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Syrsky Is Out, the Saudis Are Blockaded, by Larry C. Johnson
The Unz Review - Jul 22nd 2026 12:00am EDTDid you hear the story about Ukraine’s glorious defeat of the Russian army? Western media outlets during the last four weeks have been touting the amazing success of the Ukrainian army. So ask yourself… If you’re winning the war with Russia why do you fire the commanding general who is bringing you this massive victory?…
DeBasification… A Fancy Word for Booting the US Out of the Middle East, by Larry C. Johnson
The Unz Review - Jul 21st 2026 12:00am EDTTehran delivered to Washington via Pakistan in early April, a formalized demand for the withdrawal of US combat forces from military bases across the region. It sat in a package alongside the lifting of all sanctions and UN resolutions, the release of Iranian assets held overseas, reparations, and Iran’s right to nuclear enrichment. Instead of…
The Iran War and the Manipulation of Oil Markets, by Ron Unz
The Unz Review - Jul 20th 2026 12:00am EDTOur Iran War has fully resumed and last week I published an article on that subject. After many weeks of negotiations, President Donald Trump finally signed a “Memorandum of Understanding” with Iran on June 17th. This was intended to set the stage for 60 days of additional peace talks aimed at permanently ending the conflict….
They Are Coming to Take Us Away, by Philip Giraldi
The Unz Review - Jul 19th 2026 12:02am EDTIn Donald Trump’s America it is always possible to wake up in the morning and peruse online the overnight headlines to discover something new and exciting. Over the past week it has been a medley of going to war (again) with Iran coupled with a complicated performance on other issues as President Trump apparently takes…
Hitler, Germany, and the Jews: Context Is Everything, Part 1, by Pierre Simon
The Unz Review - Jul 19th 2026 12:00am EDTBefore getting into the crux of the matter, it’s important to set the stage by first defining an important term that is often neglected when trying to ascertain facts of the past. Context Contextualization is a fundamental ethical and scholarly principle in historical analysis. To understand history, one must analyze events within the moral, intellectual,…
The Strange Death of James V. Forrestal, the First US Secretary of Defense, by Hua Bin
The Unz Review - Jul 19th 2026 12:00am EDTI have always enjoyed reading a wide variety of books on somewhat arcane subjects. Many are triggered by references from other books, and they form a sort of chain reaction. Around 10 years ago, I read Webster Griffin Tarpley’s book 9/11 Synthetic Terror: Made in USA, my first exposure to alternative 9/11 theories of what…
We’re Headed for a Depression, by Michael Hudson
The Unz Review - Jul 18th 2026 12:00am EDTRadhika Desai: Hello and welcome to the 80th Geopolitical Economy Hour, the socialist and anti-imperialist conversation that illuminates the fast-changing political economy and geopolitical economy of our time. I’m Radhika Desai, and you’re watching Radhika Desai, Geopolitical Economist. Today’s Geopolitical Economy Hour is our regular one with Michael Hudson, which we do every fortnight. Welcome,…
9/11 and the “War on Terror”: Zionist Propaganda Ops, by Kevin Barrett
The Unz Review - Jul 18th 2026 12:00am EDTODVV ODVV: For more than two decades, the “War on Terror” has been used to justify military interventions, sanctions, assassinations, and attacks on sovereign states. In your view, does the recent U.S.–Israeli military action against Iran represent a continuation of this doctrine under a different narrative? What do you believe are the broader political objectives…
China’s Beidou Satellite System Is a Game Changer in Iran’s War with the US, by Larry C. Johnson
The Unz Review - Jul 18th 2026 12:00am EDTHat tip to Kevin Wamsley of Inside China Business. His recent video explaining the importance of China’s Beidou satellite navigation system provides a critical insight into the current success of Iran’s missile strikes on US and Israeli targets. It is a game changer. Here’s the video: Let me summarize it. During the 12-day war in…
The Two 9/11s: How Israel Hijacked the American Deep State, by Laurent Guyénot
The Unz Review - Jul 17th 2026 12:02am EDTFun “fact” about 9/11: Two weeks after being recognized as the most successful terrorist in human history, Osama bin Laden decided to become the first 9/11 conspiracy theorist by stating that “the United States should try to trace the perpetrators of these attacks within itself”, among “the American Jews, whose first priority is Israel” (in…
Why Is Trump Trying to Start a New War with China?, by Larry C. Johnson
The Unz Review - Jul 17th 2026 12:00am EDTTrump, in the midst of a rapidly escalating war with Iran, had nothing better to do on Thursday night than launch a verbal attack on China for alleged meddling in the 2020 election. Now let me state up front that I believe the 2020 election was stolen from Donald Trump, but it was not because…
The Case for Holocaust Revisionism: Interview with John Beaumont, by Jonas E. Alexis
The Unz Review - Jul 16th 2026 12:20am EDTJohn Beaumont is a lawyer, writer, and the author of The Truth Will Set You Free: The Case for Holocaust Revisionism. He is married and has two adult children. He worked in the courts and university sector, including Head of the Department of Law, Leeds Metropolitan University, and posts at Leeds University, Lancaster University and…
Will the Gaza and Iran Wars Destroy the US’s International Standing?, by Jose Alberto Nino
The Unz Review - Jul 16th 2026 12:02am EDTSince the war in Gaza began on October 7, 2023, unconditional American support for Israel has steadily worn away the asset Washington guards most jealously abroad: its credibility. That erosion did not pause when administrations changed. If anything, the Trump administration has widened it, pairing a blank check to Israel with a war on Iran…
Do Whatever It Takes, by Gregory Hood
The Unz Review - Jul 16th 2026 12:00am EDTPresident Trump isn’t backing down on vehicle stops. Still, it seems unlikely the Administration will even be able to reverse what Biden inflicted on the country. The business community must be targeted, and the American Right’s “limited government” ethos with it. Plus, Daniel Poynter of Save Heritage Indiana joins to discuss the upcoming immigration rally…
The Definition of Insanity: Donald Trump, by Kevin Barrett
The Unz Review - Jul 16th 2026 12:00am EDTVideo from Press TV Telegram Channel See also: Rumble link Bitchute link TruthJihad link It’s increasingly obvious that Donald Trump, who had severe psychological issues to begin with, is not getting any less crazy as he degenerates into senility. Putting a madman in charge, at the precise moment when the empire is about to be…
The Saudis Back Down, by Larry C. Johnson
The Unz Review - Jul 16th 2026 12:00am EDTOn Monday July 13, airstrikes hit the runway at Sanaa International Airport shortly after a Houthi delegation returned from the funeral in Iran for the late Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Yemen’s Defense Minister Gen. Taher al-Aqili said on X that the runway was struck to stop a plane carrying the Houthi delegation returning from Khamenei’s funeral….
