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Aug 26 2023 
‘Welcome to the BRICS 11’
‘No mountains can stop the surging flow of a mighty river.’ With the addition of six new members that add geostrategic clout and geographic depth to the once sputtering BRICS, the multilateral institution is now gathering the momentum needed to reset international relations.
By Pepe Escobar and posted at the Cradle
In the end, History was made.… Continue reading
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Aug 26 2023 
From Maria Zakharova; War and Reindeer
#Opinion by Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova
๐ฌ The tombstone of Western values deserves a worthy inscription. A good contender cropped up yesterday: โNorwegian authorities killed 40 reindeer fearing they would again graze in Russia.โ (https://www.svoboda.org/a/v-norvegii-ubili-40-oleney-rossiya-trebuet-milliony-za-ih-vypas-u-sebya/32565664.html) I am not at all surprised that Radio Liberty reported this with certain pride.
The drama unfolded gradually. According to the… Continue reading
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Aug 26 2023 
Grayzone’s Anya Parampil and Ahmed Kaballo of African Stream report live from Johanesburg, South Africa,
Comments:ย Eventually, I moved the video up to pick up the conversation of Ahmed Kaballo of African Stream and skipped the Grayzone comments because it was clear that they were out of their comfort zone (this is not a criticism, just an observation).ย Ahmed made the very same observations that I made, on the 2nd… Continue reading
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Aug 26 2023 
Jeff J Brown and Amarynth
Jeff recently started a foundation called Seek Truth from Facts.ย The objective is multifold and Jeff says it is to:
Give a broader voice to the deeply talented and knowledgeable members of the esteemedย China Writersโ Group(CWG).
Promote unsung, deserving journalists and writers, who do not have a decent platform to share their valuable work.
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Strategic Culture
Please take down the new url for Strategic Culture.ย
The Strategic Culture Foundationโs online journal was this week hit by a massive cyberattack (https://telegra.ph/Cyberattack-on-This-Journal-Proving-Truth-Is-the-First-Casualty-of-War-08-25). The assault resulted in the forum being shut down on its regular internet site. Readers who normally access the journal were informed that the site was no longer available.
The online journal… Continue reading
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Aug 25 2023 
From Argentina on BRICS
Pepe Escobar pointed us to this, saying,ย “Excellent analysis by my dear friend Vior in Buenos Aires.” ย I translated via DeepL.com
The decision of the non-aligned bloc to incorporate our country into a different international system and gives us access to the New Development Bank (NDB).
This columnist ended his previous article, this very week, expressing… Continue reading
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Aug 24 2023 
The Verdict on the Jester
With thanks to Batiushka, our writer
Oh, and while the king was looking down
The jester stole his thorny crown
The courtroom was adjourned
No verdict was returned.
Don McLean, American Pie, referring to Christ the King
Introduction: The Patriots Defeat the ElitistsโTsars, Stalin, Putin. Russian are a people who like authoritarian regimesโ. So read the title in a French news… Continue reading
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Aug 24 2023 
BRICS Summit Results
I am going to keep this thread up and update it for a period because we heard some wonderful talk, but for BRICS + the newbies, action will make the difference.
Modi-Xi Discuss โExpeditious Disengagement & De-escalationโ Along ๐ฎ๐ณ-๐จ๐ณ Border
The two leaders met on the sidelines of the BRICS summit and agreed to direct officials involved… Continue reading
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Aug 24 2023 
At BRICS: The most inspiring speech: Xi Jinping
Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday made a speech at the Closing Ceremony of the BRICS Business Forumย 2023,ย which was read out by Chinese Commerce Minister Wang Wentao.
Following is the full text of the speech:
Enhancing Solidarity and Cooperation To Overcome Risks and Challenges And Jointly Build a Better World
Your Excellency President Matamela Cyril Ramaphosa,
Members of the… Continue reading
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Aug 24 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 โ as such, this thread is non-structured with the latest news on top.
Aug 28
France refuses to leave and supports military action in Niger.
PARIS, August 28. /TASS/. France is set to support any… Continue reading
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Aug 24 2023
BRICS1 on Day 3: New Members, Johannesburg II Declaration of the XV BRICS Summit
BRICS Leaders have reached consensus on the expansion guidelines of admission to BRICS. The following countries will be full members of BRICS with effect from 1 January 2024:
Argentina, Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, Saudi Arabia and the UAE.
Congratulations!
With its expansion, the GDP of BRICS is now 36% of global GDP and 47% of the worldโs population.
BRICS… Continue reading
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Aug 23 2023 
BRICS2 on Day 2 – Nalendi Pandor; FM South Africa
She says the agreements on growth and expansion of BRICS are complete and we will know before the end of the Summit.
(And speaks about a tiny little hiccup in interpretation and sound management – oops, little it was not).
She says Dilma Rousseff is bringing innovative thinking.
Minister Pandor further expanded on the… Continue reading
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Aug 23 2023 
BRICS1 on Day 2: Plenary session
We don’t yet have what we came for. This is:
Who are the selected new BRICS members?
What are the arrangements for currency swaps?
What is the progress and future steps for a BRICS currency?But, we do have uplifting speeches and hope to get the rest during the course of the day. The South African Broadcasting… Continue reading
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Aug 22 2023 
Burkina Faso Aid Convoy reaches Niger
While BRICS is ongoing, the risk to the area of Niger has increased tremendously. Of course, the usual suspects could try to inflame this, in order to take media space from BRICS. We already see that every African thread is being unraveled and old fights are being blown into new with what is… Continue reading
