War on Iran is part of US plan to revive Western colonialism and exploit Global South from Geopolitical Economy Report

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War on Iran is part of US plan to revive Western colonialism and exploit Global South

29 minutes Posted Mar 25, 2026 at 1:11 pm.

Geopolitical context of Iran war

(CLIP) Trump vows to expand US empire

Plans to expand US empire

Colonial Donroe Doctrine

(CLIP) Trump wants Venezuela's oil

US military attacks Latin America

Lula: "They want to colonize us again"

US dominance declines, China rises

Trump threatens BRICS

Plans to revive Western colonialism

(CLIP) Marco Rubio praises colonialism

Marco Rubio

US oil blockade of Cuba

(CLIP) Trump hopes to "take Cuba"

US plan to recolonize Cuba

(CLIP) Trump on Cuban sugar barons

Exiled Cuban oligarchs in Florida

Cuban Revolution

Miami mafia

When Cuba was a US colony

US plans to colonize Greenland

Critical minerals supply chain

US attempt to save hegemony

(CLIP) Trump: USA will "own" Gaza

Israel is annexing West Bank

Israel invaded South Lebanon

Oil and gas in Middle East

Netanyahu's colonial Iran speech

(CLIP) Netanyahu on "barbarians"

(CLIP) Pete Hegseth on "savages"

Colonial rhetoric

(CLIP) Trump cites Manifest Destiny

Colonial propaganda

Gilded Age redux

Attempt to reverse decolonization

Will war backfire on US empire?

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The war on Iran is part of a larger attempt by the US empire to reverse the decline of Western hegemony and recolonize the Global South. After invading Venezuela, Donald Trump wants to "take" Cuba, Greenland, and Gaza. Meanwhile, Israel is annexing the West Bank and colonizing southern Lebanon. Ben Norton explains the imperialist plan.

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