Around the world – Page 6 – Struggle

Pentagon’s trillion-dollar war machine can’t win this war on Iran

March 22, 2026 Gary Wilson

Four weeks into Operation Epic Fury, the U.S. military has confirmed what critics of Pentagon doctrine have argued for decades. Advanced stealth aircraft and nuclear-powered carriers are not invincible. They are expensive, brittle and poorly […]

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U.S. carrier breaks under strain in Iran war

March 22, 2026 Gary Wilson

A fire burned for more than 30 hours aboard the USS Gerald R. Ford on March 12, forcing more than 600 sailors from their berths. The Navy says the carrier remains “operational.” Large numbers of […]

Millions commemorate Al-Quds Day around the world

March 20, 2026 Stephen Millies

Millions of people around the world rallied in solidarity with Palestine on March 13 to mark the International Day of Al-Quds. (Al-Quds is the Arabic name for Jerusalem.) The annual commemoration, held on the last […]

Israel burns homes in Lebanon with U.S.-made incendiary weapons

March 18, 2026 Gary Wilson

On the morning of March 3, Israeli forces fired white phosphorus shells over residential neighborhoods in Yohmor, a village in southern Lebanon. The shells burst in the air above homes, scattering burning fragments across the […]

Trump’s Iran war: Washington starts it, allies made to pay

March 17, 2026 Gary Wilson

On March 19, Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi will arrive in Washington with an offer for the Trump administration: Japan will join the Golden Dome missile defense project and help replenish U.S. weapons stocks depleted […]

Digital extraction and the new logic of underdevelopment

March 17, 2026 Prince Ifoh

Africa’s incorporation into global capitalism has never been neutral. From the Atlantic slave trade through colonial rule and into the post-independence era, the continent has been structurally positioned as a source of value for others […]

Iran, the yuan and the dollar sanctions system

March 15, 2026 Gary Wilson

Reports emerging in early March suggest Iran may allow limited tanker passage through the Strait of Hormuz — on one condition: payment must be made in Chinese yuan. The claim comes from an unnamed Iranian […]

When imperialism disappears from view

March 12, 2026 Gary Wilson

Wars destroy cities and take lives. They also shake the world economy. Oil prices jump, shipping routes close, inflation rises and recession risks grow. For that reason, many analyses of the U.S. war on Iran […]

War, profit, and the dollar’s retreat

March 11, 2026 Gary Wilson

Washington’s war against Iran, launched Feb. 28 with the U.S.–Israeli assault known as Operation Epic Fury, began with a burst of spending. In the first 100 hours alone the Pentagon burned through an estimated $3.7 […]

Washington wants out. Iran isn’t opening the door.

March 10, 2026 Gary Wilson

Eleven days into Operation Epic Fury, Washington faces a problem it created for itself: how to exit a war it cannot win. Trump’s advisers are privately urging him to find an off-ramp. The Wall Street […]