Van Jackson
@vanjackson.bsky.social
The class politics of geopolitics. Newsletter, http://Un-Diplomatic.com. Co-host, https://www.BangBangPod.com; https://www.undiplomaticpodcast.com. 🇺🇸🇵🇭🇳🇿. https://www.vanjackson.org
I get the sense that some liberal natsec types just want those to their left to get on board with “US empire but good” and I’m sorry but that’s not going to happen. And I don’t just mean that politically - I have serious doubts about whether restoration is even possible, let alone desirable.
“We’re living through an era in which three things are happening at once: Imperialist geopolitical practices are proliferating, the working class is becoming a lumpenproletariat, and the nation-state is losing legitimacy and coherence.” www.un-diplomatic.com/p/the-nation...
The Nation Needs You To Die
Why the expansion of surplus labor necessitates the renaissance of empire and the end of the nation-state.
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Congrats to Abdul El-Sayed, Will Lawrence, and the majority of progressives and democratic socialists who last night!
If the 1% can consolidate wealth and power despite economic insecurity for everyone else, then the project of encasing both capital and labor within a single entity called “the nation” loses meaning. Oligarchs will impose an order that most resembles empire www.un-diplomatic.com/p/the-nation...
The Nation Needs You To Die
Why the expansion of surplus labor necessitates the renaissance of empire and the end of the nation-state.
un-diplomatic.com
Omg, my boy Will won his congressional primary in Michigan! This shit is really happening! And against two national-security ghoul candidates!
Bruce Lee's Iconic Roundhouse Kick
ALT: Bruce Lee's Iconic Roundhouse Kick
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This paper shows that immigration enforcement can _increase_ crime. Undocumented immigrants already have the lowest crime rate, but tough-on-immigration policy makes immigrants less likely to report crime. So immigration enforcement worsens the problem it was ostensibly meant to solve
10k new defense tech companies since 2024! It’s not just war profiteering; it’s the material basis to perpetually wage illegal wars with impunity. Rosa Luxemburg warned us
10k new defense tech companies since 2024! It’s not just war profiteering; it’s the material basis to perpetually wage illegal wars with impunity. Rosa Luxemburg warned us
MAGA is redefining sovereignty so that empire alone have it. That should recast how we see the entire question of A) American democracy but also B) struggles for self-determination against people whose brains are Lebensraum-addled. www.un-diplomatic.com/p/what-is-so...
What is Sovereignty to an Imperialist?
On Puerto Rican coloniality, Guam-less self-determination, and Far-Right Empire.
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MAGA is redefining sovereignty so that empire alone have it. That should recast how we see the entire question of A) American democracy but also B) struggles for self-determination against people whose brains are Lebensraum-addled. www.un-diplomatic.com/p/what-is-so...
What is Sovereignty to an Imperialist?
On Puerto Rican coloniality, Guam-less self-determination, and Far-Right Empire.
un-diplomatic.com
What is sovereignty to an imperialist? On Puerto Rican coloniality, Guam-less self-determination, and far-right empire. www.un-diplomatic.com/p/what-is-so...
What is Sovereignty to an Imperialist?
On Puerto Rican coloniality, Guam-less self-determination, and Far-Right Empire.
un-diplomatic.com
“the only liberatory alternative to the status quo is an anti-imperialist existence, whether you encase it in the language of independence or statehood. That means confronting or routing around decaying empire, not allowing it to be your pimp.” www.un-diplomatic.com/p/what-is-so...
What is Sovereignty to an Imperialist?
On Puerto Rican coloniality, Guam-less self-determination, and Far-Right Empire.
un-diplomatic.com
Francesca Hong is promising to fight Trump on Wisconsin’s national guard participation in illegal wars; refuse state police cooperation w/ feds on NSPM-7 related witch hunts; refuse ICE; convert local defense industry to peace production. A.M.A.Z.I.N.G! www.kenklippenstein.com/p/exclusive-...
Exclusive: Francesca Hong Takes on National Security
Wisconsin candidate for Governor talks NSPM-7, Iran War, ICE + more
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What if American power is the problem? For decades, the U.S. has confused military dominance with security. The result is endless war, unchecked presidential power, and less safety at home and abroad. @vanjackson.bsky.social on what a foreign policy built for peace could look like.
