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Trump officials prepping for ‘nightmare scenario’ where oil hits $150-a-barrel - and unleashes more pain at the gas pump | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/oil-cost-iran-war-usa-trump-b2950191.html

Anger at the regime continues to spread,
even beyond the borders of the United States.
Millions of workers worldwide are following the fortunes of their brothers and sisters in the US
with intense sympathy for their struggle.
In Germany in particular, Trump’s actions vividly bring to mind Hitler, the Second World War and the Holocaust.
More and more people are becoming aware that a third world war can only be stopped if we succeed not only in overthrowing the…

Voices of solidarity from Germany in the fight against Trump’s drive to dictatorship - Bytes Europe
On Friday, January 23, around 100,000 people in Minneapolis turned out to protest against the Trump administration’s mobilization of ICE against the city’s

#USPolitics #USPol #WhoCouldHaveSeenThisComing
Amazing what can happen in a week.
Ref:

From The Conversation
Israel wants to destroy Iran’s nuclear program. But should it have nuclear weapons itself?
Israel’s avowed goal in the Middle East war is to prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons. Yet, the double standard associated with this is hardly sustainable in the long run.
The worst-kept secret in the world of nuclear politics is that Israel possesses a formidable arsenal of nuclear weapons.

“Canada supports the United States…..”
these are the only words that matter and I’m sorry what? This is “our” position? No. I reject this!!
Canada has stood for humanitarian law and international peace and security for nearly a century.
We should be a “Middle Power” with values. Right? Wasn’t that the Davos speech?!
But here we are clapping meekly from the sidelines as the country that would love to annex us, now ruled by a Christo-Fascist Regime, and in partnership with a Judeo-Fascist Regime blows up people in a country ruled by a Islamo-Fascist regime.
We are basically back to the Middle Ages but with nukes in our back pocket.
These are the three most dangerous countries in the world all fighting amongst themselves. We should not be taking sides, except for the side of peaceful civilians of all religions in all countries.
This is not the way.
I am shocked at the shallowness, the naïveté and the cowardice of Carney’s foreign policy.
#canpoli #cdnpoli #canada #iran #usa #israel #palestine #war #genocide #fascism

Russia Put Its Future at Risk by Remaking Its Economy for War
About half of the country’s federal budget goes toward the fight in Ukraine
-- money that does little to support its long-term development
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/24/world/e

Russia Remade Its Economy for War, but It’s Come at a Huge Cost
About half of the country’s federal budget goes toward the fight in Ukraine, money that does little to support its long-term development.

HP reports Q1 revenue up 6.9% YoY to $14.44B, vs. $13.94B est., and expects FY 2026 results to be at the low end of its forecasts; HPQ drops 6% after hours (Jaspreet Singh/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/world/china/hp-war

Institutional power, capitalism, colonialism, and an empire on the brink of war or collapse. Doncha just love escaping into fiction when the real world gets to be too much?
Yeah, 19th century fictional Britain is strikingly similar to the US today, but at least you know the fictional story will have a resolution. I don't want to spoil the story. Just know that you're in for a captivating ride with an excellent author.
Babel by R.F. Kuang
I listened to the audio book…

A thought, after listening to all the fucking securocrats wanking off over their Munich Security Conference.
In the Franco-Prussian war, the Paris Commune happened. At the end of the first world war, Russia had a #communist revolution, while the German navy mutinied in an explicitly left wing revolt. After the second,

A look at the dearth of media coverage of Sudan's civil war, started in 2023; report: 32 journalists have been killed and 90% of outlets damaged or destroyed (Isma'il Kushkush/Nieman Reports)
https://niemanreports.org/sudan-civil-war…

Sudan’s Civil War Is Silencing the Press - Nieman Reports
Sudan’s journalists risk their lives to tell the story of their homeland as the world turns away, writes Isma'il Kushkush.

