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The transformation of Russia and the scenes of war

9 min read RAFAEL POCH-DE-FELIU

RAFAEL POCH-DE-FELIU
It took them years in Moscow to understand the seriousness of the Western globalist project that envisioned a subaltern Russia with a comprador national elite subordinated to the large Western transnationals. They were slow to understand that there was no intention of recognizing "sovereignties" or private preserves of the Russian oligarchic elite derived from the traditional state control that this elite has of business, privatizations and embezzlement in the largest country in the world.

Westerners wanted unrestricted free access for their multinationals to Eurasian resources, and of course recognized no political, economic, or military "zones of influence" beyond their own hegemonic domain. Moscow's initial collaboration was seen as weakness and Putin's repeated complaints ignored for years.

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Democracy, preliminaries for the 'fitna'

3 min read EUGENIO GARCIA GASCON

EUGENIO GARCIA GASCON
The crisis of liberal democracy is rampant everywhere. In essence, it does not respond solely to a lack of leadership, but also to convictions that are increasingly deeply rooted in individuals from different layers of Western society. To this must be added the clearly reactionary values on the rise, including identity values that are at war with the rationalism that originated with the Enlightenment.

The result is a more fragile society, barely able to cope with the challenges of the times, with many people who see liberal values as unbearable oppression and seek direct confrontation with the enemy without realizing that this attitude carries risks. .

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Wait and see

3 min read XULIO RIOS

XULIO RIOS
The visit of the US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, to China has the main merit of having recovered a certain normality in the bilateral dialogue, showing that there is a relative potential for easing tensions.

It also seems to have paved the way and cleared up some unknowns regarding the bilateral performance in some upcoming summits such as the G20 in India (in September) or the APEC (in November) in the US, which stand out on the agenda of the second semester of the year

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Fifteen reasons why media employees act like propagandists

28 min read CAITLIN JOHNSTONE

CAITLIN JOHNSTONE
If you look at the Western media with a critical eye, you end up noticing how their reporting consistently aligns with the interests of the US centralized empire, much as you would expect if they were government-run propaganda outlets. That this extreme bias occurs is obvious and indisputable to anyone paying attention, but why and how it occurs is harder to see.

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Towards de-dollarization and a multipolar world

9 min read SERGIO NAVAS

SERGIO NAVAS
The dollar has lost its purpose as a “trusted global currency” and emerging powers are eager to build a less dangerous alternative. The point is not to replace the United States with China as the dominant force, but to establish multiple poles, each enjoying its significant sphere of influence.

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The US and Israel, an idyllic relationship

4 min read EUGENIO GARCIA GASCON

EUGENIO GARCIA GASCON
At the end of March, the Prime Minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, announced a moratorium on his initiative to carry out a far-reaching judicial reform, which the opposition sees as a threat to the separation of powers in democratic countries. However, the prime minister made it clear that his intention is not to back down on the controversial reform, but only to postpone his parliamentary journey for an imprecise but not too long period of time.

View of Huawei's research campus in Shenzhen, designed after several European cities. Photo: Javier García

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Investigate to survive

9 min read Javier García

JAVIER GARCIA
Few companies in the world have been as attacked from a state as the Chinese technology company Huawei has been by the United States government. Blacklisted, prevented from doing business in the US and also from importing semiconductor material with minimal US technology or components anywhere in the world. Vetoed to install their 5G networks in many countries due to pressure from Washington, unable to use Google's Android operating system on their mobile phones.

All this in the name of "national security", the new multi-purpose expression coined by Washington to twist when it suits competition on equal terms and the basic rules of the "free market" on which its entire economic system is supposedly based.

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The enemy within

8 min read CHRIS HEDGES

CHRIS HEDGES
The war industry, a state within a state, eviscerates the nation, lurches from one military fiasco to another, strips us of civil liberties, and pushes us into suicidal wars with Russia and China.
The United States is a stratocracy, a form of government dominated by the military. It is axiomatic between the two ruling parties that there must be constant preparation for war.

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The Sudan war and foreign interference

4 min read EUGENIO GARCIA GASCON

EUGENIO GARCIA GASCON
The war that broke out on April 15, due to a conflict of egos, could be complicated if the generals leading the two sides, Abdel Fattah al Burhan, supreme commander of the army, and Muhammad Hamdan Dagalo, Hemedti, head of the Rapid Support Forces (FAR) -a powerful paramilitary formation not integrated into the army- gather the support they are looking for in other countries in the area and what until now is a local conflict turns into another of a regional nature.

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Lula turns around Brazil's foreign policy

6 min read JUAN MIGUEL MUNOZ

JUAN MIGUEL MUNOZ
São Paulo
The presidency of Luis Inácio Lula da Silva celebrated its first 100 days on Monday. More than three months in which the Government is dedicated to forging pacts in a Parliament in which it lacks a majority, is very divided and with groups that are very hostile to the Labor Party (PT) and its allied parties. But there is an issue in which the dependence on parliamentary agreements is much less: foreign policy, an area in which a radical turnaround can be seen with respect to the mandate of the far-right Jair Bolsonaro. The Lula Administration resumes the tradition of advocating multilateralism and mediating initiatives.

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Tsai-McCarthy: a meeting in the electoral phase

5 min read XULIO RIOS

XULIO RIOS
Although the White House has tried to downplay the meeting by assuring that "there is nothing atypical in that the presidents of Taiwan transit through the United States or in fact meet with members of Congress", the truth is that this was the first time that a meeting of this nature has been taking place on US soil since the break in diplomatic relations in 1979. Which is certainly rare.

Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen and her predecessor Ma Ying-jeou.

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"You to Boston and I to California"

3 min read XULIO RIOS

XULIO RIOS
Chance (or not) has meant that the imminent trip of President Tsai Ing-wen to Central America, with stops in the US, coincides with that of former President Ma Ying-jeou to mainland China. In both cases, there is a strong symbolic charge, but it also highlights the political priorities of the two options that are fighting to determine the immediate future of Taiwan.