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Consensus Ukraine (commentators + analysts)
After the WEF meetings as well as Ramstein meetings, my task this morning was to get up to date with what the analysts and commentators say may be a point of change around Ukraine. I analytically listened to a number…
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Jan 23 2023 Here comes China
In collaboration with Godfree Roberts and his excellent Here Comes China weekly newsletter. This selection is but a fraction of what is a rich, complete and interesting newsletter.
Starting with money flow in a new financial system.
The video is from…
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Jan 22 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. Kindly feel free to also…
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Peru’s US-backed coup
The Grayzone brings a very good investigation on the coup in Peru. While the first half is about the coup itself, the second half is more interesting. There you will learn about why and why the US supports this coup. …
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Crackdown in Brazil
From the regular Latin American series by Kawsachun News, an update on Lula’s actions post-attempted-coup. You may have a problem with accents, but hang in there!
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Global South: Gold-backed currencies
Global South: Gold-backed currencies to replace the US dollar
by Pepe Escobar and first posted at The Cradle
Let’s start with three interconnected multipolar-driven facts.
First: One of the key take aways from the World Economic Forum annual shindig in Davos, Switzerland is…
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Lavrov: News conference: Russian diplomacy
Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s remarks and answers to media questions at the news conference on the performance of Russian diplomacy in 2022, Moscow, January 18, 2023
Good afternoon, colleagues.
Our tradition has been to meet at the beginning of the new year…
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Radhika Desai and Danny Haiphong
Radika Desai frequently works with Michael Hudson. Danny Haiphong’s claim to fame is “Telling the truth about imperialism and socialism through journalism since 2013”.
Radika’s expert field is geopolitical economics. Her new book, Capitalism, Coronavirus and War, was published at the…
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The question of our time
Finian Cunningham writes for Strategic Culture and asks the question of our time:
Should Russia Take the War to NATO States?It’s certainly risky and not to be contemplated rashly. But what is the alternative?
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Jan 18 2023 ‘Fragmented world’ sleepwalks into World War III
By Pepe Escobar and first posted at PressTV
The self-appointed Davos “elites” are afraid. So afraid. At this week’s World Economic Forum meetings, mastermind Klaus Schwab – displaying his trademark Bond villain act – carped over and over again about a…
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The new western narrative (+ update)
A discussion:
Following Pepe Escobar, who is following this Davos meeting in detail, the narrative is changing. Davos is the narrative engine, it is the place where the new narrative is frozen in.
(This language comes from a psychological change process, where…