Tag: Global
In the early 1940s, Garry Davis was a rising Broadway star, understudy to Danny Kaye, until he was drafted into World War II and ordered to bomb the city of Brandenburg.
Horrified at the carnage he caused, and mortified by the death of his older brother, Meyer Davis, Jr., whose...
In early February, as part of its “America 250” campaign, the Trump White House issued a presidential pronouncement commemorating what it called “our victory in the Mexican-American War,” a war that it framed as being a defensive one forced upon an innocent United States.
While many recognize this pronouncement as...
In the light of the proliferation of unilateral coercive measures (UCMs, wrongly characterized “sanctions”) and the adverse human rights impacts they generate worldwide, the question arises what measures States should adopt to counter the UCM plague.
Diplomatic protection on behalf of individuals and corporations harmed by UCMs is an under-utilized...
In chaotic times like ours, it behooves us to practice proactive optimism, which is far more than infantile hope or pious faith.
Conscious, vigorous optimism is visionary and builds on our awareness of our human identity and dignity. It expresses our faith in humanity, our resolve to be morally and...
As Israel began its unprovoked attacks on Iran on June 13, the last three of the twelve volunteers of the Gaza Flotilla ship Madleen were still in Israeli prisons.
Marc van Rennes, a Dutch citizen, was in the detention cell at Ben Gurion Airport when Israeli authorities closed the airport expecting Iranian...
Capitalism Is Rotting from the Inside Out
The empire is falling. Not with fireworks or finality—but in slow motion, dragging the world down with it. The dreams sold after World War II—democracy, prosperity and liberty—have curdled into surveillance, austerity and endless war. The U.S., bloated on conquest, finds itself governing...
April 20th marked the fifteenth anniversary of the Deepwater Horizon disaster, the largest oil spill in U.S. history, which killed 11 workers and spilled 134 million gallons of crude oil into the Gulf of Mexico. For those who rely on fishing and related industries off the Gulf Coast, as well as for those who were involved in the recovery and cleanup efforts, real relief is still yet to come...
The basic fact that the United States is an empire is perhaps the most systematically taboo subject within mainstream American information systems and public discourse. U.S. imperialism is almost never discussed in depth, critically or intelligently, within corporate media or the educational system. It is never mentioned by candidates...
Over recent decades, a clandestine network of weapons tycoons has been silently enabling global conflicts. The resulting covert operations, often hidden from public view, have profound impacts on international stability and human lives.
Today, these figures continue to arm warring factions, perpetuating violence and bloodshed. With close ties to intelligence...
For years now, Fox News and other right-wing media have warned about an invasion of “illegal aliens” into the United States that supposedly threatens national security.
Donald Trump catapulted himself to the presidency in 2016 by vowing to crack down on illegal immigration and to build a border wall, which...
Radhika Desai is a Professor of Political Studies at the University of Manitoba, Winnepeg, Canada, Director of its Geopolitical Economy Research Group, and Convenor of the International Manifesto Group. Ms. Desai is an author of multiple books, including Geopolitical Economy(2013) and her most recent Capitalism, Coronavirus and War(2022). Ms. Desai hosts a fortnightly show, Geopolitical Economy Hour on the Geopolitical Economy Report website.
Yan Pan is a Chinese PhD researcher at LUT University, Finland. Her work examines the political economy of China’s technological and industrial development, with a particular focus on the industrialization and governance of neurotechnology in China. Her research concerns industrial policy models for future industries in Chinese and Global South contexts. Prior to her PhD, she researched educational reforms and structural change in labor demand in China.
Ken Hammond is professor emeritus of East Asian and Global History at New Mexico State University. He has lived and worked in China from time to time since 1982. A lifelong political activist, he is a member of the Party for Socialism and Liberation.