In a second open letter in Berliner Zeitung, the author tells the German chancellor that diplomacy with Russia is urgent to avoid a wider war in Europe.
Jeffrey Sachs: Open Letter to Chancellor Friedrich Merz
Category: France
Rape, Assault & Abuse Reflect Israeli Gov Values
Ann Wright reports on Gaza Flotilla survivors’ accounts of horrifying abuse by Israeli forces — of the same sort suffered by Palestinians without any international official protest.
Vijay Prashad: ‘Democracy of the Strongest’
Had Thomas Sankara not been assassinated in 1987 and been allowed to advance Burkina Faso’s development, perhaps the Sahel would have followed his example a generation ago – and things might look very different today.
DAYS 33-34: WAR ON IRAN — ‘Talking Back to Trump’
Because of his title and the office he holds Western leaders must privately grumble about Donald Trump but have been timid about speaking back to him, until Emmanuel Macron let loose, writes Joe Lauria.
WATCH: The World This Week — ‘Back to the Stone Age’
Scott Ritter on The World This Week discusses Donald Trump’s escalating Stone Age War, Emmanuel Macron telling Trump to shut up and F15 Down. Watch the replay.
DAYS 30-32: WAR ON IRAN — An Insulting War of Insults
UPDATED: Iran is making Trump go mad. How will world leaders and his people deal with him? This is the most urgent question. Only a worldwide depression and possible nuclear war are on the line, writes Joe Lauria.
PATRICK LAWRENCE: Pedro Sánchez’s ‘No a la Guerra’
Spain’s leader, with his government and his people, is signaling that the time has come to challenge the trans–Atlantic status quo and ultimately the world order altogether.
Europe & the War on Iran
The British and European reaction to the war on Iran is part of a wider trend of increased vassalization of the continent to the U.S., writes Alan MacLeod.
DAY 4: ATTACK ON IRAN
WATCH: UN Security Council Debates Attack on Iran
The 15-member United Nations Security Council was in emergency session Saturday after the U.S. and Israeli unprovoked attack on Iran.