If the Iran conflict escalates, the region faces the threat of another wave of statelessness. Tomasz Konicz, 22.03.2026 Trump went way back, all the way to the 1979 embassy takeover and the 1983 Beirut bombing against U.S. troops, to justify the U.S. and Israeli attack on Iran in an initial statement.[1] Even though the U.S.

And how does it differ from the classical imperialism of earlier eras? March 19, 2026, Tomasz Konicz, translation OlIver Blackwell Crisis imperialism is the state’s quest for dominance – carried out through economic, political, or military means – during an era of contraction in the valorization process of capital. The state apparatuses of the core

A Polemic on the Post-Leftist Desire for self-deception in the midst of a manifest socio-ecological systemic crisis. Tomasz Konicz, March 11, 2026. Translation by OlIver Blackwell They are anything but modest when it comes to their ostentatiously displayed modesty. The leaders of the so-called “Left Party” (Partei dei Linke – hereinafter PDL), Ines Schwerdtner and

Prospects for new forms of crisis competition in the looming authoritarian era of widespread late-capitalist scarcity. Tomasz Konicz, March 4, 2026 | translation by OlIver Blackwell Competition is for losers – Peter Thiel[1] More RAM! There simply cannot be enough memory produced after OpenAI secured a large share of the world’s production of this essential

Could the U.S. attack on Iran have resulted in the first major AI war crime? 06.05.2026 A thousand targets in 24 hours! What Jeff Bezos left of the Washington Post (WaPo) editorial staff after his last purge1 reported on March 4th about the enormous military success of AI systems.2 The attack on Iran represents the

The pillars of the global financial system, the bond markets of the core states of the late capitalist world system, are beginning to wobble. 22.02.2026 „Japan, Japan / Samurai / und schon kommt / der Tod herbei.“ Abwärts1 It was a historic victory for Japan’s unofficial ruling party, the LDP (Liberal Democratic Party), which Prime