Verdant Square Network"Mr Nobody Against Putin" Wins Oscar; Meet the Russian Teacher in Film Who Confronts State Propaganda http://www.democracynow.org/2026/3/16/mr_nobody_against_putin_interview
"A Sense of Despair": Many Iranians Fear a Prolonged War — and What Comes After http://www.democracynow.org/2026/3/16/naghmeh_sohrabi_amir_ahmadi_arian
“A Sense of Despair”: Many Iranians Fear a Prolonged War — and What Comes After
As the U.S. and Israeli war on Iran extends into a third week, President Trump is demanding other countries send warships to the Strait of Hormuz, which has been largely shut, as oil prices keep rising. This comes as the U.S. and Israel continue to launch major strikes on Iran, while Iran has retaliated by repeatedly striking Israel and U.S. allies in the Gulf, including the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Bahrain. Despite the violence in Iran, “pro-war voices are definitely in the diaspora and very strong, but they also exist inside Iran,” says Naghmeh Sohrabi, professor of Middle East history at Brandeis University. “I think most Iranians want this war to end as soon as possible, and at the same time, they fear nothing more than the day after the war, if this regime remains intact,” says Iranian American novelist Amir Ahmadi Arian.
Georgia Grant‘Serious threat to the First Amendment’ as Trump admin wins first antifa terror charge https://therealnews.com/threat-to-first-amendment-trump-admin-wins-first-antifa-terror-charge #leftistnews #progressivenews #MillMessenger
Trump’s DOJ Is Helping a Convicted FBI Informant Tied to Russian Intelligence https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/03/donald-trump-doj-justice-alexander-smirnov-russia-ukraine-burisma-fbi/ #progressivenews #MillMessenger
The Most Obvious Question Liberal Media Refuses to Ask About the Iran War https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/liberal-media-iran-war #leftistnews #progressivenews #MillMessenger
The Most Obvious Question Liberal Media Refuses to Ask About the Iran War | Common Dreams
Though much of the media now expresses doubt about Trump's war, the moral foundation of anti-war opposition has largely disappeared, replaced instead by a narrow strategic debate over costs, risks, and political consequences.
Pete Hegseth: Trump's Dumbest Cabinet Member https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/pete-hegseth-dumb #leftistnews #progressivenews #MillMessenger
Middle East Desalination Plant Attacks Highlight Risks of Relying on “Fossil Fuel Water” https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/03/iran-war-middle-east-desalination-plant-drone-attacks-risks-fossil-fuel-water-drought/ #progressivenews #MillMessenger
Trump’s No-Rules International Order Fuels Death, Destruction, and Nuclearization https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/trump-no-rules-international-order #leftistnews #progressivenews #MillMessenger
Trump’s No-Rules International Order Fuels Death, Destruction, and Nuclearization | Common Dreams
Trump and Netanyahu insist that Iran can never have a nuclear weapon. Yet perhaps the greatest irony of this war is that their senseless aggression is giving every country reason to develop nuclear arms.
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Governments Light the Flames As We Pay Billions to Extinguish Them https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/cost-climate-disasters #leftistnews #progressivenews #MillMessenger
Governments Light the Flames As We Pay Billions to Extinguish Them | Common Dreams
Failing to address climate change is a failure for our planet and for humanity. Why pay trillions in disaster relief, conflict mitigation, aid, and migration management when the solutions are at our feet today?