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Who Controls the Trigger? Power, Pressure, and the Iran Question

There is an old parable: If someone throws a child into a river, you jump in to save the child. But then the same person throws another child into the river, and again, you dive in to rescue. This continues…

The Trump Regime proves again to be the single largest danger to humanity’s future

Here is Trump’s disturbing speech with an analysis of all the classical psycho-political delusions, hubris, arrogance and the blindness of military power. It can only go wrong now… By Jan Oberg, TFF Director There were only two things that surprised…

ICE arrests Columbia University student without a warrant. Mamdani’s intervention frees her

On the morning of Thursday, February 26, Columbia University student Elmina “Ellie” Aghayeva, originally from Azerbaijan, was arrested in New York by ICE agents who entered her off-campus residential building without a warrant. Columbia’s interim president, Claire Shipman, said security…

The Pentagon v. Anthropic: AI between the sword and ethics

This Friday, February 27, 2026, marks the deadline set by the United States Department of Defense for Anthropic to remove the ethical restrictions from its Claude model within the framework of its military contract. The ultimatum was communicated only days…

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…

There’s An Important Nuance To India’s Reduced Import Of Russian Oil

This is due to US-imposed pressure, which isn’t the same from Russia’s perspective as voluntary vassal-like compliance with the US’ demands, thus maintaining their mutual trust under these circumstances. Indian Ambassador to Russia Vinay Kumar denied rumors of India banning…

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…

Iran Crisis Exposes the Impotence of America’s Neoliberal War Machine

After some delays, the United States is dispatching a second aircraft-carrier, the USS Gerald R. Ford, from the Caribbean to the Middle East to join the USS Abraham Lincoln carrier strike group and threaten Iran. By Nicolas J. S. Davies…

Chicago, the Street Vendors Association against ICE violence

After interviewing Rick Rosales of CyclingxSolidarity, we continue to give a voice to the associations that organise solidarity and protection initiatives in Chicago for undocumented immigrants against ICE violence. This time we talk with Maria Orozco, Development Manager/ Outreach Coordinator of…

Ukraine four years later: what remains of the official narrative?

Following the events of February 24, 2022, political leaders, the mainstream media, and the armchair “experts” all reacted in the same way. They portrayed it as a war between Russia and Ukraine, as an unprovoked Russian aggression, and as an…

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