imperialism
Trump scores win on trans ban; activists condemn military’s predatory recruitment
January 24, 2019Absent from the conversation around the transgender ban is the role capitalism plays in creating a co-dependency between the military and trans individuals.
Read moreSoldiers in custody after failed coup attempt in Venezuela
January 22, 2019Juan Guaido, who claimed to be the country’s interim president, has promised amnesty to military officials who take up arms against the elected President Nicolas Maduro.
Read moreSyria troop withdrawal welcomed, but Trump’s aim unclear
December 21, 2018What happens next—for U.S. imperial policy in the region, for Syria, and for the Kurdish people—is up in the air.
Read moreAfghanistan: Could peace finally be at hand?
November 2, 2018Why things have gone from bad to worse for the U.S./NATO occupation has less to do with the war than a change in Taliban strategy that Washington has either missed or ignored.
Read moreMarxism vs. Donald Trump on the issue of nationalism
October 24, 2018A sense of national pride or a love of one’s country is not necessarily good or bad, positive or negative, in the abstract. The real issue is to what use it is put.
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