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March 6, 2025

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Black Agenda Report March 5, 2025
Thursday, 6 March 2025 — Black Agenda Report

Liberals Want War in Ukraine, Trump Wants Peace in Ukraine, But All Agree on Death in Gaza

Margaret Kimberley, BAR Executive Editor and Senior Columnist

Donald Trump’s efforts to normalize relations with Russia, and to end the fighting in the Ukraine proxy war are logical and sensible. But years of whipped up anti-Russia hatred make logical solutions difficult to achieve, with democrats trying to fight his change of course. While Russia is a hot button issue, there is silence and bipartisan consensus about continuing Israel’s war crimes in Gaza.

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March 6, 2025

No comments on The Global North Has Nine Times More Voting Power at the IMF Than the Global South: The Tenth Newsletter (2025)

The Global North Has Nine Times More Voting Power at the IMF Than the Global South: The Tenth Newsletter (2025)
Thursday, 6 March 2025 — The Tricontinental

Dear Friends,

Greetings from the desk of Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research.

Yes, the headline of this newsletter is accurate.

As far as the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is concerned, each person in the Global North is worth nine people in the Global South. We get that calculation from IMF data on voting power in the organisation relative to the population of the Global North and Global South states. Each country, based on its ‘relative economic position’, as the IMF suggests, is given voting rights to elect delegates to the IMF’s executive board, which makes all of the organisation’s important decisions. A brief glance at the board shows that the Global North is vastly overrepresented in this crucial multilateral institution for indebted countries.
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March 6, 2025

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Asylum seekers – pawns in the defence review
Thursday, 6 March 2025 — Institute of Race Relations

As Starmer increases spending on defence, asylum seekers have once again emerged as pawns in a spending review that will ultimately pit asylum seekers against the poorest in the Global South.

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March 6, 2025

No comments on Whose Dog Was Being Wagged During Showtime Between Trump and Zelensky?

Whose Dog Was Being Wagged During Showtime Between Trump and Zelensky?
Tuesday, 4 March 2025 — Edward Curtin

Edward Curtin

Art requires the use of imagination, but so does political and social analysis. But imagination is just a first step; it proves nothing.

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9/11, USA
March 5, 2025

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Billionaire-backed Global Citizen whitewashes Kagame’s invasion of DRC
Wednesday, 5 March 2025 — The Grayzone

By Ann Garrison

John Legend’s concert in Rwanda signaled global elite support for Paul Kagame amid his bloody invasion of the DRC. The event was organized by Global Citizen, a pseudo-activist NGO backed by corporations hungry for Africa’s resource wealth.

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March 4, 2025

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Putin’s Endgame in Ukraine
Tuesday, 4 March 2025 — Glenn Diesen’s Substack

Prof. Glenn Diesen with Judge Napolitano

Glenn Diesen

I had the great pleasure to discuss with Judge Napolitano the efforts by Trump to pressure Zelensky into starting negotiations to end the war. Trump is challenging the legitimacy of Zelensky and even cutting military support to push him to the negotiation table. It is very possible that Trump will also start to mount pressure on the Europeans as they are seen to also oppose his peace plan. By cutting military spending, Trump hopes to also deprive Zelensky and the Europeans of the alternative to keep the war going. The war summit in Paris organised by the Europeans demonstrates that they are not able to mobilise the political will and unity required to replace the US. The Europeans also do not have the money or military power to continue the war, yet they do not have the political imagination beyond doubling down on a failed war. If the Europeans continue to resist Trump’s peace efforts, then NATO itself could end up being dissolved.
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March 4, 2025

No comments on Tariff Mania: Let the Tariff Games Begin …

Tariff Mania: Let the Tariff Games Begin …
Tuesday, 4 March 2025 — Geopolitical Economy & Climate Change

Roger Boyd

US corporations and US investors have based their business strategies on the fundamental belief that the US state will always use its power to force open other nations to free trade, while at the same time generally practising free trade itself. A belief that has proven correct since WW2, and has been the basis upon which they have built global supply chains (helping to decimate the real living standards of the majority of Americans) and huge global sales based mostly upon localized production (e.g. Tesla, Starbucks, Apple in China).

