Redlines: June 3, 2025

Daily revolutionary dispatches from the frontlines of global class war, colonial contradiction, and technofascist stabilization.

Africa

Coltan Keeps the Tech Flowing—But Congo Bleeds

The so-called “digital age” runs on coltan, and the heart of that supply chain is the Congo—where the blood of African workers keeps Silicon Valley glowing. Western headlines now tiptoe around what we’ve always known: this isn’t just mining, it’s militarized plunder. Kids with pickaxes, warlords with contracts, corporations with clean consciences—it’s the same old imperial script. The only way out isn’t cleaner supply chains or “ethical sourcing.” It’s seizing power from the colonizers and placing Congo’s wealth in the hands of its people. Until then, every new gadget is stained with the blood of Black labor.

Volkswagen Eyes Egypt—Neocolonialism on Four Wheels

Volkswagen wants to build cars in Egypt and sell them across Africa. They’re calling it “investment.” We call it assembly-line colonialism. Western capital is once again circling the continent, looking for cheap labor, lax regulations, and pliant regimes. Africa doesn’t need another factory that ships profits back to Europe. What it needs is worker-controlled production, a break from dependency, and a continental strategy for self-reliant industrialization. Until then, these shiny new plants are just dressed-up plantations—run by CEOs instead of slave-masters.

Senegal Tries to Break Free—But the IMF Still Has the Keys

Senegal says it wants to raise domestic taxes and stop depending on foreign loans. That sounds like sovereignty—but the structure still smells like dependency. As long as the IMF sets the terms and the economy is shackled to export pipelines and corporate concessions, there’s no real freedom. Taxing the poor to pay back colonial creditors won’t cut the chain. What’s needed is redistribution from the top, nationalization of strategic sectors, and an economic order rooted in justice—not “fiscal targets.” The house can’t be free if the landlord still owns the land.

Asia

Japan Wants Africa—Not to Help Africans, But to Hedge Against China

Japan’s renewed push into Africa isn’t about solidarity—it’s about strategy. They’re not coming to uplift African workers; they’re trying to dodge China’s growing economic orbit. This is inter-imperialist chess, and Africa’s being treated like a gameboard. Don’t be fooled by soft-power language about “development partnerships.” What’s at stake is whether Africa continues to serve as the raw material stockpile and labor reserve for foreign empires—or whether it breaks the cycle and claims its own destiny.

Trade Truce Collapses—Because Empire Can’t Handle a Sovereign Rival

The U.S.-China trade truce is dead on arrival. Axios reports that Beijing is accusing the Trump regime of sabotaging the deal with new AI chip bans, revoked student visas, and blocked tech exports. This isn’t a misunderstanding—it’s economic warfare. Washington never sought peace, only submission. China’s rise threatens unipolar control, so the U.S. lashes out with tariffs and tech blockades. Trump’s strategy isn’t about trade—it’s technofascist containment. And every broken agreement exposes the empire’s real fear: a world it can’t dominate.

Laos Sends Mangoes, Not Missiles—That’s Multipolarity in Practice

Laos just shipped its first mango harvest to China under a new agricultural trade pact. That might seem small—until you remember what the U.S. usually exports to Southeast Asia: troops, bases, and bullets. This mango deal is more than fruit. It’s about food sovereignty, regional integration, and breaking the chokehold of imperial supply chains. While the West wages wars over oil and influence, Asia is building something else—something rooted in land, labor, and shared survival. Call it boring. We call it revolutionary.

Middle East

China Drills Wells in Egypt—Because Empire Never Brought Water, Only War

Chinese engineers are drilling deep into Egypt’s Western Desert—turning sand into farmland through Belt and Road cooperation. Where U.S. aid programs brought tanks, coups, and structural adjustment, China is bringing water, wheat, and work. Over 680 wells have already been drilled, powering agriculture in regions long left barren by imperial neglect. This isn’t humanitarianism—it’s infrastructure-based diplomacy, and it’s winning hearts where Washington long lost them. Egyptian officials call it mutually beneficial; Western analysts call it strategic threat. But to the farmers harvesting their first wheat crop, it’s life. And in a world where empire engineers famine, this kind of development is revolutionary.

