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Nord Stream: Europes self destruction

Nord Stream: Europes self destruction

Unless you are given to parlour games that never end, it is nearly impossible to avoid concluding that the U.S. was either directly responsible for the Nord Stream I and II sabotage or supervised those who were.

Retired US generals, admirals take top jobs with Saudi crown prince, other foreign governments

Retired US generals, admirals take top jobs with Saudi crown prince, other foreign governments

More than 500 retired U.S. military personnel including scores of generals and admirals havetaken lucrative jobs since 2015 working for foreign governments, mostly in countries known for human rights abuses and political repression, according to a Washington Post investigation.

Always opposing the last war but not the current one: notes from the edge of the narrative matrix

Always opposing the last war but not the current one: notes from the edge of the narrative matrix

Those who hate Russia the most are the ones who embody everything they claim to hate about it: they're all pro-war, pro-censorship, pro-propaganda, pro-trolling operations, and support Ukraine in banning political parties and opposition media. They are what they claim to hate.

Extraordinary intervention by Jeffrey Sachs at the Athens Democracy Forum!!!

Extraordinary intervention by Jeffrey Sachs at the Athens Democracy Forum!!!

Watch Professor Jeffrey Sachs describe the US as the most violent country in the world and then get shockingly shut down at the Athens Democracy Forum.

Gas export tax would help to fix Australia's energy crisis, says Dr Ken Henry

Gas export tax would help to fix Australia's energy crisis, says Dr Ken Henry

The dire state of Australia's domestic electricity market,and our lack of investment in renewables, has been a mess of our own making, former Treasury secretary Ken Henry has said.

The profoundly stupid narrative that nuclear brinkmanship is safety and de-escalation is danger

The profoundly stupid narrative that nuclear brinkmanship is safety and de-escalation is danger

Of all the face-meltingly stupid narratives that have been circulated about the US proxy war in Ukraine, the dumbest so far has got to be the forthcoming budget should be judged principally in terms of how well it sets us up to solve these fundamental fiscal problems facing the nation.

Australia needs an honest conversation about tax and budgets  and Jim Chalmers is ready to talk

Australia needs an honest conversation about tax and budgets and Jim Chalmers is ready to talk

Jim Chalmers is a wily operator. Ahead of delivering his first budgetnext Tuesday, he has given himself room to do the things a treasurer needs to do.

How the US military/business complex works. Jobs in Saudi for the Generals

How the US military/business complex works. Jobs in Saudi for the Generals

The government fought us for two years to keep these records a secret, said one Washington Post journalist. We sued, and won.

The market has failed to give Australians affordable housing, so dont expect it to solve the crisis

The market has failed to give Australians affordable housing, so dont expect it to solve the crisis

The federal Labor government has promised to craft anational housing and homelessness planand to fundnew social housing, returning Canberra to a field it all but abandoned for a decade. A new Productivity Commissionreportis scathing about current arrangements and calls for far-reaching change.

The flaws and fantasies of the new Biden doctrine

The flaws and fantasies of the new Biden doctrine

The US presidents new National Security Strategy is ambitious and delusional about Americas role in the world.

The non-West coalesces

The non-West coalesces

Something recently happened in Vienna, where the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries, now known as OPECPlus with the inclusion of the Russian Federation, convened for its first in-person session since 2020. It is something of epochal importance, though you will not know this if you rely solely on the reports carried in our corporate-owned media.

Terror on Crimea Bridge and Russia unleashing shockn awe

Terror on Crimea Bridge and Russia unleashing shockn awe

The western narrative of a 'losing Russia' has just been decimated by Moscow's blitzkrieg against Ukraine and its foreign-backed terror operations.

Pictures and words: The manipulative uses of images and language in Ukraine

Pictures and words: The manipulative uses of images and language in Ukraine

12 OCTOBERI have been reading for some days, mostly in independent publications whose credibility I am not in a position to assess, about what goes on in the territories Ukrainian troops have recently retaken. It seems that what ensues very quickly are violent campaigns of reprisals wherein those whose sympathies lie with Russia are called collaborators and subject to assassination or arrest.

COVID-19 border policies strengthen Japans Insular mindset

COVID-19 border policies strengthen Japans Insular mindset

From April to August 2020, Japan implemented a re-entry ban for all foreign nationals, including permanent residents, with some exceptions. This came as a shock to many who considered Japan home since they found themselves either trapped outside the country or unable to leave to see sick family members or attend funerals.

How the Wests sanctions on Russia boomeranged

How the Wests sanctions on Russia boomeranged

When President Vladimir Putin invaded Ukraine in February, he began two very different wars. One was a military conflict in which the Russian armed forces have suffered repeated defeats, from the failure of the initial invasion to the successes of the Ukrainian counter-offensive.

When will the stars shine again in Burkina Faso?

When will the stars shine again in Burkina Faso?

