New Cold War

Goals Behind Trump’s Tariffs

January 4, 2025 Ben Norton, Geopolitical Economy. Educate! China, Donald Trump, New Cold War, Tariffs, Tax Cuts

Donald Trump cited billionaire egghead venture capitalist Marc Andreessen to advocate for high tariffs. Trump argued that tariffs will magically replace the income tax and pay off US public debt (which is more than 120% of GDP). This is utterly false, and mathematically absurd. For Trump, tariffs are just another convenient excuse to cut taxes on the rich — which will in fact increase the US deficit, and therefore public debt. Thanks to Trump’s tax cuts during his first term, the richest billionaire families in the US paid a lower effective tax rate than the bottom half of households in the country.

China Demands Withdrawal Of US Missile System From The Philippines

December 30, 2024 Abdul Rahman, People's Dispatch. Educate! China, militarism, New Cold War, Philippines, South China Sea, US Imperialism

China reiterated its concerns about the Philippines’ plan to acquire the US Typhon missile defense system. In the foreign ministry press briefing on Thursday, December 26, the spokesperson of the ministry, Mao Ning, claimed it is a “strategic and offensive” weapon which may fuel arms race in the region. China also restated its long-standing demand for the withdrawal of the system already deployed near its borders. Ning reminded the leadership in the Philippines of their promise of never taking sides among the major powers.

Guam Becomes An Even Bigger Military Target

December 14, 2024 Colonel (Ret) Ann Wright, Popular Resistance. Educate! Asian Pivot, China, Guam, New Cold War, US military

Several times a year, the U.S. Defense Department launches ballistic missiles from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California. These ballistic missiles are generally intercepted by missiles launched 4,200 miles away from the Ronald Reagan Missile test range located in the Marshall Islands. U.S. officials said the recent U.S. missile test launch was just part of routine and periodic activities to reassure U.S. allies that its nuclear deterrent “is safe, secure, reliable and effective to deter 21st-century threats.” However, several days ago, on December 10, 2024, Guam became an even bigger military target in the Pacific with the activation of a missile intercept site.

Sovereignty, Modernization, And Cooperation Championed At Global South Forum In Shanghai

December 14, 2024 Shiran Illanperuma, People's Dispatch. Organize! Academics, China, Global South, Internationalism, Multilateralism, Multipolarity, New Cold War

Panelists and attendees championed the cause of sovereignty, modernization, and South-South cooperation at the Global South Academic Forum in Shanghai from December 5–6. Over 250 guests from 35 countries and regions attended the forum, whose theme was “Global South and Global Modernization.” The forum was hosted by East China Normal University (ECNU) and organized by the institution’s School of Communication and Fudan University’s Institute for Global Communication and Integrated Media. Co-organizers included Fudan University’s School of Journalism and Shanghai Jiao Tong University’s School of Media and Communication.

South Korea’s Impeachment Fails—What’s Next?

December 10, 2024 Ju-Hyun Park, People's Dispatch. Educate! Impeachment, Martial Law, New Cold War, South Korea, Yoon Seok-Yeol

South Korean President Yoon Seok Yeol remains in power following a much-anticipated impeachment vote in parliament that was scuttled when the ruling People’s Power Party (PPP) boycotted the measure. While a handful of PPP lawmakers ultimately broke ranks to support impeachment, a sufficient majority to pass the measure could not be reached. The impeachment vote was held days after Yoon attempted (and failed) to establish martial law in the country. Opposition parliamentarians have vowed to continue impeachment efforts until Yoon’s tenure in office ends.

The West Would Rather Burn The Planet Than Let China Shine

October 15, 2024 Margaret Flowers, Clearing the FOG. Podcast - Clearing The FOG China, climate crisis, New Cold War, Povery, Public Health, Socialism, Wars and Militarism

October 1 marked the 75th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China (PRC). Since its founding, China has made remarkable accomplishments in public health by addressing opium addiction, in the elimination of poverty and in the building of an eco-socialist society. Clearing the FOG speaks with K J Noh, an activist, author and political analyst specializing in Asia. Noh recently wrote "Your Mind Is A Battlefield: Decolonize It To Prevent Global Catastrophe!," which was published in Popular Resistance. Noh describes the Chinese approach of designing policies that benefit everyone, why the West, especially the United States, views China as a threat rather than a partner, and what people in the US can do to counter anti-China propaganda and prevent a global war with China.

The Washington Post’s Witch Hunt On Chinese Americans

October 5, 2024 Michael Wong, Asia Times. Educate! China, New Cold War, Sinophobia, US Imperialism, Washington Post

In the September 6, 2024 piece, the Post alleges that during the 2023 APEC summit in San Francisco, Chinese American community groups and leaders welcoming Chinese President Xi Jinping, reputedly under the direction of the Communist Party of China (CPC), violently attacked anti-China groups who turned out to protest Xi”s visit. A recent Washington Post article ran under the headline “How China extended its repression into an American city.” This, the Post states, was all part of a Chinese governmental shadowy plot of transnational repression, directing those within “diaspora groups” to quash dissident anti-China voices overseas. But the exact opposite is true.

How Australia Helps The United States Destabilize Asia

September 30, 2024 Maxwell Lane, People's Dispatch. Strategize! Asia, AUKUS, Australia, China, New Cold War, US Imperialism, US-China relations

September 15 marked the third anniversary of the announcement of the AUKUS (Australia, the UK, the US) agreement. The purpose of this agreement is for Australia to buy nuclear-powered submarines from the UK and the US This increases interoperability with US forces that are projecting their power in the region along the Chinese coast. Furthermore, Australia is participating in the QUAD and SQUAD, “[i]nformal Alliances in the Indo-Pacific.” The city of Darwin in northern Australia has been opened up for the US forces, including planes carrying nuclear weapons. In addition, Australia has long housed bases for US spy satellite systems.

