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Apr 27 2025 
Pepe Escobar: Trump Admits massive defeat to Putin & China, BRICS War Begins Now
Geopolitical analyst and journalist Pepe Escobar returns from a bombshell trip to China and reveals the deep trouble that Trump finds himself in as he admits a shocking string of defeats to the rising multipolar world leaders of China and Russia. This must-watch stream exposes what comes next as the empire of chaos seeks total… Continue reading
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Apr 26 2025 
North Korean soldiers help liberate Kursk
The North Koreans in Kursk! I feel a little stunned – we saw the rumors but today we got the news. This may be a little romantic but I believe it!
‘Not a single North Korean violated his oath’: How our allies helped us liberate Kursk
Pyongyang’s troops showed discipline, coordination and disregard for… Continue reading
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Apr 26 2025 
South Africa: Wearing out the tarnished liberation credentials
Events in South Africa have been turbulent for months now, since Trump spoke out about ‘bad things’ happening in South Africa and inviting white farmers to avail themselves of an opportunity to go to the US and? … Farm for the US of course. He is not doing it out of the goodness of his… Continue reading
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Apr 26 2025 
Dailogue Works: Richard Wolff & Michael Hudson: Trump’s Trade War Collapse: How China Forced a U.S. Retreat
It is a cold war grift. It turns out that this whole idea of imposing radical tariffs is all about the cold war with China. Trump says he has three months to negotiate with other countries making a deal:
Here’s the deal:
“I’ll agree not to disrupt your trade and investment and cause you bankruptcies if you’ll… Continue reading
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Apr 26 2025 
BRICS Brazil: Xi Jinping Delivers Remarks at the Leaders Meeting on Climate and the Just Transition
On April 23, 2025, President Xi Jinping delivered remarks at the Leaders Meeting on Climate and the Just Transition via video link.
Xi Jinping noted that this year marks the 10th anniversary of the Paris Agreement and the 80th anniversary of the founding of the United Nations. As unprecedented global changes unfold at a faster pace, humanity has come… Continue reading
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Apr 25 2025 
China, Hong Kong and The Art of Blinking
Captain Chaos definitely does not have the cards – which as even South Pacific penguins know, are all made in China.
By Pepe Escobar at the Strategic Culture Foundation.
SHANGHAI and HONG KONG – So, predictably, Captain Chaos did blink first. As much as he – and his sprawling media circus – could not possibly admit it.
It all… Continue reading
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Apr 25 2025 
Argentina: IMF Loans and chainsaws
We recently had a short discussion on Argentina in the Hearty Salon. I mentioned casually that I am not sure how much of Argentina actually still belongs to Argentina, given their IMF loans. It is generally known that Argentina has the most enormous IMF loans in the world.
Here is an update with Ben Norton… Continue reading
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Apr 25 2025 
Glen Diesen & Sean Foo: China Won the Economic War
Sean Foo is a financial analyst and a China expert who discusses how China won the economic war.
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Apr 25 2025 
Medvedev on the International Criminal Court (ICC)
Dmitry A. Medvedev: Security Council of the Russian Federation
Abstract
A strive for justice and a desire to bring the powerful to liability for crimes against public good and humanity is the idea that has always united people. Yet not all embodiments of this idea are worth existing, the ICC being the case. Legal… Continue reading -
Apr 25 2025 
China successfully launches Shenzhou-20 crewed spaceship; technical improvements, new life science experiments
from Global Times
Here is a one minute clip of the launch:
https://t.me/TheIslanderNews/39849
China is doing real honest work in space.
China successfully launches Shenzhou-20 crewed spaceship; mission features technical improvements and new life science experiments
The Shenzhou-20 crewed spaceship blasted off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in Northwest China, atop the Long March-2F carrier rocket on 5:17… Continue reading
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Apr 24 2025 
Emptying Gaza: Norman Finkelstein & Chris Hedges
Is it so that we have to start accepting that nothing will now save Gaza? This is a very disturbing presentation by Norm.
Israel, both materially and rhetorically, has made their intent to destroy the Palestinian people clear. One of the most renowned and courageous Middle East scholars, Norman Finkelstein, has assiduously documented… Continue reading
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Apr 24 2025 
Agriculture: BRICS countries approve Joint Declaration with focus on food security
This was a ministerial meeting of agriculture ministers, and the Joint Declaration will now be forwarded to the BRICS summit, where the leaders can agree or not. We will be looking at the formal article that accompanies the Declaration.
First Assessment:
This Agricultural BRICS Joint Declaration is the result of a talk shop that did not create… Continue reading
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Apr 23 2025 
Run-up to BRICS in Brazil – not only in Moscow circles
In the run-up to BRICS in Brazil, this message is very important, not only in Moscow circles. Let me ask you a question. BRICS is a revolution no? Even though the presentation is one of building alternatives, it is a revolution in that it moves away from a single polar world to… Continue reading
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Apr 23 2025
Michael Hudson with Ben Norton: Will Trump’s Tariff Games Backfire?
Donald Trump’s tariffs are benefiting rich elites at the expense of the majority of the population, argues economist Michael Hudson. He explains how the US trade war on China is isolating the United States and encouraging countries to seek alternatives. Ben Norton hosts the interview.
Transcript
(Intro)
BEN NORTON: Why has US President Donald Trump imposed tariffs on… Continue reading
