By Jonathan Cook
JonathanCook.net  

April 24, 2026

In Munich, the US announced its intent to crush all opposition to its permanent status as imperial top dog, even if that means destroying everything, and all of us, in the process

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio's speech at the Munich Security Conference last weekend was another troubling declaration of intent by the Trump administration.

The explicit goal of US foreign policy, according to Rubio, is to resurrect the western colonial order that persisted for some five centuries until the Second World War.

Moon of Alabama  

April 24, 2026

U.S. President Donald Trump has again chickened out of his threats to Iran:

Trump said the ceasefire had been due to end on Wednesday, but he decided to keep it in place because the government in Tehran is "seriously fractured."

He said the pause will continue "until such time as" Iran's leaders and representatives submit a "unified proposal" to end the war with the United States and Israel.

By Jacob G. Hornberger
The Future of Freedom Foundation  

April 24, 2026

There are, of course, consequences of the U.S. war on Iran that are easy to see. The deaths and injuries of thousands of Iranians. The deaths and injuries of dozens of U.S. soldiers. The massive destruction of homes, businesses, ships, and infrastructure in Iran and nearby countries. Gasoline prices and the prices of other things soaring.

By Paul Craig Roberts
PaulCraigRoberts.org  

April 24, 2026

A Yale University professor of law and history, Samuel Moyn, has resurrected and redefined Marxian class conflict. In the old Marxism, the capitalists exploited the workers. In Moyn's version, elderly Americans exploit the young. Moyn's solution, espoused, of course, in the New York Times (April 21), is for the old to be dispossessed of their homes, jobs, accumulated wealth, and political and judicial offices.

They understand that humans are storytelling animals whose inner lives are typically dominated by mental narratives about what's happening, so if you can control those narratives, you can control the humans.  

By Caitlin Johnstone
CaitlinJohnstone.com  

April 24, 2026

Former Israeli intelligence officer Ella Kenan was seen at a recent pro-Israel conference saying she runs an online influence operation that works with "communities of over sixty thousand people around the world that make our content viral" to manipulate public discourse and "serve the narrative" of Israel.

The unique and virulent epidemic that erupted in Brooklyn in May-June 1916 has long been a fascinating mystery. A 2011 paper presents a plausible solution.  

By John Leake
Courageous Discourse  

April 24, 2026

Last year, when I was researching polio for our book Vaccines: Mythology, Ideology, and Reality, I was struck by the uniqueness of a 1916 epidemic of paralytic polio in New York City. The disease broke out in what was then a poor neighborhood of Brooklyn, largely inhabited by recently arrived Italian immigrants.

Immaginate di fare benzina domani mattina e scoprire che il prezzo è raddoppiato. O di andare al supermercato e trovare scaffali sempre più vuoti di prodotti che arrivano dall'Asia. Non è fantascienza: è quello che potrebbe accadere - e in parte sta già accadendo - a causa di una guerra che la maggior parte degli italiani segue distrattamente, ma che tocca direttamente le loro tasche e la loro sicurezza.

Par IntelSky, le 23 avril 2026

Une mobilisation aérienne "apocalyptique" annonce la reprise de la guerre... Téhéran perçoit des droits de passage dans le détroit d'Ormuz, et la Résistance anéantit la "ligne jaune" sous le regard exaspéré des Israéliens. - Talal Nahle

Analyse stratégique et géopolitique (jeudi 23 avril 2026

Ce soir préfigure le tableau surréaliste du rugissement des avions de chasse et du vacarme des armes.

Par Normal Island News, le 23 avril 2026

On peut dire sans trop s'avancer que le président Trump a désespérément besoin d'une belle opération de comm', car la guerre en Iran ne se déroule pas vraiment comme prévu. Le plus grand violeur d'Amérique a pris un départ catastrophique en faisant exploser une école de filles. Il a ensuite menacé à tort de détruire toute une civilisation, avant de se rappeler qu'il est censé être le libérateur des femmes.

Par Alexandre Lemoine

Comment et pourquoi cela se produit-il, et quels sont les pays et les régions du monde menacés par la famine?

Le détroit d'Ormuz n'est pas seulement le principal hub énergétique. Environ un tiers du commerce maritime mondial d'engrais y transite, notamment des flux de soufre et d'ammoniac destinés au marché agricole passaient par la région. La directrice exécutive du Centre du commerce international (ITC), agence conjointe de l'ONU et de l'Organisation mondiale du commerce, Pamela Coke-Hamilton, a déjà déclaré que "le problème le plus immédiat, ce sont les engrais", car leur pénurie frappe la sécurité alimentaire.