August 14, 2025
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US Dollar in FREE FALL: Trump Loses His Grip, BRICS Plots Currency Coup w/ Ben Norton
Thursday, 14 August 2025 — Danny Haiphong Putin & China are uniting BRICS against Trump’s tariff offensive, igniting a firestorm against the US dollar that’s changing everything. Ben Norton reacts to the bold moves of BRICS leaders of Russia, China, India and Brazil that has them making moves that place the whole dollar order under Continue reading
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The Frontman of Empire: How Bono’s “Activism” Serves the Powerful
DUBLIN – Bono is again in the news for his political activism. At the behest of Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky, the Irish rockstar and frontman of U2 traveled to Kiev, where he performed a few songs with Ukrainian soldiers inside the Khreshchatyk metro station to a crowd of around 100 people – most of whom… Continue reading
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Who gave the order to massacre Gaza journalists?
Israeli forces killed five Al Jazeera journalists in Gaza this week. They included the correspondents Anas al-Sharif and Mohammed Qreiqeh, camera operators Ibrahim Zaher and Moamen Aliwa, and their assistant Mohammed Noufal. Continue reading
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END of US Dollar? Trump LOSES Grip as BRICS Plots New Currency w/ Ben Norton
Trump’s Tariff offensive against BRICS is igniting a firestorm against the US dollar, and it’s changing everything. Ben Norton reacts to the rapid unity forged between Russia, China, Brazil and India as they form a resistance bloc against US economic war. Continue reading
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State Department Shuts down African Stream with Ahmed Kaballo
In this exclusive MintCast episode, former CEO of African Stream Ahmed Kaballo and senior staff writer Alan McLeod dissect the US government’s campaign to silence African Stream, the pan-African media platform that reached 30-40 million monthly viewers with unfiltered reporting on Africa’s resistance to imperialism. Continue reading
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Thomas Sankara’s Legacy is Alive in the Sahel: The Thirty-Third Newsletter (2025)
Burkina Faso has been trapped in neocolonial underdevelopment for nearly all of its post-independence history – can the new government of Ibrahim Traoré follow in Thomas Sankara’s footsteps and change course? Continue reading
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Intangibles: does it change things?
A recent article in the UK’s Financial Times got very excited about the rise of intangibles. The author Tek Parikh said that “50 years go, the assets held by top 500 US companies were predominantly ‘tangible’ — factories, equipment, inventory et cetera. But today, it is estimated that most of their assets are ‘intangible’ ie. intellectual… Continue reading
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‘Israel Says’ Is Not Journalism
Late last Sunday, a targeted Israeli attack killed prominent Al Jazeera journalist Anas al-Sharif alongside several colleagues. They were in a tent outside the main gate of Gaza City’s al-Shifa hospital. Also killed were Al Jazeera correspondent Mohammed Qreiqeh and camera operators Ibrahim Zaher and Mohammed Noufal, together with freelance cameraman Momen Aliwa and freelance… Continue reading
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Bear, Dragon, Elephant, Toucan, Nightingale stare down Goldfinger
Of course it’s all about Alaska. Here’s what’s in play. But it’s the shadowplay that’s even more exciting. Continue reading
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Pepe Escobar: The Bear and the Eagle Face-Off in Alaska
All eyes on Alaska. The Bear-Eagle face-off is part of an astonishing acceleration of history in the summer of 2025. Two weeks after Alaska, there’s the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) annual summit in Tianjin, China. India’s Narendra Modi and Iran’s Masoud Pezeshkian will join, among others, Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin at the same table.… Continue reading
The New Dark Age 