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How much longer can we stomach US interference?
The so-called ‘special relationship’ between Britain and the US is taking new and sinister forms – time to demand a divorce, says DOUG NICHOLLS
From the extradition of Julian Assange to the Bank of England withholding Venezuelan gold, Britain's slavish subservience to Washington is an insult to our sovereignty
A US onslaught of unprecedented scale has shattered Venezuelan sovereignty and exposed the fragility of the global South as Washington revives the Monroe Doctrine with overwhelming military force, write VIJAY PRASHAD and CARLOS RON
In a country torn apart by sanctions and ‘electoral warfare,’ the reality is more complex than Western headlines would have us believe, argues MARC VANDEPITTE
ALAN SIMPSON looks at the bigger issues behind Trump’s Venezuelan piracy
From the kidnapping of Maduro in Venezuela to Trump’s annexation plans for Greenland: the US is openly relying on imperialism – and paradoxically strengthening its adversaries in the process, warns SEVIM DAGDELEN
ROGER McKENZIE looks at how US doublespeak on the ‘war on drugs’ is used to camouflage its intended grab for of Latin America’s natural resources
US COMMUNICATIONS platforms dominate our social media and the most profitable parts of the entertainment industry — gaming, film and popular music.
Gaming substantially reflects the psychotic obsession with violence in US culture — which binds the figure of the heroic trigger-happy sheriff, the staggering prison population there, the proliferation of US fascist groups and serial killers and the US death squads operating in many countries and its arsenals that are targeted on China.
The integration of the US military in the creation of many of the most bloodthirsty games comes as no surprise, as aggressive imperialism is normalised in them and brought into millions of teenagers’ bedrooms throughout the world.
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