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Half A Million Bpd At Risk From Geopolitical Firestorm
Half A Million Bpd At Risk From Geopolitical Firestorm It’s been a long time since geopolitical developments caused major movements in the oil price, but the escalating tension between the U.S. and Iran, combined with the sudden military clashes in Iraq, has pushed geopolitical risk back on to the agenda for the oil market. “Geopolitical […]
Global Powers Take Next Step to Dethrone U.S. and the Dollar
Global Powers Take Next Step to Dethrone U.S. and the Dollar China, Russia, and Saudi Arabia are rapidly aligning in response to trade sanctions and political discord from western nations. Together, they could soon bring a dramatic end to the global supremacy of America and the U.S dollar. Foreign leaders have been laying the groundwork […]
Washington: The Bleeder of the ‘Free World’
Washington: The Bleeder of the ‘Free World’ Among the many self-flattering epithets it gives itself, the US has always claimed to be the “leader of the free world”. It’s a rather patronizing notion that America views itself as a selfless protector and benefactor of its European allies and others. This fairytale depiction of the world […]
North Korea Warns “Nuclear War Could Break Out At Any Moment”
North Korea Warns “Nuclear War Could Break Out At Any Moment” Less than a day after South Korean and US naval forces kicked off their latest round of joint military drills, which are slated to run until the end of the week, North Korea’s deputy UN ambassador claimed during a fiery speech at the UN […]
Washington Is Destroying American Power
Washington Is Destroying American Power Readers at home and around the world want to know what to make of the announcement that China henceforth will conduct oil purchases and sales in gold-backed Chinese currency. Is this an attack by Russia and China on the US dollar? Will the dollar weaken and collapse from being […]
Canada Aims To Solve U.S. Nuclear Woes
Canada Aims To Solve U.S. Nuclear Woes Canada believes it may have the answer to replacing some U.S. nuclear capacity with other forms of carbon-free energy. When New York state and Massachusetts retire three nuclear reactors between 2019 and 2021, the two states will lose a combined 2.7 gigawatts of carbon-free power. Both states want […]
The Deep State’s Bogus ‘Iranian Threat’
The Deep State’s Bogus ‘Iranian Threat’ Yesterday we identified a permanent fiscal crisis as one of the quadruple witching forces arising in October 2017 which will shatter the global financial bubble. Today the Donald is on the cusp of making the crisis dramatically worse by decertifying the Iranian nuke deal, thereby reinforcing another false narrative that enables the $1 […]
US Deploys Special Forces “Decapitation” Team To South Korea
US Deploys Special Forces “Decapitation” Team To South Korea Today, the South Korean and U.S. navies kicked off massive combined drills off the coast of the Korean peninsula amid heightened tensions, a training exercise which North Korea has warned may prompt another ballistic missile launch potentially to coincide with the launch of the Chinese 19th […]
The American Century’s Final Curtain
The American Century’s Final Curtain History will show that the United States, more than a decade after being drawn by rabid neo-conservative war hawks into costly and ill-advised conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq, saw the final curtain drawn on its post-Cold War “American Century.” The inauguration of Donald Trump, who acts more like the Roman […]
Trump is Moving Toward War With Iran
Trump is Moving Toward War With Iran With his Iran speech U.S. President Trump has taken a huge step into uncharted territories. One that implies a 60-75% risk of leading to a US attack on Iran. Behind him stands the hardline militarists whom he has himself appointed. Secondly, neo-conservative individuals and think tanks who have […]
Elites ‘Have No Credibility Left’: Interview With Journalist Chris Hedges
Elites ‘Have No Credibility Left’: Interview With Journalist Chris Hedges Pulitzer Prize winner and Truthdig columnist Chris Hedges. (Cheryl Biren / CC BY-NC-ND 2.0) On Monday, WSWS International Editorial Board Chairman David North interviewed Chris Hedges, the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, author, lecturer and former New York Times correspondent. Among Hedges’ best-known books are War is a Force That Gives Us […]
The Unraveling of American/Russian Relations
The Unraveling of American/Russian Relations Dear Readers: I agree that the official Las Vegas story seems to be unraveling. A public mass shooting should be transparent, not opaque. I think we explored the story long enough to discover that without knowing the facts, we cannot arrive at an explanation with confidence. It is time to […]
Iran’s Top General Meets With Kurdish President Barzani As U.S. Neocons Push For War
Iran’s Top General Meets With Kurdish President Barzani As U.S. Neocons Push For War In an unexpected diplomatic turn of events which underscores the seriousness of escalating tensions between the Iraqi government and the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG), the head of Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guard (which last week were designated by the US as a terrorist […]
China Takes Aim At The Petrodollar
China Takes Aim At The Petrodollar China continues to pursue its ambitious plan to make its currency—the yuan—more international. The world’s top crude oil importer and key oil demand growth driver is now determined to get as many oil exporters as possible on board with accepting yuan payments for their oil. China is now trying […]
