Live from Berkeley, California at 2 pm PDT, 5 pm EDT Saturday, a memorial service for Michael Parenti, the great historian, social critic, author and lecturer. Speakers include Dennis Kucinich, Max Blumenthal, Jimmy Dore, Christian Parenti and Marcie Smith.
Dimitri Lascaris spent 11 days in Iran last month and was the first Westerner to show there was no military base near the school the U.S. struck, killing 168 schoolchildren. Here are four of his films from Iran.
Trump’s portrayal of himself as Jesus, or anointed by Jesus, is typical of cult leaders. Cult leaders are immune from rational and fact-based critique. That’s why all the chatter about fissures in the MAGA universe misreads Trump cultists.
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 far less control than it claims.
Journalist Laith Marouf delivers a firsthand account from southern Lebanon — where entire villages were flattened. Hezbollah not only held the line — it inflicted significant losses. Marouf says it marks the end of Western hegemony.
Hours before he said bombing would resume, Donald Trump accepted a Pakistani request to indefinitely extend the ceasefire while the U.S. waits for a unified Iranian response, writes Joe Lauria.
The U.S. economic strangulation of Cuba has created unbearable hardships for the population. Medea Benjamin describes what she saw on a recent solidarity delegation and how we can break the blockade.
UPDATED NOW: With chaos growing, Donald Trump sent his real estate agents to Islamabad in an effort at renewed peace talks. He says if there’s no deal this week he’ll start destroying Iran’s civilian targets, writes Joe Lauria.
After a Lebanon truce was declared, Iran said Friday the Strait of Hormuz is “completely open.” Trump said Iran peace talks could resume. None of the U.S. and Israeli war aims have been achieved, writes Joe Lauria.
Kuwait has arrested a fearless Palestinian-American reporter for doing his job and is threatening to imprison him under a set of new and harsh national security laws.