The UN Theater

The Purposes of the United Nations are:

• To maintain international peace and security, and to that end: to take effective collective measures for the prevention and removal of threats to the peace, and for the suppression of acts of aggression or other breaches of the peace, and to bring about by peaceful means, and in conformity with the principles of justice and international law, adjustment or settlement of international disputes or situations which might lead to a breach of the peace;
• To develop friendly relations among nations based on respect for the principle of equal rights and self-determination of peoples, and to take other appropriate measures to strengthen universal peace;
• To achieve international co-operation in solving international problems of an economic, social, cultural, or humanitarian character, and in promoting and encouraging respect for human rights and for fundamental freedoms for all without distinction as to race, sex, language, or religion; and
• To be a centre for harmonizing the actions of nations in the attainment of these common ends.

The Organization is based on the principle of the sovereign equality of all its Members.

Based on these articles, the UN is a failure. Will the BRICS+ re-organize and re-locate this international organization? I think they will need to do so.

(3.7 min) 'A Threat to Humanity’: Jeffrey Sachs on the President’s Iran Obsession

Jeff Sachs full interview here.
His open letter to congress here.

Highlights of the UNGA include Trump's speech avowing to destroy Iran. Bibi's speech where over half the representatives walk out. Pezeshkian's speech where he ask why do you want inspectors in Iran when it is Israel which has the bombs? Xi and Trump meet at the White House amidst pomp and ceremony. Iran makes another peace offer based on the MOU which Trump declined. So, the big take away is that the UN has failed in its objective of promoting peace and no one said a word.

A Spectacle Of The Macabre In New York
At the UN general assembly meeting, world leaders, included wanted war criminals, have been getting up on stage, one after the other, and bragging about genocide, war crimes and mass slaughter. Liberal leaders, complicit in the delinquency of empire despite their professed humanitarian credentials, have excused or downplayed those crimes, while others have celebrated facilitating them.
First there was Trump, who began by threatening an apocalypse on Iran, moved on to flaunting the illegal blockade of Cuba before triumphantly mocking Venezuela over the US theft of its oil, declaring that “to the victor belong the spoils.” In a little over half an hour, during which he also demanded the ICC be disbanded, Trump succinctly outlined why the US is the largest terror organisation the world has ever seen....
Mark Carney, when asked about Trump’s language, shrugged it off, saying “well, there’s a war underway, and he’s speaking the language of war.”...
Then there was Mark Rutte, former prime minister of The Netherlands and current head of NATO, who proudly stated that “it would have been impossible to do operation epic fury without having Europe as a power projection platform for the US.” ...
Then there was Netanyahu, the butcher of Gaza and wanted war criminal, who boasted proudly of the ultra-violence his terror state has overseen....
The only leaders speaking in condemnatory tones and attempting to shake the moral conscience of the world were the targets of imperial crimes, but they are treated by the western political and media establishment as savage enemies, their words and warnings ignored. Iran’s president Masoud Pezeshkian, for example, who summed up the absurdity of the imperial order well when he said that “the nuclear bombs are in Israel, but the inspectors are in Iran. Israel commits genocide, yet Iran is sanctioned.” Pezeshkian also delivered the most sensible, statesman-like and human message of the meeting so far, saying “we must not build a world in which military power replaces legitimacy, sanctions replace diplomacy, terror replaces politics, and war replaces dialogue.” His appeal was a stark contrast to the genocidal ravings of Trump and Netanyahu, yet you’ll struggle to find these words in any mainstream western reporting, complicit as they are in the war against Iran, western hegemony, and the slide into an ever-deeper dystopia.
As for the Palestinian victims of genocide and apartheid, well they had their visas revoked before they could even step on a plane. A disgraceful act by empire, but not a surprise, given that for eighty years the west has tried to deny Palestinians platforms from which they could demand justice and accountability.

I liked Patrick's comment in this clip, that Trump's warmongering didn't surprise him, but the fact there was no push back did.

(60 min) Iran Forces US Navy RETREAT, Israel DISAPPEARING |
Col. Lawrence Wilkerson & Patrick Henningsen
Col. Lawrence Wilkerson and geopolitical analyst Patrick Henningsen discuss confirmed reports that the US Navy has retreated far beyond the blockade line against Iran as Israel experiences a massive crisis no one is talking about that threatens its existence as an ongoing imperial entity. They begin the discussion talking about the UN fiasco.

My two favorite diplomats...
Chas Freeman

(58 min) Trump's Genocidal Threat & the Rising Risk of Nuclear War

Alastair Crooke

(38 min) The Old World Order is Breaking - Trump Won't Let Go

What Was This Xi Visit About?
There was some pomp around China’s President Xi’s visit and talks in Washington DC. There were however no results....
China can continue to sit back and look on while Trump helps the U.S. empire to dismantle itself.

Max Blumenthal

(34 min) Trump’s Deranged UN Threats

Lt.COL. Karen Kwiatkowski

(25 min) Trump/Hegseth Ruin US Military readiness

Don Corleone Trump

(14 min) Trump’s White House runs a mob-style extortion racket that will bankrupt the country the way Trump bankrupted his casinos.
Or read the article here.

