The 2023 Israeli-Hamas war started similarly to the way the 2001 War on Terrorism started. It was a response to a deadly attack on the country by an official enemy.

But more than that, as stated by this week’s guest on the Global Research News Hour, there are numerous parallels between “9/11” and “10/7.” Both the attacks seemed to satisfy certain military aims and geo-strategic ambitions of the countries in question satisfied by “fighting terrorists.” Also, there seem to be clear indications that the attacks of both 9/11 and 10/7 were known in advance and allowed to happen.

In addition, both wars were proclaimed on October 7! 

Richard Gage, AIA, is a San Francisco Bay area architect and a member of  the American Institute of Architects and founder and former CEO of Architects and Engineers for 9/11 Truth. He now leads the charge for a new World Trade Center investigation along with his courageous wife Gail at RichardGage911.org.

Here he is breaking down his arguments.

More of his analysis is available at RichardGage911.org

Transcript of Richard Gage, AIA, October 2, 2024

Global Research: Richard, first of all, what first got you to thinking of the October 7th attack of last year as a kind of a replay of the September 11th attacks?

Richard Gage: 9-11 and Gaza both shared the features of false flag operations. What are those? Well, first, they create the original problem.

And what are the problems associated with these two events? Well, there’s parallel number one, previously established geostrategic goals coveting the natural resources of the target territory. And parallel number two, a rich history of historic and recent provocations and false flag operations by the United States and by Israel to achieve their respective goals. They deploy politically useful, controlled patsies.

Parallel number three. Parallel number four, they have a triggering event like an innovative attack with dubious origins, a manufactured invasion from foreign operatives. Parallel number five, a catastrophic intelligence failure, which of course Gaza is particularly famous for, along with 9-11 and the stand down, the military stand down, which is parallel six, an obvious uncharacteristic delay in response.

Whoops, something happened. We couldn’t quite get a handle on this massive overwhelm of our resources. Parallel number seven, of course, is foreknowledge of the attacks because with engineered events like these, people know about them in advance.

Parallel number eight is an interesting one, an uncontrolled delight during the attacks. In both cases, we have Israelis dancing during massive destruction or being under attack. In the case of Gaza, Israelis actually dancing during a rocket attack from Gaza, which is supposed to be a problem they’re supposed to be defending against, but they’re dancing during this attack.

What do they know, in other words? Well, that was all the original problem, but there’s a series of parallels associated with the management of the public reaction to the problem, i.e. parallel number nine, government in media propaganda with outrageous slogans in order to manipulate public emotions and deploying crisis actors. Parallel 10, atrocities are alleged to the enemy with the ensuing dehumanization. This is, of course, famous.

They said, these are animals in Gaza, and none of those were actually true. In the US, Guantanamo Bay, they’re described as the worst of the worst. That’s why they have to be put in these prisons and done extraordinary rendition, et cetera, et cetera.

Parallel 11 is the denial of those atrocities by the enemy. Osama bin Laden, in the case of 9-11, denying responsibility for the attacks, and of course, the atrocities being denied by Hamas that were alleged to them in the form of severe abuse, rapes, beheading of babies, et cetera. Parallel 12 is the opposition media and journalists that are targeted.

Al Jazeera was targeted in the case of the invasion of Iraq and its attack. Of course, once again, I think 100 journalists have been attacked, killed, in following 10-7. They have the original problem that they create.

They manage the public reaction, and then Part C is offering the prescribed solution to the problem, which includes several parallels in and of itself, like the military revenge attack. Parallel 13, prepared in advance with no investigation. We’re going to war.

We’ll investigate later. We go to war now. It took…

GR: 9-11 Commission and took them about 411 days to finally get it going.

RG: That’s it. That’s what I was looking for. Of course, Netanyahu’s saying the same thing.

It’s still no investigation, right? Parallel 14, we have the occupation of the territory of the new enemy. This is the land grab. Of course, we invaded Afghanistan and Iraq that we’ll talk about.

In the case of 9-11, we’ll see the objectives for invading Gaza that pre-existed 10-7 by decades, actually. Parallel 15 is the widening of the conflict. We’re seeing that now with the provocation of Iran by Israel, with the assassination of key Hezbollah and Iranian military members, and consummating in the 180 missiles that rained down last night on Israel.

Inevitably, we’re going to see an even larger escalation by Israel because that is the original goal, which we will take a look at in detail. Parallel 16, we have the effecting of regime change of the enemy leadership. That’s one of the goals.

Of course, Hamas will not be allowed to exist anymore. Well, we’ve found that Hamas was a creature of Israel and the Mossad having been formed and funded by them as long ago as 2006 as a foil against the Palestinian Liberation Organization at the time, which was looking for a two-state solution. Parallel 17, they enact a forever war policy, and that’s what we’re getting now.

A year on, the invasion of Gaza is not ending. The invasion’s small scale at first here with Lebanon, again, for the third time invading Lebanon, and then now with the widening and forever war policy that was a cold war with Iran that’s now, of course, becoming quite hot. Parallel 18, we’ve got billions flowing to the where? The media, the banking industry, the war industries.

We’ve got 8 billion here, 3 billion there, 3 billion every year to Israel since God knows when, decades, but now 8 billion and part of a 14 billion plan. This is, of course, going on in Ukraine too, which was not the subject of our conversation today, but it’s never ending. We have Parallel 19, extreme censorship of the public by the government, the mainstream media, and even social media now, whose grip has become quite tenacious with YouTube.

I’ve lost five channels myself just trying to talk about the truth about 9-11 YouTube channels. That is incredible in terms of the depth of censorship the Israelis are putting upon their media and their people with laws having been put on the books that you can’t demoralize the troops with counter arguments to the state narrative. And then, draconian policies and surveillance instituted by government.

Parallel 20, this creates the surveillance state, particularly in light of 9-11, where all of our emails, our phone calls, our texts are systematically swept up, unconstitutionally stored for use against us in Salt Lake City. Later, we have Parallel 21, malevolent roots that go back more than 250 years, giving rise to these massive problems created by leadership that’s been installed under false pretenses in each case. The Project for a New American Century in the case of recently, just prior to 9-11, the neocon think tank that we’re going to talk about.

So, we find that these false official accounts are rather incredible, like false official accounts. Yet another parallel we haven’t even mentioned, but what we show is that the planes and jet fuel could not have caused the Twin Towers to collapse or Building 7, which wasn’t even hit by a plane. We show this again and again, as you and I have discussed over the years, Michael, in our documentary, 9-11 Explosive Evidence Experts Speak Out.

So, we have evidence like that. We have evidence of molten metal in the pile underneath all three buildings, evidence of molten metal, specifically iron, the byproduct of thermite, elemental iron, in all the World Trade Center dust. And that evidence goes on and on and on into the 9-11 commission that says they were set up to fail, that there was a decision not to tell the people the truth about what really happened at 9-11.

And now, jumping to parallel number one, we see clearly that there are previously established and geostrategic goals coveting the natural resources of the target territory. This is fascinating. For instance, relative to 9-11, we have the Project for a New American Century, establishing in their paper, America rebuilds, regional hegemony in the Middle East, a vast increase in the Pentagon budget.

But, they said, absent a catalyzing and catastrophic event, like a new Pearl Harbor, these goals will take a long time to achieve. And so, Bush writes in his diary that night, today we had our new Pearl Harbor. Well, the Project for a New American Century, PNAC, had their own website, which they established prior to 9-11.

This group of neocons in this think tank called for a hundred billion dollar increase in the Pentagon budget. And many of them, interestingly, were dual citizens, if not most Israeli and U.S. citizens. So, what loyalty are they bringing when they were brought in by the Bush administration and created that new Pearl Harbor that they were calling for and managed the project, 9-11?

GR: Well, I mean, I think our listeners are already familiar, very familiar by now with a lot of the issues around, you know, how they used, you know, that basically the war on Afghanistan and the war on terror generally, it was kind of convenient in terms of getting, you know, having this, I guess, it was an established geostrategic goal.

I think that maybe we’re a little less aware of the role of Israel, like, because they’re going into Gaza and possibly beyond. Can you spend a little bit more time talking about the angle there in terms of the attack and what they’re doing?

RG: So, one of the interesting, fascinating points is that General Wesley Clark actually admitted on a media interview that their goal was to take out seven countries in five years. And I’m saying this in answer to your question because these countries that they wanted to take out, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, and Iran are the enemies of Israel.

So, the foreign policy is quite interconnected. And we have the desire of Israel, in particular, to take out Iran, right, which is about to happen. And so, we put in Afghanistan, we invaded Afghanistan to the northeast and Iraq to the southwest as part of that plan and occupied Afghanistan for 20 years, the longest war in U.S. history.

As a part of a goal, what are the inceptions of this goal? Well, let’s just look at Palestine and the history. We have from the 14th century to the 20th century, primarily Muslims and Christians occupying this area of the Palestine. Well, it became the Palestine mandate when the British took over, but it only had two percent Jewish population.

And then the Ottoman Empire falls and we have, after World War I, this British mandate and a growing desire for Jews to emigrate to the area. And so, the father of modern Zionism, Theodor Herzl, from 1860 to 1904, is quoted as saying, now this is the inception of Zionism, at least as it became more publicly known, he says, what we must expropriate gently the private property on the state assigned to us. He’s anticipating a state being assigned, right? This is before the Balfour Declaration of 1917.

This is before 1904 that he says this. This statement and many others make it really apparent that the transfer of the Palestinian-era population along with the accompanying apartheid policy seem to be inherent in Zionism from its inception. So, interestingly, the territorial ambitions of the Zionists appear to have exceeded that of Palestine alone.

And so, the promise was by Rothschild, Lord Walter Lionel, Second Baron Rothschild, to bring America in to save England in their losing war with Germany, if the British would create a homeland for the Jewish people, which they promised to do here in 1917. And sure enough, Americans were tricked into entering World War I through yet another false flag operation, the sinking of the Lusitania. So, we have a set of real problems that ensued, as you can imagine.

Avi Shlaim of the University of Oxford says, the absurdity of the 1917 Balfour Declaration in denying national rights to the 90 percent majority at the time, Palestinians, and granting it to the 10 percent minority, the Jews. So, one nation, Britain, says Arthur Kessler, promised the country of another people, the Palestinians, to a third people, the Jews. It’s one of the most improbable political documents of all time.

And in fact, it’s 67 words long, yet it launched what is broadly seen today as the world’s most intractable conflict. So, recognize that 10-7 did not start on October 7th. The problems associated started way, way back in the inception of Zionism itself.

And if we begin to look at what happened with the UN plan, which came along in 1946, and it was a plan, not a legal document. And yet, when it came out, it in effect gave half, or promised half, of the country of what became Israel to the Jewish people, and the other half, another state, to the Palestinian people. So, they lost almost half their land right off the bat, right? But since then, we’ve had the Six-Day War, which Israel confiscated almost 80 percent of the land, and today, 90 to 95 percent of the land because of all the settler activity and the ensuing violence that’s happened.

So, the strategic goals of greater Israel have, in fact, been achieved virtually inside of Israel, but they say, author Israel Shahak of Global Research points out, that the greater Israel constitutes the cornerstone of powerful Zionist factions within the current Netanyahu government, the Likud party, as well as within Israel military and intelligence establishment. So, for instance, the Yinon plan came out in 1982, a continuation of Britain’s colonial design in the Middle East, essentially, says Mahdi Nazemroaya. And it’s an Israeli strategic plan that it does what? It ensures Israeli regional superiority.

It insists and stipulates that Israel must reconfigure its geopolitical environment through the balkanization of the surrounding Arab states into smaller and weaker states. This is a plan that has become the guiding document and from which they draw inspiration as well as policy. We’ve seen those policies carried out with the war, but it didn’t with the wars that have happened, especially the current one.

GR: I know that a lot of the parallels you mentioned essentially said that basically that the Israelis knew that this was going to happen.

And we’ve been through that with the 9-11 stuff. Could you maybe take me a couple of the more telling examples of how the Israelis actually knew that the attacks were going to happen and let it happen on purpose?

RG: They had foreknowledge, not just from Egypt, but other foreign countries, intelligence ministries of a big attack, right? And it’s coming. And so Netanyahu was warned personally by one of the major leaders in Egypt.

We also have the 40-page document that the New York Times revealed that laid out the exact plan that Hamas followed later. And Israel had this a year before the plan. Their own border guards were screaming at all of the activity they saw on the wall in the weeks and months prior to 9-11, excuse me, to 10-7.

And these attacks were being planned and there were exercises being done attacking the wall itself. And so on the morning of, there’s embedded reporters, foreknowledge, embedded with Hamas, who were reporters who had worked with the Reuters, with CNN and AP. And they came in with Hamas and taking all these great pictures, and yet they didn’t report anything.

This is, of course, an incredible body of foreknowledge. And so we also have foreknowledge in terms of the original strategic goal of the natural gas assets just offshore of Gaza that have been reported on Global Research, where there are in fact 122 trillion cubic feet of natural gas discovered more than two decades ago and 71 billion dollars in oil. Altogether about 453 billion in profits, which the UN says belongs to the Palestinian people because it’s right offshore of Gaza.

But Israel has claimed these resources and their energy minister even says this positions Israel as the key global player in energy. We’re going to be exporting Israeli natural gas to Europe. Needless to say, this has created quite a stir, but not achieving notoriety or exposure in the mainstream media.

A CNN descreve o ataque de mísseis iranianos contra Israel da seguinte forma: “O Irã lançou seu maior ataque de todos os tempos contra Israel, disparando 200 mísseis balísticos em uma barragem sem precedentes, em grande parte neutralizada pelas defesas israelenses com a ajuda dos Estados Unidos. Uma pessoa foi morta no ataque”. Confirmando assim que a ação do Irã foi uma ação demonstrativa com quase nenhum efeito militar. Israel, por outro lado, prepara-se para uma “retaliação” destrutiva e declara o secretário-geral da ONU, Guterres, como “Persona Non Grata” porque ele “não condenou o ataque de mísseis do Irã contra Israel com força suficiente”.

Se Israel – considerado culpado pelo Tribunal Internacional de Justiça da ONU por genocídio contra os palestinos – pode anular qualquer autoridade das Nações Unidas da qual é membro, se pode continuar o genocídio impunemente até mesmo na Cisjordânia para acabar com o Estado palestino de uma vez por todas, é porque tem o apoio dos EUA, da OTAN e da UE como parte de uma estratégia concertada. Há um ano, no episódio de 7 de outubro intitulado “O 11 de setembro do Oriente Médio”, argumentamos, com base em documentação precisa, que esse era “um cenário semelhante ao ataque terrorista a Nova York e Washington em 11 de setembro de 2001, uma operação realmente realizada pela CIA (provavelmente também com a participação do Mossad) para desencadear a guerra global contra o terror com a invasão do Afeganistão e do Iraque e as guerras subsequentes”.

Em seguida, concluímos: “Algo semelhante está acontecendo hoje em Israel, cujo sistema de inteligência e defesa inteiro seria pego de surpresa pelo ataque do Hamas. O objetivo estratégico da operação, certamente, não é apenas exterminar os palestinos e tomar seus últimos territórios. É desencadear, tendo como alvo o Irã, uma reação em cadeia de guerras em um Oriente Médio onde os EUA, Israel e as potências europeias estão perdendo terreno.” A reação em cadeia já está em andamento: Israel – armado e apoiado principalmente pelos Estados Unidos, que emprega uma força militar crescente no Oriente Médio – não apenas continua a destruição da Palestina, mas estende a guerra ao Líbano, Iêmen, Síria e Iraque.

O alvo central continua sendo o Irã, que é ainda mais importante hoje: tendo se juntado ao BRICS, do qual a Rússia e a China são membros, ele é agora um entroncamento fundamental do Corredor Norte-Sul construído pela Rússia em resposta ao bloqueio do Ocidente e, ao mesmo tempo, um entroncamento fundamental da Nova Rota da Seda promovida pela China.

Os Estados Unidos e as potências europeias, sem a capacidade de combater esses projetos que abalam sua posição dominante em uma região estrategicamente importante com meios políticos e econômicos, recorrem à guerra usando Israel como ponta de lança.

Nesse cenário, o discurso de Julian Assange no Conselho Europeu em Estrasburgo, que a correspondente Berenice Galli relata no final deste episódio, ganha importância adicional.

Manlio Dinucci

Breve resumo da análise da imprensa internacional do Grandangolo na sexta-feira, 4 de Outubro de 2024, no canal de TV italiano Byoblu:

https://www.byoblu.com/2024/10/04/chi-ha-innescato-la-reazione-a-catena-in-medio-oriente-grandangolo-pangea/

Tradução : Mondialisation.ca 

VIDEO (em italiano) :

We see for the first time since the general strikes of 1937 the potential for labor action in the United States to take on directly the means of production and transportation that are dominated by global finance and that form the cancer at the heart of our diseased economy.

Such strikes could potentially become the focal points for a mass movement against the grotesque merger of global finance, class warfare, and militarism that has created, over the last thirty years, a complete dictatorship of trusts and private equity.

Although the focus of the individual workers involved in the strikes falls on the preservation of their jobs, nevertheless, many workers have made statements in recent days that indicate a growing awareness of how their actions serve as a vanguard in the resistance to techno-tyranny, the rule of corporations, the militarization of our society, and the drive for world war.

If for no other reason, we should stand with them for this cause. Their brave efforts offer a way forward beyond the complaining and identity politics that have crippled critiques of the current system.

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1934 ILA strike that revolutionized labor in the US

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The strike began on October 1,  when 45,000 dockworkers of the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) walked off the job. The scale of this strike was so large that it became the first large-scale organized resistance to the techno-fascist fusion of corporations, banks, and government that runs the country, and that impoverishes us every time we buy milk at the supermarket, every time we pay a phone bill, and every time our internet services are mysteriously altered.

The strike spread to thirty-five ports on the East and Gulf coasts, including New York-New Jersey, Houston, Savannah and Charleston. Efforts to support the strike by dockworkers in Canada and Mexico were also underway. How far the struggle will go depends on many factors, not the least of which is the commitment of all citizens to economic justice.

The dockworkers joined forces with strikers at Boeing factories who are taking on the largest of the merchants of death. 33,000 Boeing workers have been on strike for three weeks after refusing a crippling a contract agreed to by their pro-corporate leadership. The workers at Boeing have been joined by striking workers at other military contractors such as Textron Aviation and Eaton Aerospace.

Boeing is the leading proponent of endless war and its lobbyists and agents have their fingerprints all over the current drive for world war and nuclear war in Ukraine and Lebanon. It was unthinkable, even a few months ago, that this all-powerful bemouth could be challenged from within.

These two strikes took on global trade and military production simultaneously thus offering the possibility of a fundamental shift in American politics—one driven by the realization that we face the real possibility of world war abroad and totalitarian rule at home.

Any workers who defy the ruthless system of global trade, logistics, distribution, and retail that is controlled by a handful of multinational corporations and who, the same time take, on the weapons manufacturers who push for war, deserve our full support.

The ILA launched into a full-throttled strike on October 1, and it gained support in Mexico and Canada, and even started discussions about sympathy strikes elsewhere in the United States that could lead to the first massive strike impacting vital infrastructure since the 1930s, and they were prepared to do so at precisely the moment that world war looms, at precisely the moment that labor is supposed to bow down to the fake political process dominated by private equity. Then, out of the blue, yesterday, October 3, the ILA released a bland and laconic public statement that a “tentative agreement on wages” has been reached and that all have “agreed to extend the Master Contract until January 15, 2025.”

The real reason for this extraordinary turn of events is not hard to find. The ILA released a statement on October 2, the  day before, that detailed how President Harold Daggett, and other senior union leaders, had been subject to numerous death threats, and how the New York Post attacked Daggett while offering his home address and photographs of his home to anyone wishing to do violence. 

We citizens must quickly grasp the revolutionary implications of these strikes and we must realize the full potential of such resistance before the hatchmen of the billionaires pull us apart using identity politics, false-flag operations, threats, and the corrosive narcissism of self-centered consumption. The fact that the powers that be have ruthlessly shut down the ILA strike is not a reason to be discouraged, but rather a casus belli  to extend the struggle further.

I give my full support to these strikes, these efforts to oppose totalitarian corporate rule, and I call on all citizens to support the strikers, and other resistance in the United States, to the unconstitutional, immoral, and illegal rule of the plutocrats.

I do not claim to represent the striking workers in what I am about to say. I realize that many of them are naturally focused on trying to save their jobs and feed their children, and therefore are hesitant to grab the parasitic monsters who prey on them by the horns. But our focus, my focus, must be perforce on identifying the underlying causes and proposing a comprehensive solution.

There are different strands to the war against the citizens of the United States which are intertwined in the conditions that brought on these strikes. Those strands must be separated out and discussed so that we can understand what the workers, and all of us, are up against.

The Deadly Reign of Free Trade

The strikes at loading docks across the United States are linked to the destruction of the means of production for goods and food by multinational corporations, the imposition of a money economy that is controlled by multinational banks, and the enforcement of a dictatorship for trade, logistics, distribution, commercial sales, and advertising that has been carried out brutally under the banner of “free trade.” “Free trade” is the modern equivalent of “freedom is slavery” and “war is peace.” “Free trade” is a totalitarian economic system for controlling the transportation of goods around the world that destroys local economies here and there and forces dependency on supply chains that are owned by the rich.

Shipping firms like Mærsk, COSCO Shipping, Hapag-Lloyd AG, and Nippon Yusen take a pound of flesh from every transaction, from everything that we buy. They compel us to buy products that multinationals produce by destroying local communities on the other side of the world. These firms work in cahoots with distribution companies like Kuehne + Nagel, DHL, and SYX to make sure that multinationals control all production around the world. They also collaborate with massive retailers like Walmart, Amazon, Costco, and Walgreens to make sure that nothing is for sale from which multinational corporations do get their pound of flesh. They tax us indirectly even more than does the Federal government.

Automation

The front line of the battle undertaken by the dockworkers in their negotiations with USMX (United States Maritime Alliance) is the rejection of the complete automation of the systems for transporting and processing containers so as to create an economic system for production and distribution that contains no workers. This scheme is part of a greater drive to create a nightmare world wherein all labor is reduced to “useless eaters” that can be slowly contained, impoverished, and then eliminated.

The false praise of automation, and of technology as a whole, as means to improve the lives of all when in fact it is a weapon for the rich that is explicitly focused on destroying the lives of workers, is one of the most pernicious lies propagated by the elite.

The automation of logistics is linked to the drive to implement radical digitalization of the economy and to transfer all commands and governance to the black box tyranny known as “AI,” a false god under whose capricious rule every decision that is made to destroy the lives of citizens is attributed to the rational calculations of supercomputers.

The use technology to replace workers, or to drive down their salaries, is justified by treasonous intellectuals as being the result some inevitable “fourth industrial revolution.”

The resistance against automation and the digitalization of the workplace made by dockworkers today will be our battle tomorrow. Our battle against this technological and economic assault on our lives, our work, and our bodies is at least as serious in import as the battle against chattel slavery in the 1850s and 1860s.

Wages and Living

The push to reduce workers’ wages and benefits, while the multinational corporations that control trade, distribution, and retail sales are able to make vast fortunes for stockholders, is the reason that workers in the United States face such a bleak future.

The calculation of the health of the economy in terms of the profits of corporations, rather than in terms of the long-term well-being of citizens is an equally pernicious defense of the destruction of our livelihoods. 

A Military Economy and the Export of Weapons

Although the strikes at the docks where weapons are loaded onto ships to be transported to Israel and Ukraine, the strikes at the Boeing factories that manufacture the weapons, and the growing anti-war movement led by citizens who wish to stop the drive for world war are not integrated as a single movement for peace and an egalitarian society yet—they could easily merge in precisely such a manner.

Moreover, recent statements by workers on strike suggest that such a convergence is close at hand in light of the horrific drive for world war by bankrupt politicians who serve their financial masters. In any case, it is clear that the strikes are driven by the workers themselves, and not their leadership, and that they workers manifest an increasing self-awareness and historical awareness.

To be honest, the specifics of the contracts for the longshoremen are less critical for us than the potential for a highly organized and effective mass movement against both war and plutocracy, one that unifies hundreds of thousands of people and makes clear for the working woman and working man the relationship between the concentration of wealth, the drive for war, the control of the means of production and distribution, and economic suffering of workers.

No boutique anti-war gatherings on the Upper West Side will ever have such impact.

We must join forces with the striking workers to create an anti-war, anti-technocracy, and anti-plutocracy movement that will transform our society in a fundamental sense, and will establish peace, human agency and liberty, and egalitarianism as the primary goal of our nation. Corporate profits and the assets of billionaires should not be the concern of our government, of our newspapers, or of our civil society in determining our direction forward.

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Dr. Emanuel Pastreich served as the president of the Asia Institute, a think tank with offices in Washington DC, Seoul, Tokyo and Hanoi. Pastreich also serves as director general of the Institute for Future Urban Environments. Pastreich declared his candidacy for president of the United States as an independent in February, 2020.

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Many important types of intelligence besides “intellectual intelligence exist.” Without them, we cannot connect to our deeper wisdom and are easily lead astray. Likewise, if our intelligence remains unbalanced, our knowledge will almost always be patchy and incomplete

A century ago, American education was hijacked by oligarchs like Rockefeller who replaced cultivating critical thinking and deep knowledge with training widespread compliance

Education trains us to have a very linear form of intelligence which often misses critical details because it lacks the ability to see the broader picture. This for instance characterizes many problems in medicine

Those trained to have excessive left brain thinking are often challenging to have a dialog with because they are both aggressive in asserting their ideology and simultaneously incapable of seeing anything which does not prove they are right

This article will discuss the importance of balanced intelligence and strategies for cultivating it

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Throughout history, many different types of intelligence have been recognized (e.g., physical intelligence and coordination or emotional intelligence). In contrast, our society worships a very specific type of intellectual intelligence that as far as I know has never previously been so highly valued by a society.

In my own experience, I’ve lost count of how many people I’ve interacted with who I know are much smarter than me, yet when I compare and contrast our ability to get things done, to correctly interpret data we are exposed to, help patients, or live a happy life, I come out far ahead of them. Likewise, I’ve lost count of how smart people I’ve met who simply don’t “get it” and frequently are misled by something quite obvious.

Years ago, when I discussed these experiences with a spiritual teacher (as I was frustrated with how easily many of my medical colleagues were being misled) and was told to stop getting upset because “intelligence does not equate to being resistant to mind control.”

Modern Education

I’ve long noticed that the educational system builds up a very specific type of intelligence and reciprocally destroys the other ones (e.g., I found the more I was “educated” the more I lost the ability to think and access the deeper capacities of my mind). Because of this, at each level of my education, I was initially an enthusiastic A student, but then become disillusioned, switched to self-study, and in many cases barely passed my classes.

Note: Discovering how to bio-hack the sleep cycle to rapidly memorize large volumes of information was what essentially allowed me to largely boycott the educational system but simultaneously get through it.

That skill set was immensely valuable during my medical training as it allowed me to devote myself to learning what would help my patients rather than be swallowed by the allopathic model. Likewise, both college and medical school followed a similar script. They only wanted you to replicate exactly what your teacher had shown you and harshly reprimanded ever presenting an independent approach to the problem.

Note: Numerous medical school deans and residency directors I’ve spoken have lamented that the newer crops of medical school graduates lack the critical thinking which is needed for them to effectively function as doctors during medical residency — yet they simultaneously fail to recognize how their own actions are removing critical thinking from their trainees.

Ultimately, I was driven by a deep yearning for as much knowledge as possible. Since you’ll never have enough time to study everything, I gradually realized:

The Transformation of Modern Education

Over the last century, there’s been a systematic dismantling of the educational system as its focus shifted from creating an empowered electorate to producing subservient citizens who only existed to fill their pre-designated societal roles. To illustrate:

I believe these points explain why we keep spending more money (and years of schooling) on education, yet have worse and worse outcomes (not unlike modern medicine). Likewise, much of my success as a student came from a desire to develop my mind and the recognition the schooling processes was frequently counterproductive to that — ultimately leading me to seek out the style of education I much later learned pioneers like Gatto and Illich had also advocated for.

Note: Vaccines also provide a critical facet of this picture as the microstrokes and autoimmunity they create frequently create neurological injuries. In turn, suppressed data shows vaccination has profoundly altered the minds of America (e.g., the particularly dangerous DTwP vaccine was released, a wave of misbehavior, developmental delay and violence rippled through the country as each vaccinated generation grew up), forcing the educational system to completely restructure itself. Sadly, this happened so long ago those changes have now been normalized and forgotten.

Counterproductive Cognitive Algorithms

Two approaches are often used to solve problems:

Note: I’ve also observed that the widespread neurological damage from mass vaccination predisposes those injured to “left brained thinking”.

Many in turn have argued excessive left brain thinking (which schooling drills into us) is the root cause of many ills in our society. I agree and believe balanced left and right brain thinking is essential for our society (e.g., this is why I try to show both the forest and trees while I write).

The problem with left brain thinking is that it tends to lock one into a “solution” which excludes the best answer from being considered. For example, in medicine, I frequently see brilliant doctors who are remarkably skilled at executing their clinical algorithms but cannot help patients their algorithms simply aren’t applicable for.

Likewise, I’ve lost count of how many people I’ve debated with whose logic starts from the premise there is no conceivable way any viewpoint besides their own could be right (which inevitably results in them concocting absurd arguments).

Note: This is somewhat analogous to a hamster trapped in a cage with a hamster wheel. If the hamster does what it knows to do (run on the hamster wheel) no matter how fast it goes, it will never be able to escape the cage, whereas if the hamster got off the wheel it could see an exit and leave the cage.

In turn, when I watch how people’s minds often as they try to execute a flawed algorithm they were given to solve a vexing problem they face, it often seems as though a wheel in their brain is working in overdrive in a futile attempt to solve that problem.

Debating Cognitive Algorithms

I’ve gotten into more debates than I can count with ardent defenders of the orthodoxy. In each case, I’ve noticed three salient features:

In turn, whenever I observe these behaviors, I often will send them one of my favorite articles on the subject — Stanovich’s “Cognitive Sophistication Does Not Attenuate the Bias Blind Spot.”⁶

Blindspots, for reference encompass errors in reasoning where someone has an inherent bias that causes them to miss something which is otherwise obvious (e.g., the hamster is so focused on its wheel it cannot leave the cage) and that in many cases, the presence of blindspots appears to be a consequence of them not wanting to make the effort to think through a problem and instead simply asserting the first thing that jumps to mind.

The paper⁷ highlights a key facet of blindspots — while people are very good at recognizing them in others, they typically cannot see their own blindspots. Additionally, as Stanovich showed, individuals who demonstrate one type of blindspot are more likely to demonstrate other types of blindspots.

Most importantly, cognitively sophisticated individuals (“intelligent” people) aren’t protected from falling prey to these biases, and if anything, are more likely to engage in them. Here are two examples:

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^1, 2, 3 Free To Thrive, June 16, 2012

⁴ The Sun, June 1990

⁵ Deschooling Society, 1970 (Archived)

^6, 7, 10 Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 103.3 (2012): 506 (Archived)

⁸ The Scientist, October 1, 2020

⁹ X, David Gorski, MD, PhD, May 26, 2020

Ukrainian military personnel now on the front line, fearing an eternal conflict, are in favour of talks with Russia, the Financial Times reported. The article predicts that Ukraine is approaching the “darkest hour” of the conflict, admitting that the Ukrainian army is losing on the battlefield to Russia, which is advancing relentlessly.

“Right now, I’m thinking more about how to save my people,” said Mykhailo Temper. “It’s quite hard to imagine we will be able to move the enemy back to the borders of 1991,” the Ukrainian battalion commander added.

Another commander also told the newspaper that he is now in favour of negotiations with Russia, adding that he fears that “his grandson might one day inherit an endless conflict.”

An officer of the 72nd Mechanised Brigade operating in Kurakhove said: “If the US turns off the spigot, we’re finished.”

Furthermore, it is confirmed that “the arbitrary military mobilisation system” increases social tensions in the country. The article quoted Oleksandr Merezhko, chairman of the Ukrainian parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee, admitting that “society is exhausted.”

The Financial Times also noted a change in Ukrainian officials’ approach to resolving the conflict and cited European diplomats who attended the UN General Assembly and said that Ukraine’s new Foreign Minister, Andrii Sybiha‎, discussed possible compromise options for resolving the conflict with Western counterparts during his recent trip to the US.

They stressed that Sibiga was more pragmatic about the possibility of territorial concessions than his predecessor, Dmitry Kuleba.

“We’re talking more and more openly about how this ends and what Ukraine would have to give up in order to get a permanent peace deal. And that’s a major change from even six months ago, when this kind of talk was taboo,” one of the diplomats said, adding that six months ago, such conversations were taboo in Kiev.

Nonetheless, according to Zelensky, October would be “decision time” since he will once again prepare to seek permission to hit targets inside Russia with Western weapons.

“It’s about constraining Russia’s capabilities” to pressure Moscow to open talks, a senior Ukrainian official told the newspaper. “It’s a real chance if we are thinking about solving this war.”

This is disingenuous from the Kiev regime, though, since it is they who have outlawed peace negotiations with the Kremlin.

It is recalled that Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that Moscow would immediately agree to a ceasefire and declare readiness for negotiations after the withdrawal of Ukrainian troops from the new Russian regions. Furthermore, he added, Kiev must declare its renunciation of intentions to join NATO, adopt a neutral, non-aligned, and nuclear-free status, and lift sanctions against Russia. However, despite these generous terms, the Kiev regime, headed by President Volodymyr Zelensky, has not seriously shown intention of beginning peace discussions with the Kremlin.

The Financial Times highlighted that the Kyiv International Institute of Sociology in a summer poll found that 57% of respondents believed Ukraine should engage in peace negotiations with Russia, up from 33% a year earlier.

“The survey showed the war was taking an ever heavier toll: 77% of respondents reported the loss of family members, friends or acquaintances, four times as many as two years earlier. Two-thirds said they were finding it difficult or very difficult to live on their wartime income,” the outlet reported.

According to a KIIS poll conducted in May, 55% of Ukrainians oppose the cession of territory to Russia as part of a peace deal. Nonetheless, even though 55% still constitutes a majority, it is a dramatic drop from 87% early last year.

“People want peace but they are also against territorial concessions. It is hard to reconcile them,” said Merezhko.

Ukraine cannot expel Russia from any territory captured, especially now that the Ukrainian army is slowly retreating from Donbass. Realistically, the best Ukraine can get is what is proposed by US Republican Vice Presidential candidate JD Vance, who pushes for establishing a lasting ceasefire along the current lines. If not, Kiev could end up with much less. However, this is only possible at Moscow’s indiscretion, not Vance’s.

Even if Moscow would be open to Vance’s suggestions, the Kiev regime is yet to give any serious indication that it is prepared to engage in negotiations with Russia and still insists on delusional terms in their ten-point peace plan, which, among others, calls for the return of all territory and the arrest of many Russian officials.

These are terms that the Kremlin will obviously reject, especially since the Russian military is in control of the battlefield. Meanwhile, while the Kiev regime insists on imposing delusional terms that it does not have the power to enforce, Ukrainian soldiers like Temper will continue to die.

