
The empire strikes Iran
The US-Israeli war on Iran is the latest expression of a long imperial pattern—one shaped by opportunistic intervention, Western alignment, and the enduring racialized logic of empire.
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Paul Tiyambe Zeleza is a longtime university administrator, academic, and writer from Southern Africa based in North America.

The US-Israeli war on Iran is the latest expression of a long imperial pattern—one shaped by opportunistic intervention, Western alignment, and the enduring racialized logic of empire.

What does it say about a country that could elect such an unsavory character?

The failure of Americans to have a concerted conversation on racism is not surprising. Too much is at stake for too many people, interests and institutions.

I am afraid of Ebola because it is an enemy of critical and balanced thinking about Africa, about disease, about our common humanity.

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