Tag: empire

The Guardian’s Missing Clause: How Imperial Elections Became “Democracy” in Nicaragua

Daniel Ortega’s recent announcement that Nicaragua will cease future elections is portrayed by The Guardian as a blatant rejection of democracy, conveniently ignoring the historical context of imperial influences shaping Nicaraguan electoral politics. The claim that opposition parties are the embodiment of democracy is a façade; previous elections were tainted by U.S. interference, corporate financing, and foreign-imposed sanctions. Ortega's call to defend the Sandinista Revolution against imperial restoration isn’t about tyranny; it’s about reclaiming sovereignty from an electoral process manipulated by outside forces. Instead of clinging to an imperial framework, this moment presents an opportunity for Nicaragua to build a democracy rooted in popular power and authentic participation.

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The Empire Calls Resistance Subversion: Cuba and Washington’s War on Revolutionary Consciousness

The State Department's report conflates documented espionage with a sweeping indictment of social movements, branding students, revolutionaries, and dissenters as part of a conspiracy orchestrated from Cuba. This narrative denies local struggles against oppression, instead framing resistance as a foreign-directed plot, thus erasing historical context and the material origins of dissent. The document's loose connection between Cuba's influence and contemporary activism serves as a McCarthyite tool against American dissent. By equating genuine political engagement with espionage, it aims to squash revolutionary consciousness and reinforce the status quo, revealing the empire's fear that the oppressed might unite and resist independently.

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Public Money, Private Command: The State Returns to Rescue Capital

Washington's recent equity stakes in key corporations like Intel signal capitalism's failure rather than a shift towards socialism. While the government assumes control over critical industries, it simultaneously excludes workers from labor and decision-making roles. The stated objective is national security, but this forms part of a broader imperial strategy that intertwines military needs with corporate interests. The public funds the industrial system while remaining marginalized, illustrating a profound contradiction: social production is maintained under corporate control. As America grapples with its economic decline, the push for a more equitable structure is vital. It's time for public investment to translate into worker empowerment and community authority.

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Un-American by Choice: W.E.B. Du Bois and the Revolution Liberal Memory Could Not Bury

For generations, the American academy celebrated W.E.B. Du Bois while burying the revolutionary conclusions that defined the final decades of his life. In this Weaponized Intellects review of Bill V. Mullen's Un-American, we excavate the real Du Bois: communist, anti-imperialist, Pan-African internationalist and unapologetic ally of socialist revolution. Mullen powerfully restores Du Bois to the global struggle against capitalism and colonialism, yet retreats into familiar anti-Stalinist assumptions when revolution becomes embodied in the Soviet Union and the People's Republic of China. The result is both an indispensable recovery and a revealing ideological battleground over the meaning of socialism, state power and the unfinished project of world revolution.

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The Foreign Enemy Fraud: From Russiagate’s Thought Police to Chinagate’s Electoral Cage

David Corn's resurrection of Russiagate in response to Trump's accusations of Chinagate exposes the absurdity of electoral politics in a billionaire-dominated America. By framing the discourse as a conflict between foreign adversaries—Russia or China—Corn obscures the true culprits: a corrupt ruling class manipulating the political system to protect its interests. Both narratives serve to distract the populace from the reality of a plutocracy masquerading as democracy. The ongoing chaos is but a struggle within the elite, each side reinforcing the structures of oppression while preventing real power from reaching the working class. True resistance demands unity against this imperial façade.

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China’s Missing Protests: How Bloomberg Turns Workers’ Grievances into Investor Intelligence

Bloomberg turns a decline in documented protests into evidence of a hidden political crisis, relying on a US-backed monitoring project whose methods cannot support such sweeping conclusions. By collapsing wage disputes, housing conflicts, petitions, and local administrative complaints into the single category of “dissent,” the article strips Chinese grievances of their concrete class content. It also ignores the institutions through which millions of people pursue redress and reduces China’s political system to a Cold War caricature. The result is not a serious account of Chinese society, but investor intelligence: workers appear only as risks to accumulation, while the real struggle over socialism’s direction disappears.

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When the Numbers Revolt: The World Stops Buying the American Empire

The world is turning its back on the American Empire as perceptions shift dramatically in favor of China, a shift underscored by a recent Pew survey revealing greater global trust in China over the U.S. The BBC attempts to downplay this trend, attributing it to America's chaotic leadership under Trump, but the truth lies in a stark reality: nations are weary of U.S. interference and long for a relationship defined by trade, not military might. This reversal signals not just a popularity contest but a fundamental reevaluation of power dynamics. The challenge now is to harness this anti-imperialist sentiment into a mass movement against war with China.

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The Palestine Exception: Why Washington Is Trying to Break the ICC

The Guardian's coverage of Marco Rubio's claim that the International Criminal Court (ICC) threatens U.S. sovereignty highlights the deeper issue of imperial exemption rather than genuine sovereignty. The U.S. has long opposed ICC jurisdiction that could implicate American or allied personnel, reacting strongly against Palestinian efforts to document crimes under occupation. The article critiques the liberal institutionalism of the response, noting a lack of representation for affected parties. It underscores that U.S. sanctions targeting Palestinian organizations and ICC officials are a means to maintain impunity. Oppressed nations seek accountability, using available legal systems to challenge the dominance of imperial powers and protect their sovereignty against external coercion.

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The Viceroy’s Ledger: How Washington Seized Venezuela’s Present and Mortgaged Its Future

The New York Times paints Marco Rubio as Venezuela's imperial viceroy, wielding control over its government through military force, financial manipulation, and a façade of diplomacy. This orchestrated colonial domination, disguised as governance, reveals a grotesque power dynamic where a nation’s sovereignty is traded for political tapestries spun by Washington. While Rubio's grip tightens, the real resistance lies among Venezuelans and anti-imperialist allies in the U.S. They must dismantle U.S.-imposed sanctions and return Venezuela’s wealth to its people. The struggle against colonial rule continues, as the masses can't be merely passive subjects in the rewriting of their national story.

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NATO’s Plantation Ledger: When Spain Refused the War Chain

Trump’s threat to cut trade with Spain was not a diplomatic feud. It was imperial discipline. TIME reported the spectacle, but the real story sits beneath the headline: Spain refused to let Rota, Morón, and its airspace become automatic instruments of the U.S. war on Iran, while rejecting NATO’s demand to raise military spending to 5 percent of GDP. Washington’s response exposed the alliance for what it is: a command system that turns allied territory into launchpads, public budgets into war tribute, and dissent into a target for economic coercion.

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