Global Justice in the 21st Century

Prefatory Note: Two Texts evant to Ongoing US/Israel War Against Iran in the context of a failing Ceaefire Agreement. Iran’s Conditions and Declaration of Global Conscience signed and individually affirmed by listed non-Iranians.]

“Six Non‑Negotiable Terms from international Scholars and Former Officials from 30 countries to End the U.S. War on Iran Amid Trump’s Threat of War Crimes”

The conscience of humanity resists “everything for us, nothing for others,” the creed of the predatory empire erected on the corpses of nations. The shameless rapacity and insolence have reached their zenith, and Trump’s threats illustrate the depraved spirit of a decaying civilisation. We must not be passive witnesses, but active architects of a new world where arrogance crumbles and righteousness prevails.

A large transnational group of prominent voices—including former UN officials, Retired career diplomats, former ministers, scholars and intellectuals, political figures and former parliamentarians, military and security professionals, artists, lawyers as well as journalists, activists, and antiwar leaders, from 30 countries—has released an open letter sharply criticising the global role of the United States and calling for a new international order centered on sovereignty and resistance to what they describe as Western domination.

Most of the signatories are from Western countries, alongside participants from Asia, Latin America, and Africa. The declaration, titled “A Declaration to the Conscience of Humanity,” was signed by over 170 signatories from countries including the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, Germany, France, Portugal, Belgium, Italy, Scotland, Ireland, Australia, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Sweden, Serbia, Poland, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Lithuania, Russia, China, Malaysia, India, Brazil, Venezuela, Argentina, Mexico, South Africa, Lebanon, Turkey, and Iran.

In this fact-based public letter, the authors deliver a sweeping critique of American foreign policy and historical conduct. The letter states that for “249 years—spanning the entirety of its existence since 1776—the United States built a record of atrocity that belonged to a darker, pre-civilised age,” describing the country as “a predatory empire erected on the corpses of nations.”

The signatories, including current and former professors affiliated with 52 universities and academic institutions worldwide, accuse Washington of maintaining global military dominance through an extensive overseas presence. They state that the United States operates “over 800 military garrisons poisoning more than 90 foreign countries and territories” and has cultivated what the signatories call “a doctrine of absolute predation.”

The declaration also condemns U.S. involvement in major wars of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, referring to what it calls “the genocidal horror of Vietnam,” “the annihilation of Cambodia,” and the “systematic slaughter of Koreans,” as well as the destruction of Iraq, Libya, Syria, and Afghanistan.

A central focus of the document is the ongoing confrontation involving Iran. These public figures argue that the current situation reflects what they describe as an expansionist U.S. strategy aimed at dominating global resources. According to the statement, the United States government is driven by “the demonic creed of ‘everything for us, nothing for others’,” which they say seeks control of global resources ranging from “the oil of Venezuela” to “the mineral wealth of Greenland” or “the energy reserves of Canada”.

The undersigned further assert that U.S. policy now “fixates on Iran” because the country possesses “over seven percent of the world’s mineral and energy wealth,” which they describe as “the final frontier of plunder.”

The document also criticizes contemporary American leadership, arguing that the “moral collapse of the West finds its embodiment in the pathetic figure of Mr. Trump,” and calling for what they describe as an end to “the era of pillage.”

Beyond its criticism of U.S. policy, the announcement proposes several demands that the signatories say are necessary to end the current war on Iran. These include guarantees against future aggression, the dismantling of U.S. military installations in the region, formal international condemnation of acts of aggression, reparations for damages caused by war, the establishment of a new legal framework for the Strait of Hormuz, recognising Iran’s sovereignty, and the prosecution and extradition of operatives in anti-Iranian media who have incited this bloodshed.

The authors also call on intellectuals, scholars, institutions, and civil society organizations worldwide to condemn what is described as the normalization of violations of international law and to challenge the global

structures that sustain domination and military intervention.

In conclusion, the signatories argue that the present moment represents a decisive historical turning point. “We stand with justice—not as passive witnesses, but as active architects of a new world,” the letter states, emphasizing that the international community must confront what it calls the return of predatory power in global politics.

Among the signatories are prominent scientists and figures representing a wide array of expertise and leadership, including philosophers, economists, historians, sociologists, jurists, theologians, Islamologists, reverends, biologists, physicians, musicians, filmmakers, songwriters, singers, entrepreneurs, engineers, novelists, theorists, as well as a physicist, a psychologist, an anthropologist, and a comedian. This diverse coalition reflects the global conscience of humanity, uniting professionals, scholars, and advocates from multiple disciplines in a shared call against U.S. exceptionalism.

The full text of the declaration, along with the complete list of signatories, has been released publicly in more than ten languages:

……………………………………………………………………………………………………….

A Declaration to the Conscience of Humanity

To the peoples of the world, to thinkers, to scholars, and to those who believe in justice:

A specter now haunts the conscience of humanity—the return of predatory power— and it shall no longer go unchallenged.

For 249 years—spanning the entirety of its existence since 1776—the United States built a record of atrocity that belonged to a darker, pre-civilised age; the predatory empire erected on the corpses of nations; from the genocide of nearly 5 million Indigenous peoples, to the brutal enslavement of over 4 million Africans, to the lynching of more than 4,000 Black citizens under Jim Crow. With over 800 military garrisons poisoning more than 90 foreign countries and territories, it cultivated a doctrine of absolute predation. From the genocidal horror of Vietnam, with over 3 million dead; to the annihilation of Cambodia, where 2 million perished under US-backed terror; to the systematic slaughter of Koreans, with more than 4 million Korean lives extinguished; to the destruction of Iraq, Libya, Syria, and Afghanistan, where one million Iraqis and tens of thousands of Libyans were consumed by US fire.

Yet the rational order that governs the world once helped humanity move beyond such practices. Humanity had consigned this barbarism to history. But now we are witnessing its return. The ongoing, systematic immolation of Gaza through the sustained support for the genocidal Israeli regime, where over 77,000 civilians in Palestine have been butchered—the scale of this atrocity reveals an inescapable truth: the pre-civilised practice has returned, and Washington has once again become its willing executor.

This is the demonic creed of “everything for us, nothing for others.” With shameless rapacity, it claims the resources of the world—whether the oil of Venezuela, the mineral wealth of Greenland, or the energy reserves of Canada—as objects of strategic entitlement. And now, that gluttonous eye fixates on Iran. Because Iran—possessing over 7% of the world’s mineral and energy wealth—is seen as the final frontier of plunder.

