“Regime Tweaking” In Cuba Is The Most Realistic Outcome Of Its US-Instigated Crisis
Cuba has no option other than to knuckle under in the face of US economic strangulation. What comes next?
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Iran War: No Uptake to Trump Plea for Help With Opening Strait of Hormuz; Israel Claims Assassination of Iran Security Chief; Iran Clarifies That Friendly Countries Can Transit, Strikes UAE Terminal at Fajarah, Trump Delays Xi Summit
Today’s Iran war update: Trump embarrassment, more Israel decapitation, Iran continues working over Israel, US airbases, and the Gulf States.
Read more...Iran War: Trump Administration Attempts to Deny Long Conflict Risk; Trump Threatens NATO Over Hormuz Scheme; Kinetic and Economic Situation More Desperate Than Acknowledged
The latest Iran war update: Trump harangues allies as his team offers hopium despite more evidence of kinetic and real economy damage.
Read more...Iran War: US Being Driven From Iraq, Tells Americans to Leave; Iran Keeps Pounding Israel, Gulf States; Trump Calls on Other Countries Including China to Send Warships, Effectively Threatens to Use Nukes; FCC Threatens to Pull Broadcast Licenses Over War Reporting
Today’s Iran war news: Denialism, US pursuit of Strait of Hormuz convoy scheme, Israel pounded, Netanyahu questions, FCC threat
Read more...Iran War: US Strikes Kharg Island, Deploys More Marines Even as Administration Shows Desperation; Iran Hits Saudi Base Amid Signs of Decaying US Position, Increases Attacks on Israel
The latest Iran war update: The US attempts to show escalation dominance even as officials look frayed and Iran’s pounding intensifies
Read more...Michael Hudson: Persia’s Monopoly Concessions to Britain, 1872-1901
Persia’s 19th century fight to drive out the British investors who had obtained monopoly concessions is background to the current crisis.
Read more...Iran War: Oil Flirts With $100 as More Commercial Ships Hit, US Refueling Plane Downed, with Iraqi Militia Taking Credit; Demands for Hormuz Opening Intensify; Private Debt Wobbles Add to Market Pressure
Today’s Iran war update: markets stay edgy as Administration messaging becomes more hollow and more ships burn.
Read more...Satyajit Das: Iran – Even War Has Been Financialized
Satyajit Das provides a broad look at the scope and depth of the potential economic downside of the Iran war.
Read more...Universities Survived Trump’s 2025 Funding Freeze, but the Money Still Isn’t Flowing to Researchers
Trump’s war on universities, like Iran, is doing great damage to the US, here via success in reducing research funding and causing chaos.
Read more...Armageddon Now! Israel’s Nuclear Weapons Program
A review of the history of and best information about Israel’s nuclear weapons program, including delivery systems and safety risks at Dimona
Read more...Iran War: Oil Again Breaches $100 as Iran Escalates Attacks on Israel, Shipping, Dubai; More on the Effects of a Long Closure of the Strait of Hormuz
The Iran war is going ever more pear-shaped for the US, Israel, the Gulf states, and innocent bystanders, yet Trump refuses to relent.
Read more...Why Did Most Of The World Condemn Iran At The UN?
Why the huge vote against Iran on what Russia depicted as an unbalanced resolution should come as no surprise.
Read more...Iran War: Iran Seeks Decolonization of Gulf Region; IEA Proposes Emergency Release of Reserves; Nuclear Strike Risk Assessment; Iran Escalates Strikes
Today’s Iran war update: the implications of Iran’s apparent demands, risk of a Israeli nuclear attack, and Iran’s kinetic escalation.
Read more...The Pakistan Navy’s Regional Escort Mission Puts Iran in a Dilemma
The US Strait of Hormuz escort story was fake but Pakistan, which is very exposed to the closure, plans something more serious. Will it work?
Read more...In Latest Blow to Trump’s Mass Deportation Plan, Judge Blocks Overhaul of Immigration Appeals
Trump is losing in Iran and on the immigration front as a Federal judge backs Constitutional due process rights over efficiency.
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