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They Always Tell You Why the Empire Uses Violence, But Never Why Its Enemies Do, by Caitlin Johnstone
The Unz Review - Apr 15th 2026 12:00am EDTOne common feature of western empire propaganda is that we are always given reasons for the empire’s violence, while the violence of those who resist the empire tends to be framed as happening for no reason at all. We’ve all been fed reasons for the US-Israeli war on Iran, and we all know what those…
1April 15 Reminds Us of How Unfree We Are, by Paul Craig Roberts
The Unz Review - Apr 15th 2026 12:00am EDTCitizens of democracies think of themselves as free. This belief reflects their indoctrination, not the facts. Historically, the definition of a free person is a person who owns his own labor. A serf and a slave did not own their own labor, and neither does a citizen of a Western democracy today. Today, April 15,…
Is Donald Trump Trying to Create a Nuclear Narrative as His Escape Ramp from the War with Iran?, by Larry C. Johnson
The Unz Review - Apr 15th 2026 12:00am EDTIf you set aside your logic and rational thought and listen instead to what Donald Trump and his media echo chamber is saying about the war with Iran you are hearing this: The US has wiped out Iran’s military capabilities. The nuclear program is obliterated. Iran’s economy is shattered and it is looking for a…
Trump’s Will be Done, by Kenneth A. Carlson
The Unz Review - Apr 14th 2026 12:00am EDTJoshua Scheer Intro At a moment when political power is increasingly wrapped in spectacle, symbolism, and something closer to religious devotion than democratic accountability, this piece from ScheerPost cuts straight through the illusion. In “Trump’s Will Be Done,” Kenneth A. Carlson examines the dangerous fusion of faith and politics that has helped elevate Donald Trump…
Professor Marandi: The US Walked Away in Islamabad, by Larry C. Johnson
The Unz Review - Apr 14th 2026 12:00am EDTNima conducted an excellent interview of Professor Seyed Mohammad Marandi (University of Tehran), a prominent Iranian analyst and a personal friend of mine, who was part of the Iranian delegation in Islamabad. The good professor — in the video posted below — provided Nima with a sharp, critical assessment of the recent Iran-US negotiations. Here…
The War They Started—and Lost, by Chris Hedges and Joe Lauria
The Unz Review - Apr 13th 2026 12:05am EDTOn April 11, independent outlet Consortium News aired a stark assessment of the war on Iran—one that cuts through official narratives and exposes a far more dangerous reality. Hosted by Joe Lauria and featuring Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist Chris Hedges, the program delivers a blunt conclusion: The United States and Israel have already lost. Not in…
Iran’s Determination to Break Out from the Panopticon of Western 360° Containment, by Alastair Crooke
The Unz Review - Apr 13th 2026 12:05am EDTIt seems likely that the negotiations will not produce an agreement. The temporary cessation of hostilities across West Asia very much hangs in the balance. Originally, there was to be a cessation of military actions across “all fronts” including Lebanon — that being one of the ten Iranian preconditions to negotiations towards a permanent ceasefire….
Will China Retaliate Against Donald Trump’s Oil Blockade and Force an American Surrender?, by Ron Unz
The Unz Review - Apr 13th 2026 12:00am EDTAs might have been expected, the peace talks in Islamabad between America and Iran quickly ended in complete failure, breaking up in less than 24 hours. President Donald Trump had originally proposed peace negotiations based upon Iran’s 10-point proposal, but all of that was totally ignored when the talks actually began. According to media accounts,…
America’s Suez Moment Is Here — and It’s Losing, by Chris Hedges
The Unz Review - Apr 12th 2026 12:05am EDTAs Washington scrambles to reframe a disastrous war as “diplomacy,” a temporary ceasefire between the United States and Iran has opened the door to negotiations that may already be collapsing under their own contradictions. In this episode of The Chris Hedges Report, Hedges speaks with former British diplomat Alastair Crooke, who lays out a stark…
Trump Refuses Exit Ramp, War with Iran Will Continue, by Larry C. Johnson
The Unz Review - Apr 11th 2026 12:25am EDTAs I expected, the negotiation between the US and Iran failed to reach an agreement. Although JD Vance headed the US team, he was never in control… I have heard from someone who was directly involved with this circus in Islamabad that Israeli agents — Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner — made certain that JD…
Ending Israel’s War on Peace, by Jeffrey D. Sachs and Sybil Fares
The Unz Review - Apr 11th 2026 12:02am EDTTo make lasting peace in the Middle East, the U.S. must end its blank check to Israel’s perpetual wars and join with the rest of the world to force Israel to live within its internationally recognized borders of June 4, 1967. A two-week ceasefire has partially halted the Israel-U.S. war on Iran. The war accomplished…
Has Iran Chosen the Path to Surrender?, by Paul Craig Roberts
The Unz Review - Apr 11th 2026 12:00am EDTThe Iranian Government by breaking its vow not to enter a ceasefire has permitted Israel to concentrate its forces on Lebanon. Will Beirut become the new Gaza? It seems Iran has kicked the can down the road to its own disadvantage. Trump says he is using the ceasefire to build up weapons to use against…
Iran Negotiating from a Dominant Position… and Melania’s Strange Presser on Epstein, by Larry C. Johnson
