The expiration of the New Start treaty represents far more than a diplomatic failure—it marks a qualitative shift in inter-imperialist relations as the post-Cold War framework of managed competition gives way to open rivalry. The treaty's collapse reflects the fundamental contradiction between...
Russia's record-breaking missile and drone assault on Ukraine's energy infrastructure—launched as temperatures plunged to -20°C and left hundreds of thousands without heat—exposes the fundamental contradictions between rhetorical commitments to peace and the material logic driving this conflict's...
Mario Draghi's declaration that the current world order is 'dead' represents a rare moment of candor from a ruling-class figure about the terminal crisis of post-Cold War liberal internationalism. Yet his diagnosis remains firmly within capitalist logic: the threat is not the collapsing order...
The Trump administration's threat to impose tariffs on any country selling oil to Cuba represents imperialism at its most naked: the deliberate engineering of a humanitarian catastrophe to achieve regime change. With Cuba facing complete fuel depletion within three weeks, we witness the material...
The Paris mayoral election, framed as a dramatic left-versus-right showdown, actually reveals the narrow parameters of political contestation under neoliberal capitalism. Both major candidates operate within a framework that accepts privatization, tourism-driven economic development, and the...
Berlin's 'Kartoffel-Flut' presents a striking illustration of capitalism's fundamental irrationality: a system that produces abundance yet cannot distribute it without crisis. The story reveals how agricultural overproduction—historically a recurring feature of capitalist farming—creates...
This Guardian live blog captures a pivotal moment in European geopolitics where multiple crises converge to expose the contradictions of the EU as a subordinate imperialist bloc navigating between US hegemony and its own expansionist interests. The Greenland situation demonstrates how Denmark's...
The formation of the Netherlands' new minority coalition government reveals the structural constraints of parliamentary politics within capitalist democracies. Despite D66's 'progressive' branding and the collapse of the far-right PVV, the resulting government firmly excludes left-wing parties...
The Danish Prime Minister's declaration that 'the world order as we know it is over' signals a significant rupture in transatlantic capitalist relations. This live coverage captures European leaders scrambling to reposition themselves amid what they perceive as a structural shift in US priorities...