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Danny Haiphong is co-coordinator of the Black Alliance for Peace Supporter Network and organizer with No Cold War. He and Roberto Sirvent are co-authors of the book entitled American Exceptionalism and American Innocence: A People's History of Fake News--From the Revolutionary War to the War on Terror (Skyhorse Publishing). His articles are re-published widely as well as on Patreon at patreon.com/dannyhaiphong. He is also the co-host with BAR Editor Margaret Kimberley of the Youtube show BAR Presents: The Left Lens and can be reached on Twitter @spiritofho, and email at wakeupriseup1990@gmail.com.
(2 comments) SHARE Thursday, October 8, 2020 Rudy Gobert and the Infectious Disease of the Uyghur "Genocide" Myth
Allegations of human rights abuses in Xinjiang have led the United States in particular to level sanctions on Communist Party of China officials as well as companies in Xinjiang that serve as suppliers to major U.S. corporations.
(3 comments) SHARE Wednesday, August 5, 2020 The Great American Firewall: On the Question of Censorship
It should not surprise anyone that China would take protective measures against the threat of U.S. imperialism in the realm of cyber technology. Censorship in the United States is rampant but the Great American Firewall is rarely discussed.
(17 comments) SHARE Thursday, July 30, 2020 "We will Coup Whoever We Want:" Inside the Capitalist-Riddled Mind of Elon Musk
Elon Musk is a prototypical billionaire capitalist. He is a descendant of South Africa's colonial class that raped, pillaged, and segregated the country for generations. Far from a "self-made" man, Musk inherited his wealth from racist thieves who colonized Africa's mineral wealth.
(3 comments) SHARE Tuesday, July 14, 2020 Political Implications of the Pandemic-Induced Capitalist Crisis
The outcome of the 2020 election may be uncertain, but it is crystal clear that the interests of the capitalist class will be preserved at all costs throughout the pandemic-induced Great Depression. No amount of economic pain or mass protest against policing can spur a revival in the stability of capitalism.
SHARE Thursday, June 25, 2020 We Must Not Let the National Security State Smother the Potential for International Solidarity in the Fight Against Kill
The same forces enabling killer cops to terrorize Black communities across the U.S. have condemned international reactions from nations such as Iran and China as "interference." Former National Security Advisor under Barack Obama, Susan Rice, declared international commentary on U.S. race relations as a cynical plot by Russians to exploit divisions in the United States.
(2 comments) SHARE Thursday, May 21, 2020 Zionism and COVID-19: Two Viruses that Require the Same Remedy
On May 15th, Palestinians and their allies around the world marked another Nakba Day on the calendar. The 72nd anniversary of the founding of the Zionist state intersected with the continued spread of the COVID-19 pandemic around the world. COVID-19 has taken the lives of hundreds of thousands of people and plunged millions more into economic precarity. The devastation of the virus in many ways relates---
SHARE Sunday, May 3, 2020 Iran Under Siege From "Humanitarian Imperialism" Amid Pandemic
Nazanin Boniadi, a board of director at the Center for Human Rights in Iran, authored a piece in The Washington Post that exploits the pandemic to paint Iran as a human rights catastrophe. An examination of just one of Boniadi's claims exposes how far the U.S. and its imperialist allies will go to build the case for regime change in Iran.
(5 comments) SHARE Thursday, April 23, 2020 Bernie Bends the Knee to the DNC and then Bullies His Base to Support Joe Biden
Bernie Sanders has bent the knee to Joe Biden and the corporate Democratic Party establishment. In a livestream with Joe Biden, Sanders vowed to do everything in his power to get his former opponent elected as the next president of the United States.
(29 comments) SHARE Friday, April 10, 2020 Bernie Sanders' Exit from the Race Is Not Betrayal, It's a Reality-Check
If Bernie Sanders' presidential campaign teaches us anything, it is that our efforts must be redirected toward organizing working class people to unite on a grassroots basis and abandon the notion that the Democratic Party can be transformed into a vehicle for the working class if we just run the perfect campaign.
SHARE Wednesday, March 25, 2020 The U.S. is a Failed State, and COVID-19 Proves it
The United States' capitalist and imperialist economy cannot provide a modicum of social welfare to its people
"COVID-19 proves that the United States' war on the world is a drag on humanity."
(1 comments) SHARE Monday, January 27, 2020 In Coronavirus Outbreak, U.S. and Western World Needs to Refrain from Lecturing China
The Western and U.S. corporate press works hand in hand with imperialist governments to demonize China as a backward, "authoritarian" country. U.S. and Western governments see China's rise to the top of the world economic stage as a threat to the hegemonic interests of finance capital.
(1 comments) SHARE Thursday, December 26, 2019 Taking Down the Democratic Party Is the Most Important Task
It is difficult to have optimism for the future when you live in the United States. A large section of the population is completely alienated from the truth about the unjust system that dictates their lives. Corporate media lies protect a class society which is dedicated to the impoverishment of over half of the planet.