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Nov 30 2022 
The Global South: new payment system
The Global South births a new game-changing payment system
By Pepe Escobar and first posted at The CradleThe Eurasia Economic Union (EAEU) is speeding up its design of a common payment system, which has been closely discussed for nearly a year with the Chinese under the stewardship of Sergei Glazyev, the EAEU’s minister in charge of…
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Nov 30 2022 
Daily Chronicles
The Daily Chronicles are snippets of the most important news across the world for this and each day as it rolls in. Kindly also use it as an open thread.
Life goes on with the regular US type provocation. Arms control is slowly slipping out of the reach of the world and Russia/China is in almost…
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The Crux of the Putin-Xi Revolution
The Crux of the Putin-Xi Revolution for a New World Order – Arresting the Slide to Nihilism
Reprinted from Strategic Culture and within their framework: Republishing is welcomed with reference to Strategic Culture online journal www.strategic-culture.org.
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Ed. Note: This article by Alastair Crooke is one of the best that I have ever seen. The writing grabs the…
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Nov 29 2022 
US paralyzed by Islamic Republic of Iran’s strategic swing
By Pepe Escobar, posted with the author’s permission, and first posted at PressTV
Iran’s parliament has just approved the accession of the Islamic Republic to the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), previously enshrined at the Samarkand summit last September, marking the culmination of a process that lasted no less than 15 years.
Iran has already applied to become…
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Lavrov’s comments: Film, Nazism on Trial
Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s interview for the film, Nazism on Trial, Moscow, November 26, 2022
Question: Today, we are being told (primarily by the Ukrainians) that the Russians have “made things up” and there are no Nazis in Ukraine and there have never been any. However, we remember history well. We can see that over the… -
A small personal story: + Mexico update
So today was a good day. Here in our little Latin American country, we have some excellent people. Today I was chatting with a Mexican fellow, an all-rounder with all kinds of practical technology. His real job is to work on high-performance vehicles but the idea here is that people continue studying. So, he is…
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Briefing: Maria Zakharova
Briefing by Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova, Moscow, November 24, 2022
These are selections from Maria’s last briefing. If you want to read the complete briefing, it is at the link.Crisis in Ukraine
I’d like to draw your attention to two dates in the recent history of Ukraine – November 21 and 22. They are linked with…
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New ‘Slow Coup’ attempt in Bolivia
Ben Norton and Ollie Vargas update on the new attempt at a coup in Bolivia.
Take note of the Ustasha/Ustaša influence in Boliva (same as the Ukrainian Nazis and Fascists) and the Bolivian Economic Model. There is also information about the Amazon and the interaction with Brazil.
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Nov 28 2022 
We started with Brazil .. a discussion
Our commentator SoUtH started a discussion that soon became broader than what the space allowed us. So, we are opening the discussion here.
SoUtH made a comment that could be provocative, but it is not. Change My Mind! We are not in that business but we are in the business of in-depth discussion, so to the…
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Nov 27 2022 
Operation Claw-Sword:
Erdogan’s big new game in Syria
Wily Sultan is caught between his electorate, which favors a Syria invasion, and his extremely nuanced relations with RussiaBy Pepe Escobar and first posted at Asia Times
There’s another Special Military Operation on the market. No, it’s not Russia “denazifying” and “demilitarizing” Ukraine – and, therefore, it’s no wonder that…
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Nov 27 2022 
Your Chinese Apple
By Larry Romanov and posted with permission
(Ed Note: This is much appreciated and leads to an understanding of the Foxconn issues in China, now used mercilessly for another and upgraded ‘China Bad’ campaign)
I want to make it clear from the start that I have no quarrel with Apple products. I am not an Apple fan,…
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Nov 27 2022 
Apple’s Rotten Core
By Larry Romanov and posted with permission
Introduction
A few years ago, China’s CCTV aired its annual Consumer Reports program in which one of the topics was the products of Apple, Inc. Naturally, the Western media trashed CCTV for having the gall to challenge anything American, accusing the TV station of being “a government mouthpiece” wanting to…
