Regional Round-up from Drop Site News Iran is pushing a seven-day roadmap to end the war with the U.S., as Iranian officials held meetings with Qatari and Pakistani mediators on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York. The plan, which Tehran said was transmitted via mediators, calls for an end to hostilities on all fronts, including Gaza and Lebanon, the release of at least $12 billion in frozen [...]
The Failure of America’s Trillion Dollar War Machine by Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J. S. Davies According to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), the United States spent $21 trillion on its military between 2001 and 2024 (in constant 2024 dollars), equal to the combined military spending of the next eighteen countries. Iran barely made that list at all, spending only 2% of what the US did, and SIPRI estimated Iran’s [...]
A Black Radical Perspective on the US/EU/NATO Axis of Domination Margaret Kimberly interviews Ajamu Baraka on Black Agenda Report [excerpts] https://blackagendareport.com/white-supremacist-imperative-violence-black-radical-perspective-useunato-axis-domination MK: The US attacked Iran on February 28 and did so underestimating Iran’s ability to defend itself. Iran then closed the Strait of Hormuz. The US was forced to enter into talks with Iran, which ended with a Memorandum of Understanding. Anyone serious realized that this was not to be trusted, [...]
Why Congress must reject the NDAA’s U.S.-Israel military and intelligence merger by Dennis Kucinich [excerpts] https://scheerpost.com/2026/06/30/war-crimes-war-powers-and-american-sovereignty-the-usa-israel-the-department-of-forever-war/ [Change-Links note: On a very close vote, with most but not all Democrats opposed, and most but not all Republicans in favor, the House has already voted to keep Section 219 described below in the National Defense Authorization Act, which also increases the budget of the so-called Department of War by over 60% to more than $1.5 [...]
by Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J. S. Davies The memorandum of understanding (MOU) between the US and Iran extended the ceasefire between them for 60 days, during which time they agreed to try to negotiate the details of a permanent peace agreement. If the US can make peace with Iran, this could mark the beginning of a transition away from the doctrine of “low-intensity conflict” that has shaped U.S. foreign policy for [...]
By Nicolas J. S. Davies On May 24, Iran rejected Pres. Trump’s latest fake peace deal, confirming that he had misrepresented what Iran had agreed to and that the two sides are still very far apart on nuclear enrichment, on control of the Strait of Hormuz, on peace in Palestine and Lebanon, and on lifting US sanctions, paying war reparations and Iran’s $100 billion in frozen assets. Iran’s conditions for a peace [...]
Washington’s war on Iran has exposed the limits of US power, accelerated the decline of the petrodollar system, and pushed the world toward a systemic rupture. https://thecradle.co/articles/turkish-naval-strategist-warns-us-blockade-risks-global-economic-collapse Last year, retired Rear Admiral Cem Gurdeniz warned The Cradle that NATO had become a hollow alliance and that Turkiye's future lay in a sovereign Eurasian alignment. Today, as Washington-backed escalation against Iran spirals into a global economic and military crisis, his warnings appear less [...]
International Coalition Calls to Move World Cup from US by Black Alliance for Peace https://blackallianceforpeace.com/bapstatements/2026/3/4/100-days-from-the-world-cup-an-international-coalition-is-calling-on-fifa-to-move-the-games-from-the-us-the-us-is-unsafe-for-non-europeans-and-is-operating-as-a-rogue-state With the FIFA World Cup in L.A. now under 100 days away, an international coalition has launched a coordinated boycott campaign demanding that FIFA move matches from the United States. The Coalition warns that US thuggery is creating a humanitarian crisis, both domestic and international. International sport is not neutral. Mega-sporting events function as instruments of political [...]
Yassamine Mather addressing the Cork (Ireland) Palestine Solidarity Campaign https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JhQMMeyUrrQ Yassamine Mather is an Iranian political activist, who was involved in the 1979 events in Iran and who has continued her struggle throughout her life. She's also an academic and involved in the school for Middle Eastern Studies in Oxford or the Center for Middle Eastern Studies in Oxford. She writes very regularly on the subject of Iran and the Middle [...]
By Arthur Gonzalez , Heraldo Cubano Many people have forgotten and others are unaware of the background of the current protests that have been taking place for days in Iran, because the news disseminated by Western media distorts reality and hides the truth. The protests began in Tehran's Grand Bazaar for economic reasons, but transformed into political demands against the government. Implausibly some of those now protesting are cheering Shah Reza Pahlavi, [...]
