Open Minds News page: 1 next
UK Teacher Who Told Migrants To \u201cRespect Our Laws or Leave\u201d Banned From Teaching
A UK teacher who
Geneva Talks And The Push For Ukrainian Concessions
Ukraine and Russia delegates are set to meet for peace talks in Geneva in the upcoming week of February 23rd. The United States continues with pressures on Ukraine to concede territory while Ukraine remains steadfast in declining. There is skepticism
Trump Declares “State of the Union Strong” In Record-Length Address
WASHINGTON–U.S. President Donald Trump gave the State of the Union address to Congress on Tuesday. With another record-breaking speech in length, at 1 hour and 48 minutes, President Trump declared that the state of the union is strong, while boasting of a
The Empire Is Shaking; How the War Against Iran Could End U.S. Hegemony in the Gulf
Fabian Scheidler More than two weeks after the start of the war of aggression against Iran, the U.S. and Israel have still not achieved their war aim of regime change, and it is unlikely that they will achieve it this way. History shows that airstrikes alone
How the US and Israel Came Close to Launching a War on Iran 20 Years Ago
Trump isn’t the first US president tempted by an Israeli plan to destroy Iran and thereby “remake the Middle East”, as this extract from my book Israel and the Clash of Civilisations sets out Jonathan Cook Substack In 2008, Pluto Press
Hegseth Makes Troops Prove \u201cSincerely Held\u201d Faith in Latest Beard Crackdown
Hegseth’s obsession
Joe Kent’s Resignation, in His Own Words, Reveals MAGA’s Fracture Over War—Not a Break From Empire
ScheerPost Staff In an era when truth is buried under talking points and foreign entanglements are sold as inevitabilities, few officials ever dare to break ranks. But in this interview, former head of the U.S. National Counterterrorism Center does exactly
Trump White House Plagiarized Iran War Manifesto from Israel-Aligned Think Tank
Wyatt Reed and Max Blumenthal The GrayZone The Trump White House plagiarized its justification for attacking Iran from the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies, the main DC outfit promoting war with Tehran. The think tank was originally founded to
Canada Should Join Global Push for a Free Education Treaty
I was in Liberia in January and met a mother who supports her four children making concrete blocks. But her earnings are not enough to pay the registration fees charged by public schools. One daughter has already dropped out, and her 7-year-old son has never
Attacks on Mideast Energy Infrastructure
(Beirut) – Israeli forces on the evening of March 18, 2026, attacked South Pars Gas Field in Iran: one of the most important sources of natural gas for Iran’s domestic energy consumption, including home heating. Hours later, Iranian forces attacked oil and gas
US Ramps Up Deportation of Pregnant People
United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE 363 pregnant, postpartum, or nursing women between January 1, 2025, and February 16, 2026, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said in response to from US senators. These figures reveal part of the
The Empire Strikes Out
The World Baseball Classic is over, and in baseball, as in everything else, the United States remains the world leader in having a bad time. The international tournament provided a fertile field for winking nationalisms, and we sunk to the occasion with
Worse than 2008?
Several commentators
DNI Gabbard Tells Congress Iran Was Not Rebuilding Its Nuclear Program
Kyle Anzalone for AntiWar.com Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard testified before the Senate Intelligence Committee on Wednesday, where she faced several questions about President Donald Trump’s war on Iran. Gabbard told the committee that after
A Court Ordered Trump’s Department of Education to Roll Back Its Anti-DEI Efforts. Why haven’t ...
Last month, the department conceded that it could not make universities’ race-conscious efforts illegal, but universities nationwide have yet to reinstate their diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts Meghnad Bose and Luke Lawson for Prism The Trump
Can the United Nations Survive Without the US?
ZURICH — Walk into the Palais des Nations in Geneva these days and one of the first things you’ll notice is a sign informing visitors that the power will be shut off between 5 p.m. and 9 a.m. The home of the United Nations Office and the site of thousands of
When We Fight for Public Schools, We Fight for Democracy
Every morning, across the nation, in red states and blue states, in urban and rural communities, we watch children walk through the doors of our neighborhood public schools, backpacks slung over one shoulder, lunch bags in hand. These are ordinary moments that
The Generative Fog of War
The following story is co-published with Nolan Higdon’s Substack. “Tel Aviv, stripped of illusion, as you have never witnessed it,” read the caption above a viral March 2026 video showing missiles hammering the Israeli city as explosions burst across the
Trump Urges Congress to Block State AI Laws and Centralize Control in Washington
Trump calls for removing states from core areas of AI governance and placing that authority in Washington.
Joe Kent\u2019s Resignation Could Bolster a Wave of Conscientious Objectors to Trump\u2019s Iran War
Top counterterror
Moscow bombs Ukraine miners, uses its troops as cannon fodder
Ukrainian working people are determined to continue fighting to defend their country’s sovereignty, despite Moscow’s airstrikes causing blackouts in cities across Ukraine during the depths of winter. Four years after Russian President Vladimir Putin launched
Refuse workers in the UK mark one year out on strike
BIRMINGHAM, England — “Stand up, fight back!” striking bin workers chanted outside the Atlas refuse depot here to mark one year on the picket line. Members of Unite the Union walked out March 11, 2025, after Birmingham City Council cut their wages by up to
Tehran regime determined to destroy Israel, kill the Jews
Since it came to power, the dictatorial bourgeois-clerical regime in Iran has promoted Jew-hatred and planned for the destruction of Israel, where nearly half the world’s Jews live. This reactionary regime consolidated its power through a counterrevolution in
Thomas Sankara: ‘We are the heirs of the world’s revolutions’
Thomas Sankara Speaks: The Burkina Faso Revolution 1983-87 is one of Pathfinder’s Books of the Month for March. In one of the poorest countries in the world, Sankara led an uprising in Upper Volta, a former French colony, in 1983, bringing to power a popular
US hands off Cuba! End Washington’s oil blockade
NEW YORK — What is the “Cuba problem,” as the Donald Trump administration calls it, that Washington has sought to destroy for more than six decades? “It’s the example that the Cuban Revolution represents for many in the world,” said Osmayda Hernández, a leader
Steelworkers strike ArcelorMittal plant in Ohio
SHELBY, Ohio — Some 450 United Steelworkers members at the ArcelorMittal Tubular Products plant here have been on strike since Jan. 13 fighting demands by the company to limit health care for workers’ spouses and change their work schedule in ways that
Beijing moves to impose ‘Chinese culture’ on all peoples
China’s National People’s Congress, a rubber-stamp for President Xi Jinping, passed sweeping legislation March 12 that further attacks the rights of tens of millions of the country’s residents. It mandates Mandarin as the primary language in schools and
