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BREAKING: Cuban officials report a nationwide blackout on Monday, leaving the country’s population of 11 million without power. This is the first blackout affecting the entire country since Trump’s fuel chokehold on the island began. President Miguel Díaz-Canel stated last week the country has gone over three months without receiving oil shipments, forcing the government to rely on limited supplies of solar energy, natural gas, and thermoelectric plants. On X, Cuba Ministry of Energy and Mines reported,” A total disconnection of the SEN has occurred; the causes are being investigated and protocols for restoration are beginning to be activated.”

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The annual pro-Palestine Quds Day protests erupted in major cities worldwide over the weekend. From South Korea and Canada to Iceland and London thousands took to the streets. Quds Day is held on the last Friday of Ramadan and was first called for by Iran’s Supreme Leader Khomeini after the 1979 Iranian Revolution. Protestors condemned the US-Israeli war on Iran, the invasion of Lebanon and the ongoing occupation of Palestine. Despite a ban by the UK government on the march through central London, a static rally went ahead. Iranian monarchists and pro-Israeli protestors staged a counter-demonstration.

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In an interview with Fox News, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt explains how Trump is begging for help from NATO and Gulf allies in opening up the energy-critical Strait of Hormuz. Gas prices continue to skyrocket in the U.S. as the war in Iran drags on.

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Nearly 4,000 meatpacking workers are on strike in Colorado — the first big strike the industry has seen in decades. They work for JBS, an immensely corrupt company that's harming U.S. consumers, and its own workers.

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In an interview with Face the Nation on Sunday, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi rebuts Trump's claim that Iran is begging for a ceasefire, vowing to “continue our self-defense.” Araghchi also called out the administration’s war crimes and, when asked about the status of the two Americans detained in Iran, responded, “If the U.S. and Israel don’t attack our prisons, I guess they are safe.”

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“We didn’t need to be in this war. This is uncalled for. And this is what we get.” Twenty-eight-year-old U.S. Airman Tyler Simmons was killed last week when his aircraft crashed during combat operations with Iran. In an interview with local station NBC4, his family calls out Trump for starting an unnecessary war on Iran and pleas for an immediate end to the attacks.

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BT’s @raniakhalek reports on the ground from Beirut, as Israeli attacks on Lebanon intensify, with hundreds of thousands displaced and at least 850 Lebanese killed – including 66 women, 107 children, and 32 health workers. Khalek explains how this massive bombardment campaign is aimed at depopulating South Lebanon as part of the plan for “Greater Israel.” Watch the Freedom Side Live on Breakthrough News’ Youtube.

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"The one thing worse than having a shi*t job under capitalism is having no job under capitalism, because you can't reproduce the basics of your own life." Aaron Bastani in conversation with economist, Professor Clara Mattei. Watch the full episode of Downstream on our YouTube channel.

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The US spends $1 trillion per year on its military, while Iran spends less than $10 billion. But Tehran has a strategy of asymmetric warfare, borrowing tactics from the Vietnam war. Ben Norton explains. || Geopolitical Economy Report || Please consider supporting us at https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/Support Subscribe to our newsletter: https://geopoliticaleconomy.report/ Join our community on Patreon: https://patreon.com/GeopoliticalEconomy

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“The news cycle is so fast but people in Gaza are still suffering.” At the Oscars last night, actors Javier Bardem and Charithra Chandra spoke out against the “horrific actions” of US forces in Iran and called for a ceasefire in Palestine.

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The US is demanding that countries let it use their military bases to attack Iran. The UK obediently did so. Spain, on the other hand, refuses. Instead, Spain condemned the US-Israeli war for violating international law, and is calling for peace. This infuriated Trump, and he is now threatening to impose a trade embargo against Spain, to force it to allow the US military to use its bases. Ben Norton explains. || Geopolitical Economy Report || Please consider supporting us at https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/Support Subscribe to our newsletter: https://geopoliticaleconomy.report/ Join us at Patreon: https://patreon.com/GeopoliticalEconomy

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"We need to understand that economics is political, that actually we need to take charge of the things that matter most." Aaron Bastani in conversation with economist Clara Mattei. Watch the full episode of Downstream on our YouTube.

