Redlines Report – April 25, 2025

Africa

In Burkina Faso, Traoré’s legacy could extend beyond popularity and promises

Burkina Faso’s President Ibrahim Traoré stands as a symbol of the renewed anti-colonial resistance emerging from the Sahel. Like Sankara before him, Traoré has dared to challenge the parasitic grip of French neocolonialism, kicking out imperialist troops and reclaiming national dignity. The Western press treats his government as “populist” and “unpredictable” — translation: he’s not under NATO command. While contradictions remain, his revolutionary posture reflects the growing reawakening across West Africa. We stand in unconditional solidarity with Burkina Faso’s right to self-determination and national sovereignty.

Zelensky to visit South Africa

Zelensky’s PR tour of Africa is a last-ditch attempt by the U.S. and EU to rope Global South nations into their proxy war with Russia. South Africa — a member of BRICS and an outspoken critic of Western imperialism — is not easily manipulated. Washington wants to portray Ukraine as a victim, but for the colonized world, it’s NATO that’s the aggressor, and Ukraine’s regime that dances to the imperialist war drums. The visit reeks of desperation. Africa has no interest in dying for European contradictions.

Africa must prioritise private sector to absorb shocks, says IMF

Here comes the vampire again — the IMF telling Africa to hand over the reins of its economies to private capital in order to “absorb shocks.” Translation: sell off state assets, slash social services, and invite foreign multinationals to drain the continent dry. Every time Africa follows this script, the result is deeper dependency and poverty. This isn’t “development,” it’s economic recolonization. The IMF remains the spearhead of financial warfare against the Global South. The only shock absorbers Africa needs are socialism, sovereignty, and South-South solidarity.

Asia

Huawei Raises Record $2.7 Billion in Chinese Debt Issuance Spree

While U.S. tech firms hoard cash offshore and invest in surveillance capitalism, Huawei — a state-supported tech juggernaut — is building infrastructure across the Global South. Its massive debt raise isn’t a sign of capitalist greed, but strategic investment aligned with national development and technological sovereignty. The West calls this “debt risk”; we call it socialist planning with Chinese characteristics. Unlike Silicon Valley’s technofascists, Huawei isn’t trying to sell your data to the Pentagon. It’s building the digital backbone of a multipolar world.

G20 Washington: Top Chinese officials slam trade war, talks remain elusive

As China stands firm against U.S. economic aggression, Western diplomats complain about the lack of “dialogue.” The real story? China refuses to bow to imperialist blackmail. These trade wars aren’t about “fairness” — they’re about trying to stop China from leading an alternative development path rooted in sovereignty, not Wall Street dictates. The Western powers are rattled because they see the future slipping from their grip — and it speaks Mandarin, not English.

Multinationals vow big China investments, defying tariffs and bucking ‘wait-and-see’ trend

Despite the State Department’s tantrums, global capital keeps flowing into China. Why? Because China’s economy is stable, planned, and productive — not a speculative casino. Western firms know that while Washington threatens sanctions and tariffs, they can’t afford to cut themselves off from the workshop of the world. China isn’t just surviving — it’s building an alternative to the crumbling neoliberal order. And even capitalists are taking notice.

Europe

Europe can take advantage of King Dollar’s wobble

The Euro-bourgeoisie smells blood in the water as the dollar loses its grip. But don’t be fooled — this isn’t about liberation from U.S. dominance. It’s about who gets to be the next imperial master. Europe’s elite isn’t resisting dollar hegemony to build a better world — they just want a bigger slice of the exploitation pie. Whether it’s the euro, the pound, or the dollar, the coin still has blood on it. True monetary liberation won’t come from Frankfurt or Wall Street, but from the Global South rising in unison.

Can Europe Compete in Africa’s New Great Game?

The so-called “Great Game” is just a polite term for economic re-colonization. Europe wants to reassert control over Africa, but it’s being outmaneuvered by BRICS nations and African leaders who are no longer playing by colonial rules. France is losing grip in West Africa. The EU is scrambling to remain relevant. And the people of Africa — after centuries of theft — are finally demanding reparations in the form of sovereignty, not charity.

UK simulated Russia-Ukraine war on itself, and it wasn’t pretty

The British military recently simulated a Russia-Ukraine war scenario on its own soil — and the results were bleak. But here’s what they won’t say: the UK has spent decades preparing for foreign wars and imperial adventures, not defending the working class at home. The real threat isn’t Russia — it’s a ruling class that’s gutted healthcare, militarized the police, and locked itself in bunkers while the country crumbles. War games won’t save a dying empire.

Latin America & the Caribbean

IMF shows its claws in Argentina, backing Milei’s far-right agenda

The IMF’s endorsement of Javier Milei’s fascist economic assault on Argentina’s poor is no surprise. It’s textbook imperialist economics: crush the unions, sell off national resources, and starve the people — all in the name of “stabilization.” But the Argentine working class has been here before. They know this script. And history has taught us one thing: when the boot gets heavier, so does the resistance.

