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Erdogan Vows To Abandon Dollar, “Doesn’t Need Permission” To Buy Russian Missiles
Erdogan Vows To Abandon Dollar, “Doesn’t Need Permission” To Buy Russian Missiles Another day, another angry rant by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan aimed at the US, who on Sunday vowed Ankara would abandon the dollar in transactions with Russia and other countries, accusing the US of behaving like “wild wolves.” “America behaves like wild […]
A Fake Brexit and the “Noble Dream” – Claudio Grass Speaks With Godfrey Bloom
A Fake Brexit and the “Noble Dream” – Claudio Grass Speaks With Godfrey Bloom Introductory Remarks: The “Anti-Politician” Godfrey Bloom, by PT Most of our readers will probably remember former UKIP chief whip and European Parliament representative Godfrey Bloom. As far as we know, he is the only politician who ever raised the issue of […]
US Strategy in Syria: ‘Create Quagmires Until We Get What We Want’
US Strategy in Syria: ‘Create Quagmires Until We Get What We Want’ In seeking to control post-war Syria, US determined to keep war going In 2013, top Obama Administration officials described their policy in the Syrian War as one of keeping the war going. The administration wanted a big seat at the table for a […]
Russia Squelches Trump’s New Plan to Invade Syria
Russia Squelches Trump’s New Plan to Invade Syria On Friday, August 31st, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov announced that Russia has handed to the OPCW (Organization for Prohibition of Chemical Weapons), and to the U.N., “proof” that the U.S. Government has been working with Al Qaeda to set up a chemical incident that the U.S. […]
Provocations Have A History Of Escalating Into War
Provocations Have A History Of Escalating Into War The Russian Government and President Putin are coming under pressure not from US sanctions, which are very good for Russia as they force Russia into independence, but from Russian patriots who are tiring of Putin’s non-confrontational responses to Washington’s never-ending insults and military provocations. Russian patriots don’t […]
China Moves Into Afghanistan As Part Of Its Global Expansion Mission
China Moves Into Afghanistan As Part Of Its Global Expansion Mission For many, it was a stunning development. China will build a brigade-size military training facility in the strategic Wakhan Corridor, the land bridge between Tajikistan and Pakistan, which is located in Afghanistan’s northeast Badakhshan province and borders China. Although Beijing denied the claim that hundreds of […]
Economic Armaments and China’s Global Ambitions
ECONOMIC ARMAMENTS AND CHINA’S GLOBAL AMBITIONS The world continues to move in potentially dangerous directions. A leading component of this threat is the use of economic armaments by governments to gain political and market advantages in their foreign relations with other countries. Among the leading participants in the use of such economic armaments is the […]
UK: Syrian Terrorists Can’t Possibly Be Planning Chemical Weapons False Flag, Because Russia Said They Are
UK: Syrian Terrorists Can’t Possibly Be Planning Chemical Weapons False Flag, Because Russia Said They Are In a recent meeting with the press, British ambassador to the United Nations Karen Pierce told reporters that it is absolutely unthinkable that the terrorist factions in the terrorist-held Syrian province of Idlib could possibly be planning a terrorist attack […]
Economic Crisis Looms In Iran As Sanctions Bite
Economic Crisis Looms In Iran As Sanctions Bite In a little over two months, painful U.S. sanctions on Iran’s oil sector will take effect, but the Iranian economy is already showing signs of strain. Iran’s currency, the rial, has fallen by more than half since the start of the year. There is now a thriving […]
Workers’ Power vs. Climate Destroyers: What It Will Take to Save the Planet
Workers’ Power vs. Climate Destroyers: What It Will Take to Save the Planet Humanity faces a multi-faceted crisis. Endless wars of imperial aggression, both overt and covert– from Iraq, Syria, Libya and Afghanistan to Yemen, Palestine and Central and South America. These conflagrations compel those at the bottom of the economic pyramid to fight and die […]
Why America can’t understand the Middle East
Why America can’t understand the Middle East American thinking bends toward an attempt to remake the world in its own image. This fatal exceptionalism leads writers like David Ignatius into misreading events in the Arab world A recent editorial in the Washington Post, written by columnist David Ignatius, offers a shining example of the United States’ […]
Iran Sanctions, Emerging Markets And The End Of Dollar Dominance
Iran Sanctions, Emerging Markets And The End Of Dollar Dominance The trade war is a rather strange and bewildering affair if you do not understand the underlying goal behind it. If you think that the goal is to balance the trade deficit and provide a more amicable deal for U.S. producers on the global market, […]
