Monthly Archives: November 2023

2023-11-28: News Headlines

Tom Engelhardt (2023-11-28). How to Carbonize Planet Earth. counterpunch.org Imagine this: humanity in its time on Earth has already come up with two distinct ways of destroying this planet and everything on it. The first is, of course, nuclear weapons, which once again surfaced in the ongoing nightmare in the Middle East. (An Israeli minister recently threatened to nuke Gaza.) The second, you won't

infobrics (2023-11-28). German military "would only last two days in a battle" due to weapons deliveries to Kiev. infobrics.org Germany will face deindustrialisation if sanctions on Russian energy continue, warns CEO.

John J. Mearsheimer, Scheer Post. (2023-11-28). The Myth That Putin Was Bent On Conquering Ukraine. popularresistance.org There is a growing body of compelling evidence showing that Russia and Ukraine were involved in serious negotiations to end the war in Ukraine right after it started on 24 February 2022 (see below). These talks were facilitated by Turkish President Recep Erdogan and former Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and featured detailed and candid discussions on the terms of a possible settlement. | By all accounts, these negotiations, which took place in March-April 2022, were making real progress when Britain and the US told Ukrainian President Zelensky to abandon them, which he did.

John J. Mearsheimer (2023-11-28). The Myth that Putin Was Bent on Conquering Ukraine and Creating a Greater Russia. globalresearch.ca

WSWS (2023-11-28). Biden announces raft of measures aimed at securing supply chains for World War III. wsws.org The focus on the supply chain as a national security issue is an ominous warning that, on top of the proxy war against Russia in Ukraine and the Israeli genocide in Gaza, Washington is moving rapidly towards opening a third front, this time against China.

Oraily Madruga Rios (2023-11-28). Russia: The rise of the Global South at the Primakov Readings. plenglish.com Moscow, Nov 28 (Prensa Latina) On the second and closing day of the International Forum Primakov Readings in the Russian capital, a panel on the rise of the Global South was held, with the participation of experts from several nations, Prensa Latina reported on Tuesday.

Ileana Ferrer Fonte (2023-11-28). Finland's policy on common border is irrational, says Grushko. plenglish.com Moscow, Nov 28 (Prensa Latina) The Finnish Government's decision to shut the checkpoints on the border with Russia is irrational, Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Grushko said after addressing reporters during the International Forum Primakov Readings on Tuesday.

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2023-11-26: News Headlines

F. William Engdahl (2023-11-26). How Blackrock Investment Fund Triggered the Global Energy Crisis. globalresearch.ca The energy crisis is a long-planned strategy of western corporate capital to dismantle industrial economies in the name of a dystopian Green Agenda. That has its roots well before February 2022, when Russia launched its military action in Ukraine.

Editor (2023-11-26). Ukrainian Official Confirms Russia Was Ready to End War in March 2022 If Kyiv Agreed to Neutrality. scheerpost.com

infobrics (2023-11-26). A World of Blocs: Where Pakistan Stands. infobrics.org BRICS and SCO play a vital role in challenging the western-based international order and its established hegemony. They were established to replace the developed West and serve as the foundation for joint Chinese and Russian efforts to reshape the international system…

Orinoco Tribune. (2023-11-26). Hamas Praises Contributions Of China, Russia, And Arab Countries In Truce. popularresistance.org The political leader of the Palestinian resistance movement Hamas, Ismail Haniyeh, highlighted the efforts of several Arab countries, as well as Russia and China, behind the truce in Gaza Strip. | "We reaffirm the importance of the efforts of Arab and Islamic countries, as well as friendly states like Russia and China, to help our people fulfill their aspirations for freedom, return, and independence," Haniyeh said on Friday, November 24, in a short video posted on social media. | The Hamas leader also thanked Egypt and Qatar for their mediation efforts in the truce agreement, underlining the Palestinian movement…

Pavel López Lazo (2023-11-26). Russia launches Soyuz-2.1b rocket carrying military satellite. plenglish.com "Combat teams of the Aerospace Forces' Space Troops launched a Soyuz-2.1b medium-class carrier rocket with the Defense Ministry's space vehicle from the Defense Ministry's State Testing Cosmodrome (the Plesetsk spaceport) in the Arkhangelsk Region at 11: 58 p.m. (8: 58 p.m. GMT) on Saturday, November 25," the statement reads. | A Soyuz-2.1b carrier rocket was last launched from the Plesetsk space center on October 27, 2023. A total of 67 launches took place as of November 26, 2023, including two failed ones. As many as 41 launches were carried out from the Plesetsk spaceport, 15 from Baikonur and another 11 from Vo…

midwesternmarx (2023-11-26). The Eviction Notice Is Being Written, and Will Come in Four Languages. By: Pepe Escobar. midwesternmarx.com ​The Eviction Notice is being written. And it will come in four languages. Russian. Farsi. Mandarin. And last but not least, English.​A much-cherished pleasure of professional writing is to always be enriched by informed readers. This "eviction" insight — worth a thousand geopolitical treatises — was offered by one of my sharpest readers commenting on a column.Concisely, what we have here expresses a deeply felt consensus across the spectrum n …

ecns.cn (2023-11-26). Life-long passion: Chinese and Russian couple promotes cultural communication through photo-shooting tour. ecns.cn

midwesternmarx (2023-11-26). Forward Ever: 40 Years on from the End of the Revolution and the U.S. Invasion of Grenada. By: Amy Li Baksh. midwesternmarx.com In the throes of the Cold War, a tiny Caribbean island dared to wage a revolutionary experiment. As the Revo imploded, the United States invaded. Dear Comradesif it must beyou speak no more with menor smile no more with menor march no more with methen let me takea patience and a calmfor even now the greener leaf explodessun brightens stoneand all the river burns.Now from the mourning vanguard moving ondear Comrades I salute you and I sayDeath will not find us thinking that we die.— …

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