The media ignore the evidence as they regurgitate the official narrative that manufactures consent for U.S.-led wars, writes Alison Broinowski.
Unasked Questions About the War on Iran
Tag: Global War on Terror
Vijay Prashad: Iran’s Civilizational Strength
The way Iran has been able to stand up to the West has become a source of admiration across the formerly colonised world. Where does that confidence come from?
Vijay Prashad: Apologies to Gaza & Lebanon
While evacuating more sections of Gaza and ethnically cleaning more towns in the West Bank, Israel has been striking Lebanon. It dubbed its merciless assault on April 8 “Eternal Darkness,” suggesting the kind of barbarity involved.
America’s Moral Suicide
The United States – the cynosure of Western society — has committed moral suicide in Gaza; and the death certificate was issued in Iran, writes Michael Brenner.
Blowback 2026
In case after case, conflicts initiated or intensified by the United States appeared to subside, only to reemerge in new, more volatile forms, writes Eric Ross as he assesses the price of empire and the costs of war on Iran.
Israel: A Huge Airbase With a Small Country Attached
Regretting Western Intervention in the Middle East
“Wars for oil, control and strategic dominance were cloaked in the language of democracy” — Ann Wright delivers an argument at the Cambridge Union Debates.
Ex-Elite UK Troops Recount War Crimes in Iraq & Afghanistan
Those who exposed illegalities — including Julian Assange, Edward Snowden, Chelsea Manning, John Kiriakou & David McBride — were almost always the only ones punished for the crimes they exposed.
The Warfare State & Trump’s Rise to Power
While the military industrial complex seems all too natural to most politicians and journalists, Norman Solomon says its consequences have transformed U.S. politics.
US Militarism a Lead Driver of Climate Catastrophe
Washington’s military interventions are not just wars on people — they’re also wars on the climate, writes Marjorie Cohn.