Subjects Archives: Empire

Since its founding in 1983, the congressionally-funded IRI has been run by Republican politicians and operatives dedicated to the cause of “democracy promotion” abroad.

Admiral Alvin Hosley demonstrated selective outrage over the fear of multipolarity in the Western Hemisphere.

The fall of the Berlin Wall enabled neo-fascist activity to spill over into East Germany, laying the groundwork for the strengthening of right-wing forces today.

The official hope is that the workers’ bargaining strength gets sufficiently lowered by having greater unemployment so that they cannot bargain for higher money wages to compensate for the price-rise, because of which inflation would eventually peter out.

On a cold New York afternoon in Harlem February 21, 1965, “Don’t Do it,” were the last words that the world heard from the voice of El Hajj Malik El-Shabazz, better known as Malcolm X, before the assassins opened fire with a barrage of bullets that would take Malcolm away from us physically.

The decline in manufacturing jobs is common to most developed economies and is not unique to the U.S. Further, Donald Trump is nothing if not delusional, and his tariffs will only damage both the U.S. economy and others as well.

Billionaire Peter Thiel had a fascinating televised moment the other day when asked by Piers Morgan what he thought about the public making a hero of the man suspected of murdering health insurance CEO Brian Thompson.

While it is certainly true that Trumpism is not identical with capitalism per se, it would be a mistake to see Trumpism as a completely separate and alien phenomenon.

Trump’s aggression does not reflect strength. He is desperately trying to slow the decline of U.S. empire.

The first month of the Trump administration has seen a full-scale cave-in by the corporate media, in which major newspapers and television and cable networks have bowed to the demands of the fascist president, muzzling or firing journalists viewed as his critics and backing away from any serious defense of freedom of the press.

One finds that in looking at Marxist theory, at its relevance to race, looking at the relevance of Marxist theory to national emancipation, we come up with a very important paradox.

As part of reading up on the JD Vance speech I stumbled over an outrageously arrogant attempt of reader manipulation in the New York Times.

Donald Trump’s expansion of migrant detention in Guantánamo Bay follows years of torture. Meanwhile, the people of Cuba have always fought for their land to be freed from U.S. imperialism.

Donald Trump is back in the White House, and faux opposition is once again the order of the day for the Western media and the Democratic Party.

What is your morning routine? Wake up, maybe make coffee, tea, or other morning beverage or meal, check the weather.

More than 40 substantial lawsuits have been filed over the last three weeks challenging President Donald Trump’s provocative executive orders on the budget, access to government data, the rights of federal employees, including inspectors general, campus protests against the genocide in Gaza, birthright citizenship and other burning issues.

By glorifying the figure of William McKinley, president of the United States between March 4, 1897 and September 14, 1901, Donald Trump is trying to find a universally acclaimed precedent for his controversial policies in the political history of the United States.

Donald Trump has announced his intention to build a gigantic anti-ballistic missile system to counter Chinese and Russian nuclear weapons, and he is recruiting Elon Musk to help him.

U.S. President Donald Trump has reiterated his controversial proposal to take control of Gaza, saying he is committed to “buying and owning” the war-ravaged enclave.

While deportation of non-citizens found to be in violation of U.S. Immigration Law is a routine procedure, this time it was different and brazen.