The empire builds a war machine abroad—and a police state at home I. War, Migration, and the Birth of a New Class World War I didn’t just redraw the borders of Europe—it transformed the racial geography of the United States. As white empires collapsed overseas, the U.S. emerged with more capital, more confidence, and a... Continue Reading →
Racial Capitalism in the Age of Empire 1877 – WWI, (Race/Class 101, Part 6)
Racial Capitalism in the Age of Empire (1877 – WWI)I. Introduction: From Reconstruction to Global EmpireWith the overthrow of Reconstruction, the U.S. ruling class didn’t just restore white supremacy at home—it expanded it abroad. The period from 1877 to World War I was defined by two simultaneous processes:The consolidation of racial capitalism within the U.S.... Continue Reading →
Reconstruction and Counter-Reconstruction: Black Power, White Backlash, and the Battle for Democracy, 1866 – 1876, (Race/Class 101, Part 5)
I. The Closest the U.S. Ever Came to Democracy For a brief moment after the Civil War, the United States stood at a crossroads. The old order—where enslaved labor fueled the plantation economy—was dead, but the new one had yet to be written. For the first time in U.S. history, Black people—formerly enslaved and free—were... Continue Reading →
Slavery, Indigenous Wars, And The Racialized Class Struggle Of The 19th Century (Race/Class 101, Part 4)
I. The House That Genocide and Slavery Built By the 19th century, the United States had become the crown jewel of capitalist expansion—a rising empire built on land theft, slavery, and an ever-expanding frontier of human misery. The country marketed itself as the land of liberty, yet its economy depended entirely on unfree labor and... Continue Reading →
Settler Colonialism And The Making Of The White Working Class In The United States (Race/Class 101, Part 3)
I. How to Build a Settler NationLet’s get one thing straight—capitalism in the Americas wasn’t built by hard-working pioneers. It was built by thieves, slavers, and genocidal land-grabbers. But even the ruling class knew they couldn’t do it alone. They needed foot soldiers—a whole population of people willing to fight, kill, and die to defend... Continue Reading →
The Birth of Capitalism and the European Attack on the World (Race/Class 101, Part 2)
I. Capitalism Was Born in Blood, Not InnovationLet’s kill the fairy tale before we even start. Capitalism wasn’t born in a marketplace where hardworking merchants shook hands over fair deals. It didn’t emerge from a bunch of enlightened Europeans who figured out a smarter way to do business. It was born in the belly of... Continue Reading →
Race and Class: A Dialectical Unity in the Evolution of Capitalism and Imperialism (Race/Class 101, Part 1)
I. The Urgency of Clarifying Race and Class in 2025Welcome to America, 2025: a nation in decline, clinging to its illusions like a drowning man grasping at air. The economy is collapsing, the empire is fracturing, and the ruling class is responding the only way it knows how—by tightening the screws of repression and flooding... Continue Reading →
The Sandcastle and the Coming Storm, Part 1
The U.S. economy, and the capitalist world system as a whole, is like a giant castle made out of sand. It is very big and appears to be strong, but as soon as a storm hits, the castle crumbles. We have all heard in recent years that government debt is growing to unsustainable proportions, and if there are not drastic spending cuts in the federal budget then there will be a severe economic crisis sooner than later.