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Aug 11 2023 Ben Norton reports on the latest US pressure on Saudi Arabia
The US demands that Saudi Arabia "distance itself–economically and militarily–from China"The US wants Saudi to:- reject the (remote) possibility of a Chinese military base,- avoid Huawei tech,and most importantly- "use US dollars, not Chinese currency, to price oil sales" pic.twitter.com/Sz1YZaCzm9— Ben Norton (@BenjaminNorton) August 10, 2023
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Aug 11 2023 Sanctions as War: Anti-Imperialist Perspectives on American Geo-Economic Strategy: Interview and Book Review
Sanctions as War: Anti-Imperialist Perspectives on American Geo-Economic Strategy, a book recently published by Brill, offers a comprehensive account of economic sanctions as a US tool for exercising power on the global stage. The text, which should be required reading for those with sympathy for humanity, includes a chapter on Venezuela by Gregory Wilpert. Here… Continue reading