Thursday, 18 June 2026 — The Tricontinental
A profound contradiction confronts East Asia: the region drives global development, yet US imperialism seeks to transform it into a frontline of the New Cold War. The region’s future depends on ordinary people, not war planners.
Thursday, 18 June 2026 — Radhika Desai – Geopolitical Economist
President Xi Jinping followed up his summits with Presidents Putin and Trump with his first foreign trip of the year. The destination – North Korea, or the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, a nation of some 26 million normally portrayed in the Western media as a dangerously authoritarian state, an economic basket case, worthy of attention only for its nuclear weapons – may seem a surprise to many. However, as veteran Korea observer, Keith Bennett and Radhika Desai discuss, neither the destination nor the timing should surprise anyone with a sense of the intertwined histories of the Chinese and Korean revolutions (not to mention the Soviet) and the continuing cooperation between the two countries, founded on socialist solidarity. Nor should it surprise them that, amid the chaos unleashed on the world by a declining West, China and North Korea are quietly renewing their relations for a new phase of history, and their common history. Keith and Radhika discuss the socialist foundations of one of the most enduring international relationships of the modern era, the myths Western journalists and scholars perpetuate about North Korea, and the unexpected twist the matter of Korean reunification has taken.
Thursday, 18 June 2026 — Palestine will be free
Palestinian writer Lama Khater, who has been detained since March 23, 2026, has described harrowing abuses endured by women held in Israeli rape and torture dungeons, detailing systematic acts of beatings, strip searches, dragging, humiliation, and deprivation.
Thursday, 18 June 2026 — karlof1’s Geopolitical Gymnasium
Al-Mayadeen published the following which is the official Iranian MOU, not what you’ll see published by BigLie Media. Point number one is extremely important as it’s not as exact as I’d prefer and thus open to abuse by the Trump Gang.
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Thursday, 18 June 2026 — Transition Protocol
Iran and the US are set to sign a memorandum of understanding this Friday, June 19, at Bürgenstock in Switzerland — and our sources say an Israeli plot to derail it may be hanging over the ceremony. In this episode, Pepe Escobar, Zulfiqar Ali, and Larry Johnson break down the breaking intel: the alleged assassination threat against an Iranian signatory, Pakistan’s blunt warning to Tel Aviv (“you’ll hear directly from us”), and why the venue was moved to a secure, Qatari-owned mountain site hosted by Pakistan.
We connect the dots the headlines are missing: the hidden oil clock and Strait of Hormuz reality (it won’t fully reopen for months because of mines), the 60-day, 14-point MOU, Iran’s strike threats that bent Donald Trump, and the deepening China–Russia–Iran alignment behind every mediated term. We also cover JD Vance and Ghalibaf as the Friday signatories, Bennett vs. Netanyahu, the $24bn in frozen Iranian assets, and the global recession/de-dollarization stakes for your wallet. Guests: Pepe Escobar (veteran geopolitical correspondent), Larry Johnson (former CIA analyst), hosted by Zulfiqar Ali. Some claims in this episode are source-based and developing; we flag verification status on screen. Transition Protocol is a serious, source-driven geopolitical and economic analysis channel focused on evidence-based breakdowns of global power shifts.
Wednesday, 17 June 2026 — Chris Hedges Report
“The destiny of Palestinians is the destiny of all humanity”: Kidnapped and tortured by the Zionists, Thiago Avila says Flotilla activists are undeterred in their support for Palestinian liberation.
Wednesday, 17 June 2026 — Strategic Culture Foundation
From Tehran’s point of view, that’s a whole new ball game. They survived everything that not one, but two nuclear powers threw at them. They have no trust whatsoever about anything coming from Barbaria.
Wednesday, 17 June 2026 — Black Agenda Report
Margaret Kimberley, BAR Executive Editor and Senior Columnist
It is true that the New York Knicks’ journey to a championship brought disparate communities together, but gentrification remains the norm in the city that is the capital of capital. Black people are still being displaced at a breakneck pace.
Wednesday, 17 June 2026 — Transition Protocol
Iran sent the United States a secret, coded warning — and repeated it three times through Pakistan — just as the US–Iran deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz heads to signing. In this exclusive breakdown, Pepe Escobar and Zulfiqar Ali reveal the hidden terms behind the agreement: the ~$24 billion Washington must return, Iran’s hard red line on Israel in Lebanon, and the “bilateral” retaliation doctrine now in force.
