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From China to Israel
The Foreign Affairs office of China has been closed for the past week for the Chinese New Year. They did speak out though, as Israel is doing its normal things, just worse than ever. Israeli apartheid forces killed 9 people in one hour in Jenin on 1/26, including a 61-yr old woman in her home.… Continue reading
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Pepe Escobar and Finian Cunningham
Ukraine War is Desperate Bid by US to Preserve Hegemony and Prevent Multipolar World
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7th CELAC Summit (Cont …)
The start of the CELAC summit was described as CELAC takes off like a rocket. This is a continuation of the aftermath. CELAC is important and a critical piece of the puzzle in multipolarity and encompasses 33 countries in Central and South America, the Caribbean, as well as Mexico. CELAC is also the organization that… Continue reading
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Jan 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. Kindly feel free to also use it as an open thread. There are many comments in the previous Daily Chronicles… Continue reading
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Michael Hudson & Radhika Desai
In the 2nd episode of Geopolitical Economy Hour, economists Radhika Desai and Michael Hudson discuss inflation: what it is, what causes it, and what are the problems in how the Federal Reserve and other central banks respond to it.
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Radhika: Hello, everyone. Welcome to the second Geopolitical Economy Hour. I’m Radhika Desai.Michael: And I’m Michael Hudson.
Radhika:… Continue reading
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Jan 26 2023 
‘Doomsday clock’: 90 seconds to midnight
By Pepe Escobar and first posted at PressTV
The Doomsday Clock, set by the US-based magazine Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, has been moved to 90 seconds to midnight.
That’s the closest ever to total nuclear doom, the global catastrophe.
The Clock had been set at 100 seconds since 2020. The Bulletin’s Science and Security Board and a… Continue reading
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Valdai Club: Recent events, Argentina & Latin America
Ed Note: A reminder of the sequence of events: Early December, we had two coups in two days in South America. The first was in Argentina and the second, still ongoing, in Peru. Then, early in January, we had the attempted coup in Brazil. In the meantime, Argentina took home the World Fútbal Trophy and… Continue reading
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Russian Ambassador to Germany Sergey Nechaev
Comment by Russian Ambassador to Germany Sergey Nechaev on the German government’s decision to supply Ukraine with Leopard 2 tanks
https://germany.mid.ru/ru/press-centre/news/kommentariy_posla_rossii_v_germanii_s_yu_nechaeva_o_reshenii_pravitelstva_frg_o_postavkakh_ukraine_t/On January 25, 2023, the German government approved the delivery of Leopard 2 heavy battle tanks to the Kiev regime. Other countries that are armed with such equipment are allowed to re-export it to Ukraine.
This extremely dangerous… Continue reading
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Jan 25 2023 
CELAC takes off like a rocket!
The CELAC summit started with a massive collection of what we can only call, the people:
Political, trade union, and social organizations from member countries of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) will advocate in Argentina for regional integration and respect for the sovereignty of the peoples of Latin America and the Caribbean.… Continue reading
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Jan 25 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. Kindly feel free to also use it as an open thread. Rough theme: Is it hot enough for you?
Friday, January… Continue reading
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Jan 24 2023 
Can You Smell What the Year of the Rabbit Is Cooking?
By Pepe Escobar and first posted at Strategic Culture
The New Silk Roads, or BRI, as well as the integration efforts of BRICS+, the SCO and the EAEU will be on the forefront of Chinese policy.
Liu He studied economics at Renmin University in China and got a Master’s from Harvard. Since 2018, he’s one of… Continue reading
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Vaxxers, Anti-Vaxxers still eating one another
I received a link from a person that you would all know. The issue here is that Robert Malone is being eaten by the community that advocates for anti-vax principles and various other health advocates.
Malone is being accused of being a plant, a deep state operative, controlled opposition, who aims to take the focus away… Continue reading
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Consensus Ukraine (commentators + analysts)
After the WEF meetings as well as Ramstein meetings, my task this morning was to get up to date with what the analysts and commentators say may be a point of change around Ukraine. I analytically listened to a number of the more reliable commentators and analysts: Mercouris, Berletic, Gonzalo Lira for his ability to… Continue reading
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Jan 23 2023 
Here comes China
In collaboration with Godfree Roberts and his excellent Here Comes China weekly newsletter. This selection is but a fraction of what is a rich, complete and interesting newsletter.
Starting with money flow in a new financial system.
The video is from Godfree’s newsletter and the following comments are mine. I come from a farmer-business family. I… Continue reading
