The New Dark Age

'Socialism or Barbarism'

August 22, 2021

  • Reflections on Events in Afghanistan-6

    6. The untold secrets of Panjshir Valley Many Indian analysts are ecstatic that the Taliban’s goose is cooked, as Amrullah Saleh, deposed president Ashraf Ghani’s former deputy, is on the march to marshal an anti-Taliban resistance movement, a la the Northern Alliance of the late 1990s. The cold air of realism should have taught them… Continue reading

  • Afghanistan News Links 21-22 August 2021

    22 August 2021 • 21:00 — The New Dark Age Taliban Sends Hundreds Of Fighters To Impose Control Of Panjshir Valley Holdout (Videos) https://southfront.org/taliban-sends-hundreds-of-fighters-to-impose-control-of-panjshir-valley-holdout-videos/ Mujahideen v Taliban: Battle for strategic valley looms as anti-Taliban warlord & remnants of Afghan military refuse to surrender https://www.rt.com/news/532764-afghanistan-panjshir-northern-alliance/ Continue reading

  • NATO Is Replicating Nazi Germany’s Crimes In Ukraine—Along With The Dangers Of World War

    NATO and its fascist partnered regimes are facilitating a process in Ukraine that can be compared to the rise of Nazi Germany. The difference being that Ukraine’s fascist regime isn’t going to start invading European imperialist powers, which in the long term will make this regime more sustainable than the Third Reich; whereas the Nazis… Continue reading

  • On the brink–the scenario that the IPCC is not modelling

    The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Working Group 1 has presented its Physical Basis Report as a contribution to the Sixth Assessment Report on climate change, due in early 2022. The report and its summary are written in the precise style and vocabulary of scientific publications that make ‘objective’ statements. However, never before has a… Continue reading

  • Reflections on Events in Afghanistan – 5

    The German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s Moscow visits invariably draw great attention as she has performed a unique role as intermediary between the West and Russia during her 16 years in power. Even in the most trying times in Europe’s ties with Russia, Merkel could get through to Putin, and the western capitals looked up to… Continue reading

  • America and its allies helped the Taliban on the road to victory

    Most Western media outlets are carrying headlines and hype about the return of the Taliban to Afghanistan after the fighting force swept through the country at a blistering pace which has left military strategists gasping. Within 24 hours of making his “I am staying” speech, President Ashraf Ghani fled from Kabul when the Taliban entered… Continue reading