US Imperialism

Imagining South Korea Without America

October 3, 2023 Ko Myoung-sub, Hankyoreh. Create! Book Review, Korea, South Korea, US Imperialism, Wars and Militarism

Is the ROK-US alliance unconditionally good? A new book raises radical questions about the ROK-US alliance on the 70th anniversary of the two countries’ mutual defense treaty, which was signed on Oct. 1, 1953. The book is “The Naked ROK-US Alliance,” written by Daegu University professor Kim Sung-hae, who completed a master’s in international affairs at the University of Georgia and a doctorate in journalism at the University of Pennsylvania. As the book’s subtitle suggests, this book lists the “reasons for resolving to break up with America” while urging us to imagine what South Korea would be like without the US or their alliance.

Unreliable Sources: News On North Korea, Brought To You By The CIA

October 3, 2023 Alan MacLeod, MintPress News. Educate! CIA, Media, North Korea, US Imperialism

Remember when Kim Jong-un died? Back in 2020, corporate media was awash with reports that the North Korean leader had died or was in a “vegetative state.” Yet, just days after the media frenzy, he appeared alive and well. So how did the likes of CNN, MSNBC and The Economist get the story so disastrously wrong? By relying on hearsay from outlets funded by the CIA cutout organization, the National Endowment for Democracy (NED). As The Washington Post explained, rumors about Kim’s health first hit the headlines after The Daily NK, a South Korean website known for “gossip and rumors,” published a report based on an anonymous source.

A Global Call For Peace In Ukraine Emerges At UN General Assembly

September 30, 2023 Medea Benjamin and Nicholas J. S. Davies, Popular Resistance. Educate! NATO, Peace, Russia, Ukraine, United Nations (UN), US Imperialism, Wars and Militarism

As it did last year, the 2023 United Nations General Assembly has been debating what role the United Nations and its members should play in the crisis in Ukraine. The United States and its allies still insist that the UN Charter requires countries to take Ukraine’s side in the conflict, “for as long as it takes” to restore Ukraine’s pre-2014 internationally recognized borders. They claim to be enforcing Article 2:4 of the UN Charter that states “All Members shall refrain in their international relations from the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of any state, or in any other manner inconsistent with the Purposes of the United Nations.”

Why Haiti Must Follow The Current Political Lead Of Francophone Africa

September 30, 2023 Pascal Robert, Black Agenda Report. Strategize! Africa, Decolonization, Haiti, US Imperialism

There have been nine coups in the past three years in former French colonies in Africa– Mali, Guinea, Burkina Faso, Chad, Niger, Tunisia and recently Gabon. Some in Francophone Africa have realized something that Haitians once knew over 200 years ago under the leadership of Jean Jacques Dessalines: The meddling in the affairs of an independent nation will not be tolerated simply because the dominion of that nation is under the control of non-white people. This is especially true of people from the global south who have been plundered by the parasitic elites of Europe and their Western progeny since the age of Columbus.

Peruvians Reject Boluarte’s Visit To US For United Nations General Assembly

September 29, 2023 Clau O'Brien Moscoso, Black Agenda Report. Resist! Coups, Dina Boluarte, New York (NY), New York City (NYC), Peru, United Nations (UN), US Imperialism

This past week was the 78th United Nations General Assembly as leaders from around the globe flew to New York City for a week of high-level meetings and speeches. Among those featured to speak at the GA was Dina Boluarte, the current coup leader of the Andean country of Perú. Since December 7th, 2022, the Peruvian masses have organized themselves and mobilized against this U.S. backed coup led by the far right dominated Congress beholden to local and international elite interests that ousted democratically elected president Pedro Castillo Terrones.

