It has been a while since we checked in on the progress of the destabilisation campaign against Europe being waged by the owners and controllers of global financialised capital, primarily through the war in Ukraine and the sanctions against Russia. So, let’s see how it is doing.

In this excerpt of a 2014 interview, Shahid Bolsen outlines his theory about the dynamics behind the coup in Egypt, and the nature of the struggle the country faced against neoliberal imperialism. Show less

Let me talk for a moment about Poland in relation to the US proxy war against Europe, popularly known as the Ukraine war. As I have stated since the outbreak of the war, in my opinion, the Ukraine war is not a US proxy war against Russia, but against Europe…

It is quickly becoming apparent that America and the West are interested in using the conflict in Sudan as an opportunity to potentially plunge not only Sudan, but the entire region into turmoil. I regret that I have not talked about Africa enough in the past, in the context of…

You know how there is a whole struggle going on over the Palestinian issue whereby anyone who criticizes Israel is labelled antisemitic, and so everyone has to clarify that they are not anti-Jewish but anti-Zionist, and go to great pains to explain this very obvious distinction? Of course, most of…

After following US policy for over 30 years, and consistently seeing real-world outcomes that contradict the public rationales for the policies that caused them; I recognised quite some time ago that the official rationales have nothing whatsoever to do with the intention behind any policy. However, because the outcomes regularly…

The OCGFC do not have an ideology, or anyway, ideology does not guide their decisions. However, states and populations do have ideologies. This is where think tanks come in. Think tanks function to translate the pursuit of narrow self-interest by the OCGFC into ideologically and philosophically justifiable policies that can…

My last video update on the situation in Sudan feels like it might have been a little bit confusing. That is partially because the situation is complicated and confusing, and because I rushed to make it. So, let me try to present my thoughts more coherently here. First of all…

Let me say something about the motivations of rulers like Muhammad bin Salman, or bin Zayed, or any of them, for that matter. People who I think will ultimately produce good results for the Ummah. These are political leaders, not religious leaders. I do not say that they are doing…