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UN Security Council Gives US ‘Mandate’ Over Palestine
UN Security Council Gives US ‘Mandate’ Over Palestine
The council endorsed Donald Trump’s neo-colonial governing board over a territory that he said should be depopulated to make way for his resort fantasy to be built on the bones of the victims of Israel’s genocide, reports Joe Lauria.
18.11.2025
Iran: Three Things The New York Times Gets Wrong
Iran: Three Things The New York Times Gets Wrong
On November 9, The New York Times published an update on the situation with Iran’s nuclear program. The article contains some valuable material. But it also gets three important things wrong.
17.11.2025
Trump’s Greatest Ally is the Democratic Party
Trump’s Greatest Ally is the Democratic Party
The Democratic Party and its liberal allies refuse to call for mass mobilization and strikes — the only tools that can thwart Trump’s emergent authoritarianism — fearing they too will be swept aside.
05.11.2025
Trump’s Nuclear Testing Gambit
Trump’s Nuclear Testing Gambit
A Strategic Blunder Disguised as Strength
31.10.2025
Everyone Is 12 Now
Everyone Is 12 Now
The mainstream western worldview is like a children’s cartoon, with the Bad Guys doing Bad Things simply because they are Bad, and the Good Guys striving heroically to stop them.
31.10.2025
Norwegian Peace Council Rejects Peace Prize Winner
Norwegian Peace Council Rejects Peace Prize Winner
Norway’s largest peace organization, the Norwegian Peace Council, has announced that it would forego its traditional torchlight procession for the Nobel Peace Prize winner this year after widespread dissatisfaction with the Nobel Committee’s selection of Venezuelan politician María Corina Machado as this year’s laureate.
30.10.2025
The Geopolitics of Algorithms: TikTok, Oracle & Israel
The Geopolitics of Algorithms: TikTok, Oracle & Israel
Miguel Ruíz on the union of technology, geopolitics and the military in the interests of Israel.
10.10.2025
Intrigue — and Confusion — Reign Over Ukraine
Intrigue — and Confusion — Reign Over Ukraine
U.S. President Donald Trump aired frustrations that his efforts to end the Ukraine war are not working with Russian President Vladimir Putin. The matrix is getting complicated, writes M.K. Bhadradumar.
06.10.2025
UK’s Rank Hypocrisy on Terrorism
UK’s Rank Hypocrisy on Terrorism
The admission that the U.K. government has provided aid to a proscribed terrorist group, while arresting citizens for the support of an anti-genocide group similarly proscribed is the height of hypocrisy.
24.09.2025
What’s In a Name? The ‘Defense’ Department Has Always Been About War
What’s In a Name? The ‘Defense’ Department Has Always Been About War
The renaming of the Defense Department should have surprised no one. Donald Trump is an incipient fascist doing what such figures do.
23.09.2025
Shooting Down Russian Drones Over Poland: Who Is Trying To Start World War 3?
Shooting Down Russian Drones Over Poland: Who Is Trying To Start World War 3?
The world is now closer to a full-scale war between NATO and Russia than at any time since the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis.
17.09.2025
The Martyrdom of Charlie Kirk
The Martyrdom of Charlie Kirk
Martyrs are used by messianic movements to sanctify violence. To show any mercy or understanding toward the enemy is to betray the martyr and the cause the martyr died defending.
15.09.2025
When Australia Defied US Nuclear Plans
When Australia Defied US Nuclear Plans
Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser, in 1981, established a high-water mark for Australian sovereignty over U.S. nuclear-capable bomber operations, write Richard Tanter and Vince Scappatura.
12.09.2025
The Decline of American Diplomacy
The Decline of American Diplomacy
From Galbraith and Moynihan to... whatever this is.
29.08.2025
Ending the Genocide Now
Ending the Genocide Now
A U.N. Security Council vote to grant Palestine permanent U.N. membership would end Israel’s zealous delusions of permanent control over Palestine, write Jeffrey Sachs and Sybil Fares. But the U.S. stands in the way.
28.08.2025
Europe’s Final Descent
Europe’s Final Descent
European elites, who have lived under U.S. shelter throughout the post-war period, are in no way capable of becoming independent. So-called EU strategic autonomy is an empty world. This is a new form of Stockholm Syndrome, writes Uroš Lipušcek.
28.08.2025
When the Russia ‘Experts’ Get It Wrong
When the Russia ‘Experts’ Get It Wrong
The Western punditariat’s commentary on Russia is spectacularly ill-informed.
27.08.2025
Trump’s military grip tightens on Washington
Trump’s military grip tightens on Washington
White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Vice President JD Vance, greet members of the National Guard, at Union Station in Washington
21.08.2025
Sixty-Three Years, Nothing Has Changed
Sixty-Three Years, Nothing Has Changed
Exactly 63 years ago, on a summer afternoon in Cambridge, Massachusetts, the Kennedy White House adviser, Arthur Schlesinger, returned to Harvard where he had, until recently, been a professor of history.
20.08.2025
US-Russia Talks: the Choice Between Peace and Escalation
US-Russia Talks: the Choice Between Peace and Escalation
Donald Trump came into office promising to end the war in Ukraine in 24 hours.
18.08.2025
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Liberation or Obliteration?
Liberation or Obliteration?
Putin Warns West of "Major Consequences" If Ukraine Strikes Russian Territory With NATO Missiles
Putin Warns West of "Major Consequences" If Ukraine Strikes Russian Territory With NATO Missiles
Israel’s Jabaliya refugee camp bombing
Israel’s Jabaliya refugee camp bombing
Disapproval Rate of Japan's Kishida Cabinet Rises to 8-month High: Poll
Disapproval Rate of Japan's Kishida Cabinet Rises to 8-month High: Poll
Lai walks dangerous tightrope in pushing Taiwan separatism with US connivance
Lai walks dangerous tightrope in pushing Taiwan separatism with US connivance
International community must take action to oppose the "new Cold War"
International community must take action to oppose the "new Cold War"
US to dispatch ballistic missile submarine to South Korea
US to dispatch ballistic missile submarine to South Korea
US Arms Makers Vow Closer Cooperation With Taiwan
US Arms Makers Vow Closer Cooperation With Taiwan
De-dollarization is general trend, but "de-weaponization of the dollar" is more urgent
De-dollarization is general trend, but "de-weaponization of the dollar" is more urgent
The G20 Sunset
The G20 Sunset
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