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March 4, 2025

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US puts firewall to protect Ukraine deal with Russia
Monday, 3 March 2025 — Indian Punchline

by M. K. BHADRAKUMAR

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer (L) gave a highly public show of support for Volodymyr Zelenskyy (R) greeting the Ukrainian president on the steps of No. 10 Downing Street, walking towards him and immediately throwing his arm around him. Inside No. 10, Starmer told Zelenskyy he has “full backing across the United Kingdom.” London, March 1, 2025

The verbal shootout at the Oval Office last Friday brought out President Vladimir Zelensky’s fury that Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin are very close to a deal on Ukraine, while the conclave in Lancashire House in London on Sunday involving 18 European leaders messaged that Zelensky is in good company.

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March 4, 2025

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Archiving Gaza: The Race to Save Evidence of War Crimes and Mass Destructio
Tuesday, 4 March 2025 — Drop Site

Inside the dangerous effort to dodge censorship and document the horrors of Israel’s war against Gaza.

Lila Hassan

For 17 months, the world has stood by asPalestinians in Gaza have documented, largely on social media, a war of annihilation being waged against them by Israel with the full backing of the U.S. government and most Western nations. More than 200 media workers have been killed since October 7, almost all of them Palestinians. Israel has blocked unembedded journalists from entering the besieged Strip. As the people of Gaza have fought against insurmountable challenges in their effort to document and broadcast the horrors to the world, they have faced not only bombs and bullets, but pervasive censorship by social media companies resulting in the erasure of their documentation of this war. Despite these challenges—and the sporadic and unreliable access to the internet in a Gaza under siege—Palestinian archivists, media workers, historians, and others have fought diligently to not only store vital evidence but to preserve memory. And they do so while trapped in a killing cage.

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March 3, 2025

No comments on Baltic/Black Sea Power Games and Red Lines Intersect in a “Strange War”

Baltic/Black Sea Power Games and Red Lines Intersect in a “Strange War”
Friday, 27 February 2025 — Strategic Culture Foundation

Pepe Escobar

Strategic waters: Sweden and Finland’s accession to NATO positioned Russia as the only non-member bordering the Baltic Sea.

No one ever lost money betting on the batshit crazy “policies” of the ferociously yapping Baltic chihuahuas. Their latest power play of sorts is a drive to turn the Baltic Sea into a NATO lake.

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March 3, 2025

No comments on A verbal and gestural combat sport at the Oval Office: for what are the results?

A verbal and gestural combat sport at the Oval Office: for what are the results?
Monday, 3 March 2025 — New Eastern Outlook

Mohamed Lamine KABA

The conversation in the Oval Office turned out to be a deal-breaker for Ukraine, an embarrassment and the expulsion of the Kiev politician from the White House.

In a tense exchange at the top of the diplomacy of the anti-Russia Western alliance, Zelensky, the emblematic figure of the Ukrainian decline, sees his status waver in the face of Trump and Vance. A shock of a few minutes was enough to upset the transatlantic diplomatic balance and to cut off the last hope of the warmongering Europe.

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March 3, 2025

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Unsustainable Spoilt Brat Diplomacy meets Inglorious End
Monday, 3 March 2025 — New Eastern Outlook

Simon Chege Ndiritu

In a botched February 28th meeting, Trump and Zelensky engaged in what can be described as spoilt brat diplomacy, as each hoped to get the best of the other, with no room for concessions or compromises.

A shouting match in the Oval Office

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March 3, 2025

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Europe’s Growing Irrelevance: Speaking with the Former Foreign Minister of Austria
Monday, 3 March 2025 — Glenn Diesen’ Substack

I had the great pleasure of speaking with Karin Kneissl and Alexander Mercouris about Europe’s decline and tendency to double down on failed policies. Kneissl is the former Foreign Minister of Austria. We discussed why NATO’s defeat in the Ukraine proxy war will fragment the alliance, why the Europeans are no longer capable of engaging in diplomacy with Russia, how strategic thinking was replaced with ideological slogans, why unity and democracy within the EU is weakening, and why the economic decline will be difficult to reverse. Removingthe dividing lines in Europe and restoring peace with Russia, as the largest state in Europe, would be an important part of reversing Europe’s growing irrelevance. However, the Europeans appear to be preparing for a showdown against Russia instead.
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March 3, 2025

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Keir Starmer’s plan for UK growth – the Ukraine war
26 February 2025 — Declassified UK

The Labour government’s increase in military spending and its extraordinary new agreement with Ukraine are platforms for the UK arms industry, which Labour sees as key to economic growth in Britain.

MARK CURTIS

Starmer signed a 100 year deal with Ukraine last month. (Photo: Capital Pictures / Alamy)
UK military spending and aid to Ukraine are effectively providing a public subsidy to British arms firms.

