Advice Of Two Good Women

In the age of capitalist Imperialism the Metropolis is “virtual” in the computer-jargon sense. In other words, although it is as real as any other human social or political phenomenon, and affects political realities all over the world, yet it has no geographical location. The term “US Imperialism” may mean “Imperialism as manifest through the US state” but it does not equate to Rome, for example (but then we should note that “Rome” also became “virtual” from about 450 AD). The US-Israel axis of Imperialism is therefore not to be confused with the entire phenomenon of Imperialism, which is certainly in decline over the planet as a whole. The decline of Imperialism has been accelerated by the military activities of the US, Israel and the “coalition of the killing” which included Britain and through parts on “NATO”, former British Empire “Dominions” like Canada and Australia. War-making by this scratch team of Imperialist forces on Palestine, Afghanistan, Iraq and Lebanon has occupied “front pages” since 2002 but has also stimulated a worldwide reorganisation of left and communist forces unprecedented since the last active years of the Comintern – that is to say, the anti-fascist mobilisation of the 1930s. There can be no sense in which Imperialism can recover the world-historical initiative. All it can seek to do is to extend the period during which it is capable of acting as a military “dog in the manger”. Yet these same military activities are causing an acceleration and consolidation of the revolutionary subjectivity that is bound to sweep Imperialism away in due course. For many months the possibility of an attack on Iran has been held out as the next possible move of the Imperial dog-in-the-manger. Activity (or as British Intelligence calls it, “chatter”) in recent days has raised anxiety in the minds of two very reliable US commentators, namely Helena Cobban and Karen Kwiatkowski. In the case of Helena Cobban, her attention was alerted by the significant resignation from the position of “counsellor” to Condoleezza Rice, the US Secretary of State, of Philip Zelikow. Cobban knows Zelikow personally and they both reside in the same town, Charlottesville, Virginia, not far from the US capital, Washington. Helena Cobban maintains a high-quality blog called “Just World News”. She has outstanding credentials and extraordinary experience plus unparalleled connections and is completely committed to peace. Dr Kwiatkowski, as she is proud to relate, is a retired USAF lieutenant colonel. Yet like Cobban, she has maintained an energetic and consistent opposition to war, and especially the Iraq war, through all the channels available to her. In this case it is the libertarian site of Lew Rockwell, (also relayed by Antiwar.com) Kwiatkowski is reacting to a call in the Los Angeles Times by one Joshua Muravchik (who Kwiatkowski appears to know personally). In both articles, the immediate stimulation causes the two writers to reflect upon other parts of the whole scene, including the presence of several aircraft carrier groups off the coast of Iran, and the current diplomatic efforts of prominent US and Israeli-colonialist figures. Click on these links: Zelikow - What does he know, Helena Cobban, Just World News (1010 words) We Must Do What, Karen Kwiatkowski, Lew Rockwell dot com (1242 words)