Imperialism

A Political History of Zionism and Palestine

October 10, 2023 UNAC Editor Colonialism, Imperialism, Israel, Israel-Palestine, Nazis, Palestine

by Charles Pierce, published on Dissident Voice, October 10, 2023 1. Doctrine. Zionism was devised by some middle-class Jewish Europeans (most prominently Lev Pinsker and Theodore Herzl) as one response to horrendous late 19th century anti-Jewish persecutions in Europe. Like many of their contemporaries among nationalistic privileged-class European intellectuals and like the Nazis who came later, the Zionists conceived of[…]

Is Intellectual Property Turning into a Knowledge Monopoly?

September 19, 2023 UNAC Editor Capitalism, Economics, Education, Global Trade, Imperialism

by Prabir Purkayastha, produced by Globetrotter, September 6, 2023 When the settlers came to the United States, they usurped the common property of the native tribes and parceled it out for money. The same is being done to our common store of knowledge. When greed drives science, it cannot be science. [jb] The twentieth century saw the emergence of public[…]

Last Words to the Nation: Salvador Allende, 1973

September 19, 2023 UNAC Editor Counter Revolution, coup, Fascism, History, Imperialism

The Black Agenda Review, published on Black Agenda Report, September 13, 2023 Henry Kissinger is 99 years old and alive. Salvadore Allende never had the opportunity to live that long. The democratically-elected socialist president of Chile, Allende was toppled in a US/CIA-sponsored coup d’etat on September 11, 1973. A Marxist and member of Chile’s Socialist Party, Allende came to power[…]

BRICS Bloc: No Alternative to US Imperialist World Order

September 18, 2023 UNAC Editor BRICS, Capitalism, Global Alliances, Imperialism

by Jeff Mackler, published on Socialist Action, August 25, 2023 Meeting amid the gleaming glass towers of Johannesburg’s business district, the mostly billionaire heads of state had no clear agenda other than perhaps a major expansion of BRICS membership aimed at increasing its influence on the world capitalist marketplace. China’s President Xi Jinping mysteriously skipped the opening session, but[…]

The Neocons’ Frankenstein Syndrome in Niger

September 18, 2023 UNAC Editor Africa, Anti-Imperialism, Capitalism, Colonialism, France, Imperialism, Neocolonial Economic Dominance, Niger

by Julia Wright, published on Workers World, September 14, 2023 Mary Shelley, who wrote “Frankenstein,” published in 1819, was an English abolitionist born to radical feminist Mary Wollstonecraft and anarchist political philosopher William Godwin. Not only did she advocate the end of slavery, but in her father’s drawing room she overheard discussions about the beginning and the ending of biological[…]

The Economic Interests Behind the Conflict in Ukraine

September 12, 2023 UNAC Editor Imperial Wars, Imperialism, U.S. Aggression, Ukraine, US Hypocrisy

by Roger Keeran, published on MLToday, August 10, 2023 Anyone paying the slightest heed to the conflict in the Ukraine can appreciate the utter falsity of the American narrative of its cause, namely that the dictator Vladimir Putin embarked on an “unprovoked” war in a bloodthirsty effort to restore the Russian czarist empire. Alas, most Americans are not paying heed,[…]

People Of Niger Want To Shatter Resignation

September 6, 2023 UNAC Editor Africa, Colonialism, coup, Democracy and Consent, Global Alliances, Imperialism, Niger

By Vijay Prashad, Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research, August 25, 2023 In 1958, the poet and trade union leader Abdoulaye Mamani of Zinder (Niger) won an election in his home region against Hamani Diori, one of the founders of the Nigerien Progressive Party. This election result posed a problem for French colonial authorities, who wanted Diori to lead the new[…]

Latin America and West Africa – Patterns of Neocolonialism

August 14, 2023 UNAC Editor Imperialism, Neocolonialism, Nicaragua, Niger, Venezuela

by Stephen Sefton, published on Tortilla con Sal, August 6, 2023 The patterns of neocolonial intervention in the majority world by the United States and its allies since their victories over Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan in 1945 are very clear. Almost immediately the Western countries started a cycle of bloody aggression against peoples resisting colonialism, followed later by the[…]

No To U.S. Occupation of Haiti

August 4, 2023 UNAC Editor Corruption, Counter Revolution, Democracy and Consent, Haiti, Imperialism, Occupation, US Hypocrisy

by Marty Goodman, published on Socialist Action, August 4, 2023 US imperialism now has a willing partner in yet another imperialist contemplated occupation of Haiti. On July 29, Kenya’s Foreign Minister Alfred Mutua volunteered to do Washington’s dirty work in Haiti. He promised to lead an armed intervention with 1,000 Kenyan police officers. On July 14, the United Nations Security[…]

Israel’s Upheaval is Palestine’s Opportunity

June 18, 2023 UNAC Editor Colonialism, Imperialism, Israel, Israel-Palestine, Militarism, Palestine, Racism

by Haim Bresheeth-Žabner, published on The Electronic Intifada, June 4, 2023 How are we to understand the incredible events in Israel since January 2023? On the one hand, there is the amazing invention and deep commitment of the hundreds of thousands who come out weekly to protest proposed judicial reforms – with their witty hand-painted posters, their music and their[…]