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New Zealand hospital emergency department visits by people under the age of 40 with chest pain and heart issues have increased dramatically since 2020, official figures show.

Data obtained from Health New Zealand under the Official Information Act (OIA) by freedom advocate Aly Cook this week shows that such ED visits are on track to hit 29,000 this year, up from just 111 in 2018.

There were 2,219 in 2019, 4,406 in 2020, 13,063 in 2021, 21,416 in 2022, 20,005 in 2023, and 14,639 to June 2024. If the number of ED visits remain consistent this year the final tally will be 29,278.

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Ms Cook said on X that she made the OIA request when her 28-year-old son, who has been officially diagnosed with ongoing vaccine-induced pericarditis, noticed that many even younger people seemed to be receiving treatment for similar conditions.

“When my son walked out of his cardiology appointment, he was first in on that day, he was shocked to see a large waiting room at the hospital full of young people and many younger than him,” she said.

“It prompted me to do an OIA and ask the question. How many presentations of young New Zealaders under 40 are there presenting at emergency with heart conditions? I was shocked with the answer.”

Ms Cook’s OIA also requested data on the number of ambulances arrivals at EDs, the number of confirmed cases for pericarditis and myocarditis for the under 40s, and the number of heart attack or cardiac arrest deaths for the same age group.

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Ambulance arrivals went from 444,954 in 2017 to 492,419 in 2023, with 2024 likely to record well over 500,000.

The number of publicly funded hospital discharges with a primary diagnosis of acute pericarditis went from 84 in 2019/20 to 113 in 2023/24, while confirmed cases of myocarditis

The number of publicly funded hospital discharges with a primary diagnosis of Acute myocarditis rose from just 16 in 2019/20 to 64 in 2023/24.

The pericarditis and myocarditis figures could include patients hospitalised multiple times for transfers, readmissions and multiple incidents, Health New Zealand said, adding that data from 2020/21 onwards was provisional.

Health New Zealand was unable to provide cardiac arrest deaths numbers after 2020 and only had provisional data for that year.

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Alia Bee, co-founder of Voices for Freedom and Reality Check Radio, responded to the data by saying: “Whatever could have triggered that huge increase in ED visits for cardiac issues in younger people?

“The authorities remain puzzled.”

Australian political figure Crag Kelly, a former Liberal MP and United Australia Party leader, blamed Covid vaccines for the shock data.

“Everyone knows that it’s the experimental mRNA vaccines,” he said on X.

“On that data, the New Zealand government must declare a national emergency.”

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La CNN così descrive l’attacco missilistico iraniano a Israele: “L’Iran ha lanciato il suo più grande attacco di sempre contro Israele, lanciando 200 missili balistici in una raffica senza precedenti, in gran parte neutralizzata dalle difese israeliane con l’aiuto degli Stati Uniti. Una persona è stata uccisa nell’attacco.” Conferma così che quella iraniana è stata una azione dimostrativa con un effetto militare quasi nullo. Israele si prepara invece a una distruttiva “ritorsione” e dichiara il segretario generale delle Nazioni Unite Guterres “Persona Non Grata” perché “non ha condannato con sufficiente forza l’attacco missilistico dell’Iran contro Israele.”

Se Israele – giudicato dalla Corte Internazionale di Giustizia dell’ONU colpevole di genocidio contro i Palestinesi – può annullare ogni autorità delle Nazioni Unite di cui fa parte, se può proseguire impunemente il genocidio anche in Cisgiordania per cancellare definitivamente lo Stato Palestinese, ciò è dovuto al fatto che è sostenuto dagli Stati Uniti, dalla NATO e dalla UE nel quadro di una strategia concordata. Un anno fa, nella puntata sul 7 Ottobre intitolata “L’11 Settembre del Medioriente”, sostenevamo in base a precise documentazioni che si trattava di “uno scenario simile a quello dell’attacco terroristico a New York e Washington l’11 settembre 2001, operazione in realtà attuata dalla CIA (probabilmente con la partecipazione anche del Mossad) per fare da innesco alla guerra globale al terrorismo con l’invasione dell’Afghanistan e dell’Iraq e le successive guerre”.

Concludevamo quindi: “Qualcosa di analogo sta avvenendo oggi in Israele, il cui intero sistema di intelligence e difesa sarebbe stato colto di sorpresa dall’attacco di Hamas. Il fine strategico dell’operazione, sicuramente, non è solo quello di sterminare i Palestinesi e impadronirsi dei loro ultimi territori. È quello di innescare, mirando all’Iran, una reazione a catena di guerre in un Medioriente dove Stati Uniti, Israele e le potenze europee stanno perdendo terreno.” La reazione a catena è ormai avviata: Israele – armato e sostenuto principalmente dagli Stati Uniti, che dispiegano in Medioriente una crescente forza militare – non solo continua la distruzione della Palestina, ma estende la guerra al Libano, allo Yemen, alla Siria, all’Iraq. Obiettivo centrale resta l’Iran, oggi ancora più importante: entrato nei BRICS di cui fanno parte Russia e Cina, è oggi uno snodo fondamentale del Corridoio Nord-Sud realizzato dalla Russia in risposta al blocco dell’Occidente e, allo stesso tempo, uno snodo fondamentale della Nuova Via della Seta promossa dalla Cina. Gli Stati Uniti e le potenze europee, non avendo la capacità di contrastare con mezzi politici ed economici questi progetti che fanno vacillare la loro posizione dominante in una regione di importanza strategica, ricorrono alla guerra usando Israele come punta di lancia. Su tale sfondo assume ulteriore importanza l’intervento di Julian Assange al Consiglio Europeo a Strasburgo, di cui riferisce l’inviata Berenice Galli a conclusione di questa puntata.

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The question to whether the Biden regime will keep the US military out of the conflict between Israel and Iran has been answered.  High-ranking officials in Washington in collaboration with Tel Aviv have been setting the stage to prepare for an all-out war against Iran and its allies despite the impact it will have on a global scale.  

Iran’s retaliation for the assassination of Hezbollah’s respected leader, Hasan Nasrallah and Hamas chief, Ismail Haniyeh was called ‘Operation “True Promise 2’ which involved more than 200 missiles that was launched against Israel. Defense News reported that

“Two Navy destroyers launched around a dozen interceptors to help defend Israel against a massive attack by Iran on Tuesday” according to the Pentagon’s spokesman, Air Force Major General, Pat Ryder who “declined to say what kind of ordnance was used by the warships Cole and Bulkeley” but what is interesting is that Ryder did not say “whether their intercept were successful, but he said the operations took place while both ships were in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea.”

However, Jake Sullivan, the US National Security adviser said that Iran’s retaliation had “failed and ineffective” and that

“This [result] was first and foremost the result of the professionalism of the IDF, but in no small part, because of the skilled work of the U.S. military and meticulous joint planning in anticipation of the attack.”

Washington is clearly indicating that they are actively preparing to go to war against Iran with its recent moves in the Middle East:

The U.S. has already surged forces to the Middle East to help defend Israel and its own forces. It continued to do so this week, sending three fighter squadrons, including F-15s, F-16s and A-10s. This almost doubles the number of fighters in U.S. Central Command, which oversees American military operations in the Middle East.

Over the weekend, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin also ordered the aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln to remain in the region as a bulwark against a wider war. Another carrier, the Harry S. Truman, is heading to U.S. European Command.  These posture changes will add “a few thousand” U.S. forces to CENTCOM, according to the Pentagon, adding to the 40,000 already there — 6,000 more than normal

Ryder said in a press release that the Secretary of Defense, Lloyd J. Austin had spoken to Israel’s Minister of Defense, Yoav Gallant right before Iran had launched its missiles, and said that

“The Secretary shared that over recent days the United States has increased force readiness and continues to maintain significant military capability in the region” and that Austin “made it clear that the United States is well-postured to defend U.S. personnel, allies, and partners in the face of threats from Iran and Iran-backed terrorist organizations and is determined to prevent any actor from exploiting tensions or expanding the conflict in the region.” 

In other words, the US military will be involved in the Middle East conflict in one way or another. 

However, Sullivan’s claim that Iran’s strikes on Israel, “failed and ineffective,” but Israel has censored all media networks from assessing the damage caused by the strikes according to Middle East Eye, ‘Israel censors reporting on military sites hit by Iran, obscuring extent of damage’ which should not be a surprise to those who know about Israel’s censorship of international media networks operating within the Middle East:

The censorship from Israel made it difficult to assess the full damage from Iran’s strikes, with both the US and Israel sending mixed messages regarding the size and impact of Tehran’s attack.

The Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday that an initial Israeli assessment of the attack showed minor damage to military bases. The Iranian attack hit the Nevatim air base in the Negev Desert, where Israel has placed some F-35 fighter jets. But Israel’s military declined to share with the Journal the extent of the damage to the air base.  The military said “it didn’t want to give information to Iran” that could help Tehran understand how much damage its attack caused

What will it look like for the US military and the IDF once the war with Iran has begun? 

Iran has the capability to strike every US military base in the region.  Let’s remember that on January 8th, 2020, when US President, Donald Trump was still in office, Iran conducted ‘Operation Martyr Soleimani’ a retaliation for the murder of Iran’s top generals, Qassem Soleimani, a major general who was killed a few days before the operation by an American drone strike near Baghdad International Airport in Iraq.  That day Soleimani was scheduled to meet with Iraqi Prime Minister, Adil Abdul-Mahdi.

Iran had launched more than 11 Iranian ballistic missiles striking Ain al-Asad air base in Anbar, Iraq which is one of the largest US military bases in the occupied country.  More than 100 US soldiers were injured in the attack, many suffered from traumatic brain injuries. 

That was just a warning to the US military and its Israeli counterparts. 

Although no one on the outside can fully determine Iran’s capabilities, it is certain that they have tens of thousands of various missiles and drones.  They have been preparing for this war for a long time with more than 600,000 active-duty personnel plus another 300,000 reserves and a willing Iranian population ready to be mobilized if their homeland is attacked by the US and/or Israel.  Iran also has Syria, Hezbollah, Yemen, Iraqi militias and the Palestinian resistance on their side who are ready and also willing to go to war against the US and Israel at a moments notice.    

In a map from 2023 which was published by Heritage.org shows where US military bases are located:

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Here is a chart from the Center of Strategic & International Studies (CSIS) that shows what range of various missiles produced by Iran have and what locations they can reach: 

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One important fact to consider is that the decision makers in the Whitehouse and the Pentagon are bought and paid for by the American Israel Political Action Committee (AIPAC) whether they are Presidents, Senators, Congressmen, Governors, Mayors or high-ranking military officials and so on, all are beholden to Israel and their ‘right to exist.’ 

Israeli war criminal and Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu has been pushing the US to go to war against Iran on Israel’s behalf since the 1990’s.  For decades, Netanyahu has asked the US government for permission to directly attack Iran and destroy their alleged “nuclear weapons program,” but Netanyahu’s mission was to get the US to attack Iran just like they did to Iraq.

The Israeli leadership is about to attack Iran in some capacity, how that would look like? We don’t know.  Maybe the Israelis will hit their oil fields? Or will they use bunker busters or drop a nuclear bomb on Iran’s military facilities? Will they orchestrate a false-flag operation in the Red Sea or elsewhere against US military personal and blame the Iranians? We don’t know what the Israelis are planning, but something big is about to take place. Let’s hope tensions ease, but it seems that we are way passed that point.

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There is some speculation in Washington about a so-called October Surprise being engineered by either party or their supporters to change the outcome of the upcoming election.

The original October Surprise took place in 1980, when Ronald Reagan’s campaign manager William Casey conspired with several senior CIA officers in Europe to convince the Iranian government to delay the release of the American Embassy hostages until after the November election against Jimmy Carter.

Casey believed that any earlier release of the hostages would give a boost to the Carter campaign, demonstrating that the Democratic Party’s policy of how to deal with Iran was working.

The Iranian government was approached secretly using CIA resources and complied with the request, believing that it would result in a less hostile relationship with the new administration. In the event, Reagan defeated Carter and some believed that the continuation of the hostage crisis had made the administration look feckless and hurt the incumbent just enough to change the outcome of the election. Since that time “October Surprise” has become shorthand for playing a political dirty trick shortly before the election to directly impact negatively on a candidate’s credibility or ability to respond to problems.

Another recent version of the Surprise is to spread lies about a candidate’s personal history or regarding his or her acceptance of support from enemies like Russia or China, such as the Clinton campaign attempted to do in 2016. And as a variation on that since the United States became enamored of wars and rumors of war, it involves acceptance of getting engaged in a couple of little wars to demonstrate national resolve and willingness to directly confront America’s enemies to compare one candidate with the other. This also involves considerable creativity and the exercising of one’s imagination as America’s national security has not actually been threatened or challenged by anyone since the Cuban missile crisis of 1963, though the current contretemps with Russia over Ukraine does indeed threaten going nuclear.

Certainly, it is not beyond one’s understanding of just how America’s two top political parties have become so cynical and desperate to win at any cost that wholesale distortion of reality might be considered fair game.

Or if it is a foreign player interested in the outcome of the election, staging some kind of provocation or even a false flag operation that would result in a dramatic foreign policy development that could influence voters is possible. If this interference takes place shortly before an actual election with little chance that there will be any way to rebut what is being claimed, it might be referred to as an October Surprise.

I have been thinking of the possibility of an October Surprise in the current context, in which the US is heavily engaged in two undeclared wars which have become controversial among voters, to put it mildly.

Unfortunately, the candidates don’t speak much about why we are engaged at all in conflicts that could have been resolved in various ways very early on and there is a certain similarity in how Democrats and Republicans respond to the fighting: both tend to support both Ukraine and Israel with only minor objections to some details in what is taking place. Both parties regard cooperating with Volodymyr Zelensky and Benjamin Netanyahu as unshakable rock-solid foreign relationships, or at least that is what they say in public.

I believe that in reality the Ukraine war is something that the US and NATO are looking for a way out of, but Israel is another story and might well be working up a trap for both US parties that might be considered equivalent to an October Surprise. Apparently I am not the only one thinking that way, including Democratic Senator Chris Murphy of Connecticut who told CNN’s Erin Burnett that

“I certainly worry that Prime Minister Netanyahu is watching the American election as he makes decisions about his military campaigns in the north and in Gaza.”

Let us accept that Israel has the most powerful foreign policy lobby in the United States and its associated billionaires also represent the majority of political donations going to both parties. It and its Lobby also interfere in American politics and policies more than any other country, and its power is such that many have come around to the view that on key issues Israel is in control of the politicians in Washington. As evidence of that, witness the outrageous bowing and cheering that war criminal Netanyahu received in Washington from the US Congress even though a majority of Americans want to stop arming Israel and protecting it in places like the UN. Compare a groveling Congress with the disdain and walk-out Netanyahu received from the UN membership when he spoke more recently, where he denounced the UN as a “a swamp of antisemitic bile,” if you want to learn what the rest of the world thinks about the Jewish state and its leader.

Image: President Donald J. Trump and Vice President Mike Pence participate in an expanded bilateral meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Monday, Jan. 27, 2020, in the Oval Office of the White House. (Official White House Photo by D. Myles Cullen)

And Netanyahu himself has made no secret of his desire to have Donald Trump win the presidency next month as he correctly perceives that Trump would give him anything he wants whenever he wants it, just as he did in 2016-2020, when he endorsed Israel as a Jewish state plausibly including the West Bank and Gaza that could deal with its Palestinian minority as it sees fit.

Biden/Harris have also supported Israel enthusiastically with only minor reservations, but the Democratic Party has a small but highly visible and growing anti-war element that is in part behind demonstrations taking place all over the US against the genocide in Gaza. Trump, on the contrary, also has several times voiced his willingness to attack and destroy Iran, including his reaction to Iran’s recent retaliatory Israel strike as “The President Should Blow That Country To Smithereens,” which the Democrats, fearing a major regional escalation, have up until now backed away from, though they have pledged that they would stop Tehran from acquiring a nuclear weapon if it should seek to do so. They haven’t explained how they would do that and Netanyahu is now threatening to attack what he refers to as Iranian nuclear sites while his government and Biden are also discussing hitting Iran’s oil facilities. There would be plenty of support from Republicans to do just that with the ultra-hawkish Senator Lindsey Graham saying that

“These oil refineries need to be hit and hit hard because that is the source of cash for the regime to perpetrate their terror.”

Israel is at the same time increasing its pressure on Lebanon and as well on Syria, where it is bombing targets that it claims to be either “Iranian” or “terrorist-Hezbollah” in nature. Note that Israel, even when it is clearly the aggressor, is always able to define itself as a victim, something which the bought and paid for US government and western media also usually fall in line to do. Netanyahu will increase his attacks on Lebanon and on Gaza and will also respond to Iran’s recent missile attack on Israeli territory with an escalation. The idea will be to draw the United States into the conflict to do the real fighting to destroy Iran. Who would be better in that role than a president or president elect Donald Trump who over the past two weeks has been reacting to an evidence-free claim that the Iranian government has been plotting to assassinate him? Trump has also declared to a group of Jewish Republicans that his Republican Party to be the only US political party that is genuinely pro-Israel! How convenient!

So it will work out this way and be explained by Netanyahu as follow – poor perpetual victim Israel, plagued by an antisemitic United Nations, enemies everywhere, is currently under attack by overwhelming hostile forces and is fighting valiantly, only protected in its hour of need due to its great friend and ally the United States of America. But wait! In its hour of extreme peril, when it is being assailed by the Jew hating probably nuclear armed Iranian mullahs, America is having an election in which one of the two parties, the Democrats, itself has a faction that is awash with antisemitism and is seeking to destroy the state of Israel! Yahweh be thanked that the other party the Republicans is four-square solid in defense of both Israel and the Jewish people! The Americans will hopefully know how to vote!

And the Republican party will be helped in that effort to promote the legend of the antisemitic Democrats by both the Israel Lobby and the fire breathing Dispensationalists within its ranks who currently appear to make up the bulk of the GOP, led by the creepy Christian Zionist head case Mike Johnson, Speaker of the House. So let’s see how this plays out. I predict that the desirability of America being Israel’s bonded slave, due to God’s command concerning his Chosen, will at a certain level surface in the remaining campaign, driven by Israel deliberately provoking situations that will force the United States government to fully commit itself to the Jewish state’s “defense.” That will be spun to become a last-minute endorsement of Donald Trump and what he stands for in terms of his willingness to go about physically destroying all of Israel’s adversaries in the Middle East. I suspect it might prove to be enough confusion to tip the result in a close election. We will know in about a month!

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The list of traditional diagnoses arising as sequel from the COVID-19 genetic injections is extensive. Pfizer’s own analysis alone lists over a thousand different diagnosed adverse reactions (click here, page 30-38). The failure and dangers of these genetic experiments were predictable, based on pre-2020 scientific knowledge. Yet, despite diligent efforts to warn the public, elected officials, and bureaucrats, billions of people (many repeatedly) have been subjected to these injections in what can only be described as a radical and unethical medical experiment.

In many countries, including Canada, doctors who voiced caution were unlawfully persecuted—our careers, incomes, and reputations tarnished.

Moreover, similar abuses were inflicted upon doctors who reported “vaccine” injuries or attempted to treat patients suffering from COVID-19 “vaccine”-related harm.

Consequently, many nurses, doctors, and health professionals who remain within the system have become victims of this unlawful injection campaign themselves. In many cases, they either cannot or will not recognize the emergence of a new cause behind the dramatic rise in deaths and diagnoses, ranging from infections and cancers to blood clots, myocarditis, miscarriages, infertility, and much more.

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The New Wave of Disease 

This blind spot in healthcare is causing yet another wave of harm. Individuals injured by these injections are being diagnosed using outdated criteria, and are receiving treatments that do not address the true underlying cause—the COVID injections themselves. If we are to offer hope and optimize outcomes for the billions affected, we must rectify this critical flaw in modern healthcare.

The purpose of this article is to illuminate some of the key mechanisms by which these injections are causing disease and death.

Understanding the pathophysiology behind these conditions is critical for advancing life-saving care. Note that the new pathology of these injection-induced illnesses is different from prior medical understanding. Although the symptoms are similar, traditional treatments may be extremely limited without addressing the root of the issue.

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Mechanisms of Harm 

C-19 Modified mRNA Injections Contents 

The injections contain a variety of components, including their declared ingredients, which are modified mRNA within pegylated lipid nanoparticles (pegLNPs). PegLNPs are tiny nanoparticles with nearly limitless tissue penetration. They deliver their genetic payloads into all tissues, including the brains, ovaries, testicles, and unborn children of any pregnant women injected.

The mRNA is modified by substituting N1-methylpseudouridine in place of uridine. This gives the RNA an unusually long lifespan of at least half a year, compared to natural mRNA, which typically lasts only a few hours. As a result, the subjects’ cells continue producing the foreign coronavirus spike protein for an extended period.

This modification involving N1-methylpseudouridine also introduces errors in reading the RNA, leading to the production of a wide array of unpredictable and random proteins in addition to the spike proteins. The production of these toxic spike proteins and other protein products continues for at least six months and possibly much longer.

The injections also contain various undeclared contents and contaminants, including chemical contaminants and an array of plasmid DNA. The plasmid DNA includes a list of concerning genetic sequences, which are still under investigation. These include the presence of SV40 enhancer and SV40 promoter sequences—genetic engineering tools used to facilitate the incorporation of foreign DNA into the subjects’ chromosomes. This raises the serious risk of permanent genetic modification in the human subjects. Research on this issue is ongoing, though we already have laboratory cell culture evidence of genetic integration of this DNA into human chromosomes.

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pegLNPs is a Trogan horse to the cell membrane, full of altered mRNA

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Nanoparticle Toxicity

Lipid nanoparticles have known serious toxic effects, especially if injected repeatedly, which the C-19 injections are.

Polyethylene Glycol

Polyethylene glycol triggers adverse immune responses in many people.

Toxic Spike Proteins

Coronavirus spike proteins (SP) are known toxins. The spike protein of the engineered SARS-CoV-2 virus—whether from the virus itself or produced in subjects’ cells following the injections—exhibits enhanced toxicity compared to natural coronavirus spike proteins. These modifications include the incorporation of a furin cleavage site and the elimination of hemagglutinin esterase expression on the surface of the spike protein.

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single spike protein

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Blood Clotting 

The elimination of hemagglutinin esterase contributes to the spike protein’s exceptional ability to cause blood clots at both the microscopic and macroscopic levels.

Accelerated Deterioration and Aging of Many Organs

Ongoing microvascular clotting is a contributing mechanism that accelerates organ deterioration, causing the organs of victims to age faster than normal. This can lead to a variety of clinical conditions, including accelerated microvascular dementia and kidney failure.

Reverse ORF, Spider Silk Protein, and “Calamari Clots” 

One of the unusual findings in the genetic analysis of the undeclared plasmid DNA content of the C-19 mod-mRNA injections is a reverse open reading frame at the end of the plasmid DNA sequence coding for the spike protein. This causes ribosomes to also read the spike protein genetic sequence in the reverse direction, resulting in a completely different protein. The reverse sequence contains significant sections resembling the highly unusual proteins found in spider silk. This may help explain the unusual white, rubbery proteinaceous ‘clots’ extracted from the arteries and veins of many deceased injection victims by morticians and pathologists. The nature of these clots and the reverse translation of the spike protein genetic sequence require further study.

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unusual rubbery clots found in many victims’ arteries and veins

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Quasi-autoimmune Pathology 

Cells that produce the spike protein, as well as cells to which the spike protein adheres via ACE2 receptors, display a foreign protein on their surface. This triggers the subjects’ immune systems to attack these spike-protein-laden cells and tissues as if they were foreign, or ‘non-self.’ This is one of the major mechanisms of injury observed in the first year following the injections. Autopsy samples from young hearts, testicles, ovaries, kidneys, brains, placentas, and other tissues show affected organs heavily laced with spike protein and under intense autoimmune attack by the subjects’ own immune systems. This resembles organ rejection seen in transplants, where the victims’ organs appear foreign to their immune system and are ‘rejected.’

‘Spiked’ tissues undergoing this autoimmune attack may lead to clinical presentations in the days or months following injection, but can also contribute to progressive damage and the accelerated aging of many organs and tissues.

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Quasi-autoimmune pathology

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Antigenic Mimicry and Autoimmune Diseases 

The spike protein also bears some resemblance to numerous natural proteins in the body, including syncytin-1, an essential protein in both female and male reproductive tissues. The immune response triggered against the spike protein can also target these natural proteins, causing another collection of autoimmune diseases and adverse effects, including miscarriages and infertility.

Ribosome Frame Shifting and More Autoimmune Disease

Due to the modified uridine in the injected mRNA, ribosome frame shifting occurs, which means that many errors are made as our cells’ ribosomes read the mRNA. In addition to predominantly producing the spike protein, a large array of random proteins and protein fragments are generated. Each of these has the potential to resemble a natural protein in the body sufficiently to trigger more autoimmune diseases.

Antibody Dependent Enhancement (ADE) 

The production of large amounts of spike protein within the subjects’ bodies triggers a dramatic production of adaptive antibodies to the spike protein. These antibodies have various toxic effects, including the enhancement of coronavirus infections. This is one of the reasons that we observe increased rates of COVID infection, hospitalization, and death among the “vaccinated” versus the “unvaccinated.” This process is called antibody-dependent enhancement (ADE). Experimental vaccination against coronaviruses, especially against their spike protein, has been associated with a high incidence of ADE. In these experiments, like the current global experiment on humans, the antibodies produced by vaccination end up helping the virus infect the subjects rather than providing protection.

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Immune System Damage, Increased Cancer and All Infections 

The subjects’ dramatic immune response to the spike protein produced following the injections weakens the immune system in various ways, including the suppression of CD4 and CD8 positive T cells. This damage to the subjects’ immune systems is one factor accounting for the rise in cancers, particularly aggressive cancers, and a wide variety of infections among the “vaccinated.

Multiple Mechanisms to Cause Cancer 

The injections have multiple mechanisms for causing cancer. These include immune system damage and chromosomal DNA damage. The insertion of foreign genetic material into the human genome has many harmful effects that are still being discovered, including the disruption of various tumor suppression genes that normally protect our DNA from damage and defend us against cancer.

Additionally, the spike protein (SP) of SARS-CoV-2 and these injections has many unique characteristics, including the capacity to migrate into our cells’ nuclei and damage the DNA, thereby interrupting tumor suppressor genes. This adds further potential mechanisms for causing cancer.

Antibody Mediated Selection: Driving the Evolution of Variants and Extending the Pandemic 

Another reason many of us warned against this genetic “vaccine” program is the issue of Antibody Mediated Selection (AMS). AMS explains that although vaccination may play a role in averting a pandemic before it occurs, it is likely to prolong a pandemic and drive the evolution of one variant after another if administered during an ongoing pandemic. This serves as the foundation for a golden rule of vaccinology: we should never try to vaccinate our way out of a pandemic. Attempting to do so drives the evolution of the virus, creating one variant after another. These variants are particularly dangerous to the “vaccinated” subjects, as opposed to those with natural exposure and immunity. Natural immunity is broad and responds to many aspects of the virus, so the virus cannot simply adapt its spike protein to evade it. However, due to the injection campaigns, we have extended what would naturally have been a few months of active infections to now four years of variants, infections, and more misguided injections. This has been profitable for the vaccine industry but devastating for mankind.

Additional Mechanisms of Injury 

There are additional mechanisms of injury, including prion diseases, and more research is needed regarding the injury mechanisms associated with these injections. The details of the immune system disturbances caused by these injections are extensive. This presentation serves as just a brief introduction.

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Where Do We Go From Here?

COVID-19 genetic ‘vaccines’ offer no benefit and cause significant harm. It is long overdue to halt their manufacturing and administration. We must reinstate the scientists and doctors who have been warning about these issues, while advancing research and treatment of the resulting injuries, despite having been stripped of our positions, laboratories, and incomes. Understanding the mechanisms of injury and how to treat them, and urgently distributing this information, should be our highest priority.

New pathophysiologic mechanisms are driving dramatic increases in disease, disability, and death worldwide. The medical and scientific communities have been muzzled and co-opted, leaving healthcare practitioners ‘flying blind.’

It is time to end the suppression and manipulation of medical science. We must urgently advance our understanding and treatment of the toxic effects of the COVID-19 genetic ‘vaccines.’

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44 Examples of COVID ‘Vaccine’-induced Diseases, Backed by 930 Scientific Articles Linking These Conditions to the Injections

The injection-induced illnesses listed here are defined according to their classifications prior to the introduction of the COVID-19 injections. While these emerging illnesses share common symptoms with conventional conditions, their underlying pathology is different. The mechanisms of injury described above must be considered, as existing medical treatments will fail to address the new root cause of these diseases.

Thanks to the community at CovidVaccineInjuries.com for compiling the studies that became the foundation of this resource. See the footnotes for the complete list of the aforementioned 930+ scientific articles. Please share this resource with patients, healthcare providers, and lawyers.

Disclaimer: This article is for educational purposes only and is not intended to be medical advice.

Table of Contents

1. Acute Hyperactive Encephalopathy
2. Acute Kidney Injury
3. Acute Myelitis
4. Allergic Reactions
5. Alopecia Areata
6. Anaphylaxis
7. Axillary Adenopathy
8. Bell’s Palsy
9. Bullous Drug Eruption
10. Capillary Leak Syndrome
11. Cardiac Complications
12. Central Serous Retinopathy
13. Cerebral Venous Thrombosis
14. Cutaneous Adverse Effects
15. Facial Nerve Palsy
16. Guillain-Barré Syndrome
17. Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis
18. Henoch-Schonlein Purpura
19. Immune-Mediated Disease Outbreaks
20. Immune-Mediated Hepatitis
21. Internal Bleeding
22. Intracerebral Haemorrhage
23. Lymphadenopathy
24. Multiple Sclerosis
25. Myocarditis
26. Myopericarditis
27. Nephrotic Syndrome
28. Neurological Symptoms
29. Oculomotor Paralysis
30. Pericarditis
31. Perimyocarditis
32. Petechiae
33. Prion Disease
34. Psoriasis
35. Pulmonary Embolism
36. Purpura Annularis Telangiectodes
37. Rhabdomyolysis
38. Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
39. Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy
40. Thrombocytopenia
41. Thrombosis
42. Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura
43. Vasculitis
44. Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada Syndrome

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Acute Hyperactive Encephalopathy

Acute Hyperactive Encephalopathy refers to a sudden and intense alteration in brain function characterized by increased activity. It often manifests with symptoms such as confusion, agitation, hyperactivity, and altered consciousness. Various factors, including infections, metabolic disturbances, or drug reactions, can trigger this condition.

Acute Hyperactive Encephalopathy references[1]

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Acute Kidney Injury

Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) is a sudden and rapid decline in kidney function, leading to a build-up of waste products in the blood. Common causes include dehydration, infections, or medication reactions. Symptoms may include decreased urine output, swelling, and confusion.

Acute Kidney Injury references[2]

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Acute Myelitis 

Acute myelitis is a rare neurological disorder characterized by the sudden inflammation of the spinal cord, leading to motor and sensory deficits. It can result from various causes, including viral infections, autoimmune disorders, or other inflammatory conditions. Symptoms include pain, weakness, numbness, and difficulty with bladder and bowel control. Diagnosis involves clinical evaluation, imaging studies like MRI, and cerebrospinal fluid analysis.

Acute Myelitis references[3]

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Acute Myelitis x-ray

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Allergic Reactions 

Allergic reactions occur when the immune system overreacts to substances (allergens) like foods, medications, or insect stings. Upon exposure, the immune system releases chemicals, such as histamine, causing symptoms like hives, itching, swelling, and in severe cases, anaphylaxis. Common allergens include nuts, pollen, and certain medications. Reactions can range from mild to life-threatening, requiring immediate medical attention. Diagnosis involves evaluating symptoms and sometimes using allergy testing.

Allergic Reactions references[4]

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Allergic reaction (hives) on arm

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Alopecia Areata

Alopecia areata is an autoimmune condition causing hair loss in localized patches. The immune system mistakenly attacks hair follicles, leading to hair loss. It can affect any hair-bearing area, including the scalp, eyebrows, and beard. The exact cause is unclear, but genetics and environmental factors may contribute. While the hair follicles are not permanently damaged, treatments like corticosteroids can help stimulate hair regrowth. The condition’s course is unpredictable, with spontaneous regrowth or recurrent episodes possible.

Alopecia Areata references[5]

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Anaphylaxis

Anaphylaxis is a severe and potentially life-threatening allergic reaction that occurs rapidly after exposure to an allergen. It involves a systemic release of chemicals, such as histamine, triggering widespread inflammation. Common allergens include certain foods, insect stings, medications, and latex. Symptoms can escalate quickly, affecting multiple organ systems and leading to difficulty breathing, a drop in blood pressure, hives, and swelling, particularly in the face and throat. Anaphylaxis requires immediate medical attention, as it can progress rapidly and lead to respiratory failure or cardiovascular collapse.

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Birds Not Bombs: Let’s Fight for a World of Peace, Not War 

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Below is an excerpt from an article on Boston25 News:

An 11-year-old boy collapsed and died Tuesday night at the Dana Barros Basketball Club facility in Stoughton.

Brockton Public Schools identified the boy as George-Levi Njuguna. He was engaged in playing basketball at the time but Stoughton Fire Chief Michael Carroll does not know if it was a practice or a game.

“We received a call at approximately 7:58 last night,” Carroll said. “What they believed was a syncopal (fainting) episode.”

Paramedics arrived at the facility four minutes later, Carroll said.

“They found an 11-year-old lying flat on the ground, unconscious and unresponsive,” he said. “They did use a defibrillator and attempted resuscitation, but unsuccessfully.”

Another article on the DailyMail Online also reported on the incident:

An 11-year-old boy collapsed and died while playing basketball at a Massachusetts youth club. 

George-Levi Njuguna was playing basketball at the Dana Barros Center on Washington Street in Stoughton – located 20 miles outside of Boston – when he mysteriously collapsed and died around 8pm on Tuesday. 

Emergency services quickly arrived on scene and found the young boy unresponsive, according to Boston 25 News. They used a defibrillator and attempted resuscitation, but were unsuccessful. 

‘Unfortunately, the 11-year-old boy didn’t make it,’ Stoughton Fire Chief Michael Carroll said. 

George, who played on the DB Gladiators team, was transported to Good Samaritan Hospital in Brockton, where he was pronounced dead. 

His cause of death is currently unknown. However, a large majority of sudden deaths in elementary and middle school athletes are cardiac-related, according to Boston 25 News. 

My Take… 

Cardiac arrest in a normal, healthy 11 year old.

Notice how the media has completely normalized these events.

Millions of COVID-19 mRNA Vaccinated children are at risk of sudden cardiac death, because parents were too weak to stand up and protect them.

COVID-19 mRNA Vaccines cause cardiac damage in 1 in 30 within the first week after vaccination.

Study #1 – Thailand study (2022, Mansanguan) 202 boys ages 13-18 were tested. 7 of them developed subclinical myo/pericarditis within 7 days after 2nd Pfizer COVID-19 mRNA dose. That’s 1 in 30 per Pfizer dose.

