Imperialism

Chinese Troops Xinjiang

Xinjiang Denialists Are Only Aiding Imperialism Xinjiang Denialists Are Only Aiding Imperialism

Denying China’s oppression of Uighurs helps empire—both China’s and the US’s.

Jul 6, 2021 / Gerald Roche

Anti-war protest

The True American Patriots Are the Anti-Imperialists The True American Patriots Are the Anti-Imperialists

Two hundred years ago this week, our wisest secretary of state warned Americans against a career of empire.

Jul 2, 2021 / John Nichols

Viet Thanh Nguyen

‘We Have to Make Our Nation Confront What It Doesn’t Want to Remember’ ‘We Have to Make Our Nation Confront What It Doesn’t Want to Remember’

A conversation with Pulitzer Prize–winning novelist Viet Thanh Nguyen.

Jun 30, 2021 / Q&A / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Shinzo Abe

The History the Japanese Government Is Trying to Erase The History the Japanese Government Is Trying to Erase

Failing to teach what the wartime state did only emboldens the forces of misogyny and racism.

May 26, 2021 / Chelsea Szendi Schieder

Rare earth mine

The Future of Renewable Energy Depends on China The Future of Renewable Energy Depends on China

Hawkish foreign policy is a losing game when China provides 70 percent of the world’s rare-earth supplies.

May 24, 2021 / Michael T. Klare

Marines Out

The Toxic Legacy of the US Military in the Pacific The Toxic Legacy of the US Military in the Pacific

A Welsh journalist uncovers a decades-long environmental disaster around US bases in East Asia.

Apr 27, 2021 / Tim Shorrock

Julian Aguon; The Properties of Perpetual Light

Julian Aguon’s Poetic Riposte to American Empire Julian Aguon’s Poetic Riposte to American Empire

The CHamoru lawyer discusses the militarization of Guam and his new book, The Properties of Perpetual Light.

Apr 12, 2021 / Q&A / Chris Gelardi

Syria protest

How to Avoid the Anti-Imperialism of Fools How to Avoid the Anti-Imperialism of Fools

The logic of “the enemy of my enemy is my friend” is a recipe for empty cynicism.

Apr 6, 2021 / Gilbert Achcar

Vernadette Vicuña Gonzalez

The General, the Mistress, and the Love Stories That Blind Us The General, the Mistress, and the Love Stories That Blind Us

Vernadette Vicuña Gonzalez discusses her new book on Isabel Cooper, a Filipina American actress and Douglas MacArthur’s lover.

Apr 5, 2021 / Q&A / Noah Flora

Haiti protests

Gangs Rule the Streets of Jovenel Moïse’s Haiti Gangs Rule the Streets of Jovenel Moïse’s Haiti

A whole country has been kidnapped by a bloodthirsty, money-hungry cabal. And how does the US State Department respond? By calling for “dialogue.”

Mar 22, 2021 / Amy Wilentz

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