JD Vance's visit to Budapest five days before Hungary's parliamentary election represents a stark illustration of how ruling class factions coordinate across borders while simultaneously weaponizing 'sovereignty' rhetoric against their opponents. The Vice President's performance—condemning EU...
The escalating US-Israeli war on Iran reveals the central role of energy infrastructure in modern imperialist conflict. Israel's strike on Iran's South Pars petrochemical facility—responsible for half the country's petrochemical production—and Trump's explicit threats to destroy power plants and...
The five-week US-Israel war on Iran reveals the fundamental contradictions of late imperial capitalism in crisis. Trump's explicit threat to bomb civilian infrastructure—power plants and bridges—strips away any pretense of humanitarian intervention, exposing naked resource warfare. The article...
This rescue operation reveals the immense material expenditure required to maintain imperial military operations: a $115 million Hercules transport destroyed, multiple aircraft damaged, and sophisticated drone strikes deployed to recover two crew members. Iranian parliament speaker Ghalibaf's...
The manufactured controversy over marmalade labeling reveals far more about ideological production than about jam. This story demonstrates how trivial cultural signifiers are weaponized to prevent substantive analysis of trade policy—policy that determines which capitals can access which markets...
This live coverage of the US-Israel war on Iran reveals how imperialist military action generates cascading material consequences that fall disproportionately on working people across multiple continents while enriching energy capital. The war, now in its sixth week, has effectively closed the...
This live update captures a pivotal moment of inter-imperialist tension as the US-led war in Iran sends shockwaves through the European political economy. Hungary's Viktor Orbán demands lifting Russian energy sanctions, Austria refuses US military overflights, and France heightens security around...
The US-Israeli military campaign against Iran, now entering its sixth week, represents a crystallization of late-stage imperial contradictions. While Trump claims the war is 'nearing completion,' the material reality tells a different story: the Strait of Hormuz remains closed, oil prices have...
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...