High School Student OrganizingRethinking Schools editor Jesse Hagopian will be in conversation with historians Aaron G. Fountain Jr. and Jon N. Hale about student organizing and state repression. This class is part of the Zinn Education Project’s Teach the Black Freedom Struggle online people’s history series. The post One Hundred Years of High... Read more »
- Teach the Struggle for Voting RightsTo help students respond to voter suppression, teach about the long history of the fight for voting rights. The post Teach the Struggle for Voting Rights appeared first on Zinn Education Project.... Read more »
- Freedom Ship: The Uncharted History of Escaping Slavery by SeaHistorian Marcus Rediker discussed his books Freedom Ship: The Uncharted History of Escaping Slavery by Sea and The Many-Headed Hydra: Sailors, Slaves, Commoners, and the Hidden History of the Revolutionary Atlantic, and talked about the many enslaved people who fled successfully from the horrors of bondage in the antebellum South... Read more »
Zinn Education Project
- #BREAKING | Israeli Defense Minister
#BREAKING | Israeli Defense Minister: We expect to implement the first phase of the plan soon and release our captives. The army is deployed in Gaza City and ready for any scenario, and if Hamas refuses, fire will resume.#GazaWar... Read more »
Free willl
- Back to the point of CarnsoreThe anti-nuclear festivals at Carnsore Point, 1978-1981, were recalled at a lively and political event called ‘Memory of a Free Festival’ at the Projects Arts Centre in central Dublin which will now tour nationwide for a year By Caroline Hurley The launch event of ‘Memory of A Free Festival’ was... Read more »
- International LeadersWorld leaders turned toadies as Trump dismantles international law and pollutes the discourse, without concerted opposition. The post International Leaders appeared first on Village Magazine.... Read more »
- Massive Zack AttackSix months ago Zack Polanski was a lively London Assembly member known mainly for his theatre background and a tabloid humiliation involving “hypnoboobs”. The post Massive Zack Attack appeared first on Village Magazine.... Read more »
- PEAK TRUMPBy February 2026, the idea that Donald Trump represents an endlessly renewable force of disruption moved from hard to stomach to hard to sustain. The post PEAK TRUMP appeared first on Village Magazine.... Read more »
- From pastifism to pacifismAs the government prepares to jettison the triple lock, clear thinking could make Ireland a power for peace The post From pastifism to pacifism appeared first on Village Magazine.... Read more »
Village Magazine
- The rise of China in Middle East politics
The Middle East is no longer shaped solely by the influence of Western powers. For decades, countries such as the United States, Britain and France dominated the political and strategic landscape of the region through military alliances, oil politics and diplomatic interventions. Today, however, a new global actor has steadily... Read more » - The illusion of a political solution in Ali al-Zaidi and the Green Zone
There is a familiar analytical noise that rises with every new government in Iraq, a noise that feels like replaying an old recording at a higher volume, nothing more. What is happening today with Ali al-Zaidi’s government is no exception; it is a pale repetition of what we saw with... Read more » - Forget Truman’s dog: The devastating new price of friendship with Tel Aviv
“If you want a friend in Washington, buy a dog,” former US President Harry Truman said once. His classic line has just got a modern, satirical upgrade, though. A quick-witted colleague recently wondered what the late president would say about courting Israel today. The answer? If you want a friend... Read more » - Escape or escalate: Trump’s tactical crossroads in the Iran conflict
The war that Donald Trump declared won last month looks rather different from the inside of the Pentagon. The resulting stalemate has drained American military stockpiles, emboldened Iranian commanders, and left the US with far worse options than before the conflict began. The administration’s triumphalist framing has struck a jarring... Read more » - Acceptable till it wasn’t: Itamar Ben-Gvir and the Global Sumud Flotilla
It has been a sorry though predictable exercise. When he lived up (or down) to expectations of atrocious conduct befitting the proud bigot that he is, Israel’s Minister for National Security had to be seen as aberrant, the man who strayed, if only slightly. The conduct in question involved Itamar... Read more »
Opinion – Middle East Monitor
- Imperial Nostalgia and Its PerilsAlthough great empires rank among the most powerful engines of world history, they are also among the most dangerous, especially as they brood over their decline. The Russian empire provides a striking illustration of this phenomenon. Traditionally referred to as the “prison of nations,” Russia, in its Czarist and Soviet... Read more »
- Imperial Nostalgia and Its PerilsAlthough great empires rank among the most powerful engines of world history, they are also among the most dangerous, especially as they brood over their decline. The Russian empire provides a striking illustration of this phenomenon. Traditionally referred to as the “prison of nations,” Russia, in its Czarist and Soviet... Read more »
- Military and Economic Power Once Again Fail to Produce HappinessAlthough the rulers of the world’s major military and economic powers have repeatedly claimed that they are making their nations great again, their policies have not resulted in widespread happiness among their citizens. That conclusion emerges from the recent World Happiness Report-2022, published by the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network. ... Read more »
- Who Speaks for the World?Russia’s brutal war upon the nation of Ukraine should remind us that, for thousands of years, great powers have used their military might to launch military assaults upon smaller, weaker societies. Since World War II alone, these acts of aggression have included France’s colonial wars in Indochina and Algeria, Britain’s... Read more »
- Peace in Ukraine through neutrality and peaceful EU membership, end the USA’s proxy war against RussiaEthnic division was used to consolidate control by the USA and Nationalists of Ukraine. They have signed Minsk Peace Accords to end the civil wars in Donbas region through referendums, signed since 2015, but they did not implement them, because maintaining an active civil war front psyche of ‘them and... Read more »
Z Blogs Archive - ZNetwork
- ‘How Many Minutes to Midnight?’: Noam Chomsky on Why National Security Has Nothing to Do With SecurityIntro by Tom Engelhardt: [Note for TomDispatch readers: Back in 2014, Noam Chomsky — whose voice I miss terribly in this embattled Trumpian world of ours — wrote what still seems to me to be a stunning piece not just on “the most dangerous moment in history,” the Cuban missile crisis... Read more »
- Noam Chomsky – The Crimes of U.S. PresidentsChomsky goes through some of the crimes of the post-war presidents. From 2003.... Read more »
- Noam Chomsky On The Responsibility To Act Against FascismTomorrow is Election Day, the close of the most consequential election of our lifetimes. Get out and vote, if you haven’t already, and if you’re looking to help others do the same, there are still plenty of canvassing and phone-banking opportunities. And if you’re still in doubt for any reason,... Read more »
- Israel & Palestine: Possible Futures — a Discussion with Noam ChomskyProfessor Noam Chomsky discuss in May 23, 2023, Israel-Palestine conflict which he describes as “the main issue of my life” with academics Dylan Rodriguez, Michael Alexander and Mohamad Ali. With incomparable precision and detail professor Chomsky re-defines concepts such as “genocide” and “apartheid” in relation to the conflict; points the... Read more »
- Humanity Imperiled[What follows is a 2013 piece by the remarkable, now 94-year-old Noam Chomsky looking at a future that — from the latest devastating news about climate change to the revival of nuclear fears thanks to the war in Ukraine — is all too of the moment. This piece was adapted... Read more »
Posts – ZNetwork
- Behind closed doors, Greek and Cypriot governments go ‘all in’ on Israel
Independent journalist Dimitri Lascaris gained access to a closed-door business conference in Athens designed to deepen Israel’s ties to (and influence in) Greece. What he saw and filmed was “extraordinarily enlightening, if not utterly nauseating.”... Read more » - It’s the genocide, stupid
The DNC finally released its long-awaited autopsy of Kamala Harris's failed presidential campaign, and it doesn't mention Gaza. The Democratic leadership’s refusal to acknowledge the party's shift on Israel could spell another defeat in 2028.... Read more » - VideoBusiness motives don’t explain the right-wing turn of the Washington Post and CBS. Billionaire ideology does.
