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Aug 28 2025 
NATO’s Anschluss (by Dmitry Medvedev)
From RT
The countries of the Old World are intoxicated by militaristic frenzy. Like spellbound moths, they flock to the destructive flame of the North Atlantic Alliance. Until recently, Europe still had states that understood: security could be ensured without joining military blocs.
Now reason is giving way to herd instinct. Following Finland and Sweden, Austria’s establishment… Continue reading -
Aug 28 2025 
Jeffrey Sachs: escalating tariff war against India
Professor Jeffrey Sachs discusses the escalating tariff war initiated by the Donald Trump administration against India. The discussion covers the 50% tariffs on Indian goods, including a 25% tariff tied to India’s oil purchases from Russia. Professor Sachs describes the US policies as self-destructive, stating, “He’s shooting America in the foot, my country.” He argues… Continue reading
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Aug 28 2025 
Article shared by Delcy Rodriques – VP Venezuela: The Great Buffalo
Delcy Eloína Rodríguez Gómez (born 18 May 1969) is a Venezuelan lawyer, diplomat, and politician who has served as the vice president of Venezuela since 2018.
L’Antidiplomatica posted an older article by Pino Arlacchi, former UN Deputy Secretary-General and former UN Director for Drug Control, and distributed by Delcy Rodrigues,
Correct translation of the title would be:… Continue reading
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Aug 28 2025 
Economy How does China’s system really work? Renowned scholar Zhang Weiwei explains the ‘China model’
How do China’s government, political system, and socialist market economy work? How does it see democracy? Prominent Chinese academic Zhang Weiwei explains in this sit-down interview with Ben Norton.
By Ben Norton on GeopoliticalEconomy.com
Transcript
(Highlights)
ZHANG WEIWEI: From a Chinese point of view, we need to have an overall balance between political power, social power, and the power… Continue reading -
Aug 28 2025 
Michael Hudson, Richard Wolff: NATO Shifts to New Fronts
NIMA ALKHORSHID: Hi, everybody. Today is Thursday, August 21, 2025, and our friends Richard Wolff and Michael Hudson are back with us. Welcome back.
RICHARD WOLFF: Glad to be here.
NIMA ALKHORSHID: Michael, I want to start with you. You believe that the outcome of those two meetings between the United States and Russia, then Europeans coming… Continue reading
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Aug 27 2025 
Pepe Escobar: Mythic Trump: the incendiary Narcissus
Mythic Narcissus, depending on his mood while facing his reflection in the pool, may at any moment authorize Kiev hits on Moscow and St. Petersburg with long-range missiles.
Strategi Culture
Alastair Crooke’s remarkable analysis of Trump in the context of myth as geopolitics has left us with much to ponder. There’s no escape from Trump’s “extraordinary ability… Continue reading
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Aug 27 2025 
Post-American Europe
by Rostislav Ishchenko
author of the publication “Ukraine.ru”Whatever Putin and Trump agreed on in Alaska doesn’t matter anymore. The small but proud Zelensky, with the support of his European friends, has destroyed all these agreements. He warned that nothing could be agreed upon without him. He kept his word. Despite Trump’s attempts to save at least… Continue reading
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Aug 27 2025 
Alok Arora & Carl Zha: China & India: Balancing Alliances or Betraying Iran?
In the wake of the recent Iran-Israel war, the geopolitical landscape of the Middle East is more complex than ever. While Iran’s membership in organizations like BRICS was meant to build a united front, has it instead led to a strategic dead end? In this critical debate, we explore whether Iran has been betrayed by… Continue reading
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Aug 27 2025 
The Revolution Won’t Be Televised, But The Oppression Will Be Livestreamed 24/7
By indi.ca
The latest TikTok trend is heartrending. Gazans remix viral posts into appeals for survival. Heels I want to wear before I die is followed by an appeal to not die. Not between posts but within posts, entertainment turns to extermination, and distraction to destruction. As the genocide goes on ever more, the algorithm drips… Continue reading
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Aug 26 2025 
A few comments from Will Schryver on ⚓️ Venezuela Fleet & update notes
I’ll use this thread to update for the day as things are speeding up. The updates are below the Will Schryver X posts.
⚓️ Venezuela Fleet Update
After waiting out a hurricane, a US Navy Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) has finally set sail for Venezuela.
It is packing more punch than I originally believed it would:
– USS Iwo… Continue reading
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Aug 26 2025
Pepe Escobar on The Sanchez Effect
In the latest episode of ‘Sanchez Effect,’ Pepe Escobar dissects the core beliefs driving European elites: a blend of Russophobia and war. He argues that these views have been shaped to align with Washington’s narrative for years, making deviation unlikely. He highlights how Brussels prioritizes its own interests rather than those of everyday Europeans.
Together with… Continue reading
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Aug 26 2025 
US losing grip in Asia-Pacific, strains ties with South Korea
We’ve observed this change over the past few months, since South Korea has a new President. We also observed how India stood up and took a stance that is not US-centric or one that sits on two chairs. I joke, saying that India realized that they have to fight for their I in BRICS, as… Continue reading
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Aug 26 2025 
Maduro mobilizes troops as Venezuela confronts US threats
Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro deployed 15,000 troops to the Colombian border, vowing unity and resistance as US warships and threats of intervention escalated tensions.
The decision on Tuesday follows the provocative dispatch of at least three US warships carrying more than 4,000 Marines and sailors into Caribbean waters under the pretext of combating drug cartels.
In a… Continue reading
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Aug 26 2025 
The Cradle Three: Israel unleashes HELL on Palestine
The three Cradle Journalists mention the toll, the personal depletion on all of us seeing this genocide playing out in front of our eyes. Sharmine mentions how the news of thousands of olive trees being uprooted struck her, and affected her. Yes, for myself as well. Olive trees are very special.
