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The US military campaign against Iran, dubbed 'Operation Epic Fury,' represents a crystallization of contradictions within American capitalist democracy. The executive branch has launched a major war—including the assassination of Iran's supreme leader and ongoing bombing campaigns—while Congress...

The escalating US-Israeli military assault on Iran reveals deep structural contradictions within the Western imperial alliance. Spain's decision to prohibit use of its military bases for attacks on Iran—citing both bilateral agreements and the UN Charter—represents a significant fracture in NATO...

The US-Israeli war on Iran has escalated into a multi-front regional conflict with profound contradictions at its core. What began as strikes justified by nuclear nonproliferation concerns has rapidly expanded to include attacks on civilian infrastructure across Gulf states, the assassination of...

The Iranian missile strikes on Dubai expose a fundamental contradiction at the heart of Gulf capitalism: the impossibility of constructing a depoliticized zone of capital accumulation in a region shaped by imperial violence. Dubai has marketed itself as a sanctuary where global wealth can escape...

The public mourning of Jesse Jackson in Chicago offers a moment to reflect on the trajectory of the civil rights movement and its relationship to American capitalism. Jackson emerged from the radical wing of the movement—working directly with Martin Luther King Jr. during the period when King was...

The Labour Party's crushing byelection defeat in Gorton and Denton reveals a fundamental contradiction at the heart of social democratic governance under capitalism. Keir Starmer's government attempted to pursue two incompatible strategies simultaneously: maintaining legitimacy with its...

The US-Israeli military assault on Iran represents a qualitative escalation in imperialist intervention in West Asia, combining targeted assassination of state leadership with massive civilian casualties. The killing of Ayatollah Khamenei and dozens of military commanders—alongside at least 133...

This case illuminates a fundamental contradiction within Western sanctions regimes: they are designed to punish adversaries while simultaneously preserving the profit-making capacity of domestic capital. Cygnet Texkimp, a British manufacturer, nearly exported dual-use technology capable of...

The cartel violence devastating Mexico cannot be understood apart from the US gun industry's profit imperatives. While media frames focus on Mexican 'drug lords' and border security, the material reality is stark: up to 730,000 American firearms flow south annually, generating billions in revenue...