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Aug 15 2026 
81 years after WWII: How Japan’s wartime history is still shaping Asia today
August 15 marks 81 years since Japan’s defeat in World War II. Yet eight decades later, Japan’s failure to fully confront its history of aggression remains a source of concern. From downplaying wartime atrocities to questioning aspects of the postwar settlement, efforts to reshape historical narratives continue to raise questions about Japan’s commitment to the… Continue reading
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Aug 15 2026 
Netanyahu’s réprise of the ‘Iraq WMD deceit’ – re-launched to promote war on Iran
Trump’s pivot to economic pressure as the key to Iranian capitulation is not a credible strategy.
Alastair Crooke at Strategic Culture
President Trump took Secretary of War Hegseth’s military cheerleading (‘U.S. military potency is awesome’) at face value, only belatedly to discover that the U.S. is out of interceptors in a war that hinges on air defences.… Continue reading
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Aug 15 2026 
TRANSCRIPT : Richard Wolff & Michael Hudson: The Bill Comes Due: Trump & Netanyahu’s War Spirals Out of Control
2026.08.06 – with Nima Alkorshid, Dialogue Works
This transcript describes the state of Trump’s war, the situation with Japan and how this exactly happened, debt, inflation and hopefully a debt repudiation – “That’s going to be the economic and a political break that is essentially going to be the catalyst that is splitting the whole rest… Continue reading
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Aug 15 2026 
China Makes Major Announcement To Reshape Global Finance
Paul and Ken assess recent announcements by both the Beijing government and the PBoC which have never been made so explicitly in the context of the ongoing global financial paradigm shift which is now upon us. The context is extremely important in understanding not just what these announcements mean but also the time frame for… Continue reading
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Aug 15 2026 
Issuing ‘digital passport’ in Panama – US overreach goes too far
Global Times – Editorial
The US is preparing to pilot a so-called “digital passport” in Panama. In essence, this is an attempt to extend the tentacles of its tech containment against China into international shipping lanes by using third countries. Washington is trying to package its “Pax Silica” initiative tightly with a “new Monroe Doctrine,” which… Continue reading
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Aug 15 2026 
THE DOGS BARK – as the multipolar juggernaut moves on…. relentlessly
From our dear friend Colin Maxwell – with great thanks for this brilliant summary. Work Brothers, we are taking our planet back! The methods that Colin detail here are not yet seamless. We need more local banks, but you know what, with Russia’s new Crypto laws, has it sunk in that you, and I, can… Continue reading
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Aug 15 2026 
Is Russia’s New Crypto Law a Licence To Kill Sanctions?
UK Column
On 4 August 2026, Russia’s president, Vladimir Putin, signed a law called On Digital Currency and Digital Rights which makes crypto part of the Federation’s financial system. The law formalises a market that has expanded since 2022, when Western sanctions pushed Russian trade towards crypto rails, as detailed by Bitcoin Magazine’s coverage of the… Continue reading
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Aug 15 2026 
US Conditions Defense of NATO on Fealty to Trump
The Clash Report
Washington has distributed a detailed questionnaire to NATO members to measure their adherence to Donald Trump’s foreign policy and defense procurement demands, conditioning America’s conventional military shield on overt political fealty.
NATO members must now demonstrate political and commercial loyalty to President Donald Trump’s global doctrine. Ideological alignment will decide on planned reductions to… Continue reading -
Aug 15 2026 
Brian Berletic: Cracks Grow Amid US Military Amid Iran War and Wider War on Multipolarism
The USS Abraham Lincoln is suffering fresh food shortages, low morale, and mechanical failures following overextended deployment as part of the ongoing US war of aggression against Iran;
Disruption in West Asian ports prevent replenishment at sea (RAS) operations from delivering fresh food before it spoils while critical repairs requiring port… Continue reading