If you are an anti-fascist, you are against petroleum. Petroleum funds fascism globally. It is at the heart of the military industrial complex driving global imperialism, from both the US and Russia. Motonormitivity is fascist, both in it's elitist roots and in it's ties to historical fascism (Hitler hated bikes, just on principle). Oil is militarism.
Oil is the dominant resource which drives war, both in terms of it being the primary spoil wars are fought over and in terms of fueling the military vehicles and weapons that carry out those wars. Practically every war since (and including) WWII has been over oil. Genocides are carried out to secure oil. Gaza is over oil, in more ways than one.
Oil is the absolute enemy, and AI is simply an extension of that: an attempt to atomize us so we can't resist the oil-centric global order, one last grasp at the control over our lives oil has given to those whose power is now threatened by a solar punk future.
"I haven't written for a few weeks now. As I write the closing chapter and begin rewriting previous sections, everything feels both more distant and more immediate. The working title [Kairos] has only continued to feel more and more resonant, both during the writing and during my pause."
Now is the time to resist by making something different, by creating a world fundamentally opposed to these systems of oppression.
This is the last in my Kairos series. From here on out I'll be editing to try and make it more of a book than a series of posts. Thanks to everyone who has helped so far. All editing is welcome (typos, spell checks, questions and challenges). Between ADHD and dyslexia, it's always hard for my brain to notice mistakes in my own text so I always appreciate the support of those who can.
https://anarchoccultism.org/building-zion/kairos

Iran has scoffed at reports that the US has put forward a ceasefire deal to bring an end to the conflict in the Middle East,
insisting Americans were only negotiating with themselves.
It follows reports that the Trump administrationsent a 15-point ceasefire plan to Iran through Pakistan.

Donald Trump has maintained that talks to end the war are ongoing, claiming yesterday that Iran wanted a deal “so badly”.
Iran, however, had already dismissed the claim as “f…

Fort Bliss "**consists of five massive tent structures on the site of a former World War II detention camp for Japanese Americans**. The facility has a maximum capacity of 5,000 people with each tent divided into windowless rooms, where as many as 72 detainees are held around the clock, save the one hour per day when they are taken outside, Morrison said."
Congresswoman details 'unbelievably inhumane conditions' at massive detention center - Raw Story
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-ice-2676622143/

🔴URGENT! Donald Trump's special address at the 2026 World Economic Forum in Davos!: https://benborges.xyz/2026/01/21/urgent-donald-trumps-special-address.html

What those different versions of the Iranian flag appearing at protests mean
https://www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/national/what-those-different-versions-of-the-iranian-f…

Just finished "Pearl" written by Sherri L. Smith and illustrated by Christine Norrie, based at least in part on "Hiroshima in the Morning", a memoir by Rahna Reiko Rizzuto. A concise, wonderfully-illustrated, and fascinating story of a Hawaiian-born girl sent to visit her dying great-grandmother in Japan in 1941 and then trapped there throughout World War 2. I won't spoil things beyond that, but the book digs deep into the horrors of the war on both sides, showing just how cruel the geological ambitions of nations can be to people who belong to both cultures.
#AmReading #ReadingNow

It is unbelievable how Trump helps Putin in every way possible...
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/10/world/middleeast/iran-war-putin-russia-energy-oil-prices.html?unlo…

U.S. Eases Limits on Russian Energy as Oil Prices Soar
The volatility in energy markets because of the war in Iran could not come at a better time for President Vladimir V. Putin.

The Darth #Trump administration clearly assumes that NATO and thus the EU will assist the US in the war against Iran.
But that would not be covered by the mutual defense pact—after all, the war started by Trump is a violation of international law, and the thousands of deaths in Iran are a war crime.
Furthermore, this would not change the US's support for NATO in any way. There will be non…

Europe Didn’t Want War With Iran. But So Far, It Can’t Stay Out of It.
From London to Rome and beyond, leaders are facing diplomatic headwinds and criticism at home as they take part in a conflict they did not seek.

