-
Jan 22 2025 
Yesterday: Middle East-West Asia
From Al-Akhbar (English)
Lebanon
• Israeli forces bombed areas in Bani Hayyan, Taloussa, Aitroun, and between Kfarkila and Taybeh, while targeting homes in Bint Jbeil and Taybeh, South Lebanon.
• Israeli forces demolished a mosque in Wadi al-Slouqi near Majdal Selm, before withdrawing…
-
Jan 21 2025 
Mexicans are out in the streets
I commented yesterday in the Hearty Salon that Mexicans will mobilize very fast. They are out in front of the US embassy in Mexico City. My expectation is that they will engage in a people-driven trade boycott, as we saw…
-
Jan 21 2025 
On the eve of Trump, Iran and Russia launch historical deal
In a detailed strategic partnership agreement signed last week in Moscow, Eurasian powers Russia and Iran issued a challenge to the US-led global order and placed its incoming new president on notice.
By Pepe Escobar and first posted at The Cradle
Timing…
-
Jan 21 2025 
What else happened on inauguration day? Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping had a video chat:
Putin and Xi waving at one another:
We will resist external uncertainty:
Key statements of Russian President Vladimir Putin during a video conversation with Xi Jinping:
🔹It is necessary to summarize bilateral work over the past year and outline new plans…
-
Jan 20 2025 
US Economic Colonialism On Notice: Michael Hudson with Dialogue Works
Transcript
NIMA ALKHORSHID: Hi, everybody. Today is Thursday, January 9th, and our friend Michael Hudson is back with us. Welcome back, Michael.
MICHAEL HUDSON: It’s good to be back.
NIMA ALKHORSHID: Let’s get started, Michael, with Donald Trump and his policy toward an…
-
Jan 20 2025 
The soulless civilization
It is up to the reader to determine whether the title of this essay is a contradiction or not. Can a civilization exist without a soul? It is not difficult to determine what a civilization is, but what a soul…
-
Jan 20 2025 
WEF Davos 2025 – More Grotesque than Ever
By Peter Koenig
The usual World Economic Forum (WEF) show that captures and dominates all of Davos for a week, starts on Monday, 20 January and lasts until Friday, 24 January. It is an ever-increasing nuisance for the population of Davos,…
-
Jan 20 2025 
Revival of Empire, Fortress America: Key takeaways from US President-elect Donald Trump’s pre-inauguration speech
Ria Novosti did the work to take down the key takeaways as I refused to sit through the Empiral Ra Ra. This is probably the first time in the history of GlobalSouth.co that we feature a Trump speech, or any…
-
Jan 19 2025 
A little hasbara: Hostage Release
We start with a photo that Boris Johnson retweeted
What a picture of Hamas – thousands of armed young men jeering these brave, defenceless and totally innocent women. How is that supposed to promote reconciliation? https://t.co/AM9izWb9pS
— Boris Johnson (@BorisJohnson) January 19,… -
Jan 19 2025 
Two years of Ibrahim Traore, President of Burkina Faso
1. Burkina Faso’s GDP grew from approximately $18.8 billion to $22.1 billion.
2. He rejected loans from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank. He said: “Africa does not need the World Bank, the IMF, Europe or America.”
3. He…
-
Jan 19 2025 
Dmitry Medvedev: The Walking Dead. Season finale.
The walking dead Biden, now consigned to oblivion, is a telling example of how an experienced and overall smart politician (and he is experienced, having held top government jobs back in the Soviet period) gradually turned into a senile old…
-
Jan 18 2025 
China’s military demonstrates it is light years ahead of the US and NATO
The Sirius Report: London Paul and Ken.
We assess recent developments associated with the Chinese military and why it demonstrates a long-held assertion that China’s technology is indeed light years ahead of the US and its NATO allies.