Electoral fraud in Ecuador is linked to drug trafficking: Cabello

The narco-bourgeoisie of Ecuador has fused electoral fraud with cartel capital, erasing even the illusion of democracy. As U.S.-backed regimes collapse into mafia states, Washington pretends to be the fireman while it’s been the arsonist all along. The drug war was never about drugs — it was about crushing sovereignty, militarizing Latin America, and keeping profits flowing north. Ecuador is just the latest casualty in the empire’s dirty game.

Latin America should take the long view on tariffs

Latin America doesn’t need lectures from neoliberal think tanks in Seoul or D.C. about how to “navigate” tariffs. What it needs is trade built on solidarity, not extraction. The region’s future lies in regional integration, BRICS+ cooperation, and de-dollarization — not in dancing for crumbs from Washington’s table. Every time Latin America has broken free of U.S. trade diktats, it has grown stronger. The long view? It’s anti-imperialist and collective.

Middle East

US Reaper drone losses mount in Yemen as campaign against Houthis intensifies

Washington’s drone war against Yemen’s Houthis is unraveling. Reaper after Reaper shot out of the sky, billions of dollars in Pentagon tech turned to desert scrap. The U.S. claims it’s fighting “terrorism,” but the Houthis are defending their sovereignty against U.S.-backed Saudi genocide. This is imperial humiliation — and a warning to every settler empire that the days of remote-control dominance are numbered.

China, Russia, Iran jointly discuss Iran’s nuclear program with IAEA

Iran isn’t isolated — it’s surrounded by allies. As China, Russia, and Iran sit down with the IAEA, they’re forging a multipolar order that refuses to bow to U.S. nuclear hypocrisy. After Hiroshima, after Iraq, after Israel’s nuclear arsenal — Washington has no moral ground to stand on. What they fear isn’t Iran’s uranium. It’s Iran’s independence.

Pakistan accused of doing the “dirty work” of Western interests

The Pakistani state continues to act as a subcontractor for Western empire, repressing its own people while playing regional policeman. But the tide is turning. From Baluchistan to Kashmir, the colonial contradictions are cracking the foundation of the security state. The more Islamabad serves Washington and London, the more its own legitimacy bleeds away. A reckoning is coming — not from Langley, but from below.

North America

Mexican citizens left confused after being denied entry returning to Mexico

This is settler fascism in full bloom: Mexicans, indigenous to this land, denied re-entry to their own country at a U.S. checkpoint. The border isn’t real — it’s a colonial wound turned into a militarized scar. Washington’s war on migrants is a war on history, on dignity, and on labor. But the people will not be caged forever. Every checkpoint is a powder keg.

‘The United States is the villain of our story’: Nationalism surges in Mexico amid Trump threats

Mexican nationalism isn’t a threat — it’s a survival instinct. After centuries of land theft, coups, and economic rape, the Mexican people are calling the empire by its name: villain. As Trump 2.0 threatens new walls and invasions, this defiant spirit may be the spark that reignites the Bolivarian flame in North America. The real danger isn’t the people rising — it’s that they might win.

Trump doubles down on Canada becoming “51st state”

When Trump dreams aloud of annexing other countries, he’s not joking — he’s prophesying settler colonialism 2.0. This isn’t nostalgia. It’s strategy. The U.S. ruling class sees its empire slipping, and like all dying empires, it turns to expansion. Canada, Greenland, and the Panama Canal are vital chokepoints in the hyper-imperial architecture of US Empire and Trump is very serious about annexing them in preparation for war against China.

United States

Tesla profits plummet in Q1

Elon Musk’s techno-plantation is finally showing cracks. Tesla’s profits have nosedived, and Wall Street is panicking. But this isn’t just a bad quarter — it’s a systemic unraveling. The U.S. economy was never built on production, but on hype, speculation, and empire. The age of the Digerati demigods is ending — and it won’t be pretty when the illusions collapse.

Trump claims Xi Jinping called him for trade talks

Trump’s fantasies about Xi Jinping calling him are less diplomacy and more delusion. China isn’t phoning the empire — it’s burying it with ports, pipelines, and peace deals. While Trump performs for the cameras, China builds the world’s infrastructure. One is writing tweets. The other is writing history.

Republicans seek $27B golden dome in Trump tax plan

As millions starve, Congress proposes a $27 billion tax giveaway to the rich — wrapped in a golden dome. Welcome to technofascism, where the spectacle masks the theft, and the thieves call it freedom. The ruling class isn’t hiding their plunder anymore. They’re building temples to it. But every empire that worships gold eventually collapses in blood and fire.