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“This is a region that has the power to bring the world economy to its knees.” On Novara Live, Dalia Gebrial dismantles the racialised framing of the Middle East as inherently violent and undemocratic. Western powers have sown chaos and authoritarianism in the region precisely because they fear how powerful its nations could become if left to their own devices, she says. The global order requires instability in the Middle East “to ensure the geopolitical significance of the region never translates into actual power”.

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After launching a war of aggression against Iran, Trump and Netanyahu are attacking more countries. Israel invaded Lebanon and besieged Gaza. US soldiers are now fighting in Ecuador, and even shooting Pakistani protesters. Ben Norton explains. || Geopolitical Economy Report || Please consider supporting us at https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/Support Subscribe to our newsletter: https://geopoliticaleconomy.report/ Join us at Patreon: https://patreon.com/GeopoliticalEconomy

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“This war has hardened Iran, which is exactly the opposite of what President Trump imagined.” Iranian American political scientist Vali Nasr says that whenever foreign powers take out a country’s leader, it only serves to radicalise the next generation of militants. Since the assassination of Ayatollah Khamenei, Iran knows it is facing an existential threat. “That’s not the point at which you’re going to get more moderate forces coming to the front,” says Nasr. “It’s the ones that are willing to fight and die to save the country that become the prominent voices.”

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At a Friday morning press conference, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth bragged that Iranian leadership were “hiding underground.” In fact, the leadership was out marching with the Iranian people for Palestine on Quds Day, continuing even under the assault of U.S.-Israeli strikes nearby.

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Veteran and executive director of the Center on Conscience and War (@centeronconscience) Mike Prysner discusses growing resistance to the war on Iran among U.S. soldiers. Watch @raniakhalek Dispatches on BreakThrough News' YouTube.

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As Washington edges toward a possible ground invasion in Iran, veteran and executive director of the Center on Conscience and War (@centeronconscience) Mike Prysner calls on U.S. soldiers to refuse deployment. “The people that are in charge right now are monsters,” Prysner states. “They revel in the killing of civilians. And that will weigh on your conscience for the rest of your life. Watch @raniakhalek Dispatches on BreakThrough News' YouTube.

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The Greens have a 70% chance of taking David Lammy’s seat at the next election, according to recent polling analysis. But Lammy insists there is “no prospect” of Zack Polanski’s party winning in his Tottenham constituency. “I don’t think the political class have been shaken out of their delusion yet. They don’t understand the extent to which people feel failed by the kind of politics they represent,” says Dalia Gebrial on Novara Live.

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“When empires feel they are going down, they drag everyone down with them.” The Gaza genocide has ushered in a new era of warfare, in which Israel will not even try to cover up the atrocities it commits. When the US carried out similar crimes in Iraq, it denied everything – and the public only uncovered what happened thanks to leaks. On Novara Live, Dalia Gebrial argues that the world’s sheriffs are increasingly rattled by the emergence of new powers – and when leaders feel existentially threatened, they attack.

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Despite the Israeli government’s strict wartime censorship, leaked footage from Tel Aviv shows devastating destruction from Iranian missiles.

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"How long have you known about Andrew and Epstein?" Anti-monarchy protesters heckled Prince William in London on Thursday, demanding he disclose what he and other royals knew about Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor’s links to child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein. It is the third time in one week that the prince has been heckled, according to the campaign group Republic, which shared the footage.

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Hundreds of protesters responded to an immigration raid targeting Deyvi Daniel Corona-Sanchez in South Burlington, VT on Wednesday and were punched, shoved, maced and run over by police and federal agents. Multiple confrontations occurred throughout the day between protestors and officers. When agents initially tried to arrest Corona-Sanchez, a standoff ensued. A federal agent then returned in the late afternoon claiming they had a warrant signed by a judge for his arrest. The agents broke down the front door of a home shortly before 6 p.m. and forcibly removed three people from inside, none of whom were Corona-Sanchez who was later determined to be not in the house. Protesters linked arms to prevent federal vehicles with those arrested inside from leaving. Several were brutalized and 11 protestors were arrested as federal agents deployed flash bangs and chemical weapons before leaving the scene.

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