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May 02 2026 
Pepe Escobar: Imperial Dire Straits – After Hormuz, Malacca
Sputnik
Featured Image: © AP Photo / ANDY WONGThe Strait of Hormuz is right at the heart of a serious strategic stalemate.
Trump is adamant: no end to the war without a nuclear deal – which will be, at best, a diluted JCPOA, tore up by Trump himself.
Tehran for its part now rules no nuclear discussion until… Continue reading
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May 02 2026 
A Dark Eagle Cometh
Brian Berletic
US Claims it will Use “Dark Eagle” Hypersonic Missile on Iran
▪️The “Dark Eagle” hypersonic missile is launched from mobile ground launchers (pictured) and have a range of 2,700 km (some claims say 3,000+km) and is still in development;
▪️The missile is primarily being designed to bypass Chinese defenses (A2AD) INSIDE China amid a future US… Continue reading
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May 01 2026 
What’s Next? – Towards a Happiness Economy Life in a New World with New Wellbeing Criteria
Peter Koenig
It would appear that President Trump in his hubris to be the World’s Greatest and unbeatable Emperor has crossed the legendary Rubicon, a reference to Julius Caesar crossing the Rubicon River in 49 BC, defying the Roman Senate and starting a civil war. Crossing the Rubicon was a decision of no return. This let… Continue reading
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May 01 2026 
Michael Hudson : May 1 2026 : We Need a Guns and Butter debate over the costs of the Iran War
For Counterpunch
Sixty years ago opposition to America’s war in Vietnam, a major attack concerned the costs of diverting U.S. resources away from social spending to the military – what was called Guns and Butter.
I was the junior member of the Columbia University triumvirate headed by Seymour Melman and Terence McCarthy. We lectured widely, wrote in… Continue reading
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May 01 2026 
China Writer T.P. Wilkinson : The “West’s” long-term strategic action.
For some years I have argued in these pages that perspective is crucial for comprehensive understanding of otherwise contradictory or seemingly incoherent events. Since the ordinary academic disciplines segment perception and analysis rather than broaden it, I have preferred to call my approach comparative cultural history.
In my collection Unbecoming American I outline and exemplify this… Continue reading
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May 01 2026 
Special for Labor Day : Value of Labor: Islamic Economics vs. Marxist Economics
[Imam Musa Sadr Translation Series]
This is the second installment of Basira Press’ translation series of Imam Musa Sadr’s profound work on Islamic economic theories, an important task in challenging the prevailing capitalist and Marxist doctrines of the day.
The original Arabic text can be found here. The previous installment of the series can be read here.
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May 01 2026 
Pepe Escobar : The UAE power play
After OPEC and OPEC+, the UAE may leave the Arab League and even the GCC.
Strategic Culture
So MbZ – the sole owner of the UAE – decided to quit OPEC and OPEC+.
Epstein Syndicate minions are billing it as a sophisticated New Energy Order play.
Not really.
At face value, the move is sound. The UAE spent a fortune… Continue reading
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May 01 2026 
Strait of Hormuz by the numbers
Larry Johnson did a count for us. The Bogus Blockade Claim of the US Department of War
Here is a quoted part, but kindly read his commentary on Hegseth on the blog. .
Here’s what the available data tells us about Strait of Hormuz transits since April 15:
Daily volumes (around April 15): On April 15 alone, there… Continue reading -
Apr 30 2026 
Richard Wolff & Michael Hudson: US Dominance Is Collapsing…
And Iran Is Holding the Knife
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Apr 30 2026 
Russian Ambassador to South Africa Roman Ambarov with history not often told.
🎙Russian Ambassador to South Africa Roman Ambarov in an Interview with Sputnik Africa: (https://en.sputniknews.africa/20260429/russia-sa-history-african-narratives-and-energy-independence-1085401915.html)
Question: How are Russia and South Africa currently working together to preserve their shared historical heritage, including the history of Russian involvement with the Boers?
💬 Roman Ambarov: Russia supported the Boers (https://t.me/RussianEmbassyZA/12193) in their war with the British Empire at the turn… Continue reading
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Apr 30 2026 
It’s called Derisking but is the same old trade war
By Amarynth (my friends are in the process of shooting me if I don’t put my name front and center on my columns).
Trump’s imminent State Visit to China scheduled for May 14-15 is becoming high temperature, despite the advertised pause in the trade war.
China moved to block derisking before the Trump-Xi Summit. Beijing introduced… Continue reading
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Apr 29 2026 
Pepe Escobar: Iran & Russia JUST HUMILIATED Trump’s Bullying Plan – FULL Control of Hormuz Now
Pepe and Nima’s discussion was just before Trump and Putin had a telephone call this morning. Putin asked for the call, and this was two days after Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi’s visit to Moscow on April 27. Pepe Escobar updates on the discussion of Araghchi and Putin’s discussion. In the telephone call this morning,… Continue reading
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Apr 29 2026 
Putin and Trump had a telephone call today
The conversation was said to have taken place at the initiative of the Russian side. The call came two days after Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi’s visit to Moscow on April 27.
Wednesday’s hour-and-a-half long, “frank and businesslike” discussion included an in-depth exchange of views on the Hormuz crisis, Ukraine’s terrorist tactics, and Trump’s assessment on… Continue reading
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Apr 29 2026 
Oh BRICS …
BRICS at a Crossroads: A Clear-Eyed Check-In
The meme that “BRICS is in a coma,” first shared by our friend Pepe Escobar, has been on my mind. I took the past week to look closely: Is there hope flickering back to life? Are the BRICS muscles showing any movement? Is anyone doing the necessary physiotherapy while… Continue reading
