From The Peace Pirate

  • LEARN WHY CONGRESS KEEPS SURRENDERING ITS WAR POWERS

    May 16, 2026 by

    The Biggest Oversight On The Part Of The Founders Was That Congress Should Not Willfully Surrender Its Own Power, An Abdication On Full Display With President Donald Trump’s War On Iran. To be sure, Trump’s launching of the war is merely the latest, although most profound episode in a long and enduring trend, the entrenching… Read more

  • HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS ARE KILLED EACH YEAR BY AMERICA’S ECONOMIC SANCTIONS

    May 11, 2026 by

    Economic Sanctions Have Become The Defining Coercive Instrument Of American Foreign Policy. Currently, Roughly 27% Of The World’s Countries Are Under Sanctions. These sanctions imposed by the United States, the European Union, or the United Nations—up from just 4% in the early 1960s. A landmark 2025 study published in The Lancet Global Health by economists… Read more

  • INFECTIOUS DISEASES ARE BEING WEAPONIZED BY ISRAEL IN GAZA

    May 8, 2026 by

    An Infectious Disease Specialist, Went To Gaza On A Three-Week Medical Mission In February 2026. He Found Infectious Diseases Running Rampant, All Directly Due To Israel’s Siege And Genocide. A young man in his twenties was in the intensive care unit at Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, Gaza. He was the victim of an Israeli… Read more

  • THE WAR ON IRAN IS PROFITING OIL, GAS AND ARMS COMPANIES

    May 2, 2026 by

    As Bills Rise Across The World, Campaigners Call Out The Fossil Fuel And Weapons Firms Raking In Mega Profits As the death toll in Iran rose above 3,500 and the dual blockade of the vital Strait of Hormuz by the American regime and Iran continues, fossil fuel and weapons companies have seen their profits rise… Read more

  • TRUMP NOW SAYS HE WILL NOT STRIKE IRAN WITH NUCLEAR WEAPONS

    April 25, 2026 by

    Trump On Thursday Ruled Out Striking Iran With A Nuclear Weapon, After His Previous Threats To Completely Destroy Iranian Civilization. “No, I wouldn’t use it,” Trump told reporters at the White House. “Why would I use a nuclear weapon when we’ve, in a very conventional way, decimated them without it?” he asked. “A nuclear weapon… Read more

  • IN ISRAEL’S PRISONS SEXUAL VIOLENCE IS AN “ORGANIZED STATE POLICY”

    April 15, 2026 by

    Palestinian Testimonies Reveal How Sexual Violence, Including Rape Using Objects And Dogs, Is Approved By ‘Highest Levels’ Of Israeli Leadership. Sexual torture of Palestinian detainees from Gaza in Israeli prisons is an “organised state policy”, endorsed by the “highest, political, military, and judicial authorities”, a new report has revealed. The report is based on testimonies… Read more

  • REPUBLICANS ARE SUPPORTIVE WHILE DEMOCRATS BLAST TRUMP FOR IRAN ‘WAR CRIMES’ THREAT

    April 14, 2026 by

    Several Members Of Congress Question President’s Fitness For Office After His Expletive-Laden Easter Sunday Message. Several Democrats have condemned Donald Trump after the United States president renewed his threat to destroy Iran’s civilian infrastructure in a profanity-laden message. Democratic legislators questioned the Republican’s mental stability after an Easter Sunday message in which he threatened to… Read more

  • TRUMP’S THREATS AGAINST THE IRANIAN PEOPLE ARE MONSTROUS

    April 13, 2026 by

    It Is Not An Exaggeration To Say That The American President Has Threatened Genocidal Violence Against The People Of Iran. The president marked Easter with more deranged threats against the country and people of Iran. The American president gave Iran until 8pm eastern time on Tuesday to reopen the crucial shipping lane after earlier threatening… Read more

