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The anointed and the annihilators: Trump’s peace candidacy and his apostles in Tel Aviv and Rawalpindi
Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel and Pakistan’s General Asim Munir—have found common cause in nominating Donald J. Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize.
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New York Times joins a White Supremacist in attacking Zohran Mamdani
Zohran Mamdani, the choice of Democratic Party voters in New York City, is anathema to the billionaire class. So much so that the New York Times elevated the work of a white supremacist in an effort to derail what the people want.
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Medicaid enrollees targeted for forced farm work under Trump immigration crackdown
The remarks echo proposals President Donald Trump himself has floated in recent months, including a plan to compel farmers to house and supervise migrant laborers to avoid ICE raids directly.
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Massive expansion of Trump’s deportation machine passes with little Press notice
Some cuts, like those to Medicaid, have been heavily covered by the corporate media. But one key piece of the bill has gotten much less media scrutiny: The preposterous sum of $175 billion has been allocated to fund Trump’s signature mass deportation campaign.
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Tony Blair and the disgusting capitalist fantasy for Gaza
Kevin Crane dissects the absurd and chilling corporate fantasies around a post-war Gaza, where the involvement of Blair brings it all back to the lies of the Iraq War over twenty years ago.
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New footage exposes ragtag U.S. mercenaries firing toward Gaza aid seekers
Following an AP investigation accusing a U.S. mercenary firm of firing on desperate Gaza aid seekers, the company has released extensive new footage in an attempt at damage control. But the video only further implicates the scandal-plagued operation.
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Texas flood disaster: A crime of capitalism
The death toll from flash flooding in Texas continues to rise, now above 100, with many still missing and presumed drowned.
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Panama’s revolutionary youth are confronting imperialism and dictatorship
As protests shake Panama, youth-led JR-16 stands at the forefront of resistance to U.S.-backed repression and neoliberal rule.
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The National Education Association just voted to cut all ties to the Anti-Defamation League
In a momentous vote, the National Education Association voted to cut all ties with the Anti-Defamation League. The reason? “Despite its reputation as a civil rights organization, the ADL is not the social justice educational partner it claims to be.”
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Chile: A major victory for the People and the Left, with strategic impact
The victory of Jeannette Jara in the ruling coalition’s primary is a major triumph for the people and the left.
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Where do ideas come from? And how can they change?
Alex Snowdon explains the Marxist view of how ideas develop and how socialists seek to change the world.
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Big Beautiful Cover Up: Epstein, ICE, and the MAGA War State
The Department of Justice has quietly declared the Epstein case closed—no client list, no criminal conspiracy, and no further disclosures.
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What is the Trump Doctrine? John Bellamy Foster on U.S. Foreign Policy & the “New MAGA Imperialism”
What is MAGA imperialism? Monthly Review editor John Bellamy Foster says that, despite its feints toward anti-imperialist isolationism, President Donald Trump’s foreign policy has coalesced into a “hyper-nationalist” form of populism that rejects the U.S.’s post-WWII adherence to liberal internationalism and promotes dominance over other countries via military power rather than through economic globalization.
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The Abraham Shield: Israel’s new blueprint for regional control after Gaza
From Gaza to Tehran, a multi-front strategy of surveillance, subcontracted occupation, and permanent containment.
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Dollar v Euro
This week, the world’s major central bankers have gathered in the sweltering heat of Sintra, Portugal (although I am sure the the aircon is good in their swanky hotel in the hills).
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NYT – Guessing about Iran with ‘experts’ who lack knowledge of it
A lot of the misunderstanding U.S. policy makers have of foreign countries is caused by the lousy reporting in U.S. media.
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The Military-Industrial-Academic Complex and Israel’s war machine
ISRAEL’s genocide in Gaza and the 12-day war between Israel and Iran saw Israel destroying all universities in Gaza and assassinating top scientists of Iran. Not a tear or word of condemnation from the U.S. and European powers.
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The Trump Doctrine and the New M.A.G.A. Imperialism — John Bellamy Foster — ICSS 20250629
The dramatic shift in the Trump led U.S. foreign policies, as seen recently in the bombing in Iran, has created enormous confusion and consternation within establishment centers of power.
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The Empire’s Strategic Failure: How the US-Israeli Assault on Iran Accelerated Imperial Decline
The June 2025 US-Israeli military assault on Iran—featuring Israel’s Operation Rising Lion and the US Operation Midnight Hammer confronted by Iran’s defensive Operation True Promise 3—despite achieving short-term tactical victories, represents a profound strategic failure that has accelerated the US-led imperial decline and strengthened global anti-imperialist forces. Rather than cementing Western hegemony, this illegal act […]
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Unhoused why? It’s always about the land
Homelessness isn’t policy failure—it’s policy.