"our empire is over" - prof. Wolff
Will the #Iran War Cause a #GlobalDepression? (w/ Prof. Richard Wolff) | The Chris Hedges Report
Apr 30, 2026The ill-conceived US war on Iran is leading the world to a global #recession or #depression. Professor #RichardWolff places the current crisis in the context of the #capitalist system and the decline of #US #hegemonicpower. #EndOfEmpire #USpol #ChrisHedges
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sv61bqSefDo
Will the Iran War Cause a Global Depression? (w/ Prof. Richard Wolff) | The Chris Hedges Report

YouTube
'Do you have any regrets about having to kill?' On Trans-Siberian Railway, Russian soldiers recount time in Ukraine

'On Board the Trans-Siberian' (2/2). As the train speeds toward the Russian Far East, between Novosibirsk and Vladivostok, the brutality of the war in Ukraine is at the center of conversations between soldiers on leave and 'ordinary' passengers.

Le Monde

https://www.salon.com/2026/03/29/iran-is-right-trump-has-already-lost-this-war/

Wow, I’m jealous. This is solid writing.

#Trump and Pete #Hegseth and Marco #Rubio and whomever else were lured into this war by Benjamin #Netanyahu, pushed into it by the billionaire donors of the #Israel lobby and, more than anything else, seduced into it by massive institutional incompetence and their thoroughly unfounded belief in their own awesomeness. As one Bluesky poster put it in early March, those guys believed they could wage and win a war easily just by being “based chads” (i.e., white dudes with retrograde attitudes about literally everything) who would avoid all the weak, woke, DEI-informed mistakes made in previous conflicts by such lily-livered libtards as, um, George W. Bush, Dick Cheney and Donald Rumsfeld.”

#taco #fafo #EndOfEmpire #iran #war

Iran is right: Trump has already lost this war - Salon.com

Tehran TACO: Trump's bad idea has gone wrong, to literally no one's surprise. Will Putin bail him out?

Salon.com
When, exactly, did it become acceptable for people to roll straight out of bed and come to the hotel dining room for breakfast in their pyjamas? #slippingstandards #thinEndOfTheWedge #EndOfEmpire #bahHumbug

@DebErupts

Newsome is unsavoury, but he sure knows how to get under Trump's skin.

#USPol #EndOfEmpire

The US came into existence after a revolt against British rule and the implementation of rules based upon decisions made in another land, which were not evenly applied and definitely not to the benefit of all. The US has now replaced the British Empire as a major power and abuses power in exactly the same way. We only have to look at the history books to see what happens next.
#USA
#EndOfEmpire
When China snatches up somebody else
& the world wrings their hands & beats their chests
Our stupidity will’ve lost its stealth
(Colonialism’s greed’s the West’s)
#HeadlinePoem
#HeadlineSonnet?
#EndOfEmpire
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/06/world/asia/venezuela-china-trump-taiwan.html?unlocked_article_code=1.CVA.YuJm.kfrERcHKRulM&smid=url-share

There's this scene that lives rent-free in my head, with a character in the show The Diplomat saying "i still believe in international rules-based order". It's killing me lol. And it shows exactly the point of their jobs: cover-ups. Politely excusing horrible war crimes.

This is not just Trump. It's a long history of the US and other countries doing what they want, because who is going to stop them?

Just like West Wing, The Diplomat is a fantasy for liberals, and even then they can't make themselves look good.

Dozens of assassinations, kidnappings, regime changes, support for violent extreme-right groups... par for the course for the US. This won't stop until the US collapses.

#endOfEmpire #centuryOfAmericanHumiliation #collapse