This is a tale from far away about tribulations and upheavals in countries adjacent to the Sahara desert. It has direct relevance to Australia in that much of the upheaval arises from the overthrow of the Libyan government in 2011 by NATO or more particularly France and the United States.

Iranian and Turkish moves to join the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation challenges US hegemony

Iranian and Turkish moves to join the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation challenges US hegemony

The SCO can further its goal of challenging the wider Western-dominated ecosystem and prevent Washington from setting the global agenda.

US rejection of Moscow's offer for peace talks is utterly inexcusable

US rejection of Moscow's offer for peace talks is utterly inexcusable

It is absolutely pants-on-head gibbering insanity that these direct negotiations are not already presently underway.

Ukraines revenge on the West

Ukraines revenge on the West

As the balance of power shifts again in Ukraine, its reverberations will impact the very unity of the EU project.

Jeffrey Sachs urges dialogue amid rising Taiwan-China tensions

Jeffrey Sachs urges dialogue amid rising Taiwan-China tensions

Jeffrey Sachs, who has been named this year's Tang Prize laureate for Sustainable Development, has urged Taiwan and China to commit to dialogue to find a peaceful resolution in the midst of rising tensions between the two sides.

How the US, not just Russia, helped bring the world closer to nuclear war

How the US, not just Russia, helped bring the world closer to nuclear war

The West has effectively been challenging Russias right to be a hegemonic power. What if the proxy US campaign in Ukraine doesnt lead to Russian regime downfall but instead to a desperate Putin using nuclear weapons?

Watch Stella Assange slap the mustache off John Bolton's war criminal face

Watch Stella Assange slap the mustache off John Bolton's war criminal face

Stella Assange just delivered a beatdown on one of her husband's persecutors that was so scorched-earth demolishing I feel like I need a cigarette after watching it.

US hanging fire on Australias nuclear subs

US hanging fire on Australias nuclear subs

High-ranking US naval official points to shipyard and labour constraints that could push delivery well beyond 2030.

How Israel practices apartheid

How Israel practices apartheid

Between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan River, Israel has built and reinforced a single regime of rule to ensure Jewish Israeli supremacy and domination over the indigenous Palestinian people, who are politically and geographically fragmented into different categories in which they have lesser, little, or no rights in comparison to Israeli Jews depending on their status (second-class citizen, subject to military rule, or refugee). This is textbook apartheid.

Jeffrey Sachs: The US or its ally may have sabotaged Nord Stream.

Jeffrey Sachs: The US or its ally may have sabotaged Nord Stream.

Why does the US star economist suspect the USA and not Russia to be behind the leaks in the gas pipelines?And what awaits the German economy now?His answers.

It's only a 'Conspiracy Theory' when the US Government  is accused of the likely sabotage of  the Nord Stream gas pipelines

It's only a 'Conspiracy Theory' when the US Government is accused of the likely sabotage of the Nord Stream gas pipelines

The western political/media class has been dismissing as conspiracy theories all claims that the US is likely responsible for last month's sabotage of the Nord Stream gas pipelines, even while levelling the exact same accusations against Russia without ever using that term. Which probably says a lot about the way that label has been used over the years, if you think about it.

We wont recognise the annexation

We wont recognise the annexation

Does any country buy Israels self-righteousness it doesnt recognise the annexation of the four provinces at a time when Israel is trying to persuade world leaders to recognise its own annexations.

Nothing's more important than avoiding nuclear war

Nothing's more important than avoiding nuclear war

Avoiding nuclear war is the single most important agenda in the world. The single most important agenda in history. It is more important than your political faction. It is more important than how Vladimir Putin makes your feelings feel. It is more important than anything else.

Peace, prosperity are ASEAN watchwords

Peace, prosperity are ASEAN watchwords

Southeast Asian nations must call out US attempts to destabilise the region with anti-China rhetoric.

Who profits from Pipeline Terror?

Who profits from Pipeline Terror?

The War of Economic Corridors has entered incandescent, uncharted territory: Pipeline Terror. A sophisticated military operation that required exhaustive planning, possibly involving several actors blew up four separate sections of the Nord Stream (NS) and Nord Stream 2 (NS2) gas pipelines this week in the shallow waters of the Danish straits, in the Baltic Sea, near the island of Bornholm.

The Palace Lunch

The Palace Lunch

Stuart Revill, then Manager of ABC London, wrote a letter to his mother-in- law, Ethel Brunton Gibb on the occasion of being invited to Buckingham Palace for lunch, c. 1978.

Memo to the Productivity Commission: fixing inequality is the key to productivity

Memo to the Productivity Commission: fixing inequality is the key to productivity

Every five years the Productivity Commission is charged with examining everything that can be done to lift Australias productivity.