Cold War II: US Congress Passes 25 Anti-China Laws In One Week

September 22, 2024 Ben Norton, Geopolitical Economy. Resistance Report China, House of Representatives, Media, New Cold War, Propaganda, US Congress

The US House of Representatives approved 25 anti-China laws in just one week in September: a clear sign that Washington’s new cold war is quickly heating up. The hawkish House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party proudly described these days as “China Week”, boasting that much of the legislation had “overwhelming bipartisan” support. NBC News noted that “many of the measures passed with bipartisan support at a time when viewing [China] primarily as a geopolitical rival is one of the few issues both Republicans and Democrats can agree on”. Cold War Two fervor is reaching fever pitch in the United States. CIA Director William Burns has referred to China as the “bigge[st] long-term threat”. The last two US secretaries of state, Democrat Antony Blinken and Republican Mike Pompeo, gave speeches specifically dedicated to demonizing China.

Build Global Mass Opposition To The New Cold War

August 31, 2024 Carlos Martinez, Friends of Socialist China. Strategize! Antiwar Movement, China, New Cold War, Peace, US Imperialism

The following is the text of a speech given by Friends of Socialist China co-editor Carlos Martinez at an online meeting of the Scottish Trade Union Peace Network on 22 August 2024. Carlos discusses the nature of China’s foreign policy, dealing with common criticisms such as that China seeks to “undermine democracy” in Taiwan, that it is an aggressive and expansionist power in the South China Sea, and that its nuclear arsenal poses a serious threat to world peace. The speech goes on to analyse the theoretical basis and economic underpinnings of China’s foreign policy, observing that China’s rise “has never been based on dominating the land, labour, resources and markets of the rest of the world. It has never been driven by the expand-or-die logic of capital.”

NATO Accelerates Its Conflict With China

July 20, 2024 Vijay Prashad, People's Dispatch. Educate! China, NATO, NATO summit, New Cold War, Russia, Ukraine

At the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) summit in Washington, the focus was on Ukraine. In the Washington Declaration, the NATO leaders wrote, “Ukraine’s future is in NATO.” Ukraine formally applied to join NATO in September 2022, but soon found that despite widespread NATO support, several member states (such as Hungary) were uneasy with escalating a conflict with Russia. As early as NATO’s 2008 Bucharest Summit, the members welcomed “Ukraine’s and Georgia’s Euro-Atlantic aspirations for membership in NATO. We agreed today that these countries will become members of NATO.”

Hundreds Protest NATO Summit, Hold Counter-Summit

July 8, 2024 United National Antiwar Coalition, Popular Resistance. Resist! Antiwar Movement, DC, Gaza, NATO, New Cold War, Ukraine, Washington

Washington D.C. – On July 6 and 7, the Resist NATO coalition, formed by more than sixty anti-war, human rights, and diasporic grassroots organizations from across the U.S., held its own conference, rallied, and marched to protest the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Summit in Washington D.C. The coalition highlighted the role of NATO as the largest U.S.-led military alliance and its function to promote wars of aggression, increased militarization in the Indo-Pacific and across the globe, sanctions, cyberwarfare, and surveillance on people's organizations. NATO’s 75th summit is occurring during the ongoing war in Ukraine in response to U.S.-NATO military escalation and territorial expansion, which has emboldened NATO to call on its members to provide billions in weapons and military aid.

June 24 – July 1 Actions To Cancel RIMPAC Military Exercises

June 16, 2024 Resist US-Led War Movement, Popular Resistance. Resist! Military Exercises, New Cold War, Pacific, RIMPAC, Wars and Militarism

On April 10th the Resist US-Led War Movement joined the International Women’s Alliance and BAYAN USA in launching the international campaign to Cancel the Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) military exercises. RIMPAC is the world’s largest US-led joint war exercises, held biannually in occupied Hawai’i and involving the militaries of more than 20 US allies. In support of the people of Hawai’i who have been organizing against RIMPAC since it began in 1971, the international campaign aims to galvanize people throughout the continental US and around the world to expose and oppose the destructive and lethal war games.

The Price Of Biden’s New China Tariffs

May 24, 2024 Patrick Lawrence, Scheer Post. Educate! China, Donald Trump, Joe Biden, New Cold War, Tariffs, Trade

I love the photograph The New York Times ran atop Jim Tankersley’s May 18 story analyzing the inadvisable raft of tariffs on Chinese imports President Biden authorized four days earlier. There is the old coot signing the paperwork at a desk in the Rose Garden as a crowd of seven looks on admiringly. Polo shirts, sneakers, a baseball cap. Six of these seven are people of color; four are women. Perfect, just perfect. Study the picture. These dutiful onlookers are not officeholders or administration officials. They are union leaders from what were once powerful labor organizations: steelworkers, autoworkers, machinists, communications workers, the AFL–CIO.

TikTok Takes US Government To Court Over Unconstitutional Ban

May 24, 2024 Andrew Johnson, Workers' World. Resist! China, First Amendment, New Cold War, Tiktok, US Imperialism

In response to the House bill passed on March 13, which requires parent company ByteDance to find a non-Chinese buyer for TikTok in nine months, the company filed a petition on May 7 in the District of Columbia Court of Appeals, suing the U.S. government. On May 14, eight TikTok users, all with millions of followers on the social media app, filed a separate lawsuit to stop the ban. ByteDance argues that the ban is unconstitutional and unjustly targets a Chinese company. The Congressional supporters of the bill are attempting to reframe it as a mere call for a sale of TikTok, not a ban. Their feeble arguments are meant to divert attention from the fact that the TikTok ban, a deliberate political and financial attack against China, is indeed a violation of the First Amendment.

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