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- Eurasia
Iran is winning the war with the US. This is how
The war on Iran is transforming the global economy: Economist Michael Hudson explains how
Asymmetric economic war: Iran challenges US dollar, demanding oil be sold in Chinese yuan, as it targets US corporations
Militarization of the Arctic: A new arena for US imperial ambition in Cold War Two
‘Punching them while they’re down’: US & Israel bomb Iran’s schools & hospitals, with ‘no stupid rules of engagement’
- Latin America
Costa Rica deepens alignment with US-backed right-wing forces, with victory of Laura Fernández
Donroe Doctrine: Trump attack on Venezuela is part of imperial plan to impose US hegemony in Latin America
Trump admits he wants to take Venezuela’s oil – and give it to US corporations
Trump frees drug trafficker: US meddles in Honduras’ elections, amid fraud accusations
Big loss for US empire: Ecuador votes to reject foreign military bases
- Africa
West refuses to condemn slavery in UN General Assembly vote
As Trump threatens BRICS, it grows stronger, resisting US dollar and Western imperialism
BRICS expands to 54.6% of world population by adding Nigeria, Africa’s most populous country
BRICS expands with new partner countries. Now it’s half of world population, 41% of global economy
BRICS grows, inviting 13 new ‘partner countries’ at historic summit in Kazan, Russia
- USA
Iran is winning the war with the US. This is how
Asymmetric economic war: Iran challenges US dollar, demanding oil be sold in Chinese yuan, as it targets US corporations
Militarization of the Arctic: A new arena for US imperial ambition in Cold War Two
‘Punching them while they’re down’: US & Israel bomb Iran’s schools & hospitals, with ‘no stupid rules of engagement’
War expands: While bombing Iran, US and Israel attack even more countries
- Economy
The war on Iran is transforming the global economy: Economist Michael Hudson explains how
US officials boast their illegal sanctions ‘collapsed’ Iran’s economy, causing high inflation and protests
Trump is clearly losing the trade war with China, which he started. This is why.
Eurasia realigns in face of late-stage barbarism: Michael Hudson on new post-Western world order
How does China’s system really work? Renowned scholar Zhang Weiwei explains the ‘China model’
Eurasia
Iran is winning the war started by Trump. This is now admitted even in the Western media. Tehran has destroyed major US military bases...
Economy
The US-Israeli war on Iran is altering the geopolitical order, and could cause a global economic crisis. Economist Michael Hudson discusses the shock in...
Africa
The Global South voted for a UN General Assembly resolution condemning the transatlantic slave trade as “the gravest crime against humanity”. Europe abstained. The...
Eurasia
In response to Trump's war of aggression, Iran is using asymmetric tactics, targeting US corporations and dollar dominance, challenging the petrodollar system, demanding oil...
Eurasia
Cold War II is transforming the global system, with two competing visions: The US seeks to revive colonialism and imperialist spheres of influence. China...
Eurasia
Speaking to EU leaders at the Munich Security Conference, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio gave a pro-colonialist speech calling to revive “great Western...
Economy
US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Trump's illegal "maximum pressure" sanctions seek to "collapse" Iran's economy by cutting off oil exports, denying hard currency,...
Latin America
Pro-US, right-wing candidate Laura Fernández won Costa Rica's election, pledging to continue the conservative program of current, corrupt President Rodrigo Chaves, supporting Donald Trump...
USA
Self-declared “peacemaker” Donald Trump has bombed 10 countries, more than any other US leader. Now he plans to raise the military budget to $1.5...
Eurasia
At Davos, Canadian PM Mark Carney admitted that the West's imperialist "rules-based international order" was "false", hypocritical, and exploitative. What does his criticism of...
Latin America
Donald Trump's bombing of Venezuela and abduction of President Maduro is part of a larger imperialist plan to impose US hegemony in Latin America,...
Eurasia
It was the Soviet Union and China that defeated fascism in WWII. Their heroic contribution was later erased by the West. In the First...
Eurasia
Donald Trump claimed he would "un-unite" Russia and China, but the US divide-and-conquer strategy promoted by Henry Kissinger is failing. Presidents Xi Jinping and...
Eurasia
Donald Trump's tariff threats and trade war are uniting much of the world against the United States. China is deepening its economic cooperation with...
Economy
Donald Trump wants to save the dominance of the US dollar as the global reserve currency, but his aggressive tariffs and trade war are...
Economy
Will US President Donald Trump be the tipping point for the dollar system? Even Western financial outlets now warn of the beginning of the...
