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Aug 12 2025 
‼️ Michael Hudson: Note 2 on the planned Alaska meeting
The discussion and the thinking continue: Note 1 is here
Putin started this year’s meetings with Trump by saying that the root of their problems is not Ukraine. Ukraine is only an arena in the fight by NATO (led by the US) against Russia, China, and their BRICS and Global South allies.
To solve the fighting in… Continue reading
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Aug 12 2025
‼️ Michael Hudson: Note 1 on the planned Alaska meeting
It is a distortion of reality for the press to depict Russia as at war with Ukraine. It is at war with NATO; Ukraine is the battlefield for this war, the arena.
NATO uses the old police tactic of Good Cop (now ironically played by Trump for the dominant US side – that’s usually the lead… Continue reading
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Aug 11 2025 
Alastair Crooke : The Pressures on Trump
With the Judge:
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Aug 11 2025 
What is Mexico doing in terms of tariffs and sovereignty
Quite a lot. Mexico is now a developing socialist country. This makes the slavering dogs howl. But, so far, so good. Following is a podcast by Soberania, in English, which means sovereignty. There is a growth in independent media and a good interaction between journalists in Mexico and those working for Telesur. The idea is… Continue reading
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Aug 11 2025 
Let’s Invade Mexico! (replay)
This is an old essay by Fred Reed, who is no longer writing. He lived in Mexico for many years with his Mexican wife. He was a prolific, beloved and popular writer. I replay this in relation to the US threats to Mexico, Colombia and serious threats to Nicolas Maduro from Venezuela, accusing Maduro of… Continue reading
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Aug 11 2025 
Trump’s trade tantrums and bullying hit a wall of solid BRICS
U.S. power has become increasingly redundant and indeed something to repudiate.
August 8, Op Ed from Strategic Culture.
President Donald Trump’s estimation of American power, like that of his own abilities, is increasingly seen to be badly overblown. This week, he threatened some 90 nations with tough trade penalties in the form of double-digit tariffs on their… Continue reading
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Aug 10 2025 
Getting Used To Abuse
Featured image: As the Smashing Pumpkins said, ‘despite all my rage, I am still just a rat in a cage’. Photo of author in Svalbard, Norway
By indi.ca
At one point it would have been farcical that I’d be banned from America for speech. But now my family just laughs about it. That’s how deep the… Continue reading
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Aug 10 2025 
Statement by Chargé d’Affaires a.i. Dmitry Polyanskiy on the situation in the Gaza Strip
Mr Polyanskiy first beat up the Chairperson, this time from Panama.
Then, he hammered the Israeli leadership and Netanyahu.
Then, he wacked the Israeli Foreign Minister.
Then, he used the word Genocide!
Then he went on to beat the Israeli People.
And then, the United States.This all with perfect historical recall and legal references. I’ve been noticing and mentioning… Continue reading
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Aug 10 2025 
Dmitry Medvedev: On killers from Colombian and Mexican cartels
As the Euro-imbeciles bumble about trying to obstruct America’s efforts to help resolve the Ukrainian conflict, the Banderite regime, writhing in its death throes, is frantically recruiting the vilest scum of humanity for the front lines.
It has come to the point of bringing in killers from Colombian and Mexican cartels whose names are known… Continue reading
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Aug 10 2025 
Maria Zakharova: Notes on Azerbaijan and Armenia
Comment (https://mid.ru/en/foreign_policy/news/2040852/) by Russia’s Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova on the talks between the Leaders of Azerbaijan and Armenia in Washington (August 9, 2025)
💬 The Russian Federation is interested in ensuring stability and prosperity in the South Caucasus. One of the primary conditions is the comprehensive normalisation of relations between Azerbaijan and Armenia, grounded in… Continue reading
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Aug 09 2025 
On this day, in 1945 …
USSR enters the war against militaristic JapanRussian MFA – August 09, 2024
On August 9, 1945, the Soviet Union entered the war against militarist Japan in keeping with its obligations to its Allies in the anti-Hitler coalition. That marked the beginning of the Manchurian Strategic Offensive Operation of the Soviet troops in the Far East.
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Aug 09 2025 
There is NO AI race between the U.S. and China!
In July 2025, the world got a glimpse of how differently China thinks about artificial intelligence. At the World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC 2025) in Shanghai, Premier Li Qiang took the stage to propose a new global platform for AI governance: inclusive, cooperative, and open to the Global South. He didn’t talk about security threats… Continue reading
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Aug 09 2025 
Trump has a TRIPP. We have another front in the war on single polar hegemony
Azerbaijan, the Abraham Accords,and Greater Israel: they call it forever peace.
The US has gained exclusive rights to develop a strategic transit corridor through the South Caucasus as part of an Armenia-Azerbaijan peace deal.
The agreement establishes a provision for a corridor named “Trump Route for International Peace and Prosperity” (TRIPP), to be developed by a US-led… Continue reading
