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Feb 20 2026 
Professor Marandi Series: Demystifying Iran
In this episode of Demystifying Iran, Professor Mohammad Marandi examines the massive rallies on February 11, 2026, in #Tehran, where demonstrators set fire to a horned, bull-headed statue called “Baal,” carved with the “so-called Star of David.”
But when you see that statue burning… what were the three arguments the organizers were making? … Continue reading
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Feb 20 2026 
Michael Hudson: The New Civilizational Divide: Rentier Empire vs Productive Economy
With Glenn Diesen
GLENN DIESEN: Welcome back. We are joined today by Professor Michael Hudson to discuss the direction of civilization. So thank you very much for coming back on.
MICHAEL HUDSON: Well, thanks for having me again, Glenn.
GLENN DIESEN: So I’m thinking when we assess the economic, political, and social condition today, I can’t help but… Continue reading
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Feb 20 2026 
Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’ inauguration marred with threats, short of money
Al Mayadeen English
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Feb 20 2026 
Pepe Escobar : China and Russia Won’t Sit This Out !
With Judge Napolitano – Judging Freedom
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Feb 20 2026 
Ramin Mazaheri: Protests and skepticism greet Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’
Our old friend Ramin Mazaheri reports from Washington for PressTV.
Ramin Mazaheri is a Paris-based journalist, columnist, author and TV producer. He started working for Press TV in 2010 as a correspondent and became the Paris Bureau Chief in 2011. Mazaheri covered more demonstrations by the violently-repressed Yellow Vests protests than any other journalists. He was… Continue reading
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Feb 19 2026 
Iran: The Consensus – Notes
From Moon of Alabama to Sonar 21 to most commentators that we know, the consensus is that a war on Iran is imminent. Larry at Sonar 21 discusses how the US is currently shaping the operational environment through intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance, information operations, civil affairs, psychological operations, and other preparatory actions—often in denied or politically… Continue reading
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Feb 19 2026 
Richard D. Wolff & Michael Hudson: Oil Prices About to Surge? Persian Gulf & Red Sea Threat
With Nima Alkorshid – Dialogue Works
Prof Wolff : The US does not have the manufacturing and industrial capability of China neither does it have the size and geographical wealth that will be discovered sooner or later to have oil or minerals, or what you have, of Russia. (Unless, it could just perhaps have Greenland and… Continue reading
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Feb 19 2026 
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Feb 19 2026 
Maria Zakharova : On Rubio’s statements that the US is the only country that can get Russia and Ukraine to negotiate.
Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova’s response (https://mid.ru/en/foreign_policy/news/2081637/) to a media question on US Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s recent remarks (https://www.state.gov/releases/office-of-the-spokesperson/2026/02/secretary-of-state-marco-rubioand-hungarian-prime-minister-viktor-orban-at-a-joint-press-availability) (February 19, 2026)
The noted duality in Washington’s position indeed raises questions. If someone sincerely intends to act as a mediator in a settlement process, then supplying one of the parties to the conflict… Continue reading -
Feb 19 2026 
Kishore Mahbubani: The Dream Palace of the West
A Response to “The West’s Last Chance”
In his essay “The West’s Last Chance” (January/February 2026), Alexander Stubb, the president of Finland, correctly divines the future trajectory of world order. “The global South,” he writes, “will decide whether geopolitics in the next era leans toward cooperation, fragmentation, or domination.” He’s also right in asserting that “this… Continue reading
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Feb 19 2026 
Board of Peace: Inaugural (update)
Update for today from DD Geopolitics:
The following countries will be sending representatives to the inaugural Board of Peace meeting tomorrow:
🇦🇱 Albania
🇦🇷 Argentina
🇦🇲 Armenia
🇦🇹 Austria
🇦🇿 Azerbaijan
🇧🇭 Bahrain
🇧🇬 Bulgaria
🇰🇭 Cambodia
🇭🇷 Croatia
🇨🇾 Cyprus
🇨🇿 Czech Republic
🇪🇬 Egypt
🇸🇻 El Salvador
🇫🇮 Finland
🇩🇪 Germany
🇬🇷 Greece
🇭🇺 Hungary
🇮🇳 India
🇮🇩 Indonesia
🇮🇱 Israel
🇮🇹 Italy
🇯🇵 Japan
🇯🇴 Jordan
🇰🇿 Kazakhstan
🇽🇰 Kosovo
🇰🇼 Kuwait
🇲🇽 Mexico
🇲🇳 Mongolia
🇲🇦 Morocco
🇳🇱 Netherlands
🇳🇴 Norway
🇴🇲 Oman
🇵🇰 Pakistan
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Feb 19 2026 
Pepe Escobar: 🔸 Golden Corridor 🔸 The Road That Dissolves into the Sea
FINALLY OUT!
DON’T MISS IT.
THIS IS THE FIRST DOC IN ENGLISH ON THE INSTC – EVER.
Shot in Iran last May, from the Caspian to the Persian Gulf and the Sea of Oman.
MAKE CONNECTIVITY CORRIDORS, NOT WARS
Watch it on PressTV
Pepe Escobar opens the journey at the edge of land and sea, framing Iran as an… Continue reading
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Feb 18 2026 
George Galloway: Monologue Iran – Must watch!
We’re two to three days from the US onslaught on Iran. What will Russia and China do? This war is for Israel. Again. And civil conflict looms in US
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Feb 18 2026 
Iran x 2: Ritter and then Daniel Davis
War in Iran! A war does not start before the missiles fly. The ‘commentator Americans’ are already at war in their thinking and they still, even acknowledging the sheer brutality, they still say .. Uhm .. it is my country and we hope our boys do not get damaged too much. Well… Continue reading
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