They Don’t Just Hate Hasan Piker. They Hate What He Represents
Watch now | The Trigger: This Didn’t Come Out of Nowhere
 • Neil Zhu
2:27
This Wasn’t Just a China Trip. It Was a Test of Taiwan’s Political Future
The headline misses the real story
 • Neil Zhu
A Ceasefire Was Announced, But the War Did Not Stop
The US and Iran now have a two-week window, but Lebanon has been left outside it, making this ceasefire far narrower and more fragile than it looks.
 • Neil Zhu
Selling Blood to Stay Above the Kill Line
What looks like a side hustle is really a brutal truth about working-class life under capitalism.
 • Neil Zhu
You Don’t Have to Support Iran
Watch now | But you should stop supporting a system that bombs countries in the name of “freedom.”
 • Neil Zhu
1:53
Why Do So Many People Want China to Go to War Over Iran?
What this debate gets wrong about Chinese foreign policy, strategic partnerships, and the logic of escalation
 • Neil Zhu
Two Jets Down, Civilian Targets Expanding, Allies Pulling Back - This Is What Losing Control Looks Like
What looked like a controlled campaign is now turning into a multi-front problem
 • Neil Zhu
Capitalism Didn’t Get Worse - It Stopped Pretending
The Cold War didn’t make capitalism kinder. It forced it to behave. And once that pressure disappeared, so did the illusion.
 • Neil Zhu
Trump Says the War Is Won, Then Expands It
Victory is being declared, but the signals from the battlefield, Iran, and the markets all point in a different direction.
 • Neil Zhu

March 2026

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