Inderjeet Parmar

scholar @cityintpolitics tracking US empire/Trumpism/liberal crisis; American Imperium column @thewire_in; all views my own; RT not = endorsement

[Inderjeet Parmar @USEmpire]

Foundations of the American Century - how the liberal international order and its underpinning theory - liberal internationalism - was made - the game is rigged in favour of corporations, their funded elites, and their political and governmental allies https://t.co/tzlpPw5Dkn

[Abubaker Abed @AbubakerAbedW]

Israel yesterday kidnapped four women. Two are footballers in the Palestinian National Team.

Their names are: Natali Abu Dia and Rand Halwani.

Is it normal to kidnap footballers, @FIFAcom? Where are sports media organisations? This story should be the headline everywhere.

[Daniel Mayakovski @DaniMayakovski]

"¿Cómo puede un judío venir de Ucrania a Palestina y decir que este país es mío, y que los palestinos no tienen cabida en él? Para justificar esto desarrollan una narrativa, porque quién hace esto es un criminal que le roba la tierra a otro”.

Jeff Halper, un antropólogo judío antisionista, denuncia las narrativas inventadas por los sionistas para justificar su colonialismo y su limpieza étnica.

[Dr. Bamo Nouri @Bamonouri]

Delighted to share a new article for @thewire_in  'Behind the Pageantry of the Trump–Xi Summit' - co-authored alongside the leading Prof @USEmpire and Ferran Pérez Mena

Much of the commentary on US–China relations oscillates between two poles: inevitable conflict or benign cooperation. In this piece, we argue that neither framework fully captures the realities of the contemporary Sino-US relationship.

Instead, we suggest that beneath the diplomatic theatre lies a more complex reality: an elite-driven relationship rooted in deep economic interdependence, transnational class alliances, competition, and cooperation simultaneously.

The Trump–Xi summit was not simply a meeting between two leaders. It was a window into shifting global power relations, changing balances of influence, and the enduring connections that bind rival great powers together.

As the global order continues to evolve, understanding the forces beneath the pageantry matters more than ever.

https://t.co/B32CO5d9NI

#USChina #InternationalRelations #ForeignPolicy #Geopolitics #China #UnitedStates #Trump #XiJinping #GlobalPolitics #PoliticalEconomy

[Siddharth @svaradarajan]

“Trump’s disruptor persona, which mainstream media obsess over, masks a deeper continuity – using state power to broker deals for his network while ideological polarisation over tariffs or China’s security threats disciplines the wider polity and extracts concessions. Ordinary US workers/farmers see selective export boosts; Chinese labour bears the costs of further integration in such chains and investments.”

Bamo Nouri, Ferran Perez Mena and @usempire write, riffing off a recent piece in @thewire_in by @kejimao

https://t.co/eGmreGg7Sm via @thewire_In

[Communist Party ☭ @CPBritain]

Today marks the centenary of the birth of Norma Jeane Mortenson, the woman the world knew as Marilyn Monroe.

While the bourgeois press continues to gape at the ghost of a manufactured icon, the Communist Party of Britain reclaims the intellectual and the comrade.

Her politics were born of the assembly line. From the foster homes of Los Angeles to the Radioplane munitions factory, Monroe’s class consciousness was forged in the heat of proletarian survival. She was a woman of fierce intelligence, possessing an IQ that dwarfed the men who sought to manage her, yet she was reduced to a commodity to be bought, sold, and traded by the parasitic studio system.

The FBI files, which tracked her until her final breath, confirm what the establishment feared - a sex symbol who had read Marx and admired the Chinese Revolution. She was a militant anti-racist who used her platform to shatter the colour bar for Ella Fitzgerald, and she stood firm against the cowardice of the McCarthyite witch hunts when she married the blacklisted playwright Arthur Miller.

We must recognise that Monroe’s struggle was the intersection of class exploitation and patriarchal violence. She was a worker whose labour was her own body, super-exploited by a system that demanded she be beautiful and silent. Her life was a constant act of rebellion against the male gaze of capital. On her 100th birthday, we do not celebrate a "bombshell". We honour a clear-minded socialist who understood that the liberation of her class was inseparable from the liberation of her sex.

Happy Centenary, Comrade Marilyn. The struggle continues.

#MarilynMonroe

[European Communist Action @eurcomact]

No to an imperialist attack! Solidarity with the people of Cuba!

The Parties of the European Communist Action (ECA) condemn in the strongest possible terms the escalating aggression of US imperialism, including the deployment of the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz in the Caribbean Sea, the baseless accusations levelled against Raúl Castro, and the provocative threats of military attack directed against Cuba, the rights of its people, and the achievements of the Cuban Socialist Revolution.