We need to come to terms with the fact that––increasingly––media properties are overt ideological playtoys largely indifferent to ratings and clicks.... Read more » - Cuba denounces ‘cruel and ruthless aggression’ of US as White House indicts Raúl Castro
In a speech described as “Orwellian,” US Secretary of State Marco Rubio blamed Cuba’s suffering on the military-run company founded by Fidel Castro’s brother.... Read more » - Sanders, Lee move to rein in super PACs amid growing billionaire grip on US electionsThe bill targets one of the central vehicles for unlimited outside spending, as progressives warn that billionaire money—and broader threats of voter intimidation—are putting democratic elections under strain.... Read more »
The Real News Network
- ● Reform’s Makerfield by-election candidate faces backlash over ‘degrading’ comments about womenRobert Kenyon declared "I’m sexist, sorry but I am." The post Reform’s Makerfield by-election candidate faces backlash over ‘degrading’ comments about women appeared first on Left Foot Forward: Leading the UK's progressive debate.... Read more »
- ● Andy Burnham beats Reform in first Makerfield by-election pollThe poll puts Burnham narrowly in the lead The post Andy Burnham beats Reform in first Makerfield by-election poll appeared first on Left Foot Forward: Leading the UK's progressive debate.... Read more »
- Right-wing media watch: Flag fury once again consumes the rightThe Telegraph drafted in the reliably vexed Sir John Hayes, who declared he could see no reason for the flags to be removed “whatever the weather.” The post Right-wing media watch: Flag fury once again consumes the right appeared first on Left Foot Forward: Leading the UK's progressive debate.... Read more »
- Daily Mail mocked for ‘post-Brexit rule severely impacting’ Spanish tourism article“More rubbish from the daily heil... Spain's economy is booming.” The post Daily Mail mocked for ‘post-Brexit rule severely impacting’ Spanish tourism article appeared first on Left Foot Forward: Leading the UK's progressive debate.... Read more »
- Robert Jenrick’s week goes from bad to worse: donation scrutiny returns as Commons jibe leaves Reform MP humiliated“OMG how funny. He doesn’t even have the grace to laugh at himself.” The post Robert Jenrick’s week goes from bad to worse: donation scrutiny returns as Commons jibe leaves Reform MP humiliated appeared first on Left Foot Forward: Leading the UK's progressive debate.... Read more »
Left Foot Forward: Leading the UK's progressive debate
- Democracy Now! Marks 30 Years with Angela Davis, Bruce Springsteen, Patti Smith, Michael Stipe & MoreA special broadcast: Highlights from Democracy Now!’s 30th anniversary celebration at the historic Riverside Church, featuring Angela Davis, Patti Smith, Mosab Abu Toha, Michael Stipe, Hurray for the Riff Raff, Amy Goodman, Juan González, Nermeen Shaikh and a surprise appearance by Bruce Springsteen.... Read more »
- "AI Resist List": Karen Hao on Data Center Resistance, Tech Billionaires, "Empire of AI" & MoreWe speak with journalist Karen Hao, author of Empire of AI, about the Trump administration’s alliance with tech billionaires, efforts to regulate artificial intelligence technology, and rising local opposition to data centers across the United States. “In 2025, these data center protests successfully stalled over $100 billion worth of these... Read more »
- Stephen Colbert Out at CBS as Trump Weaponizes Regulatory Power to Control the Media: David SirotaLate-night comedian Stephen Colbert has ended his 11-year run as host of The Late Show on CBS. His program’s cancellation removes one of President Trump’s most vocal critics from the airwaves and comes after the comedian criticized his own employer for agreeing to pay $16 million to settle a lawsuit... Read more »
- "Politically Driven Epidemic": Ebola Response Hampered by Impoverishment & U.S. Global Health CutsThe deadly Ebola outbreak spreading across the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo has killed at least 177 people, with more than 750 suspected cases reported in the DRC and neighboring Uganda, according to the World Health Organization. Health officials believe the virus may have been spreading undetected for months... Read more »
- Headlines for May 22, 2026GOP Leaders Delay Vote on Iran War Powers Resolution Until June, “I’ll Be the One That Does It”: Trump Says He’s Ready to Attack Cuba, Syrian Child and Paramedics Are Victims of Latest Israeli Strikes on Lebanon, Deported Global Sumud Flotilla Activists Describe Torture and Abuse by Israeli Captors, Greenlanders... Read more »
Democracy Now!
- mp3Karma Chávez on Academic Freedom, Alex Main on War on Cuba?
https://media.blubrry.com/counterspin/content.blubrry.com/counterspin/CounterSpin260522.mp3 Right-click here to download this episode (“Save link as…”). Texas Tribune (5/20/26) This week on CounterSpin: You may have seen videos of college commencement speakers telling students who’ve spent time and money learning how to read, write and think critically that that was dumb, cuz AI is... Read more » - mp3Jules Boykoff on World Cup and ‘Sportswashing’
https://media.blubrry.com/counterspin/content.blubrry.com/counterspin/CounterSpin260515.mp3 Right-click here to download this episode (“Save link as…”). FIFA, the governing body of association football, concocted a “FIFA Peace Prize”—described as recognizing “individuals for exceptional contributions to peace and unity”—in order to award it to Donald Trump. Alongside revelations of deep-seated corruption—collusion, bribery—involving official bodies and executives, and... Read more » - mp3Angelo Carusone on Media Matters v. FTC, Rachel K. Jones (2023) on Mifepristone
https://media.blubrry.com/counterspin/content.blubrry.com/counterspin/CounterSpin260508.mp3 Right-click here to download this episode (“Save link as…”). Media Matters (11/16/23) This week on CounterSpin: In 2023, the group Media Matters reported that social media platform X was placing ads for major brands like Apple and IBM alongside content touting Hitler and the Nazi Party—despite the... Read more » - mp3Derek Kravitz on Dynamic Pricing
https://media.blubrry.com/counterspin/content.blubrry.com/counterspin/CounterSpin260501.mp3 Right-click here to download this episode (“Save link as…”). Yahoo Finance (4/25/26) This week on CounterSpin: A CNN headline a few months back told us that Instacart—which used to call itself a company that delivers groceries, but now, as its CEO told investors, is the “leading technology... Read more » - mp3Jesse Rabinowitz on Harassing the Unhoused, Maritza Perez Medina on Rescheduling Marijuana
https://media.blubrry.com/counterspin/content.blubrry.com/counterspin/CounterSpin260424.mp3 Right-click here to download this episode (“Save link as…”). NHLC (3/24/26) This week on CounterSpin: From the federal level on down, many laws and policies that claim to be about “ending homelessness” seem to be clearly more about hurting homeless people than changing their circumstance. Even if you,... Read more »
CounterSpin
- When the Empire Becomes the RiskMichael Hudson argues that the Iran war has exposed the fragility of the U.S.-led order, with oil, dollar reserves, food, finance and military security all turned into weapons. The post %%post_title%% first appeared on %%site_link%%. Read the original here: %%post_link%%... Read more »
- Why This Is Not the 1970s AgainMichael Hudson explains why rising interest rates, oil shocks and war spending are pushing the U.S. economy towards a debt crisis. He argues that today’s inflation is not wage-driven, but rooted in energy disruption, financialisation and a debt-leveraged economy that can no longer borrow its way out of trouble. The... Read more »
- America Wanted Submission, China Offered ParityMichael Hudson and Radhika Desai argue that Trump’s Beijing trip exposed the limits of US power, with China refusing to rescue Washington from its Iran war, dollar sanctions and weakening global position. The post %%post_title%% first appeared on %%site_link%%. Read the original here: %%post_link%%... Read more »
- The Crisis Finance Capitalism Can’t EscapeThe 2026 World Financial Crisis Trump is threatening to escalate his war against Iran, and Iran is prepared to destroy the oil production and transport capacity of Arab OPEC countries that do not act to stop the U.S. attack. The result will be to deepen the world depression that already... Read more »
- Did Xi Really Trade Iran for Taiwan?Professor Michael Hudson – in conversation with Ali Alizadeh, Jedaal TV, Iran AA – The American readout of the Trump–Xi meeting claims that Xi explicitly agreed that the Strait of Hormuz must remain open, that there must be no tolls, that China opposes the militarisation of the Strait, that... Read more »
Michael Hudson
- These Photos Reveal Strange Sea Creatures Scientists Have Never Seen BeforeThis story was originally published by Vox and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. It lives in a glass castle deep under the sea. It’s not a character from The Little Mermaid but a very real, very mysterious marine worm. Known as Dalhousiella yabukii, the worm resides inside a glass sea sponge—a simple... Read more »
- The Pentagon Could Name Thousands of Unknown Soldiers. Families Want to Know Why It Hasn’t.This article first appeared on The War Horse, an award-winning nonprofit news organization educating the public on military service. Subscribe to their newsletter. Buried beneath the curved, sweeping rows of white marble crosses and Stars of David at the Manila American Cemetery lies a special kind of American hero. Their... Read more »
