Inter-Imperialist Rivalry

‘Leaked’ Documents: Stunt Near Crimea Was An Intentional Provocation

June 27, 2021 Moon of Alabama. Educate! Inter-Imperialist Rivalry, Russia, United Kingdom (UK), Wars and Militarism

Last week saw a provocative move against Russia by a British warship in the Black Sea. The documents include this map which shows two potential routes that the HMS Defender could have taken to sail from Odessa in the Ukraine to Batumi in Georgia. The British government ordered the ship to take the aggressive route through territorial waters of Crimea which the Russian government had announced to be off limits. Those three designated off-limits zones are marked on the British map! Taking that route was patently illegal under international law. The map thus proves that the move of the HMS Defender was an intended provocation, not an 'innocent passage' as the British government had originally claimed.

US Senators Call For An End To The Blockade On Venezuela And Iran

March 30, 2020 Staff, Alba Ciudad with OT content Educate! Inter-Imperialist Rivalry, Latin America, Sanctions, Venezuela

A group of 11 Democratic senators demanded that the White House temporarily suspend the coercive measures imposed on Venezuela and Iran in the face of the Covid-19 pandemic. The senators sent a letter on Thursday to the secretary of the State Department, Mike Pompeo, and to the secretary of the Treasury, Steven Mnuchin, to request the suspension for 90 days and allow the reception of humanitarian assistance, Hispan TV reported.

Karl Marx In Wuhan: How Chinese Socialism Is Defeating COVID-19

March 30, 2020 Staff, Invent-the-future.org Create! China, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Inter-Imperialist Rivalry

The initial outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) took place in the Chinese city of Wuhan, the capital of Hubei province, in early January 2020. The epidemic was limited almost entirely to China until a month later, when it flared up in Iran, South Korea, Japan and Italy. By 11 March, it was clear that sustained community-level transmission of the virus was occurring in multiple regions...

In Letter To American People, Iranian President Raps Sanctions

March 28, 2020 Hassan Rouhani, Tasnimnews.com Educate! Inter-Imperialist Rivalry, Iran, Middle East, Sanctions

On behalf of the great Iranian nation, I write to the people of the United States of America on the occasion of the Iranian New Year (Nowruz). The coronavirus outbreak has endangered the health of—and even presented a considerable threat to—humanity with no distinction as to nationality, or gender or religious backgrounds. This presents an opportune moment to further contemplate our common pains and our human principles. Today, all of humankind feels apprehensive toward the future; a future threatened in every aspect; be it health, business, and even social relationships and the way of life. The level of unpredictability and uncertainty is simply unprecedented. It is self-evident that our success in what is likely to be a long fight depends on the spiritual and heartfelt affinity of all human beings.

It Is Not China, But The Western World That Should Be Defined As The “Real Sick Man”

March 27, 2020 Andre Vltchek, Informationclearinghouse.info Educate! China, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Inter-Imperialist Rivalry

Not long ago, the Wall Street Journal insulted China, calling it “the Real Sick Man of Asia”. China retaliated, and then the U.S. counter-retaliated. Emotions have been running high, journalists got deported. Suddenly, various Chinese officials expressed publicly what many in both China and Russia have been, for weeks, articulating in sotto voce: that it was perhaps the U.S. military establishment, which brought the new type of coronavirus (COVID-19) to Wuhan, in order to harm China and bring the world back, through complex backroads, under the West’s control. Suddenly, the world feels very uncomfortable. The way it is governed is clearly perverse. People do not always know why, they just feel frightened, prickly and insecure. Actually, they always have, during the last few decades, but this is somehow becoming “too much”.

Inhumanity Unbound: No Help From The EU Or US, While China And Cuba Provide Aid

March 26, 2020 Staff, Zzs-blg.blogspot.com Educate! China, COVID-19, Cuba, Inter-Imperialist Rivalry, Revisionism

Nothing exposes the hypocrisy, arrogance, and selfishness of capitalism and its backers like a major threat or catastrophe. Three hundred Chinese doctors began arriving in Italy on Wednesday, March 18 to help the local effort against the coronavirus (Fifty-two health professionals also arrived from socialist Cuba last week). In addition, PRChina (PRC) is sending testing kits and protective clothing. PRC has sent kits and gear to Spain, Greece, and Poland as well.