Study #2 – Swiss Study (2023, Muller) – 777 healthcare workers had Moderna COVID-19 mRNA booster shot, 22 had evidence of myocardial injury within 7 days. That’s 1 in 35 per Moderna dose.

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“Through the release of atomic energy, our generation has brought into the world the most revolutionary force since prehistoric man’s discovery of fire. This basic power of the universe cannot be fitted into the outmoded concept of narrow nationalisms.”  Statement by the Emergency Committee of Atomic Scientists, presided by Albert Einstein, January 22, 1947.

“I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.” Albert Einstein (1879-1955), German-born theoretical physicist, (in an interview in ‘Liberal Judaism’, April-May, 1949)

“While defending our own vital interests, nuclear powers must avert those confrontations, which bring an adversary to a choice of either a humiliating retreat or a nuclear war. To adopt that kind of course in the nuclear age would be evidence only of the bankruptcy of our policy—or of a collective death-wish for the world.” John F. Kennedy (1917-1963), 35th U.S. President, 1961-1963, (in his commencement address titled “A Strategy of Peace” delivered at the American University in Washington, D.C., on Monday, June 10, 1963 

Introduction

During the fatidic year of 2024, the world’s attention was distracted, first by the on-going and expanding US-NATO provoked Ukraine war against Russia, “to weaken Russia” dixit Secretary of Defense, General Lloyd Austin, a proxy war planned a long time ago, in 1991, after the collapse of the Soviet Union.

As a matter of fact, this has been a proxy war from the start between the United States and Russia, promoted by American neocons. It is a war that officially started with the U.S. government financing the violent overthrow of the elected pro-Russian government of President Viktor Yanukovych, in February 2014.

Secondly, there is the on-going conflict between Israel and the Palestinians in Gaza, which began with an alleged attack by Hamas in October 2023. This was followed by the killing of more than 40,000 Palestinians by the Israeli Netanyahu government. Such widespread massacre of civilians and destruction have left thousands of children orphaned, shocked genocide historians and shamed the world’s conscience. Nevertheless, the modern-day massacre of the Palestinian people seems to have no end in sight.

On the other hand, we have also witnessed this year the holding of the grandiose Paris Summer Olympics. That great peace celebration among nations was followed by a political saga in the American presidential election campaign, when the incumbent Democratic President Joe Biden was pressured to withdraw his candidacy in favor of Vice President Kamala Harris.

However, other more scary developments have been taking place in the shadow. Indeed, the New York Times revealed on Tuesday, August 20, that last March, President Joe Biden, in a dangerous display of brinkmanship, secretly approved a new coordinated American nuclear strategy. It is about a plan for simultaneous nuclear confrontations of the United States with Russia, China and North Korea.

That there exists such a plan is not very reassuring, considering that the United States was the first and only country to have dropped nuclear bombs on cities, those of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, in August 1945, resulting in hundreds of thousands of deaths.

That a world nuclear war in this day and age could be viewed as possible, even likely, is mind-boggling. As the quote above from President John F. Kennedy in his June 1963 speech illustrates, “to adopt that kind of course in the  nuclear age would be evidence only of the bankruptcy or our policy—or of a collective death-wish for the world.”

The Dire Consequences of Countries Preparing for a Nuclear War

Nuclear spending programs in the three largest nuclear powers—China, Russia, and the United States—threaten to trigger a three-way nuclear arms race, as the world’s arms control architecture collapses. Russia and China are expanding their nuclear capabilities, and pressure mounts in Washington, especially among supporters of the U.S. military-industrial complex (MIC), for the United States to respond in kind.

The lack of trust and willingness to control and limit the production of nuclear weapons may herald a new era of development of new nuclear weapons, including the deployment of offensive intercontinental-range nuclear weapons. This means that the main nuclear powers could expand the development of new nuclear weapons just as geopolitical tensions keep increasing. This is bound to place the security of all nations in jeopardy.

Humanity’s Doomsday Clock Is Getting Closer and Closer to Midnight

According to the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, its metaphor or symbol of the Doomsday Clock, created in 1947, was set to 90 seconds to midnight in January 2023. It was kept at that high point in January 2024, because humanity continues to face a high level of danger in three main areas: the greatest risk of nuclear warfare, the ongoing negative consequences of climate change and the new threat of Artificial Intelligence.

In July of 1991, at the end of the Cold War, the United States (Pres. George H. W. Bush) and the Soviet Union/Russia (Pres. Mikail S. Gorbatchev) signed the bilateral Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START I), designed to promote nuclear disarmament. 

It mandated both sides to reduce their strategic offensive nuclear weapons arsenals. The Atomic Scientists’ Doomsday Clock was then set at 17 minutes to midnight. (N.B.: START I was a success. It had the effect of removing about 80% of all strategic nuclear weapons then in existence, when its final implementation was completed, in late 2001.)

Today, however, with the world thrown into a new Cold War II, with heightened geopolitical tensions between US-EU-NATO, on one side and Russia-China-North Korea-Iran, on the other, the risks of a major global nuclear cataclysm are very high.

Since START I, Most Arms Control Agreements Have Failed

After the success of the START I treaty, there were two additional treaties signed between the U.S. and Russia to further reduce the stocks of nuclear armaments. Both failed.

First, in January 1993, American president George H. W. Bush and Russian president Boris Yeltsin signed a new Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty called START II, to expand what the START I treaty had accomplished. However, this new treaty never entered into effect.

This is because the George W. Bush administration decided, in June 2002, to withdraw from the Anti-ballistic Missile treaty (ABM) that had been in existence between the U.S. and the USSR since 1972, and which was one of the conditions for START II to go ahead.

Many observers considered the American withdrawal of the ABM treaty as the first step toward abandoning effective legal constraints on nuclear proliferation.

Second, President Barack Obama did attempt to revive the mutual reduction of offensive nuclear weapons for ensuring a safer world, when he signed a New START treaty, in April 2010, with then President Dmitry Medvedev of the Russian Federation. However, there was mounting skepticism over nuclear arms reductions among some U.S. Republican senators and from Washington DC think tanks, such as the Heritage Foundation.

The New START treaty was intended to last ten years, with an option to renew it for up to five years upon the agreement of both parties.

However, on February 2017, then President Donald Trump told Russian president Vladimir Putin that he was withdrawing from the New START treaty, expressing the view that it was too favorable to Russia and that this was a “bad deal negotiated by the Obama administration.”

All attempts between Trump and Putin to draft a replacement to the New START treaty before it expired in 2021 failed. Russia went as far as accusing the Trump administration of “deliberately and intentionally” dismantling international arms control agreements and referred to its “counterproductive and openly aggressive” approach in talks.

Nevertheless, in January 2001, the newly-elected Biden administration did accept a Russian proposal to extend the New START treaty of nuclear arms reduction for five years, i.e. until 2026.

That was the last attempt by the United States and Russia to increase their mutual nuclear safety through bilateral negotiations.

An Historical Precedent

Political relations between the United States and Russia have become increasingly strained, especially after Russia invaded neighboring Ukraine in February 2022.

The Russian government evoked two main reasons for its move: to protect the Ukrainian russophone minority from Kiev’s exactions, and to prevent the latter country from joining NATO, which would mean the deployment of American nuclear-armed missiles at Russia’s border.

This war has resulted in tremendous amounts of destruction, sufferings and numerous deaths. It is a war that could have been avoided with a minimum of good faith, diplomacy and a few concessions.

The conflict is reminiscent of the 1962 Cuban missile crisis. The Soviet Union had placed nuclear-armed missiles in Cuba, 90 miles from the U.S. coastline, in a response to American deployments of nuclear-armed missiles in Italy and Turkey. A compromise was eventually reached between President Kennedy and President Khrushchev: the Soviet government would dismantle their offensive weapons in Cuba and the U.S. government agreed, secretly, to dismantle all of the offensive weapons it had deployed in Turkey.

Conclusions

The world has increasingly become a more chaotic and dangerous place. This has a lot to do with the current lack of nuclear deterrence agreements between major nuclear powers. If one nuclear country were to launch an attack with a nuclear weapon in such a climate of mistrust, this could create an existential threat for hundreds of millions of inhabitants of the Planet.

A devastating nuclear war would not only have tragic human consequences, but also economic ones. It would be a huge waste of resources, but it could also create a nuclear winter with damaging fallouts on crops leading to famine, besides being a major source of air pollution.

A nuclear war could profit the military nuclear industry in some countries, but it would create chaos in the global economy, causing inflation in the countries involved and creating stagflation in the private sector of national economies.

If leaders of nations with nuclear weapons continue to trivialize the threat of a full-scale nuclear war and to fantasize the demential idea that they can ‘win’ a nuclear war, the world may be heading straight towards an existential catastrophe.

Therefore, it is incumbent upon all, leaders and citizens, to work towards the abolition of wars, which do not advance humanity, but rather set it back.

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Cada vez mais autoridades ​​ocidentais estão a tomar a perigosa medida de apoiar uma guerra total contra a Federação Russa. Numa declaração recente, o principal responsável da OTAN anunciou o seu apoio à autorização de ataques de longo alcance. Esta medida, como muitos especialistas e responsáveis ​​russos já avaliaram, poderia facilmente levar a uma guerra aberta e direta entre Moscou e a OTAN.

O novo Secretário-Geral da OTAN, Mark Rutte, afirmou que apoia o plano que permite à Ucrânia utilizar armas de longo alcance para ataques “profundos” contra o indiscutível território russo. Sua posição foi anunciada em 1º de outubro, logo após a cerimônia comemorativa da transferência do poder de seu antecessor, Jens Stoltenberg, para ele. O significado desta declaração é grande, uma vez que Rutte, com efeito, enfatizou que a sua administração na OTAN se concentrará em estratégias de escalada anti-russa, tornando-se talvez um Secretário-Geral ainda mais belicoso do que Stoltenberg.

Nas suas palavras, Rutter afirmou infundadamente que o direito internacional legitima os ataques profundos ucranianos. Segundo ele, o “direito à legítima defesa” da Ucrânia deve ser protegido, independentemente de quaisquer consequências no conflito. Finalmente, deixou claro que apoia o fim das atuais restrições que limitam os ataques ucranianos a alvos transfronteiriços ou dentro das Novas Regiões da Rússia (reconhecidas pelo Ocidente como parte da Ucrânia). No entanto, admitiu que esta decisão não cabe a ele, mas sim a cada membro da OTAN individualmente, sendo a sua posição apenas uma opinião pessoal.

“Conhecemos o direito internacional e, de acordo com o direito internacional, este direito não termina na fronteira. Portanto, isso significa que apoiar o direito da Ucrânia à autodefesa significa que também é possível para eles atacarem alvos legítimos no território agressor (…) No final, cabe a cada aliado determinar o seu apoio à Ucrânia. Isso não depende de mim. Isto é para os países individuais nas suas relações com a Ucrânia”, disse ele.

Rutte parecia estar tentando mostrar “coragem” ou “audácia” em suas primeiras declarações como líder da aliança atlantista. Ele disse que não há risco de guerra nuclear. Admitiu estar ciente dos avisos russos, mas disse que na avaliação da OTAN não há perigo iminente, sendo a posição da Rússia simplesmente uma tentativa de distrair e intimidar o Ocidente. Ele disse que o presidente russo, Vladimir Putin, precisa “perceber” que a OTAN “não cederá” – sugerindo que o esforço de guerra será ampliado.

“Ouvimos ameaças regulares do Kremlin e é verdade que a retórica nuclear de Putin é imprudente e irresponsável, mas, ao mesmo tempo, deixe-me deixar bem claro, não vemos qualquer ameaça iminente de uso de armas nucleares. E é isso que penso. quero dizer sobre isso neste momento. Porque deixe-o falar sobre seu arsenal nuclear. Ele quer que discutamos também seu arsenal nuclear. E acho que não deveríamos (…) E obviamente, o que devemos focar agora é o esforço de guerra, e para garantir que (…) quanto mais ajudarmos a Ucrânia neste momento, mais cedo isto terminará. E Putin têm de perceber que não vamos ceder. Queremos que a Ucrânia prevaleça”, afirmou. acrescentou em outro momento da coletiva de imprensa.

É curioso que Rutte tenha feito tais declarações no seu primeiro dia de mandato. Como político experiente e antigo primeiro-ministro dos Países Baixos, seria de esperar que ele fosse mais cauteloso e hábil na política e na retórica. No entanto, adotou a pior abordagem possível e deixou claro que liderará uma administração agressiva, descuidada e pró-guerra.

Em vez de mostrar “coragem”, Rutte simplesmente agiu de forma irresponsável e aderiu à perigosa pressão global para autorizar ataques profundos. Moscou não está blefando quando afirma que tais incursões seriam consideradas uma declaração de guerra da OTAN. A preocupação russa é tão séria que Moscou atualizou recentemente a sua doutrina nuclear para descrever os ataques levados a cabo por potências não nucleares (como a Ucrânia) com o apoio de potências nucleares (como os países da OTAN) como legitimadores de uma resposta nuclear russa. Assim, a OTAN está a brincar com fogo ao fomentar uma crise que pode levar a uma verdadeira catástrofe.

Por um lado, a posição de Rutter e dos responsáveis ​​da OTAN é de pouca relevância, uma vez que quem realmente lidera a aliança são os EUA – que não parecem interessados ​​em escalar a guerra com a Rússia neste momento. Por outro lado, Rutte agiu de forma arriscada ao colocar os altos funcionários da OTAN no lobby global para o fim das restrições à Ucrânia. Resta saber se Washington permanecerá sólido na sua posição ou se cederá à pressão dos seus parceiros.

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Artigo em inglês : New NATO chief supports escalation with Russia, InfoBrics, 2 de Outubro de 2024

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At This Time in the World There Is Only One Important Decision Waiting to be Made. “In 2007, Washington Declared War on Russia”

By Dr. Paul Craig Roberts, October 04, 2024

In 2007 Washington declared war on Russia without announcing it. Putin provoked Washington’s secret declaration of war when he rejected Washington’s uni-polar hegemony at the Munich Security Conference.

Former US Ambassador to Russia Took Part in Planning Kursk Incursion?

By Drago Bosnic, October 04, 2024

Back in August, President Vladimir Putin’s top aide and former Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev stated that the United States is lying about supposedly “not knowing” that the Kursk oblast (region) incursion before the Kiev regime launched it.

Today’s Crisis and War: Destruction of the Nation State, Suppression of Democratic Dissent, Fascist Europe Rising . “And Into the Fire…” Rodney Atkinson

By Rodney Atkinson, October 04, 2024

As the world approaches a new war with nuclear weapons openly discussed (and even loudly advocated by the US Senator and foreign policy “expert” Lindsey Graham) and as openly Fascist/Nazi movements in Ukraine are armed and trained by western powers, these four books are worth reading which described the seeds of this crisis in post-second world war Europe and America and to a great extent predicted it.

US Elections: Is Aggression Likely to Continue Regardless of Who Wins?

By Bharat Dogra, October 04, 2024

The biggest concern of the world regarding US elections is whether these can lead to the creation of a government with a significantly higher commitment to world peace. 

Israel Declares UN Secretary General Persona Non Grata. “Enough Is Enough, …The World Needs Peace Not War”

By Peter Koenig, October 03, 2024

The Israeli minister went on to claim that Guterres “will be remembered as a stain on the history of the UN” for giving “backing to terrorists, rapists and murderers from Hamas, Hezbollah, the Houthis and now Iran.”

Webinar: Resisting Fascism and Neocolonialism: US Out of Africa

By Ajamu Baraka, October 03, 2024

October 1, 2024, marks the start of the 4th International Month of Action Against AFRICOM (U.S. Africa Command), organized by the Black Alliance for Peace (BAP). International Month of Action Against AFRICOM will kick off with an international webinar featuring voices from the African continent and diaspora expressing the need for the complete withdrawal of U.S. troops and a complete end to the combatant command.

Iran’s Operation “True Promise 2” Against Israel. Remember Dick Cheney: “Let Israel Do the Dirty Work for Us”

By Prof Michel Chossudovsky, October 03, 2024

Bear in mind Israel is a de facto member of NATO, which serves the strategic interests of  the U.S. The earlier Israeli attacks against Iran and Lebanon were conducted in close consultation with Washington and NATO Headquarters in Brussels.

Back in August, President Vladimir Putin’s top aide and former Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev stated that the United States is lying about supposedly “not knowing” that the Kursk oblast (region) incursion before the Kiev regime launched it.

Patrushev insisted that “without their participation and direct support, Kiev would not have ventured into Russian territory”.

He also added there’s evidence that NATO intelligence services are providing direct support to the Kiev regime junta forces.

Considering that Patrushev headed the FSB for nearly a decade and that he’s one of Putin’s closest associates, it’s a given he’s privy to such information. And yet, Washington DC is still trying to maintain “plausible deniability”. No doubt that this is not only yet another attempt to deny its responsibility, but also a way to further enrage Moscow in order to create the illusion that NATO is a “defensive alliance protecting Europe from aggressive Russia”.

Obviously, to the mainstream propaganda machine, Patrushev’s claims are “conspiracy theories” and “disinformation”. However, these already sloppy attempts to hide US/NATO involvement in the Kursk oblast incursion turned out to be even sloppier. Namely, leaked documents show that several high-ranking American officials and at least one think tank took part in planning the Neo-Nazi junta’s attack.

Apparently, former US Ambassador to Russia Michael McFaul had his email hacked, revealing “peculiar” papers on the Kursk oblast incursion. Along with former US ambassador to Uzbekistan and Ukraine John Herbst, McFaul was invited to take part in a wargame organized by the Atlantic Council, a rabidly warmongering think tank based in Washington DC. This highly controversial gathering took place back in February, while the wargaming itself focused precisely on an incursion such as the one Kiev launched in Russia’s Kursk oblast.

This is yet another proof that it was indeed planned months in advance, just as many of my colleagues and I argued. Several experts have already established that the purpose of the wargame was to probe Russia’s response. The Atlantic Council and former ambassadors established that two scenarios were anticipated. The first was finally starting negotiations on the Neo-Nazi junta’s accession to NATO, and the second was the “decisive breakthrough” of its forces, obviously referring to what would later become known as the Kursk oblast incursion. The purpose of the latter was to cause internal destabilization and hurt the authority of the Kremlin. Worse yet, the wargame even included a scenario where the use of nuclear weapons was expected, showing that the US-led political West was indeed trying to provoke Moscow to use weapons of mass destruction. This is also in line with other forms of escalation NATO is pursuing.

According to Ilya Remeslo, a lawyer and member of the Public Chamber of Russia, the goal was internal destabilization, with both McFaul himself and his associates actively working on this, as evidenced by the leaked files.

Remeslo argues that the military failure of the Kiev regime forces also forced its NATO overlords to abort further operations. After the Kursk oblast incursion was launched, I argued similar points to Remeslo’s. Namely, mere days before the attack, US/NATO and the Neo-Nazi junta tried to assassinate President Vladimir Putin and Russian Defense Minister Andrei Belousov. The Kremlin gave a very clear warning to the political West – there will be immediate thermonuclear war if this ever happens again.

However, the Kursk oblast incursion soon followed, putting additional pressure on Moscow. It was already clear that the attack was planned very carefully, months in advance, meaning that the most likely goal was to assassinate Putin and/or Belousov and then launch the incursion to cause a breakdown in leadership the Kremlin and possibly even a Maidan-style revolution that would effectively defeat Russia. Since the Eurasian giant is seen as the spearhead of multipolarity, destroying at least its sovereignty (and eventually its statehood) is critically important for the political West. This is also in line with plans of the so-called “decolonization of Russia”, a blatantly open call for the world’s largest country’s dissolution. The latest evidence about the involvement of high-ranking US officials only serves as further confirmation that these plans are certainly still in motion. This is extremely dangerous, as it ensures that NATO and Russia remain on a collision course.

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Kursk offensive (Source)

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Interestingly, right after the Kursk oblast incursion was launched, McFaul was adamant that this was a “win for Zelensky and a loss for Putin”, as it supposedly “strikes the latter hard”. What makes these revelations even more disturbing is the fact that NATO personnel and blatantly Neo-Nazi units took part in the Kursk oblast incursion, committing gruesome war crimes in the process. This makes McFaul and all the others who participated in the planning directly responsible for atrocities committed by the units involved in the attack. The massive presence of foreign troops also shows that NATO actively coordinated everything, which is a much higher level of involvement than just planning the incursion. It was only thanks to the Kremlin’s cool-headedness we didn’t see any escalation, while the Russian military’s decisive response prevented the Kiev regime forces from reaching any major targets, particularly the Kursk NPP.

All this goes to show that the political West has truly become a danger to the security of the entire world (although many would argue that was always the case). America’s perpetual bloodlust and appetite for death and destruction are putting the lives of eight billion people at risk, including the 330 million Americans who are effectively held hostage by the warmongers, war criminals and plutocrats in Washington DC.

This monstrous oligarchy is waging a war of aggression against the entire world and is showing no signs it will ever stop. Its strategic doctrine boils down to attacking everyone at once, while things are no better on an operational and tactical level, as the US keeps increasing its already massive pressure on small countries, particularly in Europe, where any sort of non-compliance with the “rules-based world order” is met with zero tolerance. If left unchecked, this sort of foreign policy framework is bound to set the world on fire.

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Birds Not Bombs: Let’s Fight for a World of Peace, Not War 

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Drago Bosnic is an independent geopolitical and military analyst. He is a regular contributor to Global Research.

Except for the neoconservatives whose agenda it is, I sometimes wonder if I am the only other person who understands what the Ukraine conflict is about.

In 2007 Washington declared war on Russia without announcing it. Putin provoked Washington’s secret declaration of war when he rejected Washington’s uni-polar hegemony at the Munich Security Conference.

Washington’s first attack was a year later when, while Putin was distracted at the Beijing Olympics, Washington sent a US trained and equipped Georgian army into South Ossetia. The purpose was not to defeat Russia militarily. Instead, it was a calculated risk that Putin might stand down and to avoid a military conflict that the West could misrepresent as restoring the Soviet Empire, and allow the Russian protectorate to be absorbed into Georgia. The American neoconservatives were gambling with lives not their own that Putin and thereby Russia would be weakened by giving in, thus opening more paths of aggression against Russia.

The neoconservatives’ plot against Putin might have worked except the Georgian invaders killed Russian peace-keepers. In 2008 Putin was trying to resurrect Russian pride, which was lost with the Soviet collapse 1991, and could not turn his back on dead Russian soldiers in South Ossetia. He returned from China, sent in an army, and smashed the US trained and equipped Georgian army in 5 days.

All of Georgia, a province of the Soviet Union until 1991, was in Putin’s hands. The Western propaganda is that Putin is dangerous because he intends to recover the Soviet empire. Obviously, this is a lie, because Putin pulled the Russian army out and left Georgia an independent state.

Following the US neoconservative’s failure in South Ossetia, which they mischaracterized as a “Russian invasion of Georgia,” the neoconservatives began pouring billions of dollars into Ukraine in order to create cadres, NGOs, and purchased politicians that would support the “Maidan Revolution,” which was Washington’s overthrow of the democratically elected government of Ukraine that was living in profitable peace with Russia.

Again Putin was inattentive, this time distracted by the Sochi Olympics, and this time he did nothing. It is unclear why Putin allowed Ukraine to become Washington’s puppet state hostile to Russia and a candidate for NATO.

The neo-Nazi state that Washington created began a number of operations against the Russian population in Donbas. The use of the Russian language was banned. Russians were accosted and killed in the streets by bands of Stepan Bandera’s followers. (Bandara fought for Nazi Germany against Russia during World War II.)

The Russian parts of Ukraine, Donbas and Crimea, which were separated from Russia by Lenin and Khrushchev, asked Putin to protect them by re-admitting them to Russia. Putin accepted Crimea’s request as the Russian Black Sea naval base is in Crimea, but Putin refused the requests from Donbas, which had formed into two independent republics to protect themselves from slaughter by the Ukrainian army. Putin, always cautious, was advised that if he accepted Donbass he would give credence to Western propaganda that Russia was restoring the Soviet Empire.

Nevertheless, Putin knew he had to do something to protect the Donbas Russians. He concocted the Minsk Agreement. The Minsk Agreement kept Donbas as part of Ukraine, but gave the territory some autonomy, such as its own police and courts, to prevent persecution by Washington’s puppet in Kiev.

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The leaders of Belarus, Russia, Germany, France, and Ukraine at the 11–12 February 2015 summit in Minsk, Belarus (Licensed under CC BY 4.0)

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Kiev and the two Donbas republics signed the Minsk agreement, and Germany and France promised to enforce it. Believing that the West had integrity, Putin was taken for a ride. Both the German Chancellor and French President later publicly admitted that they deceived Putin for eight years while Washington built and equipped a strong Ukrainian Army capable of conquering the two break-away republics in Donbas.

When during December 2021 and February 2022 Putin and Lavrov’s efforts to secure a mutual defense agreement between Russia and the West were met with extremely cold shoulders from Washington, NATO, and the European Union, Putin was faced with a large Ukrainian army about to invade the Donbas republics. Putin’s false hopes and mistaken belief in the West’s integrity left him unprepared, but he was forced to intervene and Russia, due to unpreparedness was forced to rely on a small private military force, the Wagner Group. As Putin had not prepared for the obvious conflict staring him in the face, he limited his intervention to Donbas to clearing out the Ukrainian forces, not to quickly prevailing in the conflict. The long conflict has given the West two years and eight months to involve itself and widen the conflict.

As Putin never enforced any of the announced red lines, he has no credibility in the West. Recently, the NATO Secretary-General said NATO does not pay any attention to Putin, because he talks but never does anything.

Consequently, the world has reached the precise point I said would be reached. Putin has backed up so much that he has no more room. His back is to the wall. NATO, the British Prime Minister, and the neoconservatives are lobbying Washington to give a green light to US/NATO firing missiles into Russia from Ukraine territory.

Understand, Ukraine hasn’t the capability and satellite targeting systems to fire the missiles. A missile attack on Russia can no longer be characterized as a “proxy war.” Putin himself has made this clear. Putin said that missiles fired into Russia means the US and NATO are at war with Russia and that Russia reserves the right to respond with nuclear weapons.

A crisis is upon us. The only relevant decision in the world at this time is whether Washington decides that Putin means what he says or that Putin is so averse to war that he will stand down from his threat in order to avoid a wider conflict involving nuclear weapons.

What is the agenda behind this crisis? The neoconservatives believe that Putin is so averse to war that he will stand down and sacrifice some of his declared goals of his Special Military Operation for peace in order to avoid the wider war that would result from Russia’s response to missile attacks on Russia.

Such a response from Putin, the neoconservatives believe, would undermine Putin in Russia both with the people and the military. The people would ask the meaning of the sacrifices and lives lost for the sake of surrendering the goals. The military would say, as Admiral Avakyant already has, that if Putin stands down “the pressure on Russia from its historical opponents will only increase, and the escalation process will enter an irreversible phase. The enormous resources currently invested in the indirect hot war of the collective West against our country will be redirected to finance all destructive and anti-state forces (regional separatism, ‘the fight against the rotten corrupt regime’, ‘the promotion of universal freedoms and values’, etc.). Various states ‘historically offended’ by our country will begin to make territorial claims against Russia from all sides.”

In other words, Putin could lose support and the Russian government could become less stable.

The neoconservative’s aim is to destabilize Putin and Russia. The neoconservatives would take advantage of destabilization to encourage the various ethnicities that comprise the Russian Federation to break apart. Washington’s goal is a dismembered Russian Federation into its constituent parts with many countries in the place of Russia.

The breakup of Russia by Washington began in 1991 with the Soviet collapse. Vast areas of Russia were taken from her: Ukraine, Belarus, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Central Asia extending from the Caspian Sea in the West to the borders of China, an enormous area encompassing Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Turkmenistan. Only the Russian Federation remained, itself a collection of ethnicities. Like the Western world, Russia itself is a tower of babel, only unlike in the West, in Russia the emphasis is on unity instead of division.

The neoconservatives believe that if Putin, in order to avoid wider war, reduces his demands on Ukraine, he can be painted as a loser, discredited, undermined, and Russia with him.

There is one and only one issue and one and only one decision: Does Washington believe Putin or not. If Washington believes Putin, Washington will not send missiles into Russia. If Washington does not believe Putin, World War III is about to happen unless Putin stands down.

I suspect a delayed decision as the can is kicked down the road. The Middle East is another avenue of attack on Russia. The absence of a mutual defense treaty between Russia, China, and Iran leaves Iran subject to a US/Israeli attack. The possibility exists of Israel’s war with Hezbollah leading into a joint attack of Israel and the US on Iran. This could hurt Russia’s prestige, and Western propaganda would present it as a Russian defeat.

As Washington and Russia are not talking, little can be done to ease the tension. The neoconservatives’ agenda of hegemony has produced a more dangerous situation than the Cuban Missile Crisis, and Washington has not acted to defuse the crisis.

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Birds Not Bombs: Let’s Fight for a World of Peace, Not War 

Paul Craig Roberts is a renowned author and academic, chairman of The Institute for Political Economy where this article was originally published. Dr. Roberts was previously associate editor and columnist for The Wall Street Journal. He was Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Economic Policy during the Reagan Administration. He is a regular contributor to Global Research.

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Two weeks ago, the first case of polio was detected in Gaza for 25 years, leaving a ten month-old child partially paralyzed and forcing decisive action from the World Health Organization.

Doctors were dispatched to Gaza with over a million doses of polio vaccine, with the aim of vaccinating 640,000 children in record time.

Israel and Hamas even agreed to quote-unquote “humanitarian” pauses in the bombing for a few hours every day to get the vaccinations done.

The good news – according to the WHO – is that all these efforts have been successful so far, and they are actually vaccinating more children than they planned too.

…And the world breathed a sign of relief.

Thankfully the starving, homeless children of Gaza won’t get polio as they crouch under the rubble of their homes praying the next batch of cluster bombs misses them.

Sometimes a story hits the news and you’re initial reaction is simply, “Wait…what?”

It used to be a semiregular occurrence, but since “covid” it has become almost daily. This is one of those stories. I just don’t get it.

The paralyzed child was actually due to receive his first polio vaccine on October 7th last year – the same day as the “Al-Aqsa Flood”, if you can believe it (as it happens I can’t, but increasingly I can’t really believe anything).

Why would Israel agree to “humanitarian pauses” to vaccinate children they are apparently intent on blowing to pieces?

I mean, if you can stop blowing up children because you don’t want them to die of polio, can’t you stop blowing up children because you don’t want them to die of being blown up?

Don’t forget, even before the latest one-sided “war”, Israel had been starving Gaza of supplies and water and energy for years.

Why are vaccines the exception to that?

Why is vaccinating against polio of all things any kind of priority right now?

Imagine Darth Vader is dueling Obi Wan Kenobi down a corridor on the Death Star – each swing of the light sabre intended to deal a killing blow – but then he pauses the fight to warn the older man about a “caution: wet floor” sign behind him.

It has that similar feeling to ISIS suddenly calling a halt to suicide bombingsduring the “pandemic”.

The only explanation I can think of is that there is some kind of override priority when it comes to narratives. War trumps climate change, but vaccines trump war and so on.

This is a way of reinforcing the overwhelming vitalness of vaccination – even enemies, blowing each other up in a war, will stop to get kids vaccines (before blowing them up). Vaccines are just that important.

It’s yet another bizarre narrative twist that calls into question the true purpose and motivation for the Gaza war as a whole.

Or maybe it’s just a symptom of living in an insane world run by insane people to insane ends.

Or maybe it’s a story thread that will lead somewhere else eventually.

Down the line, don’t be surprised if the media starts saying “war is a threat to public health by making pandemics more likely”, or that the “polio ceasefire shows hope for the future” and that is the launching pad a for a fresh push on the global government “let’s all get along” messaging.

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The biggest concern of the world regarding US elections is whether these can lead to the creation of a government with a significantly higher commitment to world peace. At the very least, what is hoped for is that even if the new President and the administration do not have any firm commitment to world peace, they have the sense of responsibility to keep miles away from any possibility of instigating or provoking the third world war which is likely to be a nuclear war and hence can threaten all life on earth. The present US President and his top security advisers have not shown such responsibility. Their policies are guided by the quest for dominance and always remaining at the top as the number one power, a quest which leads inevitably to aggression against rivals and potential rivals (as well as others) and therefore, with both sides armed very heavily with the most destructive weapons including nuclear weapons, there is the possibility of an existential threat for all life on earth.

Unfortunately, the overall indications are that this quest for dominance will continue regardless of US election results. In the case of Ukraine conflict there appears to be a greater chance, but certainly no guarantee, of early end of war if Trump wins. However regardless of election results there is not much of a chance of weapons supply to Israel being stopped. The wider reality is that overall the quest for dominance will continue regardless of who wins elections and with this the threat of a much bigger war involving the great powers, the third war or a nuclear war will continue.

This is a reflection of the wider fact that in the US democracy, at a practical level, the electoral contest is confined to just two political parties and to just two presidential candidates. Further, there is some kind of a deep state or deep establishment which ensures that only candidates who speak and work within a certain narrow framework are allowed to emerge as presidential candidates. Both the leading political parties are sometimes together referred to as the war party signifying their unwavering commitment to pursue the dominance of USA, regardless of how many more wars and regime changes and coups are needed for this. This is dressed up in patriotic and nationalist terms but deep interests of the military-industrial-politician complex and of other very big business interests lurk closely in the shadows. 

The entire world is looking at the ongoing election campaign in the USA. However people at home and abroad also know better than to believe all that is said by politicians and candidates in the election debates, as they realize that the gulf between campaign statements and actual statements can be quite wide.

However for a moment let us try to imagine that the actual pursuit of foreign policy in recent times, which is likely to broadly continue, is actually reflected in election campaign statements and commitments.

In such a situation a leading political party may release a statement saying, “We are committed to the pursuit of the USA’s dominance of the world, so committed in fact that we’ll continue to pursue dominance regardless of whether the entire world is threatened by weapons of mass destruction.”

One or the other leading political parties may make things even clearer by stating, “We promise to the American people with the deepest sincerity that the USA will always continue to command the world, regardless of whether anyone is left to command.”

To make the foreign policy aims of the USA more specific in terms of domestic implications, one of the leading politicians may say, “We promise that we will never falter in our commitments to supply weapons to our friends, proxies and clients, regardless of whether they use it for genocidal actions or to provoke bigger wars or even a world war, and we will not hesitate to divert for them resources needed for meeting the basic needs of all American people.”

To be even more specific another election statement may say, “Having seen the success of our policy of inflicting some harm or the other on Russia without causing any harm to our soldiers, we assure the continuation of our policy of achieving this at the cost of the lives of the Ukrainians till as long as it takes.”

Another variant of such a more specific commitment may be— “We will never falter in our support for Israel, and to ensure that this is done without troubling the conscience and hence the firmness of USA policy making establishment, we will issue orders that hereafter no data on information on the number of people killed, injured or displaced in Gaza or West Bank is to be mentioned or considered in our policy establishment.”

Another or the same senior politician may also assert, “We once again re-affirm at least for the next four years our deepest commitment to the politician-military-industrial complex, even at the cost of denying billions of badly needed dollars for the homeless and other people most in need.”

