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About Danny Haiphong

Danny Haiphong is an activist and journalist in the New York City area. He and Roberto Sirvent are co-authors of the book entitled American Exceptionalism and American Innocence: A People’s History of Fake News—From the Revolutionary War to the War on Terror (Skyhorse Publishing).He can be reached at wakeupriseup1990 [at] gmail.com or @SpiritofHo.
  • U.S. Push to Strip China's Developing Country Status an Attack on Development Itself

    U.S. push to strip China’s ‘Developing Country’ status an attack on development itself

    Originally published: Black Agenda Report on April 5, 2023 (more by Black Agenda Report)  |

    The U.S. attempt to diminish China’s economic success is a bipartisan project, and a unanimous congressional vote to strip China of developing nation status is just the latest act in the aggressive but futile effort.

  • The US and Japan in the joint Noble Fusion military exercise in February 2022

    The U.S. is already preparing for its next war: on China

    Originally published: Geopolitical Economy Report on January 16, 2023 (more by Geopolitical Economy Report)  |

    While the U.S. and NATO wage a proxy war against Russia in Ukraine, military strategists and pundits in Washington have set their sights on China.

  • Ghost Stories of Capitalism

    Ghost stories of capitalism: Racism is REAL, and it’s a class struggle

    Originally published: Black Agenda Report on December 14, 2022 (more by Black Agenda Report)  |

    In today’s political climate, the word racism has become taboo.

  • (Image: Carlos Latuff)

    Taiwan and the making of an “Asian” NATO

    Originally published: Black Agenda Report on July 6, 2022 (more by Black Agenda Report)  |

    The United States wants to turn Taiwan into an Asian Ukraine. The goal is to use it as a weapon against a China, a country that has been declared an adversary.

  • Race and The Great American Death Divide

    Race and the great American death divide

    Originally published: Black Agenda Report on April 27, 2022 (more by Black Agenda Report)  |

    It is not surprising that a settler colonial state would practice racism for centuries or that race would be the major factor determining who lives and who dies.

  • Eileen Gu

    Eileen Gu controversy exposes the importance of racial loyalty to the American Empire

    Originally published: Black Agenda Report on February 16, 2022 (more by Black Agenda Report)  |

    Corporate media used the 2022 Beijing winter Olympics to create endless anti-China screeds. An athlete was even condemned for choosing to affirm her Chinese heritage. White supremacy drives foreign policy decisions and American thinking.

  • Don't Look Up Reflects the Cynicism of Capitalist Decay, for Better and for Worse

    Don’t look up reflects the cynicism of capitalist decay, for better and for worse

    Originally published: Black Agenda Report on January 5, 2022 (more by Black Agenda Report)  |

    A lively debate has ensued over the merits of the film, Don’t Look Up. People on the progressive side of the political spectrum have praised the film for its piercing honesty about the climate crisis which is communicated through the metaphor of an incoming, planet-destroying comet.

  • The revenge of white colonialism motivates the AUKUS alliance against China

    The revenge of white colonialism motivates the AUKUS alliance against China

    Originally published: Friends of Socialist China on September 20, 2021 (more by Friends of Socialist China)

    The United States, United Kingdom, and Australia have formed an alliance called “AUKUS” to create, in the words of Australia PM Scott Morrison, “a partnership where our technology, our scientists, our industry, our defense forces are all working together to deliver a safer and more secure region that ultimately benefits all.”

  • Counter Western Bias against China by Remembering Peter Norman’s Solidarity

    Counter Western bias against China by remembering Peter Norman’s solidarity

    Originally published: Friends of Socialist China on August 13, 2021 (more by Friends of Socialist China)

    International media engaged in Sinophobic rhetoric during the recent Olympic games in Tokyo.

  • Glen Ford: A Remarkable Revolutionary

    Glen Ford: A remarkable revolutionary

    Originally published: Black Agenda Report on August 4, 2021 (more by Black Agenda Report)  |

    He is one of the few among us who lived by Amilcar Cabral’s iconic words, Tell no lies, claim no easy victories!