- Is Pope Leo Joining the Anti-AI Resistance?Having spoken out for the welfare of immigrants and against the war in Iran—and drawn the ire of some American conservatives in the process—Pope Leo XIV is now calling on the world to safeguard human dignity in the AI era. His upcoming address on Monday, alongside a co-founder of artificial... Read more »
- Republican Infighting Erupts Over Trump’s Emerging Iran DealIs there a deal? Is there not a deal? The fawning quarters of the right-wing press have spent the weekend so far gushing about how late and hard President Donald Trump is working on a deal to end his war on Iran—even missing his own son’s wedding for “circumstances pertaining... Read more »
- A Surprising Climate Fix Both Democrats and Republicans Can Get BehindThis story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Democrats and Republicans agree on virtually nothing at this point, except the desperate need to build more housing in the United States. Depending on your viewpoint, the country needs new domiciles because it puts people to work... Read more »
Mother Jones
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- You Don’t Own Your Narrative Anymore — Naomi Klein and Yanis VaroufakisFrom recent deepfakes using Yanis’ image for viral gain, to his latest police harassment over events from decades ago, the discussion opens onto larger questions Naomi explores in Doppelgänger (identity, imitation, credibility, and what “truth” means when noise travels faster than institutions — and institutions still hold power) before moving... Read more »
- How Israel Has Made Trauma a Weapon of WarA 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 BDSThe Case for BDS by Mehdi Hasan Mehdi and Naomi debunk the myths used to attack the boycott movement against Israel. Read on Substack In the newest episode of ‘Unshocked,’ Mehdi and Naomi debunk the myths around the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) Movement – a nonviolent Palestinian-led movement that works... Read more »
- ‘Unshocked’: Naomi Klein vs the “ideological shackles of Zionism”In a conversation with Mehdi for her new contributor segment at Zeteo, called “Unshocked,” Jewish activist, academic, and author Naomi Klein calls for an “exodus from the ideological shackles of Zionism.” Naomi also reacts to Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu comparing student protesters at Columbia University to Nazis, telling Mehdi that... Read more »
- Jews Must Raise Voices for Palestine, Oppose “False Idol of Zionism”Hundreds of protesters were arrested in Brooklyn on Tuesday when Jewish New Yorkers and allies gathered for what they called a “Seder in the Streets to Stop Arming Israel” on the second night of Passover. The demonstration, held one block away from the home of Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer,... Read more »
Posts – ZNetwork
- VideoPolitical FairytaleWhy is centrism failing so badly? Because at its heart is a mistaken idea of how politics works. By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 20th May 2026 The biggest Brexit donor was the stockbroker Peter Hargreaves. He gave £3.2m to the leave campaign. He justified his enthusiasm as follows:... Read more »
- Never Again, AgainWhy are rightwingers being given a free pass on antisemitism? By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 14th May 2026 The media’s message appears to have cut through. At the crucial rally against antisemitism in London on Sunday, Zack Polanski, the Jewish leader of the Green party of England and... Read more »
- Hear ThisRadical Listening could transform our politics and block the rise of the far right. By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 7th May 2026 Most people have made up their minds, and nothing you can say will change them: that’s the credo of parties such as Labour and the Democrats.... Read more »
- Get the Money out of PoliticsThere’s a really simple way of ensuring that politics belongs to the people, not to the ultra-rich. By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 30th April 2026 How do we know whether political funding is corrupt? Mostly, we don’t. A plutocrat delivers a sack of cash to a political party.... Read more »
- Alternating CurrentIf this crucial circulation system shuts down, the civilisational impacts will be irreversible. So why isn’t it a top priority? By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 23rd April 2026 The poor and middle pay taxes, the rich pay accountants, the very rich pay lawyers – and the ultra-rich pay... Read more »
George Monbiot
- ● 'Vote these Republicans out': Swing state's Black voter surge signals Dem momentum
Last week’s primary election didn’t feature any races with both a Democrat and a Republican on the ballot, but Georgia Democrats still feel like they won.If you are one of the more than 2 million Georgians who cast a ballot, you will likely recall the poll worker asking you to... Read more » - Video● There is no peace deal — just Trump's fantasy of victory
United States President Donald Trump has announced via social media that a peace deal with Iran has been “largely negotiated.” While Trump and his allies have been trumpeting the agreement for days, details are vague, and Iranian authorities insist the two parties have yet to reach a formal deal.In fact,... Read more » - ● The sleeping giant just woke up as angry nonvoters are about to rock midterms
This week, the president has hit the floor in his support. A new Reuters poll found that Donald Trump's approval is 35 percent. A new Q poll found that it's 33 percent. Nate Silver said it's lower than Joe Biden's was after the Disaster Debate. While there's hope his numbers... Read more » - ● Trump feels unstoppable and accountable to no one
He’s no longer even trying to hide it. He makes a deal with himself for a $1.8 billion slush fund to reward loyalists willing to defy the law and commit violence on his behalf, and for a pardon of himself and his family for any illegal self-dealing and financial wrongs... Read more » - ● Trump's mysterious actions suggest he may tear down White House columns
After tearing down the White House East Wing without the legal authority to do so, President Donald Trump is now acting in a way which suggests he may have designs on the building’s iconic Ionic columns.“President Donald Trump appeared absorbed by the White House’s columns on Monday, lingering for several... Read more »
Alternet.org
- ● When Our Word Is No Longer GoodThe pattern of media reports – based on White House leaks – that an agreement with Iran is almost completed has become predictable. Where once the markets fluctuated wildly (and some insiders made huge profits with the information), each time we hear that the deal is almost complete only to... Read more »
- ● The Rise of China and the Imminent US Exit: What Must the Arabs Do?US President Donald Trum’’s state visit to China will go down in history as the day the United States finally acknowledged Beijing’s ascendancy as a global superpower. That acknowledgment does not need to be articulated in a formal statement; it can be clearly read in the subtext of diplomatic behavior,... Read more »
- A Global War on ChildrenOriginally published on TomDispatch. Sometimes, Donald Trump just doesn’t get the credit he deserves. In so many ways, he is indeed a record-setting president. Here’s just one example, as reported by Dave DeCamp of Antiwar.com. In early May, the U.S. military bombed Somalia for the 63rd time this year, putting... Read more »
- Support Our Troops: What It Really MeansThe other day, I was reading an old Atlantic Monthly and came across the following cartoon: That is one powerful image. I like the tiny heads on the pallbearers. They make me think of the posturing politicians who tell us to “support our troops” while sending them to die in... Read more »
- The Strait of Hormuz: A Constant in Iranian HistoryThe strategic and spiritual resonance of the Strait of Hormuz is deeply woven into Iran’s identity. It represents a profound geographic constant in Iranian history. This narrow waterway has served as a central artery for Persian political and economic power, historical consciousness and culture across millennia. Whether safeguarding Zoroastrian trade... Read more »
Antiwar.com
- Canada: the ‘best country in the world' under the microscopeCanada — often idealised but poorly understood — is a land of contradictions, from its half-hearted bilingualism, colonial past and the status of first nations peoples to the curse of oil and its dependence on the US. Prosperous and multicultural, it is still in search of an identity, wavering between... Read more »
- May: the longer viewThe month's archives. - 2026/05 / perspective... Read more »
- Afghanistan-Pakistan border tensions
- Asia / Map, 2026/05 afghanistan pakistan... Read more » - Strategic and commercial oil reserves
- Energy / Map, 2026/05 energy... Read more » - Lebanon: where civilisations met and mergedThe gnarled, monumental olive trees leading to Nabil Nahas's studio in the mountains north of Beirut, portrayed by the renowned Lebanese-American artist in semi-abstract paintings, are silent witnesses to more than a thousand years of history. ‘They date from the Roman period,' and come from lands mentioned in the bible,... Read more »
Le Monde diplomatique - English edition