G77+China Holds Summit In Cuba Calling For A Different World Order

September 27, 2023 Abayomi Azikiwe, Black Agenda Report. Organize! China, Cuba, G77, Global South, NATO, Sanctions, United Nations (UN), US Imperialism

A meeting of the Group of 77 and China took place on September 15-16 in the Republic of Cuba where frustrations with the existing world system were articulated by the participants. A declaration issued at the conclusion of the summit demanded the restructuring of the existing economic order which continues to be dominated by the capitalist mode of production, exchange and social relations. Founded in 1964, today the organization has 130 member-states from Africa, Asia-Pacific, the Caribbean and Latin America. The summit has a rotating chairpersonship shared by all of the geopolitical regional affiliates. The summit occurred during a period of intense hostilities from the United States and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) towards the Russian Federation and the People’s Republic of China.

Files Expose Syrian ‘Revolution’ As Western Regime Change Operation

September 27, 2023 Kit Klarenberg, MintPress News. Educate! Protests, Regime Change, Syria, US Imperialism

Throughout August and September, anti-government protests have rocked Syrian cities. While the crowds are typically small, numbering only a few hundred, they show little sign of abating. Demonstrators are motivated by increasingly unlivable economic conditions spurred by crippling U.S.-led international sanctions against Damascus. These have produced hyperinflation, mass food insecurity, and many daily hardships for the population. They also prevent vital humanitarian aid from entering the country. The media has given the unrest blanket coverage. No reference to Washington’s central role in imposing the misery under which average Syrians suffer today, let alone that several key figures in the protests are former opposition fighters who laid down their arms under a government-approved reconciliation deal in 2018, can be found in the reporting.

For Peace In The Congo, US And UK Must Hold Their Allies Accountable

September 27, 2023 Kambale Musavuli, People's Dispatch. Resistance Report Africa, DR Congo, Elections, US Imperialism, Wars and Militarism

Analyst Kambale Musavuli talks about the latest developments in the Democratic Republic of the Congo where anger is mounting against the presence of foreign forces. He talks about the recent repression of those protesting the presence of UN forces and explains that the country needs a political situation. This calls for the US and UK to hold to account their allies Rwanda and Uganda who are backing rebel groups in the Congo. Kambale also talks about the recent actions of DRC President Felix Tshisekedi, the distance between his words and deeds, and his close collaboration with Israel.

Whistleblower Craig Murray Talks About NATO Expansion, BRICS, Assange

September 26, 2023 Alan MacLeod, MintPress News. Resistance Report BRICS, China, Craig Murray, Julian Assange, NATO, New Cold War, US Imperialism, Wars and Militarism, Whistleblowers

On Ukraine, it is extremely difficult to get any airing for anti-war opinions. On the mainstream media, it is simply impossible to get a hearing,” Craig Murray said. The human rights campaigner and former diplomat sat with “MintPress News” to discuss forever wars, whistleblowing and a future conflict with China. “There’s a universal media consensus on stoking the proxy war, pouring in billions and billions of dollars, pouring in more and more advanced weapons systems. And anybody on social media who attempts to counter that narrative is marked as disinformation or a Russian state asset,” Murray lamented, noting that even during the Iraq War, there was more space for dissenting opinions.

Terror Attacks On Cuba’s Embassy Fueled By Aggressive US Policy

September 26, 2023 Calla Walsh, Geopolitical Economy. Educate! Accountability, Cuba, Embassy, Sanctions, Terrorism, US Imperialism

Cuba’s embassy in Washington, DC was attacked with two Molotov cocktails on the night of September 24. This was the second terrorist attack against the embassy in the past three years. The US Secret Service responded at around 8pm, but did not apprehend any perpetrators. The explosives hit the front side of the embassy, which is already scarred with AK-47 bullet holes from a shooting attack in April 2020 — an emblem of the deadly risk it takes to be a Cuban diplomat in the United States, and of the long history of US-backed terrorism against the country. The Molotov cocktail attack occurred the same day that a Cuban delegation led by President Miguel Díaz-Canel returned to Havana.

