When imperialism turns knowledge, technology and art into instruments of submission, radical traditions teach another lesson.
Vijay Prashad: ‘Vietnam in the Field of Culture’
Tag: Imperialism
Gulf Arabs & Subsidized Occupation
The pivot of Arab Gulf states away from historical Arab nationalism to Western alignment has sacrificed the Palestinian cause to transactional diplomacy and dynastic preservation, writes M. Reza Behnam.
Chris Hedges: Tyranny or Revolution
As social inequality has grown, so has state repression. As we stand on the cusp of full-blown authoritarianism and fascism, we face two stark choices.
Michael Brenner: Hegemony?
Military Disasters & the End of Empire
Alfred McCoy on the history of imperial misadventures and how defeat in the Iran War will accelerate U.S. global decline.
Vijay Prashad: Hyper-Imperialism on Hyper-Drive
The U.S. bombing of Venezuela and kidnapping of its president showcased the hyper-imperialist stage of the world order. A new mood in the Global South isn’t yet a developed challenge to the collective West.
Trump’s Act of War
This is from the same playbook that destroyed Iraq, Libya, Afghanistan and perpetrated coups across Asia, Africa and Latin America, write Medea Benjamin and Michelle Ellner.
Israel: A Huge Airbase With a Small Country Attached
Jonathan Cook: Billionaires Want You to Think Israel Is in Control
Through Israel and the ideology of Zionism, western elites reinvented their ugly, racist system of control and sold it as a ‘moral’ cause. Now the game is up.
Vijay Prashad: Against Resurgent Militarism
Tens of millions in China and the U.S.S.R. gave their lives to defeat fascism during World War II. As imperialist militarisation rises again, No Cold War reiterates a call for peace.