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The Corridors of Defiance: How the War on Iran Accelerated the Multipolar Reorganization of Western Asia
The 2026 U.S.-Israeli assault on Iran was meant to restore imperial supremacy across Western Asia, but instead exposed the growing erosion of Atlantic monopoly over trade, finance, diplomacy, and regional security. As Gaza, Yemen, Hormuz, Bab el-Mandeb, and the Eurasian corridor system became fused into a single geopolitical crisis, states across the region accelerated efforts… Continue reading
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Black Agenda Report May 6, 2026
Wednesday, 6 May 2026 — Black Agenda Report The Voting Rights Act and the Need for Movement Politics Margaret Kimberley, BAR Executive Editor and Senior Columnist From the 1870 15th Amendment to the Voting Rights Act of 1965, voting rights for Black people have proven to be ephemeral. Laws can be unenforced or gutted altogether.… Continue reading
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Cuba Update: We’ve got the panels, and need your help to keep going
Thanks to your incredible generosity and the solidarity of thousands of people, the Let Cuba Live campaign and The People’s Forum have raised over $700,000 to send solar panels and batteries to hospitals and clinics across Cuba. We wanted to send you some exciting updates on the status of the panels and this urgent campaign. Continue reading
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Why Hate Cuba? Especially Its Medical Practices
An assault on Cuba needs excuses for hating it. But given that any exchanges between the US and Cuba has been blocked out of the news for decades, it’s a bit difficult for a lot of folks to figure out why they are supposed to hate it and starve the people there. Let’s look through… Continue reading
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The Danger of Mythos: Digital Sovereignty of the Global South under Mortal Threat
Threats emanating from a powerful upcoming Large Language Model (LLM) to the world’s digital infrastructure demonstrate how the US is pushing the world towards the brink of a new informational disaster. Continue reading
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Signing The Pledge Against Digital ID (25 April Rally)
Alan Miller signs the new #together & NO2ID joint Pledge in London at the Trafalgar Square rally, one of our Four Nations “Scrap Digital ID Rallies” on Sat 25 April Continue reading
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Palestine Action defendants dismiss lawyers to address jury directly
Five Palestine Action activists dismissed their lawyers today and addressed a jury directly about how they targeted an Israeli weapons factory in Bristol. Continue reading
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‘Total Victory’: How Iran Defeated Israel
A stunning investigative report by Hebrew-language outlet Ynet has laid bare the embarrassing cataclysm not only of the US-Israeli war on Iran, but the Zionist entity’s effort throughout to end the Islamic Republic via covert and overt military and intelligence operations. Violent Mossad-orchestrated protests, Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei’s murder, and a Kurdish invasion were intended… Continue reading
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Why is Iran negotiating with the United States? Professor Marandi answers
In an interview with Al Mayadeen, Professor Mohammad Marandi discusses the reasons behind Iran’s decision to continue negotiating with Washington despite repeated US-Israeli deceit. Continue reading
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Trump RUSHES Arms to Israel for Imminent Strike, Iran Drops HAMMER on US Navy | KJ Noh
Sunday, 3 May 2026 — Chronicles of Haiphong Geopolitical analyst KJ Noh discusses reports of an imminent strike as Trump reviews Iran’s peace proposal. We talk about how Iran has dropped a hammer on the US Navy as well as the crucial role of China in bringing the empire to the brink of its biggest… Continue reading
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How the timing and weather work against the US, explained by Professor Marandi
In an interview for Al Mayadeen, Professor Mohammad Marandi discusses how the extreme heat of the Persian Gulf and the Arabian Peninsula will be difficult for American forces to handle. Continue reading
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“Greater Israel”: How Netanyahu and Trump Are Burying the Jewish State Alive
Beneath the patriotic slogans of a “Greater Israel,” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is carrying out the most aggressive annexation of Arab and Palestinian territories in half a century. While the world is distracted by economic crises and wars in other parts of the planet, Israel is methodically, brick by brick, redrawing the map of the… Continue reading
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Pepe Escobar: Iran DEFIANT, Air Defenses BLAST Drones Over Tehran as Trump Loses War
Pepe Escobar discusses signals of the war on Iran restarting as CENTCOM briefs Trump on the US’s “final blow” and Iran’s air defenses activate overnight. The renowned geopolitical analyst and journalist of the multipolar world breaks down the huge geopolitical shift precipitated by this war and why it’s quickly becoming existential for the empire. Continue reading
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Let’s fund communities, not detention centres.
Britain’s immigration system is not broken; it is functioning exactly as intended, by blaming migrants for the political choices of those in power. Continue reading
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May 1: The Homeland is Defended
Cubans took to the streets on May 1, 2026, under the slogan La Patria se defiende — the Homeland is Defended. The Central de Trabajadores de Cuba framed this year’s mobilization as an act of national defense. Trump’s Jan. 29 executive order imposed secondary tariffs on any country supplying oil to Cuba, adding what the… Continue reading
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The West’s bubble of illusion about Israel – and about itself – is finally being burst
The genocide in Gaza and ethnic cleansing in Lebanon exhausted the West’s moral legitimacy. Now Iran is slowly exhausting the West’s military primacy Continue reading
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Corporate Watch Newsletter: May Day Newsletter and Corporate Watch Highlights
Spring is well and truly here, and we realise that an update from us is long overdue. So here’s a brief round up of some of the things we’ve been up to so far this year. Continue reading
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Palantir and the Digital Leviathan: Silicon Power, State Violence, and the Technofascist War on Humanity
A manifesto appears, and the media rings the alarm—yet stops short of naming the system that produced it. Beneath the controversy lies a vast machinery linking deportation databases, battlefield targeting, and corporate-state integration into a single infrastructure of control. What looks like a rogue tech firm is in fact the polished interface of a deeper… Continue reading
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Can Trump Really Take Cuba?
Firday, 1 May 2026 — Radhika Desai Geopolitical Economy Hour with Helen Yaffee, Isaac Saney and Arnold August Radhika Desai Trump’s criminal attack on Venezuela has thrown Cuba into a tailspin of crisis as the island nation lost access to the oil that had been its most important source of energy in recent decades, making… Continue reading
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50 years on – was Destiny destiny?
This year sees the 50th anniversary of the premiere of the pathbreaking play Destiny by David Edgar, describing the rise of neo-fascism in the 1970s. He discusses its context and resonance for today in IRR News. Join a discussion on 3 May at the Cockpit Theatre, Marylebone, London on what the play has to teach… Continue reading
The New Dark Age 