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May 30 2023 
BRICS in South Africa
I’ve written about South Arica sitting on two chairs, and this being a real threat to BRICS, specifically for the upcoming BRICS meetings and summits. “People need to be hopeful. Discouraged communities, polarized communities, and weak governance will not get…
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May 29 2023 
China builds global alternative as US-led financial order decays
To analyze how China is building a global alternative as the US-led neoliberal financial order decays, political economists Radhika Desai and Michael Hudson are joined by economic geographer Mick Dunford.
Transcript
RADHIKA DESAI: Hello and welcome to the 10th Geopolitical Economy Hour,… -
May 29 2023 
Brian Berletic: Incoming Thai Government Vows Obedience to US Foreign Policy: Myanmar to be First Victim
(File under: Empire strikes back)
Summary
– The incoming government in Thailand following general elections, funded and backed by the US for years, vows to adopt US foreign policy across the region, and specifically in regards to neighboring Myanmar;
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May 28 2023 
Timeline of crimes committed by the United States and Great Britain
From the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Recently we posted the Chinese white paper on America’s Coercive Diplomacy and Its Harm
My comment is that we can expect another Nuremberg type trials.
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August 20, 1619. The Dutch deliver the first group of…
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May 28 2023 
Daily Chronicles
The Daily Chronicles are snippets of the most important news across the world for this and each day as it rolls in – as such, this thread is non-structured with the latest news on top. The rough theme: Birds of…
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May 27 2023 
Calling the economists: Small businesses to go public in Russia
The Russian Central Bank head Elvira Nabiullina believes that small and medium-sized businesses have great potential to go public.
“It’s clear that it can be difficult for small and medium-sized businesses to enter the capital market because there are requirements for…
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May 27 2023 
Danny Haiphong: The trend toward a multipolar world is defined by class struggle
These edited remarks were given by Friends of Socialist China co-editor Danny Haiphong at a recent webinar, The Empire Strikes Back: Imperialism’s Global War on Multipolarity. The full event can be viewed on YouTube.
Ed Note: My comments follow Danny’s Essay
In…
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May 26 2023 
Michael Hudson & Ben Norton: Origins of debt: Michael Hudson reveals how financial oligarchies in Greece & Rome shaped our world (Updated with transcript)
Economist Michael Hudson discusses his book “The Collapse of Antiquity: Greece and Rome as Civilization’s Oligarchic Turning Point”, and how this history from 2000 years ago is still so relevant to understand our debt-based societies today.
You can find links to…
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May 25 2023 
Operation Z: The Last Chance Against Nazism
With thanks to Batiushka, the writer
Introduction: Two Civilisations
The tragic Washington-Moscow war which is starting to come to an end after nine long years on the battlefields of the Ukraine, where very many Ukrainian men are dying in futility, may well…
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May 25 2023 
Eurasian Economic Forum Plenary Session
The Big News: The Eurasian Economic Union, and specifically Belt and Road, is integrating with BRICS.
Karl Sanches grabbed all of the speeches and discussions on his website: https://vk.com/@580896205-eurasian-economic-forum-plenary-session
(Thank you Karl! That was a marathon of work!) Please read it on…
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May 25 2023 
Marine drone (USV / UUV) Sitrep
With thanks to Nat South
Why do I post the drone information so excellently presented by Nat South? There is a reason. We see the uptick of terrorist action from Ukraine. It is a very hard objective to protect and defend…
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May 24 2023 
Vladimir Putin took part in the plenary session of the Eurasian Economic Forum
Plenary session of the Eurasian Economic Forum
We can see truly deep and fundamental changes taking place on the global stage. More and more states are taking a course towards strengthening national sovereignty, pursuing an independent domestic and foreign policy, and adhering to their own development model. All of them are in favour of building…
