From more than 7,000 kilometers away, Filipino peace advocates expressed solidarity with the Iranian people and condemned the “illegal, unjust and unprovoked” US-Israeli attacks on their country. On Thursday, April 23, Filipino activists, union leaders, health workers, academics, artists, Christian clergy and Muslim religious leaders formalized a movement called Stop the US-Israel War in Iran...
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Blood and oil: Iran’s war against empire and what it means for the Philippines
When you fuel your vehicle here in the Philippines and wince at the price, which has surged above ₱100 a liter for diesel alone, you may be told that Iran’s “blockade” of the Strait of Hormuz is to blame. But the truth exposes this as deliberate distortion. While the United States and Israel were actively...
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War and the basic human imperatives
We are still cavemen. Clubbing each other over the head, noncompliant females included. Except that now, the clubs are missiles and drones and the targets are entire countries and peoples. The behavior has not changed. Only the technology. And consequently, the breadth and depth of the destruction. Why have we behaved this way since time...