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  •  | Washington Sets Trap for Iran | MR Online

    Washington sets trap for Iran, will Iran take the bait?

    Originally published: NEO (New Eastern Outlook) on September 24, 2024 by Brian Berletic (more by NEO (New Eastern Outlook))  | (Posted Sep 25, 2024)

    Amid the ongoing conflict in Ukraine and growing tensions in the Asia-Pacific, Washington is moving toward an equally dangerous, regional war in the Middle East between its Israeli proxies and a growing list of neighboring states and organizations.

  •  | Washingtons Expanding Military Footprint on Chinas Doorsteps | MR Online

    Washington’s expanding military footprint on China’s doorsteps

    Originally published: NEO (New Eastern Outlook) on September 5, 2023 by Brian Berletic (more by NEO (New Eastern Outlook))  | (Posted Sep 11, 2023)

    A series of announcements by the US reflect its large and still growing military presence across Asia-Pacific, particularly in East and Southeast Asia. Together, they reflect a continued and increasingly desperate desire by Washington to encircle and contain China.

  •  | US vs China in Laos | MR Online

    US vs. China in Laos: Two Nations, two approaches, one obvious difference

    Originally published: NEO (New Eastern Outlook) on February 4, 2022 by Brian Berletic (more by NEO (New Eastern Outlook))  | (Posted Feb 13, 2022)

    The United States has elected to lock itself in a zero-sum conflict with China, attempting to stop China’s inevitable rise as the world’s largest, most powerful economy and thus nation.

  •  | How does Washington Rob the Entire World | MR Online

    How does Washington rob the entire world?

    Originally published: NEO (New Eastern Outlook) on February 3, 2021 by Vladimir Danilov (more by NEO (New Eastern Outlook))  | (Posted Feb 04, 2021)

    Against the backdrop of the recent change in the White House administration, and the absence of clear harbingers of the United States’ desire to reduce the number of armed conflicts around the world, it is worth noting that in many respects the present conflicts owe their existence to how they are pumped with American weaponry.

  •  | The US Department of Energy DOE recently renamed US liquefied natural gas LNG exports freedom gas httpsjournal neoorg20190606europe has no freedom but to choose freedom gas | MR Online

    Europe has no freedom but to choose “freedom gas”

    Originally published: NEO (New Eastern Outlook) on June 6, 2019 by Tony Cartalucci (more by NEO (New Eastern Outlook))  | (Posted Jun 12, 2019)

    The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) recently renamed U.S. liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports “freedom gas.” But freedom for who? For Europe who already has a cheap and reliable source of natural gas, but is being forced to switch over to more expensive U.S. gas under the threat of sanctions? Certainly not. Or freedom for […]

  •  | Filming in the most depressing city on EarthJakart | MR Online

    Filming in the most depressing city on the Earth: Jakarta

    Originally published: NEO (New Eastern Outlook) on November 7, 2018 (more by NEO (New Eastern Outlook))  |

    It stinks, it is the most polluted city on earth, but that is not the most terrible thing about it.

Monthly Review Essays

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    Sam-Kee Cheng  | A late 1940s Soviet poster showing a US military service member lounging on top of a German factory smoking a cigar The text beneath reads DER DOLLARIMPERIALISMUS dollar imperialism | MR Online

    1. Introduction The predominance of US economic, political and military power in the world was established at the end of the Second World War.1 With just 6.3 percent of global population, the United States held about 50 percent of the world wealth in 1948. As the only power which had used nuclear weapons on civilian […]

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  • Journalism, democracy, … and class struggle
    Robert W. McChesney  | Bob McChesney on Saving Journalism | MR Online

    Our job is to make media reform part of our broader struggle for democracy, social justice, and, dare we say it, socialism.

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