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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…
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Jan 17 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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Why do we fight?
This writing will weave some personal experiences through the story and modern history of Latin America. Then we will look at Cuba, where a former DIA analyst Ana Belén Montes was imprisoned for 20 years because she shared intelligence with…
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Jan 16 2023 
All Quiet (Panic) on the Western Front
By Pepe Escobar (raw document, not yet cross-posted https://t.me/rocknrollgeopolitics/5995)
Shadows are falling / And I’ve been here all day / It’s too hot to sleep / And time is running away / Feel like my soul / has turned into steel…
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Jan 15 2023 
Here comes China
From Godfree Robert’s excellent newsletter Here Comes China with my comments
Through the years since starting his newsletter, Godfree had excellent reporting on China and Covid. At my previous site, I could not report any of that, so, with a smile…
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Jan 14 2023 
Peru
It is a great surprise to me that Peruvians are still out on the street across the country to reject the coup d’état that overthrew constitutional president Pedro Castillo on December 7th. These mass protests have met mass and brutal…
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Jan 14 2023 
Pax Sinica in the Middle East?
by Godfree Roberts from the Here Comes China newsletter.
Hope for Palestine and Iran?
In 2022, the China-GCC Summit was one thing, and China’s strategic partnership with Iran another, but both Saudi Arabia and Iran applying simultaneously to multipolar institutions – BRICS… -
Brazil Notes
I made a comment in the Daily Chronicles as follows:
Brazil? The USAmerican rightwing is literally vicariously reliving their 6th January via the attempted coup in Brazil. At this moment, do not accept any USAmerican writing on Brazil as the facts… -
Highly Recommended: Emmanuel Todd
This is the TASS version of a French article by Emmanuel Todd, described as an expert. Escobar notes: “Todd is spot on. He’s one of three or four – not more – French intellectuals who actually knows how the real…
