BARBARA MACLEAN—Even before I became a socialist, I never bought that the US went into other countries to bring them the fruits of civilization. But I didn’t understand how US foreign policy was connected to the workings of capitalism. When capitalists have a unionized working class and they must compete with other capitalists for land, both of these conditions limit the rate of profit for capitalists. Capitalists are also constrained by the natural resources in their home territory. All three of these limitations are overcome when capitalists become imperialists, seizing cheap land and non-unionized cheap labor abroad.
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ALAN MACLEOD-The plan to build new bases will be seen in Iran as an attempt to tighten the noose around it more tightly. There are already over 65,000 American military personnel in neighboring countries. The U.S. continues to occupy Iraq and Afghanistan since the invasions launched in the wake of the 2001 World Trade Center attacks.
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Chile: The Hidden Face of “Latin America’s Haven”
15 minutes readGRACIELA RAMIREZ—Massacring the population is legal in Chile if the President in turn considers it necessary. A massacre, this is what soldiers in uniform and also civilians are doing, shooting at their own people; a massacre by fiercely beating and detaining citizens unjustifiably, without distinguishing if they are under age; “Chile is governed by the civilians of the military dictatorship, those who were never prosecuted because they were protected by Pinochet’s Constitution,” Mrs. Lagos said.
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Firing Bolton: Bait and Switch or Changing Tack?
19 minutes readTONY CARTALUCCI—For comparison – the British – whose empire has long since collapsed – are still invested deeply in geopolitical machinations around the globe in a bid to claw back power and influence it had lost during the World Wars. Toward that end, the British have aided and abetted US imperialism ever since – with its troops following the US into virtually every war of aggression fought by the West over the past half century.
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A 21st Century Cold War Calls for 21st Century Propaganda
38 minutes readRAINER SHEA—Fly and the other power players within the empire are attempting to influence world events by controlling the flow of information. It’s crucial to them that the Western public view the current geopolitical developments through the American-centric, pro-imperialist lens through which the government presents current events.