EDITOR—Episode 77 of Blowback: Exposing Imperial Decline with special guests Dust James and Greg Rosen.
The roundtable discusses the most recent developments in the global battle between Russia and its Eurasian allies and the collective West, the latter representing the dying values of exploitative hierarchy, hegemony, colonialism and imperialism at any cost. The world is quickly approaching flashpoints where tactical nukes could be employed, something that could easily happen in both the Ukraine and Middle East, where the main problem is the uncontrolled and depraved conduct of the Israelis, currently celebrating the start of their offensive on Rafah. The panel also weighs the honesty or dishonesty of US attempts to restrain Israel from committing further acts of genocide on helpless Palestinians.
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British Doctor Trying to Save Lives of Gazan Civilians Severely Injured by Israeli Bombs
41 minutes readFELIX ABT—We also watch in disbelief as the last vestiges of moral decency are turned upside down: Those of us who oppose genocide are accused of condoning it. Those who commit genocide are exercising their right to self-defense! In September, before the paramilitary wing of Hamas overran the Israeli border on October 7, 2023 (a sober analysis can be found here), Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu showed a map of the so-called New Middle East at a session of the UN General Assembly. The Gaza Strip, the West Bank, and East Jerusalem had all been incorporated into a Greater Israel. Ironically, he insisted that Israel should extend “from the river to the sea.” Palestine had ceased to exist. Palestinians are forced to choose between death by bombing, disease, exposure, starvation or expulsion from their homeland.
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IMPERIALISM: DECADENT PARASITIC AND DOOMED WITH JOTI BRAR EPISODE 11 – WHY IS THE EMPIRE CRASHING?
14 minutes readEDITOR—Garland and Joti analyse the current historical juncture, essentially but the latest and gravest global structural crisis of capitalism, arguing that helping to stabilise the system now is only to prolong the agony of 99% of humanity, and, equally important, increase the risk of seeing the entire planet go up in nuclear flames as a result of some desperate provocation by the hypocritical oligarchic capitalist elites concentrated in the “collective West”. The “collective West values’ paradigm”—grounded in unipolar supremacism and exploitation— is over. It has reached the end of its political, scientific and economic line. As heroic Russia has finally demonstrated, it lacks the capability to impose its will on other nations by military force. The US and its vassals—as the cases of Ukraine, Palestine, Taiwan and other theaters of manufactured conflict and horrendous crimes clearly show—are now completely devoid of moral legitimacy.
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JOSHUA FRANK—After throwing a foot-stomping tantrum earlier this morning, Shai Davidai, an untenured Columbia University business professor, was denied access to parts of campus. A self-proclaimed Zionist, Davidai is an Israeli-American who served in the IDF (“proud of it”) and has continually harassed Columbia’s pro-Palestine activists, labeling them anti-semitic, pro-Hamas “terrorists.” On several occasions, Davidai called for the National Guard to be brought in to brutalize pro-Palestine students. He’s even gone so far as to characterize Columbia protestors as “Hitler-youth.”
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Iran’s True Promise Operation: Vanessa Beeley dissects the Iranian attack. (Must watch video)
70 Mins readEDITOR—The grotesque hypocrisy of the West, typified by the whining of Britain’s “Gunga Din” Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak, who has the gall to accuse Iran (!) of sowing discord in the region (Middle East), makes clear that the imperialist bloc is unwilling and unable to rectify its posture.