Subjects Archives: Imperialism

John Mullen writes about the Nazi and colonial origins of Jean Marie Le Pen, and how they continue to influence French politics today.

In this excerpt from Mike Davis’s classic book ‘The Ecology of Fear’, he explores the tinderbox of the wealthy “Los Angeles frontiers” and the massive public resources dedicated to keep it from igniting.

Firefighters are being flown in from neighboring states like Nevada, Oregon, and Washington, as local resources have been depleted. This shortage can be directly attributed to recent budget cuts signed by Democratic Mayor Karen Bass, with the Los Angeles Fire Department seeing a $17.6 million reduction, while the police department received a $126 million increase.

The latest is the martyrdom of 31-year-old Thabat Ibrahim Muhammad Salim, a volunteer doctor at Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir al-Balah in central Gaza, on 5 January, 2025.

Canadian leaders are falling over themselves to placate the incoming Trump administration. It doesn’t have to be this way.

2025 is set to be the ‘break-out year’ for artificial intelligence.

Just as soon as Western powers installed terrorists to power in Damascus, examples of terrorist blowback immediately followed in the U.S., with some very strange details.

Richard Seymour on how crisis and catastrophe are feeding the far-right surge.

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum reaffirms support for migrants amid Trump’s deportation plans, and proposes a regional summit to address the causes of immigration.

When news broke over the weekend that President Biden just approved an $8 billion deal for shipping weapons to Israel, a nameless official vowed that “we will continue to provide the capabilities necessary for Israel’s defense.”

Donald Trump’s tariffs will not reduce U.S. public debt. The federal deficit will keep growing, but they will be an excuse to further cut taxes on the rich and to ratchet up the new cold war on China.

Wikileaks has just put all its files online.

RICHARD CLARKE applauds the assertion that Western Marxism represents a withdrawal from action to change the world into the academy.

Democrats speak of the fight against “Russian disinformation,” while the Republicans pledge to combat “fake news” about Israel.

The primary cause of the rupee’s depreciation is the preference of the Indian rich to hold their wealth in the form of U.S. dollars rather than in Indian rupees.

Trump, who promises to be the “most pro-Israel president ever,” has picked a cabinet replete with neoconservative, pro-war voices.

China alleges that the U.S. approach to Taiwan is guided by “cold war zero sum mentality” which violates its own declared commitments to the “one-China policy” and agreements of non-interference in internal matters.

The emperor, we are now told, was naked all along.

Over all, Washington has provided the regime with $310 billion in military and economic aid, which has been regularly adjusted for inflation, according to the Council on Foreign Relations, an American think tank.

As China grows and prospers many in the U.S. want us to believe that China will follow the same path that the U.S. itself pursued–global military aggression, the overthrow of numerous governments around the world and persecution of minorities at home. (A repost from February 2023.)