Thursday, April 25, 2024

The anti-empire report #157: Unpersons

In his desperation for approval, our dear president has jumped on the back of increased military spending.

Did Drought and Climate Change Cause Middle Eastern States to Collapse in 2014?

The collapse of the Middle Eastern states is pointing to climate change as one culprit. The already bad climate problems in the Middle East will only get worse over the next 50 years.

Facing severe repression, Russians are turning to antiwar graffiti

As the Kremlin cracks down on antiwar protests, subversive street art critiquing the war in Ukraine is proliferating across Russia.

Destabilizing the Middle East (yet more)

The Saudi Regime is playing Donald Trump with potentially disastrous consequences.

North Korea launches missile

Kim Jong-un has said his country has reached a “final stage” in preparing to conduct its first test of an intercontinental ballistic missile.

President blowback

How the invasion of Iraq came home.

‘US leadership’—and other euphemisms for war

If the pundits get their way, Biden could secure “U.S. global leadership” by flattening large parts of the planet.

Could Trump’s threat to “totally destroy North Korea” launch a war crime?

What more needs to be said, by anyone, about potential, world-wide Trump disruption?

Short cons, long cons: crypto currencies, NFTs and making money off of the war...

While it’s hard to fault the Ukrainian government for fundraising by whatever means necessary during a terrible time of crisis, the adoption of crypto for fundraising in this way is worrying.

America’s real red scare

The slow-motion collapse of the American Empire.