The Trump administration's dramatic seizure of Venezuelan leadership and subsequent plans to exploit the nation's vast oil reserves represents a stark example of resource imperialism in the 21st century. This action strips away the ideological veneer typically used to justify US intervention...
The US military seizure of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro represents a dramatic reassertion of imperial prerogatives in Latin America, with the Trump administration openly declaring intentions to 'run' Venezuela and secure 'total access' for US oil companies to the world's largest proven...
The UK government's calculated silence on the US military seizure of Venezuelan President Maduro exposes the fundamental alignment between capitalist state interests across the Atlantic. Despite Keir Starmer's professed commitment to international law, his government has signaled it will abstain...
The designation of CAIR as a 'terrorist organization' by Texas and Florida governors represents a significant escalation in the use of state power to suppress advocacy organizations that challenge entrenched political and economic interests. This action must be understood not as an isolated...
A revealing internal debate within Britain's Labour government exposes a fundamental contradiction of social democratic governance: ministers who claim to represent working people are deflecting blame for unpopular policies onto an amorphous 'stakeholder state' rather than acknowledging their own...
The US Department of Homeland Security's repeated unauthorized use of artists' work to promote mass deportations reveals the contradictions inherent in deploying nostalgic cultural imagery to manufacture consent for state violence. By appropriating Hiroshi Nagai's dreamlike Americana...
The detention ruling against Brian Cole Jr., accused of planting pipe bombs at both Democratic and Republican headquarters before the January 6th Capitol attack, offers a window into the contradictions of individual acts of political violence divorced from organized class struggle. Cole's stated...
Zohran Mamdani's inauguration as New York City's first democratic socialist mayor represents a significant moment in American electoral politics, but one that immediately reveals the structural constraints facing progressive governance within capitalist state systems. While his platform promises...
The emergence of gun violence survivors as political candidates represents a significant shift in how working-class communities are attempting to address a crisis that disproportionately affects them. While the article frames this as a victory for grassroots organizing—with figures like Justin...