america – CYM

Capitalism and the Deep State: Part Two

May 26, 2021July 19, 2021 CYM Committee 0 Comments america, Contributions, deep state, donald trump, Opinion

In this piece Donald Trump’s Presidency and its relationship to the deep-state will be elaborated on further as many of his supporters still cling to the idea that the deep-state is a structure that is almost exclusively anti-Trump. This conception is too narrow, and like other attempts at dissecting the history of the deep-state it cannot explain where it came from. By focusing their arguments around a figure like Trump the right reduces what are broader political discussions into simplistic word salads that lack the required historical perspective.

American Affairs American Politics Forward

Capitalism and the Deep State: Part One

May 24, 2021July 19, 2021 CYM Committee 0 Comments america, CIA, Contributions, deep state, History & Theory, Opinion

The deep-state, as described by the far-right, is one that functions independently of the will of the people and whose purpose it is to instigate and oversee political agendas that are, by design, malign, nefarious, and anti-Trump… As with most issues co-opted by the far-right their obsession with the shadowy cabal running Washington is too narrow and as we will see lacks the type of analysis necessary to properly elucidate important political subjects like the deep-state and what its purpose came to be as it evolved as a phenomenon peculiar to the American capitalist system.

American Politics

Denial and Deflection is America’s Defence

April 8, 2021July 19, 2021 CYM Committee 0 Comments america, Biden, far-right, Foreign Affairs, Trump

Pundits have for years blamed the surge of the American the far-right on Donald Trump, and deflected criticism of the US. The reality is that groups like the Proudboys or QAnon conspiracists are symptoms of a fractured society in a faltering empire.

Anti-Imperialism

America: A Land of Myths and Violence

March 30, 2021July 19, 2021 CYM Committee 0 Comments america, history, History & Theory, Imperialism, US imperialism

The history of the United States has long been supported by foundational myths, but behind these myths lie the dark reality of a state founded on racism and colonialism. Unless a complete overhaul of US society is accomplished, the land of fables is doomed.

Commemoration Forward Ireland

Liam Mellows Speeches in America

April 30, 2020July 19, 2021 CYM Committee 0 Comments america, History & Theory, liam mellows, speech

Liam Mellows, organiser, republican and revolutionary. He is remembered for is role as a Fianna Éireann organiser and for his rejection of the Treaty, occupation of the Four Courts and subsequent execution by the Free State. Excerpts of his speeches portray the true relationship between America and Ireland.