- UK citizens subjected to ‘show trial’ in Germany, lawyers sayTwo Britons are among activists being tried in Germany after targeting an Israeli weapons factory last year The post UK citizens subjected to ‘show trial’ in Germany, lawyers say appeared first on Declassified UK.... Read more »
- Palestine Action ban risked activists’ right to fair trial, documents revealExclusive: Former home secretary was told proscribing Palestine Action within six months of key Filton hearing could prejudice the case but went ahead anyway. The post Palestine Action ban risked activists’ right to fair trial, documents reveal appeared first on Declassified UK.... Read more »
- Sexual abuse of Palestinians should force a reckoning for the British governmentIsraeli soldiers and settlers are using sexualised violence to displace Palestinians, new report finds. Britain should pull every lever available to stop this The post Sexual abuse of Palestinians should force a reckoning for the British government appeared first on Declassified UK.... Read more »
- VideoMet chief should resign over Palestine comments, ex-senior officer saysFormer Scotland Yard superintendent, Nusrit Mehtab, has accused Sir Mark Rowley of ‘blurring the lines’ between policing and politics The post Met chief should resign over Palestine comments, ex-senior officer says appeared first on Declassified UK.... Read more »
- Britain’s secret ‘black propaganda’ operationsExclusive: Top secret files expose how the UK government forged documents, controlled news agencies, and cultivated journalists amid the Cold War struggle for influence and power. The post Britain’s secret ‘black propaganda’ operations appeared first on Declassified UK.... Read more »
Declassified UK
- ● ‘Extremely violent’: 2 teenagers among 4 dead in Belgium after train hits school bus
Four people, including two teenagers, were killed in Belgium on Tuesday when a train crashed into a school bus on a level crossing near the town of Buggenhout, RTL TV reported, citing Transport Minister Jean-Luc Crucke. The victims also included the bus driver and an adult accompanying the pupils, RTL... Read more » - ● Hong Kong woman duped out of HK$1 million by fake AI investment app
A Hong Kong woman has lost more than HK$1 million (US$127,636) after being lured into a fraudulent cryptocurrency scheme disguised as an artificial intelligence-powered trading app, with police reporting that over 70 similar scams had been recorded in the past week alone, resulting in total losses exceeding HK$50 million. Details... Read more » - ● CLP Power to raise electricity price for third straight month in June
Customers of Hong Kong’s CLP Power are set to pay higher power bills next month, as the company increases its fuel costs for a third consecutive month to 42.6 HK cents (5.4 US cents) per unit of electricity, up 5.4 per cent from May. CLP Power, which serves over 80... Read more » - ● Indonesia’s offer to host US military aircraft repair hub tests non-aligned foreign policy
The Indonesian government’s decision to accept a US proposal to turn an underused airport into a maintenance hub for Lockheed C-130 Hercules military aircraft has stirred up a familiar debate: how far can Jakarta deepen defence ties with Washington while preserving its non-aligned stance? The plan, which would make Indonesia... Read more » - ● China ex-train driver creates US$440 short film, receiving Hollywood director praise, job offer
A moderately educated young man in China spent 10 days and just 3,000 yuan (US$440) to make a short film using artificial intelligence (AI) technology. His efforts have won him the favour of a Hollywood director who even offered him a job. The work, called Zombie Scavenger, was released on... Read more »
News - South China Morning Post
- ● What a US defence industry trip to Taiwan says about Taipei’s efforts to overhaul military
A high-level American defence industry delegation arrived in Taipei on Tuesday for a four-day visit aimed at expanding the US role in the island’s military modernisation process and the joint production of weapons systems. The party includes 41 senior executives, and the visit was organised by the US-Taiwan Business Council,... Read more » - ● China says engineer jailed for 15 years was lured into sending aerospace secrets overseas
A Chinese aerospace engineer has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for espionage, according to state media, with the report underscoring official warnings that the aerospace industry is a cornerstone of national technological strength and defence security. The engineer, surnamed Zhu, graduated from a top university with a PhD... Read more » - Are systemic safety failures to blame for China’s deadly mine blast?
A gas explosion that killed at least 82 people in central China – the country’s worst mining disaster in more than a decade – was the result of systemic safety failures across multiple parts of the production chain, according to miners and industry insiders. The Friday blast at the Liushenyu... Read more » - Owners of Chinese mine where 82 died in blast accused of ‘serious violations’ of the law
The owners of a Chinese coal mine where at least 82 people were killed have been accused of “serious violations of the law” by the local government. As search and rescue operations continued through the night, Chen Xiangyang, the deputy Communist Party secretary of Changzhi in Shanxi province, said that... Read more » - Will China’s residency changes to social insurance unlock economic growth?
China’s decision to ease residency restrictions on social insurance applicants will help unleash positive, long-term economic growth, according to analysts. The new measures announced on Friday by the State Council are part of China’s broader push to create a unified national market by removing barriers to the free flow of... Read more »
Politics - South China Morning Post
- UK ignores massacres and terrorism to deepen Syria relationsby Mark Curtis, Declassified UK, 12 November 2025 British officials are developing new ties with their Syrian counterparts complicit in recent killings, including former leading al-Qaeda operatives Last month, Keir Starmer’s special representative to Syria, Ann Snow, met defence minister Murhaf Abu Qasra in Damascus. This followed a meeting between... Read more »
- Secret UK-Israel military deal in place throughout genocideby Mark Curtis, Declassified UK, 20 October 2025 A military agreement Britain and Israel signed in 2020 has not been modified despite Israel’s attacks on Gaza, the Ministry of Defence admits. In December 2020, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) tweeted that it had signed a military agreement with the UK. It... Read more »
- The Israel firms aiding the NHS and IDFby Mark Curtis, Declassified UK, 30 September 2025 Drugs corporation Teva makes one in seven of the medicines prescribed in the UK. It’s also backing the Israeli military during the genocide. An Israeli pharmaceutical company that operates at the heart of the NHS has been aiding the Israeli military during... Read more »
- ‘Ruthless terror’ — When Labour aided genocide in Indonesiaby Mark Curtis, Declassified UK, 29 September 2025 Sixty years ago, Harold Wilson’s government secretly conspired with the Indonesian military as it conducted one of the postwar world’s worst bloodbaths. British declassified files show how Harold Wilson’s Labour government, together with the US government under Lyndon Johnson, were complicit in... Read more »
- RAF Museum hosts fundraiser for Israeli soldiers’ ’emotional support’by Mark Curtis, Declassified UK, 25 September 2025 Exclusive: Israeli air force pilot invited to speak about ‘operational frontlines’ at British charity event. The Royal Air Force museum in London hosted an event last week supporting the education of Israeli soldiers who have fought in Gaza, Declassified can reveal. The event, entitled... Read more »
Articles – Mark Curtis
- Have Americans’ wages kept up with inflation? That dependsDetermining whether workers' wages have kept up with inflation depends on many factors.... Read more »
- Key findings about Americans and mental healthAs the nation marks Mental Health Awareness Month, here’s a look at how Americans describe their mental health and who they feel comfortable talking to about it.... Read more »
- 5 facts about Africa’s population growthWhile global population growth is projected to slow over the rest of the century, Africa stands out for its relatively young and growing population.... Read more »
- Trump’s approval rating hits second-term low among his Latino voters, though many still approveAbout two-thirds of Latino Trump voters (66%) approve of his job performance. That’s down 27 percentage points since the start of his second term.... Read more »
- A majority of Americans say the country’s best years are behind usAmericans are also much more pessimistic (44%) than optimistic (28%) when asked to think about what things will be like in the U.S. 50 years from now.... Read more »
Pew Research Center
- Judge Sanctioned Private Prison Giant for Destroying Evidence in ICE Death SuitThe first known sanction of its kind held CoreCivic responsible for destroying video in a case alleging wrongful death of an ICE detainee. The post Judge Sanctioned Private Prison Giant for Destroying Evidence in ICE Death Suit appeared first on The Intercept.... Read more »
- AIPAC, AI, Crypto, and Gambling Are Hiding Their Big Election SpendsIntercept staffers break down the latest election news and the front groups fueling the midterms. The post AIPAC, AI, Crypto, and Gambling Are Hiding Their Big Election Spends appeared first on The Intercept.... Read more »
