On 8 July, Phoenix Media Co-op spoke to Andrew Bacevich, a retired US Army Colonel and Professor of international relations. We talked about the role of the US in world affairs and the notion of […]
Tag: US imperialism
Campaigners unite to oppose Washington’s new cold war against China
Wednesday 16 June will see the launch of a campaign to oppose the new cold war between the US and China. There will be a number of speakers at the No Cold War Britain meeting. […]
After the right’s victory, Ecuador’s left needs to reflect and resist
Why does the US care about Ecuador? How have Ecuadorian elites clawed back so much control in recent years? And what does the left need to do now to fight back? Following the victory of […]
US sanctions have caused ‘enormous problems to buy medicine’ during the Covid-19 pandemic
As many expected, Joe Biden’s approach to Venezuela has not differed too much from Donald Trump’s. The current US president has largely left his predecessor’s sanctions in place. I spoke to UN special rapporteur Alena […]
Why the victory of a US-backed banker in Ecuador is disastrous for working people
Guillermo Lasso, a former banker with close ties to the US, won the second round of Ecuador’s presidential election on 11 April, defeating progressive candidate Andrés Arauz. And his victory is likely to be a […]
‘Record’ spending request shows the US military machine is safe under Joe Biden
On 9 April, US president Joe Biden made a ‘defence’ budget request of $753bn for the coming fiscal year. Journalist Glenn Greenwald described this as the “largest Pentagon budget in history”. He added, sarcastically: I’m […]
Puerto Rico
The Caribbean island of Puerto Rico (PR) has passed from one colonial ruler to another. Today, the ‘US territory‘ is going through a massive debt crisis. And, as Washington dithers, a longstanding movement for meaningful […]
Somalia
Somalia’s location has led to it becoming a battleground in the fight for regional influence. Somalia has suffered decades of horrific conflict. Dictator Siad Barre’s fall from power in 1991 was a major turning point, […]
