The Distortions And Moral Rot Behind The War On Iran
Nate Baer Do Not Panic Canada’s prime minister Mark Carney said today he condemns Iran’s attacks on civilians and the de facto closure of the Strait of Hormuz. Not a…
WATCH: UN Security Council Blames Iran
Joe Lauria Consortium News Russia and China failed to veto a resolution that blatantly blamed the victim rather than the aggressor in the war against Iran. Neither Russia nor China…
Jeffrey Sachs: WE ARE NOW IN WORLD WAR III & Trump Won’t Survive Iran Fallout
Joshua Scheer As the U.S.–Israeli assault on Iran enters its second week, economist Jeffrey Sachs is offering the kind of sober, historically literate warning that has been almost entirely erased…
The United States Is On The Path To Fascism; How To Change Course
Posted by Joshua Scheer As the United States hurtles deeper into political, economic, and imperial crisis, the word “fascism” is no longer rhetorical—it’s descriptive. On this week’s Clearing the FOG,…
‘That Was Done by Iran,’ Trump Lies as More Evidence Shows US Was Behind School Massacre
Jake Johnson for Common Dreams. US President Donald Trump baselessly claimed over the weekend that Iran was behind the strike on an Iranian elementary school that killed more than 160…
America’s Thelma & Louise Moment: Rubio Shows How Israel and Trump Drove Off the Cliff Together
Posted by Joshua Scheer Secretary of State Marco Rubio acknowledged this week that the United States anticipated Israeli military action against Iran and believed it would trigger retaliatory strikes on…
Francesca Albanese, Gaza, and the Military-Propaganda Nexus Behind the US-Israeli War on Iran
By Robin Andersen When the Israeli lobbying group UN Watch spread disinformation about Francesca Albanese, they were trying to silence her condemnations of the true “common enemy of humanity”—the illegal…
Iran Demands Emergency United Nations Action Amid ‘Criminal Aggression’ by US, Israel
By Jake Johnson for Common Dreams As US and Israeli bombs fell on Tehran, the Iranian Foreign Ministry on Saturday vowed that the country would defend itself against “criminal aggression”…
US and Israeli attack on Iran: At least 51 girls reported killed in strike on school
Posted by Joshua Scheer In the latest escalation of the U.S.–Israel assault on Iran, at least 51 young girls were reportedly killed when an airstrike struck a primary school in…
Trump’s War of Choice: Oman Reveals Iran Agreement Was Imminent
Posted by Joshua Scheer Hours before U.S. bombs began falling on Iran, a quiet but extraordinary diplomatic revelation aired on American television. On CBS’s Face the Nation, Omani Foreign Minister…
‘Bombs Will Be Dropping Everywhere’: Trump Launches Illegal Regime Change War Against Iran
By Jake Johnson for Common Dreams President Donald Trump announced in the early hours of Saturday morning that the US has launched a massive military operation aimed at toppling the…
Lies Of Omission As Fresh American War Crimes Loom
Nate Bear Do Not Panic Substack The US has amassed the largest military force in the Middle East since the invasion of Iraq almost 23 years ago and is poised…
Israel Still Throttling Medical Supplies to Gaza: “The Fungus is Eating Her Face”
By Juan Cole for Informed Comment The Israeli authorities are still not permitting journalists into Gaza, even months after a supposed ceasefire. The big Western news corporations are taking this…
From America First to America Alone
By John Feffer for TomDispatch A mere 15 years ago, during an epoch that now seems as distant as the Paleozoic era, an American president attempted to use military power…
Why Trump’s Denunciations of the Iranian Killings Ring Fatally Hollow
Intro by Tom Engelhardt for Tom Dispatch At almost 82, I still walk six miles a day without fail. And sometimes now, when I’m walking in my city, New York,…