Yet this is no longer a matter of economics. It is a matter of honour. The world witnesses that the United States is actively engaged in a criminal enterprise termed the “Ramadan War” against the Iranian nation. This ongoing butchery has already claimed the lives of 208 innocent children. Let the world mark the date—168 of them were little girls, elementary students at the Shadjareh Tayyebeh School in Minab city in Iran, extinguished in their classrooms by US ordained terror.

Their futile and desperate contrivances aim at so-called “regime change” and the fragmentation of Iran—stripping the nation of its sovereignty and, thereby, facilitating the systematic plunder of its resources. In pursuit of this ultimate depravity, the U.S. brutally assassinated Iran’s spiritual and intellectual leader, Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei—recognised globally as a voice against arrogance and terrorism—along with his family.

They have waged a war of targeted terror against the very pillars of the Iranian state. To date, US aggression has criminally murdered 39 Iranian statesmen, including the scientific genius Dr. Ali Larijani, Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council.

Now, the insolence has reached its zenith. The US President openly threatens the Iranian people on social media with the destruction of their energy infrastructure. This is the depraved spirit of a decaying civilisation. The moral collapse of the West finds its embodiment in the pathetic figure of Mr. Trump—a man whose catastrophic conduct over the last two years has exhausted not only the world, but his own people. The time has come to declare, with one voice: Enough! The era of pillage is over.

But the United States has made a fatal miscalculation. What stands before it is not merely a nation, but a civilisation that has weaponised its own DNA—ancient organisational genius fused with 21st-century scientific sovereignty. This is the reality of active deterrence by Iran; a global pole of power that dictates the terms of engagement, forcing strategic retreat by rewriting the very rules of active defence. Now, its adaptive reorganisation, civilisational continuity, and social unity have fused into a singular, unbreakable force.

Iran’s all-encompassing defence and active deterrence represents a golden opportunity to end global hegemony. The historical and civilisational doctrine of Iran is absolute: power does not confer right, and domination cannot serve as a foundation for justice. This is recognised as the bedrock of Iran’s invincibility. The world may avail itself of this historic turning point, drawing upon this very doctrine of liberation, to bring an end to domination and oppression wherever they may exist.

US and Israeli exceptionalism have dragged the world into an epoch defining choice between might and right, sovereignty and subjugation, dignity and dishonour. This moment must serve as the wake-up call for humanity to recognize that there is another way. It must impel people everywhere to do everything in their power to challenge the structures undergirding a global system that desecrates every moral value including the right to life itself.

Iran is the final frontier. If it falls, the hope of a better, enlightened future for the world dies with it. We cannot let that happen. The aggression against Iran is part of a system of global power that oppresses all of us. We cannot afford to stand by and watch arrogant authoritarianism running amok. Our very future depends on the success of Iran.

Therefore we cannot countenance any outcome of this war that involves a return to the status quo ante. Those who inflict such suffering must be made to pay a hefty price for their crimes. They must be made to realise that military might does not absolve them of the responsibility to uphold the laws on which the peace and security of our world depend. To that end, we support the terms set out by Iran for ending this war.

From the perspective of global justice, the terms for ending this war are absolute and non-negotiable:

1. Guarantees against repetition and a binding international commitment ensuring no future aggression.
2. The immediate dismantling of all US military installations in the region.
3. Formal admission of aggression, international condemnation of the aggressors, and full reparations for life and property.
4. An immediate end to war on all regional fronts.
5. A new legal regime for the Strait of Hormuz, recognising Iran’s sovereignty.
6. The prosecution and extradition of operatives in anti-Iranian media who have incited this bloodshed.

We, the undersigned in spirit, call upon our peers, the thinkers, the scholars, the institutions of conscience, and the advocates of justice across the world:

• Condemn the United States unequivocally for its systematic normalisation of contempt for international covenants and its reversion to the spirit of historical savagery and barbarism.

• Isolate the rogue regime of the United States diplomatically and economically for its ongoing crimes against humanity.

• Recognise Iran’s inherent right to active deterrence against unprovoked aggression.

• Demand the immediate cessation of American and U.S.-sponsored terrorism and the prosecution of those who order it.

As it has always done, history will record the courage of those who refuse to remain silent. We stand with justice—not as passive witnesses, but as active architects of a new world that has reached its threshold where arrogance crumbles and righteousness prevails. The arrogant must be dismantled. The world demands it. Justice will enforce it.

Signed in solidarity;

1. Richard Falk (USA)

Professor Emeritus of International Law at Princeton University and former UN Special Rapporteur on human rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territories (2008 – 2014) author or editor of more than 50 books on international law and global politics

• Denis Halliday (Ireland)

Former UN Secretary-General deputy and Humanitarian Coordinator in Iraq, Gandhi International Peace Award (2003)

• Norman Finkelstein (USA)

Highly internationally known political scientist, son of Holocaust-survivor parents, widely cited & recognized in Middle East political debate. former Professor at universities of DePaul, Princeton, Rutgers and New York

• Avi Shlaim (UK)

Professor Emeritus of International Relations and Historian at St Antony’s College, Oxford University, British Academy Medal (2017) for lifetime achievement,PEN Hessell‑Tiltman Prize (2024) for historical writing

• Hans von Sponeck (Germany)

Former UN Assistant Secretary-General and UN Humanitarian Coordinator for Iraq

• Alain de Benoist (France)

Internationally recognized philosopher and essayist whose work spans political theory, philosophy, history of religions, and cultural criticism, focused on critiques of liberalism, universalism, and modern egalitarian ideology

• Chris Williamson (UK)

Former Shadow Ministerfor Communities and Local Government (2010 to 2013), Former member of Parliament for 7 years, former leader of Derby City Council

• Boaventura de Sousa Santos (Portugal)

One of the world’s most internationally highly cited sociologists, Professor Emeritus of Sociology at the School of Economics of the University of Coimbra, Distinguished Legal Scholar at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Law School, Founder of the World Social Forum & the concept of “Epistemologies of the South”, Frantz Fanon Lifetime Achievement Award (2022), Kalven Prize, Jabuti Award, Gulbenkian Science Prize

• Jean Bricmont (Belgium)

Internationally cited theoretical physicist and philosopher of science, Professor at the Catholic University of Louvain, author/co-author of several books including Fashionable Nonsense and Humanitarian Imperialism

1. Dieudonné (France)

Internationally recognized Artist and Stand-up Comedian, author of more than 25 one-man shows, recipient of the Grand Prix de l’Humour Noir (2000) for his contribution to satirical comedy

1. Hamid Algar (USA)

Professor Emeritus of Persian studies at the University of California, Berkeley, King Faisal Prize laureate

1. Oya Baydar (Turkey)

Iconic Novelist and Sociologist who spent years in political exile after the 1980 Turkish coup d’état, later she returned and continued her literary career. She holds 5 Awards on novels, literature, short story and culture

