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Jul 24 2023 As is customary, President Putin wrote an article defining issues before the Russia-Africa Summit
Article by Vladimir Putin “Russia and Africa: Joining Efforts for Peace, Progress and a Successful Future“
On July 27–28, St Petersburg will host the second Russia-Africa Summit and Russia-Africa Economic and Humanitarian Forum. On the eve of these large-scale representative events which will bring together heads of state and government, entrepreneurs, academia and public figures, I would like to share my vision of the development of Russia-Africa relations with the readers of the leading media on the African continent, outlining priority cooperation areas… Continue reading -
Jul 24 2023 Demystifying Economics
June 30 2023 (Transcribed July 23).
Dr. Michael Hudson is a professor of Economics at the University of Missouri Kansas City, political consultant, commentator, and journalist. His career has focused on the study of debt, both external and internal, with an eye on what happens when the exponentially growing debts of a society outstrip the profits… Continue reading -
Jul 23 2023 Collapse of Antiquity: Review of Michael Hudson’s last book by Pepe Escobar
https://sputnikglobe.com/20230515/pepe-escobar-us-empire-of-debt-headed-for-collapse-1110374196.html
Pepe Escobar: US Empire of Debt Headed for Collapse
Prof. Michael Hudson’s new book, The Collapse of Antiquity: Greece and Rome as Civilization’s Oligarchic Turning Point” is a seminal event in this Year of Living Dangerously when, to paraphrase Gramsci, the old geopolitical and geoeconomic order is dying and the new one is being born at… Continue reading
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Jul 23 2023 Michael Hudson: The Looming War Against China
Ed Note: There is a video which will be posted when available. In the meantime, the transcript of Prof. Hudson’s full presentation and we’ve all seen Pepe Escobar quoting from this. Here is the full presentation to Global University, Hong Kong.
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Economic Logic has been Replaced by National Security Overrides
The July NATO summit in Vilnius had… Continue reading -
Jul 23 2023 A short Ukraine update
Russian Defence Ministry report on the progress of the special military operation
(23 July 2023)https://t.me/mod_russia_en/8548
▫️ Last night the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation launched a group strike with long-range, sea- and air- based precision weapons against sites where terrorist acts against the Russian Federation were being prepared with the use of unmanned boats, as well… Continue reading
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Jul 22 2023 Daily Chronicles
The Daily Chronicles are snippets of the most important news across the world for this and each day as it rolls in – as such, this thread is non-structured with the latest news on top.
Jul 26
Kremlin spokesman Peskov says US and its Western allies tried preventing countries from attending Africa-Russia summit
🗣 Yes, there is indeed… Continue reading
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Jul 21 2023 Vladimir Putin: Meeting on current issues with permanent members of the Security Council
http://en.kremlin.ru/events/president/news/71714
Taking part in the meeting were Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin, Federation Council Speaker Valentina Matviyenko, State Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin, Deputy Chairman of the Security Council Dmitry Medvedev, Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office Anton Vaino, Secretary of the Security Council Nikolai Patrushev, Interior Minister Vladimir Kolokoltsev, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, Defence Minister… Continue reading
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Jul 21 2023 Neocons Want War With China
By Pepe Escobar and first posted at Sputnikglobe.com
It was a photo op for the ages: a visibly well-disposed President Xi Jinping receiving centenarian “old friend of China” Henry Kissinger in Beijing.
Mirroring meticulous Chinese attention to protocol, they met at Villa 5 of the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse – exactly where Kissinger first met in person with… Continue reading
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Jul 21 2023 A possible plus for South Africa as a BRICS member, or the Grim Reaper cometh
We support our BRICS members, despite the frequent sharp critique. After the debacle with Mr.Putin’s possible visit to South Africa, and the eventual announcement that he will not attend the BRICS summit in August in Johannesburg, but will attend via video link, the South Africans put lipstick on a pig, and announced the great miracle… Continue reading
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Jul 21 2023 Breaking Predatory Brazil Narratives from the Imperialist North / Brian Mier
Taking a look at Brazil in the runup to BRICS
Today’s episode features an interview with This Is Hell! regular Brian Mier. Brian updates Chuck on what the US corporate media has been getting wrong about Brazil. We also have the second of a two-part Moment of Truth from Jeff Dorchen.
Brian Mier is a Chicagoan who… Continue reading
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Jul 20 2023 Russia has Demilitarized, Denazified, and Rebuilt Ukraine Before
From Deborah Armstrong and first posted at the Greanville Post
In the years following WW2, the Soviets purged Ukraine of Nazis while the US gave them safe havenFeatured Image: Soviet “Banderite Hunters” denazified Ukraine at the end of WW2 and in the post-war years. Photo: Twitter
Victory Day, May 9th, is one of Russia’s most sacred holidays.… Continue reading
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Jul 20 2023 An Evening with Carl Zha: Understanding the Dynamics of the Asia Pacific
Carl, at his Silk and Steel Podcast has an encyclopedic knowledge on Chinese History and the Asia Pacific basin.
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Jul 19 2023 On the UN chief’s comments on the Istanbul agreements
Russian MFA
On the day when the Black Sea Grain Initiative on the export of Ukrainian grain expired, the UN Secretary-General issued a large press release. Apart from twisting the facts about the implementation of the Istanbul agreements again, Antonio Guterres acted in violation of all the laws of diplomatic correspondence by making public his personal… Continue reading
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Jul 19 2023 EU-CELAC summit: instead of condemning Russia, demands on the EU
From Elena Panini, Russtrat.ru
Instead of condemning Russia, demands on the EU
The recent summit of the European Union and Latin America can already be considered a failure for Europe and the “former order.” The final toothless declaration was signed somehow. And that’s not all: Nicaragua refused to sign the document, calling the declaration “pompous and false”… Continue reading