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  Also, because it should be noted (and shared), here's the description from the video: History is repeating itself in Berlin. In 1884, imperial powers met in the German capital to carve up Africa without a single African present. In April 2026, under the guise of a humanitarian conference, they returned to Berlin to decide the fate of Sudan. However, the conference was met with Sudanese protests for six key reasons. 1. The exclusion of Sudan’s army-allied government from a conference supposedly aiming to alleviate the country’s humanitarian crisis reflects how western imperialists are treating Sudan as a territory to be carved by external powers, particularly as army advances are the only reason aid is reaching famine-hit areas. 2. Through its backing of the g*nocidal Rapid Support Forces (RSF) militia, the UAE is driving Sudan’s humanitarian crisis. Yet, while Sudan was excluded, the UAE was invited. 3. The invitation of certain western-allied Sudanese political groups reflect ho...

 

 

  Here's the interview that Ali Abunimah referenced:

 

 Remember when most of Europe were freaking out about President Trump's obsession with controlling Greenland (and not in a, "I will compensate the Danish" way but more of a, "I'll just take it" way)? Well now that the Trump White House (via Marco Rubio) is setting their colonial and militaristic sights on countries run by Slavs and non-white people , Europe is breathing a sigh of relief: For the "too long, didn't watch" crowd:   Nothing says "all is forgiven" like the United States telling Western Europeans that they are not on the imperialist menu. Let's close with Richard Wolff setting some things straight:

 

 

 

 

 

  From Reuters : Ford Motor (F.N), opens new tab said on Monday it will take a $19.5 billion writedown and is killing several electric-vehicle models, in the most dramatic example yet of the auto industry's retreat from battery-powered models in response to the Trump administration's policies and weakening EV demand. The Dearborn, Michigan-based company said it will replace the fully electric F-150 Lightning with a new extended-range electric model that uses a gas-powered engine to recharge the battery. The company is also scrapping a next-generation electric truck, codenamed the T3, as well as planned electric commercial vans. “When the market really changed over the last couple of months, that was really the impetus for us to make the call,” Ford CEO Jim Farley told Reuters in an interview. Ford said it will pivot hard into gas and hybrid models, and eventually hire thousands of workers, even though there will be some layoffs at a jointly owned Kentucky battery plant in the n...

 It's easy to call it a "racist, imperialist power grab meant to scare Europe and the Pacific into believing that America is not on the decline," but the video has so many other good points: 

 

 

 Hakim has something to say about this:

 

 

 Worth the 3+ hours: