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Jan 30 2024 
Russia Ushers in BRICS-2024 Presidency
@Sputnik Africa:
Russia opens the first meeting of BRICS Sherpas and sous-Sherpas during its presidency of the alliance in 2024
Representatives of five new members – Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates – will also take part in the event, which is scheduled for January 30 – February 1 in Moscow.
One of the… Continue reading
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Jan 30 2024 
eCONomics Part I: The Western Train Wreck
For GlobalSouth.co by our Col from New Zealand
Western eCONomists and the train wreck they cheerlead
If eCONomists took the time to read and understand the allegory within Baum’s book “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz”, then IMO they would learn more about fixing the broken Western financial system than from all of the current neo-classical textbook tripe… Continue reading
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Jan 30 2024 
The Emperor has no Clothes!
Danny Haiphong: We talk US forces slain in Syria/Jordan, an impeding Israeli invasion of Lebanon, the possibility of a broader war with Iran, the state of the Russia Ukraine conflict plus much more!
Ritter [on fighting Iran]: “We can’t beat the Hoootis! How stupid can you be?”
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Jan 29 2024 
The Resistance Swarms The US
The US is so deeply mired in an unwinnable battle from the Levant to the Persian Gulf that only its adversaries in China, Russia, and Iran can bail it out.
by Ambassador MK Bhadrakumar at The Cradle
Deterrence in defense is a military strategy where one power uses the threat of reprisal to preclude attack from an… Continue reading
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Jan 29 2024 
China ignores US entreaties of mediation
Lavrov: “They believe that for 500 years they have ruled the world as they wish, living at the expense of others, and they think this should continue…”
by Ambassador MK Bhadrakumar at Indian Punchline
There is an old proverb that when misfortunes come, they come in battalions. Coming on top of reports of American soldiers going down like nine-pins… Continue reading
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Jan 28 2024 
Karaganov: Lowering the Nuclear Threshold
Lowering the Nuclear Threshold? – Sergey Karaganov, Alexander Mercouris, and Glenn Diesen
Many practical steps have been taken by the West to lower the nuclear threshold. US tactical weapons are due to return to the same Britain which has already deployed nearly every weapon in its arsenal against Russia in the Ukraine! Their ability to discharge… Continue reading
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Jan 27 2024 
Will a South African Victory Stop the Gaza Genocide?
As much as the ICJ may be dismissed as a collective West farce, the fact is the ruling explicitly calls for Israel to stop the killing.
by Pepe Escobar at Strategic Culture
Let’s cut to the chase:
By 15-2, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) has just ruled in favor of BRICS member South Africa, and ordered Israel… Continue reading
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Jan 27 2024 
The Day the Siege was Broken
Tribute from the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA):
On January 27, 1944, the 872-day siege of Leningrad was finally lifted, marking the end of one of the most tragic episodes of the Great Patriotic War which claimed the lives of over a million Leningraders.
The blockade began on September 8, 1941, when Nazi troops isolated the… Continue reading
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Jan 27 2024
Five Variables Defining Our Future
What Putin, Xi and Raisi have been explaining to the Global South, explicitly or in quite subtle ways, is that we are right in the crux of a civilizational war.
by Pepe Escobar at Sputnik
In the late 1930s, with WWII in motion, and only months before his assassination, Leon Trotsky already had a vision of what… Continue reading
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Jan 26 2024 
Texas vs US Federalos (Jan 6 Redux?) … Open Thread
Please use as an Open Thread.
At current count, it is 28 states versus the Federalos (two states are led by Democrat Governors but the majority are GOP).
It is too pat how this is being rolled out — just as the Empire sinks into the dual humiliation of 404 and the Red Sea. Qui bono?
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Jan 25 2024
Yemeni ‘Asabiyyah Reshapes Geopolitics
To invoke Chinese wisdom, picture a single rock changing the course of a stream, which then changes the course of a mighty river.
by Pepe Escobar at The Cradle
“When there is a general change of conditions,
It is as if the entire creation had changed
and the whole world been altered,
as if it were a new and repeated… Continue reading -
Jan 25 2024
The Ukraine Charade, Revisited
Zhuangzi: “You can’t talk about the ocean to a frog living in a well, you can’t describe ice to a summer midge, and you can’t reason with an ignoramus.”
by Pepe Escobar at ZeroHedge
Selected players scattered around the Beltway silos of power, diligently working as messengers for the people who really run the show in the… Continue reading
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Jan 25 2024 
Carl Zha: How to Safely Travel the Red Sea
Joining us today is @CarlZha , a Chinese-born political commentator and the host of the “Silk And Steel Podcast.” We’ll be delving into Zelensky getting shut down by China at Davos, the Taiwan Elections, and exploring safe methods for traversing the Red Sea.
He discusses at length:
The backstory of the Al-CIAda outfit from Xinjiang, China,… Continue reading
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Jan 24 2024 
Lavrov at UNSC: Using Truth as a Hammer
Lavrov at UNSC: Day Two West Asia & Palestine: Using Truth as a Hammer
with thanks to Karl at karlof1’s Geopolitical Gymnasium
Lavrov pulls out a verbal hammer at the end of his remarks at the second day of special UNSC hearings on Ukraine with today’s about the situation in West Asia and Palestine in particular. Here’s Sergey with… Continue reading
