Subjects Archives: Empire

Today we are at roughly the same point, but oligarchs think in commercial terms, not social or ethical ones. For the oligarchs, the point on both sides is that the sanctions war over the past three years has created the largest gap between true asset value and trade value which exists in the global market today–this is the gap between the pre-war bankable value of Russian commodities, resources, and corporate assets and their discounted price under sanctions.

A CHORUS of “establishment” voices, from consultancy firms to the financial press, has been demanding a boost to domestic consumption as a means of reviving the flagging growth rate of the Indian economy. The latest to join this chorus is the Reserve Bank of India which in its latest Bulletin has asked for a boost to consumption to “rekindle the animal spirits” of the “entrepreneurs” in the economy.

As the Washington Post faces a staff rebellion and plummeting subscription rates, billionaire owner Jeff Bezos has introduced a new mission statement: “Riveting Storytelling for All of America.”

The Indigenous leader and longest-held political prisoner in the United States will be released to home confinement after his sentence was commuted.

The world is ruled by religious fanatics with nukes.

As Donald Trump takes office, he has revived one of his most audacious ideas: acquiring Greenland.

“Trans people, refugees, and migrants are not the threats,” the group said. “The billionaires with close ties to our new president who flash the Nazi salute and seek to replace the old elites with a new caste—that is the real threat to America.”

The hood stays popped open the entire time, showing the whole world how the imperial sausage gets made.

Grayzone reporter Max Blumenthal also confronted Blinken, asking if he was ‘compromised by Israel’

In this series, we (BAR Book Forum) ask acclaimed authors to answer five questions about their book. This week’s featured authors are Tracy Rosenthal and Leonardo Vilchis.

Their message is clear: When Trump takes the presidential oath of office on Jan. 20, his job is to work for them.

U.S. imperialism in short believes that it can do whatever it likes, that it is a law unto itself.

Trump has promoted a number of plans to make America strong—at other countries’ expense.

The moniker “Genocide Joe” is well deserved and one that Joe Biden can never live down, along with any other names that describe the damage he brought to the country and to the world. His legacy is that in every position he held, he was a happy servant for imperialist and neo-liberal interests, like all of his white house predecessors.

We should talk about a malignant influence on Australia’s security which has long been harboured unquestioned–so-called independent think tanks.

Meet the Lone Star megadonors, think tankers, and politicians poised to play big roles in Trump’s comeback tour.

Throughout her hour-long speech Sheinbaum addressed the central role of empowering women in her presidency, outlined her policies and achievements so far and directly spoke to relations with the United States.

The United States today has by far the world’s largest incarceration rate, with nearly two million people living in prisons and jails. The conditions in those facilities are often substandard, with Amnesty International criticizing the dehumanizing practice of holding prisoners in prolonged solitary confinement. Benjamin Weber’s book, American Purgatory: Prison Imperialism and the Rise of […]

Our investigation in 2023 exposed how New York’s discipline system failed to hold abusive guards to account.

As the skies of Los Angeles filled with smoke this week from multiple raging wildfires, many residents quickly recognized failures in local and state governments’ ability to protect them from hazardous air pollution.