- Corporate Interests Paid for Haley Stevens’s Trip to Portugal — and Her Campaign AdsCenter Forward sent Stevens — and her mom — to a banking and crypto conference. Now it's spending millions on ads in Michigan. The post Corporate Interests Paid for Haley Stevens’s Trip to Portugal — and Her Campaign Ads appeared first on The Intercept.... Read more »
- DNC Autopsy of 2024 Loss Doesn’t Mention Gaza or Israel at allAs the DNC blamed the author for the report’s shortcomings, a source who participated in the research said the author seemed to grasp that Gaza "clearly" hurt Harris. The post DNC Autopsy of 2024 Loss Doesn’t Mention Gaza or Israel at all appeared first on The Intercept.... Read more »
- ICE Recruitment Tweets Are So Racist That Cops Feared They Could Incite Neo-Nazi ViolenceA newly uncovered police bulletin warns that white supremacists may interpret ICE social media content as a call to violence. The post ICE Recruitment Tweets Are So Racist That Cops Feared They Could Incite Neo-Nazi Violence appeared first on The Intercept.... Read more »
The Intercept
- Every Worker Deserves Paid Leave
Virginia law advances the cause but what is needed is federal action.... Read more » - A Shortage of Special Educators Is Becoming a Crisis of Trust
A legal right for students with disabilities is meaningless when there isn’t a qualified person to deliver the services.... Read more » - Protect English Learners in Nation’s Schools
Multilingual education is not merely workforce preparation. It is about equal opportunity.... Read more » - Got a Bedroom? Get a Benefit Cut
A new rule change will allow the government to count having a place to sleep as income, and deduct it from SSI payments.... Read more » - The Unspoken Abyss
What will become of ISIS-tied families in al-Hawl?... Read more »
The Progressive — A voice for peace, social justice, and the common good
- Video● Purchased With Blood and LiesAnother Memorial Day: boasts, insults, "self-defense strikes," cheap clichés from a Secretary of War Crimes prattling about dead boys "delivered from the battlefield into the arms of a loving Lord and savior." Spare us. And maybe revisit the war to end all wars, which didn't - its "infinity of waste"... Read more »
- RootsAction Blasts Official DNC Autopsy; ‘Disgrace’ Would Be ‘Understatement’RootsAction is releasing the following statement:After months of intense pressure, Chair Ken Martin and the DNC finally caved and released their 2024 autopsy report. To call the report a disgrace would be an understatement. The report focuses extensively on ad spending and fundraising, without discussing the Democratic platform, policy positions... Read more »
- “Failures of ‘America First Global Health’”: U.S. Global Health Cuts and DRC Conflict Fuel Ebola CrisisSweeping U.S. cuts to critical global health programs, including funding and staffing reductions at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the dismantling of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), and the U.S. withdrawal from the World Health Organization (WHO), have dangerously weakened the world’s ability to respond... Read more »
- Burgers, Brats, and Busted Budgets: Summer Staples Up 13%, Travel Prices Surging Ahead of Memorial DayNew data released today by Groundwork Collaborative and The Century Foundation shows how President Trump’s reckless economic policies and war in Iran are driving up the costs of summer cookouts and travel season. Prices for backyard barbecue staples jumped 13% on average since last year, more than four times the... Read more »
- VideoOne Racist Batshit Christo-Fascist Homeland Under GodIn retrospect, Sunday's taxpayer-funded blasphemy fest to "rededicate" America as a Christian nation though it's not and never was looks ever more obscene amidst an unholy regime's mounting crimes and abuses. Its sectarian circus - ICE milled, vendors urged "WIVES SUBMIT," zealots screeched "We welcome Jesus!", speakers attested God is... Read more »
Common Dreams
- mp3Capitalism and Insect-Borne DiseasesOver the last half century, diseases carried by insects — such as malaria and dengue, Zika and Lyme disease — have greatly increased. Sociologists Brent Kaup and Kelly Austin argue that the surge in vector-borne disease has been fueled by neoliberal capitalism, at times in unexpected ways, such as through... Read more »
- mp3Fund Drive Special: Artificial Intelligence, the Media, and the Billionaire ClassIf it weren’t obvious before, the Trump administration has exposed the enormous power, as well as astounding wealth, of the billionaire class. And the power of that class partially emanates from their ownership of much of our media system, with significant political consequences. Economist Rob Larson discusses the 1%, AI... Read more »
- mp3Against the Grain – May 19, 2026A radio and web media project whose aim is to provide in-depth analysis and commentary on a variety of matters — political, economic, social and cultural — important to progressive and radical thinking and activism. The post Against the Grain – May 19, 2026 appeared first on KPFA.... Read more »
- mp3Fund Drive Special: Against the Attention EconomyIt’s been called a new gold rush, but not of our external environment, which continues to be plundered, but of our internal environment — of our psyches. Historian of science D. Graham Burnett, one of the Friends of Attention, lays out what’s at stake — and how they’re organizing a... Read more »
- mp3Fund Drive Special: Fossil Capitalism and TreesFor as long as we’ve known, humans have revered ancient trees. We have also destroyed them, especially since the advent of colonialism and fossil fuel capitalism. Historian Jared Farmer reflects on what trees illuminate about our past and potential future. The post Fund Drive Special: Fossil Capitalism and Trees appeared... Read more »
KPFA - Against the Grain
- President Xi Jinping meets Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez
Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday met with Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, who is on an official visit to China, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.... Read more » - President Xi Jinping meets Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, UAE
President Xi Jinping meets Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, UAE... Read more » - Mozambique's President Daniel Francisco Chapo to visit China
Mozambique's President Daniel Francisco Chapo to visit China... Read more » - IEA, IMF, World Bank heads warn of impacts of Iran war
The heads of the International Energy Agency (IEA), International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank Group on Monday warned of the negative impacts of the war against Iran waged by the United States and Israel.... Read more » - Vietnam's top leader To Lam arrives in Beijing for state visit
To Lam, general secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee and president of Vietnam, arrived in Beijing on Tuesday for a state visit to China through Friday.... Read more »
World
- President Xi Jinping meets Spanish Prime Minister Pedro SanchezChinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday met with Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, who is on an official visit to China, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.... Read more »
- President Xi Jinping meets Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, UAEPresident Xi Jinping meets Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, UAE... Read more »
- Mozambique's President Daniel Francisco Chapo to visit ChinaMozambique's President Daniel Francisco Chapo to visit China... Read more »
- IEA, IMF, World Bank heads warn of impacts of Iran warThe heads of the International Energy Agency (IEA), International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank Group on Monday warned of the negative impacts of the war against Iran waged by the United States and Israel.... Read more »
- Vietnam's top leader To Lam arrives in Beijing for state visitTo Lam, general secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee and president of Vietnam, arrived in Beijing on Tuesday for a state visit to China through Friday.... Read more »
Politics
- Polish official: A new gateway for Chinese-Polish synergy
Polish official: A new gateway for Chinese-Polish synergy... Read more » - IMF downgrades global growth forecast amid Middle East conflict
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has downgraded its global economic outlook for 2026 amid the ongoing conflict in the Middle East.... Read more » - 85% of respondents say 'Investing in China' key for global success
85% of respondents say 'Investing in China' key for global success... Read more » - China drives sharp reduction of trade surplus with Q1 import surge
China's Q1 imports surged, reshaping the familiar narrative of export-led trade growth.... Read more » - UNDP: Middle East tensions could cost Asia-Pacific up to $299 billion
A new report from the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) warns that military escalation in the Middle East could inflict $97 billion to $299 billion in economic losses across the Asia-Pacific region and push 8.8 million people into poverty.... Read more »
Business
- Canada Rolls Out New Disability Benefit Program Under Bill C-22Canada has taken a historic step toward economic equity and social inclusion with the rollout of the Canada Disability Benefit... Read more »
