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Univ. of Michigan’s student government votes to create committee on divestment from genocide in Palestine
1+ hour, 48+ min ago (513+ words) Editor's Note: In light of the fact that many members of the local community who have spoken out about Palestinian Liberation have faced severe harassment, we have elected not to publish the names of those quoted or interviewed. ANN ARBOR,…...
Sixty monuments under fire: The U.S.-Israeli assault on Iran’s cultural memory
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (162+ words) The offensive has also struck smaller, yet historically significant, urban areas. In Bushehr province, the old quarter of Siraf'a centuries-old maritime trade hub'has suffered damage to traditional homes and heritage structures. Tehran alone has registered damage to 19 historical sites, highlighting…...
As Iran war rages, Netanyahu builds ‘Greater Israel’ from Palestinian and Lebanese land
3+ day, 4+ hour ago (679+ words) As the U.S.- Israeli wars across West Asia widen, a clearer picture is emerging of Israel's long-term strategic and ideological objectives, and they go far beyond claims of "security" or "self-defense." This week, Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich made that reality…...
Iran: U.S. imperialism’s first AI war
1+ week, 2+ day ago (947+ words) War is increasingly being fought less by humans and more by algorithms. In Iran, we see how artificial intelligence is driving the pace of destruction to an unprecedented speed, bringing with it a host of profound moral'problems. New wars are…...
Europe refuses war script: Spain’s rebuke exposes limits of U.S.–Israeli escalation in Iran
4+ day, 2+ hour ago (325+ words) This shift has been rendered unmistakably clear in Madrid. In an unusually direct and unfiltered rebuke, Spain's Transport Minister "scar Puente issued a statement that has since reverberated far beyond national borders: "We are not going with you even around…...
As bombs fall on Nowruz, Iranians also battle loss of cultural heritage
1+ week, 4+ hour ago (631+ words) Air strikes near historic districts in Tehran and Isfahan have damaged monuments that have survived for centuries. The losses highlight how war can endanger not only lives but also the historical memory embedded in cities and landscapes. As an Iranian…...
Israel’s endless war on Lebanon produces endless profits for U.S. weapons manufacturers
1+ week, 4+ day ago (1440+ words) Understanding the history of Israel's attacks on Lebanon therefore requires more than a military timeline. It requires examining how U.S. political and economic interests have helped sustain those wars. More than 60 years ago, U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower warned Americans about the growing…...
Iran War is flashpoint in a clash of competing global projects
2+ week, 3+ day ago (713+ words) To understand what is happening today, it is not enough to see the events as a limited military confrontation between Iran on the one hand and Israel and the United States on the other. At the heart of the matter…...
Internal memo: Pentagon expects Iran War through September
3+ week, 2+ hour ago (1127+ words) WASHINGTON'By a seven-vote margin, the GOP-run U.S. House backed Donald Trump's war on Iran, but that wasn't the big war story out of Washington on the sixth day of the war. A Pentagon memo saying the military expects the war to…...
Minab’s 165 murdered schoolgirls and the silence that exposes Western moral selectivity
3+ week, 4+ hour ago (506+ words) Yet the names of these girls165 lives extinguished before they truly beganbarely entered the global conversation. When tragedies reinforce established narratives about adversarial states, they are amplified, dramatized, and transformed into global moral spectacles. But when tragedies expose the human cost…...