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An art exhibition memorializing the victims of the U.S. massacre of Iranian schoolchildren on the first day of the U.S.-Israel attack on Iran was held in Sydney. Consortium News delivers this report. Speakers: Tim Anderson, John Shipton and Joe Lauria. Editor: Cathy Vogan On Feb. 28, in the opening hours of the U.S. war of aggression against Iran, U.S. cruise missiles rained down on a school in Minab, Iran, killing 156 civilians, including 120 schoolchildren. The exhibit was organized by the Benevolent Iranian Women Association of Sydney in collaboration with the Iranian Friends of Palestine and Families for Palestine. Please Donate…
President Donald Trump told reporters in France that the U.S.-Iran peace deal announced Sunday evening was already “all signed,” as the conflict entered its 108th day on Monday. Vice President J.D. Vance on Monday morning told Good Morning America, “We already signed the deal digitally yesterday.” Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian had earlier in the day said that “the memorandum of understanding to end the war between Iran and America is scheduled to be signed on Friday,” which was the widespread expectation Sunday night and Monday morning. Trump added that the text of the memorandum of understanding would be available to…
Coal mine blasting, BLM lands, northern Arizona. Photo: Jeffrey St. Clair. Exactly 50 years ago lauded University of Montana professor and historian K. Ross Toole published The Rape of the Great Plains — Northwest America, Cattle and Coal. As he wrote: “A pitched battle is being fought over the fate of 250,000 square miles of unspoiled wilderness in Montana, Wyoming, and North Dakota. In pursuit of “Project Independence” (American energy self sufficiency), powerful coal-mining and utility interests are preparing to strip mine the Northern Great Plains into a desert; impassioned citizens of these states are fighting back. The outcome will…
President Trump’s first year and a half of his second term has been nothing if not controversial. After winning decisively in 2024, he has seen his popularity drop sharply. In fact, Democrats are eagerly looking forward to gaining the majority in Congress in November, so they can impeach Trump for his uncouth presidency, and if they win the Senate expel him into the nether regions of history by making him the first president convicted of high crimes and misdemeanors. But what are those high crimes? Apparently, resisting the release of the Jeffrey Epstein files is near the top of the…
“I’m supposed to work out a settlement with myself,” President Donald Trump told reporters a few days after he sued the IRS. He wasn’t kidding: His January 29 lawsuit, which alleged damages from an IRS contractor’s illegal leaking of his tax returns, pitted Trump against an agency he oversees, represented by Justice Department lawyers who also answer to him. The “settlement” that the president reached with himself, which Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche announced on May 18, included $1.8 billion in taxpayer money for purported victims of the Biden administration’s “lawfare and weaponization.” It also included protection from liability for…
Misinformation is one of the most pressing challenges of our time. The World Economic Forum has even identified disinformation (false or misleading information spread intentionally to deceive or harm others) as the foremost global threat, shaping public perception, eroding trust, and influencing policies (Ecker et al. 2024). Yet despite growing awareness, common misunderstandings and mistakes in mythbusting persist. Well-intentioned mythbusting is not necessarily effective mythbusting. In some cases, attempts to correct misinformation can even backfire, unintentionally amplifying falsehoods rather than dismantling them. Research shows that once misinformation takes hold, it can be highly resistant to correction (Walter and Tukachinsky 2020;…
If you believe Israel is worthy of disproportionately high levels of support, then you must necessarily also concede that it is worthy of disproportionately high levels of criticism. Reading by Tim Foley: One of the more asinine liberal Zionist talking points is conceding that you are technically allowed to criticize Israel while insisting that it veers into antisemitism if you place more emphasis on Israel’s abuses than on abuses in other countries. If you believe Israel is worthy of disproportionately high levels of support, then you must necessarily also concede that it is worthy of disproportionately high levels of criticism.…