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Water, a Factor of Stability and Conflict: The Iranian Case and the Forgotten Lessons INTRODUCTION: TEHRAN, A CAPITAL TO BE EVACUATED WELL BEFORE THE BOMBS, BECAUSE IT'S DRY In November 2025, Iranian President Massoud Pezeshkian issued a

INTRODUCTION: TEHRAN, A CAPITAL TO BE EVACUATED WELL BEFORE THE BOMBS, BECAUSE IT’S DRY In November 2025, Iranian President Massoud Pezeshkian issued a warning that sent a chill through the entire country: Tehran, the c...

World War III is About to Begin Shortly before World War I, when the smell of war was in the air, one of the most eloquent advocates of peace, the writer Romain Rolland, winner of the

Shortly before World War I, when the smell of war was in the air, one of the most eloquent advocates of peace, the writer Romain Rolland, winner of the 1915 Nobel Prize in Literature, wrote that the urgency of the momen...

AI and the Lesson Not Learned In the last century people marveled at the Wright brothers’ success. Just 66 years later, an awestruck world watched American astronauts walk on the moon.

In the last century people marveled at the Wright brothers’ success. Just 66 years later, an awestruck world watched American astronauts walk on the moon. Technical advances became prosaic. But we should be paying more ...

Trump and Netanyahu’s Lurch into Iran: Imperial Hubris in the Wake of a People’s Uprising Reeking of Imperial Hubris Seizing upon what they consider to be a generational opportunity, with Iran’s theocratic dictatorship shaken by the January

Reeking of Imperial Hubris Seizing upon what they consider to be a generational opportunity, with Iran’s theocratic dictatorship shaken by the January people’s uprising, Trump and Netanyahu launched a “prolonged” attack...

Daniel Ellsberg Speaks to Us as the War on Iran Continues When Daniel Ellsberg died in 2023, the world lost a unique voice of sanity. Five decades earlier, as a “national security” insider, he had

When Daniel Ellsberg died in 2023, the world lost a unique voice of sanity. Five decades earlier, as a “national security” insider, he had released the top-secret Pentagon Papers to expose the official lies behind the o...

Understanding the U.S. and Israel’s Illegal Aggression in Iran Once again, the U.S.-Israel Axis has launched an unnecessary, unprovoked, and deeply immoral attack against the sovereign nation of Iran. 

Once again, the U.S.-Israel Axis has launched an unnecessary, unprovoked, and deeply immoral attack against the sovereign nation of Iran.  But what is largely missing from Western corporate media coverage of the attack ...

The US-Israeli War on Iran Is Based on Lies. Here Is the Truth. The United States and Israel are waging a war of aggression against Iran. This is not about nuclear weapons; it's about imperialism. Trump and Netanyahu

The United States and Israel are waging a war of aggression against Iran. This is not about nuclear weapons; it’s about imperialism. Trump and Netanyahu admitted they want regime change in Tehran. They want to overthrow...

In the Third World War: A Political Lexicon for Today’s Struggles This is the English translation of the original introduction to our book, Nella Terza guerra mondiale. Un lessico politico per le lotte del

This is the English translation of the original introduction to our book, Nella Terza guerra mondiale. Un lessico politico per le lotte del presente (DeriveApprodi, 2025). We are now publishing its English translation a...

Sleazy AfD – Germany’s Far Right Loots The State For weeks, allegations of sleaze, nepotism, and corruption inside the Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) have dominated local media in Germany. Nepotism

For weeks, allegations of sleaze, nepotism, and corruption inside the Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) have dominated local media in Germany. Nepotism within the AfD has occurred at both state and federal level. The ne...

The Iranian Left, the Right of Self-Determination, and the Question of Ethnic Particularism The debate over the “right of nations to self-determination” within segments of the Iranian left is less the result of a concrete analysis of Iran’s

The debate over the “right of nations to self-determination” within segments of the Iranian left is less the result of a concrete analysis of Iran’s social and political structure than a legacy of twentieth-century left...

Why Much of America Has Been Slow to React to ICE Terrorism ICE is terrorizing this country and threatening its long term survival. Yet still, many Americans don't understand the magnitude of this existential

ICE is terrorizing this country and threatening its long term survival. Yet still, many Americans don’t understand the magnitude of this existential threat and just how precarious the current moment is. Dominick Conidi ...

It’s the Trump Administration That’s Threatening the World — Not Iran President Donald Trump’s Pentagon is reportedly preparing a potential military assault on Iran. Washington and Tehran are set to

President Donald Trump’s Pentagon is reportedly preparing a potential military assault on Iran. Washington and Tehran are set to resume Omani-mediated talks on Thursday, but the threat of war is rising nonetheless. This...

Cuba Kills 4 Exiles Trying to "Infiltrate" Island by Boat as U.S. “Medieval Siege” of Cuba Continues Cuban exiles on a U.S.-registered speedboat attempted to enter Cuba undetected, but were confronted by border patrol in Cuban waters on Wednesday.

Cuban exiles on a U.S.-registered speedboat attempted to enter Cuba undetected, but were confronted by border patrol in Cuban waters on Wednesday. According to the Cuban Interior Ministry, the Cuban nationals on the spe...

Factory Occupation In Italy: Laid-Off Workers Organise As A Cooperative And Want To Set Up Their Own Business In the summer of 2021, the GKN auto parts factory near the Italian city of Florence was closed, and over 400 workers lost their jobs. Since then, some of

In the summer of 2021, the GKN auto parts factory near the Italian city of Florence was closed, and over 400 workers lost their jobs. Since then, some of them have been occupying the building—for over four years now. Th...

