Empire & Resistance
From Bandung to BRICS+: The Contradictions of Third-World Internationalism
BRICS is not Bandung reborn. It is national bourgeoisies seeking better terms within capitalism, not an alternative to it.
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The Sahel Anti-Imperialist Front: Military Coups, Popular Sovereignty, and the Limits of Africanism
The Sahel military coups reflect genuine anti-French popular sentiment, but military rule cannot deliver the sovereignty that requires working-class organisation.
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Congo's Cobalt and the EV Revolution: Who Really Pays for Green Capitalism
The green transition runs on Congolese cobalt mined by children. The EV revolution reproduces colonial extraction under ecological branding.
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The CFA Franc and Neocolonial Extraction: France's Monetary Grip on West Africa
The CFA franc is not a currency union. It is a colonial extraction mechanism that drains African surplus into the French Treasury through the operations account.
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Bolivia 2019: The Anatomy of a Coup Against Indigenous Socialism
The 2019 Bolivian coup was not about electoral fraud. It was about lithium, indigenous sovereignty, and the threat Morales posed to neoliberal consensus.
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Iran's Shadow Fleet and Dollar Hegemony: How US Sanctions Reshape Global Finance
Iran's shadow fleet of oil tankers reveals how sanctions enforce dollar hegemony while de-dollarization threatens the imperial financial architecture.
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OFAC's Venezuela Remittance Blockade: How Sanctions Wage War on Working-Class Families
US sanctions on Venezuela target remittance channels, cutting off the lifeline that keeps working-class families alive while leaving elite capital flows untouched.
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BDS as Class Struggle: Why Boycott Is a Working-Class Weapon
The BDS movement targets capital flows, not consumer choices. Anti-BDS legislation protects profits, not free speech.
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The Iron Wall, Updated: Settler Colonialism in the West Bank and Negev Today
Jabotinsky's Iron Wall doctrine is not history. It is the operating logic of Israeli settlement expansion, backed by US military aid and capital flows.
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Diego Garcia and Chagossian Exile: Colonialism, Military Bases, and the Right to Return
Britain expelled the Chagossian people to build an American military base. The displacement continues because empire requires it.
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A2/AD and Okinawa: How the Pacific Island Chain Became America's Forward Base
Okinawa and Guam bear the military costs of Pacific empire while the communities that host US bases are denied sovereignty over their own land.
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Camp Lemonnier: The African Pivot and the Political Economy of US Military Presence in Djibouti
America's only permanent base in Africa reveals how military presence subordinates host economies to imperial capital accumulation.
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Atlantic Resolve: How NATO's Show of Force Subsidises the Arms Industry
Operation Atlantic Resolve is not a defensive response to Russia. It is a permanent fiscal mechanism transferring public funds to defense contractors.
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NATO's Eastern Encirclement: The Strategic Logic of Empire's Military Expansion
NATO expansion eastward is an imperial project to secure capital accumulation zones, control energy corridors, and encircle rival powers for profit.
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The Business of Encirclement: NATO Expansion and the Architecture of Permanent War
The alliance that promised not to expand has added 14 new members since 1999. The question is not why Russia objects -- the question is who benefits.