ANTI-NEOLIBERALISM

DW—The video transcript features an in-depth conversation with Larry Wilkerson, a retired U.S. Army Colonel, discussing multiple pressing geopolitical and military issues as of October 1, 2025. The conversation covers the bizarre and dangerous behavior exhibited by former Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and ex-President Donald Trump during a Pentagon meeting, the looming threat of war in the Middle East—particularly involving Israel, Iran, and the United States—and the broader implications for global security, including Russia’s role in Ukraine and European stability.

Wilkerson sharply criticizes the Trump administration’s handling of military and foreign policy, describing it as a “clown show” and condemning Hegseth’s aggressive, militaristic rhetoric that encourages violations of international law and military ethics. The military leadership’s stoic, non-reactive response to these provocations is praised as a rare show of discipline and professionalism under extraordinary pressure.

DW—In the Middle East context, the interview highlights the entrenched nature of Israeli-Palestinian tensions and the complicity of Western powers in perpetuating conflict through biased narratives and selective support. The critique of how Hamas is characterized versus other militant groups reveals the complexity of labeling terrorism and the political utility of such labels in international relations.
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Finally, the broader reflections on a changing global order emphasize the decline of Western hegemony and the emergence of a more fragmented, multipolar system. This shift demands new frameworks for diplomacy and conflict resolution, moving beyond Cold War-era paradigms. Larry Johnson’s insights encourage viewers to question dominant narratives, recognize the interplay of power, and consider the human consequences of geopolitical maneuvers.

PAUL EDWARDS—Things can be quite similar without being identical.  The claim that the murder of Charlie Kirk is equivalent to the fire that led to the decree of martial law in Berlin in 1933, implies they are equal in impact which, judging by their results, they are clearly not.  That each of them created deep social disturbance is fact.
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Charlie King is on his way to become America’s Horst Wessel.
The Reichstag Fire was pinned on one unbalanced individual, but was set by agents of the Nazi party to enable and permanize Hitler’s power over Germany.  From the moment he issued the decree immediately after the fire, his dictatorship was absolute, and the nation became his property, to manage as he wished.
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Response to Kirk’s murder cannot be compared to that outcome, and has not produced such a move from our Maximum Leader, but it would be idle to pretend it has not generated tremendous outrage in a great part of the electorate.  The mass obsequies staged in a vast auditorium, comparable to the jammed stadiums of Big 10 football games, are an indicator of its magnitude.

ED CURTIN—The American oligarchic political system that is endlessly debated and fixates people’s attention is a contronymal system that contains positive and negative poles that cancel each other out while keeping the believer frozen and frustrated. It is essentially Orwell’s Doublethink with a twist, which is the ability to hold two contradictory beliefs in one’s mind simultaneously and accept both as true; such is a mainstay of effective propaganda. Once you are in it, you are trapped because there are no outside references – the simulated system of thought is your cage. Biden vs. Trump is an example of this cage, a cage created to keep people ensnared in confusion.

IGL—In this powerful interview, KJ Noh breaks down the dangerous trajectory of U.S. foreign policy. We explore whether China is doing enough for Palestine, how and why the United States is escalating toward war with China, and what this means for the future of the Global South.