Of course such statements are never likely to be made actually and in reality such intentions are covered up to sound politically correct in many ways. We are mentioning such imaginary statements only to show the absurdity of what is happening when compared to the real needs of peace and real needs of people.

The existing situation with highly disastrous possibilities including WW3 will continue till a very large number of people do not come forward for a very big peace movement which works with continuity, guided by some of the world’s best statesmen and scholars whose deep commitment to peace with justice is well-established. After all if millions of people can come forward to devote their time to election campaigns, why cannot they do so for the peace movement which has much higher chances of creating a better and safer world?   

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Birds Not Bombs: Let’s Fight for a World of Peace, Not War

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The upcoming winter could be the toughest for Ukraine during the conflict so far due to a shortage of energy resources and the poor psychological state of the population, The Washington Post reported. The report added that the consequences of prolonged power outages could range from cutting off water and heating to damaging the country’s economy.

The American outlet noted that power outages are a fact, but estimates of their severity vary. “The best-case scenario is just four hours of power cuts a day, but it could also end up being 20 hours of darkness or more a day in the depths of Ukraine’s frigid winter.”

But the biggest casualty may be the psychological state of Ukrainians, according to The Washington Post. About two and a half years after Russia launched its special military operation, with little prospect of a Ukrainian victory on the horizon and following a series of battlefield setbacks in recent months, the population has reached its breaking point.

The newspaper added that the population’s willingness to make territorial concessions rose from 10% in May 2023 to 32% a year later.

The director of the Kyiv International Institute of Sociology, Anton Hrushetsky, noted that cold, dark days could change Ukrainian attitudes to the conflict. In his words, the population is now overwhelmingly against peace with Russia “at any cost,” but opinion polls show an increase in the number of people willing to make difficult compromises to end the conflict.

He described “a growing tiredness, and this causes more conflict, because people are more psychologically unstable.”

Ukraine’s Energy Minister, German Galushchenko, said half of its electricity generation capacity had been lost earlier. He said that his state is now living with restrictions, even in the summer.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky previously said some 9 gigawatts of Ukraine’s power generation capacity had been destroyed, representing 80% of thermal power and one-third of hydropower. At the same time, Ukraine’s largest private energy company, DTEK, said some 90 percent of its coal-fired power plants had been damaged or destroyed. 

It is also recalled that Ukraine’s Ministry of Energy said on March 22 that the country’s energy system had suffered the largest attack in recent times, whilst Igor Sirota, director general of Ukrhydroenergo, said the country lost about 20% of its regulation capacity due to damage to the Dnieper hydroelectric power station in Zaporozhye.

Russia began carrying out massive high-precision missile strikes against vital infrastructure and command posts in several Ukrainian regions and cities on October 10, 2022. Russian President Vladimir Putin noted that Moscow was forced to strike such blows in response to Ukrainian attacks on its own energy facilities, a factor The Washington Post does not mention.

The Washington Post noted that “the bulk of Ukraine’s energy production this winter will still be concentrated in large power plants, allowing Russia to inflict maximum damage with targeted missile strikes — as was demonstrated clearly last month when Moscow’s forces carried out one of the biggest bombardments since the war began.”

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said in a statement on September 21, citing Ukrainian intelligence reports, that Russia is “preparing strikes on critical facilities” of the country’s nuclear energy system “on the eve of winter.” The attacks will target “open distribution devices of nuclear power plants and transmission substations,” which created “a high risk of a nuclear incident that will have global consequences.”

Although this is highly unlikely, it does point to the immense fear that the Kiev regime has in facing long periods of cold and darkness, a factor that will only continue to demoralise the parts of the population that are still against peace with Russia, whether it be because they believe Kiev regime propaganda that victory can still be achieved or out of blind ultra-nationalism.

Nonetheless, in a press release, Danielle Bell, head of the UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine, said:

“This winter will be bad enough with people likely having to cope with scheduled blackouts across the country. Any additional attacks leading to prolonged electricity blackouts could have catastrophic consequences.”

This will be the third winter that Ukrainians will suffer through, and by all accounts, it will be the most difficult experience the country will have had since World War II. Although European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and the Director of the International Energy Agency presented on September 19 a report on the immediate measures that need to be taken to strengthen Ukraine’s energy security and help it face the coming winter, there is nothing that either can do if Russia decides to continue attacking Ukrainian energy resources. Only Zelensky’s willingness to achieve peace with Moscow can prevent Ukrainians from having a brutal winter, but there are no serious signs from him that he wants to pursue this.

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This article was originally published on InfoBrics.

Ahmed Adel is a Cairo-based geopolitics and political economy researcher. He is a regular contributor to Global Research.

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[This article was originally published on September 29, 2023.]

The official concluding statements by the UN and WHO at the completion of the UN General Assembly (UNGA) in New York regarding the High-level Meeting on Pandemic Prevention, Preparedness and Response are summarized as follows:

United Nations

The high-level meeting on pandemic prevention, preparedness and response will focus on the theme: “Creating and maintaining political momentum and solidarity for Pandemic Prevention, Preparedness and Response“. Plenary Segment: Statements by Member States and members of the United Nations specialized agencies.Issued on 20 Sept 2023.

WHO statement on the high-level meeting on pandemic prevention, preparedness, and response:

The World Health Organization welcomed today’s historic commitment shown by global leaders, at the UNGA, to strengthen the international cooperation, coordination, governance, and investment needed to prevent a repeat of the devastating health and socioeconomic impact caused by COVID-19, make the world better prepared for future pandemic, and get back on track to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals.

“The first-ever head of state summit on pandemic prevention, preparedness and response is a historic milestone in the urgent drive to make all people of the world safer, and better protected from the devastating impacts of pandemics,” said Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General. “I welcome this commitment by world leaders to provide the political support and direction needed so that WHO, governments and all involved can protect people’s health and take concrete steps towards investing in local capacities, ensuring equity and supporting the global emergency health architecture that the world needs.”

The political declaration, approved by Mr Dennis Francis, President of the 78^th United Nations General Assembly (2023), and the result of negotiations under the able leadership of Ambassadors Gilad Erdan of Israel and Omar Hilale of Morocco, underscored the pivotal role played by WHO as the “directing and coordinating authority on international health,” and the need to “commit further to sustainable financing that provides adequate and predictable funding to the WHO, which enables it to have the resources needed to fulfil its core functions.”Issued on 20 Sept 2023

Neither the UN nor the WHO statement mentions the number of world leaders or heads of state, who approved the crucial WHO documents, the severely revised (more than 90 points of revision) International Health Regulations (IHR), including the Pandemic Treaty – which is actually no longer a treaty, as it is planned to ram it through during the next World Health Assembly (WHA) in May 2024 – making the new IHR effective without a vote. See full interview with Dr. Astrid Stuckelberger here.

Since there are no official accounts from these “behind closed-door” UN / WHO meetings, we can rely only on “hearsay”, according to which there were several member states who abstained and others who objected to the revised IHR. Among the objectors was apparently the Russian Federation. See this.

The Mike Adams interview of Dr. Astrid Stuckelberger (26 September 2023) about the coming (planned) health dictatorship by the UN and WHO juxtaposes the official UN / WHO statements.

There is nothing constructive, nothing the world might want to look forward to that came out of these secret meetings, debates. Secretive, like a death cult, planning a worldwide genocide run as part of the “new” WHO / UN Agenda.

Imagine where the world has gone? And where the full UN Agenda 2030 is planning to take us?

With a corrupted UN system, with a World Health Organization that is no longer looking after the population’s health and disease, but is promoting death.

And that on a worldwide basis. All governments – more than 190 national governments, have all been coopted, corrupted coerced and outright threatened – if they do not go along and lie to the people who supposedly elected them, and if they do not betray the trust and the (tax) money these people have confided in them – people’s funds that also pay for the government bureaucrats generally generous wages.

Here are some of the key points Dr. Astrid Stuckelberger made during the BOMBSHELL interview. For courageously speaking out since the beginning of the outbreak of this criminal plandemic, Dr. Stuckelberger has been a beacon for truth. In response, the University of Geneva cut off all her courses and deprived her of her faculty position.

She is also otherwise threatened and coerced, often censored – to no avail: Astrid keeps speaking out, to spread the truth as far and widely as possible – so that people eventually may wake up – stand up – and stop obeying. Non obedience is everyone’s right.

Here are some of the highlights of Dr. Stuckelberger’s interview:

When during the organization’s earlier times, WHO stood for protecting the lives of the elderly and children, today WHO is promoting suicide for older people and forced killer vaccination for children.

WHO is eliminating staff – scientists, doctors, and researchers, who are ethical and true experts, replacing them with people who are no experts, unethical and corrupt.

WHO programs on food, nutrition or basic sanitation, have morphed into programs that are largely overseeing the extermination of people on planet earth, rather than promoting the health of people.

In the 1990s WHO was still warning about the dangers of 5G microwaves, the negative effects of holding the phone to your ear… how it affected the brain — no longer. These warnings have been eliminated from the WHO’s website. This is part of accelerating elimination of old age people and of dumbing the brains of children and young adults.

Also, WHO warned of the danger building 5G antennas on school buildings – as the effect on human brains and the development of human brains is devastating – this warning too, has disappeared from WHO’s website.

Around the year 2000, the private sector, with lobbies came into effect – and Bill Gates put his foot in WHO’s door. In 2012 he was literally in charge of WHO’s vaccination / immunization programs.

Today, WHO alone has a monopoly on all that concerns health – it is a tyrannical dictate – and is followed by severe censoring, including with punishment for those who do not follow the mandate. UN Secretary General, António Guterres, is echoing what WHO is doing, by promoting censorship [banning “fake news”], and digitizing health information – with a monopoly for WHO.

But WHO alone cannot control the world, as Ministers of Health, usually countries’ representatives at the World Health Assembly, may not agree with some dictates and they must listen to their governments [though, most of which have been corrupted], they need an overarching body to assure full compliance, the United Nations.

Therefore, the UN will claim the overall right of controlling censorship as well as dictates on health, i.e., vaccination / programs on immunization, delegated to WHO — no questions asked, all with the objective of massively reducing the world population, an objective which has been on the political drawing board since the 1970s.

See the Kissinger Report published in 1974, in the year following the U.S. sponsored military coup in Chile (September 11, 1973). 

WHO is the door to the most sensitive and vulnerable points in our lives: life and death, health and disease. It is the entry to their – the Beast’s – biotech neuro-weapon which is the so-called injection vaccine – and they want to roll out untold thousands of new types of vaccines, billions to be administered over the coming years – a perpetual program, feeding into the UN Agenda 2030 – to help accomplish the “17 Sustainable Development Goals” (SDG).

The first paragraph of the preparedness on pandemic prevention response, refers to the constant and repeated danger of covid and covid-related pandemics… triggering an eternal fear, as covid has been enshrined in the brains of the people as THE potentially death-bringing pandemic and danger.

They are generating constant fear with something that didn’t even exist, that has never been analyzed scientifically, never been isolated in laboratories, nor with the instruments of WHO — it’s always about infections, because you cannot see them (the viruses), and people do not know.

WHO along with the (bought) media is a psychological terrorist organization.

Under the new declaration WHO is becoming a permanent fear campaign mechanism, with the overarching worldwide tyrannical authority to demand “preventive” quarantine even against the policies of individual sovereign countries, and they are implementing them enforced by police and military – which country governments must obey, under threat.

But, says Astrid, “the Beast is losing power, because we are becoming more conscious, waking up and resisting.

The revised IHR and the Pandemic Convention – yes, it is not a treaty, as it will be adopted, not even voted on.

That is the imposition by the UN – sponsored, or imposed by the US. The IHR / Pandemic Convention will be adopted by the WHA in May 2024, without a vote. And during this UNGA 2023, WHO and its public (mainly the White House) and private (mainly the pharma-industry) sponsors are asking for the blessing of the UN; and “they” received the blessing of the UN.

Australia is already training their police and military to enforce mandated vaccinations – ramming in doors of family homes and making sure that schools comply with the vaxx-orders.

They want to get rid of children for depopulating the world – and of course of elderly people, who are not contributing to the economy, but using state money [that they contributed to] for living in retirement (pensions) – whom Klaus Schwab’s Israeli adviser, Yuval Noah Hariri, calls, “useless eaters”.

That is why former President Trump has already said, if he will be reelected President, he would propagate homeschooling.

WHO is run by McKinsey Consulting – Dr. Stuckelberger has seen the contract – and by the bought media.

They, “the Beast”, will invent a public emergency, either “natural” or a plandemic of a monster epidemic, to spread fear and lock people down.

They are rolling out a plan, to lock people down, they want the vaxx back – it is already visible from the media.

[In India a new pandemic has already been declared, with compulsory masks. An outbreak of Nipah virus (NiV) has been confirmed in India. Six cases of Nipah, including two deaths, have been reported – see video below (Annotation by PK)]

Three major corporate media outlets control the world:

• AP = American Press;
• AFP = French Press; and
• Reuters.

They are paid to lie. They cannot be believed, but they distribute their news to all local mainstream media, which must report almost verbatim the going narrative.

We must create our own counter-media – like what you are doing, referring to Mike Adams and others, to spread the truth and let people know what is going on.

They – “the Beast” — are doing whatever they can with the help of the governments, which are no longer YOUR governments. Today’s governments across the globe are coerced to do what “the Beast” wants them to do, either by buying them or by threat.

They will create anything to maintain the level of fear, even the plague is a possibility.

All they need to do is create a fake disease in one city, and then declare it a pandemic – and all that comes with the pandemic — lockdowns, ramming in doors for forced vaccinations also in schools, a fear-based tyranny – where people will obey…. But will they? (Annotation PK)

Then they are going to use their real weapon, either by vaccine, or in the hospitals, like in NY, where they incubated people… until they died.

Or using 5G. 5G can be directed into the brain of people, paralyzing individuals, or programming them, à la Klaus Schwab’s transhumanism, digitized, robotized obeying transhumans.

With 5G they can do whatever they want; 5G is not only emitted from the endless antennas around the world, but also from street lamps, or other items you least expect, and don’t know; possibly also through your TV set.

“Vaccination” – people will be injected by a binary weapon, that can be activated by remote signaling… through 5G, maybe soon to come 6G.

This is made possible through graphene oxide in people’s bodies [those, who have been vaccinated] – who were injected with the false covid vaxxes, some of which contained graphene oxide, a highly electro-magnetic sensible substance that will react to the 5G micro-waves.

Pfizer’s Bio-n-Tech vaxx = bio nano tech, or bio neuro tech…and mRNA – a computer program — “mode” RNA – will make humans highly vulnerable to 5G. As humans, we are bio-electromagnetic, electro-encephalogram – making our brains vulnerable to 5G manipulation.

Astrid Stuckelberger: “Hacking the mind is at the center of what is going on.”

Dr. James Giordano: The Brain is the Battlefield of the Future 

The “Havana Syndrome” is one of the brain manipulations – first appeared in 2016 in the US and Canadian Embassies in Havana, Cuba. Since then, the syndrome has occurred in many other places – in Beijing, Moscow, Serbia…

We humans emit waves – “love waves” as well as “anger waves” – our moods are expressed in electromagnetic waves.

Controlled opposition talking about viruses, covid, mRNA, PCR-test, the vaccination that all may come back… that is their plan – the Beast’s plan, the perpetuation of an absolute fraud.

Mike Adams:

“We are seeing the complete perversion of science which will destroy the credibility of science and medicine. – There is no isolate of SARS-Covid-2, has never been – it is a total fraud.”

“While the next plandemic is being rolled out – and more and more people are being victimized by this fraud – genocide is unfolding in front of us.”

We, the People, cannot let that happen; we must win this war

These are the paraphrased final words of Astrid Stuckelberger –

“We are gonna have a tough wave of time now, this may last for 6 months a year… who knows. So, take good care of yourself. If you are knowledgeable, you are better prepared for what may come – and take care of the elderly and the kids. I am worried about the children. They are gonna go after the children…”

“There is already a warning: in Norway, they must vaccinate all the young people… Take No Vaccine whatsoever, they are trying to sell you all sorts of common vaccines – don’t take them, they are all fake mRNA vaccines….”

Ending on a positive note:“I think we are protected for what we are ….”

Watch the full interview below.

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Peter Koenig is a geopolitical analyst and a former Senior Economist at the World Bank and the World Health Organization (WHO), where he worked for over 30 years around the world. He lectures at universities in the US, Europe and South America. He writes regularly for online journals and is the author of Implosion – An Economic Thriller about War, Environmental Destruction and Corporate Greed; and co-author of Cynthia McKinney’s book “When China Sneezes: From the Coronavirus Lockdown to the Global Politico-Economic Crisis” (Clarity Press – November 1, 2020).

Peter is a Research Associate of the Centre for Research on Globalization (CRG). He is also a non-resident Senior Fellow of the Chongyang Institute of Renmin University, Beijing.

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As the world approaches a new war with nuclear weapons openly discussed (and even loudly advocated by the US Senator and foreign policy “expert” Lindsey Graham) and as openly Fascist/Nazi movements in Ukraine are armed and trained by western powers, these four books are worth reading which described the seeds of this crisis in post-second world war Europe and America and to a great extent predicted it.

How did the western part of the victorious anti-fascist coalition of 1945 become a supporter of war against Russia without which the Nazi tyranny would not have been defeated?

How did Britain and the USA who lost so much liberating Europe in 1945 end up on the side of an openly Nazi society like Ukraine whose war time collaboration with Nazi Germany and massacre of Poles and Jews is reflected today in the Nazi military movements of Azov, Aidar, Right Sector and C14, in public statues and annual celebrations of Nazi collaborators and in the killing of thousands of Russians in Eastern Ukraine?

The answer is in these four books which describe the rise of corporatist fascism in Europe since the 1950s and the absorption of once democratic, freedom-loving Britain into that European Union based on the Nazi principles of 1943 (Die Europaeische Wirtschaftsgemeinschaft – see our book Treason at Maastricht).

Voting to leave the European Union in 2016 did not stop the British political class allying itself to the equally pernicious prison of NATO/EU military structures and the attack on Russia through Ukraine.

World War is being courted and Ukraine is being destroyed on the altar of US neocon imperial ideas, German Europe’s “Push to the East” and a decadent British political class surrendering to Russophobia and leading the rhetorical charge. These books written between 1994 and 2013 explain how and why.

The other critical ingredient in both the suppression of democratic dissent at home and the extension of imperial power abroad – Corporatism – is covered in many posts on this freenations.net website.

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The Books

Europe’s Full Circle was published in 1997.

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The more recent manifestations of the fascist and imperialist threat posed by the EU – and its military collaborator NATO – were exposed in the two books Fascist Europe Rising (2001) and And into the Fire.

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This article was originally published on the author’s website, Freenations.

Rodney Atkinson has been a successful linguist and linguistic theorist, was formerly a lecturer at the University of Mainz, Germany and a merchant banker in the City of London. He is the Founder of the Freenations website (visited by individuals and government institutions from over 100 countries) an occasional adviser to MPs and the proprietor of his own commercial property company.

He is the author of over 100 articles and policy papers three internationally praised books on political economy: Government against the People (1986), The Emancipated Society (1988), The Failure of the State (1989) and three on the European Union, Treason at Maastricht (with Norris McWhirter CBE, fourth edition 1998) Europe’s Full Circle (third edition 1998 also published in Yugoslavia and Poland) and Fascist Europe Rising (2001 also published in Yugoslavia).

For the extensive all party and international praise of these books and other work see the websites www.rodneyatkinson. freeuk.com and www.freenations.freeuk.com/publications.html

He was Referendum Party candidate in North West Durham in the 1997 General Election (5.2% of the vote) and the lead UK Independence Party candidate for the North East Region in the 1999 European Elections (8.83% of the vote). He has been a contributor to radio and television programmes on both sides of the Atlantic. He launched the cross party British Declaration of Independence in 1999.

Rodney Atkinson is a regular contributor to Global Research

Never heard of in the entire history of the United Nations that a diplomat of the UN is declared a persona non grata by one of its member-states.

In this case it is not just a UN diplomat but Israel’s Foreign Minister, Israel Katz, declared the UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres as Persona non Grata in Israel.

The reason is simply because Mr. Guterres did not condemn the years-long Israeli-provoked attack by Iran on Israeli cities and her most important military airbase, Nevatim. Instead he called for a ceasefire.

Mr. Katz called the Iranian retribution an “abhorrent attack.” He added,

“Anyone who cannot unequivocally condemn Iran’s heinous attack on Israel, as almost every country in the world has done, does not deserve to step foot on Israeli soil.”

The Minister went on accusing Guterres for not having denounced “the massacre and sexual atrocities committed by Hamas murderers on October 7”, and Katz claims that Guterres has not made any effort to declare the Palestinian militant group, Hamas, a terrorist organization.

The Israeli minister went on to claim that Guterres “will be remembered as a stain on the history of the UN” for giving “backing to terrorists, rapists and murderers from Hamas, Hezbollah, the Houthis and now Iran.”

Could this be the end of Mr. Guterres’s career as the UN’s Chief Officer?

Of course, no mention of Israel’s atrocious massacres, forced famine, killing, decapitating at times, children and woman in Gaza, then in the West Bank, and now in Lebanon. That is all “normal”, Israel’s self-defense, even though nobody has attacked Israel out of the blue. All attacks were provoked by Israel for the last 80 years and beyond – and all for eventually expelling Palestinians and others who are in the way – for Zionist-Israel’s creation of a Greater Israel.

Bombing of schools 

The Persona non Grata declaration means that Mr. Guterres is barred from entering Israel. Frankly, why would he want to go to Israel? See this for further details.

The implication is simply that Israel distances herself from the UN, meaning that the UN would be excluded as far as Israel is concerned from any potential peace-mediating effort.

Nevatim is also the airbase for Israel’s F-35 stealth fighter jets. Iran claims that Israel lost 20 F-35s in one day. Apparently, the US is planning in creating a coalition to attack Iran. 

Of course, none of this is reported by the mainstream.

If the US plans to attack Iran – in a coalition of western “allies”, a hot WWIII has moved yet another inch closer to midnight.

But let us hope and trust that this can be and will be averted in one way or another by sensible politicians on the other side of the western artificially created division of West and East, i.e., Russia and China must vouch for peace.

On a deeper level, what seems to be most important is that a high-level diplomat, like the UN Secretary General — someone totally sold to the “system” that put him in place, had a bout of conscience that shook him out of the horror the west has been supporting as truth and standard value, not only by words but by billons worth of weapons and missiles and tanks; the conscience told Mr. Guterres “enough is enough.”

Mr. Guterres must be congratulated for taking this step; instead of condemning Iran and “allowing” Israel to retaliate in “self-defense” – the usual – Mr. Guterres called for a ceasefire.

This conscious step to call for peace rather than more war, more deaths, more destruction, must be honored. May more people of his caliber, heads of state and western institutions come to this internal awakening and switch sides.

The world needs peace not war.

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Peter Koenig is a geopolitical analyst and a former Senior Economist at the World Bank and the World Health Organization (WHO), where he worked for over 30 years around the world. He is the author of Implosion – An Economic Thriller about War, Environmental Destruction and Corporate Greed; and co-author of Cynthia McKinney’s book “When China Sneezes: From the Coronavirus Lockdown to the Global Politico-Economic Crisis” (Clarity Press – November 1, 2020).

Peter is a Research Associate of the Centre for Research on Globalization (CRG). He is also a non-resident Senior Fellow of the Chongyang Institute of Renmin University, Beijing.

Featured image is from Syria News

October 1, 2024, marks the start of the 4th International Month of Action Against AFRICOM (U.S. Africa Command), organized by the Black Alliance for Peace (BAP). International Month of Action Against AFRICOM will kick off with an international webinar featuring voices from the African continent and diaspora expressing the need for the complete withdrawal of U.S. troops and a complete end to the combatant command.

This year’s Month of Action Against AFRICOM comes at a pivotal geopolitical moment for Africa. The continent is experiencing widespread anti-neocolonialist movements including:

(1) the successful expelling of AFRICOM from Niger,

(2) admission and evidence that U.S. ally Ukraine has supported terrorism in Mali, and

(3) popular mass mobilizations against governments propped up by the U.S. that are facing state repression, ie. Kenya, Nigeria, Uganda.

Join us for this webinar to learn more about the rise of African struggle against rising fascism, neocolonialism, and the role of US militarism!

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Panelists:

• Booker Omole, Communist Party of Kenya
• Akin Gofment, Amilcar Cabral Ideological School-Movement (ACIS-M), Nigeria.
• Salome Ayuak, South Sudanese Acholi of North America Association and a member of Black Alliance for Peace Africa Team
• Inemesit Richardson, president of the Thomas Sankara Center for Liberation and African Unity, in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso and an organizer with the All-African People’s Revolutionary Party.

Moderator: Leila A., The Black Alliance for Peace.

Register today!

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Featured image: Tunisian navy personnels aboard USS Hershel “Woody” Williams (ESB 4) on May 23 when the Phoenix Express 2021 was underway. Photo: AFRICOM

Below is an article titled “Thais Belém, journalist and missionary, dies at 28” by Vinicius Veloso:

Journalist Thais Belém from Pará died this Friday (13/9), at the age of 28. She was also a model and Catholic missionary. She worked with the Cristo Alegria project and fought against a brain tumor diagnosed in early 2023.

The information was confirmed by Thais’ husband, Gabriel Rodrigues.

On Instagram, he posted a photo of the missionary and wrote: “Heaven is your home. Confident in the Lord’s promise, I ask that you pray for the soul of our beloved Thais Belém.”

On social media, friends and family paid tribute and expressed their condolences. “The greatest example of faith I have ever seen,” said one of the comments on the photo posted by Thais’ husband. The wake will be held until 3 pm at Memorial Metrópole, on Boa Ventura da Silva Street, in Belém.

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My Take…

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1st dose: July 5, 2021

2nd dose: Sep 17, 2021

Brain tumor diagnosis: early 2023

Deceased: September 13, 2024

This is mRNA vaccine-induced turbo cancer.

This is going to be the fate of millions of young people over the coming years.

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Dr. William Makis is a Canadian physician with expertise in Radiology, Oncology and Immunology. Governor General’s Medal, University of Toronto Scholar. Author of 100+ peer-reviewed medical publications.  

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On October 1st, Iran launched Operation “True Promise 2: about 180 missiles were deployed (NYT). A coordinated missile strike has completely destroyed Israel’s F-35 Base Nevatim “among other key targets”.

“The facility hosts both of the Israeli Air Force’s F-35 fifth generation fighter squadrons, and was previously intended to host a third squadron of the fighters after they were delivered” (Military Watch Magazine)

Tehran has confirmed that the attack was launched in response to Israel’s assassinations of Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh and Hezbollah’s chairman Hasan Nasrallah: 

“According to a statement released by Iran’s Revolutionary Guards, the attack was aimed at “three military bases” in the Tel Aviv area:

Labelled “True Promise 2,” the operation follows a year of escalating tensions between Tehran and Tel Aviv, and represents a long awaited retaliatory attack after an Israeli strike on Tehran on July 31.

Iran was previously reported to have agreed not to retaliate if Israel deescalated hostilities, with Israel’s invasion and intensive bombardment of Lebanon and assassination of the leadership of the Iranian aligned militia group Hezbollah having been seen to have broken this agreement.” (Military Watch Magazine)

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Dangerous Crossroads

The fundamental question is whether this retaliatory attack will lead to escalation, including an Israeli counter-attack on Iran with the support of US-NATO.

In the words of Prime Minister Netanyahu:

“Iran made a big mistake tonight — and it will pay for it… The regime in Iran does not understand our determination to defend ourselves and to retaliate against our enemies.” (NYT, emphasis added)

Bear in mind Israel is a de facto member of NATO, which serves the strategic interests of  the U.S.

The earlier Israeli attacks against Iran and Lebanon were conducted in close consultation with Washington and NATO Headquarters in Brussels.

According to the NYT:

Iran fired waves of ballistic missiles at Israel on Tuesday evening in an assault that was mostly thwarted, according to the Israeli authorities, but one that made the prospect of a direct all-out war between two of the more powerful militaries in the Middle East more likely.

The offensive left the region on edge awaiting a potential Israeli response. (emphasis added)

What Is Washington’s Intent: A Month Prior to the November Elections? 

“Less than an hour after the attack, US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan delivered an ominous warning saying: “There will be severe consequences for this attack, and we will work with Israel to make that the case.” Sullivan refused to elaborate on the manner in which the US or Israel would retaliate, but some analysts think the response could come as early as Tuesday night. (quoted by Mike Whitney)

The response by the Pentagon has on the whole been “soft”, disregarding the magnitude of the attack. See Press Conference below. 

What Is Washington’s Unspoken Intent? Let Your Allies Do the Dirty Work for You? 

Flash back to 2005. At the outset of Bush’s Second Term, Vice President Dick Cheney dropped a bombshell, hinting, that Israel would, so to speak: be doing the dirty work for us (paraphrase) without US military involvement and without us putting pressure on them “to do it”.

I must admit that I (reluctantly) concur with Cheney in regard to Israel’s recent attacks against Lebanon and Iran.

Israel was doing the Dirty Work on behalf of US-NATO.

According to Cheney: (2005)

“The Israelis might well decide to act first, and let the rest of the world worry about cleaning up the diplomatic mess afterwards,” 

“Israel would not be able to act unilaterally against Iran, without a green light from the Pentagon which controls key components of Israel’s air defense system.

In practice, a war on Iran, were it to occur would be a joint US-NATO Israeli endeavor, coordinated by US Strategic Command (STRATCOM) with America’s allies playing a key (subordinate) role.” (quoted from my 2018 article)

Source: Council on Foreign Relations

Israeli Military Cooperation with the Pentagon and NATO

“Political rhetoric is often misleading. Israel is America’s ally. Military operations are closely coordinated. Tel Aviv is however subordinate to Washington. In major military operations, Israel does not act without the Pentagon’s approval.

Barely acknowledged by the media, the US and Israel have an integrated air defense system, which was set up in early 2009, shortly after the Israel invasion of Gaza under “Operation Cast Led”:

“The X-band radar air defense system set up by the US in Israel in 2009 would “integrate Israel’s missile defenses with the U.S. global missile detection network, which includes satellites, Aegis ships on the Mediterranean, Persian Gulf and Red Sea, and land-based Patriot radars and interceptors.”  (Sen. Joseph Azzolina, Protecting Israel from Iran’s missiles, Bayshore News, December 26, 2008).

What this means is that Washington calls the shots. Confirmed by the Pentagon, the US military controls Israel’s Air Defense:

”This is and will remain a U.S. radar system,’ Pentagon spokesman Geoff Morrell said. ‘So this is not something we are giving or selling to the Israelis and it is something that will likely require U.S. personnel on-site to operate.’” (Quoted in Israel National News, January 9, 2009, emphasis added). (Chossudovsky, January 2018 article below)

Israel Is a “De Facto Member of NATO”

Military cooperation with both the Pentagon and NATO is viewed by Israel’s Defence Force (IDF) as a means to “enhance Israel’s deterrence capability regarding potential enemies threatening it, mainly Iran and Syria.”

Israel is a de facto member of NATO (with a special status) since 2004, involving active military and intelligence coordination as well as consultations pertaining to the occupied territories.

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg confirmed (Press Conference, Brussels, October 12, 2023) that Israel is under attack and that U.S. military deployments in the Middle East are ongoing allegedly to avoid escalation:

There is always the risk that nations and/or organisations hostile to Israel will take try to take advantage. And that includes, for instance, organisations like Hezbollah or a country like Iran. So this is a message to countries and organisations hostile to Israel that they should not try to utilise the situation.

And the United States have deployed, or has deployed more military forces in the region, not least to deter any escalation or prevent any escalation of the situation. (NATO Press Conference, Brussels, October 12, 2023, emphasis added)

Video: NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg Press Conference

Brussels, October 12, 2023

NATO is committed to its de facto Ally: Israel. NATO is complicit in the genocide directed against Palestinians. 

Moreover, NATO has casually dismissed (despite ample evidence) that the October 7, 2023 operation was a false flag:

“First, Israeli Defence Minister Gallant briefed us on the horrific terrorist attacks by Hamas against Israel. And of Israel’s Reponse.

Allies strongly condemned Hamas’ indefensible attacks on civilians, and called for the immediate release of all hostages. 

Our thoughts are with all those affected by these horrific attacks. 

Israel has the right to defend itself. And as the conflict unfolds, the protection of civilians is essential. 

No nation or organisation hostile to Israel should seek to take advantage of the situation, or to escalate the conflict. 

Today, a number of NATO Allies made clear that they are providing practical support to Israel.

And doing everything possible to provide for their affected citizens.” (Jens Stoltenberg, emphasis added)

War against Iran has been on the drawing board of the Pentagon since the 1990s.

Below is my article first published in January 2018

Michel Chossudovsky, October 2, 2024, minor revisions on October 3, 2024

US Winks, Israel Bites?

Shifting Middle East Alliances.

The War on Iran is “On Hold”?

By Michel Chossudovsky 

January 2, 2018

In 2003, the war on Iran project was already Déjà Vu. It had been on the drawing board of the Pentagon since the mid-nineties. 

Since the launching of the Theater Iran Near Term (TIRANNT) war games scenario in May 2003 (leaked classified document), an escalation scenario involving military action directed against Iran and Syria had been envisaged, of which Syria was the first stage in 2011.  

The initial invasion of Iraq under “Operation Iraqi Freedom” was launched on March 20, 2003, April 9 marks the Fall of Baghdad;  officially the invasion was completed on May 1st, 2003.

In May 2003, immediately following the invasion and occupation of Iraq, the TIRANNT (Theater Iran Near Term) war games scenario were carried out as revealed by William Arkin, a former US intelligence analyst:

“In early 2003, even as U.S. forces were on the brink of war with Iraq, the Army had already begun conducting an analysis for a full-scale war with Iran. The analysis, called TIRANNT, for “theater Iran near term,” was coupled with a mock scenario for a Marine Corps invasion and a simulation of the Iranian missile force. U.S. and British planners conducted a Caspian Sea war game around the same time. And Bush directed the U.S. Strategic Command to draw up a global strike war plan for an attack against Iranian weapons of mass destruction. All of this will ultimately feed into a new war plan for “major combat operations” against Iran that military sources confirm now exists in draft form. [This contingency plan entitled CONPLAN 8022 would be activated in the eventuality of a Second 9/11, on the presumption that Iran would be behind it]  (William Arkin, Washington Post, 16 April 2006)

Screenshot of WPo article, opinion section

“Theater Iran Near Term”, a scenario of waging a war against Iran following the defeat of Iraq was the unspoken concept. Under the auspices of US Central Command, TIRANNT focussed on both “Near Term” (i.e. following the Iraq war) as well “Out-Year” (signifying the subsequent year) scenarios for war with Iran ” …including all aspects of a major combat operation, from mobilization and deployment of forces through postwar stability operations after regime change.” (Ibid)

The core TIRANNT effort began in May 2003, when modelers and intelligence specialists pulled together the data needed for theater-level (meaning large-scale) scenario analysis for Iran. TIRANNT has since been updated using post-Iraq war information on the performance of U.S. forces. Meanwhile, Air Force planners have modeled attacks against existing Iranian air defenses and targets, while Navy planners have evaluated coastal defenses and drawn up scenarios for keeping control of the Strait of Hormuz at the base of the Persian Gulf.

