By Pepe Escobar and first posted at Sputnik
The new era opened with the strategic tour de force inbuilt in the creation of BRICS 11 involves the make-or-break issue of setting up a new international economic/financial strategy.
Right at the heart of fervent discussions are the merits of designing a new BRICS currency.
Brazilian economist Paulo Nogueira Batista… Continue reading
With thanks to Larry Romanoff. We publish his work with permission.
Ed Note: With the struggles in Africa to take back their sovereignty, this makes perfect background reading.
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NOTE: This first portion is adapted from an article in The Hawaiian Nation.[1]
Few people know that the Kingdom of Hawaii still exists as a nation-state, that it has… Continue reading
With thanks to Batiuska, our writer
Tragedy
It is a truism to say that life is a tragi-comedy.
Surely the greatest tragedy in the world at the moment is the death and destruction in parts of the Ukraine. That sad country has already lost 400,000 dead soldiers, not counting the maimed and those psychologically scarred for life. Worse… Continue reading
The entire West is waiting at the room at the station with black curtains – and no trains.
From Pepe Escobar and first posted at Strategic Culture
We will all need plenty of time and introspection to analyze the full range of game-changing vectors unleashed by the unveiling of BRICS 11 last week in South Africa.
Yet time… Continue reading
The Geopolitical Economy Hour
“Imperialism: How the struggle of both classes and nations creates our world”nation and class (re)create our world,” Geopolitical Hour 16, August 29, 2023.
Transcript
RADHIKA DESAI: Hello and welcome to the 16th Geopolitical Economy Hour, the fortnightly show in which we discuss the political and geopolitical economy of our times. I’m Radhika Desai.
MICHAEL HUDSON:… Continue reading
With thanks to Peter Koenig, our writer
There were several military coups in West Africa lately. Mostly in former French colonies, and in many ways “neo-colonies” of France, that do arguably more harm to the Sahel countries than the more than 300 years of French “on-the-ground” colonies, or enslavement. Though, this latter crime is not to… Continue reading
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BRICS+ is here. Danny Haiphong interviews Michael Hudson and Pepe Escobar, August 25, 2023.
DANNY HAIPHONG: As you can see, it’s your host, Danny Haiphong, and I’m joined by two very special guests, friends of each other and friends of this show.
We have the renowned economist Michael Hudson, author of The Collapse of Antiquity, his recent… Continue reading
The UNGA 78 opens on Tuesday, September 5
1. The primary objective of the 78th session of the UN General Assembly is to reaffirm the central and coordinating role of the universal Organization in global affairs and to strengthen the multipolar system of international relations. The UN rightly remains a unique platform for an open and equal… Continue reading
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.
We follow the African situation, Niger and Gabon here. It is still in a phase of information gathering as analysis would… Continue reading
By Dr. Thomas Wilkinson and first posted at Jeff J Brown’s new Seek Truth from Facts Foundation.
Intro: Dr. Thomas P. Wilkinson is not only a wonderful writer and analyst, but is also a great friend. We got to meet when I went to Porto, Portugal in 2020 and stay in regular contact.
Much of his work… Continue reading
With thanks to our writer, Batiushka
Introduction: The American Titanic
Under orders from its oligarchs and their politicians and spymasters, the Western media have either talked down BRICS or simply not reported on it at all. They prefer to talk of a Spanish football manager who kissed a Spanish sportswoman or a shady Russian businessman, murdered by… Continue reading
Is this a Zelensky fever dream or a real possibility that is being discussed?
https://t.me/DDGeopolitics/78916
Kiev would risk losing international support if the conflict spills over into Russian territory, Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky said in an interview on Sunday.
When journalist Natalia Moseichuk asked him if the conflict should “be transferred to the territory of Russia”,… Continue reading
