Jacobin
- US Military Aid to Israel Is a National Security Risk
Over the weekend, the Washington Post was the latest to publish a claim that Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu used the threat of launching a war with Iran solo as a way to pressure Donald Trump into the disastrous war he has now embroiled the United States in. It’s at least the fifth piece of
- Trump Doesn’t Even Know What Victory Over Iran Would Mean
Afshin Matin-Asgari is a professor of Middle East history at California State University, Los Angeles, and the author of Axis of Empire: A History of Iran–US Relations. He spoke to Jacobin about the US-Israeli war on Iran, discussing its impact on the Iranian people, the end goals that Israel and the Trump administration may have
- Shame of the Americas
This weekend, Donald Trump convened right-wing leaders from Latin America and the Caribbean to his Miami golf resort for the “Shield of the Americas” summit. Amid renewed US military aggression in the region, the gathering showcased an emboldened reactionary bloc eager to demonstrate its subservience to US dictates. The summit drew twelve heads of state
- Maggie Gyllenhaal’s The Bride! Is a Monstrous Mess
Jessie Buckley achieves such a fine and daring visual effect as the reanimated Bride that for a little while there, I thought writer-director Maggie Gyllenhaal might really have locked into something interesting with her second film. Kudos, at any rate, to the actor (Buckley) and the costumer (Sandy Powell) and the makeup artist (Nadia Stacey).
- Cornel West on How Neoliberalism Gave Us Trump’s Neofascism
With Donald Trump’s war in Iran heating up, the times can feel uniquely dark. But crisis is not new. And resistance, including spirituality, has always led the way out into the light. In this episode of The Jacobin Show with David Griscom, Cornel West reflects on our political moment defined by deep crisis and equally
Dissident Voice
- The Deep Biosocial Roots of Egalitarian Politics
Anthropological confirmation of primitive communism When Marx and Engels proclaimed that the first human societies practiced ”primitive communism” they hardly had much company. In the first half of the 20th century two exceptions were the archeologist V. Gordon Childe and later on the anthropologist Leslie White. It was only in the 1960s and 1970s that empirical confirmation of hunter-gatherers came forth to be seen in the works of Marshall Sahlins’ Stone Age Economics, Morton Fried’s The Evolution of Political Society and Elman Service’s Primitive Social Organization. The post The Deep Biosocial Roots of Egalitarian Politics appeared first on Dissident Voice.
- Transparency of the Epstein files is Mere Bragging Unless There is Accountability
Releasing the Epstein Files, without holding the exposed individuals and institutions accountable, will embolden rapists and pedophiles. Transparency alone is not justice. If we don’t hold these monsters accountable, we will have allowed them to brag to all the world that they got away with rape, pedophilia, and human trafficking. Transparency without accountability tells victims, The post Transparency of the Epstein files is Mere Bragging Unless There is Accountability appeared first on Dissident Voice.
- The Split in Ukraine’s Political Society
Governor of the Mykolaiv Region of Ukraine, Vitaly Kim [Source: alamy.com] In February 2026, Zelensky’s key political ally, Mykolaiv Governor Vitaliy Kim, slammed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in an interview with British media outlet The Independent, saying that people are more important than territory. “Land is important, but people are still more important, and the The post The Split in Ukraine’s Political Society appeared first on Dissident Voice.
The Real News Network
- While spending billions on Iran war, Trump quietly moves to boot millions more off food aid
“Americans can’t afford their groceries, they can’t afford their medicine, they can’t afford the cost of living, and yet we’re dropping a billion dollars of bombs, it seems, every day in Iran,” said one Senate Democrat.
- Afghanistan War vet blasts Trump’s ‘pathetic and horrific’ war with Iran
“They called Afghanistan ‘the place where empires go to die,’ and Iran is very similar in that terrain. You put boots on the ground in Iran, and we're in for a lot of pain.”
- These women exposed prison sexual abuse. Now ICE wants to deport them.
Federal protections against detention and deportation for sexual abuse survivors have deteriorated under Trump.
The Progressive
- The Year of Progressive Power; Data Centers’ Journey to Space
Words from populist author, public speaker, and radio commentator Jim Hightower.
- How Union Bargaining Can Buoy Affordability
A true affordability agenda should raise wages. Unions and collective bargaining can help achieve that.