A follow-on TIRANNT Campaign Analysis, which began in October 2003, calculated the results of different scenarios for action against Iran to provide options for analyzing courses of action in an updated Iran war plan. (Ibid)

Needless to say, the “Near Term” plans formulated in 2003 had been postponed.

USCENTCOM’s “Dual Containment”. First Iraq, then Iran

The 2003 decision to target Iran under TIRANNT  as well as all subsequent endeavors and “secret plans” were part of the broader Middle East military roadmap. Already during the Clinton administration, US Central Command (USCENTCOM) had formulated in 1995 under the doctrine of “Dual Containment” “in war theater plans” to invade first Iraq and then Iran:

“The broad national security interests and objectives expressed in the President’s National Security Strategy (NSS) and the Chairman’s National Military Strategy (NMS) form the foundation of the United States Central Command’s theater strategy. The NSS directs implementation of a strategy of dual containment of the rogue states of Iraq and Iran as long as those states pose a threat to U.S. interests, to other states in the region, and to their own citizens. Dual containment is designed to maintain the balance of power in the region without depending on either Iraq or Iran. USCENTCOM’s theater strategy is interest-based and threat-focused. The purpose of U.S. engagement, as espoused in the NSS, is to protect the United States’ vital interest in the region – uninterrupted, secure U.S./Allied access to Gulf oil.”

USCENTCOM, http://www.milnet.com/milnet/pentagon/centcom/chap1/stratgic.htm#USPolicy

emphasis  added, the original document of USCENTCOM is no longer available)

The Role of Israel. Doing the Bombing For Us?

The TIRANNT (2003) scenario was followed by a series of military plans pertaining to Iran. Numerous post 9/11 official statements and US military documents had pointed to an expanded Middle East war, involving the active participation of Israel.

Broadly, what characterizes U.S. foreign policy is to encourage America’s allies “to do the dirty work on our behalf”.

At the outset of Bush’s Second Term, Vice President Dick Cheney dropped a bombshell, hinting, in no uncertain terms, that Iran was “right at the top of the list” of the rogue enemies of America, and that Israel would, so to speak, “be doing the bombing for us” (paraphrase), without US military involvement and without us putting pressure on them “to do it”.

In contrast, under the Trump administration, according to Professor James Petras, Israel and the Zionist Lobby are playing an active role, pressuring President Trump to take the first step:

“Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the Presidents of the 52 Major Jewish American Organizations are leading President Trump, like a puppy on a leash, into a major war with Iran. The hysterical ’52 Presidents’ and ‘Bibi’ Netanyahu are busy manufacturing Holocaust-level predictions that a non-nuclear Iran is preparing to ‘vaporize’ Israel, , 

The buffoonish US President Trump has swallowed this fantasy wholesale and is pushing our nation toward war for the sake of Israel and its US-based supporters and agents. (James Petras, Global Research, October 27, 2017)

Who are the Main Actors?

Political rhetoric is often misleading. Israel is America’s ally. Military operations are closely coordinated. Tel Aviv is however subordinate to Washington. In major military operations, Israel does not act without the Pentagon’s approval.

Barely acknowledged by the media, the US and Israel have an integrated air defense system, which was set up in early 2009, shortly after the Israel invasion of Gaza under “Operation Cast Led”.

The X-band radar air defense system set up by the US in Israel in 2009 would “integrate Israel’s missile defenses with the U.S. global missile detection network, which includes satellites, Aegis ships on the Mediterranean, Persian Gulf and Red Sea, and land-based Patriot radars and interceptors.”  (Sen. Joseph Azzolina, Protecting Israel from Iran’s missiles, Bayshore News, December 26, 2008). )

What this means is that Washington calls the shots. Confirmed by the Pentagon, the US military controls Israel’s Air Defense:

”This is and will remain a U.S. radar system,’ Pentagon spokesman Geoff Morrell said. ‘So this is not something we are giving or selling to the Israelis and it is something that will likely require U.S. personnel on-site to operate.’” (Quoted in Israel National News, January 9, 2009, emphasis added).

At the outset of  Obama’s Second Term, the US and Israel initiated discussions pertaining to a “US personnel on site” presence in Israel, namely the establishment of a “permanent” and “official” military base inside Israel. And on September 17, 2017, a US Air Defense base located in the Negev desert was inaugurated. According to the Israeli IDF spokesperson, the objective is to send a “message to the region, ” including Iran, Lebanon, Syria and Palestine.

Israel would not be able to act unilaterally against Iran, without a green light from the Pentagon which controls key components of Israel’s air defense system.

In practice, a war on Iran, were it to occur would be a joint US-Israeli endeavor, coordinated by US Strategic Command (STRATCOM) with America’s allies playing a key (subordinate) role.

The Evolving Structure of Military Alliances

Since the formulation of USCENTCOM’s “in war theater” plans in the mid-nineties, and more specifically since the onslaught of the war on Syria in 2011, the geopolitics of the broader Middle East Central Asian region has evolved dramatically with Russia and  China taking on a major role.

In this regard, the shift in the structure of military alliances has served to weaken US influence. Iran is now supported by a powerful China-Russia block. In turn, Pakistan and India have joined the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), which has contributed to undermining US-Pakistani relations.

In turn, Iran’s bilateral relations with China including strategic oil, gas and pipeline deals (as well as military cooperation) have developed since President Xi Jinping took office in 2012.

Moreover, while Tehran has reached a “pact of convenience” with Ankara, the unity of Saudi Arabia and the Gulf States is now in jeopardy, with Qatar, Oman and Kuwait building an alliance with Iran, to the detriment of  Saudi Arabia and the UAE.

Since the war on Syria, Iran has not only established a strong bilateral relationship with Syria, it has also reinforced its ties with Lebanon and Yemen.

In other words, US hegemony is threatened in the broader Middle East Central Asian region. The structure of alliances and “cross-cutting coalitions” in 2018 does not favor a US-led military operation against Iran.

• The Atlantic Alliance is in crisis and so is the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC).
• The US and Turkey are clashing in Northern Syria, where Turkey is fighting US sponsored Kurdish rebels.
• Turkey, which constitutes NATO’s heavyweight (in terms of conventional forces) has acquired Russia’s S400 air defense system. Does this signify that Turkey (as a member state of the Atlantic Alliance) no longer fully shares the US-NATO-Israel defense system?
• Another consideration is Turkey’s rapprochement with both Russia and Iran.

presidents Putin and Erdogan (right)

Demise of the “Triple Alliance”: US, Israel, Turkey

How does Turkey’s “pact of convenience” with Iran affect the Israel-Turkey  Security and Secrecy Agreement (SSA) launched by the Tansu Çiller government in 1994?

The SSA agreement was a carefully designed instrument of US foreign policy (sponsored by the Clinton administration) which set the stage for a firm and close Israel-Turkey relationship in military and intelligence cooperation, joint military exercises, weapons production and training.

The SSA largely served US strategic interests in the Middle East. The intent of the SSA Israel-Turkey bilateral military-intelligence agreement was to create a triangular relationship between the US, Israel and Turkey. This de facto (rather than de jure) “triple alliance”, under the helm of the Pentagon, was intended to integrate and coordinate military command decisions (as well as intelligence) between the three countries pertaining to the broader Middle East.

From a strategic standpoint, the Pentagon was intent upon “using” both Israel and Turkey in Middle East military operations (i.e to act on our behalf).

The “Triple alliance” was based on close (bilateral) military ties respectively between Israel and Turkey with the US, coupled with a strong bilateral military relationship between Tel Aviv and Ankara.

In turn, Israel signed a far-reaching military cooperation protocol with NATO in March 2005 in Jerusalem.  Under this agreement, Israel had become a de facto member of NATO. The 2005 Israel-NATO bilateral military cooperation agreement was viewed by the Israeli military as a means to “enhance Israel’s deterrence capability” against Iran, which has recently entered into an alliance of convenience with Turkey, a NATO member state.  Sounds contradictory?

It is also worth noting Israel’s longstanding membership in NATO’s Mediterranean Dialogue together with six other non-NATO member states: Algeria, Egypt, Jordan, Mauritania, Morocco and Tunisia. Recently, these six countries have taken a stance against Israel in the wake of Trump’s decision to move the US embassy to Jerusalem.

It was no coincidence that the Mediterranean Dialogue (MD) was launched in the same year as the Israel-Turkey SSA agreement (1994).

• Is the Israel-Turkey SSA agreement currently in jeopardy?
• Following Trump’s Jerusalem Statement, the Mediterranean Dialogue is also in crisis, to the detriment of Washington.
• How can joint military and intelligence operations directed against Iran be carried out when Turkey (a NATO member state and an ally of Israel) is  “in bed with the enemy”?
• Another consideration is the de facto demise of GUUAM (Georgia, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Azerbaijan and Moldova), a loose US-NATO sponsored military alliance of five former Soviet republics created in 1999, slated to be used against Russia and Iran.

For the above reasons, the Pentagon’s TIRANNT “Near Term” scenario of a conventional war against Iran at this juncture is unlikely.

While a conventional war on Iran is currently on hold, the US has indelibly opted for nonconventional warfare including destabilization, economic sanctions, infiltration, cooptation and regime change.

The Pentagon, nonetheless retains its longtime strategic option of inducing its closest allies including Saudi Arabia and Israel to “wage war on its behalf”.

We are nonetheless at a dangerous crossroads in our history. While Pentagon analysts are fully aware that the US cannot win a conventional war against Iran, a first strike tactical nuclear weapons attack is still “on the table”. So are intelligence ops, the recruitment of hired “jihadist” terrorists, the funding of insurgencies, etc. (not to mention the use of a panoply of nonconventional weapons systems including electromagnetic, chemical and biological weapons).

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In the last two and a half years, the Neo-Nazi junta frontman Volodymyr Zelensky pitched a number of “peace” plans, formulas, platforms and whatnot. Last year, the so-called Crimea Platform was all the rage, with the United States pressuring numerous countries to join this effectively void initiative.

Then came the so-called “peace summits” in Switzerland, with Zelensky insisting everyone should come except the one country that actually matters – Russia.

Supported by the US/EU/NATO, he kept pushing until many countries started signaling that such events are pointless and a waste of everyone’s time.

By mid-July, the Kiev regime realized it would lose even the formal “support” that Washington DC and Brussels gathered through “diplomacy” (i.e. blackmail, coercion and arm-twisting). As the battlefield situation kept deteriorating, Zelensky suddenly became “open to the idea” of Russia attending the next “peace summit”.

However, the Kremlin was on the verge of laughing in the face of those who suggested this, refusing to take part in the political West’s ludicrous games.

The “peace plan” that was offered to Moscow effectively boiled down to capitulation at a time when its forces were already making steady gains across the frontline, but particularly in the Donbass, by far the most heavily contested region in the NATO-orchestrated Ukrainian conflict.

Thus, in order to shift attention away from its collapsing defenses, the Neo-Nazi junta resorted to the most daring PR stunt yet – the Kursk oblast (region) incursion. Expectedly, this also turned out to be a disaster, with the political West itself frustrated by the way the Kiev regime forces were wasting precious resources while the defenses in the Donbass failed to stop the Russian advance. Zelensky’s PR team was now essentially out of new phrases/tropes and realized there won’t be any “peace summits” with Russia.

That was when the Neo-Nazi junta finally decided to recycle the old one – “winning the war”.

All of a sudden, the word “peace” was replaced and now we got a “victory plan” once again.

Obviously, such “grand schemes” require more money, so Zelensky traveled to the US and spent around a week there in late September, formally pitching the latest “victory plan” to the troubled Biden administration.

Many pro-Trump Americans were frustrated by this and even argued that Zelensky was engaged in election meddling, as he visited Pennsylvania, the top swing state. On September 26, the White House hosted Zelensky, where he and Biden happily announced that the Kiev regime would immediately get $400 million, while the US pledged another $8 billion in so-called “aid”. Apparently, Zelensky was frustrated as Washington DC refused to allow the use of NATO-sourced long-range weapons, so he was given all those billions to “lighten up”.

The Neo-Nazi junta frontman officially presented his “victory plan” to the troubled Biden administration, prompting the Trump campaign to call Zelensky “the greatest salesman on Earth”. Obviously, anyone familiar with the way this works knows that the so-called “Ukraine aid” is just another way to get more taxpayer’s dollars back into the US and straight into the coffers of the DNC and Biden crime family. The latest revelations about this scheme show that the warmongering oligarchy in Washington DC initiated the Ukrainian crisis over a decade ago precisely for this reason.

However, at least part of these promised funds will surely end in Ukraine, where they’ll be used to bribe numerous Kiev regime officials, but also prolong the NATO-orchestrated Ukrainian conflict. The unfortunate populace of the NATO-occupied country is paying the price, while the rest of us get to live in fear of uncontrollable thermonuclear escalation.

This still leaves the obvious question – what is this “victory plan” about? It wouldn’t be the first time that the Neo-Nazi junta is claiming that it can “win”, but it “just needs this one game changer”.

So far, only nuclear weapons and aircraft carriers haven’t been delivered to its forces.

However, nothing worked, so how would this new “plan” turn the tide? Russian offensive capabilities only keep growing, with a deadly combination of artillery dominance and air superiority aided by unrivaled long-range strike systems. Not even NATO itself can match that, let alone the battered Kiev regime forces. The latest assessments only confirmed previous findings about their atrocious casualty ratio, which is why the Russian military is advancing much faster across the frontlines. The Neo-Nazi junta simply doesn’t have the manpower and equipment to prevent this, forcing it to continuously pull back to new defensive positions.

Thus, Zelensky’s “victory plan” effectively boils down to an over the top wishlist counting on a Russia-NATO escalation. In simpler terms, the political West needs to go to war with Moscow to prevent the Kiev regime’s complete defeat. Unsurprisingly, many in Washington DC aren’t really happy about this, as going to war with nuclear-armed Russia would mean the end of America itself, particularly as Moscow has an advantage in terms of both quality and quantity. Its strategic arsenal is second to none and the Pentagon is surely aware of this. Zelensky’s “victory plan” is yet to be publicly revealed, but senior US officials who have seen it say there’s nothing original or innovative in it. On September 25, The Wall Street Journal quoted one who said that he’s “unimpressed”, as “there’s not much new there”. It can only be concluded that the Neo-Nazi junta and its overlords simply want to keep the NATO-orchestrated war going for as long as possible.

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The One World Order Is Here. UN Pact of the Future. “United Under UN Tyranny”

By Peter Koenig, October 03, 2024

The Pact was approved during the weekend 22 / 23 September 2024, by all 193 UN member countries, by a procedure called “The Silence Procedure” — it is not by vote, but by non-objection. It is a Pact, and if nobody objects it is automatically adopted.

Iran’s Operation “True Promise 2” Against Israel. Remember Dick Cheney: “Let Israel Do the Dirty Work for Us”

By Prof Michel Chossudovsky, October 02, 2024

Tehran has confirmed that the attack was launched in response to Israel’s assassinations of Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh and Hezbollah’s chairman Hasan Nasrallah.

Iran Fires a Warning Shot Across Israel’s Bow

By Mike Whitney, October 02, 2024

Less than an hour after the attack, US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan delivered an ominous warning saying: “There will be severe consequences for this attack, and we will work with Israel to make that the case.” Sullivan refused to elaborate on the manner in which the US or Israel would retaliate, but some analysts think the response could come as early as Tuesday night.

Biden’s Israel Policy Has Led Us to the Brink of War on Iran

By Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J. S. Davies, October 03, 2024

On October 1, Iran fired about 180 missiles at Israel in response to Israel’s recent assassinations of leaders of its Revolutionary Guard (IRGC), Hezbollah and Hamas. There are conflicting reports about how many of the missiles struck their targets and if there were any deaths. But Israel is now considering a counterattack that could propel it into an all-out war with Iran, with the U.S. in tow.

“Grand Failure of Biden’s Adventure in Ukraine”: Resources of Ukraine’s NATO Allies Including Military Aid Will Dwindle by 2025

By Ahmed Adel, October 03, 2024

NATO’s continued arms shipments to Ukraine next year are at risk due to a lack of resources among key backers of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, experts told Bloomberg on September 27. This is a far cry from the promises made in the first years of the war when the West promised to support Ukraine until victory was achieved, a victory that will not occur.

China, Iran, Pakistan and Russia Statement Sharply Critical of the Taliban Regime. The Hosting of ISIS Terrorist Groups in Afghanistan

By Andrew Korybko, October 03, 2024

The Chinese, Iranian, Pakistani, and Russian Foreign Ministers gathered for their third quadrilateral meeting on Afghanistan on the sidelines of the UNGA last week. The joint statement that they produced was sharply critical of the Taliban on very sensitive issues, thus showing that they’re becoming increasingly displeased with them. They confirmed that international terrorist groups are still active in Afghanistan despite the Taliban’s claims and called on them to fulfill their obligation to fight them.

What Was COVID Really About? Triggering a Multi-Trillion Dollar Global Debt Crisis. “Ramping Up an Imperialist Strategy”?

By Colin Todhunter, October 03, 2024

In 2021, an Oxfam review of IMF COVID-19 loans showed that 33 African countries were encouraged to pursue austerity policies. The world’s poorest countries are due to pay $43 billion in debt repayments in 2022, which could otherwise cover the costs of their food imports.

Below is an excerpt from an article on NPR:

Ballerina Michaela Mabinty DePrince, an inspirational and pioneering figure in the dance world, has died at age 29 of undisclosed causes.

Her death was announced via her Instagram by a spokesperson on Friday. “Her unwavering commitment to her art, her humanitarian efforts, and her courage in overcoming unimaginable challenges will forever inspire us,” read the caption.

Her siblings also released a statement on Facebook, noting her influence as a dancer: “Her passion and impact on the dance world, especially in inspiring young Black dancers to pursue their dreams, has been tremendous.”

DePrince, born Mabinty Bangura in Sierra Leone, lost both her parents as a toddler during the country’s civil war. Her passion for dance began early. In her memoir, Taking Flight, she writes that she danced in her “bare toes in the mud” during the rainy season. 

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My Take…

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29 year old Michaela Mabinty DePrince was forced to take COVID-19 mRNA Vaccines in 2021 to be able to travel (see picture above).

She got one of her COVID-19 Vaccines during a trip to New York City.

She dropped dead on Sep. 10, 2024. Cause of death at this time remains unknown.

COVID-19 mRNA Vaccines cause cardiac damage in 1 in 30 within the first week after vaccination.

Study #1 – Thailand study (2022, Mansanguan) 202 boys ages 13-18 were tested. 7 of them developed subclinical myo/pericarditis within 7 days after 2nd Pfizer COVID-19 mRNA dose. That’s 1 in 30 per Pfizer dose.

Study #2 – Swiss Study (2023, Muller) – 777 healthcare workers had Moderna COVID-19 mRNA booster shot, 22 had evidence of myocardial injury (22/777 = 1 in 35 per Moderna dose).

“Conclusion: mRNA-1273 vaccine-associated myocardial injury was more common than previously thought, and more frequent in women versus men.”

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NATO’s continued arms shipments to Ukraine next year are at risk due to a lack of resources among key backers of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, experts told Bloomberg on September 27. This is a far cry from the promises made in the first years of the war when the West promised to support Ukraine until victory was achieved, a victory that will not occur.

At stake is a controversial $50 billion loan deal, which came from the profits from the Russian Central Bank’s frozen assets in Western banks. Bloomberg reported that Washington fears that Hungary could block or reduce the deal. Even if the amount were released, it would only be enough to keep the Kiev regime supplied with weapons until the middle of next year.

This is without taking into account Ukraine’s economic situation, including a projected $35 billion gap in the 2025 budget, of which about $15 billion remains uncovered, even after applying subsidies from the International Monetary Fund and the European Union.

Bloomberg’s sources warned that the deficit could force the Kiev regime to enter peace talks with Russia “from a position of weakness.”

Kiev is also struggling to convince its backers to continue shelling out tens of billions of dollars of weapons for the conflict, as increased Russian production outpaces the combined output of the collective West.

According to the news agency, a November victory for US presidential candidate Donald Trump will likely increase pressure on Zelensky to end the war he intends to continue despite no hope of victory. It is recalled that in April, the Republican-controlled US House of Representatives approved a $48 billion security aid package for Ukraine only after a six-month standoff over the crisis on the US southern border.

In addition, Germany — Ukraine’s second-largest backer after the US — faces constitutional debt constraints that have already begun to affect its support for Kiev. With economic troubles spreading to France, Italy, and the United Kingdom, those countries may also cut back on aid. Keir Starmer’s government in London has vowed to continue vigorously supporting Kiev despite tough budget choices at home.

Ukrainian Defence Minister Rustem Umerov admitted that his country is more than 80 percent dependent on military aid from Western partners, while the Ukrainian General Staff reports that the situation on the front line remains difficult due to the superiority of the Russian Armed Forces.

According to Umerov, the Western supply of military equipment is the basis of the assistance provided to Ukraine. The country receives resources from the US, the European Union, NATO, the Security Assistance Group Ukraine (SAG-U), the United States European Command (EUCOM) and “a dozen other countries in a bilateral format on a daily basis.”

“So far, international military assistance has been the backbone of our aid. […] We are more than 80 percent dependent on our partners,” he said in an interview with a Ukrainian publication.

On September 25, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine stated that due to the Russian Army’s superiority in terms of the number of troops and equipment available, the situation along the entire front line remains difficult.

“The situation on the front line remains difficult. The enemy, using its superiority in personnel and equipment, is continuously attacking our positions,” the General Staff’s official Telegram channel said.

This difficult situation is not set to be alleviated because, as already mentioned, Ukraine’s allies are facing their own economic issues and political opposition.

Last week, The New York Times reported that the US-EU plan to finance Ukraine stalled due to legal issues, as the systems in Washington and Europe are making it difficult for the initiative to come to fruition. However, even with the plan implemented, the $50 billion will be insufficient to cover Kiev’s military needs for another year of conflict, and the allies will have to look further afield for funding, according to Bloomberg.

The outlet reported that Ukraine’s military is relying on its allies for artillery ammunition, missiles, and improved air defence capabilities. This has prompted US President Joe Biden to announce another $8 billion in funding for Kiev and appear to be coordinating additional support from NATO members before his term ends.

However, all this action has done is once again demonstrate the grand failure Biden’s adventure in Ukraine was, all for the sake of the vain attempt to weaken Russia. Rather, Russia has territorially expanded, diversified its economic partners, and taken great leaps in de-dollarising global trade, all the whilst Ukraine has been economically and demographically destroyed and completely dependent on Western aid, which is clearly running out, for survival.

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All four agree that it isn’t doing enough to fight international terrorist groups inside Afghanistan.

The Chinese, Iranian, Pakistani, and Russian Foreign Ministers gathered for their third quadrilateral meeting on Afghanistan on the sidelines of the UNGA last week. The joint statement that they produced was sharply critical of the Taliban on very sensitive issues, thus showing that they’re becoming increasingly displeased with them. They confirmed that international terrorist groups are still active in Afghanistan despite the Taliban’s claims and called on them to fulfill their obligation to fight them.

Those four’s joint statement explicitly said that the Taliban should “eliminate all terrorist groups equally and non-discriminatory and prevent the use of Afghan territory against its neighbors, the region, and beyond”, thus implying that it’s only selectively targeting those like ISIS-K which it considers a threat. The innuendo is that some of them like the TTP and BLA, which readers can learn more about here, are being sheltered by the Taliban and even exploited by them as proxies against Pakistan like Islamabad suspects.

It’s for this reason why Pakistan’s Express Tribune, which is one of the country’s most reliable outlets, described the inclusion of that language as a ”major diplomatic victory”. The other criticisms of the Taliban were comparatively milder and include a call for it to finally assemble the ethno-politically inclusive government that it promised to form a few years back, create the conditions for facilitating the return of refugees from Iran and Pakistan, and reconsider its policy towards women.

The rest of the document was perfunctory and also predictably blamed NATO for Afghanistan’s plight, but it’s the parts mentioned above that are the most important for observers to pay attention to. What they show is that those four counties’ honeymoon with the Taliban has indisputably ended and they’re no longer shy about drawing attention to its ties with international terrorist groups. They don’t outright accuse it of complicity with them, but a reading between the lines reveals that this is what they think.

This is significant because it hints that they wouldn’t politically oppose whatever military means Pakistan might ultimately resort to for defending its national security interests from Taliban-backed terrorists. China, Iran, and Russia aren’t anywhere near as directly affected by this ignoble state of affairs as Pakistan is, and each has their respective reasons for not worsening their ties with it in spite of this, with Pakistan being the only one among them that might do something tangible in response.

China wants Pakistan to improve its domestic security situation in order to protect BRI’s CPEC flagship, Iran doesn’t want Taliban-backed terrorists in Pakistan’s Balochistan spilling over into its half of this transnational region, and Russia wants a stable environment in which to possibly ramp up investments. The convergence of these three’s interests in this respect inside of Pakistan in spite of their individual ties with the Taliban is why they agreed to so sharply criticize the group in their joint statement.

Seeing as how neither China, Iran, nor Russia will scale back their ties with the Taliban to pressure it into acting against those anti-Pakistani terrorist groups, which is due to them not wanting to lose out on Afghanistan’s logistics and mineral opportunities, the Taliban has no reason to comply. Their implied lack of political opposition to whatever military means Pakistan might ultimately resort to won’t change the military-strategic dynamics between Kabul and Islamabad.

Both conflicting parties know this, which is why the latest joint statement should only be seen as a symbolic declaration of their increasing displeasure with the Taliban and not anything more substantive. Pakistan would still carry out cross-border military action if it considered this necessary even if those other three countries didn’t just signal that they wouldn’t oppose it. In any case, they’ll now better understand why it might do so, which suggests that such a scenario might actually be in the cards.

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The US is looking to start a new regional war in the Middle East with the dual objective of drying up China’s energy sources and subsequently, designing the cartography of the new Greater East. Such an escalation of war could reenact the 1973 Oil Crisis of disastrous memories for the world economy and that would translate into the energy domination of the European Union of liquefied gas and American crude.

Thus, the foreseeable increase in the escalation of war would translate into an escalation of crude oil to $150, a brutal increase in inflation rates, the consequent increase in the price of money by the Central Banks, the subsequent economic suffocation of countless countries and finally, the entry into stagflation scenarios, characterized by economic stagnation and high inflation (secular stagflation).

New Oil Crisis?

Given that alternative energy still needs huge subsidies to be viable in developing countries, the practice of fracking raises environmental concerns and the inertia of oil assets will not allow large companies to abandon their current equipment and infrastructure, the world economy will continue to gravitate towards oil dependency in the next decade.

Image: Oregon gasoline dealers displayed signs explaining the flag policy in the winter of 1973–74 (From the Public Domain)

The International Energy Agency (IEA), in a report entitled “Global Energy Investment Prospects”, warns that it will be necessary to invest $48 billion until 2035 to cover the growing world energy needs. The major developed countries have strategic oil reserves that are used exclusively in critical situations to ensure domestic consumption for a couple of months.

However, according to the US Department of Energy, reserves in the US have fallen sharply and are 374.4 million barrels of oil well below the level of 600-700 million in the last decade and in the case of China, would have about 511 million barrels in storage, so its crude oil reserve is equivalent tobetween 40 and 50 days.

Global inventories would also have fallen by 57 million barrels in the second quarter, coupled with a voluntary cut in production of 2.2 million barrels per day, agreed between Russia and OPEC until the end of 2025 and the lack of resolution of the Iranian dispute, have caused a daily deficit of 1 million barrels per day and a dangerous “supply anxiety” to increase the countries’ inventories, Brent crude oil has risen to $75 per barrel.

Should the situation in the Middle East continue to escalate, Iran could try to prevent trafficking across the strategic Strait of Hormuz if the US resorts to military action against the Islamic Republic. According to IEA (International Energy Agency) estimates, 13.4 million barrels per day (bpd) of crude oil would pass through the narrow channel in oil tankers (representing almost 30 percent of the supply of crude oil traded worldwide), with which the crude could climb up to $150, reissuing the 1973 Oil Crisis.

This would lead to a worldwide supply-gap psychosis, which would be reflected in a wild rise in the cost of freight and agricultural fertilizers. This, together with unusual droughts and floods in the traditional world barns and the consequent application of restrictions on the export of commodities from these countries to ensure their self-sufficiency, could lead to shortages of agricultural products on world markets, the rise of their prices to stratospheric levels and the consequent global food crisis.

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In the years from 882 to 1242 the first and original national state organization of the Russians – the Kievan Russia (not Kyivan Rusia or Kyiv Rus’!) became directly and indirectly subject to external political influences by several external political units of the time. According to the official historiographical traditions (mainly of Western origin), Kievan Russia was established and governed by the Nordic Vikings (“Varyagi/Varangians/Rus’”) with the Dnieper as its axis with Kiev as capital and later received Christianity of the Eastern (Greek) type from the Byzantium in the south and was finally conquered by the barbaric Mongol Tartars from the east. 

The origin of the term “rus’” is, actually, still not scientifically investigated and, therefore, clear (due to the lack of proper historical sources). However, in the early period of the state’s emergence, the Eastern Slavs did not use the term “rus’” to refer to themselves. The term is, in fact, related to the Old Norse word “rōþr”, which means a rower or a campaign by boats propelled by oars. In the 9^th and 10^th centuries, “rus’” referred to the ducal inner circle and his confidants, the army – an elite social group. In Byzantine written historical sources circulating until the 11^th century, “rus’” (“Rhōs”) referred to the Scandinavians or the Nordic Vikings. Around that time another name, “Varangians” (“Varangoi”), also appeared. Varangians were primarily Nordic-Scandinavian mercenaries in the Byzantine Imperial army. They were elite warriors valued for their valor and loyalty and even formed the Emperor’s personal bodyguard. The terms “rus’” and “Varangians” have been used synonymously since the 11^th century.   

From the very point of geography, concerning the formation and functioning of the first state of the Eastern Slavs, on the territory of Kievan Russia, there was a contrast between seven types of land being of significant importance at the time: northern coniferous forest, tundra, mixed and deciduous forest, wooden steppe, steppes, desert, and mountain vegetation. The Nordic Vikings arrived in this region in the 9^th century as merchants and conquerors but before that, the Slavic tribes living there were pushing eastwards from Central Europe toward the woodlands of present-day European Central Russia. However, at the same time, different types of Asiatic hordes belonging to nomadic horsemen have been constantly moving westwards across Russian southern steppes. 

Nevertheless, when the Nordic Vikings arrived, the rivers in a north-south direction (not steppes in the eastern-western direction) became the focal routes of importance. The militant Vikings established, dominated, and consequently exploited chief waterways trade lines along the main rivers of the region populated by the Eastern Slavs from the Baltic Sea to the Black Sea including the Dnieper River as the focal waterway for the Viking-led trade with the Byzantine Empire. In fact, the first national state of Russians – Kievan Russia, originated in the Viking’s attempt to impose trade control over the territories around the main watersheds from the Baltic to the Black Sea. The chief trading potential between the Baltic and Byzantium comes from the fact that the rivers of the land populated by the Eastern Slavs have in general north-south and south-to-north directions of navigation.

As a matter of fact, in Kievan Russia, both the focal trade lines and coming state organization have been going from north to south, based upon the rivers, across the west-east belt of forest and steppe used by the Russian enemies in their invasion attempts from Asia to Europe. Actually, the whole history of Kievan Russia as the first national state of Russians, was politically dominated by the constant fight and ultimate failure of the Russians to protect their steppe land from the Asiatic migrating nomadic-warrior invaders. However, instead, Russians resumed the historic eastward colonization of the northern forest belt, which the Asiatic nomads did not dare to enter until the mid-13^th century. 

The focal river route that the Scandinavian Vikings used ran from the Gulf of Finland up the Neva River, via Lake Ladoga, the Volkhov and Dnieper Rivers, and across the Black Sea to the Byzantine Empire which had developed trade links with Asia. This trade line was known in historical sources of the time as the “route from the Varyagi to the Greeks” (i.e., from Scandinavia to Byzantium). The Vikings succeeded in imposing their military-political and economic control southwards and consequently, the towns of Smolensk, Novgorod, and Kiev (in 882) became controlled by them as the main trade outposts. Among all other towns, Kiev grew fast for the very reasons it was the capital of the state and it established strong economic links with the Byzantine Empire – its most important trading partner. In addition, Kievan Russia received the Orthodox Christian denomination at the time of the rule by Vladimir Svyatoslavich (980−1015).  

During the Viking military and trading expeditions throughout the lands populated by the Eastern Slavs within the boundaries of Kievan Russia, the Khazars and Magyars (vassals of the Khazars) occupied the southern steppes north of the Black Sea, Sea of Azov, and the Caspian Sea. The Khazars, originally nomadic tribes, by the 10^th century, became farmers and merchants who settled between the River Dnieper and the River Volga where they established powerful state organization. The Slavic Russians succeeded in controlling the territory north of the southern steppes of the lower rivers of Pruth, Southern Bug, and Dniester, and to keep control of the Dnieper route with the exit to the Black Sea. A Russian Grand Duke Svyatoslav (962−972) took an obligation to defeat the Khazars in order to expand the southern territory of its state and to neutralize the Khazar’s pressure on the borders of Kievan Russia. His army defeated Khazars and occupied their capital city of Sarkel in 965 continuing military expeditions in the next two years along the rivers of Volga, Terek, and Kuban between the Caspian Sea and Sea of Azov. In 966, the Volga Bulgars have been defeated as well. However, the crushing Khazars was a kind of trap as now it opened the way to the wild Pechenegi who consequently controlled the southern steppes between Dniester and Dnieper. However, in 1054 warlike Polovtsy living between Volga and Ural rivers started to move eastward crossing Volga and subordinated Pechenegi who sacked the city of Kiev in 1093. Grand Duke Vladimir I of Kiev (980−1015) was forced to organize some defensive actions against fierce Pechenegi.       

Kievan Russia was always in trouble with the nomadic peoples in the southern steppes being weakened in constant conflicts with them – the problem was never solved till the end of the state independence in the mid-13^th century. From 1054 up to its final dissolution in 1242, Kievan Russia was broken up into several autonomous and even, in fact, independent principalities which in many cases were in conflicts between themselves. The southern parts of Kievan Russia were suffering from cruel raids of plundering by Polovtsy and attacks by other nomadic peoples, while northern principalities (like Novgorod and Vladimir-Suzdal with Moscow) enjoyed their geographic positions of several watersheds trade lines in the security of the forests and marshes. Especially Novgorod on the River Volkov near Lake Ilmen became economically prosperous and established a vast fur-trading empire stretching to the Artic and the Ural Mt. Steady colonization of the forests in central and northern parts of Kievan Russia, giving them enough power to effectively get rid of the rule from Kiev. After the Novgorod trading empire, among all forest principalities, the most important was Vladimir-Suzdal with the fast-growing city of Moscow (first mentioned in historical sources in 1147). 

