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An invasion that has little to offer to Ukrainians, Russians and the world

Another example of the limits of political science . A fragmented approach that does not help in unpacking power struggles, political economic interests and the class dynamic inside countries. Related Whether a change in Russia’s political order is a possible outcome is to be seen, but an analysis should always go beyond politics. An invasion of Ukraine could destabilise Russia’s political order

A process of seizing assesses from Afghanistan to set up ‘humanitarian assistance’ Related The  ‘CIA’s army’

“ Même si je conserve une orientation décoloniale dans la mesure où je pense qu’il faut poursuivre les luttes contre le colonialisme par tous les moyens possibles, et donc aussi par l’art et la théorie critique, je trouve que la pensée décoloniale telle qu’elle existe aujourd’hui manque souvent de radicalité. À force de ne parler que de la race ou de la colonialité, on sépare la critique du colonialisme de la critique plus générale de l’État et du capital. Et, très souvent, ces objets sont laissés aux théoriciens marxistes blancs qui ne sont pas vraiment dérangés par la pensée décoloniale dans sa forme existante. Il faut avoir une théorie du capitalisme autonome si l’on veut cesser de dépendre de la théorie européenne. L’idée selon laquelle on ne devrait parler que de nous-mêmes ou de notre condition est faussement radicale.” Entretien avec Mohamad Amer Meziane

According to Michael Roberts and Guglielmo Carchedi,  imperialism is “a persistent and long-term net appropriation of surplus value by the high-technology imperialist countries from the low-technology dominated countries.” there are “four channels through which surplus value flows to the imperialist countries: currency seigniorage; income flows from capital investments; unequal exchange through trade; and changes in exchange rates.” “modern imperialism does not deny the persistent existence of colonialism. Colonialism and modern imperialism do not exclude each other… Colonialism contains in itself the germs of modern imperialism.” “the trade of the commodities with high technological content produced in the imperialist countries for the capitalistically produced raw materials or industrial goods produced with lower technological content in the dominated countries” results in “unequal exchange.” “under modern imperialism, technology has become the new battlefield.” “military and ideolog

As Russia has turned Shi’ite by supporting Al-Assad regime and its cooperation with Iran, Israel is turning more and more Sunni by its cooperation with UAE, Bahrain and Saudi Arabia. Shared-air defences

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