“Israel must immediately release Gazan doctor Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya,” UN experts said in a recent statement, in unequivocal terms. Dr. Abu Safiya was “subjected to torture and other cruel and degrading treatment,” they said. His health condition is “dire.” Many are...
The Iran War Precedent: Control or Neutralization
In Seoul, there are quiet conversations about what the war in Iran means beyond the oil shortages and economic crises. The gravest concern is that U.S. action has established a precedent: contested regions where continental and maritime powers collide can be...
In the War on Iran, Every Word Is a War Crime
The war on Iran and the war in Ukraine have also been wars of words. Those words, like the events they are words about, have been war crimes. In the past weeks, the wars of words have been marked by dueling rants by erstwhile allies. Each wants the other in each...
Time for the White (jacket) Men
If you wanted to indulge in partisan spin you could wax hotly about the Donald’s Easter morning desecration of the office of the presidency. His meld of profanity, blasphemy and bellicose madness all rolled into a single social media post could surely calls forth at...
Stop Pretending Military Spending Is About ‘Defense’
$1.5 trillion. With a “t.” That’s how much US president Donald Trump wants Congress to appropriate for military (falsely called “defense”) spending in 2027. And that number — there’s no other way to put this — is insane. The only proper date for such a spending...
How To Stop the War Against Iran
Included at the end of this article is a simple guide to lobbying your Members of Congress including contact info and a basic script. – Please contact them today! Up to 15,000 of the 50,000 American troops in the Middle East region are being positioned to participate...
Worse Than John McCain?
Following President Trump’s address to the nation on Wednesday about the Iran War, stock markets suffered losses while oil prices rose. The decline in stocks and increase in oil prices reflected disappointment over President Trump’s failure to articulate a plan to end...
POTUS Goes Full Stone Age Retard
It’s pretty clear what the TV screen caption should have read as the Donald expectorated a veritable shower of bully boy phlegm and sputum at the White House cameras last night: Attention JD Vance – activate the 25th Amendment now, POTUS has gone full retard into...
From Gaza to Minab, the Same Story – Children Paying the Price of War
Those who had the misfortune of growing up in a war zone require no explanation. War is hell, it is true – but for children, it is something else entirely: a confusing, disorienting fate that defies comprehension. There are children who live only briefly, experiencing...
The Price of Empire and the Costs of War on Iran
What will the costs of the latest round of illegal, ill-fated U.S. military adventurism in the Middle East amount to? Some of the toll is already clear. Washington has squandered billions of dollars on a reckless war of aggression against Iran. A merciless campaign of...


