Tag: foreign-aid

The War Built the Border: Sudan’s Partition Before the Ceasefire

The War Built the Border: Sudan’s Partition Before the Ceasefire This essay argues that Sudan’s threatened partition didn’t begin with Washington’s latest ceasefire proposal. It traces the crisis through British colonial extraction, unequal development, Western creditor power, military accumulation, and the unfinished struggle opened by the December Revolution. As SAF and RSF turned on each other, war hardened front lines into rival economies, institutions, and systems of rule. The ceasefire therefore confronts a division already being built rather than creating it from nothing. Beneath the armies and foreign diplomacy, Sudanese civilian networks continue defending another basis for sovereignty rooted in the people who keep the country alive.

0

The Debtor Became the Banker: How America Learned to Rule the World by Owing It Money

Michael Hudson's "Super Imperialism" reveals capitalism's peculiar twist: the U.S. transitioned from a great creditor to a dominant debtor, utilizing its debts as leverage in a world where power dynamics are shifting. Post-World War I, American financial institutions crafted a system that exploited other nations through debt, claiming to promote development while actually enforcing dependency. The contradiction lies in the U.S. controlling the world's currency even as its productive supremacy fades. As the global landscape evolves, the implications of dollar dominance become increasingly tenuous, demanding us to confront a crucial question—who ultimately commands the productive forces that money can influence but not generate?

0

The Miracle Was Supposed to Take Orders: South Korea and the Contradiction of American Power

South Korea’s “miracle” didn’t fall from the fucking sky. It was built through war, U.S. occupation, anti-communist repression, Japanese capital, state-directed development, disciplined labor and a regional imperial order designed to make capitalism look victorious against socialism. But the contradiction is vicious: the same system built Korean industry strong enough to become indispensable, produced workers powerful enough to break dictatorship, and tied Korean accumulation into an Asian economy increasingly centered on China. Now Washington wants the miracle to keep taking orders—more weapons, more shipyards, more investment, more war preparation. The problem is South Korea ain’t the weak frontier state it used to be.

0

Website Powered by WordPress.com.

Up ↑