Middle East

The US military is blowing through munitions that are 10 times more expensive than they should be Since the United States government decided it had an obligation to protect global shipping from Houthi attacks in the Red Sea over 7,000 miles away from its borders, it has spent well over $1 …

On October 1st, Iran launched Operation “True Promise 2: about 180 missiles were deployed (NYT). A coordinated missile Strike has completely destroyed  Israel’s F-35 Base Nevatim “among other key targets”. “The facility hosts both of the Israeli Air Force’s F-35 fifth generation fighter squadrons, and was previously intended to host a third squadron of the …

What is your alma mater up to? The divestment campaigns launched last spring by students protesting Israel’s mass slaughter in Gaza brought the issue of the militarization of American higher education back into the spotlight. Of course, financial ties between the Pentagon and American universities are nothing new. As Stuart Leslie has …

At the last London protest – the 18th National march against the Genocide in Gaza – a solitary protester held up a home-made sign which read, ‘Imagine Being Stupid Enough to Actually believe A Genocide Doesn’t Affect You’, which I took not only as an exhortation to remember our common humanity, …

And the bombing of Lebanon. In the last few days, New York City police arrested scores protesters against the bombing of Lebanon and the presence of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the United Nations General Assembly. Thousands of people in multiple demonstrations throughout New York City have protested the …

The world is being pushed to the abyss of a Third World War, one that could bring the final destruction of the planet and humanity. This week, the 79th General Assembly of the United Nations was held on the brink of world war. It should prompt pause and inquiry why …

Lebanon Is Burning The Biden administration claims to be pushing for a “temporary ceasefire” between Israel and Hezbollah to avert a larger conflict, but this is very late in the day and it is not a serious effort to prevent a new war in Lebanon. It is at best a desperate, last-minute …

The United States and its allies are increasingly concerned about the speed and intensity with which Iran, China, Russia and North Korea are deepening ties to challenge American dominance despite facing some of the most sweeping sanctions the West has ever imposed, Bloomberg writes. The agency’s analysis comes after interviewing officials who asked not …

If he is elected, Trump has made it abundantly clear that he will use the government as a weapon against anyone who stands in his way. Incredibly and unabashedly, in the midst of incendiary and wholly debunked claims about immigrants in Ohio, former U.S. President Donald Trump and his running mate Sen. …

Two key posts – in foreign and defense policy – reveal the militarist and anti-Russia direction of the European Union. Ursula Von der Leyen, the president of the European Commission – which works as the executive branch of the European Union – announced her new team of commissioners for the next five …