- The True Cost of Killing Mexican Drug Lord El Mencho
As the U.S. government pushes the kingpin strategy, residents of Guadalajara face ongoing violence and uncertainty.
Z Network
- “The First Victim Was the Truth” – The Cognitive War on Venezuela
Two days before his kidnapping, President Nicolás Maduro gave an interview to Spanish writer Ignacio Ramonet and explained that the war on Venezuela is a cognitive one, “because the war is for the brain, the brain handles emotions and handles concepts.” The term cognitive war is relatively new, and it sheds light on recent discourse
- From Tehran to the World: What an Iran War Reveals About Global Fragility
The idea of war carries a strange rhythm. For long stretches, it moves slowly, almost invisibly, as tensions accumulate beneath the surface of ordinary life. Then, at moments that appear sudden and inexplicable, the rhythm accelerates, and the world convulses. In the contemporary age—where geopolitics, energy systems, and nuclear technologies interlock in uneasy proximity—envisioning a
- In the Home State of Porsche & Mercedes – Greens & AfD Won
In the recent state election (8 March 2026), Germany’s environmentalist “the Greens” and the exact opposite – the neo-fascist AfD – won big time. By an extremely narrow margin, the Greens are once again the strongest force in the 11.5-million-people-strong south-western state of Baden-Württemberg – the home of, for example, the electronics maker Robert Bosch
Occupy.com
- Can the UK Green Party Surge Match Mamdani’s NYC Earthquake?
To truly challenge Reform, Labour and the British establishment, the Greens will need to harness their increasing membership and work alongside social movements.
FAIR
- Gallup Ends Presidential Approval Polling After 88 Years—Likely Because a President Disapproved
Gallup's extensive database had allowed journalists to compare approval ratings among all presidents since Franklin D. Roosevelt at various stages of their tenure.
- ‘Advocates Know How to Fight Attempts to Repress Black History’: CounterSpin interview with Naomi Bethune on anti-Black history
"Right now is the exact moment that we should be looking back on the conditions that marginalized people experienced at this country's formal conception."
- Gregory Shupak on the US War on Iran
It’s hard to parse US corporate news coverage of the attacks on Iran if you aren’t willing to let go of the idea that might does not, in fact, make right.
Counterpunch
- America’s War of Choice is Israel’s War of Necessity
Jeffrey St. Clair recently stated in CounterPunch that “Iran’s leadership was discussing a plan to end its enriched uranium program when [the February 28th] attack was launched.” The U.S. bombing “was a joint venture with Israel,” stated St. Clair, “which has never wanted negotiations with Iran, only an end to the regime.” Stephen Zunes remarked just after the attack that “an Omani mediator said a nuclear agreement with Iran was within reach [and] in response, the United States and Israel started bombing.” More The post America’s War of Choice is Israel’s War of Necessity appeared first on CounterPunch.org.
- The Brave New AI War Machine
“I love the idea of getting a drone and having light fentanyl-laced urine spraying on analysts that tried to screw us,” said Alex Karp, the CEO of the emerging military tech firm Palantir. Far from an offhand outburst, his statement reflects a broader ethos taking hold in Silicon Valley’s military-tech sector, one that treats coercion as innovation, cruelty as candor, and the unchecked application of technological power as both inevitable and desirable. More The post The Brave New AI War Machine appeared first on CounterPunch.org.
- Israel’s Dahiya Doctrine: Terror and Collective Punishment by Another Name
The U.S.-Israel approach to their war on Iran has reminded many observers of Israel’s Dahiya doctrine. The doctrine is named for Beirut’s southern suburb (often spelled Dahieh, which simply means suburb in Arabic), long recognized as a stronghold of the Iran-aligned Shia militia group Hezbollah. “The hills of southern Lebanon have seen more wars between Israel and Arabs than anywhere else in the Middle East, with the exception of Gaza.” This doctrine originated during Israel’s particularly vicious onslaught against Lebanon in the summer of 2006, widely condemned by human rights groups for its disproportionate force and intentional attacks against innocent people and their homes. More The post Israel’s Dahiya Doctrine: Terror and Collective Punishment by Another Name appeared first on CounterPunch.org.