1. Philip Giraldi (USA)

Counterterrorism Expert and Columnist, Executive Director of the non-profit, non-partisan anti-war advocacy group The Council for the National Interest (CNI), Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity (VIPS)

1. Imam Suhaib Webb (UK)

Former imam of the Islamic Society of Boston Cultural Center, Former Resident Scholar of the Islamic Center of New York University, founder of Ella Collins Institute, one of the World’s 500 Most Influential Muslims list by the Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Centre (2010), recipient as Best Muslim Blog of the Year and Best Muslim Tweeter of the Year by Brass Crescent Awards

1. Cynthia McKinney (USA)

Former Congresswomen for 6 terms (Georgia), Assistant Professor and Director of the Office of External Affairs at North South University; recipient of various peace and human-rights awards (e.g., peace advocacy awards)

1. Ann Wright (USA)

Army Colonel and Former US diplomat who resigned in 2003 in opposition to the US war on Iraq, Jurist

1. Mohd Azmi Abdul Hamid (Malaysia)

President of Malaysia Consultative Council of Islamic Organizations

1. R. Roshan Baig (India)

Former seven-time member of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly, Former Minister of Home Affairs, Former Minister for Urban Development, Former Minister for Infrastructure

1. Saied Reza Ameli (Islamic Republic of Iran)

Full Professor of Communication and Global Studies at the University of Tehran, Head of the UNESCO Chair on Cyberspace and Culture, Founder and Dean of the Faculty of World Studies, Editor-in-chief of Journal of Cyberspace Studies, Member of Iranian Academy of Sciences as well as two High State Cultural Councils

• Haim Bresheeth (UK)

Retired Professorial Research Associate Professor of Film, Media and Cultural Studies, and Visual Culture at the School of SOAS, the University of East London, Campaign Against Misrepresentation in Public Affairs

• Mohammad Marandi (Islamic Republic of Iran)

Full Professor of English Literature, Orientalism and American Studies at University of Tehran

• Ajamu Baraka (USA)

2016 Green Party nominee for Vice President, Anti-Colonial fighter and Veteran of U.S. Black Liberation Movement, Founder of Black Alliance for Peace

• Bijan Abdolkarimi (Islamic Republic of Iran)

Philosopher, prominent intellectual in post October 7^th era, focused on ontology and political philosophy, specializing in the thought of Martin Heidegger, Associate Professor of philosophy in Islamic Azad University

• Daud Abdullah (UK)

Director of Middle East Monitor and former Deputy Secretary General of the Muslim Council of Britain

• Vijay Prashad (India)

Director of Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research, editor of LeftWord Books, Chief Correspondent at Globetrotter, and senior fellow at Renmin University of China, advisory board member of the US Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel, co-founder of the Forum of Indian Leftists, Muzaffar Ahmad Book Prize, Paul A. Baran–Paul M. Sweezy Memorial Award

• Ramón Grosfoguel (USA)

Sociologist and Professor Emeritus at the Department of Ethnic Studies at the University of California, Berkeley

• Lawrence Davidson (USA)

Professor Emeritus of Middle East History at West Chester University (WCU)

• David Miller (UK)

Sociologist and former professor at the University of Strathclyde, the University of Bath and the University of Bristol, Co-Director of Spinwatch

• Abbas Edalat (UK)

Professor of Computer Science and Mathematics at Imperial College London and founder of the Science and Arts Foundation (SAF) and Campaign against Sanctions, Military and Imperial Interventions (CASMII)

• Dinah Shelton (USA)

Professor Emeritus of International Law at George Washington University Law School; former Commissioner and President of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (2010–2014), Elizabeth Haub Prize for Environmental Law (2006), International Environmental Law Award (2016)

• Jodi Dean (USA)

Political Theorist and Professor at Hobart and William Smith Colleges, former Erasmus Professor of the Humanities in the Faculty of Philosophy at Erasmus University Rotterdam

• Peter Limb (USA)

Internationally recognized Historian and Professor at Michigan State University

• Michael Maloof (USA)

Former Senior Security Policy Analyst in the Office of the Secretary of Defense

• Michael Springmann (USA)

Former Diplomat in Germany and Saudi Arabia, Attorney and Counsellor at Law, Doctor of Law

• Augusto Sinagra (Italy)
  Professor Emeritus of International Law at Sapienza University of Rome

• Syed Sadatullah Husaini (India)

President of India’s biggest Muslim origination (Jamaat-e-Islami Hind)

• Angelo d’Orsi (Italy)

Historian of Philosophy and Professor Emeritus of History of Political Doctrines at the University of Turin

• Sibel Edmonds (USA)

Exposer of corruption and intelligence failures within U.S. government agencies, PEN/Newman’s Own First Amendment Award (2006), Sam Adams Award for Integrity in Intelligence (2012)

• Kevin B. MacDonald (USA)

Professor Emeritus of Evolutionary Psychology at California State University, Long Beach (CSULB)

• Alberto Bradanini (Italy)

Former director of UN Interregional Crime & Justice Research Institute & UN Research Institute on Crime & Drugs, former ambassador in Tehran and Beijing, president of the Centre for Contemporary China Studies in Italy

• James H. Fetzer (USA)

McKnight Professor Emeritus of the Philosophy of Science at the University of Minnesota Duluth

• Piero Bevilacqua (Italy)

Historian, Professor of Contemporary History at the Sapienza University of Rome, author of 34 books

• Claudio Mutti (Italy)

Former Professor at the University of Bologna, Director of “Eurasia, Rivista di Studi Geopolitici”

• Siddiqullah Chowdhury (India)

Representative of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly, member of the All India Trinamool Congress (AITC)

• Claudio Moffa (Italy)

Former Professor of History of International Relations at the University of Teramo

• Maria Poumier (France)

Professor at University of Havana, Former Professor at the University of Paris (Sorbonne), documentary maker

• Bruno Drweski (France)

Professor Emeritus at the National Institute of Oriental Languages ​​and Civilizations (Université Paris-Cité) and Paris Geopolitics Academy

• Paulina Aroch Fugellie (Mexico)

Full Professor at the Department of Humanities, Metropolitan Autonomous University

• Munyaradzi Mushonga (South Africa)

Global Academic Director for the Decolonial International Network (DIN), Associate Professor at the University of the Free State

• Mufti Mukarram Ahmed (India)

Religious and literary scholar, Imam of India’s second largest mosque (Shahi Masjid Fatehpuri)

• Alain Corvez (France)

Colonel of French Army, former advisor minister of defense, former deputy to the General Commanding the UN Force in South Lebanon, advisor in international affairs

• Jodie Evans (USA)

