Tag: neocolonialism

The Crime of Making Too Much: China and the Empire’s Monopoly on Abundance

The Economist's recent critique of China's industrial prowess reveals a deeper hypocrisy within Western narratives. While it acknowledges China's efficiency, it vilifies state-driven competition when it disrupts Western hegemony. The real issue is not overproduction but an imbalance of purchasing power, presenting an ugly tableau of warehouses filled with goods while people lack access. As China strives for self-reliance, the West's response is to impose tariffs and sanctions, prioritizing monopoly over equitable distribution. This conflict isn’t a mere economic dispute; it’s a struggle for who controls productive capacity. The question is whether to align production with human need or maintain the status quo of inequality.

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The Divided Empire: Prashad, Buze and the Contradiction Between Hyper-Imperial Unity and Capitalist Rivalry

In a time when U.S.-led imperialism tightens its grip, nuanced debates emerge about the new American Pole—a daunting fusion of military, financial, and technological power that suppresses dissent while promising security. Vijay Prashad argues for a hyper-imperialism consolidating state control and aggressiveness against external defiance, while Özcan Buze highlights lingering national rivalries within the empire’s core. As cities devolve into ghost towns stripped of industry and sovereignty is commodified, the left is urged to unite struggles for worker power, national liberation, and social ownership. The empire’s contradictions must fuel a revolutionary response—a call to dismantle the machinery that perpetuates exploitation, rather than aspiring for a mere return to past privileges.

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The Revolution Will Not Be Managed: Glen Ford, the Black Agenda, and the Missing Vehicle

Glen Ford's incisive critique shatters the myth of American progress, revealing how conquest and exploitation are cloaked as success. He dissects the deceptive practices of the Black misleadership class and the Democratic Party, showing how they perpetuate capitalist interests while masquerading as champions of Black liberation. Ford demands a radical rethinking of power and accountability, advocating for community control and reparations, emphasizing that true self-determination lies in empowering marginalized voices. Amidst the pandemic and civil unrest, Ford’s legacy calls for a revolutionary movement capable of dismantling systemic oppression rather than settling for token representation. The fight is not just for visibility; it’s for genuine power.

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The Thieves Opened the Vault: From Comprador Corruption to Imperial Receivership in Venezuela

The betrayal of Pedro Binaggia, a Venezuelan informant for U.S. authorities, is just a microcosm of a much larger imperial drama. While Binaggia recorded evidence of a $1.2 billion oil fraud, he found the American government he served turned its back on him after extracting what it needed. This tale is framed as his personal tragedy but obscures the broader context of imperial overreach. The U.S. not only investigates and prosecutes alleged crimes but assumes control over Venezuela’s oil revenue, reducing a sovereign state to a pawn in a power game. The theft of national wealth is cleaned up by a facade of legality, while corrupted officials and foreign interests conspire in the shadows. It's a grim reminder: in this twisted narrative, the real crime lies in the extraction, not just the theft.

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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 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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Peace Board, Prison Yard: Gaza’s Handover Trap

The Guardian frames Hamas’s offer to hand over Gaza’s civil administration as a possible opening in a stalled peace process, but its article launders U.S.-backed governance as neutral transition. The buried facts show a Board of Peace built through U.S. command, Israeli security conditions, Gulf logistics capital, legal immunity, and reconstruction leverage. The real story... Continue Reading →

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The Mercy Department: How USAID Laundered Empire Through the NGO-Industrial Complex

USAID did not simply deliver humanitarian aid—it institutionalized a model of empire that fused relief, civil society, media, governance, and development into the machinery of U.S. foreign policy. Excavating an NPR interview with former USAID Administrator Samantha Power, this essay exposes how liberal narratives of compassion obscure the agency's role inside the broader NGO-industrial complex. Drawing on anti-imperialist scholarship and Global South perspectives, it argues that the real choice is not between aid and no aid, but between imperial dependency and sovereign development. The struggle ahead is to defend the people harmed by aid cuts while dismantling the donor architecture that transforms solidarity into supervision.

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The End of the Quarry: Africa’s Critical Minerals and the Limits of Imperialism

Africa is sitting on a treasure trove of critical minerals vital for the future of technology and energy, yet continues to be stymied by outdated infrastructure and foreign control. McKinsey’s report highlights the potential for $40 billion in mining value, but fails to confront the core issue: Africa’s continued subjugation as a resource mine rather than a sovereign player. This narrative masks Africa’s political struggles and reinforces colonial patterns under a veneer of opportunity. The necessity for a continental strategy emerges as a means to reclaim economic power and transform the mineral wealth from a tool of exploitation into a foundation for self-determination and industrial capability. The danger lies not in missed opportunities, but in repeating the same historical mistakes that have kept Africa relegated to mere supplier status.

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Axis of Sovereignty: Why China, Russia, Iran, and the DPRK Terrify the Empire

In a provocative shake-up, Foreign Affairs describes China, Russia, Iran, and DPRK as a nascent threat, labeling them "worse than an axis." This insinuation reveals a deep-seated imperial anxiety rather than a justified concern over a military conspiracy. These nations are forging multipolar alliances that challenge Western hegemony—an act of sovereign defiance unsettling the imperial status quo. The article underscores an inherent fear of an empowered Global South, no longer obedient to the West’s dictate. It’s not about a looming conquest but about nations rising to reclaim their sovereignty, thus threatening the very structure that sustains Western dominance. Forget the “axis” narrative; recognize the emerging world order as a potential liberation movement for the oppressed.

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