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Jul 27 2023 Daily Chronicles
The Daily Chronicles are snippets of the most important news across the world for this and each day as it rolls in – as such, this thread is non-structured with the latest news on top.
Jul 31
– Africa has just recently led a peace mission to Ukraine and Russia, saying the war should end in… Continue reading
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Jul 27 2023 Putin meets with New Development Bank President Dilma Rousseff
Vladimir Putin met with Dilma Rousseff, President of the New Development Bank, established by the BRICS states, at the Constantine Palace.
President of Russia Vladimir Putin: Ms Rousseff, I am very glad to see you. I remember our contacts during your tenure as President of Brazil.
I would like to congratulate you on your appointment to the position as the head of BRICS’ New Development Bank. I would like to note that in 2014… Continue reading
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Jul 26 2023 Debunking the myth of US military supremacy, once again – Part II
By Ramin Mazaheri and first posted at PressTV
The first part of this article discussed how Russia’s recently reclaimed military supremacy should be viewed as the continuation of a historical trend that was acknowledged as recently as the 1980s, and how the expeditionary/for-profit view of the war of the US laid a cracked foundation upon which their… Continue reading
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Jul 26 2023 Brian Berletic: Ukrainian Offensive Nears 2 Month Mark: Little Left to Replace Heavy Losses
Brian’s approach is pragmatic. For some or other reason the videos refuse to embed, so there are two options.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pKFiJ37Uwi8
Summary:
Update on the conflict in Ukraine for July 26, 2023:
-Ukraine’s offensive nears the 2 month mark, having failed to breakthrough the security zone along the line of contact and reach the first of several layers of… Continue reading
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A few Chinese Funnies
These folks are funny!
This fellow is correct but at the end of this short list, you laugh with him because of the absurdity!
The US has used 14 cards to against China.1. Trade war2. Tech war3. Financial war4. Public opinion war5. Judicial war6. Taiwan7. HongKong8. Xinjiang 9. Tibet10. East China Sea11. South China Sea12.… Continue reading
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Jul 24 2023 As is customary, President Putin wrote an article defining issues before the Russia-Africa Summit
Article by Vladimir Putin “Russia and Africa: Joining Efforts for Peace, Progress and a Successful Future“
On July 27–28, St Petersburg will host the second Russia-Africa Summit and Russia-Africa Economic and Humanitarian Forum. On the eve of these large-scale representative events which will bring together heads of state and government, entrepreneurs, academia and public figures, I would like to share my vision of the development of Russia-Africa relations with the readers of the leading media on the African continent, outlining priority cooperation areas… Continue reading -
Jul 24 2023 Demystifying Economics
June 30 2023 (Transcribed July 23).
Dr. Michael Hudson is a professor of Economics at the University of Missouri Kansas City, political consultant, commentator, and journalist. His career has focused on the study of debt, both external and internal, with an eye on what happens when the exponentially growing debts of a society outstrip the profits… Continue reading -
Jul 23 2023 Collapse of Antiquity: Review of Michael Hudson’s last book by Pepe Escobar
https://sputnikglobe.com/20230515/pepe-escobar-us-empire-of-debt-headed-for-collapse-1110374196.html
Pepe Escobar: US Empire of Debt Headed for Collapse
Prof. Michael Hudson’s new book, The Collapse of Antiquity: Greece and Rome as Civilization’s Oligarchic Turning Point” is a seminal event in this Year of Living Dangerously when, to paraphrase Gramsci, the old geopolitical and geoeconomic order is dying and the new one is being born at… Continue reading
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Jul 23 2023 Michael Hudson: The Looming War Against China
Ed Note: There is a video which will be posted when available. In the meantime, the transcript of Prof. Hudson’s full presentation and we’ve all seen Pepe Escobar quoting from this. Here is the full presentation to Global University, Hong Kong.
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Economic Logic has been Replaced by National Security Overrides
The July NATO summit in Vilnius had… Continue reading -
Jul 23 2023 A short Ukraine update
Russian Defence Ministry report on the progress of the special military operation
(23 July 2023)https://t.me/mod_russia_en/8548
▫️ Last night the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation launched a group strike with long-range, sea- and air- based precision weapons against sites where terrorist acts against the Russian Federation were being prepared with the use of unmanned boats, as well… Continue reading
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Jul 22 2023 Daily Chronicles
The Daily Chronicles are snippets of the most important news across the world for this and each day as it rolls in – as such, this thread is non-structured with the latest news on top.
Jul 26
Kremlin spokesman Peskov says US and its Western allies tried preventing countries from attending Africa-Russia summit
🗣 Yes, there is indeed… Continue reading
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Jul 21 2023 Vladimir Putin: Meeting on current issues with permanent members of the Security Council
http://en.kremlin.ru/events/president/news/71714
Taking part in the meeting were Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin, Federation Council Speaker Valentina Matviyenko, State Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin, Deputy Chairman of the Security Council Dmitry Medvedev, Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office Anton Vaino, Secretary of the Security Council Nikolai Patrushev, Interior Minister Vladimir Kolokoltsev, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, Defence Minister… Continue reading
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Jul 21 2023 A possible plus for South Africa as a BRICS member, or the Grim Reaper cometh
We support our BRICS members, despite the frequent sharp critique. After the debacle with Mr.Putin’s possible visit to South Africa, and the eventual announcement that he will not attend the BRICS summit in August in Johannesburg, but will attend via video link, the South Africans put lipstick on a pig, and announced the great miracle… Continue reading