Samuel Geddes

Australia

Journalist and Political Analyst at Freelance

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Articles

Would an Iranian nuke really be so terrible?

2 weeks ago | johnmenadue.com | Samuel Geddes

Since the Iranian people overthrew the US-backed despotism of the Shah in 1979, Washington’s 4½-decade campaign of maximum pressure has been couched in terms of countering the Islamic Republic’s “destabilisation” of the region.
El regreso de los refugiados al norte de Gaza sienta las bases para el retorno a los territorios de 1948

2 months ago | espanol.almayadeen.net | Samuel Geddes

El éxito de Hamas al revertir la limpieza étnica del norte de la Franja de Gaza ha establecido un precedente para condicionar futuros ceses del fuego al Derecho al Retorno. Se podría decir que los ataques de 14 meses de "Israel" contra la Franja de Gaza han sido el punto más bajo de sus 76 años de existencia.
Refugees’ return to northern Gaza sets blueprint for return to '48 territories

2 months ago | english.almayadeen.net | Samuel Geddes

Hamas’ success in reversing the ethnic cleansing of the northern Gaza Strip has established a precedent for conditioning future ceasefires on the Right of Return. "Israel’s" 14-month assault on the Gaza Strip has arguably been the lowest point in its 76-year existence.
El aparente impulso de Trump a favor de un alto al fuego en Gaza solo magnifica la maldad de Biden

Jan 19, 2025 | espanol.almayadeen.net | Samuel Geddes

Según fuentes regionales, el “gran avance” de esta semana en las negociaciones para un alto al fuego que puso fin a la campaña genocida contra Gaza se produjo tras una única intervención del enviado designado por el presidente electo de Estados Unidos, Trump, Steve Witkoff, en la que ordenó al gobierno de Netanyahu que capitulara.
Trump’s apparent push for Gaza ceasefire only magnifies Biden’s wickedness

Jan 18, 2025 | alethonews.com | Samuel Geddes |Al Mayadeen

By Samuel Geddes | Al Mayadeen | January 18, 2025This week’s “breakthrough” in ceasefire negotiations to end the genocidal campaign against Gaza came, according to regional sources, after a single intervention by US president-elect Trump’s designated envoy Steve Witkoff in which he ordered Netanyahu’s government to capitulate.
Trump’s apparent push for Gaza ceasefire only magnifies Biden’s wickedness

Jan 18, 2025 | english.almayadeen.net | Samuel Geddes

This week’s “breakthrough” in ceasefire negotiations to end the genocidal campaign against Gaza came, according to regional sources, after a single intervention by US president-elect Trump’s designated envoy Steve Witkoff in which he ordered Netanyahu's government to capitulate.
The Incompetence of Masters of War

Aug 12, 2024 | znetwork.org | Samuel Geddes

The ineffectiveness of “cutting-edge” military technology shown in Israel’s genocide in Gaza and the spillover conflicts undermines the notion that the military-industrial complex aims to win wars. Instead, it reveals its true objective: profiting from ongoing conflicts. Since its crushing victory in the 1967 Six-Day War, one of Israel’s primary functions as a US-European client state has been that of a weapons laboratory.
The Incompetence of Masters of War

Aug 11, 2024 | jacobin.com | Samuel Geddes

The ineffectiveness of “cutting-edge” military technology shown in Israel’s genocide in Gaza and the spillover conflicts undermines the notion that the military-industrial complex aims to win wars. Instead, it reveals its true objective: profiting from ongoing conflicts. Since its crushing victory in the 1967 Six-Day War, one of Israel’s primary functions as a US-European client state has been that of a weapons laboratory.
Out of the past - How western sanctions policy is reviving ancient systems of trade

Mar 15, 2023 | english.almayadeen.net | Samuel Geddes

Sanctions incentivise the Global South to issue commodity-backed currencies, decouple from the westWith the northern winter over and Europe having dodged industrial collapse, at least until next year, the western business press seems only now to be realising the double-sided effects of the sanctions intended to cripple Russia over its war on Ukraine.