As planned U.S.-Iran talks in Islamabad are aborted, my latest post looks at prospects for the ceasefire in the Gulf:
The Gulf ceasefire that cannot be
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The U.S. blockade threatens Iran with a hurting stalemate and loss of the strategic deterrence it gained through its control over the Strait of Hormuz
US and UAE basically formalising colonial extractive structures: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Yezid Sayigh
The Democratic Republic of Congo will create a paramilitary unit to police its mines with funding from the US and the United Arab Emirates, the country’s General Inspectorate of Mines said.
In my latest, I argue that a ceasefire in Lebanon remains vulnerable to Netanyahu's exploitation of U.S.-Iranian arm-twisting, both as they work on an interim agreement to reopen Hormuz and once they move to core issues
Lebanon at the mercy of strangers
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Ministers are exploring triggering the break clause in Palantir's NHS contract. I've signed the open letter to Wes Streeting calling on him to get Palantir out of the NHS. www.foxglove.org.uk/campaigns/we...
Useful ideas, even if prospects of implementing them are remote, by International Crisis Group's Heiko Wimmen:
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Methodical suppression of labour is a shared trait of authoritarian and fascist regimes:
Egypt’s Independent Unions: Organized Into Silence
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As it gets harder to sift thru the constant swings relating to the U.S.-Iran tussle over the Strait of Hormuz and peace talks, I offer an interpretation in my latest post:
The Gulf ceasefire that cannot be
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A hugely important, carefully balanced and critical assessment by @kahal.bsky.social:
Why Devastating Iran’s Economy Will Not Break the Islamic Republic
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Very interesting, carefully nuanced assessment of attitudes in Lebanon's Sunni Muslim community towards peace talks with Israel, from Mohamad Fawaz:
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Open access to "The Palestinians: From Peasants to Revolutionaries," by my amazing mother, Rosemary Sayigh, who turned an impressive 99 this month. Published in 1979, it went thru several reprints & translations and remains a landmark book:
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No change in prospects for Lebanon after Trump’s latest announcement of a partial ceasefire between Israel and Hezbullah
Wes Streeting: trigger the break clause and kick Palantir out of our NHS. ADD YOUR NAME NOW!
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The truce between Israel and Hizbollah, extended on 23 April, is hanging by a thread. The monitoring mechanism established for the previous ceasefire could help preserve the current one.
