Venezuela Is on the Path to Make Colonialism Obsolete

Venezuela Is on the Path to Make Colonialism Obsolete

Venezuelans should revel in the fact that President Maduro has also scored an important victory. The EU bloc of countries recognised self-appointed Juan Guaido as “interim president” of Venezuela last January 2019. Nevertheless, this recent diplomatic tête-à-tête has forced Brussels to implicitly admit who the legitimate government of Venezuela is and to accept Caracas terms…

“I Could Live With That”: How the CIA Made Afghanistan Safe for the Opium Trade

“I Could Live With That”: How the CIA Made Afghanistan Safe for the Opium Trade

“I decided I could live with that.” – Stansfield Turner, Jimmy Carter’s CIA director, on the extreme level of civilian casualties in the CIA’s covert war in Afghanistan. The first indelible image of the war in Afghanistan for many Americans was probably that of CBS anchorman Dan Rather, wrapped in the voluminous drapery of a…

Washington’s War on Huawei Continues

Washington’s War on Huawei Continues

For Washington, Chinese telecommunication giant Huawei presents a nearly unsolvable problem. We can draw this conclusion by looking at how the US has chosen to compete, or rather, what it is substituting instead for what should be competition. CNET in an article titled, “White House reportedly considering federal intervention in 5G,” would explain: 5G networks across the…

Israel Annexation Plan: Jordan’s Existential Threat

Israel Annexation Plan: Jordan’s Existential Threat

More than any other Arab state, Jordan’s past, present and future are inextricably linked to the question of Palestine. Jordan’s emergence is an outcome of British imperialism, which imposed the infamous Balfour Declaration and the Zionist settler-colonial project on the indigenous population of Palestine and the region.  Settler-colonialism is the essence of the question of Palestine….

Tyranny Without a Tyrant: The Deep State’s Divide-and-Conquer Strategy Is Working

Tyranny Without a Tyrant: The Deep State’s Divide-and-Conquer Strategy Is Working

“In a fully developed bureaucracy there is nobody left with whom one can argue, to whom one can present grievances, on whom the pressures of power can be exerted. Bureaucracy is the form of government in which everybody is deprived of political freedom, of the power to act; for the rule by Nobody is not…