Despite Iran’s relative military weakness, when set against the combined forces of the U.S. and Israel, it can inflict a lot of damage. It will do this as swiftly as possible. CHRIS HEDGES FEB 24 The Laurel and Hardy negotiating team of Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, coupled with Trump’s appalling ignorance of […]
Israel’s attack on Iran was completely unprovoked and constitutes an act of calculated aggression. As such, Iran has every right to defend itself. By C.J. Polychroniou | Alexandra Boutri Jun 15, 2025 Common Dreams Scores of countries across the world have issued a sharp condemnation of Israel’s attacks on Iran. So what? There have also been […]
Israel and its neoconservative allies in the United States have long attempted to start a war with Iran, a war that neither Israel nor the U.S. can win and will engender ferocious blowback. CHRIS HEDGES 13 June The neoconservatives who orchestrated the disastrous wars with Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria and Libya — and who […]
As Pakistan and the Turkish state continue to strengthen their war alliance, it is necessary that those fighting for their freedom also strengthen their alliances at the political, military and diplomatic levels. By Members of the internationalist commune of Rojava Groundxero | Feb 23, 2025 On February 12th and 13th, Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif […]
Israel will continue its mass killing to achieve its immediate goals, but in the long run the blowback from its genocide will doom the Zionist state. By CHRIS HEDGES Extermination works. At first. This is the terrible lesson of history. If Israel is not stopped — and no outside power appears willing to […]
Will we ever see an end to the cycle of destruction fueled by capitalism and U.S. imperialism? By MELISSA GARRIGA Mar 09, 2024 Common Dreams President Biden’s State of the Union address made one thing clear: war, genocide, and militarism remains the Amercian way. From Gaza to Ukraine, from the Middle East to the borders […]