Matt Kennard

3 weeks ago | znetwork.org | Matt Kennard |Aaron Bastani

Global politics has profoundly changed in recent years. Russia’s war in Ukraine, Israel’s genocide against Gaza, and the election of Donald Trump for a second time, have all shifted expectations, norms and policies. The ICC has issued an arrest warrant for Benjamin Netanyahu; after some of the most punitive sanctions in history the United States now wants rapprochment with Russia. Meanwhile countries around the world, including the UK, are cutting their aid budgets and spending more on defence.

3 weeks ago | f.mtr.cool | Matt Kennard |Aaron Bastani

Global politics has profoundly changed in recent years. Russia’s war in Ukraine, Israel’s genocide against Gaza, and the election of Donald Trump for a second time, have all shifted expectations, norms and policies. The ICC has issued an arrest warrant for Benjamin Netanyahu; after some of the most punitive sanctions in history the United States now wants rapprochment with Russia. Meanwhile countries around the world, including the UK, are cutting their aid budgets and spending more on defence.

2 months ago | znetwork.org | Matt Kennard |Rania Khalek

For decades, U.S. imperialism has operated not just through military force but through a vast system of economic coercion, media manipulation, and covert operations. The World Bank, IMF, and USAID present themselves as tools of development, but in reality, they enforce American dominance under the guise of aid. Now, with Trump and Musk cutting USAID, many see this as a shift, but in reality, it’s just a restructuring of the empire.

Jan 1, 2025 | johnmenadue.com | Chris Hedges |Matt Kennard

The American material life is taken for granted. Things just appear. There is no consideration for what country the Empire destroyed to fuel their cars, which people are earning pennies inside sweatshops for their clothes or how many children’s hands touched the lithium in their phone batteries fresh out of the mine. The U.S. Empire makes sure these realities are out of the public consciousness and only the shiny, finished products end up in the public view, no questions asked.

Oct 14, 2024 | declassifieduk.org | Matt Kennard

Declassified visits the former ‘philosopher president’ of Uruguay at his farm on the outskirts of the capital Montevideo to talk about war and peace, England’s role in his country’s history, and how to be happy. Pepe Mujica at his farmhouse. (Photo: Matt Kennard/DCUK)A friend who knows tells me it’s impossible to organise an interview with José ‘Pepe’ Mujica in advance. It’s not how he operates.