Everywhere one looks, US imperial policy has suffered major military and diplomatic defeats. With the backing of the Democratic Congress, the Republican White House’s aggressive pursuit of a military approach to empire-building has led to a world-wide decline of US influence, the realignment of former client rulers toward ( Read more... )

Empire and Imperialism and the USA
Modern empires and therefore imperialism which constructs them are ubiquitous: Whether through large-scale multinational corporations or through technologically advanced massive military power, the peoples and nations of the worlds confront the problem of great concentration of ( Read more... )

Monday, September 1, 2008

While people around the world begin to celebrate George W. Bush's January 20, 2009 departure from the White House, senior administration officials are crafting legislation, rule changes and executive orders that will make permanent the worst excesses of this criminal regime.

And in an election year, you can count on a ( Read more... )

Obama
By Serge Halimi

Barack Obama is a lucky man: young, of mixed race, thought likely to make it to the White House, to succeed one of the most unpopular presidents in US history. He appears better equipped than anyone else to “renew American leadership in the world” (1) - restore the US image and win ( Read more... )

Interview: Chalmers Johnson

MP3 18min 47sec

by Ali Eteraz, July 21, 2008

In 1812, Napoleon Bonaparte of France, head of the largest army in the world, began the worst military campaign in history. His ill-fated and tragic invasion of Russia led to nearly two thirds of the French army getting killed. The effects of the doomed maneuver were so long-standing that France never again recovered its ( Read more... )

Obama’s Grand Tour: the American Idol-ing of Empire?

July 16, 2008

Just a week before Barack Obama’s highly anticipated first tour of Europe and the Middle East as presidential candidate, CNN’s Fareed Zakaria asked the Senator about the kinds of experiences that will inform his ability to occupy the most powerful foreign policy position on earth.

“… ( Read more... )

Jul 11, 2008

Richard Gwyn

Two months ago, the world looked on in shock and disbelief as, after typhoon Nargis had smashed ashore in Burma (Myanmar), that country's ruling generals prevented aid, aid officials and experts from coming in to help the 2.4 million people hit brutally hard by the storm.

Estimates of the number of Burmese who might die from ( Read more... )

The Audacity of Imperial Airbrushing [Obama would put a nicer face on imperialism ;-) ]

July 06, 2008 By Paul Street

"IT NEVER HAPPENED"

Under the rules of "mainstream" political discourse in the United States, crimes are committed by evil others, never by noble "America." Bad things are done by "them," but not by "us." "They" often have malevolent ( Read more... )

Friday, July 4, 2008

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