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Feb 28 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. The rough theme for this Daily Chronicles: Thick Dark Clouds of Information War (aka, hot and cold running westerners)
Friday, March… Continue reading
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Radhika Desai & Michael Hudson: rise of US dollar imperialism
The rise of US dollar imperialism, and why it failed – with Radhika Desai & Michael Hudson
Economists Radhika Desai and Michael Hudson explain the relations between money and debt, their role in imperialism, and the rise of the US dollar system.
Transcript
RADHIKA DESAI: Hello everyone. Welcome to the fourth Geopolitical Economy Hour, our fortnightly show on… Continue reading -
Medvedev: for “National Defense” magazine
Medvedev’s article for the magazine “National Defense”
✔️ History repeats itself. Once again, we are confronted by almost an entire empire of various enemies: Ukrainian and European neo-fascists, the United States, other Anglo-Saxons and their vassals (about fifty countries). They set themselves the goal of wiping our country off the face of the earth. It won’t… Continue reading
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Feb 24 2023 China excoriates ‘US hegemony’, war crimes, CIA coups, 400 foreign interventions
By Ben Norton, at GeopoliticalEconomy.com
China’s Foreign Ministry published a lengthy report condemning “US hegemony” and its crimes around the world, including wars with millions of victims, coups and “regime change” against elected leaders, and 400 foreign military interventions.
The Chinese government has published a lengthy report condemning “US hegemony” and its destructive effects on the world.
The… Continue reading
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Feb 24 2023 China’s Peace Plan: Context
Before we take a look at China’s peace plan, let us quickly look at what else China released. China works in a coordinated manner.
China released a document: Rising Economic Polarization in the United States: Truth and Facts. I encourage you to read this and it is short. It contains an analysis as follows:
Contents
Introduction
I. Deterioration of… Continue reading -
Feb 24 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. The rough theme for this Daily Chronicles: A temporary win for empire
Monday, February 27
I’m really glad to see Brian Berletic… Continue reading
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Feb 23 2023 Russia and China: What’s next after Wang Ji’s visit
First a small photo essay of the visit:
A real Bro handshake!
Now let me ask, do these people look happy, and comfortable in one another’s company and when have you seen Wang Ji smile in formal photographs?
In the Wang Yi and Nikolai Patrushev talks the core information is of course not stated. But what is stated… Continue reading
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Feb 22 2023 Putin’s ‘civilizational’ speech frames conflict between east and west
In his Federal Assembly address, President Putin emphasized that Russia is not only an independent nation-state but also a distinct civilization with its own identity, which is in conflict and actively opposes the values of ‘western civilization.’
By Pepe Escobar and first posted at The Cradle
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s much-awaited address to the Russian Federal Assembly… Continue reading
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Feb 22 2023 Final on new START treaty suspension
For this third and last unraveling of the suspension of the New START treaty, we go back to President Putin’s speech.
Part 1 – Medvedev response
Part 2 – Russian Foreign Ministry response
In fact, the anti-Russia project is part of the revanchist policy towards our country to create flashpoints of instability and conflicts next to our borders.… Continue reading -
Feb 22 2023 Russia suspending New Start Treaty
This is part 2 of Russia’s suspension of the New Start Treaty
Part 1 – Medvedev’s reponse
Part 3 – Mr Putin’s announcement
Foreign Ministry statement in connection with the Russian Federation suspending the Treaty on Measures for the Further Reduction and Limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms (New START)By releasing a statement regarding the New START Treaty on… Continue reading
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Feb 22 2023 Dmitry Medvedev: About two performances
From Dmitry Medvedev’s telegram channel followed by my comments. This is part 1 of comments on the Russia’s suspension of the New Start treaty.
Part 2 – Russian Foreign Ministery
Part 3 – Mr Putin’s statement with western responses
1. Yesterday there was a Message from the President of Russia to the Federal Assembly, which, among other things,… Continue reading
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China: Global Security Initiative
Ed Note: At the very same hour of President Putin’s address to his Parliament, China issued their promised Paper on Global Security
The Global Security Initiative Concept Paper
2023-02-21 11:12I.Background
The issue of security bears on the well-being of people of all countries, the lofty cause of world peace and development, and the future of humanity.
Today, our world, our… Continue reading
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Mr Putin’s address + full video
President Putin’s Address to the Russian Federal Assembly
UPDATE: Full Video: https://rumble.com/v2aay62-putin-delivers-address-to-federal-assembly.html
President of Russia Vladimir Putin: Good afternoon,
Members of the Federation Assembly – senators, State Duma deputies,
Citizens of Russia,
This Presidential Address comes, as we all know, at a difficult, watershed period for our country. This is a time of radical, irreversible change in the entire world, of crucial historical events that will determine the future of our country and our people, a time when… Continue reading
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Ben Norton: West tells Global South ‘you can’t be neutral’
I’ve seldom heard Ben almost incoherent in places. We’re coming to grips as to what happened at the Munich Security Council.
Here is the link to his article that he refers to on geopoliticaleconomy.com