Iran Won’t Surrender Its Enrichment—Because Sovereignty Isn’t Up for Negotiation

Iran has flatly rejected U.S. demands to halt its uranium enrichment program, calling it a non-negotiable matter of national sovereignty. While Washington offers a “regional consortium” under IAEA oversight, Tehran insists its nuclear development is peaceful, indigenous, and a product of national sacrifice. Behind the U.S. proposal is fear—not of bombs, but of independence. The Islamic Republic is refusing to give up a scientific and technological breakthrough just to appease a collapsing empire. Iran says it’s open to diplomacy—but not disarmament masquerading as dialogue. Washington wants a compliant regime. What it’s facing is defiant self-determination.

Israel Shoots at Gaza Aid Point—Because Starvation Is a Weapon

Israeli forces opened fire at a food distribution site in Rafah, killing and injuring Palestinian civilians trying to access aid. CNN reports it as a “tragic incident,” but this isn’t a tragedy—it’s colonial warfare. Gaza has been bombed, blockaded, and starved, and now even survival is punished. The world watches as aid trucks are stopped, hospitals collapse, and the population is systematically brutalized. This isn’t about Hamas. It’s about breaking a people’s will. Famine is policy. Mass death is strategy. And settler colonialism is still the name of the game.

Central & South America / Caribbean

Cuba Cooperated—But Empire Wants Collapse, Not Conversation

Cuba agreed to take five deportation flights from the U.S. under Trump—upholding a 2017 migration deal in good faith. But the response from Washington has been silence, snubs, and more sanctions. Trump’s administration, backed by Cuban exile hardliners and led by Secretary of State Marco Rubio, has no interest in diplomacy—only destabilization. Even as Havana proposes dialogue, the White House ratchets up pressure, reinstates the terror list, and threatens more visa bans. This isn’t about migration—it’s about regime collapse. Cuba’s mistake was assuming cooperation would earn respect. But as always, the empire doesn’t reward good behavior—it punishes independence.

India and Paraguay Strengthen Ties—Reviving the South-South Horizon

India and Paraguay are deepening diplomatic and economic ties, signaling a potential revival of the South-South cooperation model long sidelined by imperial global governance. While the U.S. and EU push blocs built on extraction and control, this emerging alliance seeks shared development without colonial strings. It’s not revolutionary yet—but it’s a step toward multipolar rebalancing in a system rigged against the Global South. In a world increasingly polarized between empire and autonomy, even modest collaborations like this matter. Empire thrives when the South is divided—unity is its undoing.

Colombia Pays Farmers to Uproot Coca—But Not the Roots of Exploitation

The Colombian government is offering cash to farmers who replace coca with legal crops—but it’s a band-aid on a gaping wound. Coca cultivation isn’t just about drugs—it’s about poverty, land inequality, and paramilitary violence. Paying farmers to switch crops won’t solve a thing if oligarchs still control the land and the U.S. still funds repression. Real reform would mean agrarian revolution, not cash incentives. This is counterinsurgency disguised as development. And the peasants know it.

Europe

Ukraine Escalates Drone Strikes—Because NATO Wants Endless War

Ukraine launched new drone attacks deep into Russian territory, targeting bomber airfields and fueling Western headlines about “resistance.” But this isn’t strategy—it’s proxy escalation. With NATO weapons and U.S. surveillance, Ukraine is being pushed into deeper confrontation to keep the arms flowing and the peace talks dead. The longer the war drags on, the more billions get laundered through the military-industrial complex. This isn’t about defending sovereignty—it’s about sacrificing Ukraine on the altar of imperial containment. The war could end. But that’s not profitable.

BlackRock Targets European Elites—Because Neofeudalism Needs New Markets

BlackRock is expanding its private market team to cater to Europe’s wealthiest, pitching exclusive investment access to hedge the coming storm. This isn’t innovation—it’s neofeudal consolidation. As working-class wages collapse and austerity returns, the billionaire class is rebalancing portfolios and deepening class division. BlackRock doesn’t invest in societies—it absorbs them. Europe’s rich aren’t being squeezed—they’re being recruited into the technofascist transition. And the rest of us? We’re not shareholders. We’re collateral.

