Ashley Smith

2 weeks ago | therealnews.com | Blanca Missé |Ashley Smith |Maximillian Alvarez

During its reign as the dominant global superpower, the US imposed its will and wreaked imperialist havoc around the world. But as the power of US empire declines and the global order is restructured, hypernationalism and violent competition between imperial and regional powers are surging around the world, like they did before the great world wars.

2 weeks ago | flipboard.com | Blanca Missé |Ashley Smith |Maximillian Alvarez

“One Beautiful Bill” Would Be a Tragic Setback for Indian CountryGuest Opinion. The name “One Beautiful Bill” might sound harmless, charming, even, but for Indian Country, its passage would be nothing short of a …

Dec 27, 2024 | links.org.au | Ashley Smith |Ilya Budraitskis |Ia Eradze |Luka Nakhutsrishvili |Lela Rekhviashvili

First jointly published by Posle Media and Tempest. The country of Georgia, a small nation of 3.8 million people in the Caucasus, has been thrown into a profound crisis. Its people have risen up against the ruling party, Georgian Dream, over the passage of its Russa-style “foreign influence law,” homophobic anti-LGBTQ propaganda law, rigging of the recent election, and suspension of accession talks for membership in the EU.

Dec 7, 2024 | links.org.au | Ashley Smith

First published at Tempest. For the last four years, Joe Biden and his anointed but defeated successor, Kamala Harris, attempted to refurbish U.S. capitalism and reassert U.S. hegemony over the world system, particularly against China, but also Russia and a host of regional powers. Their program of liberal reform at home failed to address the economic grievances of the country’s exploited and oppressed majority.

Dec 3, 2024 | links.org.au | Ashley Smith |Thomas Hummel

First published at Tempest. Increasingly, understanding the inter-imperialist competition between the United States and China is becoming essential to understanding the dynamics of the modern capitalist system. With the goal of broadening our understanding of the dynamics at play, Ashley Smith, along with co-authors Eli Friedman, Kevin Lin, and Rosa Liu, have published China in Global Capitalism: Building International Solidarity Against Imperial Rivalry, out now from Haymarket Books.