“We’re Gonna Make a Ton of Money”: The Ugly Truth Behind the Iran War
Posted by Joshua Scheer As the war surrounding Iran widens and global energy markets jitter, the narrow waters of the Strait of Hormuz have once again become the world’s most…
“Hostile Takeovers”: As U.S. Claims Venezuela’s Oil, Trump Seeks “Vassal States” Across the World
By Democracy Now In the aftermath of the abduction of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores, Venezuela has agreed to submit a monthly budget to the Trump…
Marco Rubio, Senate Complicity, and the Open Return of Empire
By Joshua Scheer The Oil Belongs to the United States? Let’s begin—and end—with the thought that says everything about this moment: the oil belongs to the United States. It is…
Venezuela to UN: This Is Colonialism in Real Time
Post by Joshua Scheer Venezuela’s UN Ambassador Samuel Reinaldo Moncada Acosta unleashed a scathing address at the UN Security Council, denouncing the United States for kidnapping President Nicolás Maduro and…
Rubio Says “Not a War” as Trump Threatens Half the Hemisphere
By Joshua Scheer Welcome to another day in the empire we might as well call 1984. Marco Rubio, who only yesterday said the U.S. didn’t need congressional approval because the…
From Panama to Caracas: The Empire Never Sleeps
By Joshua Scheer As we wind down from a day in which the United States appears to have sunk to a new low and assumed a colonial-style role, I found…
Oil, Power, and Empire: Why the U.S. Is Targeting Venezuela Now
“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…
Oil Companies Contaminated a Family Farm. The Courts and Regulators Let the Drillers Walk Away.
The oil and gas industry has reaped profits without ensuring there will be money to plug and clean up their wells. In Oklahoma, that work could cost more than $7…
BBC Accused of ‘Whitewashing’ Autocratic Azerbaijan in BP-Sponsored Film
‘Wonders of Azerbaijan’ film was made with BP funding and the help of the country’s controversial ruling Aliyev family.