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Nov 11 2025 
Beyond the Dollar: BRICS Initiatives for a Multipolar Financial System
Paulo Nogueira Batista Jr. at the Valdai Club
There are two sections to this.
First is the discussion at the Valdai club and second the following talk by Think-BRICS. This is not casual reading, but instead requires careful study.
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The need to face up to the deficiencies of the Western-controlled monetary and financial system should lead the BRICS… Continue reading
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Nov 11 2025 
Talk shows are talk shows and Russian talk shows are talk shows
Andrei Martyanov writes an explanatory piece on Russian Talk Shows, which is necessary reading. Gilbert Doctorow, whom I certainly had some words about in the past, enters the arena again.
Read the complete short piece at Andrei’s blog. We summarize here:
Russian “Talk Shows” Are Just That …… shows–as in any talk show in the West the… Continue reading
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Nov 10 2025 
If the going gets tough, the tough goes cooking
Lazy Kuban dumplings in tomato sauce
From my favorite Russian site. We will talk about it, think about it, understand the process, and enjoy every minute. The one thing that I love about my favorite Russian food site is the many pastries and pastry dough. It seems every babushka can figure a simple pastry from collective… Continue reading -
Nov 10 2025 
Fẹ̀mi Akọ̀mọ̀làfẹ̀: My reply to Nigeria’s Foreign Minister article
From Fẹ̀mi Akọ̀mọ̀làfẹ̀’s substack.
It is clear that Femi is not cool, calm and collected in this writing about Nigeria. But there may be more to the story that we do not necessarily know about. In common parlance, we call President Tinubu .. Agent Tinubu.
[The ugliest picture of the Year – Nigeria’s president romancing Macron who… Continue reading
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Nov 10 2025 
Pepe Escobar: Timur Trump sets out to reconquer the Heartland. Really?
So history ruled that no conqueror coming from the West would traverse the Pamirs; that happened with Alexander the Great, and that happened with Islam. But that may well happen with Timur Trump, Conqueror of China.
Pepe Escobar, Strategic Culture
President Donald Trump did not disappoint when defining centuries of complex Heartland history with a trademark reductionist… Continue reading
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Nov 10 2025 
The Continual War Against Russia & Its Primary Defense Mechanism–Ethnic Unity
As disclosed at the 90-minute meeting of the Presidential Council for Interethnic Relations.
With thanks to Karl Sanchez from karlof1’s Geopolitical GymnasiumFeatured Image: Ethnic groups map that still comes up short of the overall total but offers a good look.
The Interethnic Relations Council looks big but still falls short of having a representative from all 194 ethnic… Continue reading
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Nov 10 2025 
Michael Hudson & Glenn Diesen: The Strange Case of Europe’s Decline
MICHAEL HUDSON: Well, I guess it’s not too optimistic, unless you look at the prospect of a revolution as being optimistic.
GLENN DIESEN: Welcome back to the program. We are joined today by Professor Michael Hudson to discuss the very strange case of Europe’s economic decline, as well as some of its latest self-harm and questionable… Continue reading
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Nov 09 2025 
China: Doing their own work well
Doing their own work well
A summary of last week in China by Trivium
Even as US-China trade dynamics command the global spotlight, Chinese leaders are focused on “doing [their] own work well.”
That goes double when it comes to their push toward tech self-sufficiency and AI development.
After weeks of dissecting the trade war drama, it’s… Continue reading
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Nov 09 2025 
Seven Theses on the Gen Z Uprisings in the Global South
Gen Z-led uprisings across the Global South point to long-term socioeconomic and environmental crises caused by neoliberalism. Yet they have often been coopted by entrenched social classes. Can their energy be channelled towards progressive ends?
From our friends at the Greanville Post
[While this is fine opinion, I don’t think Vijai does enough to explain that all… Continue reading
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Nov 09 2025 
Laith Marouf: Hezbollah Ready for the Biggest Defensive Battle Israel Has Ever Seen
This is a good video. For all those that still blame Russia because Syria fell, Leith said that Russia owns the South of Syria. Russia has direct control and is the Kingmaker in Syria. Nothing moves, if Russia does not allow it.
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Nov 08 2025 
Social Movements in LAC: Open Summit in Santa Marta Ahead of CELAC–EU Talks
Featured Image: Delegates gather for the opening session of the Third Social Summit of the Peoples in Santa Marta, Colombia. Photo: @teleSURtv
Protecting the Zone of Peace in the LAC
Civil society organizations from across Latin America and the Caribbean opened the Third Social Summit of the Peoples on Monday in Santa Marta, Colombia, aiming to strengthen… Continue reading
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Nov 08 2025 
Prof. Wolff Responds: “Government Shutdown: The Real Story”
They are borrowing from you. The US people need to understand this.
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Nov 08 2025 
Fyodor Lukyanov: Trump hasn’t changed America, but he has revealed it
The “rules-based order” is dead and Washington now acts without boundaries
Fyodor Lukyanov
A year has passed since November 2024, when Donald Trump won the US presidential election for the second time. And it makes more sense to start the clock there, rather than on Inauguration Day. The political and psychological shift began immediately. From that moment,… Continue reading
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