U.S. Imperialism
US Troop Build Up Threatens Resource War in the Arctic
The U.S. military has announced its intention to expand its presence in the Arctic. This perfectly highlights why the fight against climate change must be anti-imperialist.
Samuel Karlin
April 27, 2021U.S. Troops May Leave Afghanistan, But U.S. Imperialism Ain’t Goin’ Nowhere
On Wednesday, Joe Biden announced that all U.S. troops would leave Afghanistan by September 11. Though this date is symbolic, 20 years after 2001, Biden's policy shift illuminates the failures of imperialist interventions in the region and new strategic priorities for U.S. imperialism.
Salvador Soler
April 18, 2021Biden Wants $715 billion for the Pentagon — Republicans and Democrats Alike Love Militarism
President Biden has proposed $715 billion for the Department of Defense in 2022, maintaining its funding at Trump-era levels. The U.S. capitalist economy cannot survive without a huge engine for death, and no amount of progressive legislative pressure can change that.
Olivia Wood
April 13, 2021In Afghanistan, Biden Continues an Endless War
Biden has shown a refusal to withdraw U.S. troops from Afghanistan. It’s a reminder that only the working class can end the “forever wars.”
Samuel Karlin
April 7, 2021Why is Biden Escalating Tensions Between the U.S. and Russia?
Heightening tensions between Russia and the United States were on full display last week after a diplomatic row between the two countries. Like previous administrations, the Biden administration has quickly shown that it is unwilling to back down from U.S. imperialism’s aggressiveness.
Samuel Karlin
March 29, 2021Indigenous Okinawans are Fighting U.S. Imperialism
Protesters on the occupied island of Okinawa have turned out to oppose the Japanese-backed construction of a U.S. military base that threatens the environment.
Samuel Karlin
March 27, 2021The U.S.-China Summit: Containing China Is a Bipartisan Affair
The first Biden-era meeting of U.S. and Chinese government officials was marked by political theater. But the summit demonstrated that Biden, with his hostile policy towards China, has more in common with his predecessor than he would like to admit.
Claudia Cinatti
March 25, 2021Violence against Asian Americans Is Fueled by U.S. Imperialism
Asian Americans are bearing the brunt of U.S. escalations against China. Thousands of hate crimes have occurred in the past year, including yesterday’s misogynistic, anti-Asian shooting in Georgia.
Samuel Karlin
March 18, 2021Biden Extends Executive Order Deeming Venezuela a Threat to U.S. Security
On Wednesday, Biden renewed an Obama-era executive order from 2015 which considers Venezuela an “unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy of the United States” in addition to maintaining the “maximum pressure” economic sanctions imposed by Donald Trump.
La Izquierda Diario Venezuela
March 4, 2021Biden Ratchets Up Military Tensions with China
Like his predecessors, Joe Biden is committed to a harsh line against China’s hegemonic ambitions. Recent military exercises in the Taiwan Strait show that imperialism is a bipartisan affair and that Taiwan could serve as a backdrop for the growing tensions between China and the United States.
Maryam Alaniz
February 27, 2021