The World Bank's report on Burkina Faso masquerades as a beacon of growth while burying the sinister realities of imperialism and neoliberal domination. Beneath the polished metrics of economic success lies a nation striving for food and resource sovereignty, grappling with the vestiges of colonial exploitation. This report, cloaked in the language of reform, manipulates narratives to maintain control, ignoring the voices of those truly affected. Burkina Faso’s fight against the systems that dictate their development is not a mere economic story; it's a battleground for sovereignty, pitting genuine progress against imperial interests that aim to manage rather than liberate.
From Yan’an to Shenzhen: How China Forged Socialism Through Concrete Contradiction
China’s revolutionary saga obliterates the Cold War illusion of socialist states as mere Soviet puppets. Through peasant uprisings and intricate political maneuvers, China redefined socialism amidst imperial oppression, transforming from a colonial victim to a technological titan without abandoning Communist rule. The narrative that constraints socialism to a Soviet mold collapses under China’s rich history of adaptation to its unique tumultuous reality. China’s evolution showcases socialism as a living pursuit aimed at sovereignty and rejuvenation, not dogmatic adherence. The experiences of struggle, experimentation, and resilience reflect a deep understanding: socialism thrives on continuous reimagining, not imitation.
The Roads Remember Túpac Amaru: Jacobin Calls Popular Power a Vacuum
Bolivia is experiencing a seismic shift, as the indigenous and working-class masses rise against a government they see as complicit with imperial interests and corporate power. Jacobin's portrayal of this struggle as chaotic “political vacuum” fails to grasp the reality: the people are not absent from politics; they are reclaiming agency. While the ruling class laments blocked roads and instability, they ignore the genuine political force being forged by those occupying them—workers, campesinos, and indigenous communities asserting power where previously silenced. The barricades are not just obstacles; they symbolize resistance against commodification and repression, signaling a reawakening of history in the fight for sovereignty and justice.
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.
Rahm Emanuel, AIPAC, and the Cracking Consensus: When Empire Can No Longer Subsidize Its Own Legitimacy
When a man of the system starts changing his tune, it’s not because he found his conscience—it’s because the system itself is under strain, and the machinery that bankrolls and justifies this violence is starting to grind and show its cracks. Look past the campaign chatter and you see the real thing: U.S. power, public... Continue Reading →
The Guardian’s “Raw Deal” and Washington’s Fine Print: Zambia, Health Aid, and the Politics of Conditional Care
A liberal alarm rings in the pages of The Guardian, exposing troubling terms while leaving the aid architecture itself intact. The material terrain reveals how debt-shaped constraints narrow Zambia’s choices before any negotiation begins. The agreement fuses life-sustaining health systems with mineral governance and long-term informational commitments. Across the Global South, emerging refusals and alternative... Continue Reading →
The Dawning of the Apocalypse: Gerald Horne and The Long 16th Century
This Weaponized Intellects review takes Gerald Horne’s The Dawning of the Apocalypse as what it is: a devastating, must-read indictment of the long sixteenth century that built the American settler empire we’re still trapped inside.By Prince Kapone | Weaponized Information | November 29, 2025When Race Replaced God: Europe Prepares the ApocalypseGerald Horne opens The Dawning... Continue Reading →
Factories Against the Lie: Robert C. Allen and the Economic Truth of the Soviet Revolution
How the Soviet Union shattered capitalism’s mythology and proved that planning—not profit—can build a world. By Prince Kapone | Weaponized Intellects Book Review Series — October Revolution Installment | Weaponized Information | October 2025 Factories Against the Lie: Reclaiming the Economic Truth of the Soviet Revolution When Robert C. Allen sat down to write From... Continue Reading →
The West Owes Africa: Exposing the IMF, EU, and U.S. Systems Draining the Continent
Africa’s $1.8 trillion debt crisis is not a financial accident—it is the product of centuries of plunder, ongoing extraction, and a global order built to keep the continent subordinate. This article excavates the propaganda, exposes the buried facts, and reframes Africa not as a debtor in distress but as a frontline in the global struggle... Continue Reading →
Fists Against the World: The Boxer Rebellion and the War for China’s Soul
Read the previous essays in this series:Silver Against the Dragon: China, the World Market, and the Long Prelude to the Opium War Primitive Accumulation by Narcotic: The Opium Wars and the Forcible Integration of China into the World Market The Heavenly Commune: Taiping Rebellion and the Spectre of Peasant Communism From the ashes of the... Continue Reading →