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Oct 14 2025 
Michael Hudson and Richard Wolff: The Narrative Battlefield
For us, because this was recorded on the 9th, it is a look back on what happened in this last week. These conflicts (Palestine, Ukraine) are not simply military conflicts. The narrative (a culture war) is what made us horrified during the peace plan circus, because we knew were were dealing with narrative,… Continue reading
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Oct 14 2025 
Art, Trade and State power at the Heart of the Silk Road
Part II of the celestial Travelogue through the western regions of China.
By Silk Road pilgrim Pepe Escobar on the Strategic Culture Foundation.
DUNHUANG – Across History, the Silk Road – actually a network of roads – is the supreme Highway Star: the most important connectivity corridor ever, rolling across Ancient Eurasia, linking what Chinese scholars consensually… Continue reading
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Oct 14 2025 
The bigger the circus, the bigger the illusionist’s scam
The bigger the circus, the bigger the scam. The so-called signing of a peace agreement was a big circus and the illusionist scam is momentous.
Larry Johnson said: “Donald Trump garnered some major political optics today as he signed his Gaza Peace Plan, with a raft of Euopean,… Continue reading
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Oct 14 2025 
Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s statement and answers to Arab media questions, Moscow, October 13, 2025
Good afternoon, colleagues,
I am pleased to welcome you to the Foreign Ministry.
I’m aware that the guests who have come to cover the Russia-Arab Summit have been here for quite a while now and have had the opportunity to see the sights of Moscow and several other Russian regions.
You are well aware of the circumstances that… Continue reading
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Oct 14 2025 
The hidden message in the names of China’s new military weapons
From Nuri Vittachi and published in his always interesting Fridayeveryday.com
IF AN ENEMY ATTACKS, the Chinese will defend their nation with the East Wind, a hurricane of power that will destroy his ship.
Then from the waters will rise a Giant Wave. And from the skies will fall a Sudden Thunderbolt.
If any enemies survive to continue their… Continue reading
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Oct 14 2025 
Apple-carrot cutlets
A little sweet, and very different. A time to recover our senses from the circus that we watched the past day or two.
This, from my favorite Russian cooking site, describes what kids ate at school in Russia. She says:
Soviet kids ate nearly all their meals at school, and like school food the world over, it… Continue reading
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Oct 14 2025 
Sovereignty or Surrender: Confronting Africa’s Comprador Class
TriContinental gives us The Seventh Pan-Africa Newsletter (2025), featuring an analysis by Dalaya Ashenafi Esayiyas from Ethiopia, on a significant problem in Africa, which I have written about, and Femi Akomolafe frequently discusses.
IMF austerity didn’t arrive alone – it came with a network of local agents of empire, a comprador class whose nature and role… Continue reading -
Oct 14 2025 
Chinese responses: Rare Earth Export Controls, Port Fees on Chinese vessels, Grabbing Nexperia
Rare Earth Export Controls, Port Fees on Chinese vessels, Tariffs, Grabbing Nexperia – summary
We have to note that none of this comes out of the blue. China has faced only unwillingness from U.S. trade negotiators and a series of what we can only call unfriendly actions, designed to coerce. The time is over. What is… Continue reading
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Oct 13 2025 
Waiting on images of abject submission that don’t appear
Continued U.S. ‘dominance’ requires striking out in multiple directions, because the unidirectional war on Russia unexpectedly has failed.
Alastair Crooke at Strategic Culture
Trump: “This problem with Vietnam … We stopped fighting to win. We would have won easy. We would have won Afghanistan easy. Would have won every war easy. But we got politically correct: ‘Ah,… Continue reading
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Oct 13 2025 
The White House published “The Trump Declaration for Enduring Peace and Prosperity”
The White House published “The Trump Declaration for Enduring Peace and Prosperity” signed today (https://t.me/DDGeopolitics/162950) in Egypt.
We, the undersigned, welcome the truly historic commitment and implementation by all parties to the Trump Peace Agreement, ending more than two years of profound suffering and loss — opening a new chapter for the region defined by hope,… Continue reading
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Oct 13 2025 
Wang Yi States China’s Position on First-Phase Agreement Regarding the Gaza Conflict
Wang Yi States China’s Position on First-Phase Agreement Regarding the Gaza Conflict
On October 10, 2025 local time, Member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Foreign Minister Wang Yi expressed China’s views on the first-phase agreement about the ceasefire and exchange of hostages and prisoners reached between Israel and Hamas when jointly… Continue reading
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Oct 13 2025 
Pascal: Neutrality Studies – the real Rare Earth Checkmate story is all about weapons
Shocking U.S. Defeat: China’s Rare Earth Checkmate Is NOT What Media Pretends.
While western media pretends the latest Chinese announcement about export licensing restrictions is all about the trade war with the US, the real story is all about weapons. After the US emptied its stockpiles in Ukraine and West Asia, Beijing now strikes the USA… Continue reading
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Oct 13 2025 
Dutch seize Chinese chip maker: Piracy on dry land
(Tech Buzz and refer to any major media)
The Dutch government just made an unprecedented move in the global chip wars, seizing control of Nexperia – a Chinese-owned semiconductor company vital to Europe’s auto industry. Using emergency powers under the Goods Availability Act, the Netherlands cited ‘serious governance shortcomings’ as justification for what officials… Continue reading
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Oct 13 2025 
Dangerous Moment
… it’s not so easy to escape from a war you started yourself, leaving your allies to fend for themselves.
By Rostislav Ishchenko at Ukraine.ru.
(machine translation)
We are currently facing a moment of truth: either Russia will be able to complete its military operation in Ukraine within the next three to five months with a victory that… Continue reading