Co-founder of the anti-war organization Code Pink, Filmmaker, former board chair of Rainforest Action Network

• Jean-Louis Poirier (France)

Philosopher, Historian and Translator

• Zlatko Hadžidedić (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Political Scientist and Director of the Center for Nationalism Studies in Sarajevo

• Elizabeth Murray (USA)

Former Deputy National Intelligence Officer for the Near East at the National Intelligence Council; member of Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity (VIPS)

• Pepe Escobar (Brazil)

Geopolitical Analyst and Journalist who has written for Asia Times, Mondialisation.ca, CounterPunch, Al-Jazeera, RT, Sputnik, Strategic Culture Foundation and Guancha

• Rodney Shakespeare (UK)

Economist and Visiting Professor at Trisakti University, Expert on Binary Economics

• Salman Hussaini Nadwi (India)

Founding member/chairman of numerous religious, medical, IT and engineering colleges and hospitals, scholar and professor in the Islamic sciences, author of numerous scholarly works, President of Jamiat Shabaab ul Islam, editor and co-editor of thirteen different periodicals in English, Urdu, Persian and Arabic languages 

• Ralph Bosshard (Switzerland)

Former Military Advisor to the Secretary General of Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe

• Daniel Estulin (Lithuania)

Writer and international speaker, author of “The True Story of the Bilderberg Group”

• Peter Koenig (Switzerland)

Economist and Geopolitical Analyst with more than 30 years of experience in the World Bank, the World Health Organization and the Swiss Development Cooperation

• İbrahim Betil (Turkey)

Founding President of the Turkish Education Volunteers Foundation, Businessman and Social Entrepreneur, former CEO of Tekfen Holding, Multiple Turkish civil society and philanthropy awards

• Tommy Sheridan (Scotland)

Candidate for Glasgow in 2026 Scottish Parliamentary Elections, Former Member of the Parliament, Former Convenor of Scottish Socialist Party, Former Glasgow City Councillor, former Convenor of Solidarity

• Christoph Hörstel (Germany)

Author and Expert on Security, NATO Policies, Geopolitics, and German foreign policy, Publicist

• Sara Flounders (USA)

Co-director of the International Action Center and Secretariat Member of the Workers World Party

• Kevin J. Barrett (USA)

Arabist-Islamologist Scholar, former Professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison

• Zakia Soman (India)

Former Professor of Business Communication at the University of Gujarat, Founder of Bharatiya Muslim Mahila Andolan (BMMA) on women’s rights, member of South Asian Alliance for Poverty Eradication (SAAPE)

• Stephen Sizer (UK)

Former Vicar of Christ Church of Virginia Water in Surrey and director of the Peacemaker Trust

• E. Michael Jones (USA)

Former Professor of English literature at Saint Mary’s College (Indiana), founder of Culture Wars Magazine

• Tim Anderson (Australia)

Political Economist, Director of Centre for Counter Hegemonic Studies, Former Senior lecturer at the University of Sydney 

• Piers Robinson (UK)

Former Professor of Political Journalism, International Politics and Political Communication at Universities of Sheffield, Manchester and Liverpool, Co-Director Organisation for Propaganda Studies & Research Director at 
the International Center for 9/11 Justice

• Pino Cabras (Italy)

Former Vice-President of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Italian Parliament

• Jean Michel Vernochet (France)

Former Journalist of Le Figaro Magazine, Writer and Geopolitical Analyst

• Angelo Persiani (Italy)

Former Ambassador in Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Sweden

• Guillermo Barreto (Venezuela)

Biologist and Retired Full Professor at the Organisms Biology Department of Simón Bolívar University

• Mateusz Piskorski (Poland)

Former Professor at University of Szczecin and Jan Długosz University, Co-founder of the European Center of Geopolitical Analysis, former member of the Polish Parliament in the Assembly of Western European Union

• Declan Hayes (Ireland)

Retired Professor at the Sophia University of Tokyo

• Anisur Rahman Qasmi (India)

Scholar, community leader, Former vice president of the All India Milli Council, lecturer on Islamic jurisprudence 

• Dave Smith (Australia)

Anglican priest, Social Educator, Boxer, 2022 Candidate in Federal Election – United Australia Party (Grayndler)

• Aran Martin (Australia)

Managing Editor of the Institute of Postcolonial Studies (IPCS), Professor at University of Melbourne, Executive Director of Global Security Foundation, Editor of Postcolonial Studies

• David Rovics (USA)

Singer and Songwriter, Musician focused on US wars, globalization, anarchism, social justice and labor history, ASCAP Deems Taylor Award

• Vito Petrocelli (Italy)

Former Chairman of Foreign affairs committee of Italian Senate, Editorial Director of AntiDiplomatico,

• Dilek Bektas (Turkey)

Retired Professor at Mimar Sinan Fine Art University

• Veysel Dinler (Turkey)

Professor of law at Hitit University

• Christian Bouchet (France)

Anthropologist, Former Politician and Antiwar Activist

• Hacer Ansal (Turkey)

Professor of Sociology at Işık University, Expert on Social Theory and Gender

• Denijal Jegić (Lebanon)

Professor of communication in the Department of Communication at Lebanese American University

• Pawel Moscicki (Poland)

Professor at the Polish Academy of Sciences, Philosopher, Essayist, host of the Inny Swiat podcast

• Vanessa Beeley (France)

Photographer and Independent Journalist on Middle Eastern issues based in Syria

• Massoud Shadjareh (UK)

Chair of Islamic Human Rights Commission-London, holding consultative status at the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs

• Zeki Kılıçaslan (Turkey)

Professor of chest diseases at Istanbul University Faculty of Medicine, Social Justice Advocate

• Sandew Hira (Netherlands)

Founder of Decolonial International Network known for his Decolonial Theory, Director of International Institute for Scientific Research

• Paul Larudee (USA)

Founder of the Free Gaza Movement and the Free Palestine Movement, Member of the International Solidarity Movement, co-speaker of the 2010 Gaza Freedom Flotilla

• Yvonne Ridley (UK)

Secretary General of European Muslim League, Candidate for Glasgow in 2026 Scottish Parliamentary Elections, Former President of the International Muslim Women’s Union

• Konrad Rekas (Poland–Scotland)

Lecturer at Nottingham Trent University, Member of Polish YES for Scotland

• James Perloff (USA)

Author, Researcher, and former Editor-In-Chief of The New American magazine

• Lucien Cerise (France)

Author of Governing by Chaos, Antiwar activist and Geopolitical Analyst

• Jürgen Cain Külbel (Germany)

Criminologist, Investigative Journalist, Author of a book on Israel’s role in assassination of Hariri

• Carol Brouillet (USA)

