Menacing the Region

Just like you couldn't read an article about Venezuela in the corporate media that didn't contain the phrase "Maduro is a terrible individual", you can't read an article now about Iran that doesn't begin by telling you they are "menacing the region". Now think about two other countries which are menacing the region, that is the Middle East. Hint: they both just started a war. And of course Israel is still orchestrating a genocidal project in Gaza as well as siezing territory in Syria and Lebanon. Now think of a country menacing the Carribean and Latin American region, for instance kidnapping the President of a country, randomly blowing up ships, imposing devastating sanctions on countries, etc.. That seems pretty menacing to me. Took my mom to the No Kings protest and watched people wave signs and elicit honks of support. With the usual mix of revving trucks and people flipping the bird. Same as it ever was, the grotesque status quo that is at once frozen and speeding towards the cliff. Holding both of these ideas as true at the same time is the esssence of post-post capitalism. Speaking of which, in his new history of capitalism, author Sven Beckert writes: "In a sense, capital freed itself from that nation-state in the late twentieth century, while trade unions and social democratic and socialist parties remained rooted in it." This is exactly what the IWW instinctually realized, that it would take workers organized globally in industrial unions to successfully challenge global capital. Unfortunately, trade unions remained stuck in their state-bound fiefdoms. So it goes. The Commander in Chief says he is willing to accept "two to three weeks" more of Market turmoil to defeat the evil empire. But the U.S. is still ahead of schedule. Our Nato allies are saying thanks anyway, but you broke it, you fix it. They tend to have serious military analysts who understand the grave peril involved with "opening the Straight of Hormuz." Meanwhile, whitey is going around the moon and I'm supposed to be concerned that Pam Bondi has been fired. I'm actually waiting for Pete Hegseth to be fired and blamed for the whole debacle. The perfect whipping boy.