imperialism

Swapping France for Russia in Niger and Lenin for Putin in Edmonton

August 8, 2023 By Stephen Gowans Kim Il Sung, the Korean guerilla leader and founder of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, once warned colonized people about inviting the robber lurking outside their house to help evict the robber already in it. Kim was worried that his compatriots calling upon the United States for help … Continue reading Swapping France for Russia in Niger and Lenin for Putin in Edmonton →

Israel’s Apartheid versus South Africa’s Apartheid: The U.S. Congress is more unanimously supportive of Israel’s apartheid than it was of South Africa’s.

Eric Zuesse (blogs at https://theduran.com/author/eric-zuesse/) On Wednesday, July 19th, the Asian-American Sharon Zhang headlined “Only 9 House Reps Vote Against Resolution Denying Israeli Apartheid” and reported that on the prior day, the U.S. House passed 412 to 9 “a resolution vowing perpetual allyship with Israel and denying the country’s apartheid against Palestinians.” Zhang wrote: In […]

The basic ideological distinction is pro-versus-anti, on imperialism.

Eric Zuesse (blogs at https://theduran.com/author/eric-zuesse/) Imperialism is the right of one nation to control another nation’s foreign policies and so to nullify the other nation’s sovereignty and independence. It’s the right of one nation to enslave another. To reject imperialism is to deny that right — to deny the right to enslave another nation. Traditionally, […]

We Are in Collective Alexithymia

No words for emotions — alexithymia New psychology research shows maltreatment in childhood is linked to alexithymia in adulthood. Its etymology comes from Ancient Greek. The word is formed by combining the alpha privative prefix ἀ- (a-, meaning ‘not’) with λέξις (léxis, referring to ‘words’) and θῡμός (thȳmós, denoting ‘disposition,’ ‘feeling,’ or ‘rage’). The term can […]

Now the Pay-off Comes from Blowing Up the Nord Stream Pipeline

Eric Zuesse On June 23rd, Jamison Cocklin headlined at Natural Gas Intelligence, “Venture Global Set to Become Germany’s Biggest Long-Term LNG Supplier” and reported: “Venture Global LNG Inc. has agreed to supply a state-owned German company with the super-chilled fuel for two decades as European offtakers continue to line up deals to replace Russian natural […]

A Father’s Legacy: Daniel Ellsberg’s Son on the Man Who Was Hero to So Many

President Richard Nixon: ‘Just because someone wants to become a martyr does not mean that we can allow this kind of large-scale theft or else it will happen in all spheres of government. We have to keep an eye on the main target. The main target is Ellsberg. We have to catch this son of a bitch.‘ Here at BSNews […]
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What Ended Democracy in U.S.-and-Allied Countries

Eric Zuesse When virtually all of the news-media in a country are owned and controlled by billionaires, those individuals (who are less than a thousand) collectively control the ‘news’-media and thus mentally control the masses and don’t just fund the careers of the winning political candidates but control the entire body-politic — both their public […]