Nor is it merely a matter of preference and taste. It is a moral and ethical question as well: Does one conscientiously side with a foreign occupier and oppressor? Or does one conscientiously side with those who resist and struggle against foreign occupation and oppression? Also, what are the appearances and optics of foreign occupation … Continue reading Note to “Guerrilla Warfare”
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Nineteenth Note to “Jew Hater”
Cold War history - which is the most recent stage of American history - is very much a fight and a struggle between mainstream “national security” culture on one hand and American ‘counterculture’ on the other hand. And when the status quo collapses and fails, which it has now, either religious forces take over, or … Continue reading Nineteenth Note to “Jew Hater”
Domino Theory
And as mentioned before, the “Global South” or the “Third World” is where the systemic rivalry between the United States and the Sino-Russian alliance will play out. The key to winning this systemic rivalry is winning over the “Global South” or the “Third World.” But historically, American interventions in the “Global South” or “Third World” … Continue reading Domino Theory
Just-Surmounted Colonial Tutelage
In short, one side needs renewal because it has gone through a cheapening and a devaluation of sorts and has thus become meaningless and superfluous, while the other side is emerging and rising because of its newfound moral and strategic purpose. And after having one side impose an international order based on colonialism for centuries, … Continue reading Just-Surmounted Colonial Tutelage
The Modern Theory of Colonization
If desire is immanent to capitalism and capitalism is immanent to colonialism, it follows that desire is immanent to colonialism as well. If we consider what some of the basic drivers were for European colonialism, they come down to very basic and rudimentary things such as the desire for commodities and goods such as coffee, … Continue reading The Modern Theory of Colonization
Adam A. Azim 