Progressive Politics

A letter from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has exposed the driving force behind the push to restructure US-Israel military relations. In Netanyahu’s own words, it is “my plan”.

President Donald Trump has signed an executive order directing the Treasury Department to shut down bank accounts used to support illegal immigration. Trump announced the order in a June 2 Truth Social post, saying it targets the banks, credit card companies, and other financial institutions that ...

The enemy's psychological warfare assumes that humans are rational calculators of pain and reward. But societies built and sustained on the concept of resistance do not operate on that logic. They operate on memory, dignity, and justice.

During the afternoon of May 20, the Eje del Buen Vivir in Bellas Artes, Caracas, became a space of resistance and reflection. In the Venezuelan capital, a group of people gathered to converse with Argentinian journalist Sebastián Salgado, editor of Data Urgente, in an event that promised much more than information: it was a political...

The shift will strip away the political and diplomatic oversight mechanisms that make the relationship publicly accountable, moving it from a visible annual aid vote into the opaque machinery of defense acquisition, where oversight is limited and political accountability is minimal. The result would be a defense relationship that is simultaneously deeper and less transparent.

...Baghaei said the silence and indifference of international institutions, especially the UN Security Council, has emboldened the Israeli regime to escalate its aggression and continue committing crimes in Lebanon.

Founded as it is on a murderous, racist ideology — and run by a man using constant war to stay out of prison — Israel has no intention of allowing peace to break out between the US and Iran. Israel’s fascist security minister Itamar Ben-Gvir boasted that Israel would “not allow” a deal between Trump and Tehran to go through. The US promptly attacked Iran again in another appalling, but not shocking, display of bad faith. But the apartheid colony isn’t satisfied — and has been demanding that the US murder Iran’s chief negotiator, highly-educated parliamentary speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf.

Damning new data from inside the Pentagon suggests that U.S. forces are currently expending more resources defending Israel from missile strikes than Israeli forces themselves...

The United Arab Emirates paid Colombian mercenaries to help Sudan’s militant group, the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), massacre thousands of civilians in the northeastern African country, a report says.

The strike was triggered by the worsening economic crisis and a collapsing quality of life. Fuel shortages and poor‑quality gasoline and diesel hit the country hard. Transport grounded to a halt and inflation accelerated toward 14%. Food prices spiked highest.

The decision, quietly announced by the government on Tuesday evening, includes waivers on new sanctions blocking purchases of jet fuel and diesel refined from Russian crude oil in third countries and echoes a similar move by the US.

a government minister filmed himself gloating over bound humanitarian workers in international waters. Suddenly, after two years of genocide, Western leaders have discovered their voices.

Bahraini scholars have called on Islamic authorities and organizations worldwide to intervene amid the ruling regime’s crackdown on the country’s Shia community.

And I watched a video yesterday that perfectly encapsulated everything that is wrong with Britain. The whole thing. A lifetime of systemic failure, of grotesque inequality, of ruling-class contempt disguised as concern, all of it distilled into a single glittering, nauseating image.

After failing to dismantle Hamas, destroy Hezbollah, topple the Iranian government, or redraw the Middle East, Netanyahu and his allies have only one thing left to show for their time in power: the de facto annexation of the West Bank.

“David Barnea was appointed head of the Mossad in 2021. Iran had been the organization’s main arena of operations for years. Barnea ordered a dramatic change in an area that had been marginal until then - driving influence within the general Iranian public. Under him, this area became central to the campaign against Iran”, the investigation noted.

After failing to dismantle Hamas, destroy Hezbollah, topple the Iranian government, or redraw the Middle East, Netanyahu and his allies have only one thing left to show for their time in power: the de facto annexation of the West Bank.

three people were stabbed. A recently discharged psychiatric patient attacked people of multiple faiths. The official narrative mentions two of them. Can you guess which one was left out?

A spokesperson for the Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters said Thursday that Iranian forces delivered an immediate, decisive response to US military aggressions in the Strait of Hormuz and along Iran In a statement, Ebrahim Zolfaghari noted that the "aggressive, terrorist, and outlaw" US military, in violation of a ceasefire, targeted an Iranian oil tanker.

WOW!

The US military buildup across West Asia remains at an all-time high. The Russian Security Council recently warned that Washington could be using diplomacy as a cover to launch ground operations.

Tucker Carlson interviews Vladimir Putin in Moscow, Russia. February 6th, 2024. Read the transcript here.

Palestinian resistance forces have uncovered a number of Israeli spying devices inside makeshift tents set up by refugees in the southern part of the Gaza Strip.