- Check Eligibility Criteria for Singapore’s 2025 Assurance PackageAs Singapore continues its planned increase in the Goods and Services Tax (GST) from 7% to 9%... Read more »
- Check Eligibility, Fees & Processing Time for Canada’s Open Work Permit in 2025As of March 2025, Canada’s Open Work Permit (OWP) program has undergone significant changes aimed at simplifying the process... Read more »
- Australia Government Launches Financial Relief Package to Ease Living Costs in 2025As Australians continue to grapple with the growing burden of daily expenses... Read more »
- Unlocking International Opportunities with the Digital Nomad VisaCanada's Digital Nomad Visa is more than just a temporary travel allowance... Read more »
Citizen Truth
- ● Workers Struggles: The AmericasHundreds of Argentine and Bolivian workers, students and retirees carried out a mass march through downtown Buenos Aires and rallied at the Bolivian embassy in support for the general strike and mobilization of the Bolivian proletariat and peasantry fighting to overthrow President Rodrigo Paz.... Read more »
- ● The international significance of Erdoğan’s preemptive coup against the CHP in TürkiyeWhat is unfolding in Türkiye is not a purely national event but a significant manifestation of an international process rooted in the deepening crisis of the capitalist system.... Read more »
- ● US launches missile strikes on Iran in advance of talks in QatarA US Central Command spokesperson said the strikes on a port city in southern Iran were carried out “to defend our forces” against “threats posed by Iranian forces,” although he provided no evidence or details about the claimed threats.... Read more »
- ● Nepal’s RSP government shifts Iran war burden onto working peopleAs prices soar, driving thousands into poverty, the Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) government is revealing itself to be just as reactionary as the more established bourgeois parties that it displaced.... Read more »
- ● Japan and the Philippines to deepen military collaboration against ChinaUnder the cover of collaboration and so-called “collective self-defense,” Tokyo is building military networks in the Indo-Pacific through agreements with nations like the Philippines.... Read more »
World Socialist Web Site (en)
- Chinese scientists unlock potent, addiction-free pain relief
Chinese scientists unlock potent, addiction-free pain relief... Read more » - Premier Li: China encourages more Chinese companies to invest in Spain
China is ready to import more high-quality products from Spain and encourages more capable Chinese enterprises to invest in Spain, Chinese Premier Li Qiang said on Tuesday.... Read more » - Xi Jinping holds talks with Vietnam's top leader To Lam
Xi Jinping holds talks with Vietnam's top leader To Lam... Read more » - Xi Jinping holds welcome ceremony for Vietnam's top leader
Xi Jinping holds welcome ceremony for Vietnam's top leader... Read more » - Chinese President Xi Jinping meets Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov
Chinese President Xi Jinping meets Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov... Read more »
China
- Sanchez's fourth China visit signals EU strategic shift
The Spanish prime minister is undertaking a state visit to China from April 11 to 15. This marks his fourth trip to China in four years, demonstrating a sustained high-level engagement between two countries aimed at bolstering economic ties.... Read more » - Europe's Atlantic foundation crumbles as the US becomes a threat
The Politico survey is a clarion call. As the US retreats into a fortress of protectionism and unpredictability, Europe's quest for strategic autonomy should be matched by a diversification of its global partnerships.... Read more » - CICPE to decode China's consumption upgrade
As a weathervane for consumption upgrade, the CICPE is witnessing China's consumption transformation from quantity accumulation to quality leap.... Read more » - Three takeaways from KMT chair's visit to the mainland
Cheng's visit reinforces the argument that stability and peaceful development should remain the core priorities in managing cross-Strait relations.... Read more » - Sanchez's China visit to promote development of China-Europe ties
The growing development of Sino-Spanish relations is bringing tangible benefits to both sides, rendering any attempts to question or suppress the ties naive, hypocritical and powerless.... Read more »
Opinion
- CGTN's picks for the 16th Beijing International Film Festival
The 16th Beijing International Film Festival has arrived as promised this April, reuniting film lovers everywhere in front of the big screen.... Read more » - Brought with the Storm
The film centers on a male protagonist who has just ended a relationship.... Read more » - The Fox King
The film tells the story of a pair of twin brothers living in a peaceful coastal town in Malaysia.... Read more » - Goodbye Julia
Mona was once a singer before retiring from the stage after marriage. Leading a respectable life, she is tormented by a secret deep inside: She was indirectly responsible for a murder.... Read more » - The Blue Trail
Set in Brazil, the film follows a story where a mandatory elderly segregation policy is enforced, sending senior citizens to remote "relocation zones."... Read more »
Culture
- Spanish PM stresses role of cooperation in driving scientific progress
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez underscored the vital role of cooperation in driving scientific progress during a visit to the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) on Monday.... Read more » - Musk's XChat set for App Store debut
Musk's XChat set for App Store debut... Read more » - International Dark Sky Week: China's legal path to a starry economy
International Dark Sky Week: China's legal path to a starry economy... Read more » - Spanish PM Sánchez receives honorary professorship from UCAS
Spanish PM Sánchez receives honorary professorship from UCAS... Read more » - 2026 World Internet Conference Asia-Pacific Summit kicks off in HKSAR
The 2026 World Internet Conference (WIC) Asia-Pacific Summit opened in China's Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) on Wednesday morning.... Read more »
Tech&Sci
- ● How AIPAC channels millions through shell PACs ahead of US midtermsIn our broken political system, the pro-Israel lobby has relied on shell political action groups with deceptive names to defeat Israel critics.... Read more »
- Israel has no mercy on Gaza, Lebanon; Trump throws a curveball into Iran negotiations – Daily UpdateFood crisis amid Eid holiday in Gaza ■ Israeli president fed up with settler violence ■ Trump has a lot to say about Iran negotiations ■ Healthcare under attack in Lebanon ■ More... Read more »
- Israel escalates attacks in Gaza, as it demands total disarmament – Daily UpdateNo end to killing in Gaza, Lebanon ■ Israel ok with torture, just not broadcasting it ■ Update on Iran ■ Israeli journalist: Why is there still a Support Israel parade in NYC?... Read more »
- Flotilla activists’ allegations of rape, sexual assault multiply – Daily UpdateGaza aid still way below agreed-upon amounts ■ Has the flotilla finally exposed the West’s moral double standard? ■ Israel's latest provocations in West Bank ■ Latest from Iran, Lebanon, more.... Read more »
- Israel’s long record of using banned incendiary weapons on civiliansFrom white phosphorus attacks in southern Lebanon to thermal weapons in Gaza that left bodies reduced to ash, Israel’s repeated use of incendiary munitions adds to its long record of war crimes against civilians.... Read more »
Israel Palestine News
- Our Wars Haven’t Been Worth It, and Not Just in IranAfter decades of war since 9/11, Americans now largely agree: War isn’t worth it. The post Our Wars Haven’t Been Worth It, and Not Just in Iran appeared first on Institute for Policy Studies.... Read more »
- What Can North Korea Tell Us About America’s Future?Is the United States heading toward a hard landing? The post What Can North Korea Tell Us About America’s Future? appeared first on Institute for Policy Studies.... Read more »
- From Asia to the Middle East, U.S. Bombs Are a Failed Foreign Policy ChoiceThe only reliable products of US airpower are devastated civilian populations and suppression of internal movements. The post From Asia to the Middle East, U.S. Bombs Are a Failed Foreign Policy Choice appeared first on Institute for Policy Studies.... Read more »
- Russia and North Korea: An Alliance of DesperationThe Kremlin can count on only one real ally in its war in Ukraine. The post Russia and North Korea: An Alliance of Desperation appeared first on Institute for Policy Studies.... Read more »
- She Spoke Up for Due Process. Now She’s Detained Without Charges.Americans should demand the release of jailed Salvadoran lawyer Ruth Lopez — because it can happen here, too. The post She Spoke Up for Due Process. Now She’s Detained Without Charges. appeared first on Institute for Policy Studies.... Read more »
Institute for Policy Studies
- Climate Coverage Plunges, Though Crisis More Dire Than Ever
The scientific consensus that we need to phase out fossil fuels fast has not changed, but coverage about climate change in US news outlets has plunged.... Read more » - mp3A History of Iran Propaganda
CounterSpin has been tracking US news media failings, omissions and propagandizing on Iran for decades. We revisit some of that conversation this week.... Read more » - The Digital Media Oligarchy: Who Owns Online News?
