Link to a review by John Clarke of Éric Toussaint’s book The World Bank: A Critical History (2023):
“The World Bank: A Critical History – Book Review”
Bonus link: “The Perilous Path from Western Domination to De-Dollarisation”
Cultural Detritus, Reviews, and Commentary
Link to a review by John Clarke of Éric Toussaint’s book The World Bank: A Critical History (2023):
“The World Bank: A Critical History – Book Review”
Bonus link: “The Perilous Path from Western Domination to De-Dollarisation”
Link to an article by Ali Abunimah:
Link to an article by the Tricontinental:
“The Coup Against the Third World: Chile, 1973”
Bonus links: The Poorer Nations: A Possible History of the Global South and “The Tragedy of Allende-era Chile: A Strong Start Countered by Imperialist Assault” and “The Original 9/11: How the CIA Orchestrated Chile’s Violent Coup” and “Secret Cables Reveal Britain Interfered with Elections in Chile” and “Chile: This is How They Killed Allende “ and “When I Was Censored by the British Art Establishment to Appease Pinochet’s Regime” and The Battle of Chile
Link to an article by Owen Schalk:
“Niger Coup Will Have Global Ramifications for the US, France, and Canada”
Bonus links: “What’s Happening in Niger is Far from a Typical Coup” and “Alpha Dog of Extractivism Pushes Status Quo” and “‘Obama’s Man in Africa’ Under House Arrest as Popular Coup Rocks Gabon” and “Mass Protests Against French Troops Intensify in Niger as the Deadline for Their Withdrawal Approaches” and “Why Niger Declared US Military Presence in its Territory Illegal” and “As French Embassy Closes in Niger, West Africa Charts a New Course” and “Mali Defends Sovereignty Against a Western-backed ‘Proxy War’ by Terror Groups” and “Assassination Plot Against President Ibrahim Traore Foiled in Burkina Faso”
Link to a review by Stephen Rohde of Ralph Engelman and Carey Shenkman’s book A Century of Repression: The Espionage Act and Freedom of the Press:
“Espionage Overreach: On Ralph Engelman and Carey Shenkman’s ‘A Century of Repression'”
Link to an article by Ernest Mandel from Spheres of Influence in the Age of Imperialism (1972):
“The Driving Forces of Imperialism”
Bonus link: “The Dialectic of Growth”
Link to an article by Patrick Lawrence:
“US Still Nowhere with the Chinese”
Bonus link: “Biden Undoes Blinken China Visit and Then Some by Calling Xi a Dictator” (“So institutionally, we are engaging in the same sort of self-destructive behavior that Trump practices personally. Perhaps that is the real reason Democrats hate him. Despite decorating in gold, the essence of his behavior is not all that different than theirs.”)
Link to an article by Ben Norton:
“US Post-9/11 Wars Caused 4.5 Million Deaths, Displaced 38-60 Million People, Study Shows”
The referenced report: Stephanie Savell, “How Death Outlives War: The Reverberating Impact of the Post-9/11 Wars on Human Health”
Link to an article by :
“TikTok on Trial: The Latest Front in the U.S. Tech War on China”