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Nov 22 2024 
G20 knocks out G7 agendas
This G20 in Rio was all about the power of the Global South, with poverty eradication and genuine economic progress trumping the old G7 agendas of war, profit, and arm-twisting.
By Pepe Escobar at The Cradle.
The G20 summit in Rio earlier…
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Nov 22 2024 
What else happened yesterday?
Two major news items appeared yesterday, seemingly out of nowhere. There were others.
The first was Mr Putin’s address where he introduced the world to the short and intermediate-range new missile, the Oreshnik. The world was aware of a new weapon…
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Nov 21 2024 
Richard D. Wolff & Michael Hudson: America’s Collapse: Economy & Endless Wars!
A Dialogue Works interview:
A Concept of a Plan … for the National Interest
NIMA ALKHORSHID: Hi, everybody. Today is Thursday, November 14th, and Michael and Richard are here with us to talk about what’s going on in the United States. Let’s…
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Nov 21 2024 
❗️ ❗️ Putin: Address to the nation — in progress (Update, now complete with transcript))
This is happening now but the RT live stream does not want to work for me. No doubt we will have Putin’s full address from another source quite rapidly.
https://www.rt.com/on-air/607958-putin-president-russia-statement/
Here are the notes as taken down from other streams:
Putin stated that…
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Nov 21 2024 
Alliance of Sahel States: A model for Africa?
This is the question. Is this a model for Africa? I would enthusiastically say, YES! Is it perfect? Of course not. Is it hard? Of course yes. Are these countries being pressurised? Of course. Are they withstanding the pressure? …
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Nov 21 2024 
Economics: China issuing USD-denominated sovereign bonds in Saudi Arabia – strategic and elegant
This is a devastating move and oh so clever. I’ve longs since said that China is using their US dollar bonds to invest in developing countries. And this is true. China reduces their massive US Dollar Bond load and uses…
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Nov 21 2024 
Explanation of Vote by Ambassador Fu Cong on the UN Security Council Draft Resolution on Gaza Ceasefire
http://un.china-mission.gov.cn/eng/hyyfy/202411/t20241121_11530286.htm
President,
China is very disappointed with the result of today’s vote. Guyana, Algeria, and other E10 members of the Council demonstrated maximum sincerity and constructiveness during the consultation of the draft resolution. The US single use of veto has shattered the…
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Nov 21 2024 
On Obasanjo and the other Forgetful African Misrulers
A note on African leaders who became wise ONLY after leaving office!
By Femi Akomolafe on his substack.
Note: This is posted as a further elucidation on Pepe Escobar’s work and specifically the comments: https://sovereignista.com/2024/11/20/the-brics-spirit-alive-and-well-in-south-africa/
While Femi Akomolafe speaks about Nigeria, what he…
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Nov 20 2024 
First international trial for war crimes at Nuremberg
From red@redstreamnet: https://x.com/redstreamnet/status/1859289753159647628
On the loose theme that I’ve been following on recreation of history.
Did you know that the first international trial for war crimes at Nuremberg, which is often credited as a US invention, was, in fact, brought…
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Nov 20 2024 
Marwa Osman exposes US Takeover of Lebanon | Syriana Analysis
Kevork Almassian from Syriana Analysis posits that israel is breeding a new kind of warfare and this will be used in the rest of the world.
Dr. Marwa Osman is such a wonderful journalist and educator with a tremendous zest…
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Nov 20 2024 
Explanation of vote by Permanent Representative Vassily Nebenzia on a UNSC Draft Resolution on the Middle East, including the Palestinian question
https://russiaun.ru/en/news/20112024
Main statement:
We are grateful to Guyana and other non-permanent members of the Council for their courage and efforts to move the draft resolution forward. We supported that document. We pay tribute to those responsible members of the Security Council who,…
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Nov 20 2024 
The BRICS spirit: alive and well in South Africa
Africa now essentially needs political will to fight infrastructural problems, a human capital deficit and an institutional deficit.
By Pepe Escobar at Strategic Culture Foundation.
JOHANNESBURG – At the APEC annual summit in Lima, Comrade Xi Jinping was practically coronated as the…
