Category: Raw From The Jaw

Whose Gospel Is It?: Empire, the Oppressed, and the Battle for Christianity

The profound legacy of American Christianity reveals a striking dichotomy: a faith that has historically upheld domination and one that fervently resists it. From the hidden church of the enslaved to Black abolitionism and Indigenous Christian defiance, oppressed communities have seized the Gospel to construct their liberation narrative. As institutional power consolidated in the hands of reactionary forces, an urgent call emerged for believers to reclaim their spiritual heritage and resist Christian nationalism. The challenge lies in forging an organized Christian movement capable of translating faith into collective action that confronts exploitation and promotes social justice, reinvigorating the powerful tradition of liberation Christianity.

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The Divided Empire: Prashad, Buze and the Contradiction Between Hyper-Imperial Unity and Capitalist Rivalry

In a time when U.S.-led imperialism tightens its grip, nuanced debates emerge about the new American Pole—a daunting fusion of military, financial, and technological power that suppresses dissent while promising security. Vijay Prashad argues for a hyper-imperialism consolidating state control and aggressiveness against external defiance, while Özcan Buze highlights lingering national rivalries within the empire’s core. As cities devolve into ghost towns stripped of industry and sovereignty is commodified, the left is urged to unite struggles for worker power, national liberation, and social ownership. The empire’s contradictions must fuel a revolutionary response—a call to dismantle the machinery that perpetuates exploitation, rather than aspiring for a mere return to past privileges.

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The Mercy Department: How USAID Laundered Empire Through the NGO-Industrial Complex

USAID did not simply deliver humanitarian aid—it institutionalized a model of empire that fused relief, civil society, media, governance, and development into the machinery of U.S. foreign policy. Excavating an NPR interview with former USAID Administrator Samantha Power, this essay exposes how liberal narratives of compassion obscure the agency's role inside the broader NGO-industrial complex. Drawing on anti-imperialist scholarship and Global South perspectives, it argues that the real choice is not between aid and no aid, but between imperial dependency and sovereign development. The struggle ahead is to defend the people harmed by aid cuts while dismantling the donor architecture that transforms solidarity into supervision.

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Communists and Patriots: The Flag, the Class, and the Lie of Imperial Nationalism

Trump says you can be a communist or a patriot—but not both. This essay exposes the historical fraud buried inside that slogan. By reconstructing the nation through historical materialism, it shows that nationalism has never possessed a fixed political content. In oppressed nations, communists repeatedly became the truest patriots because the struggle for national liberation demanded the overthrow of colonialism, imperialism, and comprador rule. In imperialist nations, however, nationalism serves the opposite function: binding workers to the ruling class and its global system of domination. The real contradiction is not between communism and patriotism, but between imperial patriotism and the liberation of the people.

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No Freedom Without Power: Machiavelli, Rome, and the Republic Built on Ruins

Machiavelli’s The Discourses is not a genteel treatise on republican ideals but a gritty how-to on wielding power from the depths of defeat. This work confronts the myth of liberal innocence, asserting that liberty arises not from consensus but through chaos, violence, and organized resistance against domination. Machiavelli's insights expose the harsh realities of historical conflict and the necessity of institutional discipline, emphasizing that true power is built on struggle, not sentiment. Yet, amidst its rich lessons, The Discourses reveals a troubling contradiction: the same republic that fosters internal liberty thrives through imperial conquest and exclusion. This duality beckons revolutionaries to seize its pragmatic lessons while rejecting its imperial legacy.

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The Political Economy of Imperial Feminism: Iran Beyond the Propaganda

The West does not give a damn about women in West Asia. It cries for Iranian women because Iran is an enemy, then sells bombs to kings, bankrolls apartheid, protects dictators, sanctions civilians, and calls the whole rotten business human rights. Iran has contradictions, but those contradictions belong to Iranian women and Iranian society to struggle over — not to Washington, NATO, or the white ruling class. Real internationalism starts at home, against the empire that turns women’s suffering into ammunition.

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They Called It Ego: Jacobin, Chris Smalls, and the Policing of Black Anti-Imperialist Labor

Chris Smalls, once heralded as a labor hero, now finds himself a casualty of overblown ego in the eyes of Jacobin. Yet, this portrayal dangerously obscures a deeper truth: his evolution from solely confronting Amazon to advocating for Palestinian and Cuban solidarity reveals an unsettling fear among the respectable Left. They're comfortable with labor militancy as long as it remains contained and domesticated; once it branches into anti-imperialism, they recoil. Smalls symbolizes a challenge to the status quo, an unfiltered confrontation with empire that threatens to redefine labor politics as an international struggle. In essence, the fear of a Black worker embracing a global perspective exposes the fragile backbone of contemporary Leftist thought.

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Capitalism After the Robbery: Adam Smith, the Wealth of Nations, and the Clean Alibi of Bourgeois Political Economy

Adam Smith’s The Wealth of Nations is a twisted tale masquerading as a free-market manifesto, one that defies the naive faith bestowed upon it by neoliberals. It exposes capitalism's fundamental contradictions, revealing how labor produces wealth while class divides it unjustly. Smith acknowledges the state's crucial role in maintaining this order, contradicting the myth of an autonomous market. He scrutinizes colonialism and monopoly yet ultimately upholds capitalist structures. Historical materialism challenges his framework, demanding accountability from the beneficiaries of this exploitation. As we dissect Smith's insights, we unearth his omissions, seeking a world where labor governs—transforming capitalism's alibi into an indictment of its foundation.

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From the Amerikan Dream to the Amerikan Nightmare: Malcolm X, Revolution and the New Human Being

Malcolm X reshaped my understanding of America’s racial dynamics, revealing it not as a flawed democracy but as a colonial project steeped in oppression. His teachings led me beyond the shallow understanding of leftist politics to a deeper comprehension of the intertwined struggles against imperialism and capitalism. Each encounter with his work pushed me toward recognizing humanity in the oppressed and the global context of their struggles. Through Malcolm, I learned that true liberation requires a conscious break from inherited identities tied to empire. His evolution mirrors a broader human struggle, challenging us to embrace revolutionary love as an act of transformation, not mere rhetoric.

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RED MACHINES, BLACK MIRRORS: AI, EMPIRE, AND THE NEW LONG MARCH AGAINST CAPITALISM

China's transformation from a mere assembly line to a powerhouse of intelligent manufacturing signals a seismic shift that threatens to dismantle the Atlantic monopoly on industrial command. As the U.S. responds with sanctions and technological blockades, the real battle unfolds over who controls the future of AI and automation. This is not merely an economic transition; it's a clash of ideologies. The West fears a new geopolitical order where technological sovereignty empowers the Global South, undermining imperial hierarchy. While intelligent manufacturing holds the potential for collective liberation, unchallenged monopoly control risks deepening exploitation. The future demands that humanity wrests command from corporate hands, reshaping technology for collective progress.

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