The Vladimir-Suzdal principality on the eve of the final Mongol incursion into central Russian lands in 1237 was preparing to attack the Volga Bulgars (of Mongol origin) as their position in the mid-Volga region was a barrier for further Russian expansion toward the East. For that purpose was built Nizhniy Novgorod as a military stronghold (fortress) on the way of the campaign against the Volga Bulgars and their capital Bolgar on the Volga River. However, in 1237 started the Mongol invasion which was one of the most (if not the most) traumatic events in Russian history. Firstly, the Asiatic Mongols made an exploratory incursion into the southern Russian steppes in 1221 when they defeated the joined army of Russian and Polovtsy detachments at the Battle of the River of Kalka on May 31^st, 1223. However, the Mongols as more powerful returned to Russian steppes in 1236 and first attacked the regions of middle and upper Volga against Volga Bulgars continuing in the next winter of 1237/1238 their incursions in central Russian principalities when the protective marshes, lakes, and rivers were frozen. Consequently, the Mongols destroyed prosperous towns in the principality of Vladimir-Suzdal, especially after the Battle of the River Sit on March 4^th, 1238 when they defeated the Russian forces. The territory of Novgorod, including the city of Novgorod itself, was saved only due to the approach of spring weather when the snow and ice started to melt and, therefore, the Mongols dared not be caught by the thaw among Novgorod’s surrounding marshes. Nevertheless, the next year (1239) southwest portions of Kievan Russia suffered annihilation by the Mongols. The city of Kiev itself became sacked in 1240 followed by numerous other settlements.

The territory of Novgorod escaped the Mongol barbaric invasion and looting of the settlements but on the other hand at the same time had to refute constant military attacks from Nordic Swedes and Baltic German Livonian Order of Crusaders who wanted to drive Russia from the Baltic. Novgorod’s Duke Alexander (“Nevsky”) succeeded in beating both of them: first the Swedes on the River of Neva in 1240, and the German Crusaders on the ice of Lake Peipus in 1242 but he had to recognize the Mongol overlordship in the same year of 1242 that was marked as the final ending of the independent Kievan Russia. Nonetheless, the Mongol incursions on the Russian land and the final subjugation of Kievan Russia had serious and lasting multi-effects of economic, political, social, and cultural consequences which in some aspects can be visible even today. First, the peasants were oppressed by the heavy tribute paid to the Mongol masters and lost any hope of changing their social status for a long time. Second, the destruction of the most important urban settlements, where handicrafts had been developed, reduced national life to, in fact, an uncivilized level of existence. Third, the cancelation of the urban class paved the proper way to the later emergence of political Russian autocracy which in many patterns imitated its Asiatic-Mongolic-Tatarian masters. 

Nonetheless, the Mongolian Tatars themselves after 1242 soon withdrew to the southern steppes. They limited their direct military interventions against Russian lands to punitive expeditions if it was necessary followed by the policy of appointment of local powerful tax-collectors. Such a situation existed till the mid-15^th century when Russians started to liberate their lands against Mongol lords.    

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On October 1, Iran fired about 180 missiles at Israel in response to Israel’s recent assassinations of leaders of its Revolutionary Guard (IRGC), Hezbollah and Hamas. There are conflicting reports about how many of the missiles struck their targets and if there were any deaths. But Israel is now considering a counterattack that could propel it into an all-out war with Iran, with the U.S. in tow.

For years, Iran has been trying to avoid such a war. That is why it signed the 2015 JCPOA nuclear agreement with the United States, the U.K., France, Germany, Russia, China and the European Union. Donald Trump unilaterally pulled the U.S. out of the JCPOA in 2018, and despite Joe Biden’s much-touted differences with Trump, he failed to restore U.S. compliance. Instead, he tried to use Trump’s violation of the treaty as leverage to demand further concessions from Iran. This only served to further aggravate the schism between the United States and Iran, which have had no diplomatic relations since 1980.

Now, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sees his long-awaited chance to draw the United States into war with Iran. By killing Iranian military leaders and Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh on Iranian soil, as well as attacking Iran’s allies in Lebanon and Yemen, Netanyahu provoked a military response from Iran that has given him an excuse to widen the conflict even further. Tragically, there are warmongering U.S. officials who would welcome a war on Iran, and many more who would blindly go along with it.

Image: President Masoud Pezeshkian of Iran addresses the general debate of the General Assembly’s 79th session. (UN Photo/Loey Felipe)

Iran’s newly elected president, Masoud Pezeshkian, campaigned on a platform of reconciling with the West. When he came to New York to speak at the UN General Assembly on September 25, he was accompanied by three members of Iran’s JCPOA negotiating team: former foreign minister Javad Zarif; current foreign minister Abbas Araghchi; and deputy foreign minister Majid Ravanchi.

President Pezeshkian’s message in New York was conciliatory. With Zarif and Araghchi at his side at a press conference on September 23, he talked of peace, and of reviving the dormant nuclear agreement.

“Vis-a-vis the JCPOA, we said 100 times we are willing to live up to our agreements,” he said. “We do hope we can sit at the table and hold discussions.”

On the crisis in the Middle East, Pezeshkian said that Iran wanted peace and had exercised restraint in the face of Israel’s genocide in Gaza, its assassinations of resistance leaders and Iranian officials, and its war on its neighbors.

“Let’s create a situation where we can co-exist,” said Pezeshkian. “Let’s try to resolve tensions through dialogue…We are willing to put all of our weapons aside so long as Israel will do the same.”

He added that Iran is a signatory to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, while Israel is not, and that Israel’s nuclear arsenal is a serious threat to Iran.

Pezeshkian reiterated Iran’s desire for peace in his speech at the UN General Assembly.

“I am the president of a country that has endured threats, war, occupation, and sanctions throughout its modern history,” he said. “Others have neither come to our assistance nor respected our declared neutrality. Global powers have even sided with aggressors. We have learned that we can only rely on our own people and our own indigenous capabilities. The Islamic Republic of Iran seeks to safeguard its own security, not to create insecurity for others. We want peace for all and seek no war or quarrel with anyone.”

The U.S. response to Iran’s restraint throughout this crisis has been to keep sending destructive weapons to Israel, with which it has devastated Gaza, killed tens of thousands of women and children, bombed neighboring capitals, and beefed up the forces it would need to attack Iran.

That includes a new order for 50 F-15EX long-range bombers, with 750 gallon fuel tanks for the long journey to Iran. That arms deal still has to pass the Senate, where Senator Bernie Sanders is leading the opposition.

On the diplomatic front, the U.S. vetoed successive cease-fire resolutions in the UN Security Council and hijacked Qatar and Egypt’s cease-fire negotiations to provide diplomatic cover for unrestricted genocide.

Military leaders in the United States and Israel appear to be arguing against war on Iran, as they have in the past. Even George W. Bush and Dick Cheney balked at launching another catastrophic war based on lies against Iran, after the CIA publicly admitted in its 2006 National Intelligence Estimate that Iran was not developing nuclear weapons.

When Trump threatened to attack Iran, Tulsi Gabbard warned him that a U.S. war on Iran would be so catastrophic that it would finally, retroactively, make the war on Iraq look like the “cakewalk” the neocons had promised it would be.

But neither U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin nor Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant can control their countries’ war policies, which are in the hands of political leaders with political agendas. Netanyahu has spent many years trying to draw the United States into a war with Iran, and has kept escalating the Gaza crisis for a year, at the cost of tens of thousands of innocent lives, with that goal clearly in mind.

Biden has been out of his depth throughout this crisis, relying on political instincts from an era when acting tough and blindly supporting Israel were politically safe positions for American politicians. Secretary of State Antony Blinken rose to power through the National Security Council and as a Senate staffer, not as a diplomat, riding Biden’s coat-tails into a senior position where he is as out of his depth as his boss.

Meanwhile, pro-Iran militia groups in Iraq warn that, if the U.S. joins in strikes on Iran, they will target U.S. bases in Iraq and the region.

So we are careening toward a catastrophic war with Iran, with no U.S. diplomatic leadership and only Trump and Harris waiting in the wings. As Trita Parsi wrote in Responsible Statecraft, “If U.S. service members find themselves in the line of fire in an expanding Iran-Israel conflict, it will be a direct result of this administration’s failure to use U.S. leverage to pursue America’s most core security interest here — avoiding war.”

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Birds Not Bombs: Let’s Fight for a World of Peace, Not War

Medea Benjamin is the cofounder of CODEPINK for Peace, and the author of several books, including Inside Iran: The Real History and Politics of the Islamic Republic of Iran.

Nicolas J. S. Davies is an independent journalist, a researcher for CODEPINK and the author of Blood on Our Hands: The American Invasion and Destruction of Iraq.

Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J. S. Davies are the authors of War in Ukraine: Making Sense of a Senseless Conflict, published by OR Books in November 2022. They are regular contributors to Global Research.

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“And thus it renders more and more evident the great central fact that the cause of the miserable condition of the working class is to be sought, not in these minor grievances, but in the capitalistic system itself.” Friedrich Engels, The Condition of the Working Class in England (1845) (preface to the English Edition, p.36)  

The IMF and World Bank have for decades pushed a policy agenda based on cuts to public services, increases in taxes paid by the poorest and moves to undermine labour rights and protections.

IMF ‘structural adjustment’ policies have resulted in 52% of Africans lacking access to healthcare and 83% having no safety nets to fall back on if they lose their job or become sick. Even the IMF has shown that neoliberal policies fuel poverty and inequality.

In 2021, an Oxfam review of IMF COVID-19 loans showed that 33 African countries were encouraged to pursue austerity policies. The world’s poorest countries are due to pay $43 billion in debt repayments in 2022, which could otherwise cover the costs of their food imports.

Oxfam and Development Finance International (DFI) have also revealed that 43 out of 55 African Union member states face public expenditure cuts totalling $183 billion over the next five years.

According to Prof Michel Chossudovsky of the Centre for Research on Globalization, the closure of the world economy (March 11, 2020 Lockdown imposed on more than 190 countries) has triggered an unprecedented process of global indebtedness. Governments are now under the control of global creditors in the post-COVID era.

What we are seeing is a de facto privatisation of the state as governments capitulate to the needs of Western financial institutions.

Moreover, these debts are largely dollar-denominated, helping to strengthen the US dollar and US leverage over countries.

It raises the question: what was COVID really about?

Millions have been asking that question since lockdowns and restrictions began in early 2020. If it was indeed about public health, why close down the bulk of health services and the global economy knowing full well what the massive health, economic and debt implications would be?

Why mount a military-style propaganda campaign to censor world-renowned scientists and terrorise entire populations and use the full force and brutality of the police to ensure compliance?

These actions were wholly disproportionate to any risk posed to public health, especially when considering the way ‘COVID death’ definitions and data were often massaged and how PCR tests were misused to scare populations into submission.

Prof Fabio Vighi of Cardiff University implies we should have been suspicious from the start when the usually “unscrupulous ruling elites” froze the global economy in the face of a pathogen that targets almost exclusively the unproductive (the over 80s).

COVID was a crisis of capitalism masquerading as a public health emergency.

Capitalism  

Capitalism needs to keep expanding into or creating new markets to ensure the accumulation of capital to offset the tendency for the general rate of profit to fall. The capitalist needs to accumulate capital (wealth) to be able to reinvest it and make further profits. By placing downward pressure on workers’ wages, the capitalist extracts sufficient surplus value to be able to do this.

But when the capitalist is unable to sufficiently reinvest (due to declining demand for commodities, a lack of investment opportunities and markets, etc), wealth (capital) over accumulates, devalues and the system goes into crisis. To avoid crisis, capitalism requires constant growth, markets and sufficient demand.

According to writer Ted Reese, the capitalist rate of profit has trended downwards from an estimated 43% in the 1870s to 17% in the 2000s. Although wages and corporate taxes have been slashed, the exploitability of labour was increasingly insufficient to meet the demands of capital accumulation.

By late 2019, many companies could not generate sufficient profit. Falling turnover, limited cashflows and highly leveraged balance sheets were prevalent.

Economic growth was weakening in the run up to the massive stock market crash in February 2020, which saw trillions more pumped into the system in the guise of ‘COVID relief’.

To stave off crisis up until that point, various tactics had been employed.

Credit markets were expanded and personal debt increased to maintain consumer demand as workers’ wages were squeezed. Financial deregulation occurred and speculative capital was allowed to exploit new areas and investment opportunities. At the same time, stock buy backs, the student debt economy, quantitative easing and massive bail outs and subsidies and an expansion of militarism helped to maintain economic growth.

There was also a ramping up of an imperialist strategy that has seen indigenous systems of production abroad being displaced by global corporations and states pressurised to withdraw from areas of economic activity, leaving transnational players to occupy the space left open.

While these strategies produced speculative bubbles and led to an overevaluation of assets and increased both personal and government debt, they helped to continue to secure viable profits and returns on investment.

But come 2019, former governor of the Bank of England Mervyn King warned that the world was sleepwalking towards a fresh economic and financial crisis that would have devastating consequences. He argued that the global economy was stuck in a low growth trap and recovery from the crisis of 2008 was weaker than that after the Great Depression.

King concluded that it was time for the Federal Reserve and other central banks to begin talks behind closed doors with politicians.

That is precisely what happened as key players, including BlackRock, the world’s most powerful investment fund, got together to work out a strategy going forward. This took place in the lead up to COVID.

Aside from deepening the dependency of poorer countries on Western capital, Fabio Vighi says lockdowns and the global suspension of economic transactions allowed the US Fed to flood the ailing financial markets (under the guise of COVID) with freshly printed money while shutting down the real economy to avoid hyperinflation. Lockdowns suspended business transactions, which drained the demand for credit and stopped the contagion.

COVID provided cover for a multi-trillion-dollar bailout for the capitalist economy that was in meltdown prior to COVID. Despite a decade or more of ‘quantitative easing’, this new bailout came in the form of trillions of dollars pumped into financial markets by the US Fed (in the months prior to March 2020) and subsequent ‘COVID relief’.

The IMF, World bank and global leaders knew full well what the impact on the world’s poor would be of closing down the world economy through COVID-related lockdowns.

Yet they sanctioned it and there is now the prospect that in excess of a quarter of a billion more people worldwide will fall into extreme levels of poverty in 2022 alone.

In April 2020, the Wall Street Journal stated the IMF and World Bank faced a deluge of aid requests from scores of poorer countries seeking bailouts and loans from financial institutions with $1.2 trillion to lend.

In addition to helping to reboot the financial system, closing down the global economy deliberately deepened poorer countries’ dependency on Western global conglomerates and financial interests.

Lockdowns also helped accelerate the restructuring of capitalism that involves smaller enterprises being driven to bankruptcy or bought up by monopolies and global chains, thereby ensuring continued viable profits for Big Tech, the digital payments giants and global online corporations like Meta and Amazon and the eradication of millions of jobs.

Although the effects of the conflict in Ukraine cannot be dismissed, with the global economy now open again, inflation is rising and causing a ‘cost of living’ crisis. With a debt-ridden economy, there is limited scope for rising interest rates to control inflation.

But this crisis is not inevitable: current inflation is not only induced by the liquidity injected into the financial system but also being fuelled by speculation in food commodity markets and corporate greed as energy and food corporations continue to rake in vast profits at the expense of ordinary people.

Resistance  

However, resistance is fertile.

Aside from the many anti-restriction/pro-freedom rallies during COVID, we are now seeing a more strident trade unionism coming to the fore – in Britain at least – led by media savvy leaders like Mick Lynch, general secretary of the National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers (RMT), who know how to appeal to the public and tap into widely held resentment against soaring cost of living rises.

Teachers, health workers and others could follow the RMT into taking strike action.

Lynch says that millions of people in Britain face lower living standards and the stripping out of occupational pensions. He adds:

“COVID has been a smokescreen for the rich and powerful in this country to drive down wages as far as they can.”

Just like a decade of imposed ‘austerity’ was used to achieve similar results in the lead up to COVID.

The trade union movement should now be taking a leading role in resisting the attack on living standards and further attempts to run-down state-provided welfare and privatise what remains.

The strategy to wholly dismantle and privatise health and welfare services seems increasingly likely given the need to rein in (COVID-related) public debt and the trend towards AI, workplace automisation and worklessness.

This is a real concern because, following the logic of capitalism, work is a condition for the existence of the labouring classes. So, if a mass labour force is no longer deemed necessary, there is no need for mass education, welfare and healthcare provision and systems that have traditionally served to reproduce and maintain labour that capitalist economic activity has required.

In 2019, Philip Alston, the UN rapporteur on extreme poverty, accused British government ministers of the “systematic immiseration of a significant part of the British population” in the decade following the 2008 financial crash.

Alston stated:

“As Thomas Hobbes observed long ago, such an approach condemns the least well off to lives that are ‘solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short’. As the British social contract slowly evaporates, Hobbes’ prediction risks becoming the new reality.”

Post-COVID, Alston’s words carry even more weight.

As this article draws to a close, news is breaking that Boris Johnson has resigned as prime minister. A remarkable PM if only for his criminality, lack of moral foundation and double standards – also applicable to many of his cronies in government.

With this in mind, let’s finish where we began.

“I have never seen a class so deeply demoralised, so incurably debased by selfishness, so corroded within, so incapable of progress, as the English bourgeoisie…

For it nothing exists in this world, except for the sake of money, itself not excluded. It knows no bliss save that of rapid gain, no pain save that of losing gold.

In the presence of this avarice and lust of gain, it is not possible for a single human sentiment or opinion to remain untainted.” Friedrich Engels, The Condition of the Working Class in England (1845), p.275

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Important to understand is that there is not one single new or original idea in Klaus Schwab’s so-called Great Reset agenda for the world. Nor is his Fourth Industrial Revolution agenda his or his claim to having invented the notion of Stakeholder Capitalism a product of Schwab.

Klaus Schwab is little more than a slick PR agent for a global technocratic agenda, a corporatist unity of corporate power with government, including the UN, an agenda whose origins go back to the beginning of the 1970s, and even earlier.  The Davos Great reset is merely an updated blueprint for a global dystopian dictatorship under UN control that has been decades in development. The key actors were David Rockefeller and his protégé, Maurice Strong.

In the beginning of the 1970s, there was arguably no one person more influential in world politics than the late David Rockefeller, then largely known as chairman of Chase Manhattan Bank.

Creating the new paradigm

At the end of the 1960s and into the early 1970s, the international circles directly tied to David Rockefeller launched a dazzling array of elite organizations and think tanks. These included

The Club of Rome;

the 1001: A Nature Trust, tied to the World Wildlife Fund (WWF);

the Stockholm United Nations Earth Day conference;

the MIT-authored study, Limits to Growth;

and David Rockefeller’s Trilateral Commission.

Club of Rome

In 1968 David Rockefeller founded a neo-Malthusian think tank, The Club of Rome, along with Aurelio Peccei and Alexander King. Aurelio Peccei, was a senior manager of the Fiat car company, owned by the powerful Italian Agnelli family. Fiat’s Gianni Agnelli was an intimate friend of David Rockefeller and a member of the International Advisory Committee of Rockefeller’s Chase Manhattan Bank. Agnelli and David Rockefeller had been close friends since 1957. Agnelli became a founding member of David Rockefeller’s Trilateral Commission in 1973. Alexander King, head of the OECD Science Program was also a consultant to NATO.  ^[i] That was the beginning of what would become the neo-Malthusian “people pollute” movement.

In 1971 the Club of Rome published a deeply-flawed report, Limits to Growth, which predicted an end to civilization as we knew it because of rapid population growth, combined with fixed resources such as oil. The report concluded that without substantial changes in resource consumption, “the most probable result will be a rather sudden and uncontrollable decline in both population and industrial capacity.”

It was based on bogus computer simulations by a group of MIT computer scientists. It stated the bold prediction, “If the present growth trends in world population, industrialization, pollution, food production, and resource depletion continue unchanged, the limits to growth on this planet will be reached sometime within the next one hundred years.” That was 1971. In 1973 Klaus Schwab in his third annual Davos business leader meeting invited Peccei to Davos to present Limits to Growth to assembled corporate CEOs. [ii]

In 1974, the Club of Rome declared boldly, “The Earth has cancer and the cancer is Man.” Then: “the world is facing an unprecedented set of interlocking global problems, such as, over-population, food shortages, non-renewable resource [oil-w.e.] depletion, environmental degradation and poor governance.” ^[iii] They argued that,

‘horizontal’ restructuring of the world system is needed…drastic changes in the norm stratum – that is, in the value system and the goals of man – are necessary in order to solve energy, food, and other crises, i.e., social changes and changes in individual attitudes are needed if the transition to organic growth is to take place. ^[iv]

In their 1974 report, Mankind at the Turning Point, The Club of Rome further argued:

Increasing interdependence between nations and regions must then translate as a decrease in independence. Nations cannot be interdependent without each of them giving up some of, or at least acknowledging limits to, its own independence. Now is the time to draw up a master plan for organic sustainable growth and world development based on global allocation of all finite resources and a new global economic system. ^[v]

That was the early formulation of the UN Agenda 21, Agenda2030 and the 2020 Davos Great Reset.

David Rockefeller and Maurice Strong

By far the most influential organizer of Rockefeller’s ‘zero growth’ agenda in the early 1970s was David Rockefeller’s longtime friend, a billionaire oilman named Maurice Strong.

Canadian Maurice Strong was one of the key early propagators of the scientifically flawed theory that man-made CO2 emissions from transportation vehicles, coal plants and agriculture caused a dramatic and accelerating global temperature rise which threatens “the planet”, so-called Global Warming.

As chairman of the 1972 Earth Day UN Stockholm Conference, Strong promoted an agenda of population reduction and lowering of living standards around the world to “save the environment.”

Strong stated his radical ecologist agenda:

“Isn’t the only hope for the planet that the industrialized civilizations collapse? Isn’t it our responsibility to bring that about?” [vi]

This is what is now taking place under cover of a hyped global pandemic.

Strong was a curious choice to head a major UN initiative to mobilize action on the environment, as his career and his considerable fortune had been built on exploitation of oil, like an unusual number of the new advocates of ‘ecological purity,’ such as David Rockefeller or Robert O. Anderson of Aspen Institute or Shell’s John Loudon.

Strong had met David Rockefeller in 1947 as a young Canadian  eighteen and from that point, his career became tied to the network of the Rockefeller family.[vii]  Through his new friendship with David Rockefeller, Strong, at age 18, was given a key UN position under UN Treasurer, Noah Monod. The UN’s funds were conveniently enough handled by Rockefeller’s Chase Bank. This was typical of the model of “public-private partnership” to be deployed by Strong—private gain from public government. [viii]

In the 1960s Strong had become president of the huge Montreal energy conglomerate and oil company known as Power Corporation, then owned by the influential Paul Desmarais. Power Corporation was reportedly also used as a political slush fund to finance campaigns of select Canadian politicians such as Pierre Trudeau, father of Davos protégé Justin Trudeau, according to Canadian investigative researcher, Elaine Dewar. [ix]

Earth Summit I and Rio Earth Summit

By 1971 Strong was named Undersecretary of the United Nations in New York and Secretary General of the upcoming Earth Day conference, United Nations Conference on the Human Environment (Earth Summit I) in Stockholm, Sweden.  He was also named that year as a trustee of the Rockefeller Foundation – which financed his launch of the Stockholm Earth Day project.[x] In Stockholm the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) was created with Strong as its head.

By 1989 Strong was named by the UN Secretary General to head the 1992 UN Conference on Environment and Development or UNCED (“Rio Earth Summit II”). He oversaw the drafting of the UN “Sustainable Environment” goals there, the Agenda 21 for Sustainable Development  that forms the basis of Klaus Schwab’s  Great Reset, as well as creation of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) of the UN. Strong, who was also a board member of Davos WEF, had arranged for Schwab to serve as a key adviser to the Rio Earth Summit.

As Secretary General of the UN Rio Conference, Strong also commissioned a report from  the Club of Rome, The First Global Revolution, authored by Alexander King which admitted that the CO2 global warming claim was merely an invented ruse to force change:

“The common enemy of humanity is man.
In searching for a new enemy to unite us, we came up
with the idea that pollution, the threat of global warming,
water shortages, famine and the like would fit the bill. All these
dangers are caused by human intervention, and it is only through
changed attitudes and behavior that they can be overcome.
The real enemy then, is humanity itself.” [xi]

President Clinton’s delegate to Rio, Tim Wirth, admitted the same, stating,

“We have got to ride the global warming issue. Even if the theory of global warming is wrong, we will be doing the right thing in terms of economic policy and environmental policy.” [xii]

At Rio Strong first introduced the manipulative idea of “sustainable society” defined in relation this arbitrary goal of eliminating CO2 and other so-called Greenhouse Gases. Agenda 21 became Agenda 2030 in Sept 2015 in Rome, with the Pope’s blessing, with 17 “sustainable” goals. It declared among other items,

“Land, because of its unique nature and the crucial role it plays in human settlement, cannot be treated as an ordinary asset, controlled by individuals and subject to the pressures and inefficiencies of the market. Private land ownership also is a principal instrument of accumulation and concentration of wealth and therefore contributes to social injustice…Social justice, urban renewal, and development, the provision of decent dwellings and healthy conditions for the people can only ‘be achieved if land is used in the interests of society as a whole.”

In short private land ownership must become socialized for “society as a whole,” an idea well-known in Soviet Union days, and a key part of the Davos Great Reset.

At Rio in 1992 where he was chairman and General Secretary, Strong declared:

“It is clear that current lifestyles and consumption patterns of the affluent middle class— involving high meat intake, consumption of large amounts frozen and convenience foods, use of fossil fuels, appliances, home and work place air-conditioning, and suburban housing — are not sustainable.”  [xiii] (emphasis added)

By that time Strong was at the very center of the transformation of the UN into the vehicle for imposing a new global technocratic “paradigm” by stealth, using dire warnings of planet extinction and global warming, merging government agencies with corporate power in an unelected control of pretty much everything, under the cover of “sustainability.” In 1997 Strong oversaw  creation of the action plan following the Earth Summit,  The Global Diversity Assessment, a blueprint for the roll out of a Fourth Industrial Revolution, an inventory of every resource on the planet, how it would be controlled , and how this revolution would be achieved.[xiv]

At this time Strong was co-chairman of Klaus Schwab’s Davos World Economic Forum. In 2015 on Strong’s death, Davos founder Klaus Schwab wrote,

“He was my mentor since the creation of the Forum: a great friend; an indispensable advisor; and, for many years, a member of our Foundation Board.” [xv]

Before he left the UN over an Iraq Food-for-Oil corruption scandal, Strong was member of the Club of Rome, Trustee of the Aspen Institute, Trustee of the Rockefeller Foundation and Rothschild Foundation.  Strong was also a director of the Temple of Understanding of the Lucifer Trust (aka Lucis Trust) housed at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York City,

“where pagan rituals include escorting sheep and cattle to the alter for blessing. Here, Vice President Al Gore delivered a sermon, as worshippers marched to the altar with bowls of compost and worms…” [xvi]

This is the dark origin of Schwab’s Great Reset agenda where we should eat worms and have no private property in order to “save the planet.” The agenda is dark, dystopian and meant to eliminate  billions of us “ordinary humans.”

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Notes

[i] Biographies of 1001 Nature Trust members, Gianni Agnelli, accessed in http://www.bibliotecapleyades.net/sociopolitica/sociopol_1001club02.htm

[ii] Klaus Schwab, The World Economic Forum: A Partner in Shaping History–The First 40 Years: 1971 – 2010, 2009, World Economic Forum, p. 15, https://www3.weforum.org/docs/WEF_First40Years_Book_2010.pdf

[iii] Quoted from Club of Rome Report, Mankind at the Turning Point, 1974, cited in http://www.greenagenda.com/turningpoint.html

[iv] Ibid.

[v] The Club of Rome, Mankind at the Turning Point, 1974, quoted in Brent Jessop,  Mankind at the Turning Point – Part 2 – Creating A One World Consciousness, accessed in http://www.wiseupjournal.com/?p=154

[vi] Maurice Strong, Opening Speech to UN Rio Earth Summit, Rio de Janeiro, 1992, accessed in http://www.infowars.com/maurice-strong-in-1972-isnt-it-our-responsibility-to-collapse-industrial-societies/

[vii] Elaine Dewar, Cloak of Green: The Links between key environmental groups, government and big business, Toronto, James Lorimer & Co., 1995, pp. 259-265.

[viii] Brian Akira, LUCIFER’S UNITED NATIONS, http://www.fourwinds10.com/siterun_data/religion_cults/news.php?q=1249755048

[ix] Elaine Dewar, op cit. p. 269-271.

[x] Ibid., p. 277.

[xi] What is Agenda 21/2030 Who’s behind it ? Introduction, https://sandiadams.net/what-is-agenda-21-introduction-history/

[xii] Larry Bell, Agenda 21: The U.N.’s Earth Summit Has Its Head In The Clouds, Forbes, June 14, 2011, https://www.forbes.com/sites/larrybell/2011/06/14/the-u-n-s-earth-summit-has-its-head-in-the-clouds/?sh=5af856a687ca

[xiii] John Izzard, Maurice Strong , Climate Crook, 2 December, 2015, https://quadrant.org.au/opinion/doomed-planet/2015/12/discovering-maurice-strong/

[xiv] What is Agenda 21/2030 Who’s behind it ? Introduction, https://sandiadams.net/what-is-agenda-21-introduction-history/

[xv] Maurice Strong An Appreciation by Klaus Schwab, 2015, https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2015/11/maurice-strong-an-appreciation

[xvi] Dr. Eric T. Karlstrom, The UN, Maurice Strong, Crestone/Baca, CO, and the “New World Religion”, September 2017, https://naturalclimatechange.org/new-world-religion/part-i/

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The UN Pact of the Future is perhaps best explained by Dr. Sherry Tenpenny. (Video Below) She explains in simple terms the way the Pact was ratified and what appalling elements for humanity’s future it contains.  

The Pact was approved during the weekend 22 / 23 September 2024, by all 193 UN member countries, by a procedure called “The Silence Procedure” — it is not by vote, but by non-objection. It is a Pact, and if nobody objects it is automatically adopted.

A pact is a formal agreement between two or more parties, often used in a less formal context than a treaty. A Pact can refer to agreements in various fields, including politics and personal relationships. A Pact, generally implies a mutual commitment but is not legally binding.

In the part of informality lies our chance. But only if and when sovereign countries decide to renegue on the Pact.

Nevertheless, it was accepted – worldwide – by the West and the East, or Global South, meaning for the West primarily the US and Europe, and for the East by China and Russia.

How many of the 193 members have been coerced not to object?

Adversaries and even enemies have united under a UN tyranny for the future.

What does that say for our globe of freedom loving people – about 8 billon of us? 

Outright enslavement in a Digital Gulag, if we, the People, let it go.

The guess is up to you. But it means, it is futile to think there is still hope for escaping to the Global South. They too have accepted the UN Pact for the Future.

It is the World Health Organization’s (WHO) runaround and go-around. Since the Pandemic Treaty was not accepted by the World Health Assembly (WHA) this past May, they took it to the UN. It is even more egregious than the WHO Pandemic Treaty and the new WHO International Health Regulations (IHR) combined.

The UN Pact consists of two parts, one on Science and Technology, and the other on Youth and Future Generations. In the Press Release (23.9.2024) after the UN Summit for the World of the Future, the language is typically UN wishy-washy, so it can be interpreted in many directions.

Reality is different.

The Pact says that this is the power structure for the control of the masses. Everyone is expected to have a biometric digital ID that marks them not only as a citizen of an individual country but as a global citizen.

Anytime you hear “global” or “sustainability,” it refers to the UN Agenda 2030, and to the new WHO horrifying power (the Pandemic Treaty formulated differently) to control and brand us, if necessary, with deadly vaccines.

Anyone who has a dissenting opinion will be labeled conspiracy theorist, as in misinformation, disinformation, or malinformation, and will be censored.

Perpetrators will be “fact-checked” and punished by the system, operated, and enforced by artificial intelligence (AI).

Punishment will include being locked out of your bank account, unable to make certain purchases, unable to get on an airplane, subway, or other public transportation system, or drive on public roads.

This is the future according to the world’s self-appointed overlords at the United Nations, consisting of unelected technocrats, put into their places because of their obedience to the powers behind the UN overlords.

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For the full video clip (about 4-minutes) by Sherri Tenpenny, click image below or click here.

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They have been chosen to make decisions above our countries and individual sovereignties around the world. If they fail to execute their orders, they are “gone”.

One may ask, who or what is the tremendous power behind these visible institutions like the UN system, WEF and others, of unconscious, unelected bureaucrats, and technocrats, who play along with the system because they believe they will be protected by it?

If these UN bureaucrats and implanted so-called leaders of UN member countries, who consented to the Pact, knew how wrong they are in believing that by promising obedience they are protected – once they become “useless eaters”, replaced by AI and a fully digitized world mechanism, or they may think a wrong thought, they are doomed. 

Yes, indeed, “mind reading” is part of the future all-digitization and AI – you may call it the Digital Gulag. See this for the WEF’s plan and this.

Well, the question of the practically invisible powers behind it all – will the former French President Jacques Chirac maybe give a partial answer?

If we call today’s Israel Zionist-Israel striving for a Greater Israel, we might as well consider Mr. Chirac’s notion of Israel being the 51^st State of the US. They control the western monetary system, which is a giant, oversized Ponzi-scheme, created to serve the purpose of sub-doing the world.

Remember the 1913 passed Federal Reserve Act which allowed the creation of this monetary Ponzi-scheme, was initiated in December 1911 by Free Masons and Zionists, Jewish and non-Jewish mega-banking interests.  

This monetary system has also allowed the proliferation of multi-billionaires, including those controlling the world’s foremost banking and financial institutions. Taking advantage of the people’s greed, they are using the new-old God, money, for controlling the world.

In the meantime, wars must go on. Not only to increase wealth for and through the war industry, but also for distraction. 

For example, Israeli PM Netanyahu has given the order to launch the attack on Lebanon from his hotel room in New York City, upon which Germany is evacuating diplomats and families from Lebanon, and Iran is readying her troops to fight in Lebanon. See this.

Could there be even a larger movement behind this UN Pact assault on 8 billion people?

Could this Kla.TV link be an indication of the power behind the power?

Power, that controls the UN and all the world’s most destructive organizations? 

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Now, it is important to get prepared with food, water, flashlights, digital access (?), or other means to communicate with family and friends, like old-style landlines.

Now would be the time to do something, if We, the People do not want to be enslaved by the UN Pact for the Future. We must mobilize and go forward, acting with our communities, our friends.

For years we have been talking about the onset of a “One World Order, One World Government”, One World Religion, One World Money – it is no longer coming; it is already here.

Collective consciousness is the first step to stop it, get out of the system, by creating a new and coming world of sovereignty and freedom.

Starting from scratch may not be as hard as it seems, considering our generations of experience and creative minds.

It could start with a strong anti-globalist behavior: Local production for local consumption with local money and local sovereign public banking – and trading with neighbors and think-alikes….  a dynamic, slowly but surely growing movement.

