What was once covert, controversial, and constrained is now overt, normalised, and defended. Medea Benjamin is co-founder of Global Exchange and CODEPINK: Women for Peace. Nicolas J. S. Davies is an independent journalist and a [...]
The former head of the International Atomic Energy Agency finds parallels in the lies over Iraq about nuclear weapons and the lies over Iran today. Interview by David Hearst, co-founder and editor-in-chief of Middle East [...]
The far-right had a successful local election, as did France Insoumise, but neither have shown that they can win the presidential election in 2027. Frédéric Sawicki is professor of political science at Paris 1 University [...]
Trump blinked because he can’t afford the financial meltdown which would follow total war in the Middle East, but that doesn’t mean the war is over. Soumaya Ghannoushi is a British Tunisian writer and expert [...]
Europe is still unable to define and defend its own strategic interests. Dr Alain Gabon is Associate Professor of French Studies and chair of the Department of Foreign Languages & Literatures at Virginia Wesleyan University [...]
A critique of David Harvey’s new book, ‘The Story of Capital’. Michael Roberts is an Economist in the City of London and a prolific blogger. Cross-posted from Michael Roberts’ blog Picture by Robert Crc Professor David [...]
We won’t stop environmental destruction unless we can bring an end to war. Rick Steiner is a conservation biologist in Anchorage and a retired professor of marine conservation with the University of Alaska. As founder [...]
Dropping sexual abuse and rape charges against Israeli soldiers proves that the Israeli legal system will never hold Israelis to account for their war crimes against Palestinians. Peter Oborne’s new book, Complicit: Britain’s Role in [...]
Reviewed by Raymond Deane On 30 January, Uwe Becker – the so-called commissioner for Jewish life and the fight against anti-Semitism in the German state of Hesse – demanded that the organization Jewish Voice for [...]