By day six, CSIS put the cumulative cost to the US of the Iran War at
$12.7 billion.
Today, it is likely to have exceeded
$18 billion – and the meter is still running.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/ng-interactive/202…

I am developing
a strong trust issue
with corporations
People around me
respected professionals
one by one falling under the AI spell
learning to worship it daily
despite it eating up their lives
in front of their eyes
The orange man
in a semi bulldozed
shiny White House
at the top of the hill
halfway across the world
bragging about his non-war
shrugging off 165 girls murdered
aged between 7 and 12
as the …

This is my shocked face. I'm just gobsmacked that no one considered this possibility.
https://apnews.com/article/oil-prices-crude-brent-iran-ecab41ec6a365e58282…

Crude oil sells above $100 a barrel as Iran war impedes production
Oil prices have jumped past $100 a barrel as the Iran war disrupts oil production and shipping in the Middle East. The price for a barrel of Brent crude, was at $107.97 shortly after trading resumed Sunday on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. That's 16.5% higher than the international benchmark's Friday closing price of $92.69. The light crude oil produced in the United States sold for about $106.22 a barrel, or 16.9% more. Crude prices haven’t gotten that high in more than three and a half ye…

Musk’s Starlink Blocks Russian Troops’ Internet Access at Ukraine’s Request
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/05/world/europe/starlink-blocks-russian-troops-access.html

At Ukraine’s Request, Starlink Denies Internet Access to Russian Troops
It’s unclear what effect the change will have on Russia’s ability to wage war, but Russian military bloggers said troops were experiencing internet outages that hampered frontline communications.

"Keir Starmer suggested allowing the US to use the bases to carry out defensive strikes against Iranian targets at the meeting last Friday but was met with opposition from Ed Miliband, Rachel Reeves, Yvette Cooper and Shabana Mahmood, according to the Spectator, which was then picked up by several media outlets."
Leak from secret UK meeting on US attacks on Iran an ‘absolute travesty’, says Lammy | US-Israel war on Iran | The Guardian

"Since the war began on 2 March, #Israel has struck at least 128 medical facilities and ambulances across south #Lebanon, killing 40 healthcare workers and wounding 107, according to the Lebanese ministry of health."
Targetting of hospitals was also a feature of Israel's assault on

Not long after Donald Trump said the US was engaged in “strong talks” to bring the war with Iran to an end this week,
Qatar took the unusual step of distancing itself from the alleged diplomatic negotiations.
Qatar was not involved in any mediation efforts, said government spokesperson Majed al-Ansari at a briefing on Tuesday night,
before adding as a telling aside:
“If they exist.”
It signalled a notable break from Qatar’s historic and recurring position as chi…

The war has put Middle East water supplies at risk: Iran War Maps: Tracking the Mideast Conflict - The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/world/us-israel-iran-attack-maps#the-war-has-put-middle-east-water-supplies-at-risk

John F. Burns, a two-time Pulitzer Prize winner and New York Times foreign correspondent who reported from South Africa, Iraq, and other bureaus, dies at 81 (Alan Cowell/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/13/world/j

John F. Burns, Prize-winning Foreign Correspondent for The Times, Dies at 81
In a 40-year career that brought him two Pulitzers, he reported from trouble spots around the world, eloquently conveying the chaos of war.

Strikes by both sides on so-called upstream gas production facilities in recent days are a significant escalation in the war in the Middle East, with potentially long-term consequences.
The strikes were the first time facilities associated with the production of fossil fuel energy had been hit in the conflict,
rather than sites associated more generally with the oil and gas industry.
On Tuesday a successful Iranian drone attack resulted in operations at the Shah gasfield in…

Fears about the global economic fallout from the war in Iran grew on Sunday
as the U.S. energy secretary acknowledged in a televised interview that there were
“no guarantees” that oil prices would fall in the coming weeks.
A day after President Trump called on other countries to send warships to the region to end the de facto Iranian blockade of the economically vital Strait of Hormuz,
foreign governments responded with caution— if at all

Iran War Live Updates: Israel Launches Strikes as Trump Urges World to Defend Strait of Hormuz
Iran has largely closed the Strait of Hormuz to America and its allies, but the president’s earlier call for more naval reinforcements has gained little traction. The U.S. energy secretary, Chris Wright, acknowledged energy prices could remain high.

