In his January 6, 2026 article in Socialist Worker, Alex Callinicos condemns the U.S. seizure of Venezuela’s president as a brutal assertion of hemispheric dominance, while simultaneously advancing a line that blames the Bolivarian process itself for its vulnerability. This essay takes Callinicos’ argument seriously—and then dismantles it—showing how a rhetoric of anti-imperialism can reproduce... Continue Reading →
Markets, Mandarins, and the Managed Decline of Empire
Experts speak so capital can rule without consent. Facts reveal an imperial system under strain, not a neutral economy at risk. Monetary discipline, tariffs, and militarization form a single strategy of control. The task before the people is organization, not faith in forecasters.By Prince Kapone | Weaponized InformationJanuary 6, 2026How the Economy Is Ventriloquized Through... Continue Reading →
Socialism of the 21st Century: Hugo Chavez on the Bolivarian Revolution and Socialism
Hugo Chávez’s notebook for militants: party-building, revolutionary ethics, and the commune as the material base of people’s powerEdited by Prince Kapone • January 4, 2026Introduction Socialism of the 21st Century is not a memoir, a slogan, or a museum piece. It is a field manual for a revolution under siege — a set of sharp,... Continue Reading →
From Sanctions to Shackles: The Kidnapping of President Maduro and the Consolidation of the American Pole
How the American Pole escalated from sanctions to abduction—and why sovereignty survived the attempt at decapitation By Prince Kapone | Weaponized Information | January 3, 2026The Day the Monroe Doctrine Spoke in Plain EnglishThere are moments when empire stops dressing itself up. The usual costumes—“democracy promotion,” “human rights,” “counter-narcotics,” “regional stability”—fall off, and what remains... Continue Reading →
Bamako 2025: When the Sahel Put Sovereignty on Paper
The Second Session of the AES/CESS as a Turning Point in State Power, Regional Integration, and the Unfinished Question of Rupture By Prince Kapone | Weaponized Information | January 2, 2026 What Was Actually Decided in Bamako: Reading the Communiqué as a Political Act The second session of the College of Heads of State of... Continue Reading →
When the Court Preaches Independence While Power Governs in Silence
Judicial authority is framed as neutral refuge amid political chaos. Emergency procedure quietly accelerates executive power at home and abroad. History and ritual are deployed to manage a growing crisis of legitimacy. Working people face governance without consent while being asked for faith.By Prince Kapone | Weaponized Information | January 1, 2026A Warm Blanket Called... Continue Reading →
Europe’s Generals and Europe’s People: War Readiness as a Ruling-Class Project
Military elites recast war as an unavoidable condition rather than a political choice. Selective facts and strategic silences transform militarization into common sense. “Preparedness” emerges as a method of social discipline under imperial strain. Working people confront a system demanding sacrifice while offering no future. By Prince Kapone | Weaponized Information | January 1, 2026... Continue Reading →
The Quiet Return of the Gun: Japan, the United States, and the Quiet Normalization of War
An Associated Press report presents Japan’s remilitarization as reluctant self-defense rather than a political choice shaped by power. Beneath the calm language, constitutional erosion and alliance discipline are reframed as common sense. Placed in historical and geopolitical context, Japan’s military buildup appears as a reassignment of roles within a U.S.-led imperial order in crisis. Against... Continue Reading →
Community or Command: China, the American Pole, and the Battle for Latin America
The Hemisphere at the Breaking Point There are moments when states stop improvising and start publishing doctrine. Not press statements, not campaign slogans, but documents meant to harden intentions into policy and turn instinct into structure. Late 2025 was one of those moments. Within weeks of each other, two texts appeared that quietly announced Latin... Continue Reading →
Trump, the U.S. Navy, and the BBC’s Gunboat Narrative
How “Narco-Terrorism” Became the Alibi for Blockade, Sanctions, and the Collision Between U.S. Maritime Power and Venezuelan Sovereignty By Prince Kapone | Weaponized Information | December 18, 2025 When Criminality Explains Everything and War Explains Nothing Our target is the BBC News report, “Venezuela denounces Trump’s order for ship blockade as ‘warmongering threats’” The article... Continue Reading →