We denounce the long-standing criminal blockade imposed by the United States against Cuba, which caused inhumane shortages of fuel, electricity, water, food, medicine, and other essential goods.

The US threats are accompanied by a campaign of political expediency pursued by the EU and the bourgeois governments of its member states, which support the despicable pretexts concerning alleged “human rights violations in Cuba”, while themselves trampling on the human rights of an entire people and endangering their lives.

We call upon the peoples to strengthen solidarity with Cuba and its people, to condemn en masse the threats issued by Trump and the US government, and to oppose any plans for military aggression.

The imperialists’ threats against the Cuban people and the Communist Party of Cuba constitute a threat to the peoples of the whole world.

We demand an end to the criminal blockade and the removal of Cuba from the despicable list of “state sponsors of terrorism”.

We demand the withdrawal of the fabricated charges and the revocation of the provocative arrest warrant issued against Raúl Castro, leader of the Cuban Revolution, who defended his country’s territorial integrity against provocations and counter-revolutionary attacks.

We demand an end to all military threats against Cuba and its people.

Solidarity with the Cuban people and the Communist Party of Cuba.

Hands off Cuba!

Cuba is not alone!

Venceremos!
https://t.co/flo7JdbYX5

[Miners Strike @Miners_Strike]

#OnThisDay 1984. The fourth day of police violence is photographed at Orgreave

[Antifa_Ultras @ultras_antifaa]

“Fascists? I don’t like them! In every town, factory, school, housing estate - wherever fascists attempt to organise - they must be opposed.”

— Jack Charlton

[Daniel Lambert @dlLambo]

Most remarkable thing about #StopTheGame Campaign is how it's simply about right & wrong.

One side: Majority of Irish football community/public who see brutal apartheid & rules breaches.

The other: FIFA, UEFA, Irish Govt & Zionists who tell us to turn a blind eye & play a game

[Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur oPt @FranceskAlbs]

Dutch friends.
"If you tolerate this, then your children will be next" (cit)

[Inderjeet Parmar @USEmpire]

I just signed this petition https://t.co/1mIX8akQAX

[The Wire @thewire_in]

Behind the Pageantry of the Trump-Xi Summit

Summits provide the theatre for corporate deal-making in the Sino-US relationship – devoid of ideological competition and the interests of ordinary people.

@Bamonouri, Ferran Perez Mena, @USEmpire✍️
https://t.co/ZE2LImNAy5

[Max Blumenthal @MaxBlumenthal]

One of the most detailed testimonies I've heard of the Israeli torture and systematic sexual abuse of Gaza Sumud Flotilla activists abducted in international waters while attempting to bring aid to Gaza

[Alex Crawford @AlexCrawfordSky]

One of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world - the ancient city of Tyre - designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site for its incredible historical sites. This is what it looks like today following multiple Israeli airstrikes.

[Pearse Doherty @PearseDoherty]

Stop the Game! The Irish government should do the right thing and withdraw its support for the Ireland vs Israel match going ahead.

[Daniel Mayakovski @DaniMayakovski]

"Israel envió a mi casa a 2 tipos para ofrecerme un sobre con 500 dólares para que dejase de investigar sus crímenes en Palestina. Después el jefe del Mossad, Yossi Cohen, me amenazó a mi y a mi familia para que dejase de investigar a Israel"

Fatou Bensouda, ex fiscal jefe de la Corte Penal Internacional, denuncia las amenazas y el intento de soborno que "Israel" le hizo para que parase de investigar sus crímenes en Palestina.

En esta entrevista, Fatou cuenta cómo los sionistas controlan a los jueces internacionales, a través de las amenazas y los sobornos, al igual que el imperio de EEUU, que bloqueó sus cuentas bancarias y le hizo la vida imposible por intentar juzgar sus crímenes.

Así funciona el mundo capitalista, los poderosos controlan a los jueces para que no les juzguen y solo persigan a sus enemigos, todo es corrupción y mafia.

[Alex Crawford @AlexCrawfordSky]

‘The castle is protected under the Enhanced Protection mechanism of the Hague Convention, one of the highest levels of international protection granted to cultural heritage during armed conflict’ - @GreenSoutherns

[Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan]

How many ordinary Americans even know this is happening, let alone support sending their tax dollars to fund it? If only Americans knew…

[The Wire @thewire_in]

Neither Washington Nor Beijing Can Prevail in an Age of Global Disorder

Ferran Perez Mena, @USEmpire✍️
https://t.co/XYDol14bCU

[Cuban Americans For Cuba @Cubans4Cuba]

Our families in Cuba should never live under threat of U.S. military violence.
Trump, Rubio, and the U.S. threaten direct military violence in our name after decades of economic warfare.
They do not speak for us.
Cuban Americans say: NO WAR ON CUBA! https://t.co/vY6SehyzCi