Redlines Report – April 22, 2025
Daily revolutionary dispatches from the frontlines of global class war, settler empire, and technofascist recalibration.
Africa
Silver Lining Spied for Africa’s Gold Exporters, Oil Importers
Global finance is doing its usual tightrope act—celebrating “opportunities” in Africa while keeping the continent in a chokehold. Rising gold prices mean some African states might catch a breath, but the broader setup remains unchanged: loot goes north, debts stay south. Imperialist markets manipulate commodity flows while African workers and peasants are left hustling for crumbs. Gold glitters, but the colonial terms of trade still hold the continent hostage. Until Africa breaks with extraction-for-export economics and seizes full sovereignty, these little “silver linings” are just golden chains.
Why Asia, Africa Loom Large in Deciding Next Pope
Now that the Vatican’s eurozone is running on spiritual austerity, the Church turns its eyes to Asia and Africa—places still full of the devout, and ripe for institutional expansion. But don’t mistake this for decolonization. It’s just the holy empire trying to rebrand its PR image. A bishop from Lagos or Manila won’t change the fact that the Church still walks hand-in-hand with Western imperialism. The soul may be global, but the Vatican still banks in Rome.
Burkina Faso Army Says It Foiled ‘Major’ Coup Plot
The junta in Burkina Faso claims it has crushed another coup plot—this time allegedly hatched in Ivory Coast with the help of former military officers and so-called “terrorist leaders.” But underneath the headlines and the uniforms, what we’re really witnessing is a high-stakes battle between the decaying neocolonial order and a new multipolar realignment. Since Capt. Ibrahim Traoré took power in 2022, Burkina Faso has openly defied the French empire, cut ties with ECOWAS, and turned toward Russia and pan-African alliances. That makes it a prime target for counterinsurgency by proxy—destabilization operations using exiled elites, disloyal officers, and covert networks backed by foreign intelligence. The accusation that the plot aimed to trigger chaos and “place the country under international supervision” says it all. Western technocrats call it democracy promotion; the Global South calls it recolonization. Whether this coup was real or preemptively crushed, one thing’s clear: imperialism doesn’t need boots on the ground when it has agents in the barracks.
Asia
Vietnam Cracks Down on Fraud on US Exports
Vietnam’s caught in a squeeze between Uncle Sam and the global supply chain gangsters. To avoid sanctions and keep its exports flowing, it’s cracking down on so-called fraud in US-bound goods. But let’s call it what it is: the U.S. is weaponizing trade to force smaller economies into submission. This is textbook technofascism—economic coercion masked as law enforcement. The global South bends, but it ain’t breaking yet.
China Retreats from US Private Equity Investments
China stepping back from Wall Street’s private equity poker game is more than a strategic reshuffle—it’s a signal flare. As Cold War 2.0 heats up, the Chinese state is drawing a line between national security and foreign capital infiltration. This is a retreat from financial colonization, not from competition. Meanwhile, U.S. firms clutch their portfolios like colonial relics, hoping Beijing still plays by their rules. But the East ain’t buying that bluff anymore.
China Warns Countries Not to Align with US in Trade
In a tone as diplomatic as a clenched fist, China has told the world: if you dance to Washington’s trade war drums, expect to pay the price. As Trump 2.0 ramps up his tariff crusade—slapping a 145% duty wall on Chinese goods—Beijing’s message is clear: no country gets to sell out Chinese trade ties for Yankee scraps without consequences. The U.S. is trying to restructure global supply chains with a gun to everyone’s head, pressuring Global South nations to shun China under threat of losing access to U.S. markets. This is textbook hyper-imperialism: technofascist capitalism no longer relies on “free trade,” but on digital surveillance, coercive tariffs, and economic warfare. Beijing’s warning reveals a geopolitical truth: the era of unipolar obedience is over. No amount of cowboy tariffs or Digerati spin can reverse the material fact that China’s industrial rise is the cornerstone of the Global South’s future. The U.S. demands loyalty; China offers infrastructure. Which side are you on?
Middle East
Somehow, This Country Is a Friend to the US, Iran, and Russia – And It’s Working
While most Gulf states pick sides in the new Cold War, Oman’s out here playing chess with everyone—and winning. It talks to the U.S., Iran, and Russia without selling its soul to any of them. That’s not neutrality, that’s strategy. Oman refuses to be a puppet or a battlefield, using backchannels and diplomacy to keep the region from going up in flames. It denied Western airspace, deepened ties with China and Russia, and still holds the White House’s ear. In a world split by empire, Oman’s carving out a space for multipolar peace. That’s quiet resistance. That’s power with patience.
Pakistan and Afghanistan Seek Diplomatic Reboot
After a year of airstrikes and border posturing, two neighbors finally consider diplomacy. Afghanistan and Pakistan’s long entanglement—fueled by CIA war games and Taliban counterstrikes—may be thawing. But let’s not pretend this is a clean reset. The wounds of imperial manipulation run deep, and the regional elites have often profited from keeping their countries unstable. Peace is possible—but only if it comes from below, not brokered by imperial think tanks in D.C.
Hezbollah Signals It Will Stay Armed Amid Lebanese Crisis
Hezbollah’s refusal to disarm isn’t stubbornness—it’s survival in a country strangled by Western economic warfare and sectarian fragmentation. The imperialists want a Lebanon that’s weak, docile, and ready to privatize. But the armed poor of the south still remember the Israeli tanks and U.S. jets. Disarmament? Only after disoccupation. Until then, resistance remains the only consistent policy in a world that punishes the weak and praises the collaborators.
