Category: America

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When the Strait Closes: Food, Water, and the Hidden Cost of War

The closure of the Strait of Hormuz has triggered a global crisis extending beyond oil, paralyzing a third of the world’s fertilizer trade and threatening desalination plants critical for drinking water. This disruption risks long-term food inflation, compromised harvests, and severe economic strain on millions far from the conflict.

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America’s Anti-War Movement Has a Class Problem It Can’t Ignore

As the war on Iran enters its fourth week, America’s anti-war movement faces a critical class divide. To succeed, organizers must bridge the gap between urban activists and the working-class families bearing the economic and human costs, building a diverse coalition capable of challenging the powerful defense industry.

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Trump’s Power Plant Threat Pulls the Hormuz Crisis to a New Edge

President Trump has issued a 48-hour ultimatum, threatening to strike Iran’s power plants unless the Strait of Hormuz is reopened. This escalation follows a massive spike in global energy prices and retaliatory threats from Tehran to destroy regional infrastructure, leaving little room for diplomatic off-ramps as the deadline approaches.

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Why the Islamic Republic Won’t Surrender and Can’t Be Made To

Iran’s regime, built for crisis and sustained by the IRGC’s deep entrenchment, can absorb U.S. and Israeli strikes without collapsing; external pressure only hardens its resolve, ensuring the conflict shifts into prolonged asymmetric retaliation rather than surrender, leaving Washington facing an adversary it cannot defeat or coerce into ending the war.

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US is Using Clone Drones for False Flag Attacks on Gulf States

Iran claims the U.S. and Israel are staging false‑flag attacks on Gulf states using LUCAS drones — an American system modeled on the Shahed. The allegation, unverified but strategically potent, aims to sow doubt among Gulf partners already shaken by the war and to fracture Washington’s fragile regional alignment.

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Reopening Hormuz: The Military Puzzle With No Quick Solution

Iran has shut the Strait of Hormuz with cheap drones and mines, while the U.S. lacks the ships, minesweepers, and escorts needed to reopen it quickly. Insurance markets have collapsed, oil supplies are plunging, and every delay strengthens Iran’s leverage. Some battlefields can be bombed open; Hormuz isn’t one of them.

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