Trump’s trade wars are often misread as anti-globalization. In reality, they represented a restructuring of imperial economic relations, not their dissolution. By Arkadeep Goswami (The presidency of Donald J. Trump is often interpreted as an aberration—an irrational interruption in the smooth functioning of liberal internationalism. This essay argues otherwise. Trumpism represents not a […]
The presidential election in 2024 may be the last free vote taken in the United States. Dictatorships only hold elections with predetermined outcomes or do not hold them at all. Trump is no exception. CHRIS HEDGES Jan 19 Donald Trump’s threat to cancel the midterm elections is not a feign. He attempted to […]
The false binary of clerical authoritarianism versus Western liberalism is precisely what sustains Iran’s crisis. Each pole feeds the other. External threats, sanctions, and war rhetoric provide the theocratic state with a permanent alibi: dissent becomes treason, protest becomes collaboration, and repression is recast as national defence. By Arkadeep Goswami Iran today occupies […]
Big Oil is a winner in the U.S. attack on Venezuela, even if they don’t extract a drop of oil from there. By Basav Sen Via OtherWords Is the illegal U.S. invasion of Venezuela, and kidnapping of its president, a “war for oil”? To some extent, this is a reductionist debate. There […]
The Iranian people will not accept US interference into their own political affairs. In fact, such action may cause many Iranians to unite, at least temporarily, behind the regime. By C.J. Polychroniou Via Common Dreams Iran’s Islamic regime is under incredible pressure as the protests that begun in late December over the collapse of the currency have morphed […]
The Trump administration is consolidating the familiar machinery of terror of all authoritarian states. We must resist now. If we wait, it will be too late. CHRIS HEDGES JAN 11 I have seen the masked goons who terrorize our streets before. I saw them during the “Dirty War” in Argentina, where 30,000 men, […]
Current developments in Venezuela may appear to be unfathomable—until one recalls the long history of imperialist interference in Latin America and the Caribbean. By Daniela Ortiz and Gisela Cernadas Current developments in Venezuela may appear to be unfathomable—until one recalls the long history of imperialist interference in Latin America and the Caribbean. The events of the […]
The evisceration of the rule of law at home and abroad solidifies America as a rogue state. CHRIS HEDGES DEC 5 The ruling class of the United States, severed from a fact-based universe and blinded by idiocy, greed and hubris, has immolated the internal mechanisms that prevent dictatorship, and the external mechanisms designed […]
The British Empire, in steep decline on the eve of World War I, is a cautionary tale for a decayed U.S. Empire a century later CHRIS HEDGES Dec 27 At the start of the 20th century, the British Empire was, like our own, in terminal decline. Sixty percent of Englishmen were physically unfit for […]
But let’s be honest, the War on Terror was never about terror. The War on Drugs was never about drugs. They were both wars on inconvenient truths—and lucrative opportunities for whoever controlled the narrative. By Raïs Neza Boneza If everything you thought you knew about the War on Terror were nothing more than a mirage—an extravagant […]
Trump administration is after regime change in Venezuela. For US and European corporations, the message is clear: regime change could unlock vast wealth. By Juan Zahir Naranjo Cáceres and Shannon Brincat Two centuries ago, US President James Monroe declared the Western Hemisphere off-limits to European powers in what would became known in history books as the […]
To fully understand Washington’s current warpath in the region, it’s necessary to revisit earlier episodes in which the US intervened, violently and anti-democratically, to shape the political destinies of countries in the hemisphere. By ERIC ROSS Dec 08, 2025 TomDispatch In recent months, the Trump administration has escalated a decades-long campaign against the Venezuelan government and people. […]
It’s looking a lot like the run-up to the Iraq war — only this time, the allegations are even more bogus and easily disproven. By Farrah Hassen President Trump promised “no new wars,” but his aggression against Venezuela is the exact opposite. The U.S. military has been blowing up alleged “drug boats” near […]
Maga supporters unite around a shared perception of threat to their status, often related to issues of race and immigration. Magnus Linden, Claire Campbell and Fredrik Björklund It’s often said that Donald Trump’s power base in the Maga movement has contributed to the radicalisation of the Republican party. Political scientists worry about the […]
How the US dollar’s status as the world’s reserve currency allows America to export its inflation and live beyond its means – at everyone else’s expense By Jaime Bravo and Jorge Coulon In August 1971, then-US President Richard Nixon announced the suspension of the dollar’s convertibility into gold. This closed a cycle […]