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Reader Comments: No Kings, No War - Largest Demonstrations in U.S. History; Treason in the Futures Markets; ICE in Airports - What Could Go Wrong - Everything; Filipino & Women Labor Leaders in Farmworkers Movement; Iran War Global Implications;

By conflating "Israel" and "Jews," these institutions are exposing American Jews to an antisemitic mass politics we haven’t had to worry about for a long time.

It is the perceived American imperial interest, led by an infantile, power-hungry US president with the Epstein scandal hanging over him, that caused the Iran War.

Reader Comments: Iran War Quagmire; Let’s Make No Kings 3 Largest Antiwar Protest in U.S. History; Allegations of Sexual Violence by Cesar Chavez; One Battle After Another - Differing Perspectives; Putin’s repression of left opponents of Ukraine war

Why has the Middle East been so consistently wracked by war? Gilbert Achcar explains how oil, US power, and regional rivalries have shaped decades of conflict in the Middle East — and why the confrontation with Iran fits a long imperial pattern.

This is a psychotic war. One that Israel and the United States entered led by two psychopaths. Vainglorious, narcissistic, disconnected. They head the two most fundamentalist and anti-democratic governments in the history of their countries.

Reader Comments: U.S.-Israel War on Iran; Bombing Creates Toxic Chemical Warfare Black Rain Over Tehran; Kristi Noem Is Out; More on New Wave of Protest Music; Conversation with Professor Angela Davis in New York; Lots of Cartoons;

As the U.S. and Israel continue their bombardment of Iran and the conflict spreads throughout the region, we speak with two former U.S. government officials with experience in Middle East policy.

As bombs rain down, Babak Rahimi, a scholar of the Middle East, challenges the US press to convey the “messy” reality on the ground.