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Jan 12 2025 
Syrian Post-Colonial history (1945) until 2011 war
Syria’s post-colonial history from 1945 to the beginning of the regime change war of 2011 has some very instructive lessons for today. Reading Chapter 1 of A.B. Abrams’s 2021 book, World War in Syria: Global Conflict on Middle Eastern Battlefields. (From AHH)
Featured Image from Pepe Escobar’s files.
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Jan 07 2025 
China – Positive Looking Forward – 2025 and Beyond
The Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies at Renmin University of China (RDCY) has successfully completed several studies in 2024 which contributed to China’s success story for 2024, and, in addition had an international flair.
Main studies included,
– Policy briefs for key decision-makers;– Hosting,
(i) the Tongzhou Global Development Forum, drawing over 1000 participants, to discuss… Continue reading -
Jan 04 2025 
Chinese Tech
It is now a different world. It is almost an impossible task to select main technology advances in China as they roll out so fast and cover the spectrum, medical, manufacturing, space (thousand sails project which will be bye bye Starlink), electric vehicles, electric flying vehicles, high speed trains, aviation, construction methodologies at an unbelievable… Continue reading
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Jan 04 2025 
China Writers: 2025 crystal ball discussion
China Writers Frans Vandenbosch, Irene Eckert, Jeff JBrown Patrice Greanville and Quan Le gather for a 2025 crystal ball discussion. Video, audio, transcript.
I have already used some of Dr Quan Le’s material in this post: China and Japan: Careful de-icing of relationships? Raprochement?. I saw the process, but could not figure out why, so… Continue reading
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Dec 31 2024 
Russians have more media freedom on Telegram than EU citizens – Pavel Durov
Western outlets remain “freely accessible” on the platform in Russia, CEO Pavel Durov has said
From RT
The EU imposes more media restrictions on Telegram than Russia does, the platform’s founder, Pavel Durov, has noted in a New Year’s message.
“Access to certain Russian media has been restricted in the EU under DSA/sanctions laws. Meanwhile, all Western media… Continue reading
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Dec 31 2024 
Falling off the escalation ladder
So what can we expect in the new year? Pepe Escobar says: Be prepared – for anything.
An extremely complex world situation can be summed, as it is one war, with more wars threatening.
These are not traditional wars and they may start as destabilization, lawfare, removing governments by any means, more appointing of leaders after destabilizing… Continue reading
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Dec 30 2024 
John Potash shares his new movie, “CIA Drugs R Us!” Just released, it is a must see!
Jeff J Brown interviewed John Potash about his new movie, “CIA Drugs R Us!”
Sometimes you hear some history that you know, but to see it again in one fell swoop, it shocks yet again. This goes further than the Charles Manson story and Dave McGowan’s ‘Weird Scenes inside the Canyon’. There is good evidence that… Continue reading
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Dec 27 2024 
China’s two new stealth fighter jets
Pictured above: the new Chinese 6th generation stealth fighters flew on Mao Zedong’s birthday anniversary, 26 December 2024.
Jeff J Brown let’s us know what happened yesterday in China, with the release of two new stealth fighter jets and Mao Zedong’s birthday.
Chinese are not praising Xi Jinping for just launching two 6th generation stealth jets, when… Continue reading
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Dec 23 2024 
Captain Thomas Isidore Noël Sankara
This month, at the time of his birthday, Africa remembers Captain Thomas Isidore Noël Sankara (December 21, 1949 – October 15, 1987). He was the president of Burkina Faso (formerly Upper Volta) from 1983 to 1987.
As Africa looks desperately for leaders of integrity and vision, the life and ideals of the late Thomas Sankara… Continue reading
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Dec 22 2024 
“The UN has failed, and the BRICS will replace it”: Parliamentarians and experts discuss Brazil’s role in a multipolar world
(Note: All I can say is that it is high time. There is tone in this article that is disturbing, but it may be the reportage. That tone is What is In It for Us instead of Let’s Define What Is In It For Us and What’s In Us for BRICS. It is astounding that… Continue reading
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Dec 18 2024 
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Dec 17 2024 
Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov, Russian bioweapons expert, killed via IED in Moscow
❗️ This is a shock! Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov, head of Russia’s Radiological, Chemical, and Biological Defense Forces, was killed along with his aide, in an ied bomb blast in southeastern Moscow early on Tuesday.
So many times we posted links to his immaculately referenced work as he exposed the bioweapons labs in Ukraine and spoke… Continue reading
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Dec 16 2024 
Roger Waters on Going Underground
West’s mask is off in fight for the soul of humanity – Roger Waters
The US and its allies are openly brutalizing oppressed peoples around the world, the legendary musician and activist has said
“Criminal lunatics” in the West want to bring about a future in which genocide is permitted, and it’s up to people who don’t… Continue reading
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Dec 11 2024 
Did Syria fall to a Rent-a-Jihadi mob?
Why did Bashar al-Assad allow his government in Damascus to be toppled? The 13-year-old Libya-style intervention in Syria has ended in defeat for the resistance. And I mean the whole of the resistance. For Europe of course there will be unexpected consequences with tens of thousands of new refugees already on the march, while the… Continue reading
