A drunk’s shopping list on the Resolute Desk: Trump eyes Venezuela oil, Greenland “hard way,” bombs for Bibi. Napoleon’s ghost laughs as the rat-trap snaps shut. Multi-front madness meets manufactured war in the Gulf.
Tag: politics
“Kinetic Strikes and Cotton Socks: How Markets Cheer on the Next War With Iran”
The next war with Iran won’t be sold as a war at all. It will be framed as a “limited strike” to reassure markets that the old rules still apply: some countries can be bombed and sanctioned at will, others never meaningfully challenged. Oil, empire, and capital will dance. Civilians will pay.
The Rape of Venezuela: Trump, Macbeth, Narcissism, and the New American Despotism
Following the January 3, 2026, abduction of Nicolás Maduro from the Fuerte Tiuna military complex, the mask of the “Rules-Based Order” has been incinerated. This op-ed argues that the new “Donroe Doctrine” is not a policy shift, but a blood-soaked coronation of a manic American despotism—one that the Fourth Estate must stop sanitizing as mere “eccentricity.”
Oil in Venezuela: Strangulation, Not a Steal
Washington’s Venezuela play isn’t about stealing oil—it’s about strangling supply to maintain scarcity pricing for US producers. From pre-Castro Havana’s Mob bordello to today’s sanctions garrotte, the pattern is clear: control beats plunder, and workers foot the imperial bill.
The Media’s Role in Manufacturing Consent in US-Venezuela Relations
In February 2019, millions watched as Venezuelan forces supposedly torched aid trucks. The story was false, but it had already done its work: manufacturing consent for economic warfare that would kill tens of thousands. Here’s how media made US sanctions disappear, and why Australia was complicit.
The Venezuela Playbook: How Australian Media Sold Us Another War
Venezuelan strongman Maduro seized in daring US operation.” That’s how our ABC led the coverage. But what we witnessed was an illegal military invasion of a sovereign nation dressed up as law enforcement. This is the anatomy of an imperial project: demonisation, sanctions, crisis, military intervention. We’ve seen it in Iraq, Libya, Syria. Now Venezuela. The pattern is identical. The oil is the prize. The “narcoterrorism” is just marketing. And Australian media are selling it with a straight face while we’re complicit through intelligence sharing and lockstep UN votes. Part One of an investigation into how empires manufacture consent—and why we keep falling for it.
Trump Bombs Venezuela: How a Neoliberal Resource War Became America’s New Frontier
In the early hours of January 3, 2026, the United States bombed Venezuela. Seven explosions tore through Caracas as American aircraft targeted military installations, a suspected cocaine refinery, and reportedly captured Nicolás Maduro himself. This report sketches the attack’s anatomy: the midnight chaos, the neoliberal machinery driving it, and the human fallout from what looks disturbingly like the Iraq template transplanted to South America.
The Month in Room 315: Bondi’s Killers, Davao’s Hotel Curtains, and the Australian Art of Calling a Blind Spot ‘Unavoidable’
After the Bondi Beach massacre, Australia reached again for its familiar sedatives: the “lone wolf” narrative and a distant foreign setting to absorb the blame. But behind the rhetoric lies a deeper pattern — local radicalisation, institutional triage, and a political culture addicted to comfort over accountability.
The Stakes of a Ley Victory—What a Coalition Government Would Mean for Australia
Sussan Ley’s Coalition promises regression on climate, housing, welfare, and integrity—while struggling to control its own fractured ranks and win back lost voters. In a volatile world, the risks of her untested leadership could not be higher. Why 2025 demands better.
Is Albo in Trouble? The Death by a Thousand Cuts.
Is Anthony Albanese finished — or simply governing inside a system designed to grind Labor down? From dark-money campaigning and media asymmetry to climate compromises, welfare cruelty, and the AUKUS mirage, this essay examines how a cautious government is bleeding by a thousand cuts in a political ecosystem rigged against it.
Urban Wronski Writes 