The cities of America🇺🇸 burn under the weight of the empire's endless contradictions

A 'land of the free' whose people are strangled by an oppressive economic system, an ever-more powerful oligarchy, draconian mass surveillance, and culture war distractions.

A 'land of the free' that maintains a ruthless, oppressive empire abroad, but supposedly maintains 'democracy' at home.

The contradictions are more visible than ever. The ruthless power of the empire, which ordinary Americans didn't see, is now returning to dominate the homeland to maintain control, as the contradictions boil over.

On this day in 1963, Buddhist monk Thích Quảng Đức immolates himself at a Saigon intersection, creating one of the Vietnam🇻🇳 War's most iconic images. He burned himself alive to protest the repression and violence of the unpopular US-backed dictator Ngo Dinh Diem.

The US' imperial war on Vietnam is estimated to have killed more than 3 million people, half of which were civilians

Muhammad Ali on why he refused to be drafted to the US Army to fight in Vietnam🇻🇳:

“My conscience won’t let me go shoot my brother, or some darker people, or some poor hungry people in the mud for big powerful America…shoot them for what? They never called me n*****, they never lynched me…how can I shoot them poor people? Just take me to jail.”

Americans lived under the delusion that they could maintain a ruthless, bloody empire abroad, and have liberal democracy at home

As soon as the contradictions of the empire begin to unravel in the homeland, the empire returns home to impose control

NATO Chief Mark Rutte🤡:

"Russia produces in 3 months what the whole of NATO produces in a year. Russia is expected to produce 1,500 tanks, 3,000 vehicles, and 200 Iskanders this year alone. Russia could be ready to use military force against NATO within 5 years.’

PUTIN🇷🇺: "What they say about us, that we're going to attack Europe after Ukraine, is complete nonsense. It's intimidation of their own population solely to get money out of them…their economies are sinking, and standards of living are falling."

🚨TRUMP ANNOUNCES A TRADE DEAL WITH CHINA🇨🇳

Markets are up massively on the news

DNI Tulsi Gabbard warns of the horrors of nuclear war after visiting Hiroshima

Western European leaders hellbent on escalation with Russia should heed her words

Prof. Jeffrey Sachs: "China🇨🇳 was supposed to develop in a way that is subservient to the United States🇺🇸 (they didn’t)…now they have to be punished.”

THE EMPIRE🇺🇸 COMES TO THE HOMELAND:

As of June 11th 2025, reports indicate that there are more US troops deployed in Los Angeles than in Iraq and Syria combined.

According to ABC News, approximately 4800 National Guard and Marine Corps personnel are stationed in Los Angeles, compared to 2500 troops in Iraq and 1500 in Syria.

Those who warned that the US’ drive for imperial dominance abroad would result in the empire’s force being used at home were rubbished as conspiracy theorists and ‘fringe voices’.

Once again the conspiracy theorists and fringe voices were right.

BREAKING: AP reports that the US State Department has authorised the departure of nonessential personnel and family members from Kuwait and Bahrain…

As Trump’s threat for a war on Iran🇮🇷 looms ominously over the region like a Sword of Damocles

BREAKING: The British🇬🇧 Navy is warning of a possible escalation in the Persian Gulf…

The US🇺🇸 and Israel moving towards an imminent strike against Iran🇮🇷?

Dr. Mustafa Barghouti: US-Israeli war on Iran🇮🇷 would be a DISASTER for the region

‘The risk of a war with Iran is there. That is exactly what Netanyahu wants…if the US and Israel attack Iran it will be a huge disaster for the region. It shows you what the real intentions are of Netanyahu and his fascist government. He is dreaming of himself a new imperial leader that controls the whole Middle East.’

-Mustafa Barghouti on Going Underground. Alarm bells are ringing across the region as a potential US-Israeli bombing campaign against Iran could be imminent

Yaakov Bardugo, an Israeli journalist close to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu:

‘Israel is on the verge of attacking Iran, we are just days away.’

REMINDER: Col. Douglas Macgregor to Tucker Carlson:

‘The way Donald Trump handled Zelensky is the way he has got to handle Netanyahu, because if he doesn’t, Netanyahu will drag him into the abyss…because he wants this war with Iran🇮🇷 come hell or high water.’

REMINDER: Prof. Jeffrey Sachs:

‘Netanyahu is a dark son of a b*tch. Netanyahu has gotten the US into endless wars…the Iraq🇮🇶 War came from Netanyahu…he’s still trying to get us to fight Iran🇮🇷 to this day’

'Netanyahu is determined to make use of his control over Washington...to establish permanent Israeli political hegemony over the region, to create greater Israel.'

-Col. Douglas Macgregor on GU. Now Israel is actively preparing to drag the US into a war against Iran🇮🇷

TARIQ ALI: TRUMP’S THREATS AGAINST IRAN🇮🇷 ARE PART OF THE PLAN AGAINST CHINA🇨🇳

‘The main purpose for destabilising Iran is to get concessions from them. And the concessions are not simply on nuclear reactors. I think there’s a more serious plan to which is to make it impossible for Iran as a sovereign state to negotiate and sell oil and gas directly to China.’

‘The US would like to be the power that determines to whom energy is sold and under what conditions. It’s part of their big plan to surround and lay siege to China…they are concerned and worried about the development of China as a major economic power and they want to control it. So in my opinion, the threats against Iran are more to do with that than anything else.’

-Tariq Ali on Going Underground as Israel reportedly is planning an imminent attack on Iran🇮🇷, which will result in Iranian retaliation against the US.

‘The Israelis have long been interested in dragging the US🇺🇸 into a war with Iran🇮🇷…the Israelis are just interested in escalating to see if they can get the US involved.’

-Prof. John Mearsheimer on Going Underground as an Israeli strike against Iran is reportedly imminent

"Why are we threatening Iran🇮🇷, which hasn’t invaded anyone for 400 years...Why do we journalists write what governments tell us? Why don’t they question them?"

-The incomparable, late, great John Pilger on GU in 2019 as Israel reportedly plans an imminent strike against Iran

Prof. Jeffrey Sachs: ‘A war with Iran🇮🇷 would be WW3.’

‘Iran is not alone and it will not remain alone…if we go to war with Iran we make nuclear war all the more likely…so far, Netanyahu has engaged the US in 6 disastrous wars and he’s about to engage us in yet one more.’