On the eve of Venezuela’s presidential election on 29th July 2024, Guardian correspondents, Tiago Rogero (based in Rio de Janeiro) and Sam Jones (based in Madrid) predicted the vote “could…
Israel is taking a huge pummeling from Iran that was well armed and ready to defend itself since its leaders saw “the writing on the wall” and, the fabricated excuse…
The expansion of the war from Palestine to Iran, which began on 13 June, signals an Israeli obsession persisting for four decades. As the Trump administration was negotiating in bad…
19 June marked the seventh day of Israeli strikes against Iran, with developments appearing to diverge from White House expectations. Following targeted attacks on senior military commanders and nuclear scientists,…
The Israel-Iran war following the Israeli attack on Iran on June 13, 2025 as well as the continuing Israeli genocidal actions in Gaza have become the biggest source of concern…
Since the return of Donald Trump to the White House, he and his Republican allies have worked to destroy the U.S. government’s overseas humanitarian aid programs. This action flies in…
MEXICO CITY – We are living through turbulent times. The postwar international order that the United States largely designed and built is in crisis, with multilateralism – its guiding principle…
An incandescent moment in an otherwise forgettable movie. En route to committing a crime (stealing $10 million of platinum), a car full of thieves (and murderers) gets caught in the…
In the shadow of rising tensions between Iran and Israel, with missile strikes and assassinations threatening to reshape the Middle East, it is easy to paint Iran as a theocratic…
The average scholar or analyst of Middle Eastern and global conflicts often evaluates the Iran-Israel conflict without exploring the brief history of Israel itself, specifically, how it came into existence…
Iran-Israel conflict can no longer be viewed as just bilateral but would not have probably reached this stage without Tel Aviv being backed by Washington. Certainly, there is nothing new…
Radical Socialist endorses the statement of the Fourth International issued on 13th June on the current Israeli war of aggression against Iran. Hence, we are reproducing the statement below.At the…
Western Political Morality Lost its Values Leaders universally hated and feared are actively engaged to wage unwarranted war against humanity as if it was the new normal. Netanyahu’s obssession of…
Unacceptably horrible is the fact that my government, through our USA bunch of politicians, overall prefer give money, bombs and other goods to be used in slaughter and ruination initiated…
Industrial agriculture is not a system in crisis. It is a system in command. Engineered with precision, it reflects the civilisational logic of industrial modernity: domination over cooperation, profit over…
In a powerful demonstration of international solidarity, seven U.S. veterans visited Nicaragua in mid-March as part of an official delegation of Veterans For Peace (VFP). As the U.S. continues to…
Two telephone calls that shook me and are still haunting were that I made to my acquaintances today. I could feel the anguish when I called my friend in Srinagar…
We live in an age where leaders speak of peace but prepare for war. A world where power is measured not by compassion or wisdom, but by arsenals and influence.…
Everyone one is waiting for US president Donald Trump to make up his mind to enter the war against Iran on the side of the Israelis. Analysts suggest clearly Israel…
G7-, Australia- , UK- and US-backed, 90 nuclear weapons-armed, and genocidally racist Apartheid Israel has launched unprovoked massive attacks on nuclear weapons-free Iran while US-sanctioned Iran was engaged in strategic…
Israel’s war on Iran is escalating fast. Within six days, Israeli airstrikes killed top Iranian military commanders and destroyed several surface-level civilian installations. But one key target remains untouched: Iran’s…
In a world increasingly fragmented by ideological conflicts and military hostilities, poetry often becomes one of the few surviving forms of honest human dialogue. The cases of Iran and Israel—two…
“To hell with the truth! As the history of the world proves, the truth has no bearing on anything. It’s irrelevant and immaterial, as the lawyers say. The lie of…
ToMr. Masato Kanda President Asian Development Bank (ADB) Dear Mr. Kanda, Having represented India on ADB's Board in the past, I feel dismayed and distressed about newsreports about the Bank abruptly…
STOCKHOLM – Will US President Donald Trump’s vision of building an impregnable missile-defense system be the final nail in the coffin for strategic nuclear arms control? Given that his proposed…
Germany’s new chancellor Friedrich Merz has a history, one that he does not like to highlight. His Opa or grandfather was a Nazi and it is this Nazi past that he is trying to…
The huge decentralized turnout for No Kings Day has shown that grassroots power can be a major force against the momentum of the Trump regime. The protests were auspicious, with…
The uncalled for attack on Iran by the most insane group of people who inhabit this planet was expected; what do the insane do, they do the insane. Not expected…
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu finally got what he wanted: ‘A war with Iran.” But this war – now in its fifth day, is already proving very costly for Israel…
As West Asia erupts under the strain of imperialist interventions, the flames of external conflict are mirrored by a slow, internal combustion within American democracy itself. The nation finds itself…
