A Review of Gaza Catastrophe on CounterPunch I thank @NatCounterPunch and the reviewer Salam Mir (no presentation provided, alas) for this new review. Mir's critical observation is fair enough. It obviously stems from a perspective I don't subscribe to. www.counterpunch.org/2026/06/05/g...

Glad to announce the release of the Spanish edition of my book on Gaza: icariaeditorial.com/inicio/4882-... It's the 6th language until now (see "Books" on my website). Soon to come out: Arabic and Portuguese (Brazil)

Gaza Was the Last Nail in the Coffin of Liberal Atlanticism >An interview published in German in Trümmer auf Trümmer, a collection on the so-called Staatsräson, which served to justify the German state’s support for Israel and repression of the pro-Palestine movement. jacobin.com/2026/06/gaza...

Briser le triangle complicité - négation - impunité : revenir au droit international Le colloque du 21 mai dernier, organisé par @gabriellecthl.bsky.social à l'Assemblée nationale (mon exposé va de 2:27:15 à 2:48:30). www.youtube.com/watch?v=dl6m...

Hijacked. Whatever Happened to Holocaust Memory? Berlin, Volksbühne, 8 June 2026 www.berlin.de/tickets/verm...

THE MOST BOTCHED IMPERIAL WAR On this episode of CounterPunch Radio, Erik Wallenberg and Joshua Frank sit down with Gilbert Achcar to discuss Israel, Palestine, Iran, Lebanon, and the most botched US war ever. www.counterpunch.org/2026/05/22/t...

La raccolta di saggi che Achcar propone in questo volume ci porta quindi nel cuore di tenebra delle democrazie occidentali, nel lato in ombra di qualsiasi pensiero illuminista, umanista, democratico e liberale soggiogato alla logica atroce del capitale. www.carmillaonline.com/2026/05/18/g...

Why is there a surge in antisemitism? The past two years have seen a surge in antisemitism. Tackling this matter requires making the correct diagnosis as to the root cause of the phenomenon. gilbert-achcar.net/surge-in-ant...

Great moments last week in Berlin, with a talk I gave on Wednesday at the opening session of Marx is Muss (organised by Marx21) and the next day the launch of the German edition of my Gaza book, just released. Hundreds of mostly young participants.

Coalition des Résistances Artistiques, Culturelles et Scientifiques Tribune publiée aujourd'hui dans Libération: coalition-cracs.org/tribune/ Signataires: coalition-cracs.org

Juillet 2024 : "Il est fort à craindre que Starmer, avec sa politique droitière et sa volonté de tout faire pour plaire au grand capital, ne finisse par faire le lit de Farage et de son Reform UK, tout comme Macron a fait celui du tandem Le Pen-Bardella." blogs.mediapart.fr/gilbert-achc...

Starmer's renewed attempt to instrumentalize antisemitism in order to further stifle Palestine solidarity is the miserable stratagem of a PM on the ropes. On the meaning of "globalize the intifada", see my reply to Eva Illouz here: orientxxi.info/Anti-Zionism...

«Non à la guerre d’agression, et non au régime iranien» Mon intervention à la réunion publique «pour l’arrêt de la guerre en Iran et au Moyen-Orient», organisée par la CGT, la FSU, l’Union syndicale Solidaires et SSTI à Paris. alencontre.org/ameriques/am...

Here we go again! A miserable attempt to curtail solidarity with the Palestinians and Lebanese under the pretext of fighting antisemitism -- as if it were the protests rather than Israel's onslaughts that incited idiotic criminal attacks on British Jews. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Here we go again! A miserable attempt to curtail solidarity with the Palestinians and Lebanese under the pretext of fighting antisemitism -- as if it were the protests rather than Israel's onslaughts that incited idiotic criminal attacks on British Jews. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

It takes a lot of nerve for the most unfit leader Labour ever had to say that @zackpolanski.bsky.social is unfit to lead a party that has hugely grown under his leadership! "Starmer says Polanski ‘is not fit to lead a political party’ after police criticism" www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

It takes a lot of nerve for the most unfit leader Labour ever had to say that @ZackPolanski is unfit to lead a party that has hugely grown under his leadership! "Starmer says Polanski ‘is not fit to lead a political party’ after Golders Green police criticism" www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

We speak with Lebanese-born academic Gilbert Achcar about the U.S.-Israeli war against Iran, U.S. foreign policy under President Trump and more.

“[Trump] believed that the pragmatists in the Iranian regime would take over after his military action,” says @gilbert-achcar.bsky.social, emeritus professor at SOAS, University of London. “The result has been exactly the contrary. Very clearly, it just enhanced the militarization of the regime.”

Iran Between the Russian and Chinese Models Iran is trending toward a model similar to that of Vladimir Putin’s Russia, based on militarization and rentierism, in stark contrast to the Chinese model favoured by the reformists. gilbert-achcar.net/iran-between...

Une excellente recension de mon Les Arabes et la Shoah par Nora Benkorich, publiée en 2010 par La vie des idées, et récemment signalée par le site en complément d'un article sur Hannah Arendt. laviedesidees.fr/Hitler-les-A...

Transformer les médias, une urgence démocratique ! Appel des 30 ans d’Acrimed @acrimed.bsky.social www.acrimed.org/Appel-des-30...

