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Nov 21 2025 The End of Western Dominance: Russia, China & BRICS
Larry Johnson, Pepe Escobar with Alexander Babakov, Deputy Chairman of the State Duma
In this gripping episode of Countercurrents, we dive deep into the shifting global order as China, Russia, and the BRICS nations rise to challenge Western dominance. From China’s technological revolution and AI advancements to Russia’s newfound sovereignty amidst global sanctions, our longtime friends… Continue reading
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Nov 20 2025 TidBits: Nuri Vittachi
Nuri is a superb journalist with a very specific gentle hand on the keyboard and gentle expression with the word. He runs FridayEveryday which, as a magazine, contains most interesting and frequently forgotten stories, with relevance for today. His news section, split between China and Hong Kong is right up to date. He is a… Continue reading
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Nov 17 2025 Brian Berletic again provides actionable and worthwhile AI actions
Exactly.
Quick Tip: Using AI to Research Possible US Color Revolutions
▪️How AI Works…
Western (and even some non-Western) AI models are all trained on and search through WESTERN media.
If you ask them, “Is the US behind the protests?”
AI will simply comb Western headlines which all unanimously claim the protests are “youth-led” and “decentralized”… Continue reading
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Nov 14 2025 Prof. Jian: Secret History #17: Literary Genesis
In this Wednesday, November 12th lecture to his Beijing high school students, Professor Jiang explains how the Yahwehist gave birth to the Bible as well as the nation of Israel.
Notes and References: 1. Book of Genesis, Hebrew Bible 2. Book of Kings, Hebrew Bible 3. Book of J by Harold Bloom
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Nov 01 2025 The Hysteria of Thermonuclear Doni
Historical Thimbles – Yandex Translated
[The real state of the US nuclear triad and the necessity for testing and why. Seems to me as if the US must embark on a ‘what to scrap carefully’ program, as most of their triad have either reached end-of-life, or is way past a use-by-date. This is ‘man-splaining’ and I… Continue reading
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Oct 29 2025 Cash Is Peasant
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When I was in England I never saw cash until my kids lost teeth. Then I was like WTF, this money has Churchill on it? and gave the boy an exorbitant Jane Austen while he sleeped. England is an increasingly cashless society except on the streets, where the hard-working and hard-done-by still take hard currency… Continue reading
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Oct 25 2025 Slices of Nepal, #2
“Those without reverence are wannabe demons. Faith plus heritage can accomplish wonders.”
with gratitude to Linh Dinh at Postcards from the End.
Gods, Demons and Wannabe Demons — Oct 20, 2025.
Yesterday was the start of Tihar, Nepal’s festival of lights. In India, it’s called Diwali. As a newly converted Hindu, there’s no way I was going to miss this,… Continue reading
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Oct 24 2025 Slices of Nepal
“Deracinated is a beautiful word said the Hoi Polloi to the unwashed dog.”
with gratitude to Linh Dinh at Postcards from the End.
Peak Self-Indulgence — Oct 17, 2025.
Before arriving, I reread this astounding passage from Pico Iyer’s Video Night in Kathmandu, “Nepal’s prodigious versatility was most apparent, however, in the smorgasbord of its menus, which could easily have put… Continue reading
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Oct 17 2025 La Danza Apocalypsa Balkanica: Musician-Philosopher Boris Kovač on Spiritual Resistance
In this interview, musician-philosopher Boris Kovač speaks about Tito’s Yugoslavia, Serbia today, the enduring Partizan Movement and also about Resistance today and the struggle for a multipolar, sovereign world…
by Nora Hoppe and Tariq Marzbaan – Al Mayadeen English
Boris Kovač, an honoured descendent of notable Yugoslav Partizan resistance fighters, is a renowned composer, musician and artist-filmmaker,… Continue reading
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Oct 14 2025 Art, Trade and State power at the Heart of the Silk Road
Part II of the celestial Travelogue through the western regions of China.
By Silk Road pilgrim Pepe Escobar on the Strategic Culture Foundation.
DUNHUANG – Across History, the Silk Road – actually a network of roads – is the supreme Highway Star: the most important connectivity corridor ever, rolling across Ancient Eurasia, linking what Chinese scholars consensually… Continue reading
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Oct 12 2025 George Galloway: MOATS
🇵🇸 Peace in the Middle East? As world leaders gather in Sharm el-Sheikh for a high-stakes Gaza summit, Israel tightens its grip, and hopes for a ceasefire hang by a thread.
The second Gaza aid flotilla has been seized, drawing international outrage.
Meanwhile, chaos spreads elsewhere: Chicago is called a “hell hole,” Macron faces political… Continue reading
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Oct 11 2025 Palki Sharma, sharp Indian television reporter: sends Trump to Wakanda
In the comments this past week, I mentioned that there is a significant worldwide FU directed at the current US Administration, and of course, its depiction in Donald Trump. Palki just said it.
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Oct 08 2025 Xiyouji: My Journey to the West
A celestial Travelogue through the western regions of China.
By Silk Road pilgrim Pepe Escobar on Sputnik.
ON THE ROAD IN XINJIANG – Xuanzang, the itinerant Buddhist monk, has got to be one of the most extraordinary figures in History. He certainly is regarded as such in China.
In the early Tang dynasty in the 7th century, Xuanzang… Continue reading