Go Film The Police One of the reasons for photographing and filming at protests is to document police brutality when it predictably comes. At the end of summer I found

One of the reasons for photographing and filming at protests is to document police brutality when it predictably comes. At the end of summer I found myself on the floor surrounded by 15 German police officers. I was pre...

As Federal Immigration Agents Descended On Minneapolis, Residents Deployed Mutual Aid To Protect Their Neighbors The U.S. Department of Homeland Security deployed 3,000 federal immigration agents to Minneapolis and St. Paul in December 2025, under the name Operation

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security deployed 3,000 federal immigration agents to Minneapolis and St. Paul in December 2025, under the name Operation Metro Surge. Previously, there were 190 agents working across fiv...

How to Defeat MAGA Tyranny, Chapter 9 & Conclusion: Endgames - “The power is in our solidarity” As authoritarian politics harden in the United States, familiar channels of resistance are proving dangerously inadequate. Elections are constrained,

As authoritarian politics harden in the United States, familiar channels of resistance are proving dangerously inadequate. Elections are constrained, courts are under siege, and dissent is increasingly met with repressi...

YouTube video by OfficialZNet How to Defeat MAGA Tyranny, Chapter 9 & Conclusion: Endgames - “The power is in our solidarity”

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Will Mamdani Abolish Police, Or Simply Make Them Obsolete? What sets Mamdani apart from other progressive mayors who promised to be tough on police is a democratic socialist vision of a society that meets people’s

What sets Mamdani apart from other progressive mayors who promised to be tough on police is a democratic socialist vision of a society that meets people’s needs. As part of his proposed city budget for 2026, New York Ci...

Why Trump Will Win The Tariff War In this episode of The Econoclasts, Yanis Varoufakis and Wolfgang Munchau pull back the curtain to reveal the shifting tectonic plates of the global

In this episode of The Econoclasts, Yanis Varoufakis and Wolfgang Munchau pull back the curtain to reveal the shifting tectonic plates of the global economy, arguing that the world’s fixation on Donald Trump’s tariffs a...

Living Hell: Israel’s Prison System as an Instrument of Oppression In January 2026, the Israeli human rights organization B’Tselem published a grim update to its earlier work, titled Living Hell: The Israeli Prison System

In January 2026, the Israeli human rights organization B’Tselem published a grim update to its earlier work, titled Living Hell: The Israeli Prison System as a Network of Torture Camps. This report documents the horrifi...

Zohran Mamdani Wants to Reclaim Efficiency From the Right One of the core claims of Zohran Mamdani’s campaign for New York City mayor last year was that government can and should work

One of the core claims of Zohran Mamdani’s campaign for New York City mayor last year was that government can and should work effectively and efficiently for the people it serves, with “public excellence” as one of the ...

A Few Hopefully Non Redundant Ruminations On Epstein, Chomsky, and Us Jeffrey Epstein was a horrifying but oddly “talented” specimen of humanity. He had some combination of “qualities” that facilitated his assembling an

Jeffrey Epstein was a horrifying but oddly “talented” specimen of humanity. He had some combination of “qualities” that facilitated his assembling an intimidating array of contacts and a huge armory of financial assets....

How Union Members Pay It Forward Anna Bueker went to work at the BFGoodrich plant in Fort Wayne, Indiana, in her early 20s and began building a good life with the wages and benefits

Anna Bueker went to work at the BFGoodrich plant in Fort Wayne, Indiana, in her early 20s and began building a good life with the wages and benefits provided by her United Steelworkers (USW) contract. But over the next ...

Trumped on Tariffs Donald Trump’s “Liberation Day” just got squashed. The Supreme Court on February 20 denied, by a 6-3 decision, the Trump administration’s power to impose

Donald Trump’s “Liberation Day” just got squashed. The Supreme Court on February 20 denied, by a 6-3 decision, the Trump administration’s power to impose tariffs under the 1977 International Economic Emergency Powers Ac...

No to the Economic Suffocation of Cuba For more than six decades, the United States has been suffocating the Cuban people by imposing anachronistic and inhumane economic sanctions. These

For more than six decades, the United States has been suffocating the Cuban people by imposing anachronistic and inhumane economic sanctions. These measures affect the most vulnerable sectors of the island’s population,...

Europe’s New Asylum Rule Will Be Its “ICE Moment” Europe is about to normalise offshore asylum processing — and with it, a more distant and less accountable model of deportation. New EU

Europe is about to normalise offshore asylum processing — and with it, a more distant and less accountable model of deportation. New EU rules will allow governments to fast-track claims by sending applicants to “safe” t...

Lessons from Minneapolis & Mass Social Strikes Webinar Organizers across the USA convened on February 16, 2026 to discuss the potential of social strikes in combatting Trump's authoritarian juggernaut. Join us

Organizers across the USA convened on February 16, 2026 to discuss the potential of social strikes in combatting Trump’s authoritarian juggernaut. Join us to learn about the history of social strike resistance to tyrann...

Action Alert: Mothers and Other Caregivers' Statement on ICE As mothers and other caregivers, we are furious and deeply upset at the reign of terror being imposed on immigrants, our families and those standing with

As mothers and other caregivers, we are furious and deeply upset at the reign of terror being imposed on immigrants, our families and those standing with us. We are outraged at ICE’s cruel and brutal separations of chil...

Should Billionaires Have It All? California politics is currently being shaken up thanks to a drive, led by the Service Employees International Union, to enact a one-time wealth tax on

California politics is currently being shaken up thanks to a drive, led by the Service Employees International Union, to enact a one-time wealth tax on the state’s billionaires to offset federal cuts to healthcare and s...