Trump today: the US won't let Iran "blackmail us". In other words, he won't let Iran return the favor!

"Instead of deploying experienced envoys, Trump sent two real estate developer confidants—his son-in-law Jared Kushner and his golf buddy Steve Witkoff—who were completely illiterate on both geopolitics and nuclear technicalities." MJ Zarif, Iran's former Foreign Minister and VP, a reformist

An Early Assessment of What Was Lying Ahead for the Middle East with Trump's Return to the White House. October 2024, when most commentators were taking peace-loving statements by president-elect Donald Trump at face value. gilbert-achcar.net/trump-and-th...

Zionist expansionism in Lebanon seizes upon Hezbollah as a pretext newpol.org/zionist-expa...

Well said!!! (seen at UC Berkeley)

Palestine Scholars Murdered in the Gaza Genocide rememberinggazascholars.org

MIDDLE EAST WARS ARE STILL ABOUT OIL AND EMPIRE 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. @jacobinmag.bsky.social jacobin.com/2026/03/us-i...

Gilbert Achcar explique comment la volonté de maintenir l'hégémonie US, via le contrôle du pétrole, a façonné des décennies de conflits militaires au Moyen-Orient. Il revient également sur les stratégies des États-Unis et d'Israël dans leurs sales guerres en cours👇 www.contretemps.eu/empire-petro...

Nach der Katastrophe Die Strategie des bewaffneten Kampfes hat die Palästinenser in den Abgrund gestürzt. Vielleicht kann eine Rückbesinnung auf die gewaltfreien Methoden der Ersten Intifada einen Weg in die Zukunft weisen jacobin.de/artikel/pala...

Don Trump and the Mafioso Style in World Politics gilbert-achcar.net/trump-and-ma...

Don Trump and the Mafioso Style in World Politics gilbert-achcar.net/trump-and-ma...

On anti-imperialism and support for peoples' anti-dictatorial struggles www.thenation.com/article/poli... The title was by The Nation's editor without consulting me (I'm no fan of the use of such terms as "fools"). Here is the original title with the full text: newpol.org/their-anti-i...

Sur la guerre en cours contre l'Iran ce soir, sur AL24News, chaîne internationale de la télévision algérienne www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sxmf...

Stop the War Immediately! @newpolitics.bsky.social We, the signatories of this statement advocating for a democratic transition in Iran, firmly reject war as a means of resolving international disputes. newpol.org/petition-sto...

« Les guerres du Moyen-Orient n’ont cessé d’être des guerres de pétrole et d’empire » regards.fr/les-guerres-...

For a confirmation of the analysis in this piece @jacobinmag.bsky.social of what's on Trump's mind, just watch two minutes of the press conference he just gave, between 26'30 and 28'20. www.youtube.com/watch?v=eEk-...

In memoriam: Walid Khalidi (1925-2026) "One Century since the First World War and the Balfour Declaration". Text available at rb.gy/f5eipb www.youtube.com/watch?v=RORU...

Lundi @ radio-libertaire.org/accueil.php

Iran : quelle est la stratégie de Trump ? @FRANCE24 www.youtube.com/watch?v=b3g0...

Can the People Overthrow the Regime While the State Remains in Place? On the Central Dilemma of the Arab Uprisings @histmat.bsky.social www.historicalmaterialism.org/article/can-...

Our March issue is here! With articles on companies sending cremated remains to the moon, death doulas, Iranian wine, Catholic priest influencers, Black churches in decline, Gaza, & more from @mjrubenstein.bsky.social, @eocieslik.bsky.social , @gilbert-achcar.bsky.social & others! therevealer.org

"The likelihood of a joint US-Israeli attack on Iran has become very high indeed with Trump’s return to the White House." 12 November 2024 (when the BS about Trump as a peace-loving man was all over the place). gilbert-achcar.net/trump-and-th...

Big time BS! "Hegseth says US won’t get ‘bogged down’ in Iran – but doesn’t rule out sending troops." The Trump administration is so desperate to get Tehran to cry uncle that it multiplies contradictory statements and threats.

What is Trump’s objective in Iran? How it relates to what took place in Venezuela, and differs from "regime change" and from Israel's wishes for Iran. gilbert-achcar.net/trumps-objec...

NEW podcast episode! "Understanding Gaza" What is life like in Gaza today? @gilbert-achcar.bsky.social, author of Gaza Catastrophe, discusses the situation in Gaza, Gazans' views of Hamas, & what needs to happen to improve the situation for Palestinians. Listen on Apple Podcasts & Spotify.

THE GAZA GENOCIDE IN WORLD-HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE Book Launch at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), edited transcript @newpolitics.bsky.social , @ucpress.bsky.social newpol.org/issue_post/t...

In Memoriam: Susan George (1934-2026) For a Green and Just Way out of the Global Crisis @soasuni.bsky.social, @soasdevelopment.bsky.social, @tninstitute.bsky.social, @attac.org www.youtube.com/watch?v=K2eI...

US: AN OLD-NEW IMPERIAL DOCTRINE Now @jacobinmag.bsky.social jacobin.com/2026/02/trum... originally published @mondediplo.com mondediplo.com/2026/02/05us