Us Empire

Is the primacy of the Iraq War in our critiques of American Empire counterproductive to promoting a broader understanding of imperialism? What raised this question for me was a twitter thread.

April 14, 2022 Opinion by Greg Ray Case number 1: Ukraine seeks to join NATO. Russia complains that this will bring US weapons bases to its very doorstep and that this is a security risk it can’t afford to tolerate. The US empire says Russia shouldn’t be so precious. Anyway…

Tribes. As far as the Eye Can See In many ways and for several reasons, events in Ukraine are redefining power structures, forging new alliances, and shaping new politics for the way forward, sculpting new areas of control where money sees no borders and the unified activist chants of “one world” resonate while communities wrestle with their identities…

Beginning To be clear: The aim of all I examine in regard to Ukraine’s plight should not be taken as Putin apologia; the brutality unleashed on the Ukrainians must be better understood, for surface narratives is what facilitates a repeat of history, leads to forgetting, and those responsible for such acts…

Good Vs. Bad and Impressions of Good or Bad Read Part 1 This post continues the examination presented in the previous one; the focus is, essentially: a look at the grey that fills the reality that sits beyond the ‘Big Bad Putin’ narrative which is all too convenient and neat, serving to overlook or shield a force that’s done…

A discussion about gender, childhood socialization, and financial inequality. — I recently came across a clip from Turning Point UK, a nonprofit organization that promotes right-wing politics in education, that had been posted on TikTok and had racked up over 35k likes. Candace Owens, an American author, political commentator, and talk show host, explains why the gender pay gap isn’t…

A reality check for the left about Afghanistan It feels very foolish and shortsighted for people to be posting comparison pics with Saigon today. It’s missing the point that it doesn’t matter the US had to leave Afghanistan and ‘failed’ to build the nation in its image. People posting this…

“Naturally the common people don’t want war, neither in Russia, nor in England, nor in America, nor in Germany. That is understood. But after all, it is the leaders of the country who determine policy, and it is always a simple matter to drag the people along, whether it is…