The Unz Review - Apr 11th 2026 12:00am EDT[image][F] The photograph above tells even the casual observer that Iran is entering the next round of negotiations with the United States with its eyes wide open while holding the ultimate trump card… The Strait of Hormuz. The Iranians are shrewd masters of information operations and their skill is on display in this photo… The…
When Is a Ceasefire a Scam?, by Philip Giraldi
The Unz Review - Apr 10th 2026 12:05am EDTDuring my most recent appearance on Judge Napolitano’s Judging Freedom on Wednesday I expressed the view that the ongoing ceasefire between Washington and Tehran was a scam designed to support Israeli interests in the region and to give both Tel Aviv and the White House breathing room to prepare for the next major assault on…
Serving the Interests of Jewry: Behind Argentina’s Latest Move Against Iran, by Jose Alberto Nino
The Unz Review - Apr 10th 2026 12:00am EDTArgentine President Javier Milei formally designated Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a terrorist organization on March 31, 2026, placing Buenos Aires squarely alongside Washington and Tel Aviv in their escalating confrontation with Iran. The decision drew praise from Israeli officials and condemnation from Iran, which dismissed the move as a capitulation to American and…
To Ceasefire or Not Ceasefire, That Is the Question, by Larry C. Johnson
The Unz Review - Apr 10th 2026 12:00am EDTThe only way that there will be a ceasefire in the Israeli/US war against Iran depends on whether or not the US can force Israel to stop its attacks in Lebanon. Iran, despite Trump’s insistent denial, made it clear to the United States and the Pakistani intermediaries that attacks on Lebanon, Yemen and Iraq must…
Netanyahu Takes Away Trump’s Off-ramp, by Paul Craig Roberts
The Unz Review - Apr 9th 2026 12:25am EDTI have concluded that there is no government on Earth involved in major events that is based in reality. Let’s begin with Israel, Washington, Iran, Russia, China. Israel’s unrealism is the Zionist agenda of Greater Israel–Israel from the Nile in Egypt to Pakistan, the entirety of the Muslim Middle East. This agenda is the driver…
The World Can Have Peace or Israel, But Not Both, by Caitlin Johnstone
The Unz Review - Apr 9th 2026 12:20am EDTIsrael is already aggressively sabotaging the Trump administration’s two-week ceasefire with Iran by slaughtering huge numbers of civilians in Lebanon, a nation which is explicitly off-limits for any attack under the ceasefire conditions agreed to by Tehran. The US and Israel are trying to claim that Lebanon is not part of the ceasefire agreement, but…
Some Good News for a Change: Iran Is Winning, by Kevin Barrett
The Unz Review - Apr 9th 2026 12:00am EDTRumble link Bitchute link TruthJihad link Transcript: Richie Allen: Yeah, I mentioned my guest today is a friend of the programme. He’s a terrific broadcaster and writer. You’ll find his work at kevinbarrett.substack.com. He wrote a very, very well written piece on his Substack today (“Did Trump Just Make Iran Great Again?”) which he shared…
Trump Got Played by Israel… and the Game Continues, by Larry C. Johnson
The Unz Review - Apr 9th 2026 12:00am EDTHere is the non-news news flash up front — The alleged ceasefire between the United States and Iran is kaput. While there has been no official announcement stipulating that it is over, trust me, it is over. The copium in the Trump administration in particular, and in Washington, DC in general, is ridiculous… Proclamations of…
Blair’s Latest Deceit-riddled Column Vilifies the UK Left to Justify Genocide, by Jonathan Cook
The Unz Review - Apr 8th 2026 12:00am EDTBritain former PM shows there’s no price to be paid for engineering mass slaughter in the service of western empire. Which is why those crimes not only continue, but grow in scale Tony Blair, the man who led Britain into a disastrous and illegal war on Iraq more than 20 years ago based on false…
Ceasefire on the Brink — the Day Genocide Became a Negotiating Tactic, by Joshua Scheer
The Unz Review - Apr 7th 2026 12:10am EDTIn the span of a single day, the United States came terrifyingly close to crossing a line that cannot be uncrossed. A president publicly threatened the destruction of “a whole civilization,” only to pivot hours later to a fragile, last-minute cease-fire brokered through frantic diplomacy. That whiplash is not strategy. It is the normalization of…
Claiming Victory, Whilst Admitting Defeat: There Is No Easy Way to Open Hormuz, by Alastair Crooke
The Unz Review - Apr 7th 2026 12:02am EDTTrump now realises the war is lost – it may be lost, but it is not over. It may last for some time. Bloomberg: “It is arguably Iran that has secured the most significant strategic victory … There is every sign that Tehran’s ability to control the Strait is increasing” The defeats which the West…
More Clarity on CSAR Mission to Rescue the WSO… Re-Examining Assumptions, by Larry C. Johnson
The Unz Review - Apr 7th 2026 12:00am EDTThere is more information emerging about the rescue of the second crew member from the downed F-15E. The story the Trump administration is telling is, in my opinion, an exaggeration. It is now clear that once the plane crashed, the CIA and the Pentagon launched a massive disinformation campaign to convince the Iranians that the…
Is Donald Trump Facing a Military Mutiny Over His Losing War with Iran?, by Ron Unz
The Unz Review - Apr 6th 2026 12:00am EDTOver the last couple of weeks there have growing media reports that we were preparing to launch a ground invasion of Iranian territory even as more and more American troops were brought into the region. But at this very moment, the Trump Administration suddenly fired Randy George, America’s top Army general, along with a couple…