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Jan 29 2024 
China ignores US entreaties of mediation
Lavrov: “They believe that for 500 years they have ruled the world as they wish, living at the expense of others, and they think this should continue…”
by Ambassador MK Bhadrakumar at Indian Punchline
There is an old proverb that when misfortunes…
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Jan 28 2024 
Karaganov: Lowering the Nuclear Threshold
Lowering the Nuclear Threshold? – Sergey Karaganov, Alexander Mercouris, and Glenn Diesen
Many practical steps have been taken by the West to lower the nuclear threshold. US tactical weapons are due to return to the same Britain which has already deployed…
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Jan 27 2024 
Will a South African Victory Stop the Gaza Genocide?
As much as the ICJ may be dismissed as a collective West farce, the fact is the ruling explicitly calls for Israel to stop the killing.
by Pepe Escobar at Strategic Culture
Let’s cut to the chase:
By 15-2, the International Court of…
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Jan 27 2024 
The Day the Siege was Broken
Tribute from the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA):
On January 27, 1944, the 872-day siege of Leningrad was finally lifted, marking the end of one of the most tragic episodes of the Great Patriotic War which claimed the lives of…
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Jan 27 2024
Five Variables Defining Our Future
What Putin, Xi and Raisi have been explaining to the Global South, explicitly or in quite subtle ways, is that we are right in the crux of a civilizational war.
by Pepe Escobar at Sputnik
In the late 1930s, with WWII in…
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Jan 26 2024 
Texas vs US Federalos (Jan 6 Redux?) … Open Thread
Please use as an Open Thread.
At current count, it is 28 states versus the Federalos (two states are led by Democrat Governors but the majority are GOP).
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Jan 25 2024
Yemeni ‘Asabiyyah Reshapes Geopolitics
To invoke Chinese wisdom, picture a single rock changing the course of a stream, which then changes the course of a mighty river.
by Pepe Escobar at The Cradle
“When there is a general change of conditions,
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Jan 25 2024
The Ukraine Charade, Revisited
Zhuangzi: “You can’t talk about the ocean to a frog living in a well, you can’t describe ice to a summer midge, and you can’t reason with an ignoramus.”
by Pepe Escobar at ZeroHedge
Selected players scattered around the Beltway silos of…
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Jan 25 2024 
Carl Zha: How to Safely Travel the Red Sea
Joining us today is @CarlZha , a Chinese-born political commentator and the host of the “Silk And Steel Podcast.” We’ll be delving into Zelensky getting shut down by China at Davos, the Taiwan Elections, and exploring safe methods for traversing…
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Jan 24 2024 
Lavrov at UNSC: Using Truth as a Hammer
Lavrov at UNSC: Day Two West Asia & Palestine: Using Truth as a Hammer
with thanks to Karl at karlof1’s Geopolitical Gymnasium
Lavrov pulls out a verbal hammer at the end of his remarks at the second day of special UNSC hearings on Ukraine…
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Jan 23 2024 
USUK Seeks Wider War with Iran via Yemen
US-British Strikes on Yemen Seek to Provoke Wider War with Iran
🔹US-British strikes on Yemen have predictably only escalated regional tensions;
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Jan 23 2024 
China rallies G77 for Bretton Woods & WTO overhaul
Chinese Vice-Premier Liu Guozhong wins support for speech calling for overhaul of global systems in the G77 + China Summit
Jevans Nyabiage for the South China Morning Post
China rallies G77 countries for major reform of WTO and Bretton Woods at Kampala…