Why U.S. Foreign Policy Needs a Fundamental Reset
American military dominance has shaped the modern world—but at enormous cost. Here's what a more peaceful, democratic U.S. foreign policy could look like.
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The most strategic thing I’ve ever read about the Palestinian solidarity movement since October 7. And a terrific contemporary history of something many of us were part of in one small way or another www.nplusonemag.com/issue-53/pol...
Weapons of the Meek | S. Priya
We could not have imagined the reality that was coming. Forget escalating: In a few months, even the little our crew had done before falling apart — the cold emails and messages to weapons workers; th...
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Taps (1981) is a ferociously anti-war film that launched the careers of Sean Penn and Tom Cruise. It’s also a movie whose message many people missed. Awesome unpacking it with Jasper Craven! www.bangbangpod.com/p/taps-1981-...
Taps (1981), w/ Jasper Craven | Ep. 72
Taps was shot at Valley Forge Military Academy, and this episode’s guest is the journalist whose exposé of that school’s hazing and abuse presaged its closing.
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Red scares are manufactured moral panics that serve three purposes: 1) Justify military buildups; 2) repress political enemies; and 3) weaken organized labor. We’re in the thick of one now. www.un-diplomatic.com/p/the-sixth-...
Tinkering with a new move--an alternative to the single-leg wrestle up
It’s tough to speak uncomfortable truths about your colleagues. That’s why I admire what @vanjackson.bsky.social has done in this podcast. Rightly calling our the moribund liberal security establishment in DC and the collapsing arms control movement. 🙏 podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
Think Tank Legitimacy Crisis | Red Scare 6.0 | Nuclear Disarmament Dismay | Rubio's Cuba Witch Hunt | Democrat Iran-War Kayfabe | Ep. 312
Podcast Episode · The Un-Diplomatic Podcast · July 24 · 38m
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Red scares are manufactured moral panics that serve three purposes: 1) Justify military buildups; 2) repress political enemies; and 3) weaken organized labor. We’re in the thick of one now. www.un-diplomatic.com/p/the-sixth-...
Red scares are manufactured moral panics that serve three purposes: 1) Justify military buildups; 2) repress political enemies; and 3) weaken organized labor. We’re in the thick of one now. Are you paying attention? www.un-diplomatic.com/p/the-sixth-...
The Sixth Red Scare, Not the Second
At some point, a pathology appears often enough that we must see it as a feature, not a bug, of American politics.
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Back take from a 50/50 leg entanglement--even when you don’t quite get it, you end up in mount
Fear of communism is never about communism. It is always about fear of loss of oligarchy. Fear of worker power. open.substack.com/pub/undiplom...
The Sixth Red Scare, Not the Second
At some point, a pathology appears often enough that we must see it as a feature, not a bug, of American politics.
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Red scares are manufactured moral panics that serve three purposes: 1) Justify military buildups; 2) repress political enemies; and 3) weaken organized labor. We’re in the thick of one now. Are you paying attention? www.un-diplomatic.com/p/the-sixth-...
The Sixth Red Scare, Not the Second
At some point, a pathology appears often enough that we must see it as a feature, not a bug, of American politics.
un-diplomatic.com
NEW: In a stunning admission, the Trump administration admitted in court documents that it canceled billions in energy grants to states "based solely" on politics -- and whether that state was represented by Democrats and backed Harris in 2024. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/24/b...
Trump Administration Admits Canceling Grants to States That Did Not Vote for Him
Federal officials said in court documents that they halted billions of dollars in funding for energy projects to states “based solely” on whether they backed President Trump in the 2024 election.
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I don’t understand how so many motherfuckers are still analyzing foreign policy as if nothing much has changed except for US “reliability.” You stupid assholes—any government that produces official conspiracy theories based on nonsense and then directs repressive power accordingly is fucked 🚨🚨🚨
Seth Cotlar@sethcotlar.bsky.social · 2w agoRubio’s State Department just published a 100-page report identifying Cuba as the locus of Communist infiltration in the US since the 1960s. Absolutely bonkers shit. www.state.gov/wp-content/u...
