CHINA SAYS NO TO TRUMP – DRAGO BOSNIĆ & MICHEL CHOSSUDOVSKY
by Lux Media [4-19-2025 published]. (Michel Chossudovsky is an award-winning author, Professor of Economics (emeritus) at the University of Ottawa, Founder and Director of the Centre for Research on Globalization (CRG), Montreal, Editor of Global Research. He has traveled in & studied China since the 1980s and provides many insights about China’s history and especially…
Pepe Escobar: The Shanghai Spirit – China Will Take No Bullying
by Pepe Escobar [4-21-2025 published] Pepe Escobar(bio). SHANGHAI – There could not be a more strategic place to spend these past Trump Tariff Tizzy (TTT) heady days than in Shanghai – China’s trade, commercial and cultural capital. From the top of the Jin Mao tower in the world class Lujiazui financial district in Pudong, an…
Trump wants a deal. Putin wants victory. Ukraine will get what it deserves
by Sergey Poletaev [4-21-2025 published]. With Europe arming Ukraine and US elites pushing escalation, peace may be the one thing Washington can’t allow. The Easter ceasefire has come and gone, with Russia and Ukraine trading accusations over thousands of violations as fighting resumes across the front lines – yet another reminder of how difficult it…
Dollar nosedives to three-year lows
by RT [4-21-2025 published]. The US currency has been under pressure from President Trump’s tariff policy and his standoff with the Federal Reserve chairman. The US dollar tumbled to a three-year low on Monday as market jitters mounted over US President Donald Trump’s tariff war and his escalating disagreement with Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell.…
Peter Hanseler: Everything is possible – unfortunately
by Peter Hanseler [4-19-2025 published]. The situation in this world is becoming increasingly muddled and unpredictable. Trump has misjudged the Chinese, Putin is not backing down and Iran is too big a chunk for the Americans. In addition, there is historic instability in the financial markets. Introduction We sent greetings at the end of 2024…
Sergey Lavrov: Incomprehensible how EU openly willing to resume Nazi ideology
by TASS [4-20-2025 published]. The European Union’s intention to establish a coalition on sending troops to Ukraine demonstrates a superiority intention, the Russian Foreign Ministry said. MOSCOW, April 20. /TASS/. The European Union is openly willing to resume the European Nazi ideology, Russian Foreign Ministry Sergey Lavrov said commenting on threats to leaders of countries…
Larry Johnson: US Inching Towards a Deal With Iran
by Larry C. Johnson [4-19-2025 published] Larry C. Johnson(bio). Donald Trump’s envoy leading the negotiations with Iran, Mr. Steve Witkoff, is behaving like a Olympic gymnastics gold medalist, performing an amazing series of verbal backflips. A week ago, he appeared prepared to accept a cap on Iranian uranium enrichment. Then, by mid-week, he put out…
Scott Ritter & Garland Nixon – EU Furious Over Everything; Ukraine; Iran; Nuclear Issues; Russia; Middle East; China; Diplomacy; Trump; Multipolar; Nazi Problems; NATO
by Garland Nixon [4-17-2025 published] Scott Ritter(bio), Garland Nixon(bio). (This is a wide ranging discussion between Garland & Scott that focuses on the fast paced negotiations surrounding Ukraine, Iran, EU, Russia, China, US & Trump. It looks like Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff is willing to listen to & understand Russia’s concerns & requirements for…
Eurofascism is Moscow’s and Washington’s common enemy, just like 80 years ago
by Russian MFA (Ministry of Foreign Affairs) [4-19-2025 published]. (Maybe we should be paying attention to history that many would like to ignore? – RAD) A hind-sight study of Western states’ policies attests to Europe’s “traditional propensity” for various forms of totalitarianism which regularly produces cataclysmic global conflicts. Specialists believe that the current rift in…
Former CIA analyst Larry Johnson: Russians to take Kyiv, Sumy, and Odesa before conflict ends
by Pravda [4-17-2025 published] Larry C. Johnson(bio). Russian forces will take Kyiv, Sumy, and Odesa before the conflict in Ukraine ends, former CIA analyst Larry Johnson said in an interview with the YouTube channel Deep Dive. “I believe that in the end, they will take everything: Dnipro, Sumy-they will even take Kyiv and Odesa before…
Scott Ritter: Rubio’s Threats to Quit Ukraine Peace Talks Look Like Sabotage
by Sputnik [4-18-2025 published] Scott Ritter(bio) Marco Rubio warned Friday that the US could walk out of the Ukrainian peace process if progress is not made “within days.” A day earlier, Volodymyr Zelensky accused Trump Ukraine envoy Steve Witkoff of “spreading Russian narratives,” and claimed Witkoff has no “mandate…to speak about Ukrainian territories.” The US…