The so-called ‘peace plan’, ruled over by Trump through his so called ‘Board of Peace’ is an Orwellian colonial monstrosity. Juan Cole teaches Middle Eastern and South Asian history at the University of Michigan. His [...]
Saudi Arabia feels itself being boxed-in by UAE and Israel, and is building new alliances to re-balance Middle Eastern power. David Hearst is co-founder and editor-in-chief of Middle East Eye. He is a commentator and [...]
There has never been a fascist taboo in post-Franco Spain as there has been in Germany, but the prevalence of fascist nostalgia and rhetoric used to be limited to a tiny fringe. Now it’s becoming [...]
8 February 2026 GLENN DIESEN: Welcome back. We are joined today by Professor Michael Hudson to discuss the direction of civilization. So thank you very much for coming back on. MICHAEL HUDSON: Well, thanks for [...]
The US economy is still “one big bet on AI” Michael Roberts is an Economist in the City of London and a prolific blogger. Cross-posted from Michael Roberts’ blog By Ziko – Own work, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=148559294 [...]
A US war with Iran may not be a repeat of Venezuela. Chris Hedges is a Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist who was a foreign correspondent for fifteen years for The New York Times, where he served as the [...]
Norway and the international humanitarian industrial complex Glenn Diesen is professor at the Department of Business, History and Social Sciences, University of South-Eastern Norway Cross-posted from Glenn’s Substack Norwegian Crown Princess Mette Marit hanging out [...]
Killings, arrests, displacement and aid restrictions have continued under the ceasefire. The violence has not ended – it has been reorganised and made less visible. Refaat Ibrahim is a Palestinian writer from Gaza and the [...]
Book Review by Hossam el-Hamalawy Avi Shlaim’s Genocide in Gaza: Israel’s Long War on Palestine is a book written in the midst of catastrophe, not after its dust has settled. It is a work shaped [...]
