Relentless violence by Israel against Palestinians continues to expose brutal imperialism. Two glimmers of hope: a rare earths squeeze by China may provide restraint on the US-led war machine. Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana lead “Your Party,” a new UK force challenging complicity.
The unfolding endgame: Gaza, rare earths and western decline Read More »
Anna May Wong Must Die! but the dynamic lives on on in the western response to the rise of China. Yellow Peril tropes abound as China overtakes the declining West, sending the usurped superpower into a frenzy.
High anxiety from Hollywood’s first Chinese superstar to China Read More »
Capitalism eats itself: King Erysichthon was cursed with an insatiable hunger by goddess Demeter, until he consumed everything he had and ate himself. Sound familiar? As well as cutting climate change incentives to save the planet, Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill is now cannibalising his own MAGA supporters in red states in order to give the super-rich even more tax cuts.
Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill and the Curse of Erysichthon Read More »
The western elite’s war on the entire Enlightenment. As late-stage capitalism breaks down, it increasingly deforms language. We see an elite state power protecting itself through mass manipulation every day, in every news report, in every mainstream analysis.
Whoever owns language rules the world: Marx vs postmodernism Read More »
Iran gets whacked in the next leg of America’s 21st century war on China. The absence of nuclear weapons means nothing to the cosplaying President Trump whose foray into a direct war with a powerful nation may result in severe blowback and start another of America’s forever wars.
Trump bombs Iran against all rational argument Read More »
With soft power ripping off its velvet glove and ruling the cultural sphere with an iron fist, the BBC is doggedly determined to keep China’s image in the dark. The white saviours are back. This week’s BBC Radio 4 serialisation of the newly published book, Daughters of the Bamboo Grove, bludgeons the audience’s perception of the rising superpower into shape by placing it in a dark past.
BBC Soft Power and Daughters of the Bamboo Grove Read More »
