By Wanjiru Njoya
Mises.org
May 6, 2026
April marks the time when the guns of war began to fall silent across the South in 1865, after four years of war. On April 9, General Robert E. Lee surrendered the Army of Northern Virginia. General Nathan Bedford Forrest stood down his cavalry on May 9. By June 23, General Stand Watie had surrendered the last of the Confederate soldiers still fighting, the First Indian Brigade which included his own Cherokee Braves.
Modern merchants of death stand to make millions.
By Kurt Nimmo
Another Day in the Empire
May 6, 2026
In the middle of March, as the war raged between Iran, Israel, and the United States, it was reported the Trump brothers, Donald Jr. and Eric, were positioned to make a deal with the Pentagon. American Ventures, a venture capital firm, holds stakes in three crucial defense companies-Powerus, Xtend, and Unusual Machines, and all three manufacture military drones.
By Philip Giraldi
The Unz Review
May 6, 2026
On Friday, Donald Trump was at it again. He posted on Truth Social a photoshopped picture of his face next to those of the four earlier presidents carved in stone on Mount Rushmore in South Dakota. At least he was grinning, not displaying his usual snarl or sneer with his little fist raised defiantly in the air showing what a tough guy he is ! That stern presidential portrait will be on display on the first page of the new United States passports which will be issued by the Washington DC passport office in June to commemorate both the Sesquicentennial of the United States and the 80th birthday of our most glorious leader.
So the original source for the grievance is clearly the artificial creation of an ethnonationalist state in the mid-20th century, and the push by Zionists and western imperialists to make it happen.
By Caitlin Johnstone
CaitlinJohnstone.com
May 6, 2026
Basically every Israel-Palestine debate goes like this:
"Israel did X."
"Yeah, because Hamas did Y."
"Yeah, because Israel did Z."
"Yeah but only because the Palestinians keep doing A."
By Jacob G. Hornberger
The Future of Freedom Foundation
May 6, 2026
In a recent editorial exhorting President Trump to stay the course in Iran, the Wall Street Journal wrote, "Democrats in Congress are hoping for Mr. Trump's failure in Iran, as if that wouldn't also be America's."
For the life of me, I don't see how Trump's failure in Iran would also be America's failure in Iran. I wish the Journal had explained its reasoning.
By Martin Armstrong
Armstrong Economics
May 6, 2026
The U.S. Treasury has now frozen $344 million in cryptocurrency tied to Iran, according to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, who announced sanctions targeting multiple digital wallets allegedly connected to Tehran. Most people will view this story narrowly through the lens of sanctions on Iran or Middle East politics. The larger issue is far more important.
The Church's 'state of emergency' is exemplified by this: that for Rome, the only unforgivable sin is noticing there is a problem.
By Darrick Taylor
Crisis Magazine
May 6, 2026
You may have heard the rumors recently that, should the Society of St. Pius X go through with consecrating new bishops in July, the Vatican plans to excommunicate not only the bishops involved, but every single priest of that society as well.
SchiffGold.com
May 6, 2026
Last week, Peter joined Caroline at The Street for a discussion about the state of the economy and the future of the global reserve currency. He warns listeners that the U.S. faces deeper trouble than most realize and that the fallout could touch everything from stocks to sovereign credit and the value of the dollar. He moves through markets-equities, bonds, Bitcoin, and gold-arguing that policy mistakes and excessive monetary expansion set the stage for a major repricing of risk.
Mohamed Lamine KABA,
Quatre-vingt-un ans après la victoire sur le nazisme, l'Occident rejoue la même pièce. Et perd avec Washington qui se broie dans l'engrenage de la guerre en Iran.
Le 9 mai 2026, la Russie défilera. Pas pour la forme. Pas pour le protocole. Elle défilera parce qu'elle a survécu - encore une fois - à une tentative occidentale de la détruire.
Laura Ruggeri
Il movimento "No Kings" si è affacciato sulla scena politica lo scorso giugno organizzando manifestazioni di protesta in occasione del compleanno di Donald Trump e della parata militare per il 250° anniversario dell'esercito. Da quel momento le sue iniziative di lotta hanno visto la partecipazione di milioni di persone, non solo negli Stati Uniti ma più recentemente anche in diversi paesi occidentali.
Par Brandon Smith − Le 24 avril 2026 − Source Alt-Market
On l'appelait autrefois le "nouvel ordre mondial" - un programme en partie public et en partie secret visant à démanteler la civilisation occidentale. Son objectif est de bouleverser le système financier mondial, de détruire les mouvements épris de liberté et, à terme, d'effacer les nations et les frontières pour créer un gouvernement central unique de type communiste, dirigé par la classe élitiste.
Santiago Masetti
Ce n'est pas la première fois que la Russie postsoviétique tente de rassembler un pôle alternatif à l'ordre dirigé par les États-Unis et l'Europe. Des forces politiques comme Russie Juste et le gouvernement de Vladimir Putin lui-même essaient de le faire dans les espaces médiatiques, mais cette fois-ci, ils s'y essaient sur le plan politique, avec une architecture qui cherche à disputer les espaces d'articulation internationale.
Par Philippe Rosenthal
Le cessez-le-feu est mis à rude épreuve après des échanges de tirs de part et d'autre dans le détroit d'Ormuz et la décision de Trump d'escorter des navires avec des bateaux de guerre US en utilisant des drones, des avions de guerre et des soldats US.
«Donald Trump a lancé le «Projet Liberté» ce lundi 4 mai, une opération militaire qui consiste à escorter quelque 900 navires bloqués dans le Golfe par la marine US pour leur permettre de traverser le détroit d'Ormuz sans encombre», souligne RFI.
Par Alaa Helou
À Gaza, la question des enfants disparus est devenue l'une des crises humanitaires les plus douloureuses et les plus alarmantes auxquelles sont confrontées des milliers de familles gazaouies.
Aggravée depuis le début du génocide perpétré par Israël à Gaza en octobre 2023, la situation s'est encore détériorée en raison de l'impossibilité de mener des opérations de recherche ou de déterminer le sort des personnes disparues, tandis que l'ampleur des destructions, les bombardements incessants et les restrictions imposées à l'entrée de matériel lourd ont empêché les équipes de secours de récupérer les corps ou de mener des opérations de recherche à grande échelle.