The truth is that #StopAsianHate is incapable of reckoning with the historical and ongoing role of the U.S. government in perpetuating anti-Asian violence both within and outside its borders in its violent, insatiable quest for global hegemony. CW: anti-AANHPI violence, sexual violence, military and police violence against BIPOC By Elizabeth Tang I don’t like the...
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How Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Anti-Blackness Perverts Hip-Hop and Promotes US Imperialism
In 2021, Lin-Manuel Miranda’s work seems more cancerous than ever: a remaking of the American myth as an excuse to elide the bloodshed upon which it was founded. Midway through the second act of Hamilton, Lin-Manuel Miranda sings, “In the eye of a hurricane, there is quiet.” While Miranda’s voice is hilariously off-key and his...
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Godzilla vs. Kong and the “Forgotten” Memory of Japanese Imperialism
Godzilla vs. Kong—and the further dilution of Godzilla from its origins—is the result of decades of collaboration between the US and Japan following WWII. The memory of Japanese imperialism is a burden that lies solely with survivors and descendants. CW: discussion of r*pe, massacres, and genocide By Rui Hua Godzilla vs. Kong is an epic,...
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A Pearl Cast Before Swine: How US Imperialism and Jovenel Moïse Have Strangled Haiti
For Jovenel Moïse, the wanton brutality of police crackdowns isn’t even a necessary evil, but a display of his commitment to the programs he promises will serve the best interest of the Haitian populace. When Jovenel Moïse, the current president of Haiti, was elected in November 2016, no one could pretend as though the United...
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Blue Imperialism: Biden’s Plan to Continue the Assault on Venezuela
Biden’s administration still supports the corrupt Guaido as the president of Venezuela, because “democracy abroad” is nothing more than a unity-building exercise in imperialism. On January 23, 2019, Juan Guaido, a little-known political figure on the global stage, proclaimed himself the acting president of Venezuela against Nicolas Maduro, the nation’s democratically-elected leader. Guaido, who had...
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If America Is The First World Then It Is Also The Third
The notion of First World and Third World is a Western construct designed to protect the global political and economic hegemony of the U.S. and Europe. By Michelle Chikaonda Each time the United States devolves into a state of nationally-visible breakdown, people—both liberals and conservatives, on both mainstream and social media—begin predictably decrying America in...
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Celebrating Haitian Independence is a Bittersweet Affair
Heartbreakingly, the spirit of Haitian independence has been replaced by a menage of new ways that white powers attempt to reassert their grip on my homeland. When I was younger, the new year always began with a trip to my grandmother’s. My mother’s family would gather in the living room and celebrate with each other,...
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Abolition Is Global: The United States and Israel’s Deadly Exchange
The U.S. exchanges tactics and tech with Israel resulting in exacerbated violence both in the U.S. and in Palestine. It’s known as the Deadly Exchange. As people in Lebanon and the diaspora reacted to the horrors of the tragic explosion in Beirut, the NYPD Counterterrorism Bureau tweeted that they were “closely monitoring” the incident. You...
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We Fight Together: 17 Black Anti-Imperialists to Radicalize You
White supremacy compels us to analyze how anti-imperialism is a necessity in our resistance against oppression. All of our struggles are intertwined. We are living in a particularly radical time right now. Seriously. I feel like everyone says that every couple of years, but this feels different. The energy in the air is different, so...
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“Our Sin Was Being Indigenous, Leftist, and Anti-Imperialist” — A Primer On Bolivia’s US-Backed Coup
Morales was not only Bolivia’s first Indigenous president, but he has become a beacon of hope for the colonized world throughout his tenure as president. “I am resigning just so that my sisters and brothers, leaders and authorities of the movement towards socialism, are not harassed, persecuted, and threatened,” Evo Morales, the democratically elected president...