Book of Week: Super Imperialism; The Economic Strategy of American Empire

by Michael Hudson Michael Hudson is an American economist, Professor of Economics at the University of Missouri–Kansas City and a researcher at the Levy Economics Institute at Bard College, former Wall Street analyst, political…
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Israel occupation seizes 70 Palestine homes in Hebron’s Old City

Israeli occupation authorities have started plans to confiscate 70 Palestinian homes in the Old City of the southern occupied West Bank governorate of Hebron. Director of the Hebron Construction Committee Imad Hamdan said the Israeli occupation…
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US and China on ‘brink of war’ as EXACT timeline for escalation towards WW3 predicted

Washington and Beijing are on the “brink of war”, according to a billionaire who has laid out a timeline predicting when a major conflict between the two superpowers will break out. China-US relations have deteriorated to a historic…
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US expects business engagement, ‘military enhancements’ from Philippines summit

At a summit on Monday, U.S. President Joe Biden and Philippines counterpart Ferdinand Marcos Jr are expected to reach agreements on greater business engagement, as well as "military enhancements" amid shared concerns about China, a senior Biden…
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‘Even one American in Iraq is too much,’ Iran’s leader tells Iraqi president

Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei decried the presence of the US military in Iraq during a meeting with Iraqi President Abdul Latif Rashid in Tehran on Saturday. “The presence of even one American in Iraq is too much,” Khamenei…
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Opinion: China vs US: Making of the Second Cold War?

By Sedat Laçiner The Cold War order, despite all its risks, offered numerous advantages to both the United States and the Soviet Union. During the Cold War era, the world was split into two opposing camps, and the US and the USSR…
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Saudi Arabia, Iran to reopen embassies ‘within days’

Saudi Arabia and Iran will reopen embassies in each other's capitals "within days," Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian said on Friday in a sign of warming relations after the two countries closed their missions seven years ago. Speaking…
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Palestine Action announces siege on Israeli weapons factory in Leicester, UK

Britain-based direct-action group, Palestine Action, has vowed to besiege a factory operated by Elbit Systems-owned UAV Tactical Systems, in Leicester, starting May 1st, 2023. The event is an escalation of the group’s relentless direct-action…
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State Dept brief on Afghanistan withdrawal dissent cable an ‘insult’ to dead servicemembers, congressman says

Some House Foreign Affairs Committee members appeared grossly dissatisfied with a briefing on the State Department’s Afghanistan dissent cable, with one representative going so far as to call it "insulting" to the fallen or forgotten…
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US confiscates Iran oil cargo on tanker amid Tehran tensions

The U.S. confiscated Iranian oil on a tanker at sea in recent days in a sanctions enforcement operation, three sources said, and days later Iran seized another oil-laden tanker in retaliation, according to a maritime security firm. As oil…