More than half of US visits to major online news sites from Dec. 2024 through Nov. 2025 went to outlets controlled by just seven families or corporate entities.... Read more » - After Trump Declared Gaza War ‘Over,’ Media Lost Interest
Since Donald Trump declared that "the war in Gaza is over" on October 3, 2025, US news outlets' interest in the occupied territory has plummeted.... Read more » - VideoLabeling Kidnapping a ‘Capture,’ Media Legitimate Violation of International Law
It’s misleading to use language like “capture” and “arrest,” which evoke the US upholding the law, to describe heavily armed US forces taking Maduro prisoner.... Read more »
FAIR
- ● Japan's Auto Giants Are Losing The EV Race To ChinaJapan's Auto Giants Are Losing The EV Race To China Japan’s car industry is being forced into a major reset as Chinese automakers rapidly outpace traditional rivals in electric vehicles, software, and manufacturing speed, according to Nikkei. The shift is especially visible at Honda Motor. In 2021, CEO Toshihiro Mibe... Read more »
- ● Nearly 1.2 Billion People Live With Mental Disorders Globally: StudyNearly 1.2 Billion People Live With Mental Disorders Globally: Study Authored by Naveen Athrappully via The Epoch Times, There were an estimated 1.17 billion people suffering from mental disorders worldwide in 2023, up by 95.5 percent from 1990, according to a May 23 peer-reviewed study published in The Lancet journal.... Read more »
- ● The Appearance Of 'Action': Britain's Navy Docked At Gateway To Mediterranean For Hormuz MissionThe Appearance Of 'Action': Britain's Navy Docked At Gateway To Mediterranean For Hormuz Mission Is Washington's ally the United Kingdom making preparations to 'do more' related to the Iran crisis at the behest of President Trump? New reporting in The Associated Press suggests so. But the new Monday report also... Read more »
- ● Brussels Eyes Wealth Taxes As Europe’s Fiscal Crisis SpiralsBrussels Eyes Wealth Taxes As Europe’s Fiscal Crisis Spirals Submitted by Thomas Kolbe A fatal fiscal dynamic has become entrenched across the European Union. In nearly every member state, public spending is accelerating at all levels — from municipalities and social insurance systems all the way up to the European... Read more »
- ● Finland Flourishes As Freedom Flounders In The 'Land Of The Free'Finland Flourishes As Freedom Flounders In The 'Land Of The Free' Global freedom declined for the 20th consecutive year in 2025, according to Freedom House. More than 50 countries saw political rights and civil liberties deteriorate, including the United States. This graphic, via Visual Capitalist's Gabriel Cohen, ranks the world’s... Read more »
ZeroHedge News
- ● Brutal GOP primary could leave red state's party in tatters: 'Trump destroyed trust there'
President Donald Trump's decision to back Attorney General Ken Paxton over Sen. John Cornyn in Tuesday's Texas Republican Senate runoff has opened a deep rift within the GOP.Trump endorsed Paxton earlier this month, citing Cornyn's insufficient fealty during moments he deemed critical to his political survival, and the president pointed... Read more » - ● Trump just reached a tipping point — what happens next can bring him crashing down
There has been a tremor in the political force. Can you feel it?President Donald Trump is tempting his presidential fate, having gotten away with literally everything he's ever done in his political and personal life, even a civil judgment for sexual abuse and a violent attempted coup on the Capitol.... Read more » - ● 'Watching MAGA light itself on fire': Internet floored as Trump's foe opens door to 2028
Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY), an outspoken critic of President Donald Trump, left the internet surprised on Monday after announcing he might be considering a political comeback just days after losing his primary election to a President Donald Trump-endorsed challenger.Massie wrote in a post on X that he filed paperwork with... Read more » - ● Reporter delivers brutal review of gold Trump phone: 'Kind of looks like a urine sample'
President Donald Trump's latest business venture — Trump Mobile — got a scathing review from a journalist during a live CNN broadcast on Monday.Patrick Holland, Managing Editor at CNET, described the phone's design in conversation with CNN Anchor Brianna Keilar, saying it looks like "an altered iPhone 16 Pro." "The... Read more » - ● Insiders reveal Vance taking political shots ahead of White House invite: report
Vice President JD Vance snubbed Democratic state attorneys general in a White House invite for an upcoming meeting for his fraud task force, according to a Politico report on Monday.President Donald Trump named Vance "the face of the administration’s efforts to combat fraud" in March and the vice president has... Read more »
Raw Story
- ● Brutal GOP primary could leave red state's party in tatters: 'Trump destroyed trust there'President Donald Trump's decision to back Attorney General Ken Paxton over Sen. John Cornyn in Tuesday's Texas Republican Senate runoff has opened a deep rift within the GOP.Trump endorsed Paxton earlier this month, citing Cornyn's insufficient fealty during moments he deemed critical to his political survival, and the president pointed... Read more »
- ● Trump just reached a tipping point — what happens next can bring him crashing downThere has been a tremor in the political force. Can you feel it?President Donald Trump is tempting his presidential fate, having gotten away with literally everything he's ever done in his political and personal life, even a civil judgment for sexual abuse and a violent attempted coup on the Capitol.... Read more »
- ● 'Watching MAGA light itself on fire': Internet floored as Trump's foe opens door to 2028Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY), an outspoken critic of President Donald Trump, left the internet surprised on Monday after announcing he might be considering a political comeback just days after losing his primary election to a President Donald Trump-endorsed challenger.Massie wrote in a post on X that he filed paperwork with... Read more »
- ● Reporter delivers brutal review of gold Trump phone: 'Kind of looks like a urine sample'President Donald Trump's latest business venture — Trump Mobile — got a scathing review from a journalist during a live CNN broadcast on Monday.Patrick Holland, Managing Editor at CNET, described the phone's design in conversation with CNN Anchor Brianna Keilar, saying it looks like "an altered iPhone 16 Pro." "The... Read more »
- ● Insiders reveal Vance taking political shots ahead of White House invite: reportVice President JD Vance snubbed Democratic state attorneys general in a White House invite for an upcoming meeting for his fraud task force, according to a Politico report on Monday.President Donald Trump named Vance "the face of the administration’s efforts to combat fraud" in March and the vice president has... Read more »
Raw Story
- RFK Jr.’s Muddled Claims on Drug Approval SpeedThe Food and Drug Administration in recent months has approved a small number of drugs quite quickly under a new expedited review program. But Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has overstated the impact of the program by making misleading comparisons to the pace of drug approvals... Read more »
- VideoAd in Texas GOP Runoff Attacks Cornyn on Immigration, IslamA TV ad attacking incumbent Texas Sen. John Cornyn for supporting "Muslim mass immigration" misleadingly cites a 2021 quote from Cornyn about certain Afghan refugees and claims that "Cornyn has a special place in his heart for radical Islam." The post Ad in Texas GOP Runoff Attacks Cornyn on Immigration,... Read more »
- VideoWhat Will Happen To Gasoline Prices When the Iran War Ends?President Donald Trump on multiple occasions has assured the public that high gasoline prices will “rapidly” or “quickly” decline “as soon as” the war with Iran ends. Energy experts told us that prices will start to fall when the conflict is resolved, but it could take many months before the... Read more »
- Who’s Paying for the White House Ballroom?Q: Has President Trump asked for a billion dollars for the ballroom? A: Since the White House announced plans in July for a ballroom, the president has promised to fund its construction without using public money. But in May congressional Republicans proposed $1 billion in federal funding for “security adjustments and... Read more »
- VideoRepublicans Repeat Problematic Estimate of Medication Abortion HarmsIn the midst of a court battle over whether to continue to allow access by mail to the medication abortion pill mifepristone, Republican lawmakers have claimed that 10% or more of women who take the drug have serious side effects. A 2025 report from an anti-abortion group that put forward the figure has been criticized by reproductive health... Read more »
FactCheck.org
- RFK Jr.’s Muddled Claims on Drug Approval SpeedThe Food and Drug Administration in recent months has approved a small number of drugs quite quickly under a new expedited review program. But Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has overstated the impact of the program by making misleading comparisons to the pace of drug approvals... Read more »
- VideoAd in Texas GOP Runoff Attacks Cornyn on Immigration, IslamA TV ad attacking incumbent Texas Sen. John Cornyn for supporting "Muslim mass immigration" misleadingly cites a 2021 quote from Cornyn about certain Afghan refugees and claims that "Cornyn has a special place in his heart for radical Islam." The post Ad in Texas GOP Runoff Attacks Cornyn on Immigration,... Read more »
- VideoWhat Will Happen To Gasoline Prices When the Iran War Ends?President Donald Trump on multiple occasions has assured the public that high gasoline prices will “rapidly” or “quickly” decline “as soon as” the war with Iran ends. Energy experts told us that prices will start to fall when the conflict is resolved, but it could take many months before the... Read more »
