The transformation of Bulgarian mystic Baba Vanga from a local healer into an international propaganda vehicle illustrates how cultural symbols become appropriated for geopolitical purposes within inter-imperialist competition. What began as a folk figure offering personal guidance to rural...
The US-Israeli military operation against Iran has exposed deep fissures within the Western imperial alliance, as European states simultaneously coordinate military support for the operation while bristling against American coercion. Germany's declaration that 'we will not allow ourselves to be...
The confrontation between Spain and the United States over the Iran war reveals profound contradictions within the Western imperialist alliance. Spain's refusal to allow US military bases on its territory to be used for bombing Iran—and Trump's subsequent threat to 'cut off all dealings with...
The US-Israeli assault on Iran represents one of the clearest expressions of imperialist war in recent decades. Defense Secretary Hegseth's rhetoric—"punching them while they're down," "designed to unleash American power, not shackle it"—strips away the humanitarian pretenses that typically...
The escalating US-Israeli military strikes on Iran reveal the stark class divisions embedded within capitalist crisis. While stock markets fell broadly and ordinary consumers face imminent fuel price increases, the article documents a telling divergence: oil giants BP and Shell saw shares rise 5%...
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 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...