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Aug 16 2025 
Formal Readout: Joint news conference by the President of Russia and the President of the United States
Joint news conference by the President of Russia and the President of the United States
Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump held a joint news conference following Russia-US talks.
Anchorage, Alaska
President of Russia Vladimir Putin:
Mr President, ladies and gentlemen,
We held our talks in a constructive and mutually respectful atmosphere, and they have proved substantive and productive.
I would like to once again thank my US counterpart for the proposal to come to Alaska. It is quite logical to meet here since our countries,… Continue reading
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Aug 07 2025 
Pepe Escobar: Roger Waters composes a timeless hymn to resistance and perseverance
… not just another ballad: a timeless Hymn to Resistance.
At Strategic Culture
Roger Waters has got a brand new song. It’s called Sumud. A ballad, but not just another ballad: actually a timeless Hymn to Resistance. From now on, these sounds, and their rallying cry, should ideally straddle the global spectrum from Mali to Java, forging… Continue reading
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Jul 30 2025 
From Lenin to Žižek: The Disgraceful End of Western Marxism – feat. Gabriel Rockhill
Gabriel Rockhill on Western Marxism, Intellectual Complicity, and the Global Class Struggle
What if the dominant forms of Marxist theory in the West were not simply flawed, but deeply complicit with the very imperial system they claim to critique?
In this explosive new interview, we speak with Gabriel Rockhill—philosopher, cultural critic, activist, and one of the sharpest… Continue reading
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Jul 25 2025 
Update: Thailand and Cambodia
Featured Image: Screengrab of a Thai drone performing “drops” along the frontline.
Pepe Escobar posted a short note. We will also take a look at Brian Berletic’s latest update. When this skirmish broke open in our consciousness, it was initially difficult to ascertain whether it was the usual mild skirmish or if it had been pumped… Continue reading
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Jul 25 2025 
The War & Genocide Thread (Gaza, Syria)
Here, we will not forget GAZA!
Jul 30
The mainly European push to recognize a Palestinian state, is exposed as a despicable support for the Zionists to build the Greater Israel project, while these Europeans themselves present themselves as a force for good. It is despicable. This recognition of a Palestinian State is coupled with a call… Continue reading
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Jul 21 2025 
The best eight minutes of geopolitics on Iran ever:
The man tells a rollicking good tale.
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Jul 18 2025 
Marwa Osman – What the Abraham Accords Really Mean for Lebanon, Iran, and Syria
Lebanese journalist Marwa Osman delves into the frontline realities of reporting from a region under constant threat—where journalism often means putting your life on the line. From Lebanon’s resistance and Iran’s missile power to Syria’s moves toward normalization and Persian Gulf states’ plans to join the Abraham Accords, she exposes the widening gap between Western… Continue reading
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Jul 18 2025 
Bogota Summit launches Global South’s legal intifada against Israel and US impunity
Colombia’s defiant pivot from Washington and the growing Hague Group alliance marks a potentially historic rupture with western legal hypocrisy on Palestine.
From the Cradle
From 15–16 July, Bogota became the unlikely capital of a global insurrection against western legal impunity. Over 30 countries – including key powers from the Global South and even some European… Continue reading
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Jul 16 2025 
Larry Wilkerson with Nima: Trump’s 50 day ultimatum to Russia
This is a must-watch. Col. Larry Wilkerson has it exactly right! The past few days, I’ve described what he says as ‘we are in the foothills of WWIII’. He takes the story further and explains precisely how he sees it unfolding. Nima has a silly title again. Again, many people are saying many things, so… Continue reading
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Jul 15 2025 
U.S. hubris-driven blunders transform the entire complexion of the wider war
Trump continues to be seized by the delusional view that his Israeli-centred vision could all be accomplished merely by ending the genocide in Gaza.
Alastair Crooke – Strategic Culture
The big issue emerging from the U.S.’ 22 June strike on Iran – second only to ‘wither Iran?’ – is whether in Trump’s calculus he can ‘rhetorically impose’… Continue reading
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Jul 15 2025 
Andrei Martyanov on war and Europe
Andrei highlights something today that is now impossible to ignore. This is that we are in the foothills of a bigger war than the SMO. This is being planned. The theater is being shaped. From Belgium, we have a piece from the Workers’ Party, who comments on NATO’s planning:
What is NATO preparing for globally?
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Jul 12 2025 
Trump’s Wars fail: Yemen sinks Israeli Ships, Putin China & BRICS Hit back w/ Ben Norton
Danny Haiphong and Ben Norton – a summary of the past weeks. Ben mentions the Israel use of the word ‘concentration’ in the new Israeli documents on Abraham Shield which we will post up today.
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Jul 11 2025 
Trump’s Tariffs Are Worse Than Hated. They’re Ignored
Featured image: Larry, I’m on Ducktails!
indi.ca
If you tariff one country, terrific. You have leverage. If you tariff every country, terrible. You’re the one paying demurrage at your own ports, while the rest of the world moves on. Abu Donald (our man inside) has done what the world should have done long ago,… Continue reading
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Jul 09 2025 
The Cradle Three
This is The Cradle’s discussion for the past two days. They have maps of the proposed rebuilding plan for Gaza with its “10 Mega Projects”.