Zhou En-lai, Panchen Lama, Mao Zedong and the Dalai Lama in Beijing, China in 1955. From July 1954 to June 1955 , Dalai Lama visited China for peace talks and met…
Those who seek to destroy others must realize that deliberate efforts to destroy others have the seeds of self-destruction in them. While this can be understood at several levels, the…
Within cricket's revered and storied past, tears have long been the messengers of joy and sorrow. In November 2023, at Eden Gardens, as Temba Bavuma left the field in the…
The neoconservatives who orchestrated the disastrous wars with Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria and Libya — and who were never held accountable for the profligate waste of $8 trillion taxpayer dollars, as well as $69…
For nearly 30 years, Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has driven the Middle East into war and destruction. The man is a powder keg of violence. Throughout all the wars…
Columbia University economics professor Jeffrey Sachs restates an often heard and obvious maxim that speaks to nuclear deterrence. Military analyst Scott Ritter seems to dissent from the maxim of nuclear…
Iran's retaliation to Israel's invasion entails the following: 1) That the era of strategic patience is over in Iranian diplomacy. 2) Direct confrontation between Iran and Israel has effectively downgraded…
In her book titled “Unheard Truth: Poverty and Human Rights” former Amnesty International Secretary General Irene Khan wrote: “Human rights derive from and are inherent in our common humanity. Everyone…
On Monday, June 16, Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA) introduced legislation, a War Powers Resolution, to prevent President Trump from using military force against Iran without Congressional authorization. This will force…
There are moments in history when diplomacy dies with a whimper, not a bang. But this time, it may die with both. Israel, drunk on decades of unpunished aggression, has…
These are the sorts of things that tend to be discussed in bunkered facilities and grimy locker rooms. Now, very much in the open and before the presses, the head…
We became accustomed for a while to the mutual bombardment of Iran and Israel for the first a couple of days. Then Israel started declaring that it had achieved its…
As the Iran-Israel conflict escalates into its most volatile phase in recent memory, India finds itself navigating a complex diplomatic tightrope. The Israeli airstrikes of June 13, 2025—dubbed "Operation Rising…
The Israel attack on Iran is a developing story. On June 13, at around 4 am Friday, Israel attacked Iran, on its nuclear facilities and reportedly killed Iran’s top military…
The Israel–Iran conflict is not just a standoff between two bitter rivals. It is a mirror reflecting the scars of colonialism—imperial power games that reshaped West Asia into a fragmented,…
There is a throbbing complaint among Western powers, including those in the European Union and the United States. Iran is not playing by the rules. Instead of accepting with dutiful…
On June 13, 2025, diplomacy gave way to direct military confrontation as Israel launched "Operation Rising Lion," a pre-emptive strike targeting Iran's key nuclear and military facilities. Among the primary…
Any country or region striving to come as close as possible to the concept of an ideal society would be expected to give the highest priority to three crucial tasks.…
“We’re back,” I tell the room. It’s January 21, 2029, and I can barely contain my excitement. “America is back!” I expect applause, but there is none. I try again,…
A delegation of social & political activists met the Iran Consul General Hon'ble Hasan Mohseni Fard at the Iranian consulate in Mumbai. The delegation discussed and condemned the recent Israeli…
Israel’s consistent attacks on Iran since 2023 have all been illegal, violations of the United Nations Charter (1945). Iran is a member state of the United Nations and is therefore…
When Deterrence Breaks Down Between Israel and Iran The latest escalation between Israel and Iran marks a perilous moment in West Asian geopolitics, where decades of shadow war have slipped…
Thousands of activists in every state across the country rallied in more than 1,900 towns and cities on June 14 to peacefully protest Donald Trump in actions calling for a…
Having served 29 years in the U.S. Army and Army Reserves and retiring as a Colonel, I am ashamed that the 250th birthday of the institution I was in for…
“Nuclear powers must avert those confrontations which bring an adversary to a choice of either a humiliating retreat or a nuclear war.”—Statement by President John F. Kennedy made in the…
Trump himself paved the way to this war by trashing the 2015 nuclear deal, but now he must condemn—not support—this brazen and unlawful military campaign. The government led by Israeli…
Dr Chandra Muzaffar, President, International Movement for a Just World (JUST), Malaysia.
Call it abandonment, anxiety, or just latent stupidity. The messy goo of feelings and fuzzy notions behind Australia’s most injudicious strategic decision is yielding its nasty harvest. Conceived by paranoid…
Israeli attack on Iranian nuclear facilities on June 13, 2025 cannot be justified at all as the past record of Iran has been of cooperating reasonably well with the international…
A Declaration on Radical Democracy, Autonomy and Self Determination, framed at a global convergence held in February 2025 in Port Edward, South Africa, was launched during a virtual session on…
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