DAYS 53-65: World on the Brink in the Hands of a Madman
One crazed man holds the fate of the world in his hands and his name is Donald Trump. Can his administration, the U.S. system, the War Powers Act, Russia or…
For US Commentators on Iran, Mass Murder Is Magic
Gregory Shupak for FAIR In the wake of the temporary US/Iran ceasefire, hawkish commentary in leading American newspapers advanced the premise that the US can dictate terms to Iran in…
Press Freedom Groups Demand International Probe Into Israel’s Killing of Journalist Amal Khalil
Jake Johnson for Common Dreams Global press freedom organizations are demanding an immediate international probe into the Israeli military’s apparently targeted killing of Lebanese journalist Amal Khalil, who died trapped…
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…
Trump Issues Openly Genocidal Threat to Wipe Out ‘Whole Civilization’ of Iran
“If any Iranians are killed pursuant to this threat,” said one expert, “President Trump will be guilty of genocide, as will those assisting him.” Jake Johnson for Common Dreams Just…
Israeli Peace Activist: Gaza, Iran & Lebanon Are All Part Of “One Forever War” That Must End
At least 17 people were arrested Saturday as Israeli police violently cracked down on an antiwar protest in Tel Aviv, where hundreds had gathered condemning the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran.…
Hug Your Loved Ones
Nate Bear Do Not Panic I posted the below tweet yesterday. It went viral. Some people got annoyed. Some said it was tedious, panicky, doomy. The author and critic Yasha…
Lawrence Wilkerson Warns Israel Faces Collapse as War With Iran Nears Nuclear Edge
ScheerPost Staff Retired Colonel Lawrence Wilkerson is not known for understatement, but his latest warning may be among his starkest yet: if the current war trajectory continues, Israel could face…
Doomsday Double Standard: U.S. Silent on Israel, Loud on Rivals
ScheerPost Staff Silence in Congress: When Israel’s Nuclear Arsenal Becomes an Unaskable Question At a moment when nuclear facilities are being openly discussed as military targets in the escalating confrontation…
Chris Hedges and Gideon Levy on Israel’s Expanding War and the Future of the Middle East
Gideon Levy believes Israel’s rampant militarism has infected the minds of its entire population. Without an impossible reversal, the Jewish state’s destructive warpath will rage on. ScheerPost Staff For decades,…
Palaver and Parable: Trump’s Babble
“All lies and jestsStill a man hears what he wants to hearAnd disregards the rest” – “The Boxer,” Paul Simon Listening to Donald Trump is like staring at a record…
Behrooz Ghamari on War, Sovereignty, and the Failure of Imperial Strategy
Joshua Scheer When Washington and Tel Aviv escalated military pressure on Iran, many in the West appeared to assume the same old script would unfold: rapid destabilization, internal collapse, and…
The Empire Is Shaking; How the War Against Iran Could End U.S. Hegemony in the Gulf
Fabian Scheidler More than two weeks after the start of the war of aggression against Iran, the U.S. and Israelhave still not achieved their war aim of regime change, and…
CIA Assessment: The Resistance Cannot Be Crushed
Kit Klarenberg Substack The Judaeo-American war on Iran was intended to be a lightning strike routing, fought exclusively from the air, lasting only a few days. Instead, Washington and its…
From Tehran to Beirut: A War Spreading Faster Than Diplomacy
ScheerPost Staff Live updates from the Middle East Monitor among others “UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Thursday said attacks launched by the US and Israel against Iran have affected several…