President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Feb. 14 that
territorial concessions by Ukraine
would not bring peace,
just as the 1938 Munich Agreement did not prevent World War II.
"It would be an illusion to believe that this war can now be reliably ended by dividing Ukraine
— just as it was an illusion to believe that sacrificing Czechoslovakia would save Europe from a greater war,"
Zelensky said at the Munich Security Conference.
The Munich Agr…

Territorial concessions by Ukraine won't bring peace, Zelensky says in Munich
"It would be an illusion to believe that this war can now be reliably ended by dividing Ukraine – just as it was an illusion to believe that sacrificing Czechoslovakia would save Europe from a greater war," Zelensky said at the Munich Security Conference.

Trump drew a backlash on Sunday for suggesting US efforts to protect the Strait of Hormuz were unnecessary
– and that “maybe we shouldn’t even be there at all”
because his country has plenty of oil of its own.
The president made the contradictory comment to reporters on Air Force One
after pleading with European and Nato allies to enter the war in Iran to help the US secure the strait
amid the largest oil supply disruption in history.

Pope Leo takes another swipe at Trump over Iran war: ‘Go to confession’ | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/pope-leo-trump-iran-war-christians-confession-b2938068.html

“When there’s a supply disruption in the Middle East, that raises prices for every barrel of oil in the world,”
said Christopher Knittel, associate dean for climate and sustainability at M.I.T.
“Those price increases then trickle down to products that use oil, gasoline being the most relevant one.”
⚠️But isn’t the United States the world’s largest oil producer?
Yes, but not all American-produced oil can be easily used by American refiners.
The United States is a n…

America Is an Oil Exporter. Why Does a Mideast War Raise U.S. Gas Prices?
The U.S.-Israeli attacks on Iran have intensified and the conflict has widened, shaking global energy markets.

Experts say water, not oil, is most at risk in the Persian Gulf during Iran war | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/iran-war-oil-water-persian-gulf-b2934830.html

I don't want war in Europe. I don't want war at all. I was a pacifist for the first 65 years of my life, and still tend that way. But we don't have a way of of deterring wars of aggression, and we live in a world where those are happening -- in #Ukraine, in #Palestine, and elsewhere. So we…

International response to Trump’s call for the dispatch of warships has so far proved vague and reluctant,
with countries unwilling to commit to a military response that could prove treacherous for their navies.
Tehran has said any oil tanker heading for the US, Israel or its allies is a legitimate target in the war and will be “immediately destroyed”.
Sixteen tankers have been attacked in the strait of Hormuz since the war started at the end of February
and Iran has…

Tump/Netanyahu war death toll


Iran: U.S.-based rights group HRANA said on Thursday that 3,186 people have been killed. It said 1,394 of those were civilians including at least 210 children.

Lebanon: Around 1,021 people have been killed in Israeli strikes since March 2, according to Lebanese authorities. The World Health Organization and Lebanese health authorities said more than 100 of those killed were children.

Iraq: At least 60 people have…

Iran believes there can be no end to the conflict until it believes Trump has been shown the economic, political and military cost is so high that it is not worth repeating. It is instead insisting on a permanent deal that includes a US commitment not to attack Iran again.
The defiance is remarkable for a regime that at the start of the war 11 days ago was seeking little more than its own survival.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/10/iranian-regime-is-not-weakening-in-face-of-us-israel-onslaught-but-becoming-more-defiant?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

A ground operation by the US Marines headed to Iran likely would involve targeting Iran’s enriched uranium stockpiles and deeply buried facilities — to locate, secure or disable nuclear material that cannot be destroyed from the air.
Although Donald Trump said the June 2025 U.S. strikes had "obliterated" key nuclear sites, analysts note that critical elements of Iran’s program
— particularly enriched uranium stockpiles and deeply buried facilities — likely remain intac…

Next US move on Iran: Seize Kharg Island, secure uranium or risk ground war escalation
Military analysts discuss three paths for U.S.-Iran conflict: capturing Iran's economic lifeline at Kharg Island, full invasion or securing nuclear sites.

