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Jul 25 2023 
What Peak Oil?
With thanks to Dmitry Orlov, our writer
A quick note on where we stand with regard to the terminal crisis of global oil production. Spoiler alert: Peak Oil is doing just fine, sharpening its claws, getting ready to take a big…
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Jul 25 2023 
Safeguarding against maritime drones
By Nat South and first posted at Livejournal
Ed Note: This is how important this study by Nat South is. Just a few hours ago from the Russian MoD:
Last night, the armed forces of Ukraine made an unsuccessful attempt to… -
Jul 24 2023 
Barbie and the mobilization of imbeciles
From RealQuantumBird and translated by Lady Bahrani, our friends at Comunidad Saker Latinoamérica
The hegemonic machine of brainwashing and civilizing degradation engendered by wokeness – social networks + corporate media – is conducting a test to assess its real capacity to…
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Jul 24 2023 
BRICS problems, BRI solutions
While the five original BRICS states have their geopolitical differences, they are finding enormous common ground on the geoeconomic front as trade volumes surge and trade routes multiply.
By Pepe Escobar and first posted at The Cradle
As the BRICS approach the…
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Jul 24 2023 
About China
Two Philosophical Chinese tracks:
First is from Nury Vittachi, Hong Kong based and editor of FridayEveryday.com
Why does the international media endlessly demonize China? Because the west is locked into their “end of history” thesis, which says that the world’s…
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Jul 24 2023 
As is customary, President Putin wrote an article defining issues before the Russia-Africa Summit
Article by Vladimir Putin “Russia and Africa: Joining Efforts for Peace, Progress and a Successful Future“
On July 27–28, St Petersburg will host the second Russia-Africa Summit and Russia-Africa Economic and Humanitarian Forum. On the eve of these large-scale representative events which will bring together heads of state and government, entrepreneurs, academia and public figures, I would like… -
Jul 24 2023 
Demystifying Economics
June 30 2023 (Transcribed July 23).
Dr. Michael Hudson is a professor of Economics at the University of Missouri Kansas City, political consultant, commentator, and journalist. His career has focused on the study of debt, both external and internal, with an… -
Jul 23 2023 
Collapse of Antiquity: Review of Michael Hudson’s last book by Pepe Escobar
https://sputnikglobe.com/20230515/pepe-escobar-us-empire-of-debt-headed-for-collapse-1110374196.html
Pepe Escobar: US Empire of Debt Headed for Collapse
Prof. Michael Hudson’s new book, The Collapse of Antiquity: Greece and Rome as Civilization’s Oligarchic Turning Point” is a seminal event in this Year of Living Dangerously when, to paraphrase Gramsci, the…
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Jul 23 2023
Michael Hudson: The Looming War Against China
Ed Note: There is a video which will be posted when available. In the meantime, the transcript of Prof. Hudson’s full presentation and we’ve all seen Pepe Escobar quoting from this. Here is the full presentation to Global University, Hong…
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Jul 23 2023 
A short Ukraine update
Russian Defence Ministry report on the progress of the special military operation
(23 July 2023)https://t.me/mod_russia_en/8548
▫️ Last night the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation launched a group strike with long-range, sea- and air- based precision weapons against sites where terrorist acts…
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Jul 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.
Jul 26
Kremlin spokesman Peskov says US…
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Jul 21 2023 
Vladimir Putin: Meeting on current issues with permanent members of the Security Council
http://en.kremlin.ru/events/president/news/71714
Taking part in the meeting were Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin, Federation Council Speaker Valentina Matviyenko, State Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin, Deputy Chairman of the Security Council Dmitry Medvedev, Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office Anton Vaino, Secretary of…
