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Meet the former fashion blogger and shady doctor behind the ‘30,000 dead’ Iran psy-op
Western officials seized on a dubious death toll of 30,000 protesters to escalate against Iran. The number originates with a single, clearly compromised source. But a zealously pro-war Guardian reporter is doing her best to legitimize it. Continue reading
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Trump CAVES as Iran’s Missile Threat Sends US Armada SCRAMBLING | Greg Stoker
Trump is now touting negotiations with Iran after coming to the brink of catastrophic war. Is this trickery or is the US tapping out from fear of brutal retaliation from Iran? Former US Army Ranger Greg Stoker joins to break down this and much more in the coming US war on Iran Continue reading
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How Trump’s Iran Gambit Could Blow Up the Entire Persian Gulf
The Persian Gulf region is once again teetering on the brink of an abyss. Under the pretext of “promoting regional security,” the United States, led by its unpredictable administration, is engaging in blatantly provocative military escalation. The arrival of the USS Abraham Lincoln carrier strike group and large-scale Air Force exercises are not steps toward… Continue reading
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ICE adopts ‘Amazon Prime’ model, turning detention into industrial-scale cruelty
The Department of Homeland Security is transforming immigration detention into an industrial logistics operation — warehouses, transport routes, and processing centers linked like a delivery network — that treats human beings as freight. Continue reading
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Sanctions as a reflex: The high cost of the U.S. blockade on Cuba
When a government turns a tool into an automatic response to any problem, it stops using an instrument and starts practicing a reflex. That is exactly what is happening with the United States’ sanctions policy, and the Cuban case once again demonstrates this starkly. Continue reading
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Zero Hour approaching
So this is how the whole drama is coming to: either neo-Caligula and his “massive armada” pauses, opening some room for talks, and he ends up saving the global economy; or we have the Gates of Hell opened in West Asia. Continue reading
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Sanctions failed. Now Washington moves warships toward Iran
Jan. 29 — For decades, the United States has tried to starve the Iranian people into submission. From banking bans to the assassination of scientists, Washington has used sanctions, sabotage, and covert force to break Iran’s hard-won sovereignty. Now, the warships have arrived to try to do what the banks could not. Continue reading
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LIVE TODAY JAN 29TH 2PM EASTERN 11AM PACIFIC W/ MOHAMMAD MARANDI!
We talk Trump preparing for an imminent strike on Iran, how Iran will respond, and much more on the war that is rapidly shaping up to be the most impactful in recent history. Continue reading
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Resistance challenges in face of uneven US decline
Tim Anderson argues that US decline is real but uneven: Washington still wields outsized power through finance, propaganda, and militarism, increasingly favoring proxy/hybrid wars as its dominance erodes. He says resistance requires coordinated multipolar strategy, defensive alliances, BRICS-linked financial alternatives, and independent media. Continue reading
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WAR IS COMING: US ‘Armada’ Arrives in Middle East Amid Drills as Trump Threatens Iran | Laith Marouf
Laith Marouf, a journalist and executive director of Free Palestine TV, noted that it’s clear “war is coming,” but it remains to be seen whether the U.S. will follow through with an attack on Iran, as Tehran warns it will respond with an “all-out war.” Continue reading
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‘When one of us is struck down, a thousand rise’: voices from Minneapolis
Keith Porter. Parady La. Heber Sánchez Domínguez. Victor Manuel Diaz. Luis Beltran Yanez-Cruz. Luis Gustavo Núñez Cáceres. Geraldo Lunas Campos. Renee Nicole Good. Alex Pretti. Some names you know. Others you may not have seen before. All were killed by federal agents of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), and… Continue reading
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The Global South Needs Productive Employment: The Fifth Newsletter (2026)
India’s liberalisation beginning in the 1990s has led to a steady decline in manufacturing. To reverse this trend and expand productive employment, industrial policy must address structural issues of dependence and inequality. Continue reading
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Shabana Mahmoud is turning the UK into a prison with transparent walls
Panopticon is total surveillance. Totalitarianism. It is the home secretary’s vision for the UK for which she makes “no apologies”. And before you accuse me of hyperbole, here are her exact words: Continue reading
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Karin Kneissl on why the collapse of an IRRATIONAL WEST is inevitable | Ep. 4
Dr. Karin Kneissl is currently Head of the GORKI Center at St. Petersburg State University, where she focuses on emerging economies and geopolitical shifts. She is an energy analyst and author of 14 books on energy-related and other topics, served 10 years in the foreign service, was Austria’s Foreign Minister from 2017 to 2019, and… Continue reading
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Black Agenda Report Wednesday, 28 January 2026
Wednesday, 28 January 2026 — Black Agenda Report ICE Exposes Democratic Party Irrelevance Margaret Kimberley, BAR Executive Editor and Senior Columnist The Democratic Party is useful only to the oligarch class, who give them their marching orders. Doing anything that serves the people is never on their agenda. They will not address the ICE violations Continue reading
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Gold tops $5,100 — why it means more war at home and abroad
Paramilitary troopers conduct an ICE operation in Minneapolis in January 2026, part of a massive enforcement surge that left two U.S. citizens dead. As Washington seizes oil abroad, it deploys armed agents against working-class communities at home. Continue reading
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The February 2026 issue of ColdType is now online
Tuesday, 27 January 2026 — ColdType Read Issue 277 at https://www.coldtype.net/Assets23/PDFs/ColdType277February2026.pdf and at https://issuu.com/coldtype/docs/coldtype277february2026?fr=xKAE9_zMzMw —————————- BACK COPIES – All issues of ColdType (plus the original 6 tabloid versions) are available to read and download at https://issuu.com/coldtype and at www.coldtype.net/reader.html Continue reading
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Minneapolis under occupation: the war machine comes home
Jan. 24 — Early Saturday morning in south Minneapolis, masked ICE paramilitaries surrounded Alex Pretti outside Glam Doll Donuts, wrestled him to the ground, and beat him. Then, while he lay motionless beneath them, one agent stood up and fired his pistol repeatedly — more than 10 shots over five seconds. Pretti died at a… Continue reading
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PSL STATEMENT: Another murder by federal agents in Minneapolis — Expand the General Strike!
The day after a historic general strike by the people of Minnesota, federal agents involved in Trump’s mass deportation campaign have committed yet another shocking act of deadly violence. Video footage from this morning shows federal agents in south Minneapolis wrestling a man to the ground, pinning him on the sidewalk, and shooting him multiple… Continue reading
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300 cities answer Minneapolis’ general strike call against ICE
On Jan. 23, 2026, Minnesota was locked in a deep freeze. Temperatures dropped to 16 below zero, with wind chills reaching minus 30. Instead of staying home, more than 100,000 people filled the streets of Minneapolis and St. Paul. Continue reading
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