  • YOU SHOULD KNOW THE OPEN SECRET AT THE HEART OF THE WAR WITH IRAN

    April 13, 2026 by

    Israel’s Nuclear Weapons Program Was Secretly Developed With Financial And Diplomatic Support From The West. Its Nuclear Arsenal Remains A Leading Driver Of Conflict Across The Region. The current American-Israeli war is the second war in less than a year declared by Israel and the USA, allegedly on the grounds of dismantling Iran’s nuclear capabilities.… Read more

  • TRUMP KEEPS EXPANDING HIS SECRET WARS ON THE WORLD

    April 10, 2026 by

    An Analysis Reveals That The “Peace” President Has Embroiled America In More Than 20 Military Interventions, Armed Conflicts, And Wars. President Donald Trump talks endlessly of “peace.” He ran for office promising to keep the United States out of conflicts, claims to be a “peacemaker,” has campaigned for a Nobel Peace Prize, and founded a… Read more

  • CAN THERE BE AN EMPIRE WITHOUT LIBERTY?

    April 10, 2026 by

    Since The Beginning Of The War, President Donald Trump Has Touted Dismantlement Of The Iranian Government As The American Endgame. Even as American officials negotiate with their Iranian counterparts to end the fighting and restore stability to world energy markets, Trump says he still wants to see a “very serious form of a regime change”… Read more

  • THE MEDIA WAR FROM TRUMP

    April 7, 2026 by

    The American Government Is Waging An Illegal, Congressionally Unauthorized War On Iran. Thirteen American Soldiers Are Formally Confirmed Dead So Far. Over $11 Billion Of America’s Money Has Been Spent In Three Weeks. While the primary concern of senior administration officials is that television stations are using the wrong headlines. On March 13, Pete Hegseth—the… Read more

  • THE AMERICAN AND ISRAELI REGIMES ARE MAKING GAZA-STYLE WAR THE NEW NORMAL

    April 5, 2026 by

    In Iran And Lebanon, The American And Israeli Militaries Are Bombing Residential Blocks, Destroying Civilian Infrastructure, Murdering Children, And Assassinating Health Workers. If it sounds familiar, it’s because this is the Gaza playbook. One of the most appalling aspects of the Gaza genocide — besides its near-unprecedented slaughter of children and other innocents and its… Read more

  • TRUMP’S WAR WITH IRAN IS IMMORAL AND THAT MATTERS

    March 27, 2026 by

    When Trump Ordered The First Wave Of Strikes In This Ongoing War With Iran Last Month, He Did So While His Administration Was Engaged In Active Negotiations With The Iranian Government. That echoed the situation last June when Israel launched a bombing campaign days after Trump scheduled new talks with Iran—a move Trump later claimed… Read more

  • RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE IRAN WAR LIES ON THE ISRAELI LOBBY

    March 27, 2026 by

    Advocates For The American-Israeli Special Relationship Have Played A Special Role. As Americans And Others Experience Yet Another Middle East Debacle, They Want To Know Who Is Responsible. It is vitally important to place blame where it belongs, but equally important that those who are not responsible not be wrongly accused. Not surprisingly, some observers… Read more

  • ISRAEL IS CENSORING THE REPORTING ON THEIR WAR -”OUR COVERAGE IS NOT TRUTHFUL”

    March 24, 2026 by

    Barred From Publishing Details Of Iranian Missile Impacts Or Interceptions, Local And International Journalists Are Struggling To Tell The Full, True Story. Since the start of the war with Iran, the Israeli military has imposed strict censorship regulations on local and international media outlets operating inside the country, severely impeding journalists’ ability to cover the… Read more

  • LEARN HOW THE AMERICAN DOG’S TAIL IS WAGGED BY ISRAEL

    March 23, 2026 by

    The American Regime’s Attack On Iran Is Surely Less About American Security Than About The Imperialist Priorities Of The Warmongering Israeli Government. One prominent rational for the Israeli-American attack on Iran was to bomb the country into friendliness to the American regime and Israel. Very few believe this will succeed. Iran, a country as big… Read more

