Mao was on to something here
September 1, 2026 at 1:54 PM
Mao was on to something here
*Put simply, no political leader can trust the US to defend them against Russian, or Chinese nuclear attack. The result is catnip for militarists keen to build up nuclear stockpiles. It’s also a recipe for proliferation of nuclear nations & false alarms leading to deadly results. This secretive …
June 8, 2026 at 8:23 PM
*Put simply, no political leader can trust the US to defend them against Russian, or Chinese nuclear attack. The result is catnip for militarists keen to build up nuclear stockpiles. It’s also a recipe for proliferation of nuclear nations & false alarms leading to deadly results. This secretive …
“this book clearly explains how American militarists, Middle Eastern autocrats, and Israeli extremists drive the pain and dislocation we have endured for three-quarters of a century. It is a pain that grows only more intense with each passing year.” - Rami Khouri
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Marc Lynch, America’s Middle East: The Ruination of a Region
For decades, Marc Lynch has been a pioneer among US political scientists working on the Middle East. This book attests not only to his expertise, knowledge, and analytical skills, but also to his appr...
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July 28, 2026 at 4:42 PM
“this book clearly explains how American militarists, Middle Eastern autocrats, and Israeli extremists drive the pain and dislocation we have endured for three-quarters of a century. It is a pain that grows only more intense with each passing year.” - Rami Khouri
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I come from a country that was thought to have dissolved its empire 30 years ago, but then refused to properly process and bury its past, which led to old militarists resurfacing under the reign of a zombie emperor.
So trust me when I say that the Star Wars sequels are very much political.
So trust me when I say that the Star Wars sequels are very much political.
It is indeed a vivid metaphor. (Sometimes so vivid that it feels like it’s for people who can’t grasp metaphor at all.) And I love it! But I’m VERY tired of the notion that the sequels weren’t discussing modern fascism and the current climate. STRONGLY disagree with the highlighted section.
April 24, 2025 at 6:25 AM
I come from a country that was thought to have dissolved its empire 30 years ago, but then refused to properly process and bury its past, which led to old militarists resurfacing under the reign of a zombie emperor.
So trust me when I say that the Star Wars sequels are very much political.
So trust me when I say that the Star Wars sequels are very much political.
In 3 sentences: The book examines the lives, political activity, and memories of the wives, concubines, and daughters of the regional militarists who governed early twentieth-century China. Advocates of gender equality, women's rights, and even communist revolution in the 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s,
November 9, 2024 at 2:05 AM
In 3 sentences: The book examines the lives, political activity, and memories of the wives, concubines, and daughters of the regional militarists who governed early twentieth-century China. Advocates of gender equality, women's rights, and even communist revolution in the 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s,
I don't know how Taiwan is calculating this, but putting these numbers out is good political warfare. Whatever the precise cost of the military parades and exercises, there are many other pressing social needs that are being starved of resources. Militarists should be shamed
September 1, 2025 at 5:41 PM
I don't know how Taiwan is calculating this, but putting these numbers out is good political warfare. Whatever the precise cost of the military parades and exercises, there are many other pressing social needs that are being starved of resources. Militarists should be shamed
The actual lesson that Dems need to learn from this is that there is no political recognition or reward for ending a 20-year war started by GOP.
They will still be called "militarists" and "warmongers" even as Trump is threatening half the Western hemisphere with invasion and annexation.
They will still be called "militarists" and "warmongers" even as Trump is threatening half the Western hemisphere with invasion and annexation.
January 9, 2025 at 4:05 PM
The actual lesson that Dems need to learn from this is that there is no political recognition or reward for ending a 20-year war started by GOP.
They will still be called "militarists" and "warmongers" even as Trump is threatening half the Western hemisphere with invasion and annexation.
They will still be called "militarists" and "warmongers" even as Trump is threatening half the Western hemisphere with invasion and annexation.
@sevenstories.bsky.social is showing up in opposition to the war in Iran. They have put together a reading list and even are releasing Chris Hedges "A Genocide Foretold" for free.
Check out the reading list. It is comprehensive.
www.sevenstories.com/blogs/409-ha...
Check out the reading list. It is comprehensive.
www.sevenstories.com/blogs/409-ha...
Hands Off Iran: A Reading List and Free eBook
"A society dominated by militarists distorts its social, cultural, economic, and political institutions to serve the interests of the war industry," says Chris Hedges in The Greatest Evil is War....
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March 9, 2026 at 11:04 PM
@sevenstories.bsky.social is showing up in opposition to the war in Iran. They have put together a reading list and even are releasing Chris Hedges "A Genocide Foretold" for free.
