P. GREANVILLE—We publish the whole uber-ballyhooed debate between the duopoly’s actors, Trump and Harris, whose disgraceful lack of substance is matched by their lack of independent agency and morality, each one trying to outgun the other in imperialist machismo and bloodlust, not to mention complete absence of actual solutions to the problems afflicting the US and the world. These enormous flaws, personal and systemic of the duopoly’s figureheads, are underscored by Jill Stein’s intelligent analysis of the political situation and the sensible requisite policies that will heal a nation tearing itself apart.
ACTIVISTS & HEROES
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BRIAN BERLETIC—AT THE END OF THE DAY, THE US EMPIRE IS SINKING BECAUSE IT WON’T ABANDON CAPITALISM, ITS RAISON D’ETRE.
The US realizes its window of opportunity following the Cold War to assert itself as sole global superpower is closing (if it hasn’t closed already). It seeks to find a way to match or exceed the military capabilities and industrial capacity of both Russia and China through “innovation;” – The US refuses to recognize the fundamental flaws in its own system as well as the premise upon which it seeks primacy in the first place. Start-up companies seeking to out-innovate and/or out-produce China propose unrealistic measures that either won’t work or that China is already employing itself on a much larger scale. -
POLICING ‘TRUTH’: The Billionaires’ ‘Fact’-Checking Gang to Keep ‘News’-Media ‘Honest’
by eric zuesse29 minutes readERIC ZUESSE—As Chinese-built high-speed rail networks begin operating in Laos and Indonesia and another continues construction in Thailand, the Philippines has recently canceled several joint-Chinese rail projects.
US government-funded Benar News reported in its recent article, “Philippines drops funding deal with China for 3 railway projects,” that not only will the Philippines no longer seek funding from China, it will also seek out alternative contractors to build the rail projects. Since no other nation is capable of building such projects in the region, the Philippines has for all intents and purposes put infrastructure investment on hold.
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EDITOR—A MUST-WATCH roundtable discussion of the rapidly deteriorating situation in the conflict between the “collective West” (the US Hegemon plus its vassals), and Russia and its multipolar bloc allies, chiefly China, Iran, North Korea, etc., over the shape of the emerging new world dedicated to national sovereignty for every nation, and non-exploitative trade relations. Ritter and Johnson provide superb explanations for Turkiye’s gradual drift away from the EU/US/NATO bloc and Recip Erdogan’s moves to rebuild the glory of the Ottoman empire. Both analysts agree that Turkiye’s departure from NATO will weaken that organisation considerably and precipitate its dissolution. Turkiye, despite its modernity thanks to Kemal Ataturk’s reforms, is and remains an Islamic nation and civilisation, something that many Western leaders and analysts forget at their own peril. Turkiye’s values are essentially incompatible with the West’s, and its fiercely independent heritage clashes with the American empire’s demand to bow before its hegemony. Larry Johnson and Scott Ritter also eloquently describe the problem the world faces in Ukraine, a nation long-recognised as a grifter’s paradise, now turned into a malignant instrument for reckless (and typically devious) Anglo-American policy. With the public in Europe and the US anaesthetised by massive ignorance and propaganda about the actual situation, and an Anglo-American leadership brimming with moral mediocrity, alarming insularity, and reckless imperialist arrogance, it was not surprising that Russia’s just demands in 2021 for an international order grounded in mutual security were swiftly rejected by “the West”. This criminal posture spawned the Ukraine war, which is now pushing the world literally to the edge of the nuclear abyss, warns Ritter, with Johnson concurring.
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MIDDLE EAST IN DEPTH WITH LAITH MAROUF – EPISODE 25 – NEW ISRAELI MASSACRE AND ATTACK ON SYRIA
70 Mins readEDITOR—Garland and Laith discuss the latest developments in the Middle East, and Israel’s outrages, now working feverishly to convert the West Bank into another Gaza, a genocide writ large, none of which attracts the criticism of Western “leaders”, who may have hitched their wagon to a vehicle —Zionism—that may eventually accelerate their historical demise. Laith comments that in the current confrontation, the Empire’s navy is no match for the stubborn commitment of the Houthis, Hezbollah, and other members of the Resistance Axis, and that the US and other members of the alliance may have to withdraw from the region or face a severe military and financial setback. Equally interesting, the Zionist fanaticism of Israel may be condemning Jews, in general, to an ugly backlash around the globe, including in the West itself, since, contrary to protestations, it was the millennia-old brutal persecution of Jews in the “West”, culminating in the Nazi horror, that made the idea of a “Jewish haven” an ideal worth pursuing in Palestine.