by Paul Larudee, published on Substack, April 20, 2026 I am not a believer in spiritual prophesy, but prediction is no more than deduction from facts, and more accurate, in my opinion. In our current global circumstances, the facts support some pretty nasty consequences, which can be the subject of …
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On Martyrdom and Celebrating Resistance
by Che Marino, published on Bronx Antiwar.com, from April 3, 2026 On April 3, 2026 in Brooklyn, a Good Friday vigil organized by the Black Alliance for Peace gathered outside the Metropolitan Detention Center to honor the more than 100 Cuban and Venezuelan martyrs killed in the January 3, 2026 …
Read More »What Bombs Cannot Kill. Part I: Ali Shariati, the Iranian Revolution, and the Arrogant New Empire
by Amir Nour and Laala Bechetoula, published on Global Research, March 31, 2026 “Every century has its Abou Dharr. Islam is waiting for its own.” (Ali Shariati, Islam and the Social Question, 1972) “The wretched of the earth no longer wait. They act.” (Frantz Fanon, The Wretched of the Earth, …
Read More »Will the US-Israeli War on Iran Open the Road to Palestinian Freedom?
by Ramzy Baroud, published on Antiwar.com, March 29, 2026 Editor’s Note: Many people who were new to antiwar activism were very upset when the US/Israeli war on Iran appeared to ‘upstage’ their efforts to end the Gaza Genocide. Ramzy Baroud provides a very clear explanation of why this is a …
Read More »Trump’s “Present” and the Asymmetry of Escalation in the Strait of Hormuz — A Reassessment
by Rima Najjar, published on Global Research, March 26, 2026 The Gulf Asymmetry: Structural, But Not Automatic When Donald Trump recently described Iran’s behavior as a “present” to the United States — tied to oil flows through the Strait of Hormuz and allegedly worth a tremendous sum — he pointed to a deeper strategic …
Read More »Israel’s Khiam fixation: One Hill, Five Wars, and No Lessons Learned
by Anis Raiss, published on The Cradle, March 13, 2026 According to biblical tradition, the patriarch Jacob pitched his tents on the plain of Khiam – a name that literally means “the tents.” Millennia later, the same ridge has become a recurring battlefield. The occupation state that invokes Jacob’s inheritance …
Read More »The Lebanon Front — Hezbollah Returns to the Battlefield
from The Conflicts Forum, Substack, March 12, 2026 Alistair Crooke and his wife follow Israeli and Arab news sources very closely to share a comprehensive picture of news in the region) Ibrahim Al-Amine: How to Read Hezbollah’s Return to the Battlefield / Marwa Osman: Lebanese Army Commander Rudolph Haykal defiant; …
Read More »They Want to Bring NATO into the War Against Iran via Cyprus and Greece
By Dimitris Konstantakopoulos, published on Defend Democracy Press, March 5, 2026 Editor’s note: This article from a Greek source has a lot of interesting perspectives on Israeli behavior and a credible attempt by Israel to bring NATO into their war on Iran. Very strange and highly contradictory statements have so …
Read More »Ground Invasion or Nukes?
by Paul Larudee, published on Substack, March 7, 2026 Grand Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s greatness was in his wisdom and his morality. He was right in condemning nuclear and chemical weapons, but I believe he failed to acknowledge the side of human nature that requires fear of consequences to limit the …
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