  • THE AMERICAN REGIME IS SOCIALIZING THE COST OF THE IRAN WAR

    March 22, 2026 by

    War Is Often Sold To The Public As An Act Of National Will: Decisive, Necessary, And Under Control. The Bill Arrives Later, In A Quieter Form. It shows up in insurance markets, shipping rates, emergency guarantees, higher fuel prices, and sudden policy reversals designed to keep the economic damage from spreading too far or too… Read more

  • THE UNBELIEVABLE MADNESS OF AMERICA’S WAR WITH IRAN

    March 21, 2026 by

    Last Year You Were Warned About The Possibility That Israel Might Drag The United States Into A Regional Conflict. What’s Happening Now Is Worse Than Could Have Ever Been Imagined. Many have feared that, emboldened by unconditional American support, Israel might launch a full-scale war against Hezbollah in Lebanon that could drag in the United… Read more

  • WHY IS THE AMERICAN REGIME STILL ADDICTED TO WAR?

    March 9, 2026 by

    Why Does Every American President End Up In A Major Military Campaign? No Matter What They Say, American Presidents Find It Impossible Not To Go To War. Back in 1992, Bill Clinton won the presidency by saying “it’s the economy, stupid,” and declaring the era of power politics to be over. Once in office, however,… Read more

  • THEY THINK YOU’RE STUPID CONCERNING THEIR WAR ON IRAN

    March 8, 2026 by

    This President And Members Of This Congress Are Openly And Brazenly Insulting The Intelligence Of The American People Concerning The American Regime’s War On Iran. After he announced in a video that “a short time ago, the United States military began major combat operations in Iran” to “defend the American people” by eliminating “imminent threats”… Read more

  • THE WARMONGER IN CHIEF IS DONALD TRUMP

    March 4, 2026 by

    America Is Attacking Iran Because Donald Trump Was Determined To Drag Us Into War No Matter What — And Despite Repeatedly Insisting He Would Do The Exact Opposite. So they finally did it. Of all the dumb, pointless wars the United States has waged in the Middle East, the one it launched today against Iran… Read more

  • THE WAR WITH IRAN IS A SUICIDAL FOLLY

    March 3, 2026 by

    Trump’s Appalling Ignorance Of World Affairs And Megalomania, Seem Set To Have Pushed America Into Yet Another Debacle In The Middle East, One The Congress Has Not Approved, And The Public Does Not Want. The demands imposed on Iran by the Trump White House were no more acceptable to the regime in Tehran than those… Read more

  • THE OPPOSITE OF ‘REALISM’ IS A WAR ON IRAN

    February 26, 2026 by

    No One Knows What Goes On Inside The Mind Of President Donald Trump. But The Significant, American Military Buildup In The Middle East, Means One Can Make A Guess: He Thinks A Big War With Iran Is A Good Idea. If that’s the case, he’s wrong—dangerously so—and he needs a dose of realism. This administration… Read more

  • WHEN WILL WESTERN LEADERS ACCEPT THAT THEY HAVE FAILED IN UKRAINE?

    February 24, 2026 by

    WHEN WILL WESTERN LEADERS ACCEPT THAT THEY HAVE FAILED IN UKRAINE? Since The War Started, Voices In The Alternative Media Have Said That Ukraine Cannot Win A War Against Russia. Indeed, John Mearsheimer Has Been Saying This Since 2014. Four years into this devastating war, those voices feel at one and the same time both… Read more

  • IT IS A WAR CRIME FOR ISRAEL’S WEAPONS TO “OBLITERATE” PALESTINIANS

    February 19, 2026 by

    Thermobaric And Incendiary Weapons Lead To Incineration And Fragmentation Of Bodies, Which Constitutes A War Crime Under The Principles Of Distinction And Proportionality. Thousands of Palestinians killed by Israel in Gaza have simply vanished into thin air. No remains to identify, no bodies to bury. Nothing remains but blood spattered on the walls and fragments… Read more