Latin America & the Caribbean
From Meat to Grains, Trade War Is a Boon to Brazil and Argentina
When the empires clash, the periphery sometimes cashes in. Brazil and Argentina are raking in profits as the U.S. and China duke it out over trade. But make no mistake: these temporary gains don’t shift the underlying relationship. These countries are still plugged into the global food chain as commodity suppliers, not sovereign economies. Exporting soy and beef might fill state coffers for now, but without structural transformation, they’re just fattening the IMF’s interest payments.
‘Seeds of Memory’ Pays Tribute to Colombia’s Biodiversity and Food Sovereignty
While agribusiness giants bulldoze peasant traditions, Colombia’s Indigenous communities are holding the line with seeds, memory, and resistance. ‘Seeds of Memory’ is more than a cultural tribute—it’s a quiet act of rebellion against the Monsanto-ization of the land. In a world where food is increasingly monopolized, preserving biodiversity and ancestral knowledge is revolutionary praxis. The campesino isn’t nostalgic—they’re the front line in the war for the future of the planet.
Tropical Shipping Exempted from $1M Port Tariff After Caribbean Advocacy
Caribbean nations just scored a rare win against maritime monopoly. Tropical Shipping—a key link in the archipelago’s supply chain—dodged a million-dollar tariff after grassroots pressure forced a corporate climbdown. It’s a small victory in a region long bled by logistical rackets and shipping cartels. But it shows that when the Caribbean speaks with one voice, even the global freight giants tremble. Sovereignty is built port by port.
Europe
Russia Hands Turkey Evidence of Ukrainian Pipeline Attacks
Geopolitical chess just turned up the heat under Europe’s gas grid. Russia is pointing fingers at Ukraine for sabotaging energy infrastructure, and Turkey’s playing mediator while watching its own pipeline dreams rise. In the background, NATO whispers about “Russian propaganda,” but the truth is simpler: this is energy war in real time. Europe’s reliance on fossil fuels is its Achilles heel, and Washington’s solution is to light the continent’s east on fire—again.
France and Germany Try to Paper Over Deepening Divides on Defense and Trade
The Franco-German “engine” of Europe is sputtering, its cylinders misfiring over defense, trade, and energy. Macron wants an EU army; Germany wants to keep selling cars to China. Beneath the polite diplomacy lies a deeper fracture: the European Union is caught between Atlanticist dependency and the mirage of autonomy. It’s a technofascist house divided—fortifying its walls while its foundations crumble.
NATO Signals Ukraine Membership ‘Off the Table’ for Now
After years of dangling NATO membership like a carrot on a bayonet, the West now tells Ukraine: “Not yet, maybe never.” This isn’t diplomacy—it’s betrayal. Washington used Kyiv as cannon fodder in its proxy war against Russia, and now, when the dust settles, Ukraine is left broken, indebted, and friendless. The empire always pays in promises, and cashes out in blood.
North America
Carney’s Plan May Make Canada the ‘Housing Factory of the World’
Former Bank of England boss Mark Carney wants to turn Canada into a modular housing export hub—because in the global real estate casino, even homes are just commodities now. This scheme isn’t about solving homelessness, it’s about pumping profits out of prefab ghettos. Housing for whom? And at what cost? Under technofascism, even shelter becomes an export product built for speculation, not human dignity.
NORAD Is Falling Behind: Why Canada Must Act Now
NORAD, the aging brain of continental defense, is getting a technofascist reboot. U.S. hawks are demanding Canada put up more money and tech to guard North America’s skies—from what, exactly? Migrants? Balloons? Chinese TikToks? The real threat isn’t external—it’s the militarization of civilian life under the guise of “security.” North America’s ruling class is preparing for war—but not the kind that’s declared. The kind that’s imposed silently on its own people.
Halliburton’s Q1 Profits Drop in North America
Halliburton’s profits are down, but don’t weep for Big Oil’s war profiteers. What this tells us is that the fracking boom has slowed, not stopped. Energy is still a battlefield—Halliburton just needs a new conflict to grease the machines. North America’s oil giants don’t depend on markets; they depend on militarized states and shattered countries. So if profits dip, expect more destabilization abroad and deregulation at home.
United States
China Has an Advantage Over Donald Trump in a Trade War Against the US
Trump’s trade war isn’t just back—it’s metastasized. With tariffs now at 245%, the empire is trying to economically isolate China while its own financial foundations crack beneath it. But Beijing holds a trump card: rare earths, manufacturing dominance, and a global supply chain the U.S. can’t replicate. As the White House wages economic war with no exit strategy, capital is already fleeing U.S. bonds, markets are wobbling, and allies like Canada and Mexico are bristling. This is technofascism in action—economic nationalism fused with elite self-dealing. Trump talks about “winning,” but he’s launched a war the empire can’t afford, can’t escape, and sure as hell can’t win.
Exclusive: The White House Is Looking to Replace Pete Hegseth as Defense Secretary
Pete Hegseth—Fox News mascot turned Pentagon boss—is under fire for leaking classified details of Yemen strikes in a Signal group chat with his wife and lawyer. Not exactly “Top Secret” energy. While Trump publicly backs him, insiders say the regime is quietly looking for a replacement. This isn’t just a PR slip—it’s another symptom of the rot at the core of the Trump 2.0 war machine. The military is run by media personalities, accountability is nonexistent, and factional infighting is tearing through the Department of Defense. It’s the technofascist state on full display: privatized war, signal leaks, drone strikes, and imperial chaos dressed up as strength.
Microsoft Accused of Assisting Israeli Operations in Gaza
While Gaza burns, Silicon Valley cashes checks. Microsoft’s alleged collaboration with Israeli military operations exposes the seamless marriage between Big Tech and settler colonial warfare. This is the Silicon Matrix in action—where code becomes shrapnel, and cloud servers host occupation maps. Technofascism doesn’t wear a uniform; it wears a hoodie and builds apps for apartheid.
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