  • American flag shattered

    Critical Race Theory debacle signals the collapse of the American empire

    Originally published: Critical Race Theory debacle signals the collapse of the American empire on July 8, 2021 (more by Critical Race Theory debacle signals the collapse of the American empire)

    Whatever the strengths and limitations of Critical Race Theory, the debate over its usefulness to establishment circles is indicative of the American Empire’s rapid decline

  • Source: silknsteel.podbean.com

    Off the Rails: New report by Corporate-funded think-tank reveals how profit-driven motives drive New Cold War against China

    Originally published: CovertAction Magazine on June 5, 2021 (more by CovertAction Magazine)  |

    The same report paradoxically acknowledges the failure of the economic model the U.S. has tried to impose on the rest of the world

  • China and Africa: the Black Alliance for Peace’s AFRICOM Watch Bulletin

    China and Africa: the Black Alliance for Peace’s AFRICOM Watch Bulletin

    Originally published: Black Agenda Report on April 21, 2021 (more by Black Agenda Report)  |

    Those that call China a colonizer of Africa don’t understand colonization.

  • New Cold War is Built on Humanitarian Interventionist Lies and Dismissal of Actual War Crimes

    New Cold War is built on humanitarian interventionist lies and dismissal of actual War Crimes

    Originally published: Black Agenda Report on March 17, 2021 (more by Black Agenda Report)  |

    To manufacture consent for its own constant aggressions the U.S. claims its competitors are guilty of even greater crimes–sheer inventions that never happened.

  • Anti-Asian Racism Never Stopped Being an Outgrowth of U.S. Imperialism

    Anti-Asian racism never stopped being an outgrowth of U.S. imperialism

    Originally published: Black Agenda Report on March 10, 2021 (more by Black Agenda Report)  |

    Scant attention has been placed on the context of anti-Asian racism and its roots in the history of U.S. imperialism.

  • Casualties of the Old Cold War Should Inform Opposition to U.S.’ New Cold War against China

    Casualties of the Old Cold War should inform opposition to U.S.’ New Cold War against China

    Originally published: Black Agenda Report on January 20, 2021 (more by Black Agenda Report)  |

    The U.S. share of the global economy has shrunk dramatically since 1960. On the other hand, China is on pace to surpass the U.S. in GOP terms in 2030. 

  • Capitalism on a Ventilator: A New Book Analyzes the Impact of COVID-19 on the U.S. and China

    Capitalism on a Ventilator: A new book analyzes the impact of COVID-19 on the U.S. and China

    Originally published: Black Agenda Report on January 6, 2021 (more by Black Agenda Report)  |

    While China contained COVID-19 and preserved its economy, the U.S. spins lies while hundreds of thousands of its people die for lack of even a semblance of a national health system.

  • Awkwafina

    “Awkwafina is Nora from Queens” demonstrates the depths of New Cold War propaganda against China

    Originally published: Black Agenda Report on December 2, 2020 (more by Black Agenda Report)  |

    In the season finale, the liberal mask comes off and the program morphs into a screed for the U.S.’s New Cold War on China.

  • Joe Biden’s Victory is Still a Loss for Humanity

    Joe Biden’s victory is still a loss for humanity

    Originally published: Black Agenda Report on November 11, 2020 (more by Black Agenda Report)  |

    The Biden-Harris administration is good news for corporations, cops, war profiteers and banks too big to fail, but offers nothing to save the people and planet from multiple rises.

  • American Exceptionalism Won’t Save the U.S. Empire from Itself, or Stop China’s Rise

    American exceptionalism won’t save the U.S. Empire from itself, or stop China’s rise

    Originally published: Black Agenda Report on November 4, 2020 (more by Black Agenda Report)  |

    China’s rise reflects a bourgeoning global movement away from U.S. imperialism and toward self-determination.

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