BREAKING: President Trump says airstrikes are going to be necessary after Iran cunningly placed its country among US military bases 👀

Lots of people arguing that it's ok for Trump to attack Iran because Iran killed its own people. So do they think it was ok for Russia to attack Ukraine because for years Ukraine killed its own people in Donbas? If not, why?

Another reminder that, contrary to expectations, Bluesky is by far the most hostile social media platform for genuinely progressive writers like me. I grow my reach by a follower or two a day. Better to follow me on a site where algorithms aren't a factor, like Substack: jonathancook.substack.com

Trump executive order threatens 14th amendment protections on citizenship, equal protection, and due process. Haitian immigrants are under attack and TPS for 350,000 may soon end. www.blackagendareport.com/black-agenda...

The Guardian joins the cheerleading for a war of aggression against Iran Corporate media doesn't represent humanity's interests. It promotes the interests of billionaires and their hangers-on, who make huge profits from a war machine in constant need of excuses to kill by Jonathan C[...]

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How Iran Neutralised Starlink, Foiled US Playbook The Global South must draw lessons: that technological sovereignty is not optional. It is mandatory for preserving a nation’s sovereignty. by Bappa Sinha Newsclick January 26, 2026 https://www.newsclick.in/how-iran-neutralised-starl[...]

Davos 2026 was truly amazing x www.normalisland.co.uk/p/2026-the-y...

Pulling Out All Stops to Keep Colonialism Afloat The very aggressiveness of capitalism, its very effort to roll back the historical advances made by the people, underscores the necessity of socialism. by Prabhat Patnaik Newsclick January 24, 2026 https://www.newsclick.in/pulling-ou[...]

A Declining Empire and ‘Closing Window’ For War The $1.5 trillion Pentagon budget is not a strategy for security. It is a verdict on a system that can no longer reproduce the conditions of its own dominance. by Bappa Sinha Newsclick January 22, 2026 https://www.newsclick.in/declini[...]

In his new book, Rana Dasgupta shows how imperial Britain hijacked successful Asian economies An excerpt from ‘After Nations: The Making and Unmaking of a World Order’, by Rana Dasgupta. Scroll January 22, 2026 https://scroll.in/article/1089867/in-his-new-book-rana-dasgupta-shows-h[...]

Denmark's complicity, repression in US, Black journalism, boxing and imperialism, revolutionary theory, MLK radical legacy, paradigm for U.S. revolution, Gulf monarchies and Africa, RFK Jr.'s Tuskegee experiment, maternal health in TX, Venezuela, zionism requires genocide. www.blackagendareport.com

Racist, Imperialist U.S. Vassal Denmark Now Cries Over Greenland Donald Trump and other U.S. presidents are gangsters who will sometimes steal from their own crew. The Greenland heist is but the latest example, as the Denmark colonizers cry that they were robbed after assisting the h[...]

Denmark is racist AF and a happy junior partner in crime to the U.S. Read my latest in @blackagendareport.bsky.social. www.blackagendareport.com/index.php/ra...

Dimitri Lascaris's tweet on January 21, 2026: Mark Carney just agreed to sit on Trump's fraudulent 'Board of Peace', which is nothing but a cover for Israel's ongoing genocide. Carney has supported Trump's regime change operations in Venezuela and Iran. Carney agreed to raise Canada'[...]

Ben Norton's tweet on January 21, 2026: The historic speech given by Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney at the World Economic Forum in Davos has gotten a lot of attention, but many people are overlooking the most revealing admission he made, which exposes the blatant hypocrisy of We[...]

Once again Liberals talk the talk — but where’s the walk? by Yves Engler January 21, 2026 https://yvesengler.com/2026/01/21/once-again-liberals-talk-the-talk-but-wheres-the-walk/ #Davos #Canada #Carney #MarkCarney #US #USA #America #Trump #NATO #Greenland #Europe #EU #Israel #Venezuela #Iran [...]

Benjamin Netanyahu, wanted by the ICC war crimes court for committing crimes against humanity in Gaza, joins Trump's 'Board of Peace' to decide Gaza's future.

On the Coloniality of Solidarity: Iran, Imperialist Aggression, and the Western Left’s Blind Spot The 'pure' leftism of the Western academy denounces Iran's state while ignoring its real crime: defying imperialism. This selective solidarity has become a weapon of empire, disarming th[...]

This is huge! I’ve just received the Pulitzer Prize for journalism! Okay, technically I wasn’t awarded it, but I kept bullying the actual winner until they handed it over, and Trump tells me this counts! I’m so proud of me!

“What is happening in India is preparation for genocide”: Prakash Raj at APCR event at Hyderabad Maktook Media Channel January 5, 2026 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gjOjKOAn74o #Asia #India #fascism #Hindutva #Hinduism #HinduFundamentalism #Islamophobia #MuslimPhobia #discrimination #aparth[...]

The History of Sushruta and the Famous 'Indian Nose Job' The famous Cowasji’s unknown “plastic surgeon” was not an elite Ayurvedist, but was nevertheless a skilled practitioner, and belonged to the larger traditions and knowledge-systems of medicine in the subcontinent. by Dr. Kiran[...]

‘The Indian youth needs to know there is no shame in setting boundaries’: Sex educator Seema Anand Anand’s latest book, ‘Speak Easy: A Field Guide to Love, Longing and Intimacy’, answers questions on relationships, kinks, intimacy, self-love and more. Interview by Rush Mukherjee Scr[...]

BREAKING: Fox News has confirmed the death toll from the Iran riots is now 27 million and 451% of the victims were babies who were beheaded while crying for Trump to come and liberate them.

