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This live blog captures a pivotal moment in the unraveling of the post-WWII transatlantic order. Trump's explicit threats to withdraw from NATO—describing it as a 'paper tiger'—represent the surfacing of long-simmering contradictions within the Western imperialist bloc. The immediate trigger is...

The Starmer government's response to the Iran war crisis reveals the fundamental contradictions facing a capitalist state managing imperial decline. While framed as pragmatic statesmanship, Starmer's pivot toward EU alignment and his initiative to reopen the Strait of Hormuz represent attempts to...

This domestic violence case involving a Hawaii anesthesiologist accused of attempting to murder his wife during a birthday hike offers limited material for traditional political-economic analysis, yet reveals important dynamics about how class position shapes both interpersonal violence and its...

This article captures a concentrated moment of ruling-class power projection across multiple fronts: the executive branch personally attending Supreme Court arguments to pressure a reinterpretation of constitutional rights, while simultaneously conducting an imperial war against Iran and...

The US-Israel war on Iran represents a pivotal moment exposing the deep contradictions within the Western imperialist bloc. Trump's open threats to withdraw from NATO—calling it a "paper tiger"—reveal that the alliance functions not as a mutual defense pact but as a mechanism for US hegemonic...

The refusal by Italy, Spain, and France to allow US military forces to use their territory for operations against Iran represents a significant rupture within the transatlantic capitalist alliance. This is not primarily a moral stance—though it is framed that way—but reflects deeper material...

The US-Israeli military campaign against Iran has entered its fifth week, killing at least 1,900 Iranians including schoolchildren, displacing over 200,000 Lebanese civilians, and fundamentally disrupting global energy markets. Trump's furious demand that allies 'go get your own oil' reveals the...

The $44.8 billion merger between Unilever's food division and McCormick represents a textbook case of capital consolidation in the era of financialized monopoly capitalism. The deal's structure—combining cash with stock in a tax-avoiding Reverse Morris Trust arrangement—reveals how corporate...

The cascading economic effects of the US-Israeli military campaign against Iran reveal the stark material realities of contemporary imperialism. With Brent crude surging nearly 60% in March—the largest monthly rise on record—and Treasury Secretary Bessent openly discussing US military control of...