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Oct 11 2024 
Could Palestine be the catalyst for an Islamic Renaissance?
It’s impossible to count on corrupt Arab regimes – the weak link – to stop the Gaza genocide. Focus on the popular resistance organizations. Forget about the compradore regimes.
By Pepe Escobar at Strategic Culture Foundation.
ISTANBUL – Of all the countless analyses across the lands of Islam about the profound significance of fateful Al-Toofan (Al-Aqsa Flood)… Continue reading
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Sep 10 2024 
The War against Reality: Soft Power and Owning Narratives – a Western Obsession
And whoever ends up “owning the narrative” – a new trendy trope – is “the winner”… a winner who has attained a position of omnipotence…
By Nora Hoppe at Al Mayadeen.
In recent years “narratives” have become more sophisticated, devious… and compulsorily spurious, especially in the service of the Hegemon, to uphold its political, economic and especially… Continue reading -
Aug 29 2024 
‘Karbala is the path to Al-Aqsa’: an Iraq diary
Iraq’s prime minister hosted a unique conference in Baghdad during the 21 million-strong Arbaeen march, linking the seventh-century murder of Imam Hussain in Karbala to Israel’s current genocide of Palestinians.
By Pepe Escobar at The Cradle.
BAGHDAD and KARBALA – Arriving in Baghdad today comes as an electric shock to any visitor who remembers recent, somber Iraqi… Continue reading
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Mar 20 2024 
A Travelogue of Electoral Donbass
Donetsk, Avdeyevka, Mariupol – on the Road in Electoral Donbass
By Pepe Escobar at Sputnik.
They have waited 10 long, suffering years to vote in this election. And vote they did, in massive numbers, certifying a landslide reelection for the political leader who brought them back to Mother Russia. VVP may now be widely referred to as… Continue reading -
Mar 14 2024 
Yemen consolidates around Ansar Allah (Houthis)
In Yemen, The Squabbling Tribes — ancient vehicle used by Empires to divide and rule — have been harnessed by Ansar Allah into the unbreakable internal front; the rock upon which shatters the thalassocratic West.
By Saqr Abo Hasan at The Cradle.
In Yemen, tribes hold the keys to power
Yemen’s many tribes are key powerbrokers in the… Continue reading
