Posts Tagged ‘imperialism’

 Dispossession and Imperialism Repackaged as ‘Feeding the World’

The world is fast losing farms and farmers through the concentration of land into the hands of rich and powerful land speculators and agribusiness corporations. Smallholder farmers are being criminalised and even made to disappear when it comes to the struggle for land. They are constantly exposed to systematic expulsion. In 2014, the Oakland Institute […]

The China And Africa Connection US Imperialism Does Not Want You To Know About

The US sows hysteria about China because Washington can no longer dictate global affairs without any significant challenge. “AFRICOM’s growth is aligned with the ‘pivot to Asia’” The following remarks were given by this writer at a symposium organized by the Black Alliance for Peace on September 24th entitled “Full Spectrum Dominance: From AFRICOM to the […]

Beirut Explosion, Western Imperialism And Media Misinformation

On August 4, 2020, an explosion of tons of ammonium nitrate being stored at the port of Beirut Lebanon ripped through the city killing 0ver 170 people and injuring 6,000 people. This happened at a time when Beirut was already suffering an economic collapse and the COVID-19 pandemic. We speak with Rania Khalek, a Lebanese-American […]

Democracy Now’s “Alt Media” Platform for Humanitarian Imperialism in Syria

NEW YORK CITY — The dust had barely settled after last weekend’s U.S.-led bombing of Syria before a split in the political class developed. While some Beltway figures, media personalities and former officials hailed the bombings, others decried the “limited” nature of the airstrikes. At the grassroots level, a somewhat different debate gripped the left […]

The Stench of Imperialism in Theresa May’s statements

     On April 16 the British prime minister, Theresa May made a speech to parliament setting out the “justifications” for Britain’s participation on the aggression against Syria in the dead-of-night missile attack of April 14. Throughout her speech she dramatically referred to barrel bombs and the smell of gas in the air yet in the […]

Democracy Now’s “Alt Media” Platform for Humanitarian Imperialism

NEW YORK CITY — The dust had barely settled after last weekend’s U.S.-led bombing of Syria before a split in the political class developed. While some Beltway figures, media personalities and former officials hailed the bombings, others decried the “limited” nature of the airstrikes. At the grassroots level, a somewhat different debate gripped the left […]

WHERE DID ALL THIS IMPERIALISM WAR AND PROPAGANDA COME FROM?

WHERE DID ALL THIS IMPERIALISM WAR AND PROPAGANDA COME FROM? Early 1900s CE: A MAJOR DEBATE ABOUT IMPERIALISM TOOK PLACE: In this must read speech it show mostly a continuation of the British belief that they represent a “Superior Race” improving the lot of ignorant natives that could not manage their own affairs and needed […]

United States aggression in Syria: A blue print for Imperialism

     Syria’s prolonged conflict and misery going into its eighth year is no accident. It is by design. American imperialist design. First though, we note the increasing reprehensible absurdity in this conflict. Turkey, which invaded Syria nearly a month ago in violation of Syria’s sovereignty, this week accused Damascus of “terrorism” after the Syrian government […]

Flaunting British Neo-Imperialism in Asia-Pacific

By Joseph Thomas For over a century, the British Empire exerted control over Asia-Pacific, outright colonizing India, Burma, Malaysia, Hong Kong, Singapore and Australia while influencing and encroaching upon greater China, Siam and beyond. It exploited the people and natural resources of the region, fueled conflict as it waged war with rival European […]

As Saudi Influence Wanes, UAE Builds Its Regional Value as Tool of US Imperialism

ABU DHABI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES (Analysis) — Since the beginning of the war against Yemen in March of 2015, Saudi Arabia has received most of the negative press for its war crimes — and rightfully so. Saudi airstrikes have targeted homes, schools, hospitals, markets, and other vital civilian infrastructure, resulting in over 13,000 civilian deaths. […]

Chevening “Scholarships” and Modern Day Imperialism

By Joseph Thomas In 1983 the British government created Chevening as an international award scheme aimed at developing what it calls “global leaders.” It is funded and directed by the United Kingdom’s Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) and includes both scholarships and fellowships for individuals selected by British embassies around the world. The […]

Condemning US imperialism: Elián González and Cuban contingent speak at the World Festival of Youth

The fisherman who found five-year old Elián González in 1998 thought he’d been saved by angels and dolphins. His mother put him on an inner tube before she and everyone else on the boat drowned. They were trying to get to Florida. It was US Thanksgiving. The Cuban boy became a household name.      This […]

Damascus International Fair “Signifies Victory for Syria Against US Imperialism”

Damascus. Souk al Hamidiye. August 2017 (Photo: Vanessa Beeley) Syria Times The return of Damascus International Fair and the notable international turn out for the fair has a great meaning as it is a message declaring the end  of war in Syria, the defeat of terrorism and the beginning of reconstruction, Dr. Bouthaina Shaaban, the […]

Western Imperialism – Crushing Syrian Secularism Through Divide-And-Conquer Sectarian Tactics For Decades

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How Imperialism Crushed Syrian Secularism With Sectarianism

A Syrian woman with the words “hands off” painted on her face takes part in a protest against US military action in Syria across the road from the entrance of Downing Street in London, Aug. 28, 2013. SYRIA (Analysis) — The philosopher and politician Antoun Saadeh was a true visionary.  He died in 1949; but […]

The Hunger Games: How Modern Imperialism Creates Famine Around the World

A South Sudanese refugee sits on a mat outside a communal tent with his brother at the Imvepi reception center, where newly arrived refugees are processed in northern Uganda Friday, June 9, 2017. (AP/Ben Curtis) “[Famine] seems to be the last, most dreadful resource of nature…the power of population is so superior to the power […]

Humanitarian Interventions: The Doctrine of Imperialism

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SYRIA: US Imperialism is a Global Failure, will they Escalate Conflict in Syria to Save Face?

Yasar Abdullah21st Century Wire “The best way to help Israel deal with Iran’s growing nuclear capability is to help the people of Syria overthrow the regime of Bashar Assad.” ~ Hillary Clinton, WikiLeaks Clinton Email Archive It has become a farcical continuum to expose, on a daily basis,  the involvement of the United States in what […]

VICTORIOUS SYRIA: The New Dawn of Resistance Against Imperialism

Billboard in Aleppo. April 2017 (Photo: Vanessa Beeley) Bruno Guigue21st Century Wire As on a calm, still morning, the landscape of Syria is gradually emerging from the shadow. Everywhere, the advances of the Syrian Arab Army have reconquered thousands of square kilometres of territory in East Aleppo, Homs and Damascus. The army is on the […]

Pro-war leftism exposed: Democracy Now runs interference for imperialism in Syria

     One of the most peculiar features of the United States is the presence of a rabidly pro-war leftism that poses as “independent” politics. Ever since the Obama Administration made it fashionable for so-called liberals to strike a “Grand Bargain” with the GOP, anti-war politics have been non-existent in public life. The non-profit industrial complex […]

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