Is Venezuela Abandoning Its Anti-Zionism?, by Jose Alberto Nino
The Unz Review - Jul 15th 2026 12:10am EDTTwo earthquakes hit northern Venezuela on June 24, 2026, striking 39 seconds apart. The first registered 7.2. The second registered 7.5. The United States Geological Survey classified the pair as a doublet and placed both epicenters near Moron on the Caribbean coast, roughly 100 miles west of Caracas and about three miles from each other….
The West Won’t Punish the Settlements. Its Two-State Solution Was Always a Sham, by Jonathan Cook
The Unz Review - Jul 15th 2026 12:00am EDTIf I asked you to cut off your arm, would you do it? What if I pointed out that that your arm regularly punched a neighbour in the face so violently that it broke their nose and teeth, and left them unconscious? Would you cut your arm off then? I’m guessing the answer to both…
How to Respond to the Zionist Hoax of a Peopleless Palestine, by Jeremy R. Hammond
The Unz Review - Jul 14th 2026 12:20am EDTTo this day, defenders of Israel’s crimes recycle the tired myth of Zionist propaganda that the Palestinians aren’t native to the land. Here are the facts to confront them with. The world has a huge problem. Since before the creation of the self-described “Jewish state” in 1948, a violent conflict has been ongoing between Zionist…
Iran No Longer Bound by MoU, Adjusts Tactics, by Larry C. Johnson
The Unz Review - Jul 14th 2026 12:10am EDTIran’s announcement declaring the MoU dead was quickly followed by a definitive change in Iran’s military tactics. On Tuesday, Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister, Kazem Gharibabadi: ‘The U.S. has not merely ‘violated’ the Memorandum of Understanding. With tonight’s action (naval blockade) the MoU has been completely dismantled. Iran is no longer bound by the MoU. Until…
The Iranian Leadership, Like Russia’s Putin, Is Not Aware That Iran Is in a War That Is an Existential Threat, by Paul Craig Roberts
The Unz Review - Jul 14th 2026 12:00am EDTWe can see Iran’s failure to understand it is at war in the July 13 statement by the Iranian Army’s Public Relations Department. The statement describes Iran’s latest tit for the American tat as a “proportionate response” and promises even stronger tits for future American tats. If Iran understood that she is in an existential…
The Resumption of the Iran War and Oil Supplies, by Ron Unz
The Unz Review - Jul 13th 2026 12:00am EDTOn Friday morning the New York Times reported that America had launched waves of attacks on Iranian targets, one of the most intense rounds of strikes since the war had begun more than four months earlier. A day or two before, President Donald Trump had declared that the ceasefire with Iran was “over.” Strikes and…
The Anti-White Coalition Nearing Real Power, by Howard Meisner
The Unz Review - Jul 12th 2026 12:00am EDTOn the heels of a burgeoning political revolution wherein democratic socialists in New York won key primary elections last month, the same revolutionary wave recently struck the Mile High State. A few weeks ago, a leftist triumvirate in Colorado claimed victory in their respective primaries, two being for the House of Representatives, the other for…
It Is Ground Hog Day in the Strait of Hormuz… Again!, by Larry C. Johnson
The Unz Review - Jul 12th 2026 12:00am EDTIt has been a busy week with the US making a full-break with the Mou, and it centered on the language in paragraph five of the MoU: Upon the signing of this MoU, the Islamic Republic of Iran will make arrangements using its best efforts for the safe passage of commercial vessels, with no charge…
Here’s JD: The Unbearable Lightness of VP Vance: A VERY Short Primer, by Ilana Mercer
The Unz Review - Jul 11th 2026 12:01am EDTWithout demarcation, Vance has blended into an administration that is terrorizing the world financially, economically and militarily. From Greenland, to Latin America to West Asia to Africa and the Arabian Peninsula. DEVOUTLY AND LOUDLY do various media organs of the establishment—CNN, The War Street Journal, The Hill, Politico or Israel’s Axios—dazzle you with flattering depictions…