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2019 RAND Paper Warned US of Failure During Ukraine Conflict
As far back as 2019, US Army-commissioned studies examined different means to provoke and antagonize Russia who they acknowledged sought to avoid conflict. However, they also warned that if Russia was pushed too far, it could trigger an escalation that would spiral out of Washington’s control. Continue reading
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Why does the United States continue to occupy a Haitian island?
The Americans mined a million tons of guano on the island without paying a cent to the Haitian authorities. Other countries have sold the product for hundreds of millions of dollars Continue reading
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India’s energy diplomacy blossoms, finally
To be sure, energy security has surged as the key to a country’s strategic autonomy and independence, as world events testify, currently within the matrix of “food-fertiliser-fuel” sufficiency where the global supply chains are disrupted. Europe’s missteps on this front, upon the advice of the US to atrophy and severe the continent’s seven decades-long economic… Continue reading
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The US Played Gorbachev for a Fool
Mikhail Gorbachev, the last leader of the Soviet Union who died this week, was a member of that tribe of politicians who can diagnose a problem but don’t know how to treat it. As he grew up, he couldn’t understand why a nation blessed with extraordinary natural resources and an enviable geographically strategic position had… Continue reading
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Hunter Biden affair bounces back
In July 2022, Republican Senator Chuck Grassley denounced an FBI special agent, who he suspected of partaking in a plan to debunk the information found on Hunter Biden’s laptop. During a Senate hearing, FBI Director Christopher Wray said he was deeply troubled by the “kinds of things” that Senator Grassley had brought to his attention. Continue reading
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Europe’s Economic And Social Suicide – Provoked by The U.S. And Helped Along By Europe’s Leaders
Due to the stupidity of Europe’s political leadership the U.S. has managed to push it towards committing economic and social suicide. On February 8 Michael Hudson, a research professor of Economics at University of Missouri, wrote about the then upcoming conflict in Ukraine which the U.S. was intentionally provoking. Continue reading
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Ukraine – ‘Game Changing’ Policy Moves That Ain’t Game Changing
When politicians throw around big numbers or plans one should always look at the details to see what they really entail. In May Biden announced and Congress passed a $40 billion package ‘for Ukraine’. Continue reading
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Ground beneath Zelensky’s feet is shifting
Reading and rereading the US President Joe Biden’s statement last Monday on Ukraine Independence Day, one is reminded of English poet John Keats’ immortal line, ‘Heard melodies are sweet but those unheard are sweeter.’ Three things are striking. Continue reading
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Impressions of Donald Trump
Neurosis to a greater or lesser degree is the norm in western industrialized societies. Drawing on this fact is the key to effective propaganda. It is well known that neurotics always return to the place they are running away from. It’s a circle game of frustration in which being frustrated is actually the “solution,” because… Continue reading
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The ‘Fact-Checking’ Liberal Media
In a remarkably unhinged analysis, NPR host Terry Gross and New York Times Magazine writer Robert Draper claimed that Russia is a communist country — as they went on about how detached from reality rightwing Republicans are. Continue reading
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Watch: Every dog has its day — and today is that day
International affairs analyst Mark Sleboda joins MintPress News’ Dan Cohen to discuss the assassination of Darya Dugina and the latest U.S. weapons package to Ukraine. They discuss how western media and intelligence agencies have distorted the role of the Russian philosopher Alexander Dugin, leading to the murder of his daughter. They also discuss how the… Continue reading
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Whose Grain Is Being Shipped From Ukraine?
A great humanitarian uproar in recent weeks demanding the safe shipping of Ukrainian grain to ease a hunger crisis in Africa and elsewhere is deceptive on many levels. Not the least is who owns the land on which the grain is grown and whether that grain is actually illegal GMO patented corn and other grains.… Continue reading
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In London: Free Assange Human Chain
The national Surround Parliament demonstration on Saturday 8 October is fast approaching. We need the largest possible turnout so we are asking for your help. We already have roughly one-half of the 5,000 links needed in the human chain that will surround the Houses of Parliament! Continue reading
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Six months into Ukraine’s collapse, the world has changed forever
Six months after the start of the Special Military Operation (SMO) by Russia in Ukraine, the geopolitical tectonic plates of the 21st century have been dislocated at astonishing speed and depth – with immense historical repercussions already at hand. Continue reading
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Intelligence Expert Believes CIA Behind Car Bomb Assassination of Daughter of Alexander Dugin
CIA expert Douglas Valentine, author of the seminal book The Phoenix Program (1990), believes that the CIA was behind the car bomb that killed Darya Dugina, a journalist and daughter of well-known Russian intellectual Alexander Dugin. Continue reading
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US Space Force Wants to Disrupt Russia-China Space Cooperation
Close strategic partnership between Russia and China has been the mainstay of their relationship for decades. The US has been trying to disrupt this successful partnership ever since, especially as Russia started regaining its strength, but the incessant belligerent actions of the imperialist thalassocracy have pushed the two (Eur)Asian superpowers even closer. This cooperation is… Continue reading
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US could be preparing Ukrainians for ‘closer combat’ – media
The US may be helping Ukraine prepare for an impending counteroffensive against Russia, The Washington Post claimed, pointing to the type of weaponry making up the latest batch of military aid pledged to Kiev by the Pentagon. Continue reading
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How To Manipulate Readers With ‘Expert’ Slanted Reporting
Imran Khan, a former cricket star who went into politics and became Prime Minister of Pakistan, had been ousted by bribing and threatening politicians of his coalition to turn against him. Khan had developed good relations with China and Russia and was against allowing the U.S. military to use Pakistan as a base for attacks… Continue reading
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