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Todos os grandes meios de comunicação ocidentais, controlados pelo aparelho de desinformação e propaganda de Washington, estão realizando uma enorme cobertura jornalística (ou melhor, “jornalística”) das eleições presidenciais nos Estados Unidos.

O país é retratado como um bastião da democracia e da livre escolha dos cidadãos. No entanto, esse paraíso está sendo ameaçado por um dos concorrentes, que seria uma aberração e uma anomalia do sistema norte-americano.

Logo, as duas tentativas de assassinato contra tal candidato são justificadas pelo clima tenso e pela polarização incentivada por ele. Ao mesmo tempo, ele – Donald Trump – tem usado essas ocorrências como arma propagandística contra seus rivais, apresentando-se como vítima de um regime controlado pelo Partido Democrata que acabou com o sonho americano.

Os dois lados têm utilizado todas as ferramentas de última geração para colher as mínimas vantagens sobre os adversários. A mais utilizada é a propagação de fake news. Mas Kamala Harris e os democratas têm sido blindados da maioria das denúncias pela imprensa que é ligada a eles.

De fato, Trump, apesar de ser um absoluto demagogo, tem razão ao indicar que os EUA vivem uma espécie de regime ditatorial. Só que isso não se deve exatamente aos democratas e não é algo novo. Os EUA sempre foram uma ditadura, ao menos desde que se tornaram uma potência capitalista.

Em duas ocasiões apenas a panelinha bipartidária não conseguiu fazer dobradinha no resultado final das presidenciais. E isso já faz muito tempo. Muito tempo mesmo: em 1860 e em 1912. Como apresentado em outro artigo, ao menos metade dos estadunidenses gostaria de ter um terceiro partido minimamente competitivo, porque os outros são mera fachada para encobrir o sistema bipartidário claramente antidemocrático.

O sistema funciona basicamente assim: os grandes banqueiros e industriais se reúnem para decidir quem deverá representar seus interesses no Salão Oval da Casa Branca. Como os interesses não são exatamente os mesmos – alguns querem mais dinheiro para seus negócios do que para os dos outros –, e como é preciso fingir diante de uma população de mais de 300 milhões de pessoas que esses cidadãos também têm algum direito, então dois candidatos são escolhidos para a disputa.

Nos últimos anos, Donald Trump – um desses grandes empresários – conseguiu angariar apoio em um setor da burguesia para ser um desses dois candidatos. Como ele fala umas groselhas que muita gente gosta de ouvir (e que têm sentido para muita gente falida em todos os sentidos), isso incomoda os empresários mais poderosos.

A elite dos capitalistas dos Estados Unidos prefere Harris a Trump. O aparato que controla a política e o Estado americano é formado basicamente pelos setores de finanças, indústria bélica e tecnologia de ponta. Uma olhada no financiamento das duas campanhas demonstra que a balança ainda pesa para a candidatura democrata.

O dinheiro investido, tanto de forma oficial quanto por debaixo do pano, é quem decide quem será eleito. O eleitor só vai na onda. O monopólio dos grandes meios de comunicação noticia apenas as candidaturas democrata e republicana – como os eleitores irão conhecer os outros candidatos, para votar neles? As redes sociais controlam as discussões e os conteúdos a serem vistos – o Google é o maior financiador da campanha de Harris; Apple, Oracle, Amazon e Facebook também investem pesado na democrata, enquanto Microsoft também deposita uma grana em Trump.

Não há espaço para nada diferente.

O único espaço seriam as ruas. Mas lá a ditadura é ainda mais brutal. Milhares de ativistas têm sido detidos nos últimos meses por realizarem protestos políticos. A principal área de atuação política dos Estados Unidos, como um verdadeiro império global, é a política internacional. E muito das discussões entre os dois candidatos têm sido sobre isso. Nas ruas, o povo também tenta entrar nas discussões – já que nas redes canais, páginas e perfis tanto de indivíduos como de organizações e mesmo de veículos de imprensa têm sido excluídos. Mas os estudantes de dezenas de universidades estão sendo agredidos e detidos pela polícia por se oporem ao genocídio que as armas e o dinheiro dos EUA facilitam em Gaza.

Essa repressão nas ruas – exercida em pleno mandato dos democratas – é aplaudida por Trump e os republicanos. Mas Trump que se cuide, pois as duas tentativas de assassinato que sofreu foram executadas por pessoas que não estão gostando das palavras alegadamente pacifistas do candidato a respeito da guerra na Ucrânia.

Aliás, quem não defende a guerra dos EUA e da OTAN na Ucrânia contra a Rússia tem sido alvo preferencial da censura nestas eleições. Vários renomados funcionários e comentaristas políticos têm sido coagidos pela polícia e pelo FBI devido a suas posições políticas, como foram os casos de Scott Ritter, Dan Kovalik e Dimitri K. Simes. Ou então do historiador judeu Ilan Pappé, interrogado ao chegar nos EUA devido à sua opinião crítica sobre Israel.

Nestas eleições, imposição de candidatos, controle da opinião pública e ampla repressão contra dissidentes têm sido elementos essenciais da festa da democracia nos Estados Unidos.

Esse é o país que quer dar lição de democracia ao resto do mundo.

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Eduardo Vasco é jornalista especializado em política internacional, correspondente de guerra e autor dos livros-reportagem “O povo esquecido: uma história de genocídio e resistência no Donbass” e “Bloqueio: a guerra silenciosa contra Cuba”.

Sirens sounded across Israel on Tuesday as a massive barrage of Iranian ballistic missiles hit targets around Tel Aviv. The attack was launched in response to Israel’s assassinations of Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh and Hezbollah’s chairman Hasan Nasrallah. According to a statement released by Iran’s Revolutionary Guards, the attack was aimed at “three military bases” in the Tel Aviv area. As of this writing, no casualties have been reported and the extent of the damage remains unknown.

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian praised the attack calling it a “decisive response” to Israeli “aggression.”

In accordance with legitimate rights and the aim of [establishing] peace and security in Iran and the region, a decisive response has been made to the Zionist regime’s aggression. Netanyahu should know that Iran is not seeking war, but it will stand firmly against any threat. This is just a glimpse of our capabilities.

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei followed the president’s remarks by posting an illustration of a large underground weapons cache that would be used to deter future Israeli aggression.

Less than an hour after the attack, US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan delivered an ominous warning saying: “There will be severe consequences for this attack, and we will work with Israel to make that the case.” Sullivan refused to elaborate on the manner in which the US or Israel would retaliate, but some analysts think the response could come as early as Tuesday night.

Unverified video from Israel’s Nevatim Air Base shows a facility that has been severely damaged by Iran’s ballistic missile barrage. The wreckage extends in all directions and dozens of workers are seen picking through the piles of broken concrete and twisted rebar. If the video is real, then it appears that Iran has the technological ability to strike heavily defended installations at the heart of Israel. Naturally, all of this will factor into Tel Aviv’s decision about how best to retaliate.

BREAKING:

🇮🇱 First videos from military bases in Israel.

Flattened to the ground. pic.twitter.com/xfe27HeARL

— Megatron (@Megatron_ron) October 1, 2024

Aside from Israeli military bases, Iran also landed a direct hit on an Israeli gas platform off the coast of Gaza. The “US-based energy company Chevron …operates the Tamar platform, which is roughly 13 miles off the coast of the Gaza Strip.” Palestinian officials have disputed Israel’s right to sell the gas as the field occupies an area within Palestinian territorial waters. Check out this post from Kathleen Tyson

(Israel) will annex Gaza to deprive Palestinians of Levantine Basin gas revenues, maybe Lebanon too. War is always about hydrocarbons @Kathleen_Tyson_

Bloodlust, yes, but land, oil, and gas lust too. Zionists will not tolerate any revenues from the Levant Basin gas reserves go to Palestinians and Lebanese.

US, UK, and EU are backing the genocides because they lost their bid with proxy Ukraine to regain the oil, gas, and lithium of the Donbas and Crimea.

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It’s worth noting that support for Israel’s expansionist war aims in the Middle East is now encountering stiff resistance among members of Washington’s foreign policy establishment. This is from an article at Politico:

Senior White House figures privately told Israel that the U.S. would support its decision to ramp up military pressure against Hezbollah — even as the Biden administration publicly urged the Israeli government in recent weeks to curtail its strikes, according to American and Israeli officials…

Not everyone in the administration was on board with Israel’s shift, despite support inside the White House, the officials said. The decision to focus on Hezbollah sparked division within the U.S. government, drawing opposition from people inside the Pentagon, State Department and intelligence community who believed Israel’s move against the Iran-backed militia could drag American forces into yet another Middle East conflict….

Officials in the intelligence community, in briefings and talks with members of Congress last week, had said they were increasingly worried about the potential for a direct ground confrontation between Israel and Hezbollah….

The administration’s public message to Israel continues to be: Avoid escalation and keep pursuing diplomacy with Hezbollah. Politico

While the author makes a persuasive case that elements within the US state oppose further escalation, it’s largely a moot point. The Biden administration has been Israel’s greatest enabler and certainly shares equal responsibility for the mountains of carnage strewn across Gaza and soon Lebanon. If a war breaks out between Iran and Israel, the US will back Israel to the hilt underscoring its culpability in mass murder and the triggering a Third World War. Here is a shortened version of today’s Statement by the General Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces:

“Following the illegitimate actions of the Zionist regime, assassinating our military advisors in Syria and Lebanon, and assassinating the leaders of the resistance such as Ismael Haniyeh and Hassan Nasrallah, and especially its massacres in Gaza and Lebanon, a harsh response was necessary.

The Islamic Republic of Iran, in the past 45 years, has never initiated any war, but will not hesitate to act in self-defence….

If the Zionist regime retaliates against Iran, it must wait for the destruction of its military infrastructure in the occupied Palestinian territories. In case of direct US-support for Israel in any attack on Iran, their facilities and bases in the region will be targeted in a harsh and regretful manner.”

There it is in black and white: ‘Mess with us, and you are in for a world of hurt’. Couldn’t be much clearer than that.

A number of analysts are predicting that Israel will use a nuclear weapon on Iran to plunge the country into chaos and achieve a quick victory. While we don’t discount the possibility that Israel might pursue that option, we think it is unlikely for the simple reason that Putin—who reportedly spoke with Netanyahu on Tuesday—is not going to allow it. Keep in mind, Russia and Iran have significantly strengthened their diplomatic, economic and military ties over the last few years to the point they are openly committed to each other’s security. Here’s how military analyst Will Schryver sums it up:

Russia, China, and Iran have now formed a de facto military and economic alliance — what they prefer to call a “partnership”. In the case of Russia and China, a comprehensive full-spectrum partnership has emerged: military, economic, and monetary….

Russia, China, and Iran conduct regular joint exercises in the Arabian Sea. Those exercises have increased in both scope and frequency in recent years.

Both Russia and China are investing vast sums of capital in Iran, much of it in the energy sector and in ambitious transportation projects aiming to construct fast and efficient trade corridors linking China, Iran, and Russia as primary nodes of Eurasian commerce… Arms and technology transfers between the three countries have reached unprecedented levels….

It is increasingly evident that Russia, China, and Iran recognize that an attack against any one of them would constitute an existential threat to them all. The strategic interests of all three countries are now inextricably intertwined. Most importantly, they are united in a single overriding strategic objective: to dismantle the dominion of the long-reigning Anglo-American empire….

In a putative war between the United States and Iran, both Russia and China would actively support Iran… Iran would simply be supplemented with arms and other logistical necessities from both its partners — and quite possibly taken under their nuclear umbrella in an explicit act of deterrence.

The empire is stretched so thin and its potential for power projection is so diluted that undertaking even one Big War would be enough to bring the entire house of cards tumbling down. This is the harsh reality the Masters of Empire are now facing, and no amount of mythologizing about the “limitless” power at their disposal can change it….

To the extent Russia, China, and Iran are determined to act all for one and one for all, they represent a combination of global military and economic power that cannot be defeated. All for One and One for All, Will Schryver, Twitter

One final thought:

NBC News published an article just days ago that revealed the real reason that Nasrallah was assassinated and, of course, it had nothing to do with the official justification that he was a “terrorist”. No. It was because he was morally committed to saving Palestinians by putting pressure on Israel. In effect, Nasrallah was doing what the UN Security Council would have done months ago if they had found a way to prevent US obstructionism. Here’s the story from NBC:

Israel took the decision to assassinate Nasrallah after concluding he would not accept any diplomatic solution to end the fighting on the Israel-Lebanon border that was not tied to an end to the war in Gaza, an Israeli official said.

Israel had tried repeatedly to reach a separate diplomatic solution with Hezbollah since October 8th but Nasrallah was adamant he would continue firing until Israel made a deal with Hamas, the official told NBC News.

“What we found after over 11 months is that Nasrallah is persistent in tying himself — and the hijacked Lebanese state that he took over — to whatever’s going on in Gaza,” the official said. “He declined every diplomatic effort. He declined messages to stop connecting himself to Gaza. And he continued to fire at Israel, and in the past few weeks or months, even expanded the range and velocity of attacks against Israel.”

“This led us to understand that he cannot be part of the game anymore. And what we did is to conduct a very precise, intelligence-based strike against the headquarters of Hezbollah in Beirut, to make sure that Nasrallah cannot be a decision maker anymore in the region.” Israel decided to kill Nasrallah after he refused to separate Lebanon from Gaza, officials say, NBC News

So, according to Israeli officials, Nasrallah is a hero who sacrificed his life for unarmed civilians who couldn’t defend themselves.

How does that saying go: “Greater love hath no man…..”?

You know the rest.

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Michael Whitney is a renowned geopolitical and social analyst based in Washington State. He initiated his career as an independent citizen-journalist in 2002 with a commitment to honest journalism, social justice and World peace.

He is a Research Associate of the Centre for Research on Globalization (CRG).  

Featured image: The Iranian air attack on Israel was an extensive air operation carried out by Iran from its territory against Israel on the evening of 1 October 2024, and included 181 projectiles. The result was at least 8 Israelis killed. The photos were taken in the Lower Galilee from a settlement towards the east. (Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0)

“True Promise II”: Did Iran “Restore Deterrence” After Its Latest Strikes Against Israel?

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Next year will represent the 80th anniversary of the formation of the United Nations Organization in San Francisco which took place in the immediate aftermath of World War II.

Since 1945 the composition of the organization has been transformed as a direct result of the successes of the national liberation movements and socialist revolutions which came to power from the late 1940s through the modern period.

In its earliest phase the overwhelming number of governments represented at the UN were colonial powers which welded political and economic power based upon the outcomes of the victories of the war. The bulk of the military clashes during the second imperialist war were in Europe, North Africa, Asia and the Asia-Pacific.

Despite the majority of people in the world since 1945 have been located in the regions of Africa, Asia-Pacific and Latin America, their levels of influence and authority within the international relations of production and ownership have been highly disproportionate. This holds true even today during the third decade of the 21st century.

The 79th Session of the General Assembly held in New York City beginning in the week of September 23 was a clear reflection of the continuing domination of the imperialist states within North America and Western Europe. United States Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield’s articulation of the proposal for the allocation of two permanent seats on the Security Council for African Union member-states was devoid of veto power. The number of African nations and their populations and land masses far exceed those of Western Europe and North America combined yet they are literally disrespected and disregarded in the imperialist calculations related to the allocations of power within the august body.

Within the General Assembly every year a resolution is passed calling for the lifting of the decades-long U.S.-imposed embargo on the Republic of Cuba. Washington ignores these resolutions in the same fashion they have defied the majority of those governments which have supported the ending of the Israeli occupation of Palestine. Instead of abiding by world sentiment for a ceasefire and a permanent solution to the Palestinian question, the administration of U.S. President Joe Biden has supplied billions of dollars in military and intelligence assistance to the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) to carry out the genocide in Gaza as well as in Lebanon.

Imperialism, Zionism and the Threat to World Peace

During the lead up and same week of the UNGA, there was an all-out assault on the people of Lebanon through the resistance movement of Hezbollah. A series of attacks using pagers and walkie-talkie devices killed and injured hundreds of people in Lebanon.

Hezbollah has expressed solidarity with the people in Gaza by intensifying its cross-border missile and drone strikes which have targeted military and infrastructural sites in northern occupied territories of Palestine. Due to the persistent engagements with the IDF, hundreds of thousands of Israeli settlers have been relocated from the northern areas of the country.

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The Iranian air attack on Israel was an extensive air operation carried out by Iran from its territory against Israel on the evening of 1 October 2024, and included 181 projectiles. The result was at least 8 Israelis killed. The photos were taken in the Lower Galilee from a settlement towards the east. (Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0)

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When Biden addressed the UNGA 79th Session he repeated his disingenuous platitudes about the U.S. policy in West Asia. He once again said the White House was in favor of a ceasefire in Gaza, nonetheless, his administration has not refrained from sending fighter aircraft, bombs and other weapons of genocidal warfare to Tel Aviv. More than 41,000 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza since October 7 of 2023 while hundreds of thousands of others suffered injuries. Nearly everyone in Gaza is under threat of displacement, injury and death.

The war has also escalated in the West Bank where raids by the IDF and settlers serve to further kill, maim and imprison the Palestinians. Leaders within the Democratic and Republican parties are in reality opposed to the demands for a ceasefire let alone an arms embargo against the Zionist state.

Amid the expansion of the war in Palestine and Lebanon against the will of the peoples of the world, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was allowed to address the UNGA on September 27. In his speech he repudiated the UN and its resolutions in favor of the Palestinians.

Image is from PressTV via Abayomi Azikiwe

Near simultaneously, the IDF escalated its bombing operations in densely populated areas in the south suburbs of Beirut as well as the East Bekaa Valley. Utilizing the most sophisticated fighter-jets designed by the U.S., the F-35, Netanyahu ordered the launching of massive bunker-busting bombs against residential and commercial areas which encompass offices of the Hezbollah resistance movement killing top Lebanese leaders including Secretary General Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah.

The Biden administration has attempted to distance itself from the attacks on communication devices, targeted assassinations of political leaders and the bombing of neighborhoods in Lebanon. However, it is highly unlikely that the U.S. did not have advanced knowledge of these attacks. Israel serves the interests of imperialism in the West Asia and North Africa regions. It was the same colonial forces within the UN during May 1948 which voted to recognize the State of Israel as a “legitimate” entity within the world system. Although the Soviet Union voted in favor of Israeli recognition in 1948, their position would have been meaningless without the Western European states and North America which exercised the dominant voice within the UN.

Following the pattern of their sponsors in Washington, the IDF on September 29 bombed Yemeni infrastructural sites including the Ports of Hodeida and Ras Isa. These port cities are indispensable for the shipping of humanitarian assistance to Yemen, the least developed nation within the entire West Asia region.

Of course, Yemen is being targeted by the Biden administration and the Israeli government because of the uncompromising position of the Ansarullah Resistance Movement aimed at imposing through the Red Sea and contiguous waterways a blockade of vessels carrying cargo to Israeli ports. These actions by the Yemeni Armed Forces (YAF) are being conducted in solidarity with the Palestinians in Gaza.

Such acts of solidarity with the Palestinians from the Lebanese, Yemeni, Iraqi and Syrian resistance forces are posing a challenge to the imperialist control of the strategic waterways and lands of West Asia. The Islamic Republic of Iran has been a source of support for the anti-imperialist and anti-Zionist movements throughout the region and the globe. Tel Aviv and Washington want to bring Tehran directly into the regional war they are anticipating.

The Threat of Regional and World War

These developments occurring during the UNGA 79th Session have revealed the prospects for a deeper global war which could involve several nations throughout West Asia and beyond. In the wars waged in the West and Central Asia regions over the last 45 years from Afghanistan, Iraq, Iran, Libya, Syria, Yemen and Palestine, military activity has included psychological warfare, political destabilization, economic blockades, aerial bombings along with ground invasions and occupations.

There has been much damage done through aerial bombardments and shelling. Nonetheless, the attempted and actual overthrowing of governments since the Israeli and U.S. interventions in Lebanon beginning in 1982 has inevitably led to the direct occupation by the IDF and the Pentagon deployment of ground troops.

Since the wars of occupation of the 1990s and early decades of the 21st century, millions have lost their lives and suffered injuries. At present there are more displaced persons in the world than any other period in history. The displacement of Palestinians and Lebanese people over the last year portends much for the entire West Asia region.

The imperialists are in a desperate situation on a geostrategic level. The requirements of recruitment and deployment of military forces in ever expanding areas of several geo-political regions will come into conflict with the aspirations and desires of populations within the western states. These capitalist countries are already undergoing economic and political crises which threaten domestic upheavals stemming from class and national conflicts.

Despite the ruling class domination of both major parties within the U.S., the internal class struggle and demands for self-determination will not be contained under the emerging dimensions of a potential third imperialist war. The threats of wider regional warfare will not be restricted to West Asia.

Imperialism is waging a war to weaken the Russian Federation as well as containing the People’s Republic of China. With the advent of the deployment of hundreds of thousands of additional Pentagon and NATO troops in West Asia and its environs, Beijing and Moscow will not remain silent and removed from the center of efforts to determine the future of a reconfigured world system.

The peoples of Africa and Latin America are demanding genuine economic independence and territorial sovereignty from imperialism. The rejection of Pentagon and NATO military forces in some areas of Africa and Latin America will be a major factor in the quest for a multipolar transformation of international relations.

Just as the Berlin Conference of 1884-85 was not able to avoid the political trajectory which created the conditions for the first imperialist war between 1914-1918, the League of Nations founded in Geneva, Switzerland in 1920, failed as well to avoid the rise of fascism and monopoly capitalism which resulted in WWII.

The United Nations of the 21st century appears incapable of preventing protracted regional conflicts which could expand to another imperialist war. People in the U.S. and other western states must take a position against world war in order to bring about peace and mutual cooperation throughout the planet.

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It was good to hear that voice again.  A voice of provoking interest that pitter patters, feline across a parquet, followed by the usual devastating conclusion.  Julian Assange’s last public address was made in the Ecuadorian Embassy in London.  There, he was a guest vulnerable to the capricious wishes of changing governments.  At Belmarsh Prison in London, he was rendered silent, his views conveyed through visitors, legal emissaries and his family.

The hearing in Strasbourg on October 1, organised by the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), arose from concerns raised in a report by Iceland’s Thórhildur Sunna Ævarsdóttir, in which she expressed the view that Assange’s case was “a classic example of ‘shooting the messenger’.”  She found it “appalling that Mr Assange’s prosecution was portrayed as if it was supposed to bring justice to some unnamed victims the existence of whom has never been proven, whereas perpetrators of torture or arbitrary detention enjoy absolute impunity.”

His prosecution, Ævarsdóttir went onto explain, had been designed to obscure and deflect the revelations found in WikiLeaks’ disclosures, among them abundant evidence of war crimes committed by US and coalition forces in Iraq and Afghanistan, instances of torture and arbitrary detention in the infamous Guantánamo Bay camp facility, illegal rendition programs implicating member states of the Council of Europe and unlawful mass surveillance, among others.

A draft resolution was accordingly formulated, expressing, among other things, alarm at Assange’s treatment and disproportionate punishment “for engaging in activities that journalists perform on a daily basis” which made him, effectively, a political prisoner; the importance of holding state security and intelligence services accountable; the need to “urgently reform the 1917 Espionage Act” to include conditional maliciousness to cause harm to the security of the US or aid a foreign power and exclude its application to publishers, journalists and whistleblowers.

Assange’s full testimony began with reflection and foreboding: the stripping away of his self in incarceration, the search, as yet, for words to convey that experience, and the fate of various prisoners who died through hanging, murder and medical neglect.  While filled with gratitude by the efforts made by PACE and the Legal Affairs and Human Rights Committee, not to mention innumerable parliamentarians, presidents, prime ministers, even the Pope, none of their interventions “should have been necessary.”  But they proved invaluable, as “the legal protections that did exist, many existed only on paper or were not effective in any remotely reasonable time frame.”

The legal system facing Assange was described as encouraging an “unrealisable justice”.  Choosing freedom instead of purgatorial process, he could not seek it, the plea deal with the US government effectively barring his filing of a case at the European Court of Human Rights or a freedom of information request.  “I am not free today because the system worked,” he insisted.  “I am free today because after years of incarceration because I plead guilty to journalism.  I plead guilty to seeking information from a source.  I plead guilty to informing the public what that information was.  I did not plead guilty to anything else.”

When founded, WikiLeaks was intended to enlighten people about the workings of the world.  “Having a map of where we are lets us understand where we might go.”  Power can be held to account by those informed, justice sought where there is none.  The organisation did not just expose assassinations, torture, rendition and mass surveillance, but “the policies, the agreements and the structures behind them.”

Since leaving Belmarsh prison, Assange rued the abstracting of truth.  It seemed “less discernible”.  Much ground had been “lost” in the interim; truth had been battered, “undermined, attacked, weakened and diminished.  I see more impunity, more secrecy, more retaliation for telling the truth and more self-censorship.”

Much of the critique offered by Assange focused on the source of power behind any legal actions.  Laws, in themselves, “are just pieces of paper and they can be reinterpreted for political expedience”.  The ruling class dictates them and reinterprets or changes them depending on circumstances.

In his case, the security state “was powerful enough to push for a reinterpretation of the US constitution,” thereby denuding the expansive, “black and white” effect of the First Amendment.  Mike Pompeo, when director of the Central Intelligence Agency, simply lent on Attorney General William Barr, himself a former CIA officer, to seek the publisher’s extradition and re-arrest of Chelsea Manning.  Along the way, Pompeo directed the agency to draw up plans of abduction and assassination while targeting Assange’s European colleagues and his family.

The US Department of Justice, Assange could only reflect, cared little for the moderating tonic of legalities – that was something to be postponed to a later date.  “In the meantime, the deterrent effect that it seeks, the retributive actions that it seeks, have had their effect.”  A “dangerous new global legal position” had been established as a result: “Only US citizens have free speech rights.  Europeans and other nationalities do not have free speech rights.”

PACE had, before it, an opportunity to set norms, that “the freedom to speak and the freedom to publish the truth are not privileges enjoyed by a few but rights guaranteed to all”. “The criminalisation of newsgathering activities is a threat to investigative journalism everywhere.  I was formally convicted, by a foreign power, for asking for, receiving, and publishing truthful information about that power while I was in Europe.”

A spectator, reader or listener might leave such an address deflated.  But it is fitting that a man subjected to the labyrinthine, life-draining nature of several legal systems should be the one to exhort to a commitment: that all do their part to keep the light bright, “that the pursuit of truth will live on, and the voices of the many are not silenced by the interests of the few.”

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Dr. Binoy Kampmark was a Commonwealth Scholar at Selwyn College, Cambridge.  He currently lectures at RMIT University.  He is a Research Associate of the Centre for Research on Globalization (CRG). Email: [email protected] 

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All that can be assessed thus far in the absence of any Israeli retaliation at the time of writing is that both sides are very concerned about their reputations.

Iran launched several hundred ballistic missiles against Israel on the evening of 1 October in retaliation for the self-professed Jewish State’s assassination of top Resistance Axis figures and its latest war in Lebanon. Both sides are spinning this to their advantage: Iran claims that “True Promise II” destroyed several of its enemy’s military bases while Israel insists that it was a mostly harmless demonstration. Even so, Israel still promised to retaliate at a time and place of its choosing, keeping the world on edge.  

The timing of Iran’s retaliation coincides with the start of the latest Israeli-Lebanese War’s ground phase and might thus have been partially meant to deter a large-scale operation that could lead to Gaza-like levels of destruction. It also followed some of its supporters angrily speculating that Hezbollah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah’s assassination last week might not have happened had Iran decisively responded to the assassination of Hamas’ political chief Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran over the summer.

These factors suggest that Iran aimed to advance military, reputational, and strategic goals: deter a Gaza-like war in Lebanon; “save face” before its supporters; and ideally restore deterrence. The Resistance loudly cheered Iran’s delayed retaliation so its reputational goal was indisputably met, but it’s premature to conclude that its corresponding military and strategic ones were achieved. After all, Israel promised to retaliate, so everyone will have to wait till that happens to judge whether or not Iran’s strikes succeeded.

If Israel doesn’t do so soon, then speculation will swirl that it might have suffered devastating military damage exactly as Iran claimed, plus it would appear that Israel might be too afraid of Iran’s promise to retaliate even more fiercely than ever if Israel attacks it after that. An alternative explanation for this scenario could be that Israel couldn’t secure US support for its own retaliation, after which it either called it off or delayed it in order to revise its original plans. In any case, deterrence would be restored.  

It would also be restored if Israel’s retaliation is limited and could thus be spun by the Resistance as a mostly harmless demonstration exactly as Israel is spinning Iran’s latest strikes. Most observers would probably perceive any retaliation in this way if it doesn’t involve Israel hitting targets inside of Iran. The abovementioned insight about Israeli-American differences, which readers can learn more about here, could be a factor behind any restrained retaliation that ultimately results in restoring deterrence.

And finally, the third scenario is that Israel retaliates against Iran by hitting its air defenses and/or energy infrastructure like Axios reported on Tuesday might be in the cards for later this week, in which case a dangerous cycle of strikes could follow since Iran would then feel pressured to retaliate to “save face”.  That could easily spiral out of control since each side might try to outdo the other, thus quickly putting the assumption of “Mutually Assured Destruction” (MAD) between them to the test.

All that can be assessed thus far in the absence of any Israeli retaliation at the time of writing is that both sides are very concerned about their reputations. Neither wants to look weak in the other’s eyes since they fear that this could encourage more attacks, including against their partners, but they’ve also thus far been careful not to risk a wider war either. That calculation is the most important, but hawks on both sides already believe that theirs is stronger than the other, hence their eagerness to escalate up to MAD.

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A massive Iranian ballistic missile strike on targets in Israel launched on October 1 has targeted Nevatim Air Base, among other key targets in the country. The facility hosts both of the Israeli Air Force’s F-35 fifth generation fighter squadrons, and was previously intended to host a third squadron of the fighters after they were delivered.

Iranian media sources have reported that the facility was “completely destroyed” in the attack. Footage from Israel has confirmed the impact of dozens of ballistic missiles which Israel’s air defence network failed to shoot down, with targets impacted including the headquarters of the intelligence agency Mossad, located in Tel Aviv which was levelled by the attack.

Labelled “True Promise 2,” the operation follows a year of escalating tensions between Tehran and Tel Aviv, and represents a long awaited retaliatory attack after an Israeli strike on Tehran on July 31. Iran was previously reported to have agreed not to retaliate if Israel deescalated hostilities, with Israel’s invasion and intensive bombardment of Lebanon and assassination of the leadership of the Iranian aligned militia group Hezbollah having been seen to have broken this agreement. 

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Israeli Air Force Personnel and F-35 at Nevatim Air Base

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Reports have indicated that the bulk of Nevatim Air Base’s F-35s – over 20 fighters – were destroyed in the attack, with the stealth fighters representing one of the most high value targets in Israel. The facility has been widely referred to as Israel’s “most important air base” due to the importance of the F-35 in the country’s fleet. Israel fields just two squadrons of the costly stealth jets, and relies on them heavily as the remainder of the fighter fleet relies on largely obsolete avionics and old mechanically scanned array radars. F-35s play a central role in Israeli plans for potential attacks on Iran, with their stealth capabilities and advanced avionics, including electronic warfare systems and other air defence suppression features, making them optimal assets for such operations. The destruction of F-35s is thus an important step towards limiting Israel’s ability to respond with further escalation. Although Israel has a third squadron’s worth of F-35s on order, significant issues with production, which remains at a fraction of initially planned rates, has resulted in a very long delivery queue, and means Israel will only begin to receive the newly ordered fighters from 2028.

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Iranian Ballistic Missiles Seconds Before Impact on Tel Aviv

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Israeli and Western officials have widely stressed the need for a strong response against Iran, with White House National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan stating:

“There will be serious consequences for Iran as a result of this attack and we will work with Israel to make sure that happens.”

The Israel Defence Forces announced that its response will be “seen by the entire Middle East,” with Israeli Foreign Minister Yisrael Katz stating that the entire “free world” had to support Israel – a reference to expected Western support for future Israeli attacks. The influential U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham meanwhile called on President Joe Biden to authorise attacks on Iranian oil refineries.

The Iranian strike has demonstrated the severe limitations of Israel’s air defence network, despite the country having by far the densest and most sophisticated network of any Western aligned actor – rivalled only by that of Taiwan. Israeli media outlets reported that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and a number of ministers were forced to remain in a fortified underground location in Jerusalem for hours during the attack, with Western correspondents reporting that massive explosions could be felt across Tel Aviv. The current state of the Israeli fighter fleet remains highly uncertain, and alongside the reported destruction of Nevatim Air Base, other fighter losses have been reported including losses of F-15s at Hatzerim Air Base. Previous minor losses were also reported, but not confirmed, after intensified Hezbollah rocket artillery and drone strikes on facilities such as Ramat David Air Base.

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A new study from the University of Turku showed that reducing daily sitting prevented back pain from worsening over six months. The result strengthens the current understanding of the link between activity and back pain as well as the mechanisms related to back pain.

Intuitively, it is easy to think that reducing sitting would help with back pain, but previous research data is surprisingly scarce. The study from the Turku PET Centre and UKK Institute in Finland investigated whether reducing daily sitting could prevent or relieve back pain among overweight or obese adults who spend the majority of their days sitting. The participants were able to reduce their sitting by 40 min/day, on average, during the six-month study.

“Our participants were quite normal middle-aged adults, who sat a great deal, exercised little, and had gained some extra weight. These factors not only increase the risk for cardiovascular disease but also for back pain,” says Doctoral Researcher and Physiotherapist Jooa Norha from the University of Turku in Finland.

Previous results from the same and other research groups have suggested that sitting may be detrimental for back health but the data has been preliminary.

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The figure presents the change in back pain intensity on a scale from 0 to 10. The blue bars represent individuals in the intervention group that reduced sitting and the red bars represent the control participants who did not change their sitting habits. Most of the participants in the intervention group decreased their back pain whereas the back pain in the control participants tended to increase.

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The researchers also examined potential mechanisms behind the prevention of back pain.

”However, we did not observe that the changes in back pain were related to changes in the fattiness or glucose metabolism of the back muscles,” Norha says.

Individuals with back pain have excessive fat deposits within the back muscles, and impaired glucose metabolism, or insulin sensitivity, can predispose to pain. Nevertheless, back pain can be prevented or relieved even if no improvements in the muscle composition or metabolism take place. The researchers used magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and PET imaging that is based on a radioactive tracer to measure the back muscles.

“If you have a tendency for back pain or excessive sitting and are concerned for your back health, you can try to figure out ways for reducing sitting at work or during leisure time. However, it is important to note that physical activity, such as walking or more brisk exercise, is better than simply standing up,” Norha points out.

The researchers wish to remind that switching between postures is more important than only looking for the perfect posture.

The study was published in the peer reviewed journal BMJ Open 29.9.2024 and is openly accessible to read online.

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Yesterday, 1^st of October 2024, China was proudly celebrating the 75^th Anniversary of the Chinese Revolution – an outright socioeconomic success never seen before in human history; a development in Peace, and ever seeking cooperation with the rest of the world. Never aggression.

75 years ago, on 1 October 1949, Mao Zedong declared that “The Chinese people have stood up.” And the People’s Republic of China was born.

