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Jeffrey Sachs: Stop Netanyahu Before He Gets Us All Killed
We could soon see several nuclear powers pitted against each other and dragging the world closer to nuclear annihilation.
Patrick Lawrence: World’s Most Dangerous Man & His Enabler
Netanyahu has craved this war with Iran for decades, always justifying his psychotic lust by way of endless lies and an apparently bottomless paranoia.
Trump: US Forces ‘Could Get Involved’ With Israel Against Iran
The U.S. president’s remarks Sunday alarmed lawmakers who have warned that further involvement would be illegal as well as disastrous, Jake Johnson reports.
Analysis, Commentary, Genocide, Iran, Israel, Lebanon, Militarism, Syria, Trump Administration, U.S., WMD
Vijay Prashad: The Illegal Attack on Iran
Since the 2020 U.S. assassination of General Soleimani, Washington and Tel Aviv had been working to weaken Tehran. Now Israel smells an opportunity to overthrow the Iranian government by force.
Chris Hedges: The Folly of a War With Iran
Iran has a large arsenal of ballistic missiles it can unleash on Israel, as well as on American military installations in the region. While initial waves can be intercepted, repeated attacks would swiftly deplete the Israeli and U.S. air defense…
Analysis, Commentary, Immigration, Latin America, Mexico, Militarism, Pentagon, Politics, Protests, U.S.
Led by LA, Anti-Trump, ICE Protests Sweep US
L.A. protests led demonstrations across the country against Trump and his aggressive immigration policy Saturday, while in D.C. veterans and other citizens protested Trump’s military parade, Joe Lauria & Ann Wright report.
Iran, Israel, Middle East, Military, Russia, Trump Administration, U.N. Security Council, United Nations
WATCH: UN Security Council on Israel’s War
The U.N. Security Council met in emergency session on Friday to debate Israel’s unprovoked attack on Iran and its potential consequences.
Critics Call for End to US Aid to Israel After Iran Attacks
Progressive U.S. politicians, antiwar activists and human rights defenders called for a diplomatic solution and an end to American support for Israel following Israel’s attacks on Iran.
Atomic Energy Chief Condemns Israel’s Bombing of Iran
“Nuclear facilities must never be attacked, regardless of the context or circumstances” — Rafael Grossi issues a grave warning.
Israeli Attacks Kill Key Iranian US-Nuclear Negotiator
After Israel’s strikes, which killed Ali Shamkhani, a top aide to Supreme Leader Khamenei, Iran suspended already-tenuous negotiations in Oman.
Unprovoked, Israel Risks Major War in Middle East
Israel has risked a potentially devastating conflict with Iran that could engulf the region and undermine the world economy with an unprovoked attack on nuclear facilities and Iranian leaders on Thursday, reports Joe Lauria.
‘Peace For All Time’: JFK American U Speech at 62
Peter Kuznick delivers a talk at a Simone Weil Center symposium on John F. Kennedy’s momentous 1963 American University speech, marking the president’s transformation from Cold Warrior to peace seeker.
American Empire, Analysis, Biden Administration, Britain, Cold War, Commentary, Europe, Foreign Policy, Germany, History, Militarism, NATO, Russia, Soviet Union, Ukraine
JFK AU at 62: ‘Don’t Humiliate a Nuclear Power’
Sixty-two years ago this week, John F. Kennedy broke with the Cold War in his American University speech and warned against humiliating a nuclear weapons power, words that resonate more than ever, writes Joe Lauria.
Civil Rights, Commentary, Legal, Militarism, Military, News Analysis, Protests, Trump Administration, U.S.
As Trump Sets Military Against Civilians, Soldiers Have Duty to Disobey
The Marines are trained in combat, not crowd control, writes Marjorie Cohn. People are likely to get hurt.
Trump’s Authoritarian Leap
If the feds can characterize an unarmed assemblage of protesters as an invasion, Andrew P. Napolitano asks whose freedoms are safe.
American Empire, Ancient World, Books, Commentary, Germany, Nazism, Trump Administration, U.S., Until This Day--Historical Perspectives on the News
Chris Hedges: The Rule of Idiots
Thomas Paine writes that a despotic government is a fungus that grows out of a corrupt civil society. This is what happened to past societies. It is what happened to us.
DHS Chief Calls for Military Arrests in LA Protests
In a letter obtained by The San Fancisco Chronicle, Kristi Noem appears inclined to skirt federal restrictions on military involvement with domestic law enforcement.
Judge Rules Police Raid on UK Journalist Is Illegal
Following his recent court victory, Asa Winstanley calls on police to stop investigating his social media account and for journalists to stick together against police repression.
Chris Hedges: The Last Days of Gaza
The genocide is almost complete. When it is concluded it will have exposed the moral bankruptcy of Western civilization.
Books, Civil Rights, Column, Commentary, Gaza, Human Rights, Israel, Militarism, Military, Palestine, Russia, Surveillance, Ukraine, War Crimes
PATRICK LAWRENCE: For Whom the Drones Buzz
If military drones are “revolutionizing” instruments, then wherever we are, we are in a field of battle.