  • IT’S A GOOD THING TO CRITICIZE GOVERNMENTS IN SPITE OF WHAT ZIONISTS SAY

    February 17, 2026 by

    In A Revealing Exchange On Anti-Semitism And Freedom Of Religion, Commission Member Carrie Prejean Boller Sought A Clear Answer To The Question “Is Anti-Zionism Anti-Semitism?” The answer, according to pro-Israel activist Yitzchok Frankel, and according to Rabbi Ari Berman, is “yes.” Frankel, when asked if anti-Zionism is anti-Semitism stated flatly “yes.” Rabbi Ari Berman further… Read more

  • SPEAKING FOR PALESTINE IS NOW A CRIME ACROSS THE WEST

    February 12, 2026 by

    A Year Ago, Ali Abunimah Was Abducted From A Zurich Street By Plainclothes Police, Bundled Into An Unmarked Car And Taken To Prison. He was walking with one of his hosts toward a venue where he was scheduled to speak at an event organized by Swiss activists about Israel’s genocide in Gaza. During his detention,… Read more

  • WHY DO AMERICA’S SANCTIONS ON IRAN CONTINUE AFTER THEY FAILED?

    February 9, 2026 by

    WHY DO AMERICA’S SANCTIONS ON IRAN CONTINUE AFTER THEY FAILED? Economic Warfare Immiserates Populations Without Achieving Political Goals. It’s Unclear What New Sanctions Are Meant To Achieve That Decades Of Prior Economic Warfare Have Failed To Deliver. Last month, the United States convened a symposium in Prague with representatives from roughly 40 countries to coordinate… Read more

  • MINNEAPOLIS KILLINGS WERE CAUSED BY MILITARIZATION OF POLICE FORCES

    February 6, 2026 by

    The Cause Of The Tragedies Is: The Militarization Of All Police Forces In America, From The DHS/ICE At The Federal Level, To State Police, To Your Local County Sheriffs And City Police. First consider the ICE officer who killed Renee Good in her car, Jonathan Ross. AP reported: In courtroom testimony last month, Ross said… Read more

  • ISRAEL’S EXPANDING INFLUENCE IN LATIN AMERICA IS FUELED BY AMERICAN PRESSURE

    February 2, 2026 by

      Once A Bastion Of Anti-Imperialist Solidarity, Latin America Is Recalibrating Its Support For Palestine Amid American Political Pressure And Far-Right Shifts. American political pressure in Latin America has helped open the door for growing Israeli influence, but longstanding solidarity with the Palestinian cause has not withered away, regional experts have said. Several left-wing Latin… Read more

  • WILL THE SECOND TRUMP ADMINISTRATION BE DEFINED BY VENEZUELA?

    January 28, 2026 by

    Presidents Are Drawn To Foreign Policy Because Courts And Congress Won’t Constrain Them As They Do On Domestic Policy. There’s Little Clarity And Much Risk In The Near Future In Venezuela. Presidential historians love ambitious foreign policies, and rank war presidents higher than peace presidents. So it’s understandable that presidents often look to make their… Read more

  • FUNDING TO PROPAGANDIZE AMERICANS HAS BEEN BOOSTED BY ISRAEL

    January 26, 2026 by

    Israeli Officials See An Existential Threat In Waning American Support For Their Country. Israel’s Cabinet Approved A Budget That Sharply Increases Financing For Propaganda Operations Abroad. Israel’s cabinet last month approved and sent to the Knesset a 2026 state budget that sharply increases both military spending and financing for propaganda operations abroad. According to reporting… Read more

  • THE PENTAGON ISN’T OFFERING ANY ANSWERS AS TO WHY THE AMERICAN MILITARY’S ANNUAL SUICIDE REPORT IS MISSING

    January 23, 2026 by

    It Is Also Delayed In Releasing Its Quarterly Suicide Data For 2025, With The Third-Quarter Figures Still Unpublished, Months Later Than Usual. The annual suicide report, which the Department of Defense typically publishes each fall, provides suicide statistics from the previous calendar year that inform Congress, researchers, and senior leaders across the services on efforts… Read more

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