Geopolitics
Peiman Salehi – “I Still Hear the Voices”: Wedding Guests Recall Horror of U.S. Bombing in Southern Iran
We should never forget the victims of American imperial brutality. In ‘Dropsite News’. Read the article HERE.
War
Aviation
Al Jazeera – Germany accuses Russia of drone attack on Leipzig airport
There is very little understanding of just how dangerous the situation is – we are one misstep away from the Ukraine proxy war becoming a direct war between NATO and Russia. Read the article HERE.
Geopolitics
Branko Marcetic – Why are Western hawks pushing Ukraine to draft women?
Ukraine is already facing down the barrel of demographic doom – drafting childless women into the Ukrainian army would only make it worse. Branko Marcetic is a staff writer with Jacobin magazine and the author […]
Geopolitics
Soumaya Ghannoushi – War on Iran: Why Trump blinked first
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 […]
Environment
Rick Steiner – War Is Hell for People and the Earth
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 […]
Geopolitics
Eldar Mamedov – Craven Europeans Give US And Israel A Blank Check For Illegal War
Europe’s rulers are sycophants for American empire. Eldar Mamedov is a Brussels-based foreign policy expert and Non-resident Fellow at the Quincy Institute. Cross-posted from Responsible Statecraft In the aftermath of the new U.S. and Israeli […]
Geopolitics
Trita Parsi – Tehran is not looking for a ceasefire: here’s why
Crystal clear analysis of why the Iranian government has decided to reject any attempt by Trump to stop the war on America’s terms. Trita Parsi is the co-founder and Executive Vice president of the Quincy […]
Geopolitics
Jeffrey D. Sachs – No US War on Iran: An Open Letter to the UN Security Council
Some pointed facts about the recent history of US-Iranian relations. Jeffrey D. Sachs is a University Professor and Director of the Center for Sustainable Development at Columbia University, where he directed The Earth Institute from […]
Geopolitics
Michael Parenti (1933-2026) – 1918
The American marxist intellectual Michael Parenti died last week. This is thought to be his last essay. It was first published on U.S. Memorial Day, May 28, 2018. Cross-posted from ScheerPost Looking back at the […]
Geopolitics
Juan Cole – Top 5 Mistakes Bush made in Iraq that Trump is making in Venezuela
Of all these errors, no day-after planning sticks out as the most important point of comparison between Iraq and Venezuela. Juan Cole is the Richard P. Mitchell collegiate professor of history at the University of […]