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China Report Excoriates ‘US Hegemony’, War Crimes, CIA Coups 400 Foreign Interventions
China Report Excoriates ‘US Hegemony’, War Crimes, CIA Coups 400 Foreign Interventions China’s Foreign Ministry published a lengthy report condemning “US hegemony” and its crimes around the world, including wars with millions of victims, coups and “regime change” against elected leaders, and 400 foreign military interventions. Photo obtained via Flickr The Chinese government has published a […]
Inflation, recession, and declining US hegemony
Inflation, recession, and declining US hegemony In the distant future, we might look back on 2022 and 2023 as pivotal years. So far, we have seen the conflict between America and the two Asian hegemons emerge into the open, leading to a self-inflicted energy crisis on the western alliance. The forty-year trend of declining interest […]
Oil As a Geopolitical Weapon
Oil As a Geopolitical Weapon
Undermining US Global Hegemony Is Good, Actually: Notes From The Edge Of The Narrative Matrix
Undermining US Global Hegemony Is Good, Actually: Notes From The Edge Of The Narrative Matrix Listen to a reading of this article: ❖ China and Russia are right to try to undermine US unipolar hegemony. The planet is not America’s property and efforts to stop it being treated as such are good. It’s not okay […]
War Essay- The consequences of nuclear war on US society
War Essay- The consequences of nuclear war on US society Summary The US emerged from WWII as the world’s leading economic and military power. Since that time US hegemony has been predicated on: 1) unrivaled military strength, 2) control of world’s energy reserves and 3) primacy of the US dollar as the world’s reserve currency. […]
Climate Change Action Would Kill Imperialism
Climate Change Action Would Kill Imperialism Photo Source Molly Adams | CC BY 2.0 Climate change action would kill imperialism, and that is why we can’t have it in America. American political power is based on fossil fuels, and the US military is the engine that consumes those fuels to produce that power. So long […]
More Countries Start Exploring Alternatives to the US World Order
More Countries Start Exploring Alternatives to the US World Order There are two countries that more than others show how the Western world order is undergoing a profound change. Japan and Turkey occupy two distinct and diverse geographical areas, yet they share many of the same strategic choices about their future. Their geopolitical trajectory is […]
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 […]
Trump’s National Security Speech
Trump’s National Security Speech What do we make of Trump’s national security speech? First of all, it is the military/security complex’s speech, and it is inconsistent with Trump’s intention of normalizing relations with Russia. The military/security complex, using Trump’s position as President, has defined Russia and China as “revisionist powers,” Washington’s rivals who seek to […]
The Demise of the Dollar: Don’t Hold Your Breath
The Demise of the Dollar: Don’t Hold Your Breath So let’s look at currency flows, reserves and debt. The demise of the U.S. dollar has been a staple of the financial media for decades. The latest buzzword making the rounds is de-dollarization, which describes the move away from USD in global payments. De-dollarization is often […]
Jim Rogers Warns “If Trump Starts A Trade War With China, It Will End US Hegemony”
Jim Rogers Warns “If Trump Starts A Trade War With China, It Will End US Hegemony” Following Treasury Secretary Mnuchin’s threat that the US could impose economic sanctions on China if it does not implement the new sanctions regime against North Korea: “If China doesn’t follow these sanctions, we will put additional sanctions on them […]
The Race Against Time
The Race Against Time For decades, in discussing the ever-increasing hegemony of the world’s principal governments (US, EU, et al.), I’ve been asked repeatedly, “When will the governments understand that this obsession they have to become all-powerful is not in the interests of the people?” The answer to this question has also remained the same […]
Christmas 2015—–Why There Is No Peace On Earth
Christmas 2015—–Why There Is No Peace On Earth After the Berlin Wall fell in November 1989 and the death of the Soviet Union was confirmed two years later when Boris Yeltsin courageously stood down the red army tanks in front of Moscow’s White House, a dark era in human history came to an end. The world had descended into what had been a […]
Junior Partner of Empire: Why Canada’s Foreign Policy Isn’t What You Think
Junior Partner of Empire: Why Canada’s Foreign Policy Isn’t What You Think Canada is not what it appears to outsiders. It is not what it seems even to Canadians. The idea that middle-power Canada is a strong, upright guy who steps into the fight hesitantly and defends the little man is a myth of grandiose […]