Peace activist, co-founder of the Northern California 9-11 Truth Alliance, and Green Party candidate for the U.S. Congress in California (2006, 2008, 2012)

1. Dogan Bermek (Turkey)

President of Alevi Philosophy Center Association, Former President of the Alavi Federation of Turkiye

1. Gilles Munier (France)

Investigative Journalist and Secretary General of the Franco-Iraqi Friendships Association

1. Rebecca Shoot (USA)

International lawyer, Co-Convener of Washington Working Group for the International Criminal Court and Co-Convener ImPact Coalition on Strengthening International Judicial Institutions

1. Leonid Savin (Russia)

Chief editor of Geopolitika.ru (from 2008), founder and chief editor of Journal of Eurasian Affairs

1. Rich Siegel (USA)

Pianist, songwriter, writer and peace activist, and 2015 Green Party political candidate in New Jersey

1. Gordon Duff (USA)

Former UN Diplomat in Iraq, Vietnam War Marine

1. Marion Sigaut (France)

Historian, Essayist, and Researcher on French history and political thought

1. Caleb Maupin (USA)

Founder of Center for Political Innovation, Journalist

1. Jacob Cohen (France)

Academic, Novelist and Antiwar Activist

1. Ken O’keefe (USA–Ireland)

Former Marine and Gulf War veteran, antiwar activist

1. Rainer Rupp (Germany)

Economist and Journalist

1. Thomas Werlet (France)

Leader of Mouvement FRANCE RÉSISTANCE 

1. Dragana Trifković (Serbia)

Director General of the Center for Geostrategic Studies &President of the Eurasian Media Forum

1. Feroze Mithiborwala (India)

Columnist and Founder of India Iran Friendship Forum

1. Imam Muhammad al-Asi (USA)

Former Imam of the Islamic Center of Washington, Research Fellow at the Institute of Contemporary Islamic Thought

1. Benedetto Ligorio (Italy)

Assistant Professor at the Department of philosophy of Sapienza University of Rome

1. Rania Masri (USA)
   Co-Director of North Carolina Environmental Justice Network

1. Haydeé García Bravo (Mexico)

Associate Researcher at Center of Interdisciplinarity Research in Science and Humanities, National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM)

1. José Gandarilla Salgado (Mexico)

Senior Researcher at Center of Interdisciplinarity Research in Science and Humanities, National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM)

1. Finian Cunningham (Ireland)

Author and Journalist at Strategic Culture Foundation

1. Margherita Furlan (Italy)

Journalist and director of Casa Del Sole TV

1. Eva Bartlett (Canada–USA)

Independent journalist, war correspondent, and activist focusing on Middle East conflicts

1. Teša Tešanović (Serbia)

Journalist and TV host, founder of Balkan Info

1. Claude Janvier (France)

Writer, Essayist and Columnist

1. Eric Walberg (Canada)

Geopolitical Expert and Author

1. Valérie Bugault (France)

Jurist and geopolitical analyst; Jurist

1. Adrián Salbuchi (Argentina)

Political Analyst and Writer

1. Yvan Benedetti (France)

One of the prominent leaders of Yellow Vests Movement

1. Yannick Sauveur (France)

Writer and Geopolitical analyst

1. Pierre-Antoine Plaquevent (France)

Writer, political analyst, and international consultant, Head the Strategika think tank and the Polemos newsletter

1. Arnaud Develay (France)

Political Consultant and International Legal Expert

1. Michael Spath (USA)

Executive Director of Indiana Center for Middle East Peace

1. Zhu Haozeng (China)

Editor in Chief of Haikou Xianjielun Cultural Media

1. António Gomes Marques (Portugal)

Retired Banking Director, Essayist

1. Haleh Niazmand (USA)

Professor of Art at Modesto Junior College, Conceptual Artist, Curator, and Art Critic

1. Claude Timmerman (France)
   Biologist, statistician, and researcher in population genetics; Essayist, commentator of Boulevard Voltaire

1. Hafsa Kara-Mustapha (UK)

Journalist and Author, Head of Global Operations African Legacy Foundation

1. Ginette Hess Skandrani (France)

Antiwar activist and member of Parti des Verts (French Green party)

1. Yacob Mahi (Belgium)

Theologian and Islamologist, Professor of Islamic Studies

1. Adam Shamir (Sweden)

Writer, Journalist, and Political Commentator

1. Jean-Loup Izambert (France)

Independent Investigative Journalist and Writer

1. Zafar Bangash (Canada)

Director Institute of Contemporary Islamic Thought in Toronto

1. Imad Hamrouni (France)

Professor at Académie de Géopolitique de Paris, expert on Middle Eastern affairs

1. Joe Iosbaker (USA)

Coordinator of the March on the Democratic National Convention 2024 to Stand With Palestine

1. Richard Haley (UK)

Chair of Scotland Against Criminalising Communities

1. David J. Reilly (USA)

Independent Journalist, Political Commentator, Former Candidate for Governor of Idaho in 2020

1. Nasreen Methai (India)

Founding member of Bharatiya Muslim Mahila Andolan (BMMA); an NGO working on women’s rights

1. Kim Petersen (USA)

Co-editor of the Dissident Voice newsletter

1. Stefano Bonilauri (Italy)

Journalist and Director of Anteo Edizioni

1. Tobias Pfennig (Germany)

Software Engineer and political activist

1. Tony Gosling (UK)

Investigative journalist and political activist

1. Zhang Shouliang (China)
   Deputy editor-in-chief of Haikou Xianjielun Cultural Media

1. Steven Sahiounie (USA)
   Award Winning Journalist and chief editor of MidEastDiscourse

1. Ümit Aktaş (Turkey)

Physician, specialist in herbal therapy and acupuncture

1. Imran Mohd Rasid (Malaysia)

Executive Director of Citizens International

1. Aly Bakkali (Belgium)

President of Partie Islam, antiwar activist

1. Fatma Orgel (Turkey)

Physician at Esenler Clinic, antiwar activist

1. Gurhan Ertur (Turkey)

Director of the NGO Citizen Initiative, antiwar activist

1. Luca Arrighi (Italy)
   Logician and designer of deterministic governance architectures 
   
   
2. Dave Cannon (UK)

Chair of Jewish Network for Palestine

1. Fatma Akdokur (Turkey)

Theology Instructor, antiwar activist

1. Houman Mortazavi (Canada)

Barrister and Solicitor, antiwar activist

1. S.Q Massod (India)

Secretary of ASEEM, antiwar activist

1. Richard Ray (USA)

Editor and Antiwar Activist

1. Shabbir Ali Warsi (India)

Scholar and Antiwar Activist

1. Abbas Ali (UK)

InMinds Human Rights Group

1. Norma Hashim (Malaysia)

Treasurer of Viva Palestina Malaysia

1. Saidi Nordine (Belgium)

Co-spokesperson of Bruxelles Pantheres

1. Iqbal Jassat (South Africa)

Executive Member of Media Review Network

1. Syed Farid Nizami (India)

Scholar and Antiwar Activist

1. Asif Ali Zaidi (India)

Lawyer and Researcher, antiwar activist

1. Kerem Ali (UK)

Spokesperson of Palestine Pulse

1. Syed Mounis Abidi (India)

Human Rights Lawyer, antiwar activist

1. Joe Lorincz (Australia)

Wentworth Falls NSW

1. Mouhad Reghif (Belgium)

Co-spokesperson of Bruxelles Pantheres

 Signatories are signing in their individual capacities and affiliations are for identification purposes only.

