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The Impunity of Musk to Defame Claudia Sheinbaum

“She’s just saying what her cartel bosses tell her to say.” (She is only saying what her cartel bosses tell her to say.) “Let’s just say that their punishment for disobedience is a little worse than a ‘performance improvement plan’.”…

More than a third of the United States fleet positioned around Iran: open war imminent

An unprecedented deployment The United States has concentrated between 30 and 40 percent of its operational naval fleet in the vicinity of the Persian Gulf and the Arabian Sea, in a maneuver reminiscent of the preparations prior to the invasion…

The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons needs a brother!

There are quite a few movies depicting nuclear war and its aftermath.   One of them is based on Nevil Shute’s “On the Beach”, a book that has awakened Helen Caldicott’s concern about nuclear weapons. The film “The day after”…

Iran, U.S. signal openness to diplomacy as nuclear talks approach

Iran expressed optimism on Wednesday over the upcoming nuclear talks with the United States, as both sides signaled a willingness to pursue diplomacy amid heightened regional tensions. Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi headed to Geneva on the same day…

New York, cyclists against the ICE: solidarity is contagious

We publish the collective interview with the New York group Cycling x Solidarity NYC , inspired by the similar group in Chicago. When was your group founded? We founded Cycling x Solidarity NYC in October 2025. I had come across an…

Chicago, a Snowplow named Abolish ICE

We take from The Other 98% Facebook page an example of creative resistance to ICE violence. Chicago trolls Trump by naming a city snowplow “Abolish ICE” in the middle of a federal immigration crackdown. Chicago’s annual You Name a Snowplow…

Trump 2.0’s Grand Strategy Against China Is Slowly But Surely Coming Together

This is the grand strategic context within which Russia’s talks with the US and Ukraine are taking place. Casual observers are convinced that Trump is a madman with no method behind his madness, but the reality is that he and…

Berlinale 2026, the director of “The Voice of Hind Rajab” does not accept the award in protest

Tunisian director Kaouther Ben Hania did not accept the “Most Valuable Film” award given to her film, “The Voice of Hind Rajab,” as a gesture of protest and condemnation of the presence of Noam Tibon, a retired Israeli major general…

Don’t Read Too Deeply Into The Iranian-Russian-Chinese Naval Drills

They aren’t meant to deter the US and Israel like some Alt-Media observers believe. Iran, Russia, and China are carrying out the latest round of their annual joint naval drills in the Strait of Hormuz right as Trump is reportedly considering whether to authorize…

Interview with Emad Kiyaei about the ongoing negotiations between Iran and the U.S.

Diplomacy at the Brink: Iran, the United States, and the Stakes of Peace in the Middle East David interviewed Emad Kiyaei, co-director of the Middle East Treaty Organization, to discuss the ongoing negotiations between Iran and the United States currently…

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