Ruben Bauer Naveira • June 20, 2026 This article is a warning. A global food crisis is likely approaching — driven by the collapse of supply chains feeding the agri-food system, a consequence of the war against Iran and the resulting blockade of the Strait of Hormuz. The prospect has gone largely unnoticed by most political and […]
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Empire Thuds Iran Again Amidst Symbols of Calamity
Simplicius Jul 12, 2026 In part — At this point, the US is running on fumes; the empire is at a deadend, and everything around it now appears symbolically to reflect this. The death of arch-neocon Lindsey Graham is one of those moments, like when a fly had landed on Hillary Clinton’s face, leaving that […]
Steel Over Paper: Iran’s Civilizational Rebirth
Speculum Orientis Jul 08, 2026 Speculum Orientis examines the formal death of the Memorandum of Understanding as the collapse of a decade-long liberal experiment in appeasement, arguing that the Islamic Republic now stands at a civilizational crossroads. Beneath the broken diplomacy stirs the dust of a far older stand, and the funeral of the Supreme […]
Trump threatens to occupy Iran over Tehran’s Strait of Hormuz threats
Alex Croft21 June 2026 14:43 We’re getting more in from the US president, with reports now saying he has threatened to occupy Iran. Trump told Fox News he spoke to Iranian officials about the Strait of Hormuz, which Tehran said it will close. “’You close the strait and you won’t have a country,’” the US […]
Pluralia Dialogos with Mike Robinson and Vanessa Beeley
Streamed live on Jun 7, 2026 Mike Robinson (editor at UK Column) and geopolitical Analysis Vanessa Beeley join host Matt Ehret on Pluralia Dialogos to discuss the dynamics surrounding the ongoing war with Iran, Hormuz straits blockade, attacks on Lebanon, and South American dynamics which include Peter Thiel‘s move to Argentia, the strange Isaac Accords […]
Best reader comments of the week of May 8, 2026
Cut and pasted from Moon of Alabama blog: US ambassador to UN Mike Waltz is introducing a UN resolution calling for freedom of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz. Hmmm. What about freedom of navigation for the Sumud Flotilla to Gaza attacked by Israel in international waters near Crete? Posted by: michaelj72 | May 8 2026 […]
(WCTW) The Oil Market Breaking Point Is Here
This article is public. HFI Research Apr 19, 2026 (In Part: Please read “The Oil Market Breaking Point” article. In our write-up published on March 25, we outlined a range of scenarios and explained that the oil market’s breaking point would be mid-April. We are now past the breaking point. From this moment forward, the […]
Israel has just set off a chain reaction that will set the Gulf on fire
RT By Murad Sadygzade, President of the Middle East Studies Center, Visiting Lecturer, HSE University (Moscow). 19-March-2026 Facing a struggle for survival, Iran is making world’s entire energy economy its battleground By March 19, 2026, the pattern is unmistakable. What began as a war centered on Israel, Iran, Lebanon, and the waters around the Strait of […]
Choke Point: The Global Economic Consequences of the Persian Gulf Shutdown
How the disruption of oil, liquefied natural gas, and urea exports will cascade through the world economy Larry C. Johnson • March 10, 2026 The Strait of Hormuz: A Single Point of Failure Roughly 20–21 million barrels of oil pass through the Strait of Hormuz every day, representing approximately 20% of global petroleum liquids consumption and […]
Most thought-provoking reader comment of the week! February 13, 2026
MartelsHammer Reader comment copied from Burning Platform article TRUMP GIVEN HIS ORDERS BY NETANYAHU at this URL: https://www.theburningplatform.com/2026/02/13/trump-given-his-orders-by-netanyahu/#more-395250 Anonymous February 13, 2026 1:34 pm I guess I am ahead of the pack here at TBP on the level on cynicism. The carriers are bait……Trump and Israel (especially) want them destroyed by an Iranian hypersonic […]
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