No Peace, Only Escalation: The Push Toward Total War With Iran
As ceasefire talks collapse, retired Col. Douglas Macgregor warns that Washington is not negotiating—it’s preparing for a devastating, infrastructure-targeting war that could reshape the global order. The language of peace…
Did Iran ever Really Have a Nuclear Weapons Program?
Fariba Amini Informed Comment Interview of Dr. Mehran Mostafavi by Fariba Amini In a resolution against nuclear war initiated by philosopher Bertrand Russell and endorsed by Albert Einstein just a…
Trump the God
Trump’s portrayal of himself as Jesus, or anointed by Jesus, is typical of cult leaders. Chris Hedges ScheerPost During the two years I spent writing “American Fascists: The Christian Right…
Death By Black Excellence
By Sol Elias, Black Agenda Report. Misogynoir, a term meant to name the specific violence against poor and working-class Black women is now being used as a shield for political…
Is There a Way out of the Iran War? (w/ John Mearsheimer) | The Chris Hedges Report
As ceasefire talks hang by a thread, rising tensions over the Strait of Hormuz reveal a stark reality: escalation could trigger a global economic catastrophe—and the United States may have…
Free Speech Under Fire: Glenn Greenwald Takes on Censorship, Hypocrisy, and the Politics of Fear
Staff Glenn Greenwald dismantles the double standard at the heart of global free speech debates—rejecting censorship abroad while exposing how fear, foreign interference, and “national security” are used everywhere to…
Iran And Ukraine: Two Theaters In The Non–West’s Single War For Parity
Patrick Lawrence, Consortium News In Iran and Ukraine, what is at stake is a rebalancing of power that will prove of world-historical magnitude when it is at last accomplished. First…
Trump, Sanity, and Obedience
Edward Curtin “Shameless self-willed infatuationEmboldens men to dare damnation,And starts the wheels of doom which rollRelentless to their piteous goal”– Aeschylus, The Oresteian Trilogy: Agamemnon Many people are saying that…
Iran Says It Won’t Negotiate With ‘Erratic’ Trump After Genocidal Threat to ‘Blow Up’ Whole Country
Stephen Prager for Common Dreams Iran says it has no plans to negotiate with the US after President Donald Trump said Sunday that “the whole country is going to get…
“Massive Destruction, Defiant Return”: Lebanon After Israel’s Failed Assault
The bombs may have paused—but the truth is still detonating. In this explosive episode of The Chris Hedges Report, journalist Laith Marouf delivers a firsthand account from southern Lebanon—where entire…
Liz Theoharis, Supreme Horror?
TomDispatch TomDispatch authors don’t usually have much in common with Donald J. Trump, but here’s an exception. TomDispatch regular Liz Theoharis recently visited the Supreme Court to hear a case…
From BBC to ICE Detention: The Arrest of Yousof Azizi and the Collapse of “Free Speech”
Iranian academic and media commentator faces deportation as supporters warn of political retaliation against anti-war voices Joshua Scheer Inspired by the growing campaign to free Yousof Azizi, I looked deeper…
US Mining Plan Will Sacrifice Mexico’s Environment for Weapons and Tech
A new mining agreement provides no benefits for Mexico and fails to address health and environmental impacts. Tamara Pearson for Truthout he U.S. and Mexico have established a mining agreement…
Collapsing Empire: Hezbollah Crushes ‘Greater Israel’
Kit Klarenberg Substack On April 8th, the Zionist entity struck a demonic blow to the heart of Beirut, dropping 1,000 pound bombs in densely packed residential areas, killing untold civilians…
We Should Not Fear The Tyrants; The Tyrants Should Fear Us
In our society, we do not push psychopaths off the ice when nobody is looking. In our society, we let them rule the world. Caitlin Johnstone If there were a…