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Jan 21 2025 
Mexicans are out in the streets
I commented yesterday in the Hearty Salon that Mexicans will mobilize very fast. They are out in front of the US embassy in Mexico City. My expectation is that they will engage in a people-driven trade boycott, as we saw when Trump threatened them in his first administration. China is a willing buyer, and I… Continue reading
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Jan 21 2025 
On the eve of Trump, Iran and Russia launch historical deal
In a detailed strategic partnership agreement signed last week in Moscow, Eurasian powers Russia and Iran issued a challenge to the US-led global order and placed its incoming new president on notice.
By Pepe Escobar and first posted at The Cradle
Timing is everything in geopolitics. This past Friday in Moscow, only three days before the inauguration… Continue reading
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Jan 21 2025 
What else happened on inauguration day? Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping had a video chat:
Putin and Xi waving at one another:
We will resist external uncertainty:
Key statements of Russian President Vladimir Putin during a video conversation with Xi Jinping:
🔹It is necessary to summarize bilateral work over the past year and outline new plans for the development of relations;
🔹Moscow and Beijing build their relations based on friendship and mutual… Continue reading
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Jan 20 2025 
US Economic Colonialism On Notice: Michael Hudson with Dialogue Works
Transcript
NIMA ALKHORSHID: Hi, everybody. Today is Thursday, January 9th, and our friend Michael Hudson is back with us. Welcome back, Michael.
MICHAEL HUDSON: It’s good to be back.
NIMA ALKHORSHID: Let’s get started, Michael, with Donald Trump and his policy toward an island called Greenland. Here is what he said about this island:
[Video Starts]DONALD TRUMP: Well, we… Continue reading
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Jan 20 2025 
The soulless civilization
It is up to the reader to determine whether the title of this essay is a contradiction or not. Can a civilization exist without a soul? It is not difficult to determine what a civilization is, but what a soul can have to do with it is all the more difficult. The funny thing is… Continue reading
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Jan 20 2025 
WEF Davos 2025 – More Grotesque than Ever
By Peter Koenig
The usual World Economic Forum (WEF) show that captures and dominates all of Davos for a week, starts on Monday, 20 January and lasts until Friday, 24 January. It is an ever-increasing nuisance for the population of Davos, an otherwise lovely winter resort place, converted like every year, into a high-end bordello –… Continue reading
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Jan 20 2025 
Revival of Empire, Fortress America: Key takeaways from US President-elect Donald Trump’s pre-inauguration speech
Ria Novosti did the work to take down the key takeaways as I refused to sit through the Empiral Ra Ra. This is probably the first time in the history of GlobalSouth.co that we feature a Trump speech, or any US speech in some detail. Times change and we are in a transformative phase in… Continue reading
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Jan 19 2025 
A little hasbara: Hostage Release
We start with a photo that Boris Johnson retweeted
What a picture of Hamas – thousands of armed young men jeering these brave, defenceless and totally innocent women. How is that supposed to promote reconciliation? https://t.co/AM9izWb9pS
— Boris Johnson (@BorisJohnson) January 19, 2025Let’s see how they jeer, lying Boris Johnson!
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Jan 19 2025 
Two years of Ibrahim Traore, President of Burkina Faso
1. Burkina Faso’s GDP grew from approximately $18.8 billion to $22.1 billion.
2. He rejected loans from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank. He said: “Africa does not need the World Bank, the IMF, Europe or America.”
3. He reduced the salaries of ministers and MPs by 30%, and increased the salaries of civil… Continue reading
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Jan 19 2025 
Dmitry Medvedev: The Walking Dead. Season finale.
The walking dead Biden, now consigned to oblivion, is a telling example of how an experienced and overall smart politician (and he is experienced, having held top government jobs back in the Soviet period) gradually turned into a senile old dude divorced from reality.
When I had meetings with him, he didn’t yet have dementia. What… Continue reading
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Jan 18 2025 
China’s military demonstrates it is light years ahead of the US and NATO
The Sirius Report: London Paul and Ken.
We assess recent developments associated with the Chinese military and why it demonstrates a long-held assertion that China’s technology is indeed light years ahead of the US and its NATO allies.
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Jan 18 2025 
A Political History of Contemporary Iran
This is a fascinating history from an interesting and engaging speaker. Dr. Roy Casagranda explains the key events in shaping the current state of Iran over the last 125 years.
(Scott Ritter’s old job was to write down the serial numbers of the missiles! Too funny! Reagan and Ollie North and the Iran-Contra Scandal from a… Continue reading
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Jan 18 2025 
Mexico Rejects Trump’s Proposal of Creating Tariff Revenue Agency
Claudia Scheinbaum is as cool as a cucumber and not scared of anything. She is giving Trump uphill and will not back down.
President Scheinbaum said that her country is prepared for potential policy changes, including mass deportations.
On Wednesday, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum expressed her disagreement with U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s proposal to create an external… Continue reading -
Jan 18 2025 
Nikolay Patrushev: interview with Komsomolskaya Pravda
From the Russian MFA: Presidential Aide Nikolay Patrushev gave an interview to Komsomolskaya Pravda newspaper (January 14, 2025)
Key points:
#USA
• The US establishment has been divided and lacks a common policy vision for the world and domestically.
• Trump’s core message is that he supposedly has a plan to revive pragmatic politics in the United States, which… Continue reading
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