Where has all the class analysis gone? Why is so much of what passes for anti‑imperialist commentary today content to treat nations as unified subjects, physical commodities as the primary sites of power, and shifts in the balance of trade as the horizon of emancipation? And why, when a more structural reading is offered, is it so often dismissed as “defeatism”?
Where Has All the Class Analysis Gone?
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Trump Is Openly Meddling in Brazil’s Upcoming Presidential Election
Legacy news media outlets in the United States are right to suggest that major disagreements exist between Brazilian President Lula da Silva and U.S. President Donald Trump after a recent meeting at the White House. Despite the praise heaped on each other by both presidents, the absence of a joint statement is telling. Trump has made it abundantly clear that he is opposed to da Silva’s presidency, trade policies, and his methods of addressing crime. Likewise, da Silva is opposed to many of Trump’s policies, such as the kidnapping of Nicolas Maduro, the war in Iran, and Trump’s threats against Cuba.
Trump Is Openly Meddling in Brazil’s Upcoming Presidential Election
US has seized nearly $1 billion in crypto from Iran, Bessent says
US has seized nearly $1 billion in crypto from Iran, Bessent says
In August 2025, Bessent said the U.S. government would not be buying bitcoin for its strategic reserve but would continue to use confiscated assets to build it up. He reaffirmed that front this past January.
“The policy of this government is to add seized bitcoin to our digital asset reserve after the damages are done,” Bessent said earlier this year. “So the bitcoin reserve, our view, was first you have to stop selling, which we have done, and then we can add the assets and asset forfeitures.”
The U.S. government holds approximately 328,372 BTC, according to Arkham, making it the largest known state holder of Bitcoin in the world. At current prices, that’s worth just over $24 billion.
“Justice, freedom and democracy” for some
“We would like to contribute to unblocking the Strait of Hormuz; however, the United States has not yet made such a request,” Zelensky insisted this week, a further reference to Ukraine’s unsurpassed military capabilities, which he claimed would achieve what neither the United States nor NATO had been able to accomplish militarily. Reopening the strait, which had been wide open until Donald Trump opted for war, clearly required negotiation, and only Zelensky insisted on a military approach to achieve what was ultimately accomplished through dialogue. In its plan to militarize everything, especially industry, Ukraine also plans to “produce air defense systems.” “This is a strategic undertaking that we are pursuing together with our partners,” the Ukrainian president declared yesterday. These two statements reveal Ukraine’s objectives: to offer itself as a military tool for the United States and as cheap labor for the military production of the continental rearmament at a time when Washington no longer seems to be the infallible shield against all kinds of threats, real or imagined.
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Iranian Women Graduate in STEM at Nearly 3× the Rate of U.S. Women
The Global Convoy to Cuba: Response to Washington’s Strangling of Cuba
Since 1962 the US imposed an economic blockade on Cuba designed “to bring about hunger, desperation and overthrow of government.” Until 1990 this brutality was greatly alleviated by the solidarity of the socialist countries which provided the Cuban people with essential trade and aid. That provided some protection, but as the film 638 Ways to Kill Castro, the US had other tools, including many acts of terrorism and biological warfare.
The Global Convoy to Cuba: Response to Washington’s Strangling of Cuba
Kneecap in Cuba: Irish rap trio on colonialism, sectarianism and sanctions
Iran and the impact on the global economy +
Eileen Gu grabs GOLD at Milan Olympics, despite atrocious Western media bullying +
Laura Dogu and Washington’s Regime-Change Playbook: Nicaragua, Honduras, Venezuela + More
Laura Dogu and Washington’s Regime-Change Playbook: Nicaragua, Honduras, Venezuela
Laura Dogu’s appointment ultimately signals not innovation but continuity: a recalibration of tactics in pursuit of the same objective that has defined US policy toward the Bolivarian Revolution for decades – regime change through pressure, attrition, and delegitimization. Whether branded as “stabilization,” “economic recovery,” or “transition,” the underlying premise remains that Venezuela’s political future should be shaped in Washington, not Caracas.
Yet the record in Nicaragua, Honduras, and Venezuela itself suggests that external coercion has limits. Dogu’s mission will test not only Venezuela’s resilience but also the durability of the unremitting US strategy of Latin American interventions.
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