News From The Unz Review
Podcast: Talkin’ About Dystopia, Paintin’ Medea Benjamin, by Caitlin Johnstone
The Unz Review - Jun 3rd 2026 12:00am EDTCaitlin and Tim discuss this strange dark future we’ve all tumbled into and the things that make life worth living. Available in audio as well. This conversation can be found on every major podcast platform. Please send us your questions, comments and feedback so we can answer them in the next show. Audio version: https://www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/podcast-talkin-about-dystopia-paintin-687
Iran and the US Trade More Blows in the Persian Gulf, by Larry C. Johnson
The Unz Review - Jun 3rd 2026 12:00am EDTThe tensions between the US and Iran remain very taut after both sides exchanged of fire late on June 2 (early morning June 3 in the Persian Gulf). It apparently started when a US helicopter tried to stop an Iranian tanker headed for the port of Bandar Abbas. The US helo launched a hellfire missile…
Women Who Are Not Into Cooking, by Hans Vogel
The Unz Review - Jun 2nd 2026 12:10am EDTDo you remember Margaret Thatcher? And Indira Gandhi? Have you ever heard of Golda Meir? All three were “Iron Ladies” who as leaders of their countries and staunch defenders of national interests, truly made a difference. One may or may not agree with their political philosophies and opinions, but there is no denying these women…
Does Iran Have a Nuke? Well Placed Source Says, “Yes”, by Larry C. Johnson
The Unz Review - Jun 2nd 2026 12:00am EDTPepe Escobar and I received the following intelligence report last Thursday, which was produced by a knowledgeable source with access. I am not reproducing the entire report, but want to highlight the issue of whether or not Iran now has, or soon will have a nuke. Let me emphasize that I firmly support past US…
American Pravda: Looming Market Crashes, by Ron Unz
The Unz Review - Jun 1st 2026 12:00am EDTI launched my American Pravda series a decade ago next month. My conscious strategy was quite unusual, being almost exactly the opposite of that followed by nearly everyone else covering those same controversial topics. As some of them explicitly told me, they had always deliberately avoided exploring too many different and unrelated historical controversies. Instead,…
The Israelization of the United States Military Is Proceeding, by Philip Giraldi
The Unz Review - May 31st 2026 12:05am EDTFew Americans know the history of how Israel’s “wag the tail” relationship with the United States developed. Israel’s 1967 successful war against its neighbors demonstrated to military planners in Washington how a qualitative edge in weapons could enable a small country to resist much larger and seemingly more powerful adversaries. Israel was largely supplied with…
Israel’s Annexation of the Middle East, Stalled in Iran, Moves Rapidly Ahead in Palestine and Lebanon., by Paul Craig Roberts
The Unz Review - May 31st 2026 12:00am EDTDear Readers, June is upon us, and it is time for my quarterly request for your support of the information provided you on this website. I would appreciate a show of appreciation for the risks I take in order to inform you. Consider, for example, “Has Trump Committed High Treason?” No one else has dared…
Trump Continues to Sabotage Any Chance of Making a Deal with Iran, by Larry C. Johnson
The Unz Review - May 31st 2026 12:00am EDTTrump and his national security sycophants continue to live in a dream world when it comes to negotiating with Iran. A few days ago hearts in DC were palpitating with hopes that a deal was at hand, but those beating hearts were stilled following Trump’s Friday afternoon meeting with his national security team. Both the…
Ezra Klein Warns Israel’s Role in Iran War Will Fuel Antisemitism, by Jose Alberto Nino
The Unz Review - May 30th 2026 12:05am EDTFor decades, prominent Jewish voices have wrestled privately with an uncomfortable question. Does aggressive Israeli government conduct expose diaspora Jewish communities to backlash they did not invite? In early March, Ezra Klein brought that question back into public view. Speaking with former Obama senior adviser Ben Rhodes on a podcast episode titled “The Great Lie…
The Judaism-Zionism Bifurcation (Part 2): Tikkun Olam: Fixing the World, But for What, for Whom?, by Ilana Mercer
The Unz Review - May 30th 2026 12:00am EDT©2026 By ilana mercer Contra classical natural law theory, my own religious order, Judaism in its popular rendering has always appeared to me quite sectarian. The faith to which I was born frequently seemed a we-only litany, more about Jews and for Jews than about the world, or for the good of the world. For…
Are NATO and the Oligarchs Pushing Toward Mutually Assured Destruction?, by Jonas E. Alexis
The Unz Review - May 30th 2026 12:00am EDTThe late John Scales Avery earned a B.Sc. in Theoretical Physics from MIT and an M.Sc. from the University of Chicago. He later studied theoretical chemistry at the University of London, where he received his Ph.D. in 1965. Avery served as an Associate Professor in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Copenhagen and…
Balancing Act at the New York Times, by Robin Andersen
The Unz Review - May 30th 2026 12:00am EDTThe New York Times attempted to ‘balance’ Nicholas Kristof’s documentation of the systematic rape of Palestinians by Israeli forces with yet another unverified rape ‘investigation’ claiming that Hamas had weaponized sexual violence on October 7. It was written by the paper’s pro-Israel Jerusalem-based reporter, Isabel Kershner. Nicholas Kristof’s New York Times Op-ed piece titled The…
The Viet Cong Envy of FIRST BLOOD &Amp; RED DAWN, and APOCALYPSE NOW as the Heart of Brightness, by Jung-Freud
