Colin Sheridan: How American TV and film subtly shapes how we view the world

‘Hollywood’ has long co-operated to portray America as the good guy, writes Colin Sheridan

Irish Examiner
#AmericanImperalism #IsraliSettlerColonialism > "At least 1,245 civilians have been killed, including 194 children, by the US-Israeli war on Iran, according to the US-based Human Rights Activists in Iran group.
> In Lebanon, at least 486 people have been killed by Israeli bombing"
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/10/tehran-strikes-mixed-us-messages
Tehran endures ‘worst night of strikes’ amid mixed US messages about more to come

Hegseth follows Trump’s suggestion war will soon be over by saying US will not stop until Iran ‘decisively defeated’

The Guardian
I wonder how the neo-liberals are going to spin this invasion. With Iraq they tried to convince everyone it was a moral crusade to remove Sadam Husain, this time America Imperialism isn't even pretending any more. Trump is saying the quite part out loud, that this is straight-up all about American capital interests.
https://aje.io/jq9w30
#Venezuela #AmericanImperalism #Trump
Trump says US will take Venezuela’s oil

Trump says the US will ‘take back’ Venezuela’s oil, arguing it should be used to reimburse Washington for past spending.

Al Jazeera