Watch Tonight’s Kelly Lecture by Prof. Richard Falk Live — Streaming Link Inside

Nuclear Age Peace Foundation<info@napf.org>

​Richard A. Falk​

Dear Friends, The 21st Frank K. Kelly Lecture on Humanity’s Future begins at 6:00 PM PT this evening. A livestream will be available for those who would like to join us virtually. Watch the lecture live here: https://youtube.com/live/iS45Yc25vT0?feature=share Professor Richard Falk, Albert G. Milbank Professor Emeritus of International Law at Princeton University, will address the legal, moral, and political challenges shaping humanity’s future in this critical moment in the history of our world. We hope you’ll tune in wherever you are. For those unable to do so, a recording will be available on our website shortly.  With gratitude, The Nuclear Age Peace Foundation Team  www.wagingpeace.org



Sent via ActionNetwork.org. To update your email address, change your name or address, or to stop receiving emails from Nuclear Age Peace Foundation , please click here.

[Prefatory Note: This post is a revision of an article written for Il Manifesto in Italy two weeks ago. It doesn’t include reference to Trump’s surreal and morbid claim to have accomplished regime change in Iran by assassinating the Supreme Guide, Ayatollah Khamanei and some other leading figures. The Iranian government has not changed its orientation or structure, but merely replaced murdered leaders with leaders still alive.]

From almost all perspectives the ongoing war of aggression known as the ‘Iran War’ is one of the greatest international blunders in modern history, and far worse than this, poses the highest risks of stumbling into an apocalyptic warfare since the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962. This joint unprovoked attack on a country posing no threat, falsely rationalized after the fact by considerations of regional security and humanitarian benevolence, unleashed by Israel and the United States while the ghastly genocide in Gaza continues and spreads. Israel is rapidly extending its Gaza combat tactics to the West Bank and southern Lebanon while the world is distracted by the ongoing global ripple effects and potential escalating violence in the Iran War.

This lethal chain of events is further aggravated by Trump’s narcissist theatrics, a personalized and bewildering brand of pathologic gaslighting geopolitics that should frightens the sane among us by its clear preference for raising escalation risks to the rooftops rather than reversing course to avoid being demeaned as ‘a loser’ or ‘spineless’ in the face of Iranian resistance. Embarking on such a war represents a colossal breakdown of strategic intelligence that failed to anticipate Iran’s refusal to bow to such aggressive militarism. Iran’s formidable retaliatory capabilities seemed to have been ignored altogether as well as its collective readiness to absorb suffering and devastation rather give in to a second devastating onslaught by Israel and the United States after enduring the 12-day Iran War in June of 2025.  

Likely, one explanation for these miscalculations by the 2026 aggressors was a misinterpretation of the first Iran war, which Israel initiated on June 13, 2025, with finishing touches by U.S. in the form of major B-2 air strikes dropping huge bombs on Israel’s nuclear facilities twelve days later. Iran’s soft response was evidently attributed to its weakness as well as an inflated assessments of the damage done to Iran’s nuclear facilities, military sites, and leadership infrastructure. Less than a year later, underestimating Iran’s recovery and greatly improved missile capabilities this second Iran War was initiated. Iran’s internal unrest and protests weeks earlier stimulated by decades of sanctions and externally promoted in various ways, apparently made this an irresistible time to launch a second Iran War under a pragmatically populist Trump urging the Iranians to seize the occasion of the war ‘to take back their country,’ ‘regime change’ by another means.

This message from such a discredited source fared no better than barrage of missile and bombing attacks. This second Iran War initiated by the U.S., joined by Israel, was particularly perfidious considering that conflict-resolving negotiations were underway between Iran and the United States, situated in Oman whose national mediator voiced his public optimism that the parties were on the verge of a broad conflict-resolving agreement. Such a crafty misuses of diplomacy as a prelude to war rather than a genuine search for a peaceful alternative undoubtedly deepened Iran’s suspicion that ceasefire diplomacy is just a pause before the next attack. Trump said as much in his April 1^st triumphalist speech on this second phase of an increasingly undisguised undertaking to keep attacking Iran as long as its government is perceived as hostile to the regional strategies of Israel and the United States.

Confusion reigns at present. Whether the war is on the verge of dangerous escalation or a diplomatic reversal of course remains clouded by inconsistent signals from Washington. Trump issues a 48-hour ultimatum demanding Iran’s surrender or experience the destruction of its energy infrastructure, prompting Iran to make counter-threats of the same nature but directed at the entire Gulf region. After which, Trump suspended the threats shortly after they were issued with the apparently fake explanations that strong talks toward reaching a peace agreement with Iran were underway and going well. Iran quickly contradicted Trump’s these upbeat comments and disclosed its own far-reaching demands for a durable future, which seemed far from conveying a readiness to submit to the will of its aggressors. Iran’s apparent position on how to end the war was clarified the by the public release of carefully phrased requirements for a peace deal by an individual described as a high public official. Iran’s position was summarized as follows: firm guarantees that there will be no future repetition of attacking Iran by Israel and the United States; the closure of American military bases in the region; compensation for the damage inflicted on Iran; an end of all warfare in the region; a new legal regime for the Stright of Hormuz; and finally, a call for the criminalization of journalism hostile to Iran. [as reported in Palestinian Chronicle, March 22, 2026].

Western media ignored this Iranian disclosure of its ambitious vision of a durable peace not only for Iran, but for the entire region. It also seemed almost equally dismissive of Trump’s latest about face, mostly interpreting it as a cynical gesture to bring down oil prices and renew the confidence of stock market traders. In this  regional setting Israel has continued with its campaign of regional violence despite incurring significant civilian casualties from missile strikes while the U.S. has kept deploying more and more ground troops closer to Iran.

