Bandung as a Weapon, Not a MemoryBy "Booby" Bolden, Weaponized Information (WI) | April 2025This essay is written as a comradely engagement with Dossier No. 87, "The Bandung Spirit", published by the Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research in April 2025.At Weaponized Information, we draw deeply from the work of Tricontinental, Black Agenda Report, and other... Continue Reading →
Maduro’s Tightrope Walk: Navigating U.S. Economic Warfare Amidst Imperialist Recalibration
When empire says "democracy," it means Chevron. When it says "talks," it means surrender. Weaponized Information | April 9, 2025 In the grand chessboard of global hegemony, Venezuela finds itself once again at the mercy of imperial maneuverings. President Nicolás Maduro's recent overtures toward resuming direct talks with the United States are less a diplomatic... Continue Reading →
France’s Sudan Conference: Colonial Smokescreens and Humanitarian Theater
Nothing says 'solidarity' like a summit without Sudanese voices. Weaponized Information | April 9, 2025 On April 15, the French government—faithful descendant of the old colonial aristocracy—will host a “ministerial humanitarian conference” on Sudan in Paris. From the outside, it might look like compassion: diplomats in crisp suits, PowerPoint decks with bar graphs of suffering,... Continue Reading →
Batman: The Cape of Technofascism
Batman: The Cape of Technofascism While I was watching Super-Pets with my two youngest daughters tonight, I had an epiphany. A realization so obvious in hindsight I almost laughed out loud. Batman—yes, the Batman—is the archetype of technofascism. Not a side character, not a symptom, but the crystallized, caped embodiment of capital’s authoritarian dreams. The... Continue Reading →