The 2026 edition of Globus magazine, a student publication on global affairs at the University of San Francisco, features Zunes, who “In between teaching graduate courses, is often found at his desk [dwarfed by] a time capsule of his publications that promote positive and peaceful policy reform… since the 1970s…”
Category: Peace Movement
Even Israel’s strongest allies can no longer justify what’s happening
UK-based Arab Organization for Human Rights panel, April 4, 2026:
How the Iran War is used as cover for record high Israeli violence in the occupied West Bank.
US Cannot ‘Win’ a War on Iran
The Progressive, April 3, 2026: U.S. and Israeli forces have targeted schools, hospitals, city parks, and cultural sites along with military and governmental facilities. This will likely lead to only greater resistance…
Interview: Iran War, US and popular resistance
Redneck Gone Green/David Cobb, March 16, 2026 [1 hour]:
Iran, current US foreign policy, and criminalization of dissent.
Interview: US-Israel War on Iran
First guest on WBAI-FM, NYC “Equal Rights and Justice” March 26, 2026 [more]
Interview: Something’s Happening Here! Minnesota and Iran with Janine Seija and Stephen Zunes
KQSD FM, Mar 12, 2026, Moment of Truth with Ami Chen Mills (54 min.):
UPDATES ON IRAN AND MINNESOTA: This show includes a conversation with an ordinary, working mom in Minnesota, Janine Sieja, about her experience with ICE chaos, abductions and even murders in her city…
Zunes’s key articles on Iran 2011-2025
Two articles and an interview during the summer 2025 bombing of Iran:
It’s Not About the Bomb
Missed Opportunity on Iran
Updates on the Iran-Israel War: Conversations with Leading Analysts
Debunking Trump’s claim that Iranians were responsible for the deaths of thousands of U.S. soldiers in Iraq:
No Evidence Iran is Responsible for the Deaths of Hundreds of Americans
For years, Republicans and hawkish Democrats have been pushing for war with Iran. Here are some articles in which I examined these dangerous efforts which have led to the current unfolding tragedy:
2018: Pompeo’s Iran Speech a Prelude to War? The Progressive
2016: Republicans and Democrats Alike Still Level Threats towards Iran Huffington Post
2015: Hardliners on All Sides Undermining Iran’s Nuclear Talks The Progressive
2013: U.S. Threats Weaken Iran’s Pro-Democracy Movement
2012: Congress Pushes for War with IranForeign Policy in Focus
2011: Iran Threat Reduction Act Actually Enhances Threat of War Huffington Post
Interview: Unpopularity of Iran war ‘almost unprecedented’ this early
Agence France Presse, March 3, 2026: Speaking with FRANCE 24’s Sharon Gaffney, Zunes says, “even in the most controversial wars, like Iraq, when the war initiates, people tend to rally around the flag […] it’s remarkable at the very beginning of the war there’s overwhelming opposition not only from liberals and the left, but much of Trump’s spaces.”
Interview, KPFA: No Kings protests & Ceasefire
KPFA-FM Sunday Show, October 19, 2025: Full first hour.
Also, on Pacifica Radio affiliated stations about the shaky Gaza ceasefire, the October 18 No Kings protests, and related issues.
Interview: Gaza Ceasefire with Bennis & Batrice
Santita Jackson Show, October 13, 2025: Zunes discusses the Gaza ceasefire with Rania Batrice and Phyllis Bennis.
“Know Their Names” Event Honors 18,000 Slain Palestinian Children
Santa Cruz, CA, Sept. 5, 2025: Video 1:11; Zunes begins at 15 minutes
Putin’s Illegal Conquests Wouldn’t Be the First the White House Has Endorsed
New Lines, September 8, 2025: Zunes provides an extensive analysis of how the U.S. position citing the illegality of Russia’s annexation of conquered Ukrainian territory has been compromised by U.S. recognition of illegal Israeli and Moroccan annexations of conquered territories, and thus Trump’s apparent willingness to acquiesce to Russian aggression would not constitute a major break in U.S. policy: Putin’s Wouldn’t Be the First Illegal Conquests the White House Has Endorsed…
Interview, BBC: Thousands demand peace at Tel Aviv rally
BBC Television, September 6, 2025, (4 mins.).
Zunes’s analysis of latest developments in Israel, Gaza, Lebanon, and Syria.
Interview: U.S. political situation and popular resistance now
Community or Chaos, New Zealand radio show/podcast, Sept. 1, 2025
One hour, while reporting live at Labor Day protests in Santa Cruz, CA.
Democratic Leadership Still Hasn’t Caught Up to the Party’s Base on Gaza
In These Times, September 4, 2025, by Stephen Zunes
Nearly two years in to the U.S.-backed genocide in Gaza, there are clear signals the Democratic Party’s
base is moving far away from supporting the Israeli government and its war machine. And while party leadership is beginning to show some hopeful signs it might be starting to listen to constituents’ changing attitudes on the issue of Israel and Palestine…
The Power and Value of Strategic Nonviolent Action
Zunes’s 2023 academic article, The Power and Value of Strategic Nonviolent Action, is now available free online. A good summary of his work on strategic nonviolent action and an important overview of recent developments in the field.
Interview: Resistance and Strategic Nonviolent Action
VIDEO: Resistance with Metta Spencer July 2025, featuring Zunes, Jorgen Johansen, and Jill Carr-Harris, on the role of strategic nonviolent action in challenging the crises facing the world today.
Also see his overview of recent developments:
The Power and Value of Strategic Nonviolent Action.
Video: Israelis continue to say no to war.
Zunes Facebook Video July 17, 2025: Meanwhile, the Trump administration and the leadership of both parties in Congress continue to say yes. As the U.S./Israeli-imposed famine on Gaza increases, I keep getting solicitations to contribute to Democratic candidates who insist on arming and funding Israel’s siege, bombing, and occupation. Meanwhile, the Democratic leadership refuses to support their party’s nominee for New York City mayor who opposes such war crimes…
Authoritarianism and Resistance: What the World Can Teach Us
May 17, 2025, Stephen Zunes’s keynote
address at the 2025 Western Washington
Fellowship of Reconciliation Spring Assembly
Video: Reflections on Authoritarianism and Resistance
VIDEO of Stephen Zunes and Rebecca Solnit in conversation
at the University of San Francisco April 22, 2025 [1:12] on
a variety of topics related to growing authoritarianism
in the United States and the resistance.