Excuse me for a second, while I make a quick comment. Andrew said that

I would stress that I do think that there is a strong anti-imperialist
theme in the New Testament. But working on this review I did come to
wonder what form it actually takes in the Gospels - and even if it is
there at all. What would you point to as evidence that Jesus explicitly
and directly opposed imperialism? Is there any reference to Rome in the
context of the temple sayings and actions? In making use of Jeremiah’s
complaint about the temple he attacks a corrupt hierarchy and
sacerdotal system, but empire functions in the prophetic narrative as
the force by which corrupt Israel will be judged. It seems to me that
Jesus follows basically the same story-line.

You seem pretty convinced that the anti-imperialist theme is there -
but where exactly? Where does Jesus say that he is upset with their
cooperation with the empire?

Both Walter Brueggemann in The Prophetic Imagination and Marcus Borg and John Dominic Crossan in The Last Week make the case that Jesus’ actions at the temple were aimed at the collaboration between religious and political elites.