A reader-funded publication of human-interest dispatches from the war in Iran, reported from Armenia and Iraq with stories on farmers, displaced Tehran residents and political prisoners. Recent issues also carry news digests, and the project is winding down its original reporting in favour of its sister publication The Counteroffensive.
Website: https://www.iranwar.news
Essays by a former SEAL that draw on military history, anthropology and philosophy to examine meaning, mortality, training and purpose. Readers get reflective, literary pieces that pair historical anecdotes with personal field experience.
Drop Site News delivers daily news roundups and original reporting on politics and war, with a focus on the Middle East and U.S. politics. Readers get exclusive interviews, scoops and investigations alongside regional briefings from Iran, Gaza, Yemen and Lebanon.
A podcast pairing veteran hosts Van Jackson and Lyle Jeremy Rubin with guests to dissect war films through an anti-imperialist lens. Each episode digs into the political economy, militarism and trauma behind movies like Ender's Game, In Waves and War and Canadian Bacon.
A personal-essay newsletter mixing first-person reporting, grief writing and commentary on tech culture, politics and AI. Readers get reflective, narrative-driven pieces with an analytical angle, delivered with kindness and some snark.
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