Essays & Interviews

From Eritrea to Bolivia: who supported the Washington backed coup?
Essays Filmon Zerai Essays Filmon Zerai

From Eritrea to Bolivia: who supported the Washington backed coup?

To be a revolutionary Eritrean in the diaspora demands one not be associated with the Washington State Department or uncritically support Isaias Afewerki. There is a transformative approach to transitioning Eritrea and it won’t work through collusion with the State Department, Human Rights Watch, or Amnesty International.

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The false hope of a Biden presidency
Essays Louis Allday Essays Louis Allday

The false hope of a Biden presidency

It is telling that many of those who have publicly celebrated the election results are those liberals who, in their own words, cannot wait to stop caring about politics again. It is only those aware of Biden’s decades as a senior official of the US empire that understand the implications of his victory.

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Why the US tent cities are concentration camps for children
Essays Andrea Pitzer Essays Andrea Pitzer

Why the US tent cities are concentration camps for children

For centuries, children have been used as pawns by governments seeking to control their parents or their leaders. And children have been forcibly relocated in the United States before. Under slavery they were separated from their parents to extort labor and build wealth, while Native American children were taken from their families for re-schooling and to foster the expropriation of land.

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Approaching the ‘Entertainment State’
Essays James Bell Essays James Bell

Approaching the ‘Entertainment State’

The US state has a long history of meddling in film and television, reaching back as far as the early 1900s and stemming from every branch of its secret services and military. Though information on this relationship is readily available, it is rarely presented to the public or even discussed in academia.

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