Month: August 2023

On June 14, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina met with South African President Cyril Ramaphosa in Geneva, bringing attention to the matter of Bangladesh joining the BRICS. PM Hasina will attend this year’s BRICS summit, which will be held in South Africa. Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen hinted that Bangladesh is likely to join the grouping […]

The choice of St. Petersburg to host last weeks Russia-Africa summit was no accident. It was a symbolic move. Last week’s Russia-Africa summit in St. Petersburg was a landmark event in Moscow’s foreign policy concept and practice. Not so much because it brought scores of African leaders and senior officials to the country. The first […]

Trump pleads ‘not guilty’. President Trump vowed retribution for the latest federal charges. “I AM NOW GOING TO WASHINGTON, D.C., TO BE ARRESTED FOR HAVING CHALLENGED A CORRUPT, RIGGED, & STOLEN ELECTION. IT IS A GREAT HONOR, BECAUSE I AM BEING ARRESTED FOR YOU. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!!!” Special counsel Jack Smith did not seek […]

Oslo has been designated an “unfriendly” nation and can now employ no more than 27 Russian nationals at its missions in the country Moscow has added Norway to its list of “unfriendly” nations, meaning that Oslo is unable to freely employ Russian nationals to service its embassy and consular offices in Russia. The number of […]

The NATO-Russia proxy war in the Ukraine has become a grinding mess. One reason is that this year, in contrast to most years, winter never really came. The result was only a two-to-three week window in which offensive operations could succeed due to the rivers of mud encountered at any other time when a unit […]

Nancy Pelosi has called the latest indictment against Donald Trump “beautiful” and asserted that if he is elected as president again, it will mean the end of America completely. In the comments to New York magazine, Pelosi stated “The indictments against the president are exquisite,” adding “They’re beautiful and intricate, and they probably have a better chance […]

In an article recently published by Politico, it was said that Kiev already has a secret plan in case the Ukrainian president is assassinated. Although it is normal for countries at war to think about the possibility of their leaders dying, the way that media is reporting the case suggests a kind of attempt to prepare public opinion […]

On August 2, the Russian Ministry of Defense announced the start of the “Ocean Shield” naval exercises in the Baltic Sea. The drills come at a particularly tense moment, given that NATO countries have recently been provoking Russia in the region through the attempt to expand the alliance with Sweden’s access. However, contrary to the […]

How the emergence of a nation rejecting neoliberal dogmas and building the Common could shake a Western world grappling with inequality, economic stagnation, environmental devastation, and fascism. A chronicle of a journey By Antonio Martins Located 2,400 kilometers from Beijing, but only two hundred from the border with Vietnam, the Nanning railway station is one of the jewels […]

In 2019, well before the start of Russia’s military operation in Ukraine, the Russia-Africa summit held in Sochi attracted 43 countries in total. The purpose of the summit was the “development and consolidation of mutually beneficial ties” between Russia and the African continent. Four years later, the 2023 summit held in St. Petersburg attracted 49 countries in […]

In October 2020, on a visit to London, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky met with Sir Richard Moore, the head of the British intelligence service, MI6. The usual diplomatic protocol is for a visiting foreign head of state to meet with his counterpart, which in this case would have been Prime Minister Boris Johnson. According to […]

Ukraine conflict provided the comparison, Moscow’s envoy for partnership with Africa has said African leaders have been able to compare the performance of Russian-made weapons and their Western counterparts during the conflict with Ukraine and draw the appropriate conclusions, Ambassador Oleg Ozerov said on Tuesday. As the head of the secretariat of the Russia–Africa Partnership […]

The five Brics nations – Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa – have announced the admission of six new countries from next year as the club of large and populous emerging economies seeks to reshape the global order. Argentina, Ethiopia, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Egypt and the UAE are to become full members from 1 […]

Perhaps one of the most bizarre recent developments in economic news has been the attempt by establishment media (and the White House) to declare US inflation “defeated” despite all the facts to the contrary. Keep in mind that when these people talk about inflation, they are only talking about the most recent CPI, which is […]

In June of this year, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a law according to which the victory over militaristic Japan will be commemorated in Russia on September 3. The State Duma passed the law, the Federation Council approved it. The newspapers of the Land of the Rising Sun wrote lengthy stories in which the alleged […]

A large part of the global majority sees current events as just another confrontation between white people The recent Russia-Africa summit in St. Petersburg and the consultations in Saudi Arabia last weekend on ending the Ukraine conflict, while different events, form part of a single phenomenon. Their significance lies in the growing importance on the […]

China’s potential broad stimulus package, which includes real estate support and interest rate cuts, could provide price support for rare earths in China and globally. The Chinese government is considering consolidating its rare earth industry, with actions like the merger of three state entities into the world’s largest rare earth company, the China Rare Earth […]

The White House intends to seek congressional approval for the move in a bid to expedite the provision of weapons, the news outlet reports The White House plans to ask Congress to authorize weapons procurement for Taiwan using part of the budget meant for Ukraine, the Financial Times reported on Wednesday, citing sources. According to […]

While average Ukrainians suffer amid NATO’s proxy war against Russia, business is booming for the surrogate baby industry, which requires a steady supply of healthy and financially desperate women willing to lease their wombs to affluent foreigners. Surrogates “have to be from poorer places than our clients,” explained the medical director of Kiev’s largest “baby […]

  “Every day in communities across the United States, children and adolescents spend the majority of their waking hours in schools that have increasingly come to resemble places of detention more than places of learning.”—Investigative journalist Annette Fuentes This is what it means to go back to school in America today. Instead of being taught the three […]

