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The US military's campaign against Iran reveals the material core of American foreign policy: control over global energy flows. Defense Secretary Hegseth's celebration of 'decimating' Iran's military obscures the fundamental economic logic—the Strait of Hormuz carries roughly 20% of global oil...

The escalating crisis in the Middle East and resulting oil price shock reveal how the material foundations of capitalist economies—particularly their dependence on fossil fuel extraction and global supply chains—transmit geopolitical instability directly into working-class households. As Brent...

This live coverage reveals the mechanics of modern imperialist war in stark detail. Secretary Hegseth's press conference operates on two registers: triumphalist celebration of destruction ('their Navy is gone, their Air Force is no longer') and systematic deflection from civilian casualties...

The closure of the Strait of Hormuz represents a dramatic materialization of contradictions long inherent in US imperial strategy in the Persian Gulf. For decades, American military planners understood that attacking Iran would trigger precisely this response—the choking of a passage carrying a...

This Guardian investigation provides a textbook case of what Marxists call the capitalist state functioning as an executive committee for managing the affairs of the bourgeoisie. Bayer's CEO secured a private meeting with the EPA's top officials to discuss the corporation's legal strategy for...

This live blog captures a moment of cascading crisis in the American imperial state, where the contradictions of late capitalist governance have become impossible to obscure. The most striking revelation is structural: while the Department of Homeland Security shutdown has crippled TSA and...

The US-Israeli military assault on Iran, now entering its third week, represents a stark illustration of how imperialist warfare operates in the contemporary capitalist system. What the Western media frames primarily as a security operation targeting nuclear capabilities is simultaneously a...

The war in Iran has triggered what the International Energy Agency calls 'the largest supply disruption in the history of the global oil market,' removing at least 10 million barrels per day from circulation. This crisis exposes the fundamental irrationality of organizing global energy systems...

The deaths of 65 Nigerian soldiers and abduction of 300 civilians by Islamic State West Africa Province (Iswap) cannot be understood merely as a 'security failure' or 'terrorism problem.' This ongoing catastrophe—displacing over 2 million people across a two-decade insurgency—emerges from the...