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When Authoritarians Play Victim, It Is an Admission of Violent Intent

Francisco Goya’s The Third of May 1808 Fascists and various authoritarian personality types have a proclivity for playing the victim. Anyone who calls into question their brutal tactics is a terrorist/terrorist supporter who not only places them in mortal danger (i.e., As a rule, clad in body armor, heavily armed, and traveling in a belligerent […]
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Conversation with Historian Ervand Abrahamian about Protests in Iran, Israel, and the US Imperialism
DV coeditor Faramarz Farbod interviewed Ervand Abrahamian on January 11, 2026, about the new wave of protests in Iran that began on December 28, 2025. Discussions also touched on the US invasion of Venezuela, US imperialism, late-stage capitalism, and the European, Russian, and Chinese positions vis-a-vis a possible second round of US/Israeli military attack on […]
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More Rapping with Biocentric’s Max Wilbert on the State of the World as we Gallop into Year of the Fire Horse

He’s been under the weather: Hi everyone, I’ve been sick for four days now, and haven’t had a chance to pull a piece together. So, no post today. In lieu of that, here’s a photo of a sandstone rock formation in a coastal wilderness. A place like this, with crawdads crawling in every pool, fish […]
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The US Propaganda Campaign to Smear Venezuela’s New President Delcy Rodriguez
The US “regime change” operation against Venezuela has been defeated. The Bolivarian Revolution remains firmly in power. Now, Washington’s campaign against the Chavistas attempts to paint Interim President Delcy Rodriguez as compromising on the heritage of Presidents Nicolas Maduro and Hugo Chavez. The Wall Street Journal ran an article Venezuelan Regime’s New Strategy: Appease Trump […]
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The U.S. Airstrike in Nigeria Confirms why the U.S African Command (AFRICOM) Must be Shut Down
If it was not clear before the U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) Christmas Day bombing of its Sokoto state, that Nigeria is not a sovereign African nation but is instead a neo-colonial state with a Western puppet government, it should be crystal clear now. The longstanding fundamental crisis of the sovereignty of African nations lies in […]




