US imperialism

Ambush in the Oval Office: Trump’s Dramatic Reversal on Ukraine

Ambush in the Oval Office: Trump’s Dramatic Reversal on Ukraine

The outrageous scene in the Oval Office as Donald Trump ambushed Ukraine’s president Zelenskyy has stirred outrage and increased sympathy for Ukraine. Vile as Trump’s behavior is, it’s important to place it in the long history of US imperialist bullying and to resist the temptation to view the US’s previous position as liberatory for Ukraine.

Imperialist Blowback on Bourbon Street

Imperialist Blowback on Bourbon Street

On New Year’s Day, a US military veteran who identified as a member of the Islamic State rammed and killed 14 late-night revelers with a truck in New Orleans. A Firebrand member and New Orleans resident offers a political perspective on the attack, placing it in context of the US’s bloody wars in the Middle East.