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Rot at the heart of the American polity | The Mafia state in the dock | The coming eclipse of Zionism
An intra-capitalist class war is raging in the United States. The current war isn’t just being fought in Gaza. The new money from financialization and quantitative easing that backs AIPAC’s febrile forays into congressional politics in blind support of Israel faces off against the broader imperial interests being harmed by… Read more
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Iran’s tectonic shift | Pentagon Capitalism’s challenge back home | How the New Diplomacy endured even through war
On April 13, Iran ended its decades-long policy of “strategic patience” in regard to constant Israeli provocations, in action that saw missiles and drones launched directly from Iranian territory raining down onto Israel (main picture). The military and political-strategic success of the operation served to defeat attempts by Israel’s deranged… Read more
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Gaza’s Spirit Rises | The Empire falls into the Abyss | Pentagon Capitalism meets its Nemesis
There are times in history when time seems to stands still and this is such a time. Israel is stuck in a cycle of killing it cannot seem to be able to – does not want to – stop. News items about negotiations never stop either. Netanyahu sends negotiating teams… Read more
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Israel Blind | How Neoconservatism Self-Destructed | Why Saudi Arabia decoupled from Empire
Who would have thought that Biden’s presidency would mark the end of empire? We had the August 2021 evaporation of what Biden called America’s: ‘Afghan military force of some 300,000 strong — incredibly well equipped — a force larger in size than the militaries of many of our NATO allies.’… Read more
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The empire vs. the people | Lame duck president? | What to do about Pentagon capitalism
It’s time for Biden to go. His mind has already gone. He is absent, his administration delinquent. That’s how the last article here ended and on the face of it, from the perspective of democratic politics it might look like we have a lame duck presidency. Except that his inability… Read more
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Houthi Justice Served Cold | Neoliberal and State Crimes | The Gaza War Endgame
UK Minister of Defence Grant Shapps threatened the Houthi régime (known as Ansar Allah, which is the name used here) in Yemen, with military action. Defence journals followed this with reports that preparations were for real. What was the point of such threats, however, if the US had already attacked… Read more
