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Iran’s 10-point Plan Is Still a Workable Basis for Negotiations

The US government under Donald Trump has twice used disingenuous negotiations with Iran to provide cover for attacking it, in June 2025 and again before launching the current war in February. Now it is trying to do so for a third time. by Nicolas…

Darwinian Geopolitics in the 21st Century

“Not the strongest survives, but the one that best adapts to an environment that changes without asking permission.” Charles Darwin We are not returning to the past. We are witnessing something more complex. The same survival impulse that shaped the…

New York, Zohran Mamdani announces a tax on second homes of the super-rich and municipal grocery stores

Socialist New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced a tax on the super-rich who own luxury homes, so-called pied-à-terres, over $5 million, but do not use them as their primary residence. “This tax is specifically designed for the richest of the…

Reflections and perspectives after the No Kings Day in the United States

A week after the third major protest of the No Kings movement, activists are busy like bees. Events are numerous across the country: the event at Bixby Park in Long Beach commemorates the thousands of deaths in Gaza and the…

Why Might China Have Pressed Iran To Compromise With The US?

The sequence that Trump threatened if no deal was reached before the expiry of his deadline would have cut China off from half of the oil that it imported by sea last year and likely set Afro-Eurasia aflame in resource…

The Arctic: The Silent War Reshaping Global Power

The Arctic: The Silent War Reshaping Global Power “Empires do not move toward comfort, but toward change. And in that change, it is not the strongest who survives, but the one who first understands where power is shifting.” Energy, routes,…

No Kings Day, more than 3,000 events across the United States

The third No Kings action day in the United States (following those in June and October 2025) involved over 3,000 locations, from large cities to small rural towns, and nearly 300 organizations. Photo by U.S. Democratic Socialists Opposition to Trump…

No Kings Day in Southern California, a creative and irreverent celebration

On Saturday, March 28th, a clear and majestic sun shines over Southern California, its usual peaceful glow watching from above as thousands of festive people invade beaches, parks, and streets to celebrate No Kings Day, which in recent years has…

War in the Middle East, Pressure on Bangladesh

Bangladesh is about 4000 kilometres away from Iran, feeling the direct heat of its alliance with Israel and the USA. Both politically and economically, Bangladesh is feeling the impacts of the Middle East crisis. On the 26th day of the…

How the US Became an International Serial Killer

For decades, the United States moved from covert assassination plots to openly embracing assassination or “targeted killing” as policy. Now, in its war with Iran, that evolution is reaching its most dangerous phase. By Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J. S.…

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