A War of Aggression. Iran was attacked by the United States on February 28, 2026 without even the pretext of a plausible imminent threat to the national security of either Israel or the United States. On the contrary, the attack abruptly ended promising negotiations between the United States on its nuclear program, specifically on setting agreed limits on levels and amounts of enriched uranium production and stockpiles. This disruption of negotiations, followed an Israeli/US pattern previously displayed by Israel’s September 8, 2025 attack on the residence of Hamas negotiators in Qatar to discuss a U.S.-proposed ceasefire agreement on the future of Gaza. The timing of the Iran War is a more dramatic instance of a turn toward war and away from diplomacy while purporting to pursue conflict resolution goals, at least in the Middle East.

A Military and Political Failure. From any objective perspective the war has already proved an awkward military and political failure from the perspective of U.S. and Israel. Forgetting a repetitive lesson since the Vietnam War, as reinforced by subsequent experiences in Iraq, Libya, and Afghanistan, clear military superiority wielded with destructive fury may still fail to produce political victory. Even Israel’s genocidal assault reducing Gaza to a wasteland did not result in achieving its prime objective announced on the eve of its assault, eliminating Hamas as a continuing source of resistance to Israel designs to subjugate the Palestine people. A clear secondary Israeli objective was to extend Israel’s territorial sovereignty over the river to the sea, thereby establishing Greater Israel, and in the process eliminating forever the Palestinian challenge. As with all forms of extreme addictiveness, these militarist phantasies are out of touch with the distinctive realities of. the contemporary world and with the agency of militarist geopolitics, a lesson that could have been learned from China’s dramatic rise in geopolitical status by relying on win/win economistic means.

In the setting of the Iran War the political failure of the undertaking has already been partially confirmed by the refusal of the European and Arab countries to heed Trump’s plea for NATO alliance naval help in opening of the Strait of Hormuz where 20% of the world’s internationally traded oil and gas pass through. As Ramzy Baroud has pointed out in a Palestinian Chronicle article published on March 22, this refusal to side with the aggressor does not express a moral or legal awakening by these governments, but rather reflects the pragmatic recognition that they have no incentive to be part of a failed undertaking that could produce an international disaster of even greater severity if the U.S. chooses to escalate rather than admit defeat and end their aggression.

The other sign of political defeat and miscalculation is the failure of internal opposition to the theocratic government of Iran to take the cue of this military attack to intensify, or at least renew their protest activities, with an expectation that attacks from without would result in the collapse of Islamic governance, paving the way for a second restoration of dynastic rule in Iran. The former Reza Shah’s son, also named Reza Shah, is waiting in the wings for this scenario to become realized. He has pledged his return to Iran to restore the dynasty of his father.as practiced by

Although some scattered protests have continued in Iran, the population as a whole has shown no disposition to take advantage of the war waged against its territorial integrity and political independence by the most powerful country in the world to mount their own struggle for reform. The idea that regime change in Iran might come about in the aftermath of widespread devastation, including the targeted assassination of the Supreme Leader deemed divinely blessed even by a significant proportion of Iranians that includes many opponents and reform-minded protesters is a further sign of the delusionary character of state propaganda in the attacking countries. Such a grim approach as practiced by the U.S. of decapitating the leadership of the adversary, and considering that a kind of political victory is to deprive any war of moral and political legitimacy, and more so for an unlawful war of aggression. The American attack on a girl’s elementary school in Minab, an atrocity killing over 1itima75, mainly children under 12 further alienated Iran’s civilian population. This has been a consensus view among respected independent external assessments of the motives of the attackers.

Israel’s role in the Iran War together with Gazafication of the West Bank and Lebanon has contributed to its steep downward spiral into the dark abyss inhabited by rogue states. The U.S. is suffered the fate of a declining and irresponsible hegemon, less feared and certainly less respected after this exhibition of incompetent and dehumanizing warmaking that is causing worldwide hardships, forcing layoffs, freezing of prices, inflation, and supply chain disruption not only of oil and gas but of many essentials of societal normalcy, including fertilizers. These international ripple effects have caused their most harm to the least developed countries and to the most vulnerable sectors of all societies, including that of the prosperous attacking countries.

Ignoring U.S./Iran History.

Beyond this dangerous impasse caused by gross miscalculation, denialism (claiming victory when the opposite is the real story, and the one worth pondering, a tale of ignoble defeat), and obscured to some extent by Trump and Netanyahu threatening to climb even higher on the precarious escalating ladder. This geopolitical adventurism ignores suppressed history lessons. The U.S. has misplayed its diplomatic cards at least three times in the past when dealing with Iran. The first was in 1953 when the CIA engineered a coup against the elected leader, Mohamed Mossadegh who was neither Islamist nor Communist, but an economic nationalist who had taken public control of Iran’s oil industry from exploitative foreign ownership by legal means, infuriating a powerful coterie of Western corporate investors. The 1953 outcome was the restoration of the dynastic rule of Pahlavi Dynasty headed by the autocratic Reza Shah, and the subsequent reorientation of the Iranian state to Western ideological and economistic values.

The second time was in the aftermath of the Islamic revolutionary movement that led to the Shah’s abdication from the throne in early 1979 and the establishment of a theocratic state under the leadership of its first Supreme Guide, Ayatollah Khomeini. At this early stage, the Islamic leadership sought accommodation and normalcy in its relations with the West, but the pro-Shah Iranian community in the U.S. largely opposed any American accommodation with Tehran. Its influence was bolstered by Israel’s determined resistance to an American acceptance of the movement that drove the Shah from power. These anti-theocratic forces were later further reinforced by influential domestic pro-Israeli neocon hawks favoring by way of their advocacy of a so-called ‘Clean Break’ strategy, the restructuring of the Middle East to ensure the security of Israel and integration in the markets of neoliberal globalization, lobbying for punitive sanctions against Iran until such a result was achieved.

We will never know what might have happened had the U.S. not puts all its geopolitical eggs in Israel’s basket, but if this ‘road not taken’ had been explored, these decades of political tensions and costly military confrontations with Iran might have been avoided. Indeed, in retrospect little was learned from Iran’s moderate restraint when attacked just last June. Moderation was wrongly construed as a show of weakness, as was the Iranian receptivity to negotiations. Instead, Israel and U.S. waited impatiently for an opportune time to start a more robust war, exaggerating the impetus of the internal economic populist anti-government movement in Iran. This recent protest rising war was attributed to Iran’s alleged incompetence and corruption. It seems to have been misconstrued by Western propaganda designed to make U.S./Israel intervention appear humanitarian and liberating. As expected, this perception was promoted without considering the impact of sanctions designed to bring Iran to its knees by strangling the wellbeing of the population. abetted over the years by Israeli and US tactics of assassinations, destabilizing covert operations and alarmist propaganda about Iran’s nuclear programs (while altogether ignoring the relevance of Israel’s nuclear arsenal and aggressive war-threatening propaganda).

