by Sharon Zhang | Jan 21, 2026 | Davos, Donald Trump, Greenland, Imperialism, News, World Economic Forum
President Donald Trump repeatedly referred to Greenland as “Iceland” during his speech at the World Economic Forum on Wednesday, even as he demanded that the U.S. be handed ownership of the territory. When the president initially raised Greenland, which he said he was originally “going to leave … out of the speech,” he referred to it correctly. He issued veiled threats to Denmark…
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by Sharon Zhang | Jan 20, 2026 | Canada, Davos, Donald Trump, Imperialism, International Law, Mark Carney, News, United Nations
In an unusually candid speech in Davos, Switzerland, on Tuesday, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney warned that world order is at a “rupture” point due to the U.S.’s longstanding vise-grip on the world and its swiftly expanding authoritarian nature under President Donald Trump. Skewering “American hegemony,” Carney said that countries like Canada have long known that the idea of the…
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by Chris Walker | Jan 8, 2026 | Colonialism, Denmark, Donald Trump, Greenland, Imperialism, Marco Rubio, News
Secretary of State Marco Rubio has informed lawmakers in Washington that the Trump administration is seeking to purchase the country of Greenland. Greenland is an autonomous territory of the Kingdom of Denmark, which is a NATO member state, making it an ally of the U.S. Both Greenland’s leaders and those in Denmark say the country is not for sale. Nevertheless, President Donald Trump…
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by Julia Conley | Jan 6, 2026 | Denmark, Greenland, Imperialism, News, Nicolás Maduro, Oil, Stephen Miller, Trump Administration, Venezuela
“Belligerent” was how one Democratic lawmaker described a diatribe given by top White House adviser Stephen Miller on CNN Monday evening regarding the Trump administration’s right to take over Venezuela — or any other country — if doing so is in the supposed interest of the US. To Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), however, Miller was simply providing viewers with “a very good definition of…
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by Henry A. Giroux | Jan 6, 2026 | Capitalism, Donald Trump, Fascism, Fossil Fuel Industry, Imperialism, Nicolás Maduro, Oil and Gas Industry, Op-Ed, Venezuela
I watched the January 3rd nightly coverage on CBS and NBC of the U.S. assault on Venezuela and the kidnapping of President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, and what I witnessed was not journalism but the choreography of propaganda. CBS, in particular, offered thirty uninterrupted minutes of state-sanctioned fantasy, anchored by a fawning interview with Secretary of War Pete Hegseth…
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by Sharon Zhang | Jan 5, 2026 | Donald Trump, Imperialism, Mike Waltz, News, Nicolás Maduro, United Nations, Venezuela
The Trump administration’s ambassador to the United Nations, defending the U.S.’s abduction of Venezuela’s president on Saturday, told the Security Council that the U.S.’s ultimate goal is to eliminate any “adversaries” and “rivals” in the entirety of the western hemisphere. In remarks to the UN Security Council during an emergency meeting on the U.S.’s attack on Monday…
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