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Aug 30 2026 How the US Destruction of the INF Treaty Backfired
By Brian Berletic
Western media headlines have announced the alleged use by Russia of what is being dubbed the “Iskander-1000,” a ground-launched ballistic missile with a potential range of approximately 1,000 km (Western sources claim previous Iskander missiles had ranges of around 390 km with the current Iskander-1000 having a range of 550 km and a… Continue reading
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Aug 29 2026 Gold Isn’t Only Commodity Shaping Future Of Finance
Paul and Ken assess why whilst Gold is now widely being recognised as a reserve asset, major changes in the global financial system are seeing how other commodities are now shaping the future of finance in ways that are not well understood.
AKA – financialization is melting. I found this incredibly interesting. Col, what… Continue reading
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Aug 29 2026 The Board of Peace is Failing : Clear and incisive talk at the UN
Do watch Athena Rayburn, Chief Executive of the Association of International Development Agencies, deliver a devastating assessment of Donald Trump’s Board of Peace and its handling of Gaza before the UN.
AIDA represent more than 100 international development and humanitarian NGOs trying to deliver aid to Gaza as Israel’s occupation continues.
She details restrictions on… Continue reading
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Aug 29 2026 Group of Friends : Intensification at the SMO
Following is a summary from our Group of Friends after my commentary.
The past month or so we watching with bated breath how Russia is militarily demolishing Ukraine. We had the Russian leadership announce this intensification in words that did not spell out the reality. We all saw something was in the works, but we did… Continue reading
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Aug 28 2026 Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic, Ayatollah Sayyed Mojtaba Khamenei
On the Occasion of Government Week
Summary from Press TV
The Leader of the Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Seyyed Mojtaba Khamenei in a message on the occasion of Government Week, declared firmly that committing anything that harms Iran’s social cohesion is forbidden.
🔹 Ayatollah Khamenei hails Iran administration endeavors amid US-Israeli plots, sanctions, blockade
🔹 Ayatollah Khamenei says that… Continue reading
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Aug 28 2026 Iran May Beat the US to the Punch in War
Trita Parsi & Lt Col Daniel Davis / Deep Dive
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Aug 28 2026 Armed Resistance & the Greater Israel Map: Gaza, Lebanon & the Genocide | Dr. Marwa Osman |
Journalist and academic Dr. Marwa Osman (Lebanese International University, Al-Ma’arif University, MidEast Stream) joins Shamim Sarif and Hanan Kattan for a raw conversation on the Gaza genocide, the war on Lebanon, and the media war fought alongside it. From the 1996 Qana massacre that shaped her childhood to the 2024 pager attacks and the “Greater… Continue reading
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Aug 28 2026 Michael Hudson : The West’s Financial System on the Brink of Collapse
Professor Hudson calls this his ” … long view of the history of debt”.
Glenn Diesen: Welcome back everyone. Professor Michael Hudson joins us today and I would recommend that everyone follows his work as well as his own website, and I’ve left a link in the description. So it’s great to see you again.
Michael Hudson:… Continue reading
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Aug 28 2026 Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s interview with the RBC television channel, Moscow, August 28, 2026
(Comment – Amarynth: This transcript is now completed. The most major comment by Mr Lavrov is:
“I would point to our national character and to the proverbs that reflect our faith in people right to the very end.
But the end has already come.”
This confirms and cements the very structural change that Russia is taking… Continue reading
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Aug 27 2026 Transcript : Michael Hudson & Radhika Desai – The ‘Financial D-Day’ Sanctions Are Killing The Dollar, Not Iran
Michael Hudson: The ‘Financial D-Day’ Sanctions Are Killing The Dollar, Not Iran
August 26, 2026. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMbzVHX2VYw&t=7s
Radhika Desai:
Hello and welcome to another Geopolitical Economy Hour, the socialist and anti-imperialist conversation that illuminates the fast-changing political economy and geopolitical economy of our times. You’re watching Geopolitical Economy Hour, and I’m Radhika Desai, geopolitical economist. Today’s show is one… Continue reading
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Aug 27 2026 The ugliness of Latin America’s angry tide
This is a fierce counter-revolution against the gains made by the impact of the Cuban Revolution and by the Bolivarian current.
By Vijay Prashad
In August, right-wing billionaire Abelardo de la Espriella took office as Colombia’s president and vowed to move an agenda of the far right even though he won by less than a percentage… Continue reading
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Aug 27 2026 The present consensus of the historical & critical scholarship on the last Mysteries Cult still in operation nowadays : Christianity
This is a Chinese view and came from a writer and commentator in our China Group. The commentary is Chinese thinking. Your views may be different.
—A quite interesting and indeed veridical historical journey with legit theological considerations when needed.
■■■ This 45 minutes long video is narrated by a personal… Continue reading
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Aug 27 2026 Richard Wolff & Michael Hudson: The ‘Economic D-Day’ That Wasn’t: Iran’s Strategy Backfired on US
Iran’s Strategy Backfired on US
Bizarrely Tunnel Visioned
The Dollar will lose. Bessent in effect threatened to shoot themselves.The bank system that Richard Wolff describes in the technical world could be called ‘sneakernet’.
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Aug 26 2026 Statement by Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation Vassily Nebenzia at a UNSC Briefing on the Situation in the Middle East
https://russiaun.ru/en/news/unsc_260826
Madam President,
We thank Acting United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Ramiz Alakbarov for his briefing on the situation in the Middle East and High Representative of the Board of Peace for Gaza Nikolay Mladenov. We have also closely listened to the statements by Athena Rayburn.
Mr. President,
The assessments we have heard today… Continue reading