Subjects Archives: Empire

It was a spectacular example of a non-event, alloyed by pure symbolism and cynicism. Here was a British government offering—how generous of them—to return sovereignty over the Chagos Islands, whose residents had been brutally displaced between 1965 to 1973, to Mauritius.

SOLOMON HUGHES looks at the sorry career of Brett McGurk.

The West’s failure to bring Israel to justice for its genocide in Gaza has emboldened it to attack Lebanon—and brought the region to the brink of all-out war.

Pierre Trudeau made housing an instrument of economic justice. Fifty years later his son remade it as an engine of inequality.

Despite the policy of ambiguity around Israeli nuclear weapons, it is clear that Israel’s nuclear arsenal poses a significant risk for humanitarian catastrophe in the Middle East and it should take urgent steps towards nuclear disarmament.

On September 12, 2024, a ruling was handed down in the case of the “Uhuru Three.”

Washington has maintained control over Iraq’s oil revenues since its illegal 2003 invasion–a financial and economic subjugation that undermines Iraqi sovereignty and denies it access to its own national treasure.

As long as the Palestinian people are denied justice, then no Zionist nor their supporters will have peace.

Laura Richardson, leader of the U.S. military’s Southern Command, recently called for the development of a new “Marshall Plan”, aimed at Latin America to counter the growing influence of Russia and China in the region.

Umar Khalid and more than a dozen activists have spent four years in prison under India’s controversial Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA), with no trial or bail. The cases are widely seen as politically motivated efforts to suppress dissent.

Speculation about the reach of American political and economic meddling is one thing; Matt Kennard shows us how it looks up close.

China’s economic ascendency and the ensuing rivalry between Beijing and Washington, representing the world’s two largest economies, are being played out across the resource-rich African continent.

An NSA codebreaker’s 1950 assessment reveals Ethel Rosenberg knew of her husband’s espionage but ‘did not engage in the work herself’ — despite this, the US sent her to die in the electric chair, writes ANDREW TUCKER.

The famous German sociologist discusses the recent elections in eastern Germany, the need to return to the nation-state, left-wing communitarianism, and the shortfalls of right-populism.

Analyst and former UN rapporteur Alfred de Zayas looks at the history of U.S. intervention and sanctions against Venezuela.

What do two South Pacific countries, two North American countries, one country in the Middle East, and (until recently) one country in southern Africa have in common with Europe?

Election season in the U.S. is witch hunt season, and the White House is determined to burn some ‘witches’–anyone arbitrarily deemed a ‘Russian agent’. Might you be one?

Emmanuel Macron has named a prime minister from the right-wing party that came fourth in June’s elections.

President Emmanuel Macron’s determination to overrule July’s parliamentary election results brings Europe closer to catastrophe.

The policies favoured by the ruling class in other words are being pursued despite public opinion being palpably and systematically opposed to them.