One major MoD contractor is currently being investigated by the Serious Fraud Office for suspected bribery and corruption
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March 3, 2025

No comments on After the Zelensky-Trump Clash – US May Replace Zelensky and Put Greater Pressure on Europe to End the War

After the Zelensky-Trump Clash – US May Replace Zelensky and Put Greater Pressure on Europe to End the War
Monday, 3 March 2025 — Glenn Diesen’s Substack

Prof. Glenn Diesen on Neutrality Studies

Glenn Diesen

I spoke with Pascal Lottaz about the clash in the Oval Office. The US demands that Zelensky agree to ending the war on the terms being negotiated between the US and Russia: No NATO membership, accepting territorial concessions, and no US security guarantees. This is a terrible deal for Ukraine, yet it is the best possible deal as more men and territory will be lost at an accelerating rate. The Europeans have no realistic alternatives, and it is also feared that they will seek to disrupt the peace process. The US is therefore putting immense pressure on Ukraine and will likely have Zelensky replaced if he does not fall in line.
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March 3, 2025

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Covid vaccine injured – Silent no More
Monday, 3 March 2025 — HART

Was taking the Covid vaccine Worth a Shot? A new book by Caroline Pover, written on behalf of Brianne Dressen who lives in the USA, chronicles the horrific story of how she was severely injured by the Covid vaccine after enrolling on the AstraZeneca trial in November 2020. (more…)
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March 2, 2025

No comments on Trump’s MAGA and deregulation

Trump’s MAGA and deregulation
Sunday, 2 March 2025 — The Next Recession

Michael Roberts

Trump sees the United States as just a big capitalist corporation of which he is chief executive. Just as he did when he was the boss in the TV show, the Apprentice, he thinks he is running a business and so can employ and fire people at his whim. He has a board of directors who advise and/or do his bidding (the American oligarchs and former TV presenters). But the institutions of the state are a hindrance. So Congress, courts, state governments etc are to be ignored and/or told to carry out the instructions of the CEO.

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March 2, 2025

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Trump-Zelensky Drama a Distraction from US-EU “Division of Labor”
Sunday, 2 March 2025 — The New Atlas

New Atlas LIVE is a weekly stream for discussing current events, connecting with the New Atlas community, and more. Q&A is open the entire time, please write “QUESTION” or “Q” and then your question so we can more easily spot it.
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March 2, 2025

No comments on Trump plans to make Ukraine a US economic colony, exploiting its critical minerals

Trump plans to make Ukraine a US economic colony, exploiting its critical minerals
Sunday, 2 March 2025 — Geopolitical Economy

Donald Trump’s fight with Zelensky reflects how the US treats Ukraine as a colony. He demands control of its rare earths & critical minerals, to weaken China, re-industrialize, and build tech products

Ben Norton

The fight that broke out in the White House between US President Donald Trump and Ukraine’s leader, Volodymyr Zelensky, on February 28 was a stark symbol of the colonial relationship between the two countries.

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March 2, 2025

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Gilbert Doctorow: Trump Outmaneuvers Europe
Sunday, 2 March 2025 — Glenn Diesen’s Substack

with Prof. Glenn Diesen

Glenn Diesen

I had the pleasure of speaking with Dr. Gilbert Doctorow about America’s efforts to end the Ukraine War and reduce its presence in Europe. The British and French are the main countries that can disrupt America’s plans, and Trump thus hosted both Macron and Starmer in Washington. While the Europeans want US security guarantees to get the US entangled and prolong the war, Trump has aimed to soften the position of the UK with an offer of a possible trade agreement. An agreement has to be reached with Russia soon as the Ukrainian army is collapsing, and then Russia will be in a much more favourable position. Trump offers an end to NATO expansion, territorial concessions, and no security guarantees for Ukraine because the war has been lost. Russia seemingly prefers a political agreement with the US that addresses the cause of the war, which was the failure to reach a mutually acceptable post-Cold War settlement to replace aggressive bloc politics.
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John Legend’s concert in Rwanda signaled global elite support for Paul Kagame amid his bloody invasion of the DRC. The event was organized by Global Citizen, a pseudo-activist NGO backed by corporations hungry for Africa’s resource wealth.

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Donald Trump’s fight with Zelensky reflects how the US treats Ukraine as a colony. He demands control of its rare earths & critical minerals, to weaken China, re-industrialize, and build tech products

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