The Unz Review - May 29th 2026 9:55am EDT“He could have gone for general, but he went for himself instead” – Captain Willard on Colonel Kurtz in APOCALYPSE NOW Few movies were made about the Vietnam War as it was happening. If one’s impression of American History relied solely on movies between 1965 and 1973, one would hardly realize that the US was…
The Slipperbeaten German, by Kevin Barrett
The Unz Review - May 29th 2026 12:00am EDTThe German word for “henpecked husband” is Der Pantoffelheld, which literally means “slipper hero.” Such a man is living “under his wife’s slipper.” It apparently derives from the older German idiom unter dem Pantoffel stehen (“to stand under the slipper”), i.e. “to be under someone’s thumb.” When Germans talk about Der Pantoffelheld they don’t mean…
The Rise of the Global South, by Chris Hedges
The Unz Review - May 29th 2026 12:00am EDTThe war on Iran has not only ended in a humiliating defeat for the United States, but resulted in a dramatic shift in the balance of power in the Middle East and the Global South. The humiliating defeat of Israel and the United States in their war on Iran, along with the savagery of the…
Avoiding Catastrophic Failure in Cuba, by Larry C. Johnson
The Unz Review - May 28th 2026 12:20am EDT[image][F] ALERT MEMORANDUM FOR: The President FROM: Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity (VIPS) SUBJECT: Avoiding Catastrophic Failure in Cuba Dear President Trump: We are deeply concerned that the current U.S. approach to Cuba makes an ugly humanitarian disaster – for which the U.S. will be responsible – increasingly likely. We also believe that any military…
When Argument Becomes Opium: Amartya Sen, Indian Paralysis, and the Indianization of the West, by Hua Bin
The Unz Review - May 28th 2026 12:00am EDTI wrote an essay titled “The Myth of India Becoming the Next China” last November to debunk a popular but fallacious Western narrative. The essay continues to get views and feedback. A reader recommended the 2005 book The Argumentative Indian, by an Indian author Amartya Sen, to understand the cultural roots of the state of…
Putin Has Turned Russia Into a Paper Tiger, by Paul Craig Roberts
The Unz Review - May 27th 2026 12:00am EDTRussia’s Ambassador to the UN, Vassily Nebenzia, yesterday said the West’s reaction to Ukraine’s deadly drone attack on a Russian school for children indicated the “moral failure” of the West. “If the suffering of a child can be used against Russia, it immediately becomes an international scandal, but when children die because of the premeditated…
They Are Building A UFC Arena On the White House Lawn, by Caitlin Johnstone
The Unz Review - May 27th 2026 12:00am EDTThey are building a UFC arena on the White House lawn, because the world has gone insane, and there are chatbots in our skulls, and our eyes have been crossed out with black ink. They are building a UFC arena on the White House lawn so the president can watch men fight in a cage…
1Al Jazeera Claims the US-Iran Deal Is Done… Not So Fast, by Larry C. Johnson
The Unz Review - May 27th 2026 12:00am EDTNotwithstanding the Al Jazeera report, there are still significant areas of disagreement that make a deal between Iran and the US unlikely. The Pakistan-Qatar mediation channel toward a possible memorandum of understanding remains active. But “active” does not mean “settled.” The unresolved center of gravity remains sequencing. The following is based on information I received…
It’s Not Okay to Join the Military, by Caitlin Johnstone
The Unz Review - May 26th 2026 12:10am EDTPolly on Twitter asks, “Is there a pejorative term for military like what pig is for cops?” Dear Polly, No, but there should be. We need to start stigmatizing that shit. It is not okay to be a stormtrooper for the western empire. It is not honorable. It is not worthy of respect. If you…
ADL’s “Antisemitic Incidents” List Is Deeply Disappointing, by Kevin Barrett
The Unz Review - May 26th 2026 12:00am EDTAccording to Jewish mythology, Jews are the most persecuted people on Earth. Rabbis and Jewish historiographers alike speak of unending waves of expulsions, pogroms, and genocides afflicting God’s self-styled chosen people in virtually every part of the world they have lived, and perhaps even a few where they haven’t. As Congressman Randy Fine endlessly repeats,…
Lavrov Tells Rubio, Russia Will End the War with Ukraine and the West, by Larry C. Johnson
The Unz Review - May 25th 2026 12:15am EDTToday’s Lavrov-Rubio call was a highly significant and alarming diplomatic communication, covering three major topics. The call took place at Lavrov’s request, with Rubio currently on a four-day trip to India attending the QUAD meeting in New Delhi. State Department Spokesperson Tommy Pigott confirmed: “Secretary of State Marco Rubio spoke today with Russian Foreign Minister…
A Russian Nuclear Attack on NATO?, by Ron Unz
The Unz Review - May 25th 2026 12:00am EDTAccording to news reports, a peace agreement may now be close at hand in the Iran War, a conflict that has heavily dominated most of the world’s attention during the last three months. Such overwhelming focus has certainly been reasonable. Very soon after the American and Israeli attacks began, the Iranians closed the Strait of…
Those Who Reign Supreme: The Holocaust as Linchpin of a Jewish-Ruled World, by Pierre Simon
The Unz Review - May 24th 2026 12:02am EDTWherever you are on this earth, beware! As of January 20, 2022, the United Nations adopted a resolution submitted by Israel and Germany appealing to all nations of the world to take active measures to combat any unwanted skeptical research into the National-Socialist persecution of Jews, and the popular social chatter resulting from it. Following…