Tuesday, July 21, 2026

The Iran war as a threshold

The old structures are not simply failing; they are being surpassed by a deeper aspiration emerging from people themselves.

War, forever and a day

Who gains and who loses in Trump's America?

Nuclear-powered rocket could be no small anomaly

Pursuing use of nuclear propulsion in space has been a NASA aim for many years—indeed, going back to the 1960s. 

UN experts demand halt to arms transfers as Israel’s Lebanon strikes intensify and Senate...

Human rights investigators warn attacks undermine international law while U.S. lawmakers reject another attempt to curb expanding regional conflict.

How many people have the US and Israel killed in Iran?

Why the real numbers of people killed are almost certainly much higher and why this matters with the conflicting estimates of the death toll in occupied Iraq 20 years ago.

When flotillas fight for life, not empire.

Flotillas have become symbols of peace—acts of humanitarian direct action, civil resistance, and cross-border solidarity.
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10 minutes, 100 airstrikes: Israel rejects ceasefire for Lebanon, kills 250+ in massive attack

Israel struck Lebanon in its heaviest and deadliest attack on the country since the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran began.

How Iran won the Iran War

It is a pyrrhic victory in many ways, since Iran has new enemies among its neighbors and it has lost industrial capacity. But it is a victory of sorts.

How Trump’s vulgar, criminal Easter threat enriches Iran

Trump fondly imagines that he can dislodge Iran from this new ascendancy, but he is wrong, since it depends on sabotage, a sabotage that cannot be policed.

Trump threatens destruction of Iranian infrastructure as legal experts warn of war crimes

Officials, lawmakers, and human rights organizations warn that attacks on power plants and bridges could violate international law and endanger millions of civilians.