China’s Damning US Human Rights Report May Be Propaganda, but It’s Not Wrong

March 23, 2020 Alan Macleod, Mintpressnews.com Educate! China, Inter-Imperialist Rivalry, Propaganda, United States

Amid a global pandemic, you might be forgiven for having missed that the State Council Information Office of the People’s Republic of China just released a 13,000-word report on the state of human rights in the United States. Entitled “The Record of Human Rights Violations in the United States in 2019,” it begins by quoting Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. “We lied, we cheated, we stole … It reminds you of the glory of the American experiment,” Pompeo said of his time as head of the Central Intelligence Agency during a Q&A at Texas A&M University.

US Drone Assassinations Continue Despite German Effort To Restrict Them

March 23, 2020 Patrick Maynard, Truthout.org Resist! Drones, Germany, Inter-Imperialist Rivalry, US military

Berlin– A year after a German court issued a ruling that would have dramatically restricted U.S. drone operations in accordance with international law, no substantive changes have taken place, as the lawsuit that led to the March 2019 ruling is still stuck in the appeals process.

Stop Tightening The Thumb Screws, A Humanitarian Message

March 23, 2020 Kathy Kelly, Vcnv.org Educate! Inter-Imperialist Rivalry, Sanctions

U.S. sanctions against Iran, cruelly strengthened in March of 2018, continue a collective punishment of extremely vulnerable people. Presently, the U.S. “maximum pressure” policy severely undermines Iranian efforts to cope with the ravages of COVID-19, causing hardship and tragedy while contributing to the global spread of the pandemic. On March 12, 2020...

12 Ways The US Invasion Of Iraq Lives On In Infamy

March 21, 2020 By Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J. S. Davies, Mronline.org Educate! Inter-Imperialist Rivalry, Iraq, Middle East, US Imperialism

While the world is consumed with the terrifying coronavirus pandemic, on March 19 the Trump administration will be marking the 17th anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Iraq by ramping up the conflict there. After an Iran-aligned militia allegedly struck a U.S. base near Baghdad on March 11, the U.S. military carried out retaliatory strikes against five of the militia’s weapons factories and announced it is sending two more aircraft carriers to the region...

US Imposes Fresh Sanctions On Iran Amid Coronavirus Outbreak

March 21, 2020 Staff, Presstv.com Educate! COVID-19, Inter-Imperialist Rivalry, Iran, Sanctions, US Imperialism

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Tuesday that Washington had blacklisted three Iranian entities for engaging in what he called “significant transactions” to trade in Iranian petrochemicals. While he did not name any firms or individuals, Pompeo said the measure included blacklisting Iran’s armed forces social security investment company and its director for investing in the sanctioned entities.

Cruelty Of Sanctions During Pandemic

March 21, 2020 By Vijay Prashad and Paola Estrada, Asiatimes.com Educate! COVID-19, Inter-Imperialist Rivalry, Pandemic, Sanctions

Swiftly moves the coronavirus disease (Covid-19), dashing across continents, skipping over oceans, terrifying populations in every country. The numbers of those infected rise, as do the numbers of those who have died. Hands are being washed, tests are being done, and “social distance” has become a new phrase. It is unclear how devastating this pandemic will be.

The Trump Administration Drove Him Back To China, Where He Invented A Fast Coronavirus Test

March 21, 2020 By David Armstrong, Annie Waldman and Daniel Golden, Propublica.org Educate! China, COVID-19, Inter-Imperialist Rivalry, United States

On the fourth floor of the University of Florida cancer research building, the once-bustling laboratory overseen by professor Weihong Tan is in disarray. White lab coats are strewn over workbenches. Storage drums and boxes, including some marked with biohazard warnings, are scattered across the floor. A pink note stuck to a machine that makes copies of DNA samples indicates the device is broken. No one is here on this weekday afternoon in February.

China Locked In Hybrid War With US

March 20, 2020 By Pepe Escobar, Asiatimes.com Educate! China, Inter-Imperialist Rivalry, United States, Wars and Militarism

Among the myriad, earth-shattering geopolitical effects of coronavirus, one is already graphically evident. China has re-positioned itself. For the first time since the start of Deng Xiaoping’s reforms in 1978, Beijing openly regards the US as a threat, as stated a month ago by Foreign Minister Wang Yi at the Munich Security Conference during the peak of the fight against coronavirus.

China Calls For Lifting Of U.S. Sanctions Against Iran

March 19, 2020 By Betsey Piette, Workers.org Create! Inter-Imperialist Rivalry, Iran, Middle East, Sanctions, United States

Amid the fight against the coronavirus COVID-19, China called on March 16 for the immediate lifting of U.S. sanctions on Iran, one of the countries hardest hit by the pandemic. China’s call came in response to a letter sent by Iranian President Hassan Rouhani to leaders of several countries. Rouhani accused the U.S. government of continuing to thwart Iran’s efforts to counter the pandemic...

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