Marco Rubio's celebration of Western civilization conceals a history written through African and Asian scientific achievement, colonial conquest, capitalist exploitation, and revolutionary resistance. From ancient Greece to modern NATO, his manufactured civilizational inheritance transforms imperial domination into historical destiny while erasing the peoples whose labor built the world. Drawing on anti-colonial and Marxist scholarship, this investigation exposes how the political West was constructed through imperial rivalry, socialist revolutions, and struggles for national liberation. Beneath Rubio's mythology lies an American-led imperial bloc seeking renewed command over technology, finance, resources, and military power—and a continuing struggle to reclaim humanity's future.
Africa Against the World Market: Hosea Jaffe, Imperialism, and the Long Struggle for Liberation
A Weaponized Intellects review of A History of Africa that excavates Hosea Jaffe’s uncompromising analysis of colonialism, class formation, and imperial domination—situating his intervention within the liberation struggles of his time and assessing its enduring relevance for understanding Africa, the world system, and the unfinished project of revolutionary transformation today. By Prince Kapone | Weaponized... Continue Reading →