Tag: U.S. Imperialism

On May 2, the State Department announced “the designation of Viv Ansanm and Gran Grif (Big Claws) as Foreign Terrorist Organizations (FTOs) and Specially Designated Global Terrorists (SDGTs).” Such legislation opens the door for the Trump administration and his colonial underling, the president of El Salvador, Nayib Bukele, to...
In Ecuador’s presidential runoff, it once again became clear that the main political force is “anti-Correísmo”—those who oppose former President Rafael Correa. Regardless of who the candidates are, the same side has consistently won in recent elections: the right-wing opponents of the Citizen Revolution (RC), Correa’s party. This time,...
In February, the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), an inside-the-beltway think tank, published a book-length study entitled Critical Minerals and the Future of the U.S. Economy, edited by Gracelin Baskaran and Duncan Wood. The study laid bare what CovertAction Magazine co-founder Philip Agee detailed throughout his career: how...
U.S. democracy-promotion institutions were key to destroying any hope for democratic development in Haiti after the Cold War. In 1986, when popular uprisings kicked out the nearly 29-year-long dictatorships of François “Papa Doc” Duvalier and his son Jean-Claude “Baby Doc,” the U.S. could have become a partner to improve liberty...
Greenland’s center-right, pro-business, opposition Demokraatit Party surprisingly won the most votes with 29.5% during March 11 parliamentary elections—a totally unexpected result as the island went to the polls amidst Donald Trump’s threats to take Greenland “one way or another.” The Demokraatit Party was followed by the Naleraq Party (Breakpoint), which...
During her confirmation hearing for Director of National Intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard was grilled about having been a purveyor of “Putin’s talking points” about the U.S. supporting al-Qaeda in Syria.   Of course, Gabbard responded, there can be no doubt about the veracity of such claims.    Thus, Gabbard cited the fact...
Part VI: The West Wants No Sovereignty for Russia and Palestine Britain and the United States have had Russia (and the Soviet Union previously) in their sights to grab since its October 1917 socialist revolution, led by the Communist Party. Britain engaged Russia in war even before that. The...
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...
Snow followed in the footsteps of CovertAction Information Bulletin founder Philip Agee in his attempt to expose the close connections between the CIA and multi-national corporations and in his analysis of the political-economy of U.S. imperialism. Keith Harmon Snow, after suffering from cancer, died in early December at the...
“Today was January 7, 2025. The day when Denmark learned that we can no longer trust the United States. I will NEVER forget that day.” So wrote political commentator, right-wing influencer Jarl Cordua on social media. This statement reflects what Denmark’s mass media are communicating in their editorials, and quoting...