Iran war restores King Dollar’s crown, for now

March 27, 2026
William Pesek

From Thailand to Philippines to South Korea, Asia is getting crushed between surging oil and a surprisingly resurgent US dollar

Investors have fled to dollar safety during the Iran war. Image: AI Generated

Repression in the Classroom

March 27, 2026
Paul Buhle

Jane S. Smith, A Blacklist Education: American History, a Family Mystery, and a Teacher Under Fire (New Brunswick, New Jersey: Rutgers University Press, 2025), 224 pages, $26.95, hardcover.

Natalie Zemon Davis and Elizabeth Douvan, Operation Mind: A Brief Documentary Account of the House Committee on Un-American Activities. And Why It Matters Now (Ann Arbor, Michigan: Disobedience Press/University of Michigan Press, 2025), 118 pages, $15, paperback.

The US-Israeli War on Iran Is Incentivizing Nuclear Proliferation

March 26, 2026
Jon Letman
As nuclear-armed countries violate international law, others may turn to proliferation as a form of deterrence.

Plumes of smoke rise over the oil depot tanks hit by joint Israel-U.S. strikes over night in a station north west of the capital on March 8, 2026, in Tehran, Iran.

Accountability and Jail, Not Hope and Change

March 26, 2026
Conor Lynch

Almost 20 years after Obama gave high-level criminality a pass, Democrats must be ready to put powerful people behind bars.

The next wave of Democrats must be willing to prosecute the "Epstein class" for their crimes. (Graphic by Truthdig; images via AP Photo, Adobe Stock)

Craig Murray: The London Ambulance Attack

March 25, 2026
Craig Murray

Iran has a zero record of attacking healthcare facilities, even in Israel. And there are multiple red flags about linking the recently-emerged terrorist group, Harakat Ashab al-Yamin al-Islamia, to Iran.

ارزش زندگی‌

نخست باید دریافت که چگونه زندگی‌ آغاز می‌شود و پایان می‌گیرد. شکسپیر در داستان هملت جملهٔ مشهوری دارد که می‌گوید پرسش در بودن یا نبودن است. بودن به معنی زندگی‌ کردن، و نبودن پایان این زندگی‌ است. از آنجائی که ما از نبودِ خود آگاه نخواهیم بود، و زمانی‌ که هستیم فقط عدم هستی‌ دیگران را مشاهده می‌کنیم، بنابراین نبودن، و یا مرگ، برای شخص ما مفهومی‌ ندارد، و همواره باید به بودن بی‌اندیشیم. نوآوری‌های پزشکی‌، تکنولوژیکی، و سایر نوآوری‌ها به منظور افزایش زمان و یا دورانِ این بودن، و در آسایش زیستن است. گرچه ما همواره کوشش می‌کنیم که این بودن را کش دهیم و در عین حال از این بودن خشنود باشیم، ولی‌ از طرف دیگر، ما به تسلیهاتی روی می‌آوریم که هدف آنها نابودی دیگران است.ا

‘War has costs’: Iran begins charging select vessels up to $2m for Hormuz transit

March 24, 2026

Several countries are coordinating directly with Tehran for safe passage as the US-Israeli war drags on for a fourth week

The road to Beijing doesn't run through Tehran

March 23, 2026
Meg Hansen

However the Iran war unfolds, it will prove to be a strategic self-own in our great-power competition with China

A web of sensors: How the US spots missiles and drones from Iran

March 21, 2026
Aaron Brynildson
The global price of oil continues to skyrocket as Iran’s missiles and drones hit vital infrastructure in Arab Gulf states. Billion-dollar American radar systems have also been targeted and destroyed across the Middle East by Iran, seemingly degrading U.S. defenses.

Ecuador’s Netanyahu and Trump supporters target Ecuadorian–Iranian Cultural Center

March 21, 2026
Written (Español) by Xime Yauca
Translated (English) by Laura

People who witnessed the violent attack experienced physical and psychological impairments

How the War With Iran Will Trigger a Global Financial Crisis (w/ Yanis Varoufakis) | The Chris Hedges Report

March 16, 2026
Chris Hedges

Yanis Varoufakis says that even if the war in Iran ends soon — which it likely will not — the economic consequences will be devastating and prolonged.

Iran war live: US-Israeli strikes killed over 200 children, says foreign minister

March 16, 2026

Meanwhile, European allies refuse US request to help open Strait of Hormuz

Trump Says He May Bomb Iran’s Kharg Island Again ‘For Fun’

March 15, 2026

Dave DeCamp

The US president has been asking other countries for help in opening the Strait of Hormuz

‘The View From Tehran’

March 15, 2026

Guest: Sayed Mohammad Marandi. Interviewer: Joe Lauria

For two weeks, Iran has been under relentless bombardment from the U.S. and Israel in a barbaric war of aggression rooted in a profound ignorance of the country they seek to conquer. Iran was no threat to the U.S. It was in negotiations with the U.S. for a nuclear deal when Tel Aviv and Washington attacked.

Trump threatens new attacks on Kharg Island as Iran warns it will 'set fire' to US oil interests

March 14, 2026

Iranian officials warned that any attacks on its oil hub will result in regional oil and gas infrastructure tied to the US and its allies being 'set on fire and destroyed'

Trump's war is a gift to Iran’s hardliners

March 13, 2026 
Emad Khatami

Conflict risks strengthening the country's most confrontational actors while narrowing the space for reformists

Iran appears to have conducted a significant cyberattack against a US company, a first since the war started

March 12, 2026
Kevin Collier
An Iran-linked hacker group has claimed responsibility for a cyberattack of a medical tech company, in what appears to be the first significant instance of Iran hacking an American company since the start of war between the countries.

Smoke and flames rise at the site of airstrikes on an oil depot in Tehran on Saturday. (Sasan / Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump’s lies reveal the real story about the Iran war

March 11, 2026
Martin Jay

Join up the dots and you come to the same conclusion. America and Israel are the biggest losers in the Iran war. But not Trump.

Streets on fire, acid rain: Israeli strikes on fuel sites near Tehran compared to chemical warfare

March 10, 2026

The attempt to topple the Iranian government is pushing the Middle East into an increasingly deadly spiral of destruction

Thinking About the Unthinkable: Iran’s Grand Plan to End U.S. Presence in the Middle East

March 9, 2026
Michael Hudson
Iran and Donald Trump have each explained why failure to fight the current war to the end would simply lead to a new set of mutual attacks. Trump announced on March 6 that “There will be no deal with Iran except unconditional surrender,” and announced that he must have a voice in naming or at least approving Iran’s new leader, as he has just done in Venezuela. “If the U.S. military must utterly defeat it and bring about a regime change, or else you go through this, and then in five years you realize you put somebody in who’s no better.” It will take at least that long for America to replace the weaponry that has been depleted, rebuild its radar and related installations and mount a new war.