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Apr 25 2025 
Medvedev on the International Criminal Court (ICC)
Dmitry A. Medvedev: Security Council of the Russian Federation
Abstract
A strive for justice and a desire to bring the powerful to liability for crimes against public good and humanity is the idea that has always united people. Yet… -
Apr 25 2025 
China successfully launches Shenzhou-20 crewed spaceship; technical improvements, new life science experiments
from Global Times
Here is a one minute clip of the launch:
https://t.me/TheIslanderNews/39849
China is doing real honest work in space.
China successfully launches Shenzhou-20 crewed spaceship; mission features technical improvements and new life science experiments
The Shenzhou-20 crewed spaceship blasted off from the…
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Apr 24 2025 
Emptying Gaza: Norman Finkelstein & Chris Hedges
Is it so that we have to start accepting that nothing will now save Gaza? This is a very disturbing presentation by Norm.
Israel, both materially and rhetorically, has made their intent to destroy the Palestinian people clear.…
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Apr 24 2025 
Agriculture: BRICS countries approve Joint Declaration with focus on food security
This was a ministerial meeting of agriculture ministers, and the Joint Declaration will now be forwarded to the BRICS summit, where the leaders can agree or not. We will be looking at the formal article that accompanies the Declaration.
First Assessment:
This…
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Apr 23 2025 
Run-up to BRICS in Brazil – not only in Moscow circles
In the run-up to BRICS in Brazil, this message is very important, not only in Moscow circles. Let me ask you a question. BRICS is a revolution no? Even though the presentation is one of building alternatives,…
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Apr 23 2025 
Michael Hudson with Ben Norton: Will Trump’s Tariff Games Backfire?
Donald Trump’s tariffs are benefiting rich elites at the expense of the majority of the population, argues economist Michael Hudson. He explains how the US trade war on China is isolating the United States and encouraging countries to seek alternatives.…
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Apr 23 2025 
The United Global South Front against the Tariff Paper Tiger
An excellent wide ranging discussion and follow-up on the Spirit of Shanghai article.
coalescence of new Primakov Triangle with all three at once under the Orange devil-storm
Yanquis about to be submerged in their own Century of Humiliation
BRICS regain… -
Apr 22 2025 
Iran: a strategic mistake in the making?
With thanks to Quantum Bird
Iran’s history is rich and complex. From the days of the glorious Persian Empire to today’s Islamic Republic, Iran has experienced all kinds of geopolitical circumstances, including being, for a period, a colony of the Western powers.…
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Apr 22 2025 
Economic Prosperity – Neutrality and Peace
By Peter Koenig
“Peace is the most powerful weapon for mankind.”—Mahatma Gandhi
***Peace is an economic driver for every country, for the world and even more so in a globalized world, where countries and regions are connected. Conflicts and wars interrupt not…
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Apr 22 2025 
Trump’s Christian Cult is freaking out after catastrophic week
Something completely different: Viewing the Crazy
Bringing awareness of a subject, does not necessarily mean compliance or complicity. This short video talks about the Crazy US Christians, but one has to filter on both sides, as the narrator is frequently off…
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Apr 22 2025 
US Plays “Mediator” in its Own War on Russia
By Brian Berletic for NEO
The survival and success of multipolarism depends on the multipolar world cooperating against US attempts to reassert American primacy – not only through direct and proxy war, but also through economic coercion and political interference –… -
Apr 21 2025 
Nicolás Maduro reacts furiously to Nayib Bukele’s proposal to exchange CECOT imprisoned VenezuelansCECOT
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador — Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele proposed carrying out a prisoner swap with Venezuela on Sunday, suggesting he would exchange Venezuelan deportees from the United States his government has kept imprisoned for what he called “political prisoners”…
