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US now world’s top LNG exporter, as Europe boycotts cheaper Russian gas
The USA has rapidly become the world’s biggest exporter of liquefied natural gas (LNG), tied with Qatar. Europe replaced Asia as the top market for US LNG in 2022, boycotting cheaper Russian energy. Continue reading
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PSL statement: Far-right coup attempt vs. democracy in Brazil
The Party for Socialism and Liberation joins with countless progressive people and organizations around the world in expressing our outrage over the coup attempt underway in Brazil by supporters of former president Jair Bolsonaro. Today, a far right mob numbering in the thousands stormed the headquarters of the Supreme Court, Presidency, and Congress of Brazil… Continue reading
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THE DAYS OF THE US TECH LEVIATHANS ARE DRAWING TO A CLOSE
The advent of the information age – the fusion of the internet plus computing power plus advanced algorithms, takes off at the end of the 1980s. Its development within the USA and its strategic economic importance allows the USA to once more dominate the global value chain. As a result, US Tech corporations become monopolies… Continue reading
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Watch: Introducing Geopolitical Economy Report: Multipolarista is evolving
We are excited to announce the creation of the independent media outlet Geopolitical Economy Report – an evolution and expansion of Multipolarista. Our team will be growing, and we have exciting new projects planned, including a regular show with economists Michael Hudson and Radhika Desai. Continue reading
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Ukraine News Links 6-7 January 2023
Saturday, 7 January 2023 — The New Dark Age Blows Against the Empire: 2022 in Memoriam https://dissidentvoice.org/2023/01/blows-against-the-empire-2022-in-memoriam/ Ukraine: Parliament, Army Leadership Celebrate Fascist Mass Murderer https://popularresistance.org/ukrainian-parliament-army-leadership-celebrate-birthday-of-the-fascist-mass-murderer-bandera/ To defeat American fascism, we must exploit the weaknesses that capital has created for itself https://seeyouin2020.blogspot.com/2023/01/to-defeat-american-fascism-we-must.html Continue reading
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Under Musk, Twitter Continues to Promote US Propaganda Networks
Twitter’s “state-affiliated media” policy has an unwritten exemption for US government-funded and -controlled news media accounts. Twitter even boosts these accounts as “authoritative” sources for news during the Russian/Ukrainian war. Continue reading
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Prince Harry’s ‘Video Games’
Prince Harry claims that he killed 25 Afghan fighters during his second deployment in Afghanistan in 2012/13 in his new memoir. He describes killing someone with an Apache helicopter as “a joy” and likens it to playing video games. Continue reading
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SDG7: The Impossible Energy Transformation
The alleged purpose of the United Nation’s (UN’s) Sustainable Development Goal 7 (SDG7) is to “ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all.” In keeping with Agenda 2030, the target date to achieve this goal is, as you might expect, 2030. Continue reading
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Kiev Snubs Christmas Truce… No Peace or Goodwill From NATO and Its Frankenstein Monster
Russia’s unilateral truce for the Orthodox Christmas this weekend was rejected out of hand as “cynical propaganda” by the United States, European Union, NATO and the NeoNazi regime in Kiev that they support. Who are the real cynics here? Continue reading
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Ukraine News Links 5-6 January 2023
Friday, 6 January 2023 — The New Dark Age Russian-Turkish partnership in the area of another Turkish-Syrian crisis https://journal-neo.org/2023/01/06/russian-turkish-partnership-in-the-area-of-another-turkish-syrian-crisis/ With Eye On Iran, Netanyahu Wades Into Ukraine Conflict https://orientalreview.org/2023/01/06/with-eye-on-iran-netanyahu-wades-into-ukraine-conflict/ Pro-imperialist ideology exists in a tiny cocoon. The rest of the globe desires the end of U.S. hegemony. https://seeyouin2020.blogspot.com/2023/01/pro-imperialist-ideology-exists-in-tiny.html Continue reading
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Watch: The Grayzone live on McCarthy, Twitter’s Russiagate files exposed
The Grayzone’s Max Blumenthal and Aaron Mate discuss the Rep. Kevin McCarthy’s failure to secure the House speakership, what it means for Ukraine aid and how it absolves Jimmy Dore’s Force The Vote push. They will also cover new Twitter files showing how corporate media, Congress and US intelligence colluded to drive Russiagate hysteria. Journalist… Continue reading
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India’s got the BRICS blues
The Brazilian news agency reported that Lula da Silva’s inauguration as the new president on January 1 for a historic third term amidst a carnival-like backdrop was attended by over five dozen foreign delegations, composed of heads of government, vice presidents, foreign ministers, special envoys and representatives of international organisations. It was the largest event… Continue reading
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“If there is to be a livable future, it will be a future offline”
Claims of the system’s power to connect far-flung individuals and enrich one’s social life are risible. In the West, at least, the Internet’s primary effect has been to dissipate social energies into simulated flickers of friendship, comradery, or antagonism that more often than not ripple into nothingness before any deeper human experience can take root,… Continue reading
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NATO will confront Russia in West Africa
Why Mauritania is turning into an alliance outpost in the region – a recent report by Nikolay Dmitrievich Plotnikov outlines the potential for a new NATO front with Russia with Mauritania converted into a NATO alliance outpost in the region. Continue reading
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Ukraine News Links 4-5 January 2023
Thursday, 5 January 2023 — The New Dark Age US Now World’s Top LNG Exporter, As Europe Boycotts Cheaper Russian Gas https://popularresistance.org/us-now-worlds-top-lng-exporter-as-europe-boycotts-cheaper-russian-gas/ For Palestinians, 2022 Was a Year of Renewed Tragedy and New Hope https://popularresistance.org/for-palestinians-2022-was-a-year-of-renewed-tragedy-and-new-hope/ Where Next For Kazakhstan? https://journal-neo.org/2023/01/05/where-next-for-kazakhstan/ Continue reading
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Socialism Is Not a Utopian Ideal, but an Achievable Necessity: The First Newsletter (2023)
In May 2021, the executive director of UN Women, Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, and the UN high representative for disarmament affairs, Izumi Nakamitsu, wrote an article urging governments to cut excessive military spending in favour of increasing spending on social and economic development. Their wise words were not heard at all. To cut money for war and to increase… Continue reading
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Is Ben-Gvir preparing a holy war against the Palestinians?
Israel’s new national security minister, Itamar Ben-Gvir, lost no time in demonstrating who is boss. On Tuesday, days after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government was sworn in, the ultra-nationalist politician marched straight in to the Al-Aqsa Mosque complex in the occupied Old City of Jerusalem – probably the most incendiary site in the Middle East. Continue reading
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Key US Allies Collaborate On Espionage Laws Considered Harmful To Whistleblowers And Journalists
Ministers and security officials in Australia, Sweden, and the United Kingdom have coordinated with the United States to develop new espionage laws. Continue reading
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British-run spy tech powers Ukraine proxy war, putting civilians at risk
Leaked files reveal the Anomaly 6 spy firm is providing intelligence to the British military through a cut-out involved in the Kerch Bridge bombing and other acts of dangerous sabotage in the Ukraine conflict. Continue reading
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Watch: The Dirty Secret of US Groundwater
This week Lee Camp looks into a new investigation that looks into the extent to which US water supplies are contaminated with URANIUM. Continue reading