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The Troika of Tyranny: The Imperialist Project in Latin America and Its Epigones
The Troika of Tyranny: The Imperialist Project in Latin America and Its Epigones Photo Source vaticanus | CC BY 2.0 Cuba, Nicaragua, and Venezuela are today threatened by US imperialism. The first salvo of the modern Age of Imperialism started back in 1898 when the US seized Cuba along with Puerto Rico and the Philippines […]
American Dissident: Noam Chomsky on the State of the Empire
Photo Illustration: Elise Swain/The Intercept. Photo: Heuler Andrey/AFP/Getty Images AMERICAN DISSIDENT: NOAM CHOMSKY ON THE STATE OF THE EMPIRE THE WORLD LAUGHED at U.S. President Donald Trump at the United Nations, but the imperial declarations he issued are no laughing matter. Trump may come off as a buffoon, but his global agenda is consistent […]
“No One Will Stop Us” – Venezuela’s Maduro Slams Trump’s UN Speech Which Hinted At Coup
“No One Will Stop Us” – Venezuela’s Maduro Slams Trump’s UN Speech Which Hinted At Coup During his Tuesday UN General Assembly address President Trump held nothing back in terms of excoriating the socialist pariah state of Venezuela and leader Nicolas Maduro. “Not long ago, Venezuela was one of the richest countries on Earth,” Trump said. “Today, […]
A Wake-Up Call to the Canadian Left
A Wake-Up Call to the Canadian Left Yves Engler is Canada’s foremost feisty contrarian. Contrarians oppose what most people think about people and events. They don’t like to bask in the sunlight. They would rather look in the shadows or dimly lit back alleys. If they walk on a summer beach, they pay little attention […]
Workers’ Power vs. Climate Destroyers: What It Will Take to Save the Planet
Workers’ Power vs. Climate Destroyers: What It Will Take to Save the Planet Humanity faces a multi-faceted crisis. Endless wars of imperial aggression, both overt and covert– from Iraq, Syria, Libya and Afghanistan to Yemen, Palestine and Central and South America. These conflagrations compel those at the bottom of the economic pyramid to fight and die […]
The Sun Does Not Revolve Around the US
The Sun Does Not Revolve Around the US While visiting Galileo’s house in Florence, Jean Ranc reflected on how America thinks the world revolves around it, as it was once falsely thought the sun revolves around the earth. On a sunny day last January, my visit to Florence took me deep into the Tuscan hills […]
Why US Imperialism Loves Afghan Quagmire
Why US Imperialism Loves Afghan Quagmire It may seem paradoxical that any American interest would seek to deliberately prolong the Afghan quagmire. Costing trillions of dollars to the national debt, one would think that US planners are anxious to wind down the war and cut their immense losses. Not so, it seems. Like the classic […]
The Absolute Futility of ‘Global Dominance’ in the 21st Century
The Absolute Futility of ‘Global Dominance’ in the 21st Century It seems certain that the foolish chest-pounders now in charge of our nation have found a time machine to transport them back to 19th century where they have decided to mimic the slogan of faded English imperialism that “the sun never sets on the British […]
Two Keywords for US Imperialism: ‘Justification’ and ‘Plausibility’
Two Keywords for US Imperialism: ‘Justification’ and ‘Plausibility’ Observing the behavior of the United States over recent decades, it becomes clear that the American establishment has always relied on two fundamental factors to justify choices in foreign policy. We have been accustomed in recent years to humanitarian interventions being justified on the assumption that the […]
Opinion: Science Denialism is Dangerous. But So Is Science Imperialism.
OPINION: SCIENCE DENIALISM IS DANGEROUS. BUT SO IS SCIENCE IMPERIALISM. Calls for strict science-based decision making on complex issues like GMOs and geoengineering can shortchange consideration of ethics and social impacts. Illustration by Sean Quinn July 5, 2018 — “Your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn’t stop to think […]
Imperial Hubris Redefined
Imperial Hubris Redefined There have been two developments in the past month that illustrate clearly what is wrong with the White House’s perception of America’s place in the world. Going far beyond the oft-repeated nonsense that the United States is somehow the “leader of the free world,” the Trump Administration has taken several positions that […]
Humanity vs. the Rule of Law
Humanity vs. the Rule of Law Photo by Nathaniel St. Clair It was back in my early undergrad years when I first came to understand the broad reach of US foreign policy. I completed a social work internship in Los Angeles at a safe house in east LA in a largely immigrant community whose goal […]
Assange and Truth: the Deeper (Harder) Issue
Assange and Truth: the Deeper (Harder) Issue Photo by thierry ehrmann | CC BY 2.0 When Harold Pinter got the Nobel Prize (2005), he described “a vast tapestry of lies upon which we feed”. He asked why “systematic brutality, widespread atrocities, ruthless suppression of independent thought” were well-known when they occurred in the Soviet Union. […]
Murder Incorporated
Murder Incorporated Murder Incorporated is a three-book series by Mumia Abu Jamal and Stephen Vittoria, which I can highly recommend based on the first book. The other two are not out yet. Book One, “Dreaming of Empire,” is a critique of U.S. imperialism, a debunking of U.S. nationalist myths, a corrective or alternative history of […]
Chrystia Freeland Fails to See the Emerging Multipolar World
Chrystia Freeland Fails to See the Emerging Multipolar World In a strange case of reversed roles Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Chrystia Freeland, tried to convince US president Donald Trump to return to his lost path of globalization and international trade agreements in an impassionate speech she gave at the Foreign Policy Forum last June […]
