Europe in Panic: Trump’s Power Play Shakes the World Order
Posted by Joshua Scheer For decades, the Western Alliance has been treated as a permanent fixture of global politics — a transatlantic bond forged in the ashes of World War…
Posted by Joshua Scheer For decades, the Western Alliance has been treated as a permanent fixture of global politics — a transatlantic bond forged in the ashes of World War…
At Davos, Canadian PM Mark Carney admitted that the West’s imperialist “rules-based international order” was “false”, hypocritical, and exploitative. What does his criticism of “American hegemony” mean?
Posted by Joshua Scheer Donald Trump keeps insisting he’s a “peace president.” The record shows something closer to a global arsonist with better PR. In just one year of his…
Donald Trump’s bombing of Venezuela and abduction of President Maduro is part of a larger imperialist plan to impose US hegemony in Latin America, control the region’s natural resources (oil,…
Ben Norton Twitter: The US attack on Venezuela is part of a larger US imperialist assault on all of Latin America. This is the US empire’s plan. It was spelled…
“What the United States is telling the rest of the world is that it believes it has the right to overthrow any government it doesn’t like.” on the latest Geopolitical…
By Ben Norton for Geopolitical Economy Report 2025 marked the 80th anniversary of the defeat of fascism in World War Two. Unfortunately, the history of this extremely important conflict is…
The US government has seized Venezuelan oil tankers, effectively taking control of the country’s crude. Donald Trump openly boasted that the United States will “keep” the oil and the ships—an…
Donald Trump imposed a naval blockade on Venezuela and admitted he wants to take its oil and give it to US corporations: “We had a lot of oil there. They…
By: Joshua Scheer I wanted to give a primer on what’s happening in Latin America — and what’s better than sharing Ben Norton’s writing and videos with you? I’m excited…
Ecuador’s Trump-backed right-wing oligarch President Daniel Noboa tried to rewrite the constitution to allow US military bases in the country’s territory. 61% of Ecuadorians voted against it.
An analysis of Donald Trump’s attacks on Venezuela, the economic impact of US sanctions, and the similarities and differences with the successful Western regime-change war on Syria.
María Corina Machado, the far-right Venezuelan coup leader who won the Nobel Peace Prize, vowed “massive privatization”, offering to sell off $1.7 trillion of her country’s resources to US corporations.
The Trump admin pressured countries to oppose a UN General Assembly resolution calling to end the illegal US embargo against Cuba. Only 7 voted against it. 165 member states (85%)…
The Trump admin is propping up Argentina’s libertarian President Javier Milei with $82 billion in US dollar-denominated debt that can’t be paid, ensuring the IMF and Wall Street will control…