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Oct 28 2024 
BRICS Make History – Can They Keep the Momentum?
The Kazan Declaration is no less than a detailed diplomatic manifesto to propose real reform, moving in practice towards in-depth institutional changes and to reject Hegemony, in particular the post-WW2 Anglo-American levers of global control.
By Pepe Escobar at Sputnik.
The not so simple twists of fate always allow certain cities to make their mark in History… Continue reading -
Sep 23 2024 
Will a BRICS Bretton Woods Take Place in Kazan?
Is BRICS ready to become an actor in Kazan next month, and what should be on the table in terms of the strategy to establish an alternative payment system?
By Pepe Escobar at Sputnik.
With less than a month before the crucial BRICS annual summit in Kazan under the Russian presidency, serious informed discussions are raging in… Continue reading -
Sep 17 2024 
The Russian Digital Ruble & BRICS Bridge
Leaving the dollar-based system for good: What are the digital ruble and BRICS Bridge?
By July 1, 2025, the largest Russian banks will have to provide their clients with the ability to conduct transactions in digital rubles, according to the Russian Central Bank. Pilot testing of the digital currency is underway with 12 banks participating in… Continue reading
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Sep 14 2024 
BRICS, the Rise of China & Indivisible Security
The first meeting of security experts/National Security Advisors under the expanded BRICS+ format in St. Petersburg unveiled quite a few nuggets.
By Pepe Escobar at Strategic Culture Foundation.
The first meeting of security experts/National Security Advisors under the expanded BRICS+ format at the Konstantinovsky Palace in St. Petersburg unveiled quite a few nuggets.
Let’s start with China. Foreign… Continue reading -
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 -
Sep 09 2024 
Russia, China, ASEAN Weave Their Eastern Magic
Russia, China, Malaysia spoke for the Global South / Global Majority at East Economic Forum (EEF) in Vladivostok: there is “unity in diversity.”
By Pepe Escobar at Sputnik.
Something quite extraordinary happened at the plenary session of the Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok last week – very much in tune with the forum’s main theme: “Far Eastern… Continue reading -
Sep 08 2024 
How Vietnam teaches Palestine to Fight Invaders
Vietnam has fought and defeated countless Goliaths to achieve its liberation.
While our people in Palestine are still fighting their own Goliath, we wanted to learn, how did the Vietnamese do it? And what happens once this Goliath is taken down? What does a national identity built on liberation and resistance look like when the country’s… Continue reading
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Aug 30 2024 
From the River to the Sea, Palestine will be Free
A must-watch fiery speech by DiEM25 spokesperson in the Netherlands, Lucille Cornelis, at the Stop the Genocide! protest at the Dam square, in Amsterdam on August 17, 2024. The protest was organised by the Palestinian Community of the Netherlands.
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Aug 01 2024 
Avanti Popolo! But whither are we bound?
This arduous global struggle of states to free themselves from the shackles of a unipolar world has given the various peoples of the Global Majority hope for themselves and their descendants.
By Nora Hoppe at Al Mayadeen. and sent to GlobalSouth for posting.
For the Peoples of the world to be more involved in politics… Continue reading -
Jul 09 2024 
SCO Summit a Geopolitical Game Changer
A very nice wrap-up of the recent SCO Summit! Pepe ties the bows. Was this the most crucial Global Majority meeting of this year?? The studious silence in the black hole of the Exceptional Garden tells the tale…
Could the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) become the cornerstone of a new multipolar world order? Join us as… Continue reading
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Jul 05 2024 
The SCO Summit in Kazakhstan Was a Game-Changer
The first SCO+ meeting. Game-changer in more ways than one. The meticulous process conducted by Russia to deliver a fatal blow to Pax Americana is essentially shared by all SCO members. Welcome to the Multi-Nodal Matrix.
By Pepe Escobar at Sputnik.
It’s impossible to overstate the importance of the 2024 summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO)… Continue reading -
Jun 30 2024 
All the Weapons of the West
The firepower of western war machines are no match for determined national-liberation movements. This has been proved time and again by history – and is being demonstrated before our eyes in Palestine today.
Proletarian writers at The Communists.
“All the king’s horses and all the king’s men. Couldn’t put Humpty together again.”
On 5 June, during a visit… Continue reading -
Jun 25 2024 
BRICS+ Cities Unite in Kazan
200 heads of municipalities from 21 countries met at the Forum of Cities of the BRICS+ Countries in the Russian city of Kazan, ushering in a new era of cooperation.
By Pepe Escobar at Sputnik.
The idea, by Kazan mayor Ilsur Metshin, was as simple as quite revolutionary. Why not profit from the year of the Russian… Continue reading -
Jun 11 2024 
Russia on the Way Forward
Debriefing SPIEF-2024. On the Units (and chords) of the Harmonic Symphony. From the rockin’ Heartland of the Multipolar World. With a side of the “Small Garden with High Walls,” symmetrical escalatory responses, hot summers, & Armageddon..
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