Check out the reading list. It is comprehensive.
www.sevenstories.com/blogs/409-ha...
Check out the reading list. It is comprehensive.
www.sevenstories.com/blogs/409-ha...
Its going to be a multi-front press. On one side, "you don't want to fall behind China" to the militarists and national chauvinists. And then if they don't get picked, there will be lawsuits and political interventions from congresscritters already bought and paid for at pennies on the dollar.
September 23, 2024 at 1:53 PM
Its going to be a multi-front press. On one side, "you don't want to fall behind China" to the militarists and national chauvinists. And then if they don't get picked, there will be lawsuits and political interventions from congresscritters already bought and paid for at pennies on the dollar.
Restoration-era political slogans like “Enrich the country, expand the military“ and “Revere the Emperor, expel the barbarians“ (modified in the 20th Century to “Destroy the traitors” meaning liberals, socialists, ant-imperialists and the like) were used by militarists to justify both -
August 28, 2026 at 2:46 AM
Restoration-era political slogans like “Enrich the country, expand the military“ and “Revere the Emperor, expel the barbarians“ (modified in the 20th Century to “Destroy the traitors” meaning liberals, socialists, ant-imperialists and the like) were used by militarists to justify both -
Now available on libcom:
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From Vinnytsia to Berlin: against 'anarcho'-militarists & their war propaganda
On August 2 2025, the soliparty Konvulsismo #2 took place in the city of Berlin in support of the Assembly collective in Kharkiv, Ukraine. As both a political group and media outlet, the collective de...
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August 7, 2025 at 10:08 PM
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There WAS a wing of the party that actively supported socialist policies.
But Hitler had them purged. He wanted to ingratiate himself and the Nazis with industrialists, militarists, and nationalists. And these became the dominant political guides of the party.
But Hitler had them purged. He wanted to ingratiate himself and the Nazis with industrialists, militarists, and nationalists. And these became the dominant political guides of the party.
July 27, 2024 at 3:56 AM
There WAS a wing of the party that actively supported socialist policies.
But Hitler had them purged. He wanted to ingratiate himself and the Nazis with industrialists, militarists, and nationalists. And these became the dominant political guides of the party.
But Hitler had them purged. He wanted to ingratiate himself and the Nazis with industrialists, militarists, and nationalists. And these became the dominant political guides of the party.
The militarists in Japanese political and military society had been going increasingly HAM since the russo japanese war they were already murdering anyone trotting out a line other than do Total war on the world it's crazy that's up for debate
January 6, 2025 at 10:19 PM
The militarists in Japanese political and military society had been going increasingly HAM since the russo japanese war they were already murdering anyone trotting out a line other than do Total war on the world it's crazy that's up for debate
1) We should be reframing Bai as "a reformer, or even as a revolutionary." Yes. True of many militarists in this period. And Kelly's right here -- Bai more than most.
2) Bai's role as a prominent Muslim matters; he used his military standing to carve out political spaces for Muslims... /2
2) Bai's role as a prominent Muslim matters; he used his military standing to carve out political spaces for Muslims... /2
November 22, 2024 at 1:35 AM
1) We should be reframing Bai as "a reformer, or even as a revolutionary." Yes. True of many militarists in this period. And Kelly's right here -- Bai more than most.
2) Bai's role as a prominent Muslim matters; he used his military standing to carve out political spaces for Muslims... /2
2) Bai's role as a prominent Muslim matters; he used his military standing to carve out political spaces for Muslims... /2
My political party is "I Want EVERYBODY In Society To Be Supported Even Though Im A Lil Introverted" Party
We are also militant Anti-Militarists.
We are also militant Anti-Militarists.
April 20, 2026 at 9:11 PM
My political party is "I Want EVERYBODY In Society To Be Supported Even Though Im A Lil Introverted" Party
We are also militant Anti-Militarists.
We are also militant Anti-Militarists.
In Japan during WWII, the only meaningful political debates were between factions of what are now called "the militarists." Just thinking about that again for no reason...need to watch Yumeji.
Speaking of Erika Kirk & Candace Owens & massive major fascist media consolidation, Megan McCain calling Candace Owens "evil" for making an Erika Kirk documentary is part of a coordinated fash infighting smear campaign including CatTurd2 against Candace Owens for making an Erika Kirk documentary
From the CandaceOwens community on Reddit: Leaked “CU Team” memo directing coordinated replies to Candace’s “Bride of Charlie” trailer.
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February 27, 2026 at 4:43 PM
In Japan during WWII, the only meaningful political debates were between factions of what are now called "the militarists." Just thinking about that again for no reason...need to watch Yumeji.
