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The American Empire Pivots Toward Venezuela
The American Empire Pivots Toward Venezuela Many people are coming to quick takes on yesterday’s extraordinary decision by the U.S. government to recognize an unelected opposition leader as interim President of Venezuela based on their view of Maduro and his government. Similar to the emotional responses to those first clips of the Covington students and […]
The Exceptional Nation Asserts Its Exceptionalism
The Exceptional Nation Asserts Its Exceptionalism Washington has chosen a president for Venezuela. I wonder if Trump saw the black humor in doing to Maduro what the Democrats and presstitutes are doing to him. Few Latin American governments have ever had a government that represents the majority indigenous people or a president who was not […]
As Nations Get Ready for Nuclear War, Their Governments Work to Create the Illusion of Safety
As Nations Get Ready for Nuclear War, Their Governments Work to Create the Illusion of Safety Ever since the U.S. atomic bombings of Japanese cities in August 1945, a specter has haunted the world―the specter of nuclear annihilation. The latest report from the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, issued on January 24, reminds us that the prospect of […]
Venezuela’s US-Backed Coup Leader Immediately Targets State Oil Company, Requests IMF Money
Venezuela’s US-Backed Coup Leader Immediately Targets State Oil Company, Requests IMF Money Unelected US-backed coup leader Juan Guaidó immediately moved to try to restructure Venezuela’s state-owned oil company and seek financing from the neoliberal IMF. The right-wing opposition leader that the United States is trying to undemocratically install as Venezuela’s president immediately set his sights […]
Bailing Out Member States: The European (Dis)Union
Bailing Out Member States: The European (Dis)Union Over the years, my good friends at Capitalist Exploits (I highly recommend subscribing) have put together a number of outstanding thought pieces on where they see things headed. They recently came out with a great overview of where Europe is headed. The trends they highlight are both interesting and actionable for those […]
Top 5 Dumbest Arguments Defending Trump’s Venezuela Interventionism
Top 5 Dumbest Arguments Defending Trump’s Venezuela Interventionism Ever since the Trump administration announced that it was no longer recognizing the legitimacy of the elected government of Venezuela I’ve been arguing with people on social media about this president’s brazen coup attempt in that country. The people arguing with me in favor of Trump’s interventionism are almost […]
Juan Guaido: Imperial Point Man for a Venezuelan Civil War
Juan Guaido: Imperial Point Man for a Venezuelan Civil War Caracas (GPA) – The imperial powers have found their new opposition point man in Venezuela; President of the National Assembly and President of the country according to some nations and organizations. Now that the latest term of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has started and the western […]
US Warships Again Enter Taiwan Strait, But This Time With Chinese Bombers Overhead
US Warships Again Enter Taiwan Strait, But This Time With Chinese Bombers Overhead For the first time this year the United States has sailed two warships through the Taiwan Strait Thursday in yet another challenge to the ‘One China’ policy and in accord with the US Navy’s “freedom of navigation” operations. It seems the US Navy is establishing this […]
Maduro Urges Supporters To Hit Streets As Russian “Security Contractors” Arrive In Venezuela
Maduro Urges Supporters To Hit Streets As Russian “Security Contractors” Arrive In Venezuela Update: Maduro – now backed by Russian military contractors, has urged his supporters to take to the streets to defend the legitimacy of his government. The Venezuelan leader has vowed that his country won’t turn into a “Syria or Libya” situation, and that the […]
Trump Betrays MAGA Over Venezuela
Trump Betrays MAGA Over Venezuela The U.S. backed a coup in Venezuela that has failed. And President Trump was the architect of it. This is a farce surrounding an intrigue contained within a tragedy. What has happened in Venezuela is tragic. Nicolas Maduro is a comical figure straight out of central casting for a South […]
The CIA, Lost In The Orinoco
The CIA, Lost In The Orinoco René Magritte The black flag 1937 One thing I am not is an expert on Venezuela. What I know is the country has the world’s largest oil reserves, mainly in the Orinoco Belt, but they come in a form of tar sands that while they are not as hard to exploit […]
Washington Has Appointed A President For Venezuela
Washington Has Appointed A President For Venezuela After listening since 2016 to the American presstitutes complain, without providing a mere scrap of evidence, of Russia meddling in US elections, a person would think that the last thing Washington would do would be to meddle in other countries’ elections. Unfortunately, that is not the case. Washington […]
Russia Warns US Intervention In Venezuela Would Have “Catastrophic Consequences”
Russia Warns US Intervention In Venezuela Would Have “Catastrophic Consequences” Russia has dismissed the political crisis engulfing Venezuela as an attempted coup while expressing concern over the role of external states and the potential for foreign military intervention, calling Juan Guaido’s move to declare himself president illegal. Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Thursday, “We are very concerned […]
US Backs Coup in Oil-Rich Venezuela, Right-Wing Opposition Plans Mass Privatization and Hyper-Capitalism
US Backs Coup in Oil-Rich Venezuela, Right-Wing Opposition Plans Mass Privatization and Hyper-Capitalism The US has effectively declared a coup in Venezuela. Trump recognized unelected right-wing opposition leader Juan Guaidó as new “president,” who plans mass privatization and neoliberal capitalist policies. The United States has effectively declared a political coup d’état in Venezuela, from abroad. […]
Dismantling the Doomsday Machines
Dismantling the Doomsday Machines “From a technical point of view, he (Stanley Kubrick) anticipated many things. … Since that time, little has changed, honestly. The only difference is that modern weapons systems have become more sophisticated, more complex. But this idea of a retaliatory strike and the inability to manage these systems, yes, all of these […]
