Imperialism

When Humanitarianism Became Imperialism

September 19, 2016 Gregory Afinogenov, www.jacobinmag.com Educate! Globalization, Humanitarianism, Imperialism, NGOs

By Gregory Afinogenov for Jacobin - In 1980s Afghanistan, two world powers converged on each other, obliterating the national borders that stood in their way. The first was the Soviet state, bent on defending the precarious gains of a 1978 Communist coup d’état that it had actively tried to prevent. The second, caught in an even more painful paradox, was an uneasy alliance of foreign-funded jihadists, Western intelligence, and NGOs like Doctors Without Borders.

Venezuela: Massive Pro And Anti Government Demonstrations

September 11, 2016 Sharmini Peries, therealnews.com Resist! Government, Imperialism, Maduro, Venezuela

By Sharmini Peries for The Real News. Venezuelas opposition and government supporters both took to the streets in Caracas on Thursday in a day of competing demonstrations. As of this recording both marches prove to be massive and largely peaceful. The opposition called for the protests to put pressure on the countrys National Electoral Council to organize a recall referendum against President Nicolas Maduro before the end of the year so that new presidential elections might be held. However, all indications from the electoral council are that the referendum will not take place until early next year. Probably in February. If that happens and President Maduro is recalled, then Vice President takes over for the remainder of the term until new presidential elections can take place in 2018.

India To France, Millions Rising Up Against Effects Of Western Domination

September 2, 2016 Vijay Prashad, www.alternet.org Resist! France, Imperialism, India, West

By Vijay Prashad for AlterNet - Colonialism made us feel backward. It was always Europe that was advanced and enlightened, and it was always the East that was backward and wretched. Rather than honestly say that they had come to plunder, the colonial rulers said that they had come to school the East – it needed to be civilized. Every European colonizer used the phrase – the French called it mission civilisatrice, the Portuguese called it missão civilizadora and the English called it liberalism.

Venezuela’s Maduro: US Imperialsim To Blame For Latin American Unrest

August 28, 2016 Staff, www.telesurtv.net Resist! Bolivia, Brazil, Imperialism, Nicholas Maduro, United States, Venezuela

By Staff for Telesur. President Maduro said the recent events in Bolivia and Brazil are part of a new plan to destabilize progressive governments in the region. Following the murder of the Bolivian vice minister by miners and as the impeachment process against President Dilma Rousseff reaches its final stage, Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro warned Saturday of "imperialist" attacks on the region's left and compared the situation to a new Plan Condor. "It's an imperialist attack against all," said Maduro. "From Venezuela we will fight the coup of the oligarchy." Plan Condor was a U.S.-backed military and intelligence operation in the 1970s that saw Washington tacitly support state-sponsored terror to eliminate subversive, left-wing sectors of society and control the perceived threat of communism.

AFRICOM: Ready To Sabotage The Revolution

July 31, 2016 Mark P. Fancher, www.blackagendareport.com Educate! Africa, AFRICOM, Imperialism, Wars and Militarism

By Mark P. Fancher for Black Agenda Report. Seay readily acknowledges Africans’ suspicions, noting: “The history of United States policy in Africa is largely its Cold War history, and for Africans in particular, memories of those engagements are not often happy ones. Whether propping up dictators in the name of containment or turning a blind eye to human rights abuses by anti-communist forces, the United States earned a reputation for meddling and causing problems for Africa and its people throughout the Cold War. For many observers, it is hard to see how AFRICOM could be anything other than simply the latest iteration of neo-imperialist engagement by yet another bunch of shady, secretive white men sporting khakis, polo shirts and crew cuts.”

Demise Of The Organization Of American States (OAS)

June 26, 2016 William Camacaro and Frederick B. Mills, www.coha.org Educate! Imperialism, Latin America, OAS, Venezuela

By William Camacoro and Frederick B. Mills for the Council of Hemispheric Affairs. Latin America - The Organization of American States (OAS), on account of its traditional subordination to North American interests, has proven to be adversarial to the Bolivarian movement towards Latin American integration and independence. This contradiction has come into full relief in the ongoing attempt by Secretary General of the OAS, Luis Almagro, to use the institution’s Democratic Charter against the administration of President Nicolas Maduro in Venezuela. This essay takes a brief look at two historic regional conferences held during the past week that reject Almagro’s interventionism and partisanship and implicitly call into question the continued viability of the OAS. An “extraordinary session” of the Permanent Council of the OAS, convened by petition[2] of the permanent missions of Argentina, Mexico, Peru, Costa Rica and the United States, was held on June 1, 2016 in Washington to consider the “project of a declaration about the situation in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela.”

U.S. Expands Secret Wars In Africa

June 9, 2016 Justin Yun, www.chimes.biola.edu Educate! Africa, Imperialism, US military, Wars and Militarism

By Justin Yun for Chimes - The secret expansion of U.S. military bases and special operations in Africahas initiated a new and lightweight style of warfare and welcomes the next phase of American military imperialism. Unlike the highly publicized U.S. military “pivot to Asia,” the proliferation of drones, special ops, mercenary spies, classified bases, proxy fighters and cyber warfare constitute what the journalist Nick Turse calls a “new light-footprint Obama doctrine” that “seems to be making war an ever more attractive and seemingly easy option.”

