US Imperialism

Roger D. Harris
Alex Saab v. The Empire: The US Tries to Extradite a Venezuelan Diplomat for Securing Food for the Hungry
26 May 2021
“By controlling the international financial system, Washington can demand banks in foreign countries to accept US restrictions or face sanctions themselves.”
Ajamu Baraka, BAR editor and columnist
From Palestine to Colombia: The End of the White World Colonial/Capitalist Project?
12 May 2021
Despite the quickening decline of the “West,” the US and its junior partners in imperialism are determined to hold humanity hostage to terminal capitalist greed and violence.
Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J. S. Davies
The Decline and Fall of the American Empire
10 Feb 2021
The United States is a decadent, declining empire stumbling blindly into an agonizing death spiral.
Ann Garrison, BAR Contributing Editor
Can COVID-19 Take Down NATO?
25 Mar 2020
The Pentagon insisted on going ahead with provocative NATO war games near Russia’s borders, despite the coronavirus epidemic, but Germany pulled its forces out and closed its roads to troop movemen
Brett Wilkins
A Brief History of US Concentration Camps
26 Jun 2019
There is no doubt that concentration camps are in operation on US soil once again.
Ken Morgan
Tariffs Or Free Trade Does Not Trump Imperialism
12 Jun 2019
We need to offer solidarity to fellow workers around the world and refuse to be suckered into the nationalist anti-free trade campaigns.
Mark Weisbrot
The Scandal of Puerto Rico’s Botched Disaster Relief
05 Jun 2019
The US government appointed a board of fat cats to oversee the “debt” of its mostly black and brown colony, Puerto Rico.
Rod Such
How US Foreign Policy Spawned Terror and Trump
05 Jun 2019
The end of the Cold War allowed the US to use its military with impunity, including support for Islamic jihadists against targeted countries.
Margaret Kimberley , BAR editor and senior columnist
Freedom Rider: Pompeo’s Truth About Lies
24 Apr 2019
The Secretary of State’s candid remarks remind us that US foreign policy is intended to punish those targeted as enemies, keep friends as vassal states, and disregard international law.
Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers
Beyond NATO: Time to Break the Silence, End NATO’s Militarism
23 Jan 2019
Dr King would be opposed to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) because it is an instrument of US and European militarism.