We're also offering free downloads of Chris Hedges' new book A Genocide Foretold: Reporting on Survival and Resistance in Occupied Palestine, an intimate and harrowing portrait of Israel and the United States's oppression, occupation, and perpetual violence in Palestine.
Hands Off Iran: A Reading List and Free eBook
"A society dominated by militarists distorts its social, cultural, economic, and political institutions to serve the interests of the war industry," says Chris Hedges in The Greatest Evil is War....
sevenstories.com
March 4, 2026 at 4:43 PM
We're also offering free downloads of Chris Hedges' new book A Genocide Foretold: Reporting on Survival and Resistance in Occupied Palestine, an intimate and harrowing portrait of Israel and the United States's oppression, occupation, and perpetual violence in Palestine.
Raging Against the Machine
->Foreign Policy in Focus | More on "MAGA coalition Trump political base" at BigEarthData.ai
->Foreign Policy in Focus | More on "MAGA coalition Trump political base" at BigEarthData.ai
Raging Against the Machine
Donald Trump’s America is a scary place in significant part thanks to an unholy alliance of MAGA devotees who don’t believe in science and see intellectuals as public enemy number one, and a gaggle of Silicon Valley militarists who think that they’re the smartest people in the room, if not the universe. Add in White Christian nationalists who abuse religious precepts to sow hatred and division and you have the foundations of the political base that elected Donald Trump (twice!). And worse yet, those groupings are likely to be with us long after our current president has gone off to that great cheeseburger stand in the sky. Still, it’s worth reflecting on whether such an odd coalition of allies can survive without Donald Trump, or even with a president whose policies have become so harmful and irrational that they’re doing severe human and economic damage even to his most loyal supporters (not to mention the rest of us). And it’s also worth considering whether the pillars of the MAGA movement can manage to stick together in the ever-grimmer Trumpian years to come, not to speak of the post-Trumpian ones, or whether the rest of us can organize a powerful, humane...
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June 1, 2026 at 4:29 PM
If only DNC had not launched his political career, elevated his campaign & thrown 2 elections to him by force-nominating 'centrist' militarists who support/adopt most of his policies (e.g. DAPL, Line3, Willow, border wall, fracking, wolf extermination, mass child murder for Zionism) #BothPartiesSuck
DAVE MATTHEWS: “I said it last night, but I’ll say it again - man, I’m so tired of this fuckin’ President.”
September 23, 2026 at 3:16 PM
If only DNC had not launched his political career, elevated his campaign & thrown 2 elections to him by force-nominating 'centrist' militarists who support/adopt most of his policies (e.g. DAPL, Line3, Willow, border wall, fracking, wolf extermination, mass child murder for Zionism) #BothPartiesSuck
We see, for example, political violence used to remove or intimate opposition to militarization - very similar to violence in Weimar Germany. Military officials created fake "incidents" to pressure the government. Over time, militarists seized increasing influence until they suborned democracy.
February 5, 2026 at 1:07 AM
We see, for example, political violence used to remove or intimate opposition to militarization - very similar to violence in Weimar Germany. Military officials created fake "incidents" to pressure the government. Over time, militarists seized increasing influence until they suborned democracy.
I’m a progressive (not a “Sinophile”) so I want Democrats to be in the right place on China. They’re not. Biden’s confrontational policy would have led to conflict, creating a permanent political advantage for militarists and nationalists.
I make that argument here:
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I make that argument here:
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From the Quincy Institute, the Institute for Policy Studies, and Justice Is Global, my essay laying out a comprehensive progressive strategy for US policy on China.
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A Program for Progressive China Policy
Foregrounding internationalism, global cooperation, and multilateral collaboration are essential to solving shared challenges like climate change, public health crises, and global inequality. This can...
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October 30, 2025 at 5:56 PM
I’m a progressive (not a “Sinophile”) so I want Democrats to be in the right place on China. They’re not. Biden’s confrontational policy would have led to conflict, creating a permanent political advantage for militarists and nationalists.
I make that argument here:
bsky.app/profile/jwdw...
I make that argument here:
bsky.app/profile/jwdw...
Putin is obliged to perform for the Kremlin apparatchiks because a pause would be seen as weakness and embolden his political enemies. The scripted fate of failed Russian militarists is a brutal demise and thus will it end for Putin.
July 16, 2025 at 7:32 AM
Putin is obliged to perform for the Kremlin apparatchiks because a pause would be seen as weakness and embolden his political enemies. The scripted fate of failed Russian militarists is a brutal demise and thus will it end for Putin.