American Power Under Challenge

May 10, 2016 Noam Chomsky, www.huffingtonpost.com Educate! Imperialism, Power, United States

By Noam Chomsky for The Huffington Post and The Dispatch - When we ask “Who rules the world?” we commonly adopt the standard convention that the actors in world affairs are states, primarily the great powers, and we consider their decisions and the relations among them. That is not wrong. But we would do well to keep in mind that this level of abstraction can also be highly misleading. States of course have complex internal structures, and the choices and decisions of the political leadership are heavily influenced by internal concentrations of power, while the general population is often marginalized.

New UNASUR President Warns Of Imperialist Threats To Region

April 30, 2016 Staff, www.telesurtv.net Resist! Imperialism, Latin America

By Staff of Tele Sur - "Since UNASUR was founded nine years ago (April 17, 2009), our countries have been able to strengthen regional integrational efforts that today allows our nations to defend and protect our sovereignty without needing to resort to the north," she said referring to the United States, who has historically been undermining the development and progress of all countries south of their border.

US Imperialists Criticize Venezuela Court For Blocking Amnesty

April 23, 2016 Lucas Koerner, www.venezuelanalysis.com Resist! Imperialism, United States, Venezuela

By Lucas Koerner for Venezuela Analysis - Last week, the Venezuelan Supreme Court blocked the extremely controversial Amnesty Law passed by the country's opposition-controlled legislature, which would have pardoned scores of right-wing leaders convicted of violent political crimes. The bill is applicable to all manner of felonies and misdemeanors committed since January 1, 1999, including “damage to the national electrical system”, “violence or resistance to authority” and even “conspiracy and terrorism”

The US Returns To Latin America

April 17, 2016 Vijay Prashad, www.counterpunch.org Educate! Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, China, Ecuador, El Salvador, Honduras, Imperialism, Latin America, Nicaragua, Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela

By Vijay Prashad for the Hindu and Counterpunch. The financial crisis of 2007-08 dented China’s economy and saw the slow deterioration of commodity prices. It took a few years for the economic impact to strike Latin America with ferocity. A sharp tumble in oil prices in the summer of 2008 put the brakes on many of the social programmes that had become essential to the Bolivarian dynamic. It signalled the weakness in the experiment against Western domination. President Barack Obama’s administration focussed intently on Latin America. Opportunity struck with the 2009 coup in Honduras against the Left-wing government of Manuel Zelaya. Mr. Obama recognised the new military-backed government. It opened the door to a more aggressive stance vis-à-vis Latin American states. The presidency of Peru’s Ollanta Humala (2011) and the second presidency of Chile’s Michelle Bachelet (2014) — both ostensibly of the Left — hastily drew in cabinet members vetted by the bankers and made their peace with the hegemony of the U.S. Chávez’s death in 2012 meant that the Bolivarians lost their most charismatic champion. The impact of the Honduran coup and Chávez’s death had made itself felt along the spine of Latin America. The U.S., it was being said, is back.

The End Of The American Empire

April 6, 2016 Chas W. Freeman, Jr., www.lobelog.com Educate! America, Empire, Imperialism

By Chas W. Freeman, Jr. for Lobe Log Foreign Policy - for I’m here to talk about the end of the American empire. But before I do I want to note that one of our most charming characteristics as Americans is our amnesia. I mean, we are so good at forgetting what we’ve done and where we did it that we can hide our own Easter eggs. I’m reminded of the geezer—someone about my age—who was sitting in his living room having a drink with his friend while his wife made dinner.

Castro: We Don’t Need The Empire To Give Us Anything

March 30, 2016 Fidel Castro Ruz, www.globalresearch.ca Resist! Cuba, Imperialism, United States

By Fidel Castro Ruz for Global Research - We don’t need the empire to give us anything. Our efforts will be legal and peaceful, because our commitment is to peace and fraternity among all human beings who live on this planet. The kings of Spain brought us the conquistadores and masters, whose footprints remained in the circular land grants assigned to those searching for gold in the sands of rivers, an abusive and shameful form of exploitation, traces of which can be noted from the air in many places around the country.

Newsletter: The Unfolding Story Of Latin America

March 27, 2016 Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers, www.popularresistance.org Newsletter Argentina, Boliva, Brazil, Cuba, Democracy, Ecuador, Honduras, Imperialism, oligarchy, Venezuela

By Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers for Popular Resistance. Latin America has been a key battleground in the conflict between neo-liberal capitalism and US hegemony against the growing people power that is demanding a more equitable economy that builds from the bottom up and is more democratic. Venezuela has been the focal point of the campaign against the progressive cycle. The amnesty bill shows the extreme actions the US and oligarchs are willing to take to wrest power from the people and return it to the wealthy business interests. The wealthy have made progress in some key countries leading to people ask whether the progressive cycle has come to an end and what lies ahead for the region.

Cuba Evokes History Of American Imperialism In Latin America

March 26, 2016 Cody Cain, www.counterpunch.org Educate! Cuba, Imperialism, Latin America, United States

By Cody Cain for Counter Punch - As President Barack Obama makes history as the first sitting U.S. president to visit Cuba since 1928, we find ourselves reflecting upon our historic relationship with Latin America. We were all taught in school that America is a great and kind nation that promotes freedom and democracy around the world. And many still drink the Kool-Aid of how America can do no wrong. History, however, paints a rather different picture.

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