London Academic- Tracking the American Empire’s foreign policy establishment and its forging through wars and imperial international system building, and its crises; role of Trump and Trumpism in US and globallyhttps://bsky.app/profile/usempire.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/usempire.bsky.social/post/3ml4wqjhqrc2chttps://thewire.in/history/karl-marx-at-208-the-revolutionary-internationalist-who-stood-with-the-colonised- Marx and Engels did not merely theorise in the abstract. They analysed concrete events, corresponded extensively with revolutionaries and thinkers, and engaged politically through journalism, the First International, and personal networks.05 May 2026 19:37 +0000at://did:plc:gocqgzxml2c6rplclghf4esx/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml4wqjhqrc2chttps://bsky.app/profile/usempire.bsky.social/post/3mkxepu6ho22rhttps://thewire.in/world/britain-and-americas-special-relationship-is-a-myth-built-on-power-not-partnership- There is no clearer signal of the alliance's true nature than Washington's stance as Nazi power surged. At the time, support came not from sentiment, but after Britain demonstrated its strategic value.03 May 2026 14:31 +0000at://did:plc:gocqgzxml2c6rplclghf4esx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkxepu6ho22rhttps://bsky.app/profile/usempire.bsky.social/post/3mkphpxpwyc2ihttps://thewire.in/world/king-charles-iiis-speech-to-us-congress-was-mere-theatre-masking-an-unjust-status-quo - Beneath the elegant rhetoric and standing ovations lay a studied evasion of the most pressing moral and strategic fractures of our time.30 Apr 2026 11:03 +0000at://did:plc:gocqgzxml2c6rplclghf4esx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkphpxpwyc2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/usempire.bsky.social/post/3mkkkwkb75c2shttps://thewire.in/world/the-us-the-uk-and-who-really-benefits-from-their-special-relationship28 Apr 2026 12:18 +0000at://did:plc:gocqgzxml2c6rplclghf4esx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkkkwkb75c2shttps://bsky.app/profile/usempire.bsky.social/post/3mkhtyvnaf22bhttps://theamargi.com/posts/king-charles-in-washington-britain-in-retreat- the monarchy will continue to perform its familiar function: an elegant distraction from the deeper structures of dependency.27 Apr 2026 10:22 +0000at://did:plc:gocqgzxml2c6rplclghf4esx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkhtyvnaf22bhttps://bsky.app/profile/usempire.bsky.social/post/3mk5u6ce3h22nhttps://theconversation.com/middle-east-conflict-looks-increasingly-like-a-war-nobody-can-win-281253- The deeper miscalculation lies in assuming Tehran playing same game as Washington. It isn’t. Iran is not trying to defeat US or Israel outright. It is trying to outlast them, complicate their objectives and raise cost of progress until it becomes unsustainable.23 Apr 2026 10:58 +0000at://did:plc:gocqgzxml2c6rplclghf4esx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk5u6ce3h22nhttps://bsky.app/profile/usempire.bsky.social/post/3mk3v4mu36k2ghttps://thewire.in/world/the-education-of-donald-trump -Indeed, reality is bending Trump. He first bowed to the foreign policy establishment. Iran is his finishing school, administering the sort of violent lesson he understands22 Apr 2026 16:10 +0000at://did:plc:gocqgzxml2c6rplclghf4esx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk3v4mu36k2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/usempire.bsky.social/post/3miyjm6viys25https://theconversation.com/middle-east-conflict-this-ceasefire-may-have-made-iran-stronger-280164 -The US and Israel may have demonstrated military superiority. But Iran has demonstrated something different: the ability to endure, adapt and convert pressure into leverage.08 Apr 2026 14:41 +0000at://did:plc:gocqgzxml2c6rplclghf4esx/app.bsky.feed.post/3miyjm6viys25https://bsky.app/profile/usempire.bsky.social/post/3misvm26hdc2bhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yaS3vaNUYgs- 110 years since #EasterRising sent shockwaves across the world that empires days were numbered! Great song - and article links Irish freedom solidarity everywhere today against oppression https://m.thewire.in/article/history/neath-the-shroud-of-the-foggy-dew-irelands-enduring-thread-of-solidarity ✊🏽🤛🤝👊✊🏽06 Apr 2026 08:59 +0000at://did:plc:gocqgzxml2c6rplclghf4esx/app.bsky.feed.post/3misvm26hdc2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/usempire.bsky.social/post/3miqap2z2nc2nhttps://thewire.in/world/trumps-art-of-the-deal-is-lost-in-the-fog-of-war - Chaotic zigzags and a personalist temperament mark the global rise of erratic leadership.05 Apr 2026 07:40 +0000at://did:plc:gocqgzxml2c6rplclghf4esx/app.bsky.feed.post/3miqap2z2nc2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/usempire.bsky.social/post/3miektigef22mhttps://www.independentink.in/post/to-honour-all-who-fell-with-dignity- Southasia war dead in war graves in Gaza violated by IDF - to the sound of silence from indian and other governments while Australia expresses outrage and condemnation31 Mar 2026 16:09 +0000at://did:plc:gocqgzxml2c6rplclghf4esx/app.bsky.feed.post/3miektigef22m