Hersh Reveals US Motive For Destruction Of Nord Stream Pipelines

September 26, 2023 Moon Of Alabama. Educate! Fossil Fuels, Germany, Joe Biden, Nord Stream Pipelines, Pipelines, US Imperialism

It was no surprise to the agency’s secret planning group when on January 27, 2022, the assured and confident Nuland, then undersecretary of state for political affairs, stridently warned Putin that if he invaded Ukraine, as he clearly was planning to, that “one way or another Nord Stream 2 will not move forward.” The line attracted enormous attention, but the words preceding the threat did not. The official State Department transcript shows that she preceded her threat by saying that with regard to the pipeline: “We continue to have very strong and clear conversations with our German allies.”

Cuban Embassy In Washington DC Faces Another Terrorist Attack

September 25, 2023 People's Dispatch. Resist! Cuba, Sanctions, Terrorism, US Imperialism, Washington DC

Cuba’s embassy in the US capital of Washington DC was the target of a violent attack late on Sunday, September 24. In a statement shared on the platform X, formerly known as Twitter, the Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez said that an individual had thrown two Molotov cocktails at the embassy building. He added that no personnel had been injured in the attack and the details of the incident were being looked into. He also noted that this was the second such attack against the headquarters of Cuba’s diplomatic mission in the US. An individual had fired multiple rounds of bullets from an AK-47 assault rifle at the building in April 2020. Cuba’s embassy in France was also attacked with Molotov cocktails in July 2021.

Collaboration, Not Confrontation

September 23, 2023 Noam Chomsky and Vijay Prashad, Peoples Democracy. Educate! China, Joe Biden, NATO, Nuclear War, Peace Negotiations, Russia, Ukraine, US Imperialism, Wars and Militarism

The United States has articulated a policy that it wishes to continue this war to severely ‘weaken Russia’ – as US defence secretary Lloyd Austin and other high officials have been explicitly stating – and, it is claimed, to place Ukraine in a stronger bargaining position for eventual negotiations (or in a weaker position, if the Russian offensive makes an impact, a strong likelihood that is quietly ignored). The policy of trying to ‘weaken Russia’ through the escalation of the war in Ukraine is the position of the United States and the United Kingdom, and with some variation, their European allies (France, as usual, demurs here and there, but when push comes to shove, lines up with Washington).

Latin America’s Progressive Bloc Lines Up Against Washington Sanctions

September 23, 2023 Ociel Alí López, Resumen English. Educate! Latin America, Sanctions, United Nations (UN), US Imperialism

The shift to the left that is currently taking place in Latin American governments could be felt in the presidential speeches at the 78th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UN), which is being held this week. These governments were particularly unified in their disagreement with the application of U.S. sanctions against Venezuela and Cuba. There was also a consensus among them to protest the inclusion of Cuba in the “list of countries sponsoring terrorism” maintained by the U.S. Government. Since the inauguration of Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Colombian President Gustavo Petro, criticism of these policies has become common in this type of forum.

NATO Chief Admits NATO Expansion Key To Russian Invasion Of Ukraine

September 22, 2023 Jeffrey D. Sachs, Common Dreams. Educate! NATO, Russia, Ukraine, US Imperialism, Wars and Militarism

During the disastrous Vietnam War, it was said that the US government treated the public like a mushroom farm: keeping it in the dark and feeding it with manure. The heroic Daniel Ellsberg leaked the Pentagon Papers documenting the unrelenting U.S. government lying about the war in order to protect politicians who would be embarrassed by the truth. A half-century later, during the Ukraine War, the manure is piled even higher. According to the U.S. government and the ever-obsequious New York Times, the Ukraine war was “unprovoked,” the Times’ favorite adjective to describe the war. Putin, allegedly mistaking himself for Peter the Great, invaded Ukraine to recreate the Russian Empire. Yet last week, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg committed a Washington gaffe, meaning that he accidently blurted out the truth.

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