This WPE dissects how Axios turns a threatened expansion of war into the language of shipping, order, and responsible management. It reconstructs the material terrain beneath that narrative: the Strait of Hormuz as a world energy artery and Kharg Island as a critical node in Iran’s oil system. It then reframes the crisis as a... Continue Reading →
Axis of Empire: The Coup, the Shah, and the War Against Iranian Sovereignty
Afshin Matin-Asgari’s history exposes how U.S.–Iran relations were forged not through partnership but through intervention, oil politics, and the overthrow of democratic sovereignty. This review excavates the buried architecture of empire behind the 1953 CIA coup and the construction of the Shah’s authoritarian client state. It follows how the Iranian Revolution shattered that imperial arrangement... Continue Reading →
Reuters’ “Market Story” and the American Pole: PetroChina, Venezuelan Oil, and the Siege That Calls Itself Trade
Reuters sells custodial plunder as a pricing issue, turning blockade into “market caution.” We restore the missing record: seizures, supervision, and the re-routing of Venezuelan oil revenue through imperial hands. We reframe the contradiction as doctrine—Fortress America tightening hemispheric command as multipolar escape routes multiply. We close with a call to organize: break the information... Continue Reading →