The third occasion was when the U.S. ended conflict-resolving negotiations with missiles and bombs not out of frustration, but in reaction to their evident promise of success. Again, Iran showed a willingness to negotiate, reinforcing frequent assertions by its own Supreme Leader of a principled rejection of the production of nuclear weapon, much less its use. Iran has reinforced this unilateral declaration with a public willingness to agree to a formal internationally monitored commitment along the same lines, or better by far reaching an agreement to establish a mandatory nuclear free zone throughout the entire region, which in the past Israel has as would be expected, ignored all such peaceably achieved denuclearizing initiatives.

But denuclearizing the region was never meant to be, at least up to now. As with past and present conflicts in the region, Israel has again twisted Big Brother’s arm so hard as to embark upon this failing warmaking project. Awkwardly, the American Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, admitted as much when he acknowledged that the U.S. launched the war to avoid what Washington considered a worse outcome if the U.S. had deferred acting until after Israel started the war, and lost political control over the military operations. Interestingly, Rubio never specified what he meant by such a comment, and has since walked it back out of existence.

No Exit? Or Safe Exit

Two images: A major course correction after mission failure, hidden by distraction or a continued ascent of the escalation raising risks of apocalyptic warfare. Trump’s diplomacy has been driven by the zigzags of his transactional narcissism often couled with personal enrichment schemes. This second Iran War already suggests that the Trumpist slogan Making America Decline Everyday (MADE) is far more descriptive of reality than the official marketing claim of Make America Great Again (MAGA). Even such a modification is too focused on the United States, overlooking the deadly global ripple effects of miscalculations made at the behest of the Trump/Netanyahu partnership, with even worse on the road ahead unless they quickly change course, accepting a ‘peace without honor’ as the least bad option.

At this time tensions and fears coexist with uncertainty as to whether a durable peace or a menacing escalation is the next stage in this latest Middle East war that should never have happened.  

The media shift from questioning a war started in violation of international law and responsible statecraft to a focus on whether it is succeeding or failing is disquieting. It has made the discussion turning on issues of winning or losing rather than the underlying criminality of aggressive war, what the judges at Nuremberg had declared the ultimate war crime, the Crime Against Peace.

Lending respectability to the idea of ‘wars of choice’ as was done at the outset of the Iran War is a subversive notion earlier invoked to justify the Iraq War pf 2003. It is time for political leaders and opinion column journalists to learn that questions of war and peace should never be situated with in a realm of choice, as if pricing vegetables at a supermarket.

Conversation opened. 1 unread message.

Skip to content
Using University of California, Santa Barbara Mail with screen readers

Top of Form

Bottom of Form

1 of 171,541

WEBINAR

External

Inbox

International Movement for a JUST World <justorg@just-international.org>  Unsubscribe	8:30 PM (17 minutes ago)
to falk

­   ­        Humanity on the Brink: A Global Conversation The rapidly escalating conflict involving Israel, the United States and Iran is raising fears of a wider regional war with global consequences. Civilian infrastructure has been struck, neighbouring countries are increasingly affected, international air travel has been disrupted, and global energy markets are reacting to the uncertainty. Is this the continuation of decades of geopolitical hostility? Is it part of a struggle to maintain global supremacy? Or does it reflect the emergence of a new world order shaped by the rise of China and the resurgence of Russia? To explore these urgent questions, SHAPE (Serving Humanity and Planet Earth) and JUST – International Movement for a Just World invite you to a global webinar featuring leading public intellectuals: • Professor Richard Falk • Professor Joseph Camilleri • Dr Chandra Muzaffar Respondent: Helena Cobban Their presentations will be followed by an open Q&A with participants from around the world.  Sunday, 15 March 2026 Global Time Zones Los Angeles – 6:30 AM New York – 9:30 AM London – 1:30 PM Cairo – 3:30 PM Tehran – 5:00 PM New Delhi – 7:00 PM Jakarta – 8:30 PM Kuala Lumpur – 9:30 PM Tokyo – 10:30 PM Melbourne – 12:30 AM (Monday)  Register via the QR code in the poster Join scholars, analysts and concerned citizens from across the world for this timely discussion. Register here. (Zoom meeting)     ­   ­   ­ ­ ­   This email was sent to falk@global.ucsb.eduYou received this email because you are registered with International Movement for a Just World   Unsubscribe here   © 2024 International Movement for a Just World

Humanity on the Brink-PROGRAM, March 15, 2026

War and Upheaval in the Middle East and Beyond: You are invited to a special webinar Sunday 15 March

Humanity on the Brink

You are invited to an urgently convened webinar this Sunday 15 March.

The aim: to set the barbarism unfolding in Gaza, Lebanon and Iran within a regional and global context.

Register here

Speakers: Prof Richard Falk, Prof Joseph Camilleri, Dr Chandra Muzaffar

In the space of a few days Israeli and US attacks on Iranian soil and the killing of the Supreme Leader have unleashed senseless destruction, including deadly attacks on schools and hospitals, engulfed neighbouring countries, brought air travel to a standstill and caused mayhem on energy markets.

And this is just the beginning of a war that Trump says could last several weeks, perhaps longer. It is a war long in the making. How are we to make sense of it?

Is it the continuation of the unrelenting hostility of successive US administrations towards the present Iranian regime, indeed any Iranian government that seeks to resist US strategic and economic interests? Is it further evidence of Samuel Huntington’s foreshadowed clash of civilizations’? Or just another attempt to reverse America’s eroding supremacy on the global stage? Perhaps, it is an attempt to establish a large and secure sphere of influence in the face of China’s rise and Russia’s resurgence.

SHAPE Co-Conveners and leading public intellectuals, Professor Richard Falk, Professor Joseph Camilleri and Dr Chandra Muzaffar have been considering these questions at length. At the webinar they will engage in a probing analysis of the underlying causes and explores possible responses. Their presentations will be followed by two insightful respondents, and Q&A.

Date: Sunday 15 March   

Time: LA 6:30 am    New York 9:30 am    London 1:30 pm   Cairo 3.30 pm   KL 9:30 pm 

Melbourne 0.30 am (Monday).

The webinar is hosted by SHAPE (Serving Humanity and Planet Earth) and JUST (International Movement for a Just World). Other sponsoring groups and further program details to be confirmed shortly.

Please alert others in your network. Registration Essential

With our best wishes.

On behalf of SHAPE Coordinating Committee

Email: savinghumanityandplanetearth@gmail.com

Website https://www.theshapeproject.com/