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Bolton is Just One Face of U.S. Imperial Crisis
Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
02 Apr 2018

The US imperial system is beset by “crises at every level,” said Sara Flounders, of the United National Anti-War Coalition (UNAC). The ruling class is consumed with “enormous frustration that U.S. imperialism can’t control the whole world, and the only solutions they can put forward are war, war and more war” -- leading them to turn to serial warmongers like John Bolton, President Trump’s new national security advisor.

U.S. Imperialism

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