LARRY JOHNSON—Larry examines Iran’s thoughtful and measured strategy. to serve notice to Israel for it many criminal provocations without igniting a world conflagration.
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WILLIAM SCHRYVER—Naturally, the rapidly waning global hegemon is not inclined to relinquish its throne without a fight. What form that fight takes remains to be seen. But if the empire attempts to preserve its so-called “rules-based international order” via force of arms, it is essential to understand this incontrovertible reality: In order for the United States to make war against any ONE of Russia, China, or Iran, it would be necessary to effectively vacate every major US base on the planet in order to concentrate enough military power to undertake the mission. In a putative war between the United States and Iran, both Russia and China would actively support Iran.
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What is next for Iran? Retaliation or Strategic Patience? In conversation with Mohammad Marandi
6 minutes readJEDAAL ENGLISH—Prof. Marandi explains the tough options Iran’s leadership faces due to Israel’s reckless provocations, and why any move may spark a regional and even global conflagration which could quickly escalate to a nuclear showdown. However, Iran has some narrow flexibility in the timing and nature of the escalation, and the US is making noises proclaiming that Washington is not interested in an all out war.
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Idiot Republicans Are Saying Genocide Joe Has ‘Abandoned Israel’
19 minutes readCAITLIN JOHNSTONE—In reality, the only reason Republicans have begun trying to frame Biden as anti-Israel is because only through fiction and fantasy can America’s two mainstream parties pretend there are any significant differences between them. They’re both insanely supportive of Israel and its crimes. They both support war, militarism, imperialism, capitalism and oligarchy. The only areas in which there’s any meaningful disagreement between them are the issues that don’t inconvenience the powerful in any way like whether or not you’re allowed to have an abortion or whether it’s good or bad to be mean to trans people — and even those issues are only used to keep everyone’s interest and attention locked into mainstream politics and diverted from revolutionary sentiment.