There are few differences between the lies told to ignite the war with Iraq and the lies told to ignite a war with Iran. The assessments of our intelligence agencies and international bodies are, as they were during the calls to invade Iraq, airily dismissed for hallucinations.
Introducing our new columnist Fred Zhang, who brings you his take on the way the Australian media reports and/or mis- and under- reports on China.
Last week, we saw yet another masterclass in how News Corp reduces complex geopolitical realities into blunt instruments of fear.
Self-proclaimed ‘crown prince of Iran’ Reza Pahlavi has called for a “nationwide uprising,” but is a political zero with absolutely no shot at winning over ordinary Iranians, says prominent Tehran-based political analyst and commentator Mohammad Khatibi.
The last three and more years have seen the bloodiest war on European soil for the better part of 80 years.
With it has come rhetoric of disturbing belligerence and a military spending spree that has engulfed the whole of Europe.
I am very pleased to be able to speak at today’s May Day and bring the revolutionary greetings of the Socialist Equality Party in Germany.
President Trump said in a statement released by the White House on Thursday that he will make a decision on whether or not to directly enter the Israel-Iran war by launching airstrikes within two weeks.
The US would be making a serious mistake by attacking Iran, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has told RT. Direct involvement in the conflict between the Islamic Republic and Israel would only worsen the situation in the region, he warned.
The eruption of war between Israel and Iran is no longer a hypothetical flashpoint—it is a live, unfolding campaign whose implications could shake the foundations of the international order and move the world closer to World War III.