As Trump threatens Iran, Venezuela, Mexico, Greenland and more,
renowned historian Alfred McCoy says the United States is
“an empire in decline,”
following a predictable pattern
of militarism abroad and political instability at home
as it loses power and influence on the world stage.
“American politics become increasingly contorted and irrational,”
says McCoy.
“I think the thing to do is to realize that we are an empire in decline, …
…

“Empire in Decline”: Historian Alfred McCoy on U.S. Aggression in Venezuela, Iran & Beyond
As President Trump threatens Iran, Venezuela, Mexico, Greenland and more, renowned historian Alfred McCoy says the United States is “an empire in decline,” following a predictable pattern of militarism abroad and political instability at home as it loses power and influence on the world stage. “American politics become increasingly contorted and irrational,” says McCoy. “I think the thing to do is to realize that we are an empire in decline, … and it will continue for another decade…

The U.S. is currently holding three times as many people in immigrant detention as were detained in the Nazi concentration camp system in spring 1939
—six years into the Third Reich and just before the start of World War II.
"…nobody sane now thinks the answer to abuses at Dachau was to give the guards more training."
https://<…

Into the abyss
The correct response to Dachau was not better training for the guards.

Casualties and destruction were reported across at least nine countries,
with the United Arab Emiratesrecording a total of 186 missiles and 812 drones sent toward the country since the start of the conflict
and two ports in Oman targeted in drone strikes today.

The US embassy in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia was hit by a drone strike,
causing a fire to break out.
The strike came as the state department urged that all US citizens leave more than a dozen Middle…

Nations agree to release oil reserves as war in Iran hits global economy
The International Energy Agency on Wednesday announced that it would carry out its largest-ever release of oil reserves
— 400 million barrels
— in a bid to control spiking energy prices caused by the United States-Israel war against Iran.

The plan, aimed at stabilizing oil prices that have soared since the United States and Israel attacked Iran on Feb. 28, would deplete roughly one-third of glob…

Nations agree to release oil reserves as war in Iran hits global economy
The International Energy Agency announced that it would carry out its largest-ever release of oil reserves — 400 million barrels.

Pentagon briefing:
US defence secretary Pete Hegseth confirmed that a US submarine sunk an Iranian warship in the Indian ocean
as he declared that the Iranian navy “rests at the bottom of the Persian Gulf”
and that it was “ineffective, decimated, destroyed”.
He declared that “America is winning”
and suggested that in under a week the US and Israel
“will have complete control of Iranian skies, uncontested airspace”.
The leader of the Iranian co…

'Several' American warplanes crashed in Kuwait this morning,
the country’s defence ministry said.
All the pilots bailed out safely and are been checked up on at a hospital, according to the ministry.
They are all in a stable condition.
It is not immediately clear what caused the US warplanes to crash
but the incident came during an intense period of Iranian fire targeting the country.
The defence ministry said it is continuing investigations into th…

Sen. Kim accused Trump of rejected a “constitutionally required approval process for armed conflict because the Administration knows the American people reject risks pulling our nation into another war.” Kim said the overnight strikes in Venezuela “doesn’t represent strength. It’s not sound foreign policy. It puts Americans at risk in Venezuela and the region, and it sends a horrible and disturbing signal that targeting a head of state is an acceptable policy.”
https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2026/jan/03/caracas-explosions-venezuela-maduro-latest-news-updates-live?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

Trump Suggests Extended War on Iran as U.S. Adds to Forces in Mideast
Iran and allied militias, including Hezbollah, attacked Israel and U.S. targets,
and Israel struck in Lebanon.
Trump said the campaign could last “four to five weeks,”
but “we have the capability to go far longer than that.”
“Whatever the time is, it’s OK,
whatever it takes,”
Trump said at his first public event since U.S.-Israeli airstrikes on Iran began on Saturday.
“Righ…

Live Updates: Trump Suggests Extended War on Iran as U.S. Adds to Forces in Mideast
Iran and allied militias, including Hezbollah, attacked Israel and U.S. targets, and Israel struck in Lebanon. President Trump said the campaign could last “four to five weeks,” but “we have the capability to go far longer than that.”

The British Ministry of Defence (MoD)
has said it is ⚠️moving families from the RAF Akrotiri airbase in #Cyprus
⚡️after it was targeted in a suspected Iranian drone strike last night
at around midnight local time (22:00 GMT), in an attack which caused limited damage but no casualties,
🔥Cyprus has put authorities on alert,
closing schools and evacuating people where necessary,