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...
The US-Israeli military campaign against Iran represents a crystallization of imperialist competition over strategic resources, disguised beneath humanitarian and security rhetoric. The Strait of Hormuz—through which one-fifth of global oil flows—has become the material fulcrum of this conflict...
The US-Israeli assault on Iran, now in its eleventh day, reveals the fundamental contradictions of contemporary imperialism. Defense Secretary Hegseth's announcement of 'the most intense day of strikes' coincides with explicit threats to devastate Iran twenty-fold should it disrupt oil flows...
The depopulation of Kerchomya, a remote village in Russia's Komi Republic, exposes the class mechanics of modern imperialist war. With a third of working-age men sent to Ukraine and twelve already dead, this community of 700 reveals how the Russian state has constructed a system of military...
The article reveals how Cyprus—a small, tourism-dependent economy on Europe's periphery—becomes an unwilling casualty of great power conflict. The material reality is stark: 4 million annual tourists sustain the livelihoods of workers like water sports operators, restaurant managers, and hotel...
The escalating US-Israeli military campaign against Iran represents a crystallization of multiple contradictions within the global capitalist order. What mainstream coverage presents as a security operation reveals itself as fundamentally about control over energy resources and regional hegemony...
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...