-
Jun 11 2023 
From Karl Sanchez: The ‘Fourth Turning’ that will Define our Century—Alastair Crooke
Thanks to Karl for making us aware of this line of thinking.
Crooke’s short essay for his weekly al-Mayadeen column contains an enumeration of points I’ve also commented on here and at other blogs. I’m going to copy/paste it below in… -
Jun 11 2023 
The Hegemon Will Go Full Hybrid War Against BRICS+
The Hybrid War 2.0 against the Global South has not even started. Swing states, you have all been warned.
By Pepe Escobar and first posted at Strategic Culture
U.S. Think Tank Land hacks are not exactly familiar with Montaigne: “On the…
-
Jun 10 2023 
Brian Berletic: Ukraine’s Offensive Begins: Burning NATO Equipment vs. Layered Russian Defenses
Update on Ukrainian Conflict for June 10, 2023:
– Ukraine’s long-awaited offensive has begun, including all types of NATO-provided armor and weapons;
– Visual evidence is emerging of burning Leopard 2 tanks, US Bradley fighting vehicles, and other equipment as…
-
Jun 09 2023 
General of the Russian Army Valery Gerasimov talks with China’s General Li Shangfu
Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces, First Deputy Minister of Defence of the Russian Federation General of the Army Valery Gerasimov during talks with counterpart Li Shangfu from the People’s Republic of China:
‘Comrade General. It is a… -
Jun 09 2023 
So many coups – so little time
Ben Norton created a timeline of recent coups in Latin America
It’s dangerous to be a left-wing leader in Latin America. The US empire and local right-wing oligarchies are always plotting to overthrow you.
A timeline of recent coups in Latin America
2002,…
-
Jun 08 2023 
-
Jun 08 2023 
Daily Chronicles
We’re experiencing a site-wide slow-down. Should have it back up and functional in about half an hour. UPDATE – Looking better and we’re up, but a little more work to be done.
The Daily Chronicles are snippets of the most important…
-
Jun 08 2023 
International People’s Tribunal on U.S. Imperialism – Country hearing: Nicaragua
Practically in a permanent way …
Interventions, occupations, sanctions, political aggression, commercial and economic aggression, financing and training of mercenaries, blockades, mining of ports, terrorism, tortures, and every other kind of sabotage! This is the history of Nicaragua and this is…
-
Jun 07 2023 
Update: Comparisons: Scott Ritter (after his Russian trip) and a fellow called Edward
We had some further developments here. As one could expect Edward Slavsquat (Riley Waggaman) was not too happy with my depiction. But, we talked it through and after a rocky start, reasonable relations are the order of the day.
The issue…
-
Jun 07 2023 
The US is dangerously playing with fire off the coast of China
MOSCOW, June 5, 2023, RUSSTRAT Institute. The Indo-Pacific Command of the US Armed Forces accused the Chinese Air Force that a Chinese fighter jet made an aggressive maneuver against an American aircraft over the South China Sea on May 26.…
-
-
Jun 06 2023 
Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu: Statement
https://t.me/mod_russia/27145
This is the formal translation. (The rest of the comment is deprecated: Note that this is machine translated. I do not yet see an English formal translation and none of my usual VPN servers will let me in to the…