[Extreme violence; racism; slavery] It's more than the nazis. Roma people were persecuted the moment they arrived in Europe. - When they first arrived in Europe they were Hindus (nowadays they are either Christians or Muslims, with some minorities of other religions) and as such wer[...]

1,100+ police killings in 2025, MLK anti-imperialism, US empire in Caribbean, Venezuela's resources, environmental racism, Washington DC and Trump takeover, AI waste, Trump's continuity, Venezuela still in charge, Israel destabilizes Somalia, Malcolm X murder investigation. blackagendareport.com

Hugely exciting moment in Iran as women tear off their hijabs and head into the streets, waiting to be liberated by American bombs. "Hopefully, Iran can become the next Gaza!" they cry, clutching pictures of Donald Trump against their chests.

Rosa Luxemburg Conference 2026 proposes alternatives to Germany’s war path Thousands attended the 31st Rosa Luxemburg Conference and the Luxemburg–Liebknecht demonstration, rejecting Germany’s rearmament and militarization drive. by Ana Vračar peoples dispatch January 13, 2026 http[...]

The Quasi-Official State of Apartheid in Today's India With respect to minorities, we risk the perpetuation of apartheid-like conditions under the cover of a legal system that, on paper, guarantees equality. by Sarayu Pani The Wire January 12, 2026 https://thewire.in/communalism/th[...]

How the new Labour Codes undid 70 years of labour rights progress of working journalists With one stroke, working journalists and other workmen in newspaper establishments have lost labour benefits they have enjoyed since 1955, when two protective laws were first legislated to protec[...]

Six points to navigate the turmoil in Iran by Vijay Prashad peoples dispatch January 13, 2026 https://peoplesdispatch.org/2026/01/13/six-points-to-navigate-the-turmoil-in-iran/ #Iran #Asia #MiddleEast #US #USA #Israel #Europe #EU #America #colonialism #imperialism #capitalism

If you think Iranians are desperate to be friends with Israelis and hand their resources over to the US, and if you think that fondness is reciprocated by the nations that razed Gaza, I’m afraid you are part of the problem. www.councilestatemedia.uk/p/regime-cha...

Are we really pretending the US and Israel give a damn about Iranians after they levelled Gaza? www.councilestatemedia.uk/p/are-we-rea...

Assassination plot against President Ibrahim Traore foiled in Burkina Faso A plot to kill Burkina Faso’s president, Ibrahim Traoré, and disable a drone base, ahead of a planned foreign military intervention, was thwarted by security forces, while Burkinabes took to the streets slogan[...]

Israel is the first and only nation to recognize the Somaliland region of Somalia. The zionist entity plan to establish a military presence will enhance U.S. policies that destabilized the Horn of Africa. Somali scholar Suldan Mohamed provides analysis. www.blackagendareport.com/israels-reco...

"I guess they believe their own propaganda that he's a dictator and if you get rid of him (Maduro) the whole thing will all fall apart. Well it hasn't fallen apart." Thanks to Dimitri Lascaris for inviting me to his program. www.youtube.com/watch?v=vleO...

The U.S. attack on Venezuela and kidnapping of the president and first lady are the culmination of years of intervention against that state. Corinna Mullin discusses the importance of anti-imperialist mobilization in solidarity with the Venezuelan people. www.blackagendareport.com/solidarity-v...

Venezuela, Even More Than Palestine, Is the Linchpin of a Consistent Radical Left in The Era of Global Neofascism Led by the U.S. ​​​​​​​ Solidarity with Palestine tests morality, but solidarity with Venezuela tests politics. The recent U.S. intervention demands a radical left moving [...]

Keep yourself alive, people in the global south.

[Political doom-posting,MENA, LATAM] As a Southern Arab guy of Yemeni descent, i always found Latinos relatable because i was essentially the Arab equivalent of them, almost all the negative stereotypes associated with them are shared with my people,but also silly things like anime an[...]

its very simple: wafrn is bisexual #actualy-a-better-description-would-be-bigender #but-i-like-more-the-bisexual-joke

The US news media has been platforming war crimes for decades.

The silencing of activists continues. India govt is in effect saying opposing fossil fuels going against Indian interests. www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/m...

Difficult as it is for westerners to hear, we don’t need a stronger West, we need a weaker one. Harder still, Trump is teaching us that the very concept of 'the West' is an illusion. Read my latest here: jonathancook.substack.com/p/four-obser...

No Match: Rajasthan’s Push for Facial Authentication on Pensioners Leaves Many Behind India has pushed Aadhaar digital ID abroad as welfare enhancing and AI-ready in use of facial technology. Back home, pensioners have no real option but to consent: not giving facial data means no pe[...]

Popular movements and workers across Asia condemn US aggression in Venezuela Hundreds of thousands took to the streets in various cities across the continent expressing solidarity with the Venezuelan people and demanding respect for their sovereignty and international law. by Abdul [...]

Africa voices outrage against US invasion of Venezuela and kidnapping of President Maduro Following the shocking invasion of Venezuela and the abduction of President Nicolás Maduro, African states, social movements, trade unions, and political parties have responded with strong conde[...]

Venezuela’s Revolution still stands: debunking Trump’s psyop In the aftermath of the illegal US operation against Venezuela, a deliberate misinformation campaign has been waged to sow doubt about the survival of the country’s revolution by Manolo De Los Santos peoples dispatch Janu[...]

How Israel’s move in Somaliland fits in its broader strategy for regional dominance Israel’s strategic posture favors a constant state of war over political deals that might constrain future aggression. Its recognition of Somaliland is part of this strategy, and an attempt to plant t[...]