They also reveal what almost no one is reporting — that Russia’s Putin and China’s Xi were standing directly behind the Iran–Pakistan alignment, and why insiders believe the deal is already being sabotaged before the ink dries, with war potentially resuming after the US midterms.
Guest Pepe Escobar is a veteran geopolitical correspondent with direct sources across Eurasia. Brought to you by Transition Protocol — serious, source-driven geopolitical analysis, unfiltered by corporate media.
Wednesday, 17 June 2026 — #Together
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Wednesday, 17 June 20206 — Jonathan Cook
Wednesday, 17 June 2026 — Radhika Desai
Trump’s ‘deal’ with Iran represents the end of Trumps’ futile search for an off ramp from the conflict that can be tarted up to look like a victory, at least to the most credulous and loyal of his dwindling following.Michael Hudson and Radhika Desai assess this defeat and its implications for the US economy, for US politics, the dollar system and on how it will accelerate the construction of more democratic institutions of international governance.
Monday, 16 June 2026 — Foxglove
For months, Palantir has justified its £330m contract with NHS England for the new Federated Data Platform by relying on one central claim – that Palantir software is helping hospitals get more done for patients.
Tuesday, 16 June 2026 — Struggle / La Lucha
Trump announced on June 14 that the United States and Iran had reached a deal to suspend the war Washington launched on Feb. 28. Hours before the announcement, U.S. bombs fell on the southern suburbs of Beirut, killing three.
Tuesday, 16 June 2026 — Foxglove
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Monday, 15 June 2026 — MintPress News
In this episode of THE TARGET, Robert Inlakesh breaks down Hezbollah’s devastating surprise attack on Israeli convoys and what it exposes about the collapsing US-Iran memorandum. While corporate media spins the diplomatic reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, the reality on the ground in Lebanon tells a different story.
Despite the supposed core condition of an immediate end to hostilities, Netanyahu told Trump Israel isn’t bound by the agreement. Backed by U.S. weapons, the IDF has continued its indefinite occupation and ethnic cleansing in southern Lebanon. In response, Hezbollah’s ambush of Israeli supply lines and forced withdrawals prove that this blatant rejectionism comes at a severe cost.
Robert cuts through State Department propaganda to examine the 14-point draft and the $24 billion asset dispute, asking the question the imperial press refuses to touch: If Israel’s actions trigger a regional escalation, who actually runs foreign policy in Washington?
Monday, 15 June 2026 — Declassified UK
Since we revealed that over 2,000 British-Israelis have served for the IDF amid the Gaza genocide, not one of them has been prosecuted or even seriously investigated by the Starmer government.
Following our findings, we have put together a campaign demanding justice. Our letter has been signed by prominent figures including Green Party leader Zack Polanski, human rights lawyer Michael Mansfield, anti-apartheid campaigner Andrew Feinstein, genocide scholar Martin Shaw, Palestinian surgeon Ghassan Abu Sittah, as well as over 20,000 members of the public.
The right-wing media has rounded on us and Polanski, the only Jewish leader of a major political party, for signing his name. The pro-Israel lobby and right-wing press want to intimidate people who are demanding basic accountability and the upholding of international law. It’s important not to be cowed.
Monday, 15 June 2026 — Aaron Mate
The US and Iran have declared a halt to military hostilities, at least for the time being, in the war of aggression that Donald Trump launched alongside Israel more than three months ago. The agreement stands to restore the status quo ante but do little else. Along with an end to the US-Israeli bombing campaign, Iran will reopen the Strait of Hormuz, and Trump will cease his blockade of Iranian waters. If Iran receives anything from the US in the short term, it will likely be a token amount of the tens of billions of dollars in stolen assets, as well as limited sanctions relief on the export of Iranian oil and petrochemicals.
Monday, 15 June 2026 — Chronicles of Haiphong
Monday, 15 June 2026 — New Eastern Outlook
Iran’s greatest strategic success is not defeating the United States or Israel but demonstrating — through a war that ended not in “unconditional surrender” but in a negotiated peace deal — that neither can unilaterally impose a new Middle Eastern order without Iranian consent.
The Failure of Coercive Regional Engineering
The New Dark Age 