- Who’s Paying for the White House Ballroom?Q: Has President Trump asked for a billion dollars for the ballroom? A: Since the White House announced plans in July for a ballroom, the president has promised to fund its construction without using public money. But in May congressional Republicans proposed $1 billion in federal funding for “security adjustments and... Read more »
- VideoRepublicans Repeat Problematic Estimate of Medication Abortion HarmsIn the midst of a court battle over whether to continue to allow access by mail to the medication abortion pill mifepristone, Republican lawmakers have claimed that 10% or more of women who take the drug have serious side effects. A 2025 report from an anti-abortion group that put forward the figure has been criticized by reproductive health... Read more »
FactCheck.org
- Searching for Solidarity at the Train StationSara Krolewski Mattia Filice’s Driver, a poetic novel about train conductors in France, offers an empathetic vision of working for the public. The post Searching for Solidarity at the Train Station appeared first on The Nation.... Read more »
- The Suicide of American DemocracyAndrea Arroyo Trumpism is deadly. The post The Suicide of American Democracy appeared first on The Nation.... Read more »
- The Stupid EconomyChris Lehmann Trump promised voters revitalization and growth. But he doesn’t know the first thing about economics. The post The Stupid Economy appeared first on The Nation.... Read more »
- GLP-1s and the Limits of Knowing BetterGrace Ginsburg I agreed with every political argument against weight-loss drugs. I took them anyway. The post GLP-1s and the Limits of Knowing Better appeared first on The Nation.... Read more »
- The American Revolution Was a MistakeElie Mystal In this week’s Elie v. US, our justice correspondent dissects Ken Burns's American Revolution documentary. Plus: the DNC’s autopsy report. The post The American Revolution Was a Mistake appeared first on The Nation.... Read more »
Article | The Nation
- ● How AIPAC channels millions through shell PACs ahead of US midtermsIn our broken political system, the pro-Israel lobby has relied on shell political action groups with deceptive names to defeat Israel critics.... Read more »
- Israel has no mercy on Gaza, Lebanon; Trump throws a curveball into Iran negotiations – Daily UpdateFood crisis amid Eid holiday in Gaza ■ Israeli president fed up with settler violence ■ Trump has a lot to say about Iran negotiations ■ Healthcare under attack in Lebanon ■ More... Read more »
- Israel escalates attacks in Gaza, as it demands total disarmament – Daily UpdateNo end to killing in Gaza, Lebanon ■ Israel ok with torture, just not broadcasting it ■ Update on Iran ■ Israeli journalist: Why is there still a Support Israel parade in NYC?... Read more »
- Flotilla activists’ allegations of rape, sexual assault multiply – Daily UpdateGaza aid still way below agreed-upon amounts ■ Has the flotilla finally exposed the West’s moral double standard? ■ Israel's latest provocations in West Bank ■ Latest from Iran, Lebanon, more.... Read more »
- Israel’s long record of using banned incendiary weapons on civiliansFrom white phosphorus attacks in southern Lebanon to thermal weapons in Gaza that left bodies reduced to ash, Israel’s repeated use of incendiary munitions adds to its long record of war crimes against civilians.... Read more »
Israel Palestine News
- ● How AIPAC channels millions through shell PACs ahead of US midtermsIn our broken political system, the pro-Israel lobby has relied on shell political action groups with deceptive names to defeat Israel critics.... Read more »
- Israel has no mercy on Gaza, Lebanon; Trump throws a curveball into Iran negotiations – Daily UpdateFood crisis amid Eid holiday in Gaza ■ Israeli president fed up with settler violence ■ Trump has a lot to say about Iran negotiations ■ Healthcare under attack in Lebanon ■ More... Read more »
- Israel escalates attacks in Gaza, as it demands total disarmament – Daily UpdateNo end to killing in Gaza, Lebanon ■ Israel ok with torture, just not broadcasting it ■ Update on Iran ■ Israeli journalist: Why is there still a Support Israel parade in NYC?... Read more »
- Flotilla activists’ allegations of rape, sexual assault multiply – Daily UpdateGaza aid still way below agreed-upon amounts ■ Has the flotilla finally exposed the West’s moral double standard? ■ Israel's latest provocations in West Bank ■ Latest from Iran, Lebanon, more.... Read more »
- Israel’s long record of using banned incendiary weapons on civiliansFrom white phosphorus attacks in southern Lebanon to thermal weapons in Gaza that left bodies reduced to ash, Israel’s repeated use of incendiary munitions adds to its long record of war crimes against civilians.... Read more »
Israel Palestine News
- The Unique Needs of Older Drug Users: Are We Doing Enough?
For the past 26 years, I have worked in the addiction sector in Dublin watching the landscape of substance use evolve. While much attention is given to young people and new drug trends, there is a growing, overlooked and underserved group, older …... Read more » - How AI Music is Advancing Far Right Narratives in Ireland
In the middle of summer 2024, the song “10 Drunk Cigarettes” became a TikTok sensation. This was the height of Brat Summer - a time when women like Charli xcx and Sabrina Carpenter were dominating the pop industry, chartreuse was the colour of …... Read more » - Food (and fuel) for thought: unpacking Ireland’s fuel protests
Over the past week, Ireland has witnessed scenes not seen for a generation. Forecourts running out of fuel, limits placed on purchases, and the blockading of key infrastructure have disrupted daily life across the country. These developments echo …... Read more » - Nearly 90% of Dublin’s data centres are in economically-deprived areas
In March, global data centre and colocation provider Equinix announced construction of a new data centre in Dublin’s Blanchardstown neighbourhood (Equinix, 2026). The DB7x facility will sit next to two other Equinix locations, DB5x and DB6x, …... Read more » - A Defence of Taxation, Revisited
In 2014, TASC published A Defence of Taxation. Its argument in favour of progressive alternatives to reducing public services through tax cuts remains as salient as ever, and it is an appropriate topic to revisit on the 25th anniversary of TASC. The …... Read more »
Progressive Economy @ TASC - Blog
- Israel’s intensified air raids kill 17 civilians in southern LebanonAt least 17 civilians have been martyred as Netanyahu orders the Israeli military to step up strikes on southern Lebanon.... Read more »
- Islamabad won’t normalize with Israel, defense minister says despite Trump’s pushPakistan’s defense minister asserts opposition to his country's normalizing ties with the Israeli regime amid pressure by US President Donald Trump.... Read more »
- Israeli regime ministers demand savage escalation against LebanonTwo extremist Israeli cabinet ministers have openly called for cutting electricity supplies to Lebanon, seizing the Zahrani River, and demolishing dozens of buildings in Beirut.... Read more »
- Hezbollah destroys Israel’s two more Merkava tanks in southern LebanonHezbollah has destroyed two Israeli army Merkava tanks and struck multiple enemy positions and troop gatherings in southern Lebanon in a series of military operations.... Read more »
- Official: Hezbollah will not engage in confrontation with Lebanese armyA senior Hezbollah official says the resistance movement will never engage in a confrontation with the Lebanese army.... Read more »
Presstv
- Nicaragua names a street in honor of martyred students of MinabOfficials in the Nicaraguan city of Corinto have named a street “Angels of Minab” in memory of the martyred students of Shajareh Tayyebeh school.... Read more »
- FIFA approves Iran base camp switch from US to Mexico: Federation headIran’s national football team will relocate its 2026 World Cup training base from the United States to Mexico, federation president said on Friday.... Read more »
- Iran says US committing ‘crimes against humanity’ in CubaThe Iranian Foreign Ministry condemns the ongoing interference of the US administration in Cuba's internal affairs, including illegal sanctions, provocative actions, political pressure, and military threats against the Caribbean nation.... Read more »
- US warships head to Cuba after 'fabricated' murder charge against former presidentThe US deploys its warships as Cuba's Raúl Castro is indicted with murder charges. ... Read more »
- Israeli ambassadors summoned globally after hawkish minister threatens activists on Gaza flotillaCountries have summoned Israeli ambassadors after far-right Israeli minister Itamar Ben-Gvir taunted Gaza flotilla activists.... Read more »
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- Russia urges foreign citizens, diplomats to leave Kiev ahead of planned attacksRussia has urged foreign citizens to leave Ukraine ahead of attacks on defense facilities in Kyiv.... Read more »
- European activists from Gaza flotilla recount torture, sexual assaults by Israeli forcesInternational activists who boarded the Gaza-bound Flotilla have told tales of violence and torture during the interception of their vessels by Israeli forces.... Read more »
- France bans Israel's minister Ben-Gvir amid outrage over abuse of Gaza flotilla activistsFrance has barred Israeli minister Itamar Ben-Gvir from entering the country after outrage over his treatment of activists detained aboard a Gaza-bound aid flotilla.... Read more »
- Germany’s allegations over attacks on Jewish targets follow ‘worn-out cliches’: Iran embassyIran’s Embassy in Berlin says German prosecutors’ claims about Tehran’s alleged involvement in attacks on Jewish figures are “unfounded” and follow “worn-out clichés.”... Read more »
- Italy refuses to sanction Israel for mistreating SUMUD activistsIsrael simply benefits from the fact that no heads of state in Europe is opposing what it is doing. They are all subordinated to a system of power that is badly affecting the economies of all countries involved.... Read more »
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