The U.S. attack on Iran in 2026 is only the latest in decades of U.S. aggression against that country. U.S. imperialism, whether directed by the Democratic Party or the Republican Party, has worked tirelessly to dominate Iran and control its resources. This current war has nothing to do with protecting the U.S. or defending any other country from Iran and its supposed terrorist ideology or nuclear capacity. The history of imperialist aggression against Iran shows what the real issue is – Iran’s vast oil resources and its independence. 1953: Coup Against Mohammad Mossadegh August 19, 1953: The United States with the help of British intelligence organized a coup to overthrow the democratically elected parliamentary government of Mohammad Mossadegh. Mossadegh’s government had moved to take control of Iran’s oil which had been exploited for decades by international oil conglomerates. The coup was a blatant power-play to maintain control of Iran’s oil and stop the people of Iran from us...
Data centers are big business. Around 3,000 new data centers — huge buildings that house the computing power that props up the growing use of artificial intelligence (AI) — are currently being built or planned across the U.S. Some speculate that global spending on data centers could hit $3 trillion by 2029. Corporate interests — from energy firms and construction companies, to real estate businesses and utilities — are looking to cash in. But private equity — that powerful and opaque slice of Wall Street, run by mega-billionaire founders, focused on private investment and outsized profits — is an especially outsized force driving the data center boom, pouring billions into construction deals while also positioning itself to profit from supplying AI’s insatiable energy demands. AI profiteers, however, have come up against a major obstacle: a growing , vibrant , locally rooted resistance movement, stretching across the U.S., against the data center boom. Communities across ...