Photograph by Nathaniel St. Clair On the evening of June 21st in Washington, the morning of June 22nd here in Jerusalem, the United States attacked Iran’s nuclear facilities, joining Israel’s more widespread assault intended to eliminate a rival for regional hegemony,...
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Murdering Journalists in Gaza
Photograph by Nathaniel St. Clair On November 19, 2023, Belal Jadallah, the founding director of Press House, Palestine, was killed by an Israeli air strike as he tried to evacuate Gaza City. A decade of advocacy for independent Palestinian journalism ended in rubble....
Fascism and the Dangerous Logic of the Trump Circus
Photograph by Nathaniel St. Clair At first glance, U.S. political life under Trump looks like a sprawling, circuslike affair going nowhere. However, measures are in force hitting at the rule of law and democracy itself and promoting war and turmoil in the wider world....
Sumud: The Unyielding Heart of the Palestinian Cause in Gaza
Image by Mohammed Ibrahim. The profound and unrelenting struggles endured by Palestinians should, by any rational expectation, have irrevocably concluded the Palestinian cause. Yet, the struggle for freedom in Palestine is at its zenith. How is one to explain this?...
The US Has Bombed Iran: Cast Aside Illusions
Photograph Source: Yoav Keren – CC BY-SA 3.0 The US has bombed Iran, just as they previously bombed Iraq and Libya. Within days, perhaps hours, we may expect the White House to announce meetings with a willing coalition of Iranian political expats who will be...
Martial Law in the United States
Photograph by Nathaniel St. Clair The Trump administration has sidelined Congress, violated the U.S. Constitution, and taken an axe to both the U.S. and the global economies. Trump has issued executive orders that give him unprecedented presidential powers. The courts...
Don’t Buy the Scare About Social Security
Image Source: US Government – Public Domain The release of the 2025 Social Security Trustees Report led to lots of hyperventilating in the media as well as dire warnings about the program facing insolvency. While people can earn a good living pushing scare stories on...
“Iran Can’t Have a Nuclear Weapon,” Says Trump. Why Not?
Photograph Source: The White House – Public Domain The question that nobody wants to talk about – not even Congressional opponents of Trump’s potential war against Iran – is why the Iranians can’t have a nuclear weapon if they want one. This is not discussed because...
Trump’s ‘Forever War’: USA Attacks Iran
GBU-57 MOP of the type used in the operation – Public Domain After promising during his 2024 election campaign to end the country’s quarter century of ‘forever wars’—on June 21, 2025 Trump started yet another ‘forever war’ by bombing Iran at multiple locations. He...
Israel and Its Lobby Dragging Trump’s Regime Deeper into Illegal War
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt told the truth about Tyrant Trump the other day regarding Trump’s war with Israel against Iran. She said, “The President hears all voices across the country, and he makes decisions based on his instincts.” His instincts are...
Why America is at War With Iran
Photograph Source: Anthony Crider – CC BY 2.0 The Neocon logic for needing to defeat Iran and break it into ethnic parts Opponents of the war with Iran say that the war is not in American interests, seeing that Iran does not pose any visible threat to the United...
Punks Against Reagan, Racism, War and the Religious Right
Image by Caz Hayek. I was never a huge fan of hardcore punk music. That being said, I have seen dozens if not hundreds of punk shows. From Vancouver, BC’s DOA to Washington, DC’s Bad Brains, I long ago lost count of the number of hours I underwent aural assaults in...