Van Jackson
@vanjackson.bsky.social
The class politics of geopolitics. Newsletter, http://Un-Diplomatic.com. Co-host, https://www.BangBangPod.com; https://www.undiplomaticpodcast.com. 🇺🇸🇵🇭🇳🇿. https://www.vanjackson.org
We’re in the phase where the *not-fascists* are declaring wine moms and babies their opps
January 12, 2026 at 3:26 AM
We’re in the phase where the *not-fascists* are declaring wine moms and babies their opps
The shameless state propaganda outfit formerly known as the Washington Post puts “imperialism” in quotes when it refers to criticisms of illegal war against Venezuela for resource extraction
January 5, 2026 at 9:43 PM
The shameless state propaganda outfit formerly known as the Washington Post puts “imperialism” in quotes when it refers to criticisms of illegal war against Venezuela for resource extraction
January 4, 2026 at 1:08 AM
Not sure BlueSky is the right place for hip-hop, but I wrote an anti-war poem that a reader dared me to put on a beat. Don’t threaten me with a good time
January 2, 2026 at 7:26 AM
Not sure BlueSky is the right place for hip-hop, but I wrote an anti-war poem that a reader dared me to put on a beat. Don’t threaten me with a good time
Had my kid start jogging with me in the morning and he asked chat-gpt for advice 🤣
December 30, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Had my kid start jogging with me in the morning and he asked chat-gpt for advice 🤣
“Whose Side Are U On?” An Un-Diplomatic original
December 29, 2025 at 9:08 PM
“Whose Side Are U On?” An Un-Diplomatic original
Merry Christmas to everyone on the most judgmental anti-Nazi social media experience in our current conjuncture!
December 25, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Merry Christmas to everyone on the most judgmental anti-Nazi social media experience in our current conjuncture!
Once in a lifetime sushi 🍣 experience
December 9, 2025 at 7:46 AM
Once in a lifetime sushi 🍣 experience
Shouted out by the great Max Read! maxread.substack.com/p/three-book...
December 8, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Shouted out by the great Max Read! maxread.substack.com/p/three-book...
“the NSS lays out the most ambitious, sprawling vision for US statecraft since the 1950s—spanning every region of the world, intervening in the domestic politics of both Europe and Latin America, and really pioneering how to talk about using state power for the purpose of primitive accumulation.”
December 6, 2025 at 8:52 PM
“the NSS lays out the most ambitious, sprawling vision for US statecraft since the 1950s—spanning every region of the world, intervening in the domestic politics of both Europe and Latin America, and really pioneering how to talk about using state power for the purpose of primitive accumulation.”
We lack the appropriate language to describe the kind of predation the new national security strategy prescribes…but it is definitely a kind of global primacy open.substack.com/pub/undiplom...
December 5, 2025 at 10:14 PM
We lack the appropriate language to describe the kind of predation the new national security strategy prescribes…but it is definitely a kind of global primacy open.substack.com/pub/undiplom...
Surprised by my Spotify wrapped list
December 4, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Surprised by my Spotify wrapped list
Don’t tell me how impressive AI is: It says Stephen Walt’s wife is John Mearsheimer, whom it says is both Jewish and not-Jewish
November 26, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Don’t tell me how impressive AI is: It says Stephen Walt’s wife is John Mearsheimer, whom it says is both Jewish and not-Jewish
“Theories and policies on ‘how to live with the bomb’ and how to operate military economies are a blueprint for economic decline, as well as an invitation for political authoritarianism”
November 25, 2025 at 1:07 AM
“Theories and policies on ‘how to live with the bomb’ and how to operate military economies are a blueprint for economic decline, as well as an invitation for political authoritarianism”
“If you have to coerce, bomb, and invade countries in order preserve the international order of your choosing, then you aren’t really hegemonic. You’re just an asshole.” link below
November 23, 2025 at 8:05 PM
“If you have to coerce, bomb, and invade countries in order preserve the international order of your choosing, then you aren’t really hegemonic. You’re just an asshole.” link below
Got shouted out by Tooze!!!!
November 21, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Got shouted out by Tooze!!!!
Was supposed to do the Christmas card photo today but got a black eye in training
November 15, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Was supposed to do the Christmas card photo today but got a black eye in training
It seems obvious now that Yanis Varoufakis’s conversation with Larry Summers in his memoir was really about whether Yanis could be trusted with an invite to Jeffrey Epstein’s pedo island
November 13, 2025 at 5:58 PM
It seems obvious now that Yanis Varoufakis’s conversation with Larry Summers in his memoir was really about whether Yanis could be trusted with an invite to Jeffrey Epstein’s pedo island
“Jeffrey Epstein was one of the world’s preeminent geopoliticians (not a compliment)...He was about oppression-profiteering and consolidating state control of societies...American hegemony imposed a kind of imperialist peace that people like him cashed in on”
November 11, 2025 at 5:50 PM
“Jeffrey Epstein was one of the world’s preeminent geopoliticians (not a compliment)...He was about oppression-profiteering and consolidating state control of societies...American hegemony imposed a kind of imperialist peace that people like him cashed in on”
Old dog figuring out new leg-breaking tricks
November 8, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Old dog figuring out new leg-breaking tricks
“Everyone’s a communist now. Everyone’s an enemy of the state. Everyone’s deserving of no mercy from this Cobra-Kai regime...Their list of crimes is by now so long that they can’t afford to let go of power, even though their policies are about as popular as episiotomies.”👇
November 5, 2025 at 8:24 PM
“Everyone’s a communist now. Everyone’s an enemy of the state. Everyone’s deserving of no mercy from this Cobra-Kai regime...Their list of crimes is by now so long that they can’t afford to let go of power, even though their policies are about as popular as episiotomies.”👇
New Zealand Halloween!
October 31, 2025 at 6:07 AM
New Zealand Halloween!
Trump is stringing together a bunch of meaningless words--literal falsehoods--to justify the punchline that the US is resuming nuclear testing. Putting aside that I predicted this, we’re unbridling the most violent weapon known to man on the basis of lies
October 30, 2025 at 4:03 AM
Trump is stringing together a bunch of meaningless words--literal falsehoods--to justify the punchline that the US is resuming nuclear testing. Putting aside that I predicted this, we’re unbridling the most violent weapon known to man on the basis of lies