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Flipping Brzezinski’s Chessboard
A special episode of Mel K On the cusp of the Putin-Trump summit in Alaska, I met up with Mel K to unpack the deeper historic and geopolitical dynamics shaping US-Russian relations with a focus on the Arctic. We start by exploring why Alaska was chosen as the location, and […]
Let’s talk about…looming war in Venezuela?
The US Navy is sending at least three destroyers and various other craft to the Caribbean coast of Venezuela, allegedly on a mission to combat drug cartel activity. In response, Maduro has mobilized 4 million members of the national militia. Trump “hasn’t ruled out” boots on the ground, but in fairness, he […]
Europe Reveals Itself as Ridiculous in Ukraine
By Donald Trump’s transactional criterion, NATO has been a costly failure that needs fixing or needs to be cut lose. Europe has failed to pay the price and has left the U.S. with the financial and military burden of defending Europe. The war in Ukraine has proven the point. But […]
Nationwide Protests in Israel to End Gaza War But Netanyahu Seeks Expansion
Polls show a most Israelis want fighting to stop, but government plans to expand it Israelis Hold Nationwide Protests and Strike The Wall Street Journal reports Israelis Hold Nationwide Protests and Strike to End Gaza War The families of Israeli hostages held in Gaza led nationwide protests and a strike calling […]
The Arabs, the Left, and Those Who Remained Silent: History Will Not Forgive You
The consequences of the Israeli genocide in Gaza will be dire. An event of this degree of barbarity, sustained by an international conspiracy of moral inertia and silence, will not be relegated to history as just another “conflict” or a mere tragedy. The Gaza genocide is a catalyst for major events to […]
Ukraine, NATO, & Europe Will NEVER Accept Peace with Russia – You Will See
I have to admit that what I have seen from the Western Press is nothing but absurd propaganda and complete ignorance of the concept of strategy. They love to say Trump failed after previously pushing for a ceasefire and threatening severe consequences for Russia if Putin did not stop the […]
The Police State Has a New Playbook: Martial Law, One City at a Time
“The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by an endless series of hobgoblins, most of them imaginary.” H.L. Mencken Let’s not mince words: every American should be alarmed by President Trump’s “Liberation Day” tactics, theatrics and threats. What is […]
Our complicity in Gaza has set the stage for a second genocide – in the West Bank
As the dusting off of Israel’s E1 Plan emphasises, the intended fate of Palestinians in the West Bank is ultimately no different from the fate of Palestinians in Gaza – unless we act Reprinted from Jonathan Cook’s Substack. There is a revealing back story to Israel’s so-called E1 Plan, a massive […]
Celebrating Independence: Comforting Myth in a Dispossessed Reality
As India celebrates its 78th Independence Day on 15 August, the tricolour will flutter proudly across the nation. Speeches will echo the triumphs of freedom, resilience and progress. But beneath the patriotic fervour will lie an uncomfortable truth: independence means little if the nation’s food, land and farmers are being […]
Israel’s man inside the CIA betrayed the US, new files show
CIA spymaster James Angleton shaped the US-Israeli relationship in secrecy. Newly unredacted files shed light on his wanton betrayal of his country to assist Israel’s theft of US nuclear material and global spying operations. Veteran CIA counterintelligence chief James Angleton secretly oversaw a top-level spy ring involving Jewish émigrés and […]
