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US Rage for Endless Wars Threatens World Peace in the New Year
US Rage for Endless Wars Threatens World Peace in the New Year Washington’s hegemonic aims, under Republicans and undemocratic Dems, represent the greatest threat to world peace and humanity’s survival. At his annual marathon Q & A news conference last week, Vladimir Putin warned about possible nuclear war, a growing threat because of Washington’s reckless […]
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 […]
The Grand Illusion of Imperial Power
The Grand Illusion of Imperial Power Photo by DAVID HOLT | CC BY 2.0 All men dream but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds wake in the day to find that it was vanity: but those dreamers of the day are dangerous men for they act their […]
Foundation of Anti-Imperialism
Foundation of Anti-Imperialism The United States has had a policy of imperialism beginning after the Civil War. The US way of war, developed against Indigenous peoples, spread worldwide as the US sought to extend its power through military force, economic dominance and diplomatic hegemony. Imperialism is driven by what Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. identified at the end […]
The American Exceptionalism Myth and the Selling of U.S. Domination
The American Exceptionalism Myth and the Selling of U.S. Domination I believe in American exceptionalism with every fiber of my being. – Barack Obama, 2015. From birth, Americans are expected to believe in the notion of U.S. superiority over other peoples in other nations. The daily school ritual of pledging allegiance to the flag and playing […]
The American Way of War: Evolution Stops Here
The American Way of War: Evolution Stops Here America does what it wants. This is obvious, except it’s also monstrously unnerving. Let’s at least add some quote marks: “America” does what it wants — this secretly defined, self-obsessed, unelected entity that purports to be the United States of America, all 325 million of us, but […]
The World Will Not Mourn the Decline of U.S. Hegemony
The World Will Not Mourn the Decline of U.S. Hegemony Commentators on both right and left bemoan the decline of American global power under Donald Trump, but is that such a bad thing? asks Paul Street in this commentary. There are good reasons to bemoan the presence of the childish, racist, sexist and ecocidal, right-wing […]
Russia’s Real Endgame
Russia’s Real Endgame Russia’s Putin has never taken his eye off the ball. His ambition is not global hegemony or European conquest. Putin seeks what Russia has always sought: regional hegemony and a set of buffer states in eastern Europe and central Asia that can add to Russia’s strategic depth. In Syria, Russia has the […]
The US is Executing a Global War Plan
The US is Executing a Global War Plan Washington is moving inevitably on a global war plan. That’s the grim conclusion one has to draw from three unfolding war scenarios. Ultimately, it’s about American imperialism trying to assert hegemony over the international order for the benefit of US capitalism. Russia and China are prime targets […]
The United States of Hubris
The United States of Hubris If anyone should have any questions about whether the United States of America is not the most aggressive, warlike, and terroristic nation on the face of the earth, its latest proposed action against the supposed rogue state of North Korea should allay any such doubts. Last week, the US circulated a […]
The Dangerous Decline of US Hegemony
The Dangerous Decline of US Hegemony Exclusive: The bigger picture behind Official Washington’s hysteria over Russia, Syria and North Korea is the image of a decaying but dangerous American hegemon resisting the start of new multipolar order, explains Daniel Lazare. The showdown with the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea is a seminal event that can […]
The 5 Steps to World Domination
The 5 Steps to World Domination You don’t need an army to achieve World Domination; all you need is enough cheap credit to buy up everything that generates the highest value and/or income. World Domination–it has a nice ring, doesn’t it? Here’s how to achieve it in 5 steps: 1. Turn everything into a commodity […]
