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The Empire Chronicles

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By Anis Shivani

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The Empire Chronicles

The Empire Formally Capitulates

The Islamabad MOU Signals a Permanent Change of the Geopolitical Order

Jun 17•Anis Shivani

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Has Anything Noteworthy Happened in the 21st Century Yet?

Or Has It Been a Total Wash?

Dec 31, 2025•Anis Shivani

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I Wrote About Alligator Alcatraz--23 Years Ago

The Idea of Concentration Camps on a Mass Level Has Been Festering for a Long Time

Jul 4, 2025•Anis Shivani

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Disengage from America and Quit "Resisting":

It's the Only Moral Option, More True Than Ever Before

Jul 3, 2025•Anis Shivani

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The Progress of Fascism Over the Last 25 Years

The Deep Roots of the Current Collapse

Apr 9, 2025•Anis Shivani

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Conclusion: Why I No Longer Wish to Write About American Politics

War as Spectacle, Activism as Drug

Dec 1, 2024•Anis Shivani

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Part II: Why I No Longer Wish to Write About American Politics

To Protest Is to Legitimize

Nov 30, 2024•Anis Shivani

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Why I No Longer Wish to Write About American Politics: Part I

I Condemn this Empire and All Who Participate in it Intellectually

Nov 29, 2024•Anis Shivani

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A Fifty-Year Rampage of Assassinations and Regime Change

Who's Doing This, and Why?

Nov 25, 2024•Anis Shivani

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Demography Is Not Destiny

Another Prophecy Come Full Circle

Nov 23, 2024•Anis Shivani

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Neoliberalism Breeds Trumpism

I predicted this in 2016 and nothing fundamentally has changed since then

Nov 18, 2024•Anis Shivani

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The Paralysis of Empire and the 2024 Election

Could Harris have done anything differently or are policy improvements irrelevant?

Nov 16, 2024•Anis Shivani

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My Election Pre-Mortem from July

It was entirely winnable, and realignment is a myth

Nov 14, 2024•Anis Shivani

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Who Will Win?

Regardless, a most depressing denouement awaits us

Nov 5, 2024•Anis Shivani