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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 to every meeting called to…
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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.’ The Taliban took over Kabul…
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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 or unwillingness to take control…
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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 and sunk three Ansar Allah…
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Hamas and the Mercurial Empire | The Widening War of Attrition | Zionism’s eclipse?
Thirteen UN Security Council (UNSC) members voted in favour of a draft resolution, put forward by the United Arab Emirates on Friday 8 December for an immediate cessation of hostilities in Gaza, while the United Kingdom abstained. The United States used its veto to invalidate the vote, despite the fact that UN Secretary General António…
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The empire’s wars | Great Financial Crash watershed | Decoupling “Chimerica” in anger
The American empire’s wars from 2001 to 2008 were wars of hubris. After 2008 there would be wars in anger. Gaza (that we come to in the next article) is a war against a pocket of resistance to imperial plans (see last article) waged in vicious anger. This article sets out the problem of the…
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The Gazan Killing Fields | The New Diplomacy | The Biden Corridor
Al-Aqsa Flood (Tufaan al-aqsa) was the name given to an action by the Qassam brigades, the military wing of Hamas on 7 October 2023. The decision for the action was taken by the Hamas political leader in Gaza, Yahya al-Sinwar, after weeks of distressing news about the conditions of Palestinians being arbitrarily held in Israeli…
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Kabul, Bakhmut, now Gaza | Empire in retreat | System reset*.
System reset*: Gaza 2023 represents a significant and unexpected set of events, events whose causes had been festering for a while and so should have been expected. Their significance is multifaceted. For this reason, two recent articles on this site have been withdrawn to allow the unpacking of their contents in more detail. As the…
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NATO defeat in Ukraine | US hegemony under threat | The Prigozhin gambit
Introduction American hegemony and Europe: The Biden-Harris Security Strategy sees China as the central strategic threat to its global dominance. The reason for this is a corporate insurrection beginning in Obama’s first term reflecting the intense pressure many American transnationals face from competition from Chinese corporations. Russia is deemed in the same document merely to…
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Nord Stream Balloons | Why Ukraine became a British war | NATO vs. MAGA
Britain is at the forefront of the Ukraine War. Two media events – Seymour Hersh’s report and Naftali Bennett’s interview – have hit the headlines which throw some light on this. Britain is also America’s closest ally, or is it only the ally of America’s Democratic establishment? Nord Stream Balloons. Seymour Hersh published a report…
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