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Ending the war, reopening the Strait of Hormuz: Will Israel stand in the way?
According to reports, the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the United States and Iran to open the Strait of Hormuz and formally end the fighting between the two countries was…
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International lawyers decry U.S. aggression against Cuba
An international group of leftist lawyers on Tuesday condemned the US blockade, sanctions, and war threats against Cuba, and the mounting repression of solidarity with the…
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Armageddon in Cuba, according to Marco Rubio
“The situation will worsen significantly and collapse, which would be harmful to our country,” Secretary of State Marco Rubio told Fox, referring to the situation in Cuba and its…
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The U.S.’s silent war at sea—and the dangerous erosion of law
By any reasonable legal or moral standard, what the United States has done over the past nine months in the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific is not law enforcement; it is lethal force…
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What the US could pay for if it stopped funding war
Our country’s massive weapons budget has directly enabled the US-Israeli led war on Iran that has caused thousands of deaths and is exacerbating the nation’s affordability crisis. Even…
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UN experts denounce Trump’s coercive brutalization of Cuban people
A trio of United Nations rights experts on Tuesday demanded that the US government “cease all threats” against Cuba and accused President Donald Trump of furthering a “disturbing trend…
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Marco Rubio, the shape-shifter
How many versions of Marco Rubio are there?
That question has lingered for years, but it feels newly urgent as Rubio ascends to the heights of American power. Once marketed as a…
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Manufacturing consent for war against Cubans
These days, most of Havana’s streets are fairly empty of cars, but full of people walking or riding bicycles, electric bikes, electric “tricycles,” or scooters. Trash has piled up on…
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The foolishness of U.S. policy toward Cuba
History often repeats itself—not because lessons are missing, but because policymakers frequently choose to ignore them. In The March of Folly, historian Barbara Tuchman detailed how…
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‘Saving the lives of babies is a crime?’
The antiwar group CodePink says it has yet to be served with any subpoenas after it was reported over the weekend that the Trump administration has opened an investigation into a recent…
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