What happened after that is a peoples’ made miracle with changes for the wellbeing of the Chinese population, eventually spreading throughout the world, never seen before. China lifted 800 million people out of poverty.

China has become not only food self-sufficient but has emerged as a major supplier of nutrition and food grains to the rest of the world.

China is today a power house for electronics supplies to the world, without which technological advances of the west would limp far behind.

Despite non-stop threats and aggressions from the west, China is today the economic center of the world, providing hope for other developing countries of Africa and the Global South fighting for sovereignty against the forces of imperialism.

Hence, the significance of the recent Africa Summit in Beijing and recent meeting of all the Palestinian organizations in China – and more.

In 2013, China, under President Xi Jinping, initiated the New Silk Road — the Belt and Road — which by now counts more than 160 member countries and institutions around the world, connecting countries in peace via at least six land, sea, and air roads, through infrastructure, trade, education and not least – diplomacy.

China is a haven for Peace – always readily offering her diplomatic services for mediation.

China has literally become from close to zero in 1949 – from a colony looted by world powers – to being the world’s strongest, independent, and sovereign economy in PPP terms (purchasing power parity), which is really the only economic indicator that counts; but soon she will also be the strongest economy in absolute terms.

Yes, Mao’s words and deeds, “the Chinese People have stood up,” have become through an unbroken revolution-to-evolution a worldwide historic vision for peacefully progressing, while assisting and inviting others to follow the pattern of cooperation with benefits for all.

China, in cooperation with Russia, has been instrumental in creating the BRICS – an ever-growing association of Global South countries that are eager to become free form the fangs of western sanctions and the US-dollar dominance.

China’s philosophy of Peace stems from the deep-rooted ancient Tao philosophy – a philosophy of non-aggression, leading her people to create a miracle of achievements.

China may look forward to the next 75 years and beyond, of Peoples’ peaceful development with an outreach to the world with shared benefits for all.

Bravo!

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Peter Koenig is a geopolitical analyst and a former Senior Economist at the World Bank and the World Health Organization (WHO), where he worked for over 30 years around the world. He is the author of Implosion – An Economic Thriller about War, Environmental Destruction and Corporate Greed; and co-author of Cynthia McKinney’s book “When China Sneezes: From the Coronavirus Lockdown to the Global Politico-Economic Crisis” (Clarity Press – November 1, 2020).

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Aparentemente, ninguém quer mais ser responsável pelos problemas da Ucrânia. Numa declaração recente, responsáveis ​​da ONU pediram a Kiev que não contem com o apoio da organização para o próximo inverno, o que levanta uma série de expectativas negativas para o futuro próximo. O povo ucraniano depende fortemente da ajuda internacional para satisfazer as suas necessidades básicas, dadas as ações irresponsáveis ​​do regime de Vladimir Zelensky.

O Alto Comissariado das Nações Unidas para os Refugiados (ACNUR) informou recentemente que não dispõe dos fundos necessários para ajudar os ucranianos durante o próximo inverno. Ao mesmo tempo que aumenta a procura de ajuda humanitária estrangeira por parte da Ucrânia, os recursos das organizações internacionais tornam-se cada vez mais escassos, tornando impossível que estas instituições continuem a cumprir os seus deveres normais e a ajudar simultaneamente os cidadãos ucranianos.

Karolina Lindholm Billing, representante sénior do ACNUR para a Ucrânia, disse que muitas agências da ONU estão atualmente subfinanciadas, reduzindo a sua capacidade operacional. Como resultado, está a tornar-se impossível manter todos os projetos humanitários ao mesmo tempo, razão pela qual a ajuda à Ucrânia deverá diminuir drasticamente, se não completamente.

Billing disse que se a situação financeira do ACNUR melhorar, irá naturalmente fornecer mais ajuda aos ucranianos, tanto aos refugiados no estrangeiro como às pessoas deslocadas internamente. No entanto, há poucas chances de este financiamento aumentar, por isso é prudente que os ucranianos se preparem para o pior cenário possível.

“A realidade é que a situação de financiamento para organizações como a nossa é demasiado baixa nesta altura do ano – estamos com apenas 47% de nossas capacidades financeiras (…) e os pedidos de apoio das autoridades a organizações como o ACNUR estão na verdade a aumentar (.. .) Se conseguirmos os fundos, estou convencido de que seremos capazes de ajudá-los”, disse Lindholm Billing.

O responsável apelou à tomada de medidas excepcionais para melhorar a capacidade da Ucrânia de lidar com os desafios do inverno. Por exemplo, apelou à realização de esforços significativos para reconstruir as infra-estruturas ucranianas destruídas durante as hostilidades, especialmente as instalações energéticas. Obviamente, sem tais esforços, muitos ucranianos não conseguirão lidar com os problemas causados ​​pela estação, o que irá expandir ainda mais a onda de refugiados – e consequentemente piorar as condições de trabalho do ACNUR.

O próximo inverno deverá ser um dos mais difíceis da história da Ucrânia, considerando que, além do conflito, os cidadãos do país terão de lidar com as condições de inverno com apenas cerca de 50% a 80% da capacidade de geração. Haverá grandes apagões e em algumas regiões o fornecimento de eletricidade deverá durar apenas algumas horas por dia.

Além do frio, uma série de outros problemas serão gerados pela falta de energia no inverno. Com a redução da capacidade produtiva, haverá impacto na indústria – e consequentemente em toda a economia, que já se encontra num momento extremamente crítico. As pessoas perderão os seus empregos e ficarão sem qualquer fonte de rendimento, não deixando outra alternativa senão fugir do país.

É ingênuo acreditar que Kiev fará realmente tudo para evitar que o pior aconteça aos seus cidadãos. A crise humanitária é um dos objetivos do regime, uma vez que Kiev precisa de usar a tragédia dos seus cidadãos como justificação para continuar a pedir financiamento internacional para a guerra. Zelensky usa o sofrimento dos ucranianos comuns como meio de guerra, culpando a Rússia e apelando aos parceiros ocidentais para que façam esforços para “punir” Moscou.

Por seu lado, a Rússia está a fazer o seu melhor para aliviar o sofrimento dos ucranianos comuns. Moscou absteve-se de atacar as infra-estruturas ucranianas durante os últimos dois invernos precisamente para evitar que cidadãos inocentes sofressem as consequências da crise energética. Nos últimos meses, Moscou teve de retomar os seus ataques porque Kiev realizou uma série de incursões terroristas contra civis russos nas regiões fronteiriças. Ao destruir infraestruturas críticas da Ucrânia, a Rússia conseguiu reduzir a capacidade do inimigo de realizar tais ataques.

Se Kiev parar de matar civis russos na fronteira, a Rússia reduzirá naturalmente a intensidade dos seus ataques às infraestruturas ucranianas. No entanto, o regime neonazista se beneficia da crise humanitária. Quanto mais os ucranianos sofrem, mais Kiev consegue fazer propaganda sobre o conflito e assim consegue apoio a sua campanha por armas e dinheiro ocidentais. É improvável que a Ucrânia faça qualquer esforço para aliviar o sofrimento dos seus cidadãos porque a crise humanitária é uma das principais armas do regime.

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In response to Basma’s questions, Dr. Al-Durzi wrote the following:

It was clear to every wise person in the world, in general, and in Syria, in particular, that what happened in the mid of March 2011 is that the world has become at a very dangerous stage, and the crisis that took place in Syria is only an extension of a large western project to control the Mediterranean Sea, and that the outcome of this crisis which was turned into a military form does not only target Syria but also forces that are against this project hegemony, especially Russia and China.

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Actually, this is what happened when the United States of America pushed regional powers to intervene extensively in the Syrian war, depending on terrorists, who came from more than 80 countries in the world. The crisis did not stop at that point, but was accompanied by unilateral sanctions imposed by the United States of America and the European Union countries on Syria to push it to change its geopolitical position-which would leave effects and repercussions on Iran, Russia and China- and to loot the Syrian state’s main resources that are necessary for the continuation of life in what remains of Syria as the terrorist groups took control of the areas of the Syrian Al-Jazeera area – where the resources of oil, gas and the food basket of Syria are located— and to divert these resources to serve the terrorist groups and finance and attract them due to the huge amount of money flowing as a result of controlling these resources. …..The main goal was to push Damascus to change its geopolitical policy and to allow the Qatari gas pipes to  pass through Syria to Turkey and then the EU countries with the aim of  preventing the flow of Russian gas to Europe and be an alternative to it.

These policies, which were based on terrorism and the theft of the Syrian oil and gas resources, have put enormous pressure on the Syrian state and on the lives of Syrian citizens, and led to an increase in poverty levels that have reached 92%, and caused major impacts on the Syrian demographics and changes in their lifestyles, and pushed more than 40% of the Syrian population to emigrate abroad, in addition to more than 10% of the internal demographic change through internal migration. These changes required the adoption of hard policies in accordance with the available resources to keep the existence of the Syrian state within the framework of the international and regional conflict. The  adopted hard policies led to unprecedented rise in poverty rate which continues  until this moment.

Sanctions that are being imposed on Syria have greatly affected all groups of doctors, not just me. Medical work is no longer useful, so the majority of doctors have been forced to emigrate or work in Somalia and Iraq. Imagine that the number of doctors in Aleppo has decreased from 11,000 to 1,800, and in Somalia it has increased to 4,000 Syrian doctors.

As for the Russian intervention in Syria, it was  legitimate  as it came upon the request of Damascus. It came at a critical moment when what remained of Syria was under threat. It prevented the  multinational terrorist groups from moving to Iran, Central Asia, the South Caucasus and northwestern China, relying on terrorists who came from these regions.

Image: Syrians wave Russian and Syrian flags during a protest against US-led air strikes in Damascus, Syria on 14 April 2018. (Photo credit: VCG Photo)

The first goal of the Russian intervention in Syria was to eliminate multinational terrorist groups in cooperation with the Syrian Army, the Iranian Revolutionary Guards and the Lebanese Hezbollah. These four parties formed an important axis to confront the US occupation forces that exist in Syria and to defeat ISIS terrorists. This has been achieved to a large extent.

The second goal was to keep Syria united and this has been achieved to a reasonable degree at a military level as the geographic area that is controlled by Damascus expanded from 27% to 67%, while the sides of the Syrian Al-Jazeera are still under the occupation of the American army, which came illegally under the pretext of fighting terrorism, and the northwestern side of  Syria is still under the occupation of  the terrorist groups that are supported by the United States of America and Turkey, which is betting on achieving geopolitical gains at the regional level through the Syrian gateway.

Although Russia is preoccupied with its war with Ukraine, which is actually a war with NATO on the Ukrainian scene, the effects of the Russian presence in Syria are still ongoing, with the continued presence of Russian forces on the ground and the continued Russian role in working to restore the unity of Syrian territory through the political aspect of the talks it is conducting with the forces in northeastern Syria or with Turkey to achieve reconciliation between Syria and Turkey based on the unity and sovereignty of Syrian territory, and to find solutions to dismantle the armed terrorist groups in the areas of the northern Aleppo countryside and Idlib, in addition to the areas located between Ras al-Ain al-Abyad in the Syrian Jazeera .

I believe that the Russian role will continue despite the war in Ukraine, as Syria is an arena of confrontation with the United States of America, complementary to the Ukrainian arena, and also complementary to the Palestinian, Lebanese and Yemeni arenas, where the conflict with the Western side is escalating in these regions, and Russia has no interest other than to be a fundamental supporter of all the forces that exist in these regions in order to preserve its national security.

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“The choice is no longer between violence and non-violence. It is now either non-violence or non-existence.” —Martin Luther King

“I and others may be revolutionaries, but we are the disciples of Mahatma Gandhi, directly or indirectly, nothing more nothing less.” –Ho Chi Minh 

“I believe that Gandhi’s views were the most enlightened of all the political men of our times.” —Albert Einstein

In recent times the dark menacing shadow of violence, war and conflict has increased its presence in our world like seldom before. Even genocidal violence is being justified by some of the societies earlier regarded to be more caring and concerned about human rights. Humanity has seen dark periods before too, but never was the possibility of destruction as high as in the present times because of the availability now of weapons of mass destruction.    

Secondly, it is not just the weapons of mass destruction and the wars fought by them that lead to an existential threat. In addition about a dozen or so serious environmental problems taken together also pose an existential crisis. Hence for the first time in the history of earth an existential threat created entirely by man-made factors has appeared, symbolized by the doomsday clock having been placed at ninety seconds to midnight by the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists in their latest projection, the closest ever to full-scale disaster.

Image: A photograph of Mahatma Gandhi during the Salt March, which gave a critical impetus to the Indian independence movement. (From the Public Domain)

Such a situation did not exist during the lifetime of Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948). However as he was constantly thinking and grappling with the most essential issues, with remarkable foresight he could see the direction in which the world was going and therefore his ideas, writings and work continue to be extremely relevant for present times as a deeply troubled world seeks solutions to very serious problems before it is too late.

Like several thoughtful analysts of our times, Mahatma Gandhi also felt that distortions of economic systems have an important role in creating the environmental crisis as well as in causing wars, but he approached the issue in a somewhat different way. He said that economics should never be separated from ethics. He pleaded for avoiding greed and prioritizing needs, capturing economics and environmentalism in just ten words—earth has enough for everyone’s need but not for greed.  

In particular he gave a call for placing the poorer and weaker sections at the center of decision making and, in a statement that has been widely quoted since then, told policy makers that whenever they are confused regarding policy-choice, they should examine the question from the perspective of its impact on the poor and decide on the basis of what will most help/ empower the weak and the deprived. 

This thinking is also reflected in his views on mechanization and technology as he clearly declared, at the risk of being ridiculed, that in a country like India where so many people had been already unemployed by highly unjust colonial policies, he was prepared to emphasize protection of labor-intensive technologies in several lines of work (for example hand spinning and weaving), along with the special skills these involved, regardless of the easy availability of heavy machines for this work. He called upon consumers to support these hand-made goods and built up a huge market for these by his tireless efforts, a market which still exists, helped much by the linkage it has with the work and ideas of Gandhi.

In agriculture this thinking is reflected in his support for low-cost, self-reliant, organic, soil protecting methods which, as has been increasingly realized now, also help in climate change adaptation and mitigation.

This brings us to his essential message which is actually at the root of protecting environment, although Mahatma Gandhi had the wisdom to emphasize this even before the environmental crisis had become such a big issue. This message is of limiting human consumption, of voluntary simplicity in life style choices. Gandhi continued to experiment with this in various experiments of community living. 

Once this voluntary frugality  is accepted as an ideal of daily life patterns and choice of food, clothing, housing, furnishing etc. is based on simplicity instead rather than greed, grandeur or ‘more and more’, this becomes a very important value that enhances humanity’s ability to live in sustainable ways without disrupting earth systems. 

People living this way have much less reason to be either discontented or dominating, excessively ambitious and careerist; they also get more time and space to devote to the higher aim of life of creating a better world.

Hence unlike the present-day highly reductionist thinking on environmental issues Mahatma Gandhi provided a holistic view based on the entire life pattern being simple and frugal, placing the least burden on nature. This, together with his ethical economics based on a deeply caring attitude towards weaker sections, provides for equality and simplicity to be the base of any society.

Equality and simplicity also provide very conducive conditions for peace and non-violence. Mahatma Gandhi saw non-violence as something should exist in all aspects of life, a way of thinking, which helps greatly to improve social relationships, to reduce widespread and very distressing problems like domestic violence, child abuse, bullying, street and workplace violence, the tendency for dominance and exploitation, and identity-based violence. 

At the same time this helps to create a strong base for peace in world, which increases the chances of creating a world without wars and a war without the most terribly destructive weapons. Non-violent ways of opposing any injustice is something to which Gandhi devoted his entire life.

While the struggles he launched and led could involve millions of people in the most difficult conditions, the emerging lesson is not that exactly the same tactics can succeed in all conditions but instead that resistance must be based on non-violence, inspired by the objective of justice based peace and never motivated in a narrow sense by revenge.     

Today we have a heavily demarcated way of thinking, researching and trying to find solutions and so we spend a lot of effort and resources for finding solutions separately of many problems with their roots in widespread tendencies of violence and dominance. Gandhi’s thinking and worldview offer a different approach of a way of life rooted in non-dominance and non-violence, as well as self-training and training for this, which can reduce these painful social problems very significantly.

Mahatma Gandhi was able to mobilize millions of people for non-violent movements against injustices of colonial rule time and again. There were both successes to celebrate and mistakes to learn from in these struggles. What made the freedom movement successes bigger was the ability to add many constructive activities to these, and to prepare a wider base for more equality and justice based changes to follow. 

No less remarkable is the fact that the legacy of Gandhi lives on 76 years after his assassination in numerous big and small non-violent struggles for justice which are inspired by him and draw strength from him.   

At a time when the world needs prolonged peace, stability and international cooperation to resolve unprecedented environmental problems which according to most senior scientists are already serious enough to endanger the basic life nurturing conditions of earth, we need more than ever before Mahatma Gandhi’s message of healing which can help and guide us to seek deeper and more comprehensive as well as sustained solutions.

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Niacinamide (vitamin B3) enhances DNA repair and reduces UV-induced immunosuppression in skin cells, preventing non-melanoma skin cancers

A large-scale study found higher niacin intake associated with a 16% lower risk of squamous cell carcinoma. Another study showed niacinamide twice daily for 12 months reduced new nonmelanoma skin cancers by 23%

Niacinamide works by preventing ATP depletion, boosting cellular energy and enhancing DNA repair. It’s particularly beneficial for those with multiple past skin cancers, showing 54% reduction in basal cell carcinomas and 52% in squamous cell carcinomas

Many studies use 500-mg doses, but caution is advised. Small doses of 50 mg three times daily are better to optimize energy and boost cellular NAD+ levels. Excessive intake may lead to side effects or backfire

Topical niacinamide offers benefits for acne treatment, sebum reduction, antiaging effects and rosacea management. Oral niacinamide also supports brain health, chronic pain relief, stress protection, vision health and may ameliorate damage from linoleic acid consumption

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In the video above, board-certified dermatologist Dr. Andrea Suarez, known online as Dr. Dray, shares some fascinating insights about niacinamide, a water-soluble form of vitamin B3 (niacin), and its benefits for skin health.¹

Niacinamide, also known as nicotinamide, is a precursor for NAD+, which is not only involved in the conversion of food to energy but is also important in the process of repairing damaged DNA. This is crucial because your skin faces constant environmental stressors, including ultraviolet (UV) radiation, which can damage DNA in skin cells and suppress your immune system.

Niacinamide shows promise for skin cancer prevention due to its ability to enhance DNA repair and reduce UV-induced immunosuppression in skin cells. These mechanisms are useful in preventing the development of non-melanoma skin cancers (NMSCs), which include basal cell carcinoma (BCC) and squamous cell carcinoma (SCC).

The Promise of Niacinamide for Skin Cancer Prevention

Clinical trials show that taking 500 milligrams (mg) of niacinamide twice daily significantly reduce the incidence of NMSCs in high-risk individuals.² This news was particularly encouraging for those with a history of skin cancer. However, while many studies for skin cancer prevention use 500-mg doses, caution is warranted.

Niacinamide at a dose of 50 mg three times per day is a better dose and will provide the fuel for the rate limiting enzyme for NAD+, NAMPT. I recommend getting niacinamide in powder form because the lowest available dose in most supplements is 500 mg, and that will decrease NAD+ due to negative feedback on NAMPT, which is the opposite of what you’re looking for. 

Other research has shown a beneficial role of niacinamide intake specifically for SCC risk reduction. In one large-scale study involving the Nurses’ Health Study and the Health Professionals Follow-up Study, researchers found that total niacin intake was inversely associated with SCC risk. The pooled hazard ratio was 0.84, suggesting a 16% lower risk of SCC for those with higher niacin intake.³

Niacinamide: Your Skin’s New Best Friend

A study conducted in Australia and published in The New England Journal of Medicine also found that this simple supplement significantly reduces the risk of developing nonmelanoma skin cancers.⁴ The study, involving 386 high-risk patients, revealed that taking 500 mg of niacinamide twice daily for 12 months led to a 23% lower rate of new nonmelanoma skin cancers compared to those taking a placebo.

This effect was seen in both basal cell carcinomas and squamous cell carcinomas, the two most common types of skin cancer. Again, the benefits of niacinamide were most pronounced in patients who had a history of numerous skin cancers, suggesting it might be particularly helpful for those at higher risk. The best part? Niacinamide is inexpensive, easily accessible as an over-the-counter supplement and comes with minimal, if any, side effects.

In addition to reducing skin cancer risk, niacinamide showed impressive results in decreasing actinic keratoses — precancerous skin lesions that can develop into squamous cell carcinomas. Participants taking niacinamide had 11% fewer actinic keratoses at three months and 20% fewer at nine months compared to the placebo group. This translated to three to five fewer actinic keratoses on average.

The mechanism behind niacinamide’s protective effects lies in its ability to prevent adenosine triphosphate (ATP) depletion and boost cellular energy, enhancing DNA repair. Your cells need ATP for life, repair and regeneration. Niacinamide also reduces UV-induced immunosuppression without altering your baseline immunity, providing a two-pronged approach to skin protection.

Many conventional chemopreventive agents, such as oral retinoids, cause significant side effects like dry skin, increased lipid levels and even liver toxicity. However, niacinamide showed no clinically significant adverse effects in the study. While the study used a dose of 500 mg twice daily, the minimum effective dose for skin cancer prevention is unknown.

Niacinamide Reduces Skin Cancer in High-Risk Individuals

If you’ve had multiple skin cancers in the past, niacinamide is particularly beneficial for you. A systematic review and meta-analysis revealed that niacinamide’s effectiveness in preventing skin cancers tends to increase for individuals with a higher number of previous skin cancers.⁵

Niacinamide was effective in reducing both BCCs and SCCs, with a 54% reduction in BCCs and a 52% reduction in SCCs compared to control groups. To reap the full benefits of niacinamide for skin cancer prevention, consistency is key.

Again, the studies showing significant reductions in skin cancers used a dosage of 500 mg twice daily, taken orally for at least 12 months. This regimen appears to be effective for both healthy individuals and organ transplant recipients, who are at higher risk for skin cancers due to immunosuppression.

Niacinamide: A Secret Weapon for Skin Cancer Prevention

Unlike sunscreen, which blocks UV rays, niacinamide works by repairing DNA damage that has already occurred in your skin cells. This means it helps reverse past sun damage and reduce your risk of developing skin cancer, particularly BCC and SCC. As noted in the journal Cureus:⁶

“By providing the precursor molecules for key components to produce adenosine triphosphate (ATP), nicotinamide also enhances DNA repair by replenishing cellular energy after UV damage. Current research also suggests that nicotinamide plays a role in blocking inflammatory cell activation and influences cell life span, survival, and cancer progression.”

Niacinamide’s skin-protective effects stem from its ability to boost your body’s natural defense mechanisms. When you take niacinamide supplements, you’re providing your cells with the building blocks they need to produce ATP, the energy currency of your cells. This extra energy empowers your skin cells to repair DNA damage more efficiently after UV exposure.

But that’s not all — niacinamide also helps block inflammatory cell activation and influences cell lifespan and survival. This multipronged approach makes it a powerful ally in your skin cancer prevention strategy. It’s a simple addition to your daily routine that could have significant benefits for your skin health.

It’s especially important if you have a history of skin cancer, as studies have shown that many patients with non-melanoma skin cancers often have vitamin deficiencies.⁷ By addressing these deficiencies, you’re giving your skin the tools it needs to protect itself.

Interestingly, a 2023 study found that patients who believed more strongly in niacinamide’s ability to reduce skin cancer risk were more likely to use it consistently.⁸ On average, patients perceived that niacinamide could reduce their risk of basal cell carcinoma by 31.2% and squamous cell carcinoma by 30.2%.

Those who were actually taking niacinamide had an even higher perception of its effectiveness, believing it could reduce their risk by 41.2% for BCC and 38.3% for SCC. The researchers noted, “Our results should encourage providers to educate patients and their families on nicotinamide and its link to skin cancer prevention.”⁹

Too Much Niacinamide Can Backfire

Keep in mind that the niacinamide dosages used in research studies vary widely and can be on the high side. As a general rule, I only recommend taking small doses of 50 mg of niacinamide three times a day.

This dosage has been shown to optimize energy metabolism and boost NAD+ levels, which are foundational for optimal health. It can be taken four times a day if you space them out. Take a dose as soon as you get up, before going to bed, and twice evenly spaced between those times.

The problem with taking too much vitamin B3, whether in the form of niacin or niacinamide, is that it might backfire and contribute to cardiovascular disease^10,11 and other side effects. Dray stresses the importance of proper dosage and warned about potential dangers of excessive intake:¹²

“You can run into dangerous side effects when taking very high doses. You can get into toxic ranges if you take too much. Three and a half grams per day will definitely get you to toxic levels that can damage your liver.”

Other potential side effects of high doses include nausea, vomiting, headache, dizziness and fatigue. There’s also a risk of medication interactions, particularly with carbamazepine. I recommend getting niacinamide in powder form so you can control the dose. Niacinamide will only cost you about 25 cents a month if you get it as a powder. Typically, 1/64 of a teaspoon of niacinamide powder is about 50 mg.

Niacinamide: A Versatile Skincare Ingredient and Overall Health Remedy

While the focus of many studies is on oral supplementation, Dray also touched on the benefits of topical niacinamide in skincare products, noting, “It’s actually very beneficial for a variety of skin issues when applied topically because it’s anti-inflammatory, it’s an antioxidant.”¹³ She explains that niacinamide applied topically is useful for:¹⁴

However, Dray notes that some individuals may find topical niacinamide irritating, especially at higher concentrations. In addition to helping your skin, oral niacinamide also benefits other aspects of health, such as:

• Brain health, including Alzheimer’s disease¹⁵
• Chronic pain¹⁶
• Stress reduction¹⁷
• Vision health, including glaucoma¹⁸
• Ameliorate damage caused by linoleic acid (LA) consumption

The last one is particularly important, as one of the most toxic metabolic byproducts of LA is 4 HNE, a toxic aldehyde that appears to play a causative role in heart failure.¹⁹ Fortunately, there is an enzyme system called aldehyde dehydrogenases that deactivates 4 HNE.

The best way to increase the activity of this enzyme system is to make sure you have sufficient NAD+, and the most efficient way to optimize your NAD+ level is to make sure you’re getting 50 mg of niacinamide three times a day.

Further, as niacinamide emerges as a promising and versatile compound for skin health and cancer prevention, its ability to enhance DNA repair, reduce UV-induced immunosuppression and decrease the incidence of non-melanoma skin cancers makes it a valuable tool in dermatological care.

While clinical trials have shown significant benefits at higher doses, it’s crucial to approach supplementation cautiously, as excessive intake can lead to adverse effects. The recommended dosage of 50 mg three times daily in powder form strikes a balance between efficacy and safety.

Beyond skin health, niacinamide offers benefits throughout your body, underlining its importance as a multifaceted supplement. As research continues to unfold, niacinamide stands out as a simple, cost-effective and generally safe addition to your health regimen, particularly for those concerned about skin cancer risk and overall skin health.

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Notes

^{1, 12, 13, 14} YouTube, Dr. Dray, The Skin Supplement You Need to Know About April 28, 2022

² Nutrients. 2024 Jan; 16(1): 100, Discussion

³ Nutrients. 2024 Jan; 16(1): 100, Dietary Niacin Intake and NMSC

⁴ N Engl J Med 2015;373:1618-1626

⁵ J Cutan Med Surg. 2022 May; 26(3): 297–308

^{6, 7, 8, 9} Cureus. 2023 Aug; 15(8): e44403

¹⁰ Nature Medicine February 19, 2024; 30: 424-434

¹¹ Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Nicotinamide

¹⁵ Clinical Trials Nicotinamide as an Early Alzheimer’s Disease Treatment (NEAT) NCT03061474

¹⁶ Cell Reports Medicine November 8, 2023

¹⁷ Nutrients. 2022 Jun; 14(11): 2219

¹⁸ JAMA Ophthalmology 2022;140(1):11-18

¹⁹ Haidut.me February 21, 2024 (Archived) 

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During a press briefing after the 79th session of the UN General Assembly on September 28, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov was asked to comment on reports about Turkey’s potential resale of the Russian-made S-400 SAM (surface-to-air missile) system.

As there are no official reports about this issue, Lavrov initially said he had no comment, but added that “each of our weapon sales agreements includes a clause on the end user certificate”, pointing out that “handling a product supplied with a certificate that states the initial recipient as an end user would require the consent of the initial seller”.

This was a clear message to Ankara that such resales without Russian consent would be illegal. It’s critically important that Turkey gets the memo, as it has the propensity to illegally resell weapons that were supplied to its military. Serbia recently had issues with this, as Ankara resold MLRS munitions it bought from Belgrade to the Kiev regime. 

Back in 2017, Russia and Turkey signed a $2.5 billion deal on the purchase of the S-400 SAM system. In response, the United States expelled Ankara from the JSF (Joint Strike Fighter) program, effectively banning the sale of troubled F-35 fighter jets.

Since then, Washington DC has been antagonizing Turkey, imposing various sanctions and restrictions, particularly on military cooperation. This includes the refusal to allow the modernization of F-16 fighter jets, leaving the Turkish Air Force technologically far behind its principal opponents in the area, particularly Greece, which kept its fleet not only up to date, but also modernized it heavily with purchases of new gear. Initially, Ankara insisted it would not give up on its S-400 systems. However, in recent months, there have been numerous reports that it’s secretly negotiating the return to the JSF program. Such deals are certainly not out of the ordinary, as Erdogan allowed Sweden to join NATO in return for F-16 modernization.

The latest reports regarding the S-400 in Turkish service suggest that the country is distancing itself from the Russian-made SAM system, including by omitting it from national air defense projects. Back in early August, reports surfaced about the so-called “Steel Dome” program designed to enhance Turkish air defense capabilities. Described as a “system of systems” as it integrates several air defense assets, the “Steel Dome” is essentially Turkey’s take on multilayered SAM systems. This includes around a dozen projects that are either in development or already in service with the Turkish military. However, the S-400 was excluded from the program, despite being by far the most capable air defense system in Ankara’s service. Back in early August, Turkish businessman and politician Cavit Caglar, who also served as the Minister of State in the early 1990s, suggested that Turkey could sell its Russian-made S-400 SAM systemsto third parties, such as India or Pakistan.

This prompted many to start speculating on how Russia would react to such a move and what implications could this have for Russian-Turkish relations. Worse yet, quoting the Turkish Cumhuriyet daily, Forbes reported that some officials suggested that the S-400 could be “put in boxes” and then “inspected” by US personnel. By the end of August, pro-government outlets such as the Daily Sabah had to resort to damage control and publish rebuffs. Namely, on August 29, Turkish officials stated that “there is no change in [their] position amid recent speculation that Ankara was keen to keep S-400 air defense missile systems in storage in return for the US lifting its ban on F-35 fighter jets”. However, when asked whether Turkey was working on the return to the JSF program and the resumption of F-35 purchases, its Defense Minister Yasar Guler said that “talks between Ankara and Washington DC continued on the matter”. This suggests that the reports aren’t entirely unfounded.

What’s perhaps most disturbing is the involvement of Victoria Nuland. Namely, earlier this year, she said that Washington DC is “open to welcoming Turkey back into the F-35 program if the issue over the S-400s is resolved”. Given the fact that she was one of the architects of the Maidan coup that installed the Neo-Nazi junta and effectively jumpstarted the NATO-orchestrated Ukrainian conflict, nothing good can come from her involvement. There’s been a lot of speculation on how exactly Ankara could return to the JSF program, including reports that the Kiev regime could get the S-400. However, one thing is certain – as long as Turkey operates the Russian-made long-range SAM system, the US is virtually guaranteed to prevent Ankara’s potential purchases of the F-35. Allowing the US/NATO to inspect the S-400 could be an alternative, but it’s highly unlikely that Moscow wouldn’t find out about such a massive breach of contract.

Despite reports that neighboring Greece supposedly already transferred its own S-300PMU1 SAM systems (one of the S-400’s direct predecessors) to the Kiev regime,  Athens is adamant this isn’t true, suggesting that the two old rivals still cherish their Russian-made air defenses, as they’re far more capable than the US/NATO-sourced systems  such as the overhyped “Patriot”.

However, since Greece already sent weapons directly to the Kiev regime, Washington DC approved the sales of the latest military tech to Athens, including the troubled F-35 fighter jets. Thus, Turkey might be desperate to match this and at least allow the US to inspect the S-400s. A possible loophole for Ankara might be to allow American inspections on Turkish territory, possibly at US bases in the country, particularly the Incirlik Air Base which is largely under USAF control (even nuclear weapons are stored there). This could be an alternative to transferring the S-400 directly to other NATO member states.

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Below is an excerpt from an article by Frank Bergman:

The vast majority of the Israeli government’s official data for Covid mRNA shot side effects has been “lost,” according to reports.

Israel’s Health Ministry failed to review 82% of reports on side effects from Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine.

The missing data was revealed in a recent official report.

State Comptroller Matanyahu Englman revealed that the Israeli Health Ministry received 345,200 reports of adverse events following the administration of the Pfizer mRNA injection.

However, only 18% of those reports were recorded in the ministry’s database.

The other 82% were “lost” due to “technical errors,” Times of Israel reported.

“The Health Ministry also failed to process an additional 33,000 reports filed by the public regarding side effects due to limited ability to analyze reports filed anonymously,” continued the report.

Click here to read the full report on Slay News.

Another article from The Times of Israel also reported:

State Comptroller Matanyahu Englman’s office released a report Tuesday criticizing the Health Ministry’s conduct during the COVID-19 pandemic, revealing that the ministry didn’t process or analyze thousands of reports it had received about various vaccine side effects.

In 2021, the Health Ministry received some 345,200 reports on side effects caused by the coronavirus vaccine, sent by hospitals and Health Maintenance Organizations, the Comptroller’s Office said, but just 18 percent of reports were accurately recorded in the ministry’s database. The other 82% of reports were lost due to technical errors and system malfunctions.

The Health Ministry also failed to process an additional 33,000 reports filed by the public regarding side effects due to limited ability to analyze reports filed anonymously. Adding to that, a lack of manpower in the ministry’s Department of Epidemiology meant that reports that contained identifying details were also unable to be reviewed and investigated.

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My Take… 

We are watching the cover-up of COVID-19 mRNA Vaccine Injuries by governments around the world, in real time.

Just like when Health Canada recently ordered all unused COVID-19 mRNA Vaccine vials to be destroyed.

Let’s look at the cover-up by the Israeli government:

• 345,200 Vaccine Injury reports filed in 2021, 82% lost (283,064)
• additional 33,000 Injury reports from 2021 not analyzed (anonymous)
• 55,000 reports that were analyzed were mild (fever, pain at injection site)
• 200 reports of menstrual changes not investigated promptly
• 275 cases of myocarditis/pericarditis – most victims were hospitalized

• No investigation of sudden or unexplained deaths

• Israel’s Health Ministry vehemently denied there was any increase in cardiac arrests.

And this is only the tip of the iceberg.

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