Chris has another article out on Trump

By any standard of morality, Trump is depraved. But adorned with the power of the state, he descends to another level — the level of evil...
Trump crosses line after line. He declares wars on a whim. He enriches himself and his family in crypto schemes, from which he has made over a billion dollars. He orders assassinations and the kidnapping of heads of state. He uses billions of taxpayer dollars to sustain genocide in Palestine and since January 2025 has provided over $20 billion in new arms sales to Israel. He guts government departments designed to lift up the vulnerable and bloats the war budget. He builds rogue paramilitary forces to terrorize citizens and immigrants. He attacks and attempts to censor the news industry.
In short, he does what all who commit evil do. He fosters a world where nothing is sacred and where democracy and civic virtues do not exist.

Robert Barnes

(80 min) No Plan B on Iran as GOP Faces Midterm Rout

Alex Christoforou

(24 min) Europe Diesel Panic as West Pressures Putin for Meeting; Netanyahu UN Walkout
Donald Trump welcomed Xi Jinping to the White House for a full day of talks on trade, Taiwan, Iran and Ukraine, while Benjamin Netanyahu addressed a nearly empty UN General Assembly with pagers and a Starlink in hand. Alex breaks down Iran's new deal offer to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, Europe's alarm over a possible US diesel export ban, Macron's move to guard a Saudi pipeline, and the Witkoff and Kushner push for a trilateral meeting with Putin and Zelensky. Is Europe about to learn what diversification really means?
00:00:00 Introduction
00:00:57 Trump hosts Xi Jinping at the White House
00:03:47 Netanyahu addresses a near empty UN hall
00:08:40 Araghchi stays in New York for Iran deal
00:09:50 Europe alarmed over US diesel export ban
00:14:10 Macron sends French forces to Saudi pipeline
00:14:48 Russian strikes knock out Ukraine internet
00:16:56 CNN and Politico return to the White House
00:18:18 Clown World: Kallas angry over Putin G20 invite
00:19:53 Trilateral meeting push and CIA drone claims

I found this conversation interesting. It focuses on the illegal war of NATO in Yugoslavia, and the resulting chaos. This was my introduction to John Laughland.

(44 min) Manufactured 'Heroes': NATO Rebranding of Criminal Networks
John Laughland is an academic, author, lecturer, and director of Forum for Democracy International. Laughland discusses how NATO's illegal war in Kosovo set the precedent for whitewashing and rebranding criminal networks as proxies.
He suggests we are in a foundational moment.

Seyed M. Marandi

(55 min) Trump Defies Iran, Promises Renewed Bombing Campaign

War On Iran: Economic Pressure Is Not A One-Way Road
Iran has repeated its proposal for reopening the Strait of Hormuz...The offer is a return to the MoU which is then to be executed in a compressed timeframe...
Agreeing to Iran’s condition is likely the last chance for President Trump to lower energy prices before the midterm elections, especially for gas and diesel.
But there are various forces which will try to hinder him. The Zionists want Iran destroyed. Any attempt to a peaceful solution is intolerable for them....
The U.S. recently threatened economic sanctions against airports which serve Iranian airlines. China rejected such pressure and flights between Iran and China continue on schedule. But the Gulf countries are following the dictates from Washington. The have stopped servicing Iranian carriers.
...Rezaei also warned neighboring states aiding US pressure on Iranian aviation: block Iranian flights and “your airports will have no flights.”...
Saudi Arabia and the UAE may be among the first to discover that a strategy designed to contain Iran can quickly boomerang against the Gulf itself.
... Iran’s parliament speaker MB Ghalibaf: You wanted Iran dragged back to 1970s? Nobody told you Iran isn’t for arrogant amateurs? We’ll return you to 1970s rates, plus high gas prices, diesel shortages and bell-bottoms. Enjoy the nostalgia!

Larry Johnson is back in Florida after his trip to Russia. He discusses his trip here.

(55 min) PROTESTS ERUPT IN IRAQ OVER IRAN’S EMBARGO, TRUMP REJECTS IRAN DEAL

So it looks like a hot war is on the way. Will Iran preemptively strike US resources in the region? It makes sense to do so.

Yemen and Saudi Arabia haven't stopped
Yemen’s Ansar Allah Announces Another Wave of Attacks on Saudi Arabia Targeting Riyadh and Yanbu
Ansar Allah also said that Saudi Arabia has launched over 1,000 airstrikes in Yemen since the escalation began...
President Trump reportedly gave Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman the green light to escalate in Yemen before the July 13 strikes, and the US is providing targeting and intelligence support for the Saudi bombing campaign but has so far refrained from launching direct strikes against Ansar Allah, as a US-Ansar Allah ceasefire reached in May 2025 still remains in effect.

So my friends, the international vehicle for peace has backfired and broken down. The US wields to much power in the UN organization for it to function as designed. Other countries kowtow to the US in fear they too will become a target of our collective madness. The US bullies, threatens, insures indebtedness through business deals and sanctions, actively coups administrations which don't submit (look out Lula), and finally start actual or proxy wars. We support and are funding the Palestinian genocide, and purposely creating chaos in western Asia.

What we export comes home to roost, and the government uses the same techniques against it own citizens if they step out of line. Susan Sarandon and others were arrested for protesting Bibi's appearance. I thought the first amendment assured our Right to Assemble and Protest. Oh yeah, there's the Israel exception since they own our government and media.

At least we live in interesting times. I hope you'll post the items that interest you in the comments below.