The US is a superpower in chaos

Streets on fire: A protester posing in front of a burning car during the riots in Minneapolis on May 29. — AFP

THE riots in the city of Minneapolis and across the nation could not have happened at a worse time for US elites.

While incidents of violence perpetrated against African-Americans by white police officers have happened a number of times before, this occurrence right in the midst of a huge health emergency that has already claimed more than a 100,000 lives and a related economic disaster that has robbed 30 million people of their jobs, is truly unprecedented.