Criminalizing dissent to protect democracy: the technofascist logic of the new ruling class. Weaponized Information | April 9, 2025 In the grand theater of American politics, the latest act features the Trump administration and its Republican cohorts orchestrating a symphony of anti-protest legislation. This isn't merely a domestic affair; it's a manifestation of the colonial... Continue Reading →
Dollar Diplomacy and Debt Obedience: Japan Won’t Touch Its Chains
From occupied economy to imperial banker—how postwar Japan was absorbed into the U.S. financial order. Weaponized Information | April 9, 2025 The U.S. slapped another round of tariffs on Japanese goods this week—Trump’s latest shot in the ongoing trade war that’s more about imperial recalibration than fair economics. And how did Japan respond? With deferral.... Continue Reading →
France’s Sudan Conference: Colonial Smokescreens and Humanitarian Theater
Nothing says 'solidarity' like a summit without Sudanese voices. Weaponized Information | April 9, 2025 On April 15, the French government—faithful descendant of the old colonial aristocracy—will host a “ministerial humanitarian conference” on Sudan in Paris. From the outside, it might look like compassion: diplomats in crisp suits, PowerPoint decks with bar graphs of suffering,... Continue Reading →
DOGE’s AI Dragnet: Elon Musk, Surveillance Capitalism, and the Rise of Digital Fascism
Algorithmic repression, settler panic, and the empire’s new digital front line Redline | April 8, 2025 | UNITED STATES They used to need men in suits with wiretaps. Now all they need is Elon Musk, a chatbot, and a few billion lines of code. According to recent reports, Musk’s DOGE—yes, that’s the official name of... Continue Reading →
Genocide by Design: Israel’s Expansion in Gaza and the Settler Logic of Waste
Imperial accumulation through destruction, tested on Gaza, exported to the world. Redline | April 8, 2025 | MIDDLE EAST / WEST ASIA They are not trying to control Gaza. They are trying to erase it. What we are witnessing is not war—it is settler colonial extermination, executed with surgical precision and imperial cover. Every Israeli... Continue Reading →
“We’ll Take It Back”: Trump’s Threat to Recolonize the Panama Canal Signals U.S. Imperial Panic
Imperial ambitions resurface as Washington eyes strategic control over global trade routes. Redline | April 8, 2025 | LATIN AMERICA & CARIBBEAN It was always borrowed time. The notion that the United States had relinquished control of the Panama Canal was a convenient narrative for domestic audiences. In reality, imperial interests merely shifted tactics. Now,... Continue Reading →
US Tariffs South African Citrus In Latest Act of Imperial Extortion
35,000 Black agricultural jobs are under threat—Washington calls it "trade leverage."It’s always dressed up in the same words: “trade enforcement,” “national interest,” “economic reciprocity.” But peel back the language of the U.S. State Department and what you’ll find—rotting just beneath the surface—is a weapon aimed directly at the Global South’s agricultural proletariat.This week, Washington fired... Continue Reading →
Batman: The Cape of Technofascism
Batman: The Cape of Technofascism While I was watching Super-Pets with my two youngest daughters tonight, I had an epiphany. A realization so obvious in hindsight I almost laughed out loud. Batman—yes, the Batman—is the archetype of technofascism. Not a side character, not a symptom, but the crystallized, caped embodiment of capital’s authoritarian dreams. The... Continue Reading →
Pam Bondi: A Plutocrats Wet Dream
This article is part 4 of Technofascism, Inc., an ongoing investigation into the corporate warlords, oil magnates, and tech monopolists who have seized control of Trump’s second-term cabinet. These loyal servants of capital are forging a new system where state power and corporate greed merge seamlessly—a regime built to defend wealth at home and sustain... Continue Reading →