UK Corporations Prep for World War—Because Crisis Is the Business Model

Britain’s biggest corporations are drawing up war plans—not to stop conflict, but to survive and profit from it. From supermarkets to Silicon Valley tech firms, executives are planning for global war in 2027, with simulations modeling a Chinese invasion of Taiwan or full NATO-Russia escalation. Their concern isn’t peace—it’s supply chains, digital infrastructure, and market stability. The British state is quietly updating war mobilization plans, while the private sector secures its assets and tests “just-in-time” collapse scenarios. What’s emerging is a new doctrine of permanent emergency capitalism, where corporations anticipate global catastrophe as routine. This isn’t panic—it’s policy. For the ruling class, war isn’t disaster. It’s preparation for profit in the ruins.

North America

Mexico’s Judiciary Shifts Left—And Empire Cries Crisis

Mexico’s ruling Morena party is set to secure a majority on the Supreme Court after landmark judicial elections, prompting predictable panic from liberal NGOs and U.S. media. Critics call it a power grab—but what’s really at stake is legal sovereignty. For decades, Mexico’s courts have shielded the oligarchy and stalled progressive reform. Now, popular control threatens that grip. The West fears this not because it undermines “checks and balances,” but because it weakens Washington’s last line of influence. The judicial overhaul is imperfect, but it opens space for the people—especially Indigenous communities—to reshape law. That’s not authoritarianism. That’s revolution from the bench.

Groceries Cost More in the U.S.—Because Capitalism Needs Hunger to Survive

New data confirms that food prices in the U.S. are higher than in Canada, Mexico, or China—despite American grocery spending taking up a smaller share of income. That’s not because the U.S. is more efficient. It’s because capitalist profit is baked into every bite. Monopolized supply chains, exploitative labor, trade tariffs, and privatized logistics all jack up costs. While Wall Street hoards gains, rural and working-class families are left rationing meals. Food in the empire isn’t expensive by accident—it’s financialized. And in a system where hunger drives desperation, high prices aren’t a glitch. They’re the point.

Trump’s Gold Card—Because Borders Are for the Poor

The Trump regime just launched a new “Gold Card” immigration visa—for the ultra-rich only. For a cool $5 million, billionaires can skip the line, buy U.S. residency, and even fast-track citizenship. It’s not immigration—it’s capital laundering. While ICE raids workers and militarizes the border, the wealthy stroll through untouched. This is what technofascism looks like: walls for the poor, gates for the rich, and profit for the state. Migration policy isn’t broken—it’s working exactly as intended.

United States

SCOTUS Shields Big Oil—Because Climate Collapse Is Profitable

The Supreme Court has ruled in favor of fossil fuel companies—again—by limiting states’ ability to hold them liable for climate disasters. It’s a major win for Big Oil and a death sentence for the planet. This isn’t judicial neutrality—it’s capitalist climate denial codified into law. Trump’s court wasn’t built to interpret the Constitution—it was built to protect extraction, privatization, and white wealth. Climate justice won’t come from the courts. It will come from revolution.

Wrongfully Detained—Now Even U.S. Citizens Can’t Leave

A new report reveals over 40 Americans are wrongfully detained abroad, with Venezuela topping the list—yet the bigger story is what the U.S. refuses to admit. The State Department still doesn’t count “exit bans” as wrongful detention, despite blocking citizens from returning home. This is passport fascism in the age of technofascism—where mobility is no longer a right, but a privilege determined by empire. As U.S. diplomacy collapses, Americans are stranded by the very state that claims to protect them. The border is no longer just about keeping others out—it’s becoming a tool to keep citizens in. Empire’s leash now extends both ways.

China Controls the Rare Earths—And the Empire Can’t Stand It

A new report confirms that China still dominates global rare earth mineral exports—and Washington is panicking. These minerals power everything from missiles to smartphones, and U.S. military planners are scrambling for alternatives. But no matter how many supply chain “alliances” they build, they can’t unbuild dependency. The real threat to empire isn’t scarcity—it’s sovereignty. And China’s control over rare earths proves that the future isn’t made in America—it’s made in multipolarity.