The Ukrainian offensive has petered out – even CNN says it: ‘[The Ukrainians are] still going to see, [whether] in the next couple of weeks, there is a chance of making some progress. But for them really to make the progress that would alter the balance to this conflict – I think, it’s extremely, highly unlikely’ – an […]

In a recent post , I discussed an article by Adam Ellwanger, Professor of English at the University of Houston. Professor Ellwanger tracks the way we have, across the years, most commonly referred to illegal aliens. He reports that we started by referring to them as, duh, “illegal aliens,” a straightforward and precise term used in federal legislation. However, it […]

This NATO circus is running out of road on both sides of the Atlantic, Declan Hayes writes. First off, congratulations to all the participants in the Women’s World Cup for bringing such joy to so many. And a very special hat tip to the women of the Philippines for beating the Kiwis, one of the […]

Leonid Savin   The use of foreign theories and models is unlikely to benefit our state and people. From the mid-2000s to the early 2020s, there was a vogue for “soft power” in the Russian community of political scientists and international scholars—numerous articles on the subject were published, dissertations were defended, and representatives of a […]

Violence in the Sahel (Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chad, The Gambia, Guinea Mauritania, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, and Senegal) has increased in recent years, and several countries in the region have fallen victim to military coups. Now, there is a possibility that US forces may not be welcome in Niger, all at a time when Russophilia is […]

Late last week, the Kansas Office of the State Bank Commissioner shut down Heartland Tri-State Bank of Elkhart, Kan., prompting the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) to enter into a purchase and assumption agreement with Dream First Bank, National Association, of Syracuse, Kan. The FDIC and Dream First Bank, National Association have since assumed all the deposits […]

From August 22 through 24th, an extended coalition of over 40 nations which has become known as BRICS+ will meet in Johannesburg, South Africa. Among the likely topics of discussion is the feasibility of setting up a jointly-owned international financial institution. It would be funded by gold deposits, issue a currency, and extend loans tied […]

Reason and Rationality Have Little to Do with Them It is often hard to understand the reasons for America’s wars, especially since World War II, but they always have a rationale backed up by lies.  The rationale for Vietnam was the containment of communism and the domino theory.  The lie was that U.S. naval ships […]

After the most recent FOMC meeting, Chairman Powell issued an official statement explaining the decision to raise interest rates another quarter-point. That brings the Federal target funding rate to 5.25-5.5%, the highest rate in over two decades. (Granted, those were two decades of perpetual emergency, the lowest-for-longest rates in U.S. history.) Powell summarized the FOMC […]

The late Israeli commentator, Uri Avnery, expressed his concern about the Israeli-Palestinian struggle taking on a more religious character. At first glance, the statement may seem baffling. If Israel is a ‘Jewish State’ that serves as a ‘homeland’ for all Jewish people, everywhere, does it not follow that the ‘struggle,’ at least from an Israeli […]

With the Supreme Court now sidelined from dissent, the government led by the extremist parties can transform Israel into an authoritarian regime. Despite massive street protests since January, and international pressure on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to throw out the bill, the judicial reform measure is now law. It passed on a vote of 64-0 […]

In this episode of Liberty Curious, Kate Wand invited Phil Magness to discuss the origins of critical theory, which is a neo-Marxist school of thought born in the Frankfurt School in 1923. Phil is the director of research and education at AIER, and a prolific researcher on these kinds of ideas. They discuss the history […]

Fifty years ago, Jamaican musician Jimmy Cliff sang: Well, they tell me of a pie up in the skyWaiting for me when I dieBut between the day you’re born and when you dieThey never seem to hear even your crySo as sure as the sun will shineI’m gonna get my share now, what’s mine. Today, […]

There can be little question that the grim prison at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, which still shows no sign of closing anytime soon, is a key legacy — in the worst sense imaginable — of America’s post-9/11 forever wars.  I’ve been covering the subject for decades now and that shameful legacy has never diminished.  Last month, […]

Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Wednesday that Western journalists “live in a state of military censorship” and “receive instructions from their special services.” “There are a lot of serious media outlets (in the West), a lot of talented journalists, smart, professional, but now, since they unleashed this war against us, they absolutely live in a […]

Alexander Dugin Absolutely necessary changes are urgently needed in our society. Only they can lead us to Victory. And without Victory, there will be no Russia. Everyone understands this today. To save the people and the state, we must change. And radically and urgently. Our society fatally lacks justice. Let us give a clear answer—what […]

Paris has vowed to protect its interests in the country, which cut off supplies of the critical material after a coup French President Emmanuel Macron was quick to react to a domestic conflict happening 6,000km away from Paris, saying that France would respond immediately to any violence towards French interests in the wake of a […]

The ECB has a credibility problem.  It didn’t last year.  Last year it was the Fed with the credibility problem.  Today, it’s Christine Lagarde not Jerome Powell that needs to justify her policy. Powell needed nearly a year after he began raising rates to get a significant portion of the market to believe he was […]

The Agency has been covertly “moderating” that online encyclopedia for over ten years, according to a former editor As a mere attentive reader, I’d say the CIA has been manipulating Wikipedia for even longer (maybe from the start?), since it was some fifteen years ago that I looked up Philip Agee’s entry, and found that […]

On his weekly Friday interview on Kossuth Radio, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said “only Western money keeps Ukraine alive and the Ukrainian army operational” and Europe “is at the limit of its capacity” to support Ukraine any further. Therefore, it is “up to the United States to decide the outcome” of the war, Orbán […]