US hypocrisy knows no limits on war crimes by US presidents

US hypocrisy knows no limits on war crimes by US presidents

President Bidens condemnation of Russia at the UN on Wednesday, where he claimed Russia had violated the UN Charter by invading Ukraine, a country he ludicrously said posed no threat to its larger neighbour, is epic hypocrisy coming from the leader of a country that not long ago invaded and destroyed Iraq based on a total fraudulent claim asserting that country was developing or even already had weapons of mass destruction.

In The Australian Wars, Rachel Perkins dispenses with the myth Aboriginal people didnt fight back

In The Australian Wars, Rachel Perkins dispenses with the myth Aboriginal people didnt fight back

First Nations people please be advised this article mentions colonial violence towards Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

The best journalists are persecuted and despised

The best journalists are persecuted and despised

The best western journalists are overwhelmingly despised while the worst are acclaimed millionaires. Western civilisation is built on lies, dependent on lies, powered by lies. Don't seek widespread approval. It's worthless.

The US empire is accelerating toward global conflict on two fronts

The US empire is accelerating toward global conflict on two fronts

The situation is very serious. Since 1700 three people have tried to take Moscow: Karl XII who lost his Swedish empire, Napoleon who lost his, Hitler who lost his... and now NATO / AUKUS, in which we are mindlessly participant. The US budget year begins with 830 billion for defence, 600 billion for nuclear refurbishment. Not news in Australia.

Xi and Putin vow mutual support, but military backing unlikely, analysts say

Xi and Putin vow mutual support, but military backing unlikely, analysts say

Leaders of China and Russia agree to expand cooperation in areas such as trade and agriculture, but no mention of armed forces.

Biden keeps pledging direct US war with China over Taiwan

Biden keeps pledging direct US war with China over Taiwan

The president of the United States has once again committed the US military to direct hot war with China in the event of an attack on Taiwan, a commitment that was once again walked back by his White House handlers.

What drives the Chinese Party of China to success?

What drives the Chinese Party of China to success?

Editor's note: Since its founding more than 100 years ago, the Communist Party of China has led the country in making remarkable achievements at home as well as contributing to global development and peace. Combining political theory and practice to make those remarkable achievements, the CPC has set a great example for the world. Three experts share their views on the CPC's governance philosophy with China Daily.

Vanguard behind the country's achievements

Vanguard behind the country's achievements

The past century has witnessed the Communist Party of China leading a revolution, founding the People's Republic and relentlessly pursuing economic development and social change for the better. The Chinese people have changed their fate, made great contributions to humankind, and are now on way to realising national rejuvenation.

Leadership has improved China's global standing

Leadership has improved China's global standing

China is facing the most immoral and unprecedented attacks from myriad quarters because of its ability to remove the obstacles to its economic growth at a time when almost all other countries are encountering economic downturn, which began with the global financial crisis.

Caitlin Johnstone: It's not okay for grown adults to say the Ukraine invasion was "unprovoked"

Caitlin Johnstone: It's not okay for grown adults to say the Ukraine invasion was "unprovoked"

On a recent interview with the Useful Idiots podcast, Noam Chomsky repeated his argument that the only reason we hear the word unprovoked every time anyone mentions Russia's invasion of Ukraine in the mainstream news media is because it absolutely was provoked, and they know it.

After Queen Elizabeth II's death, Indigenous Australia can't be expected to shut up. Our sorry business is without end

After Queen Elizabeth II's death, Indigenous Australia can't be expected to shut up. Our sorry business is without end

When the Queen first visited Australia in 1954, my mother almost did not get to see her.

Caitlin Johnstone: Ukraine crawling with CIA & Co

Caitlin Johnstone: Ukraine crawling with CIA & Co

The previously unthinkable idea that the U.S. is at war with Russia has been gradually normalised, with the heat turned up so slowly that the frog doesnt notice its being boiled alive.

Symon Hill: 'Who elected him' and the arrest that followed

Symon Hill: 'Who elected him' and the arrest that followed

I was arrested after asking who elected him? at the proclamation of King Charles. What other freedoms can be suppressed in the name of monarchy? Who else will be arrested under the vile Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act?

Donald Rothwell: Is Australia in danger of becoming the USs deputy sheriff in the South China Sea?

Donald Rothwell: Is Australia in danger of becoming the USs deputy sheriff in the South China Sea?

Recent comments by Defence Minister Richard Marles about Australia, China and the international law of the sea raise the spectre of Australia acting as an Indo-Pacific deputy sheriff for the United States, enforcing the rules-based international order.

Jon Richardson: NATO and Ukraine: once more into the breach

Jon Richardson: NATO and Ukraine: once more into the breach

Professor Graeme Gill has written a detailed response to my own article in P and I on NATO and the origins of war in Ukraine. I argued the latter were to be found in Russias post-imperial angst and domestic authoritarianism rather than in any threat presented by NATO expansion or Western policies.

Caitlin Johnstone: It's gross to live under the US empire and spend your time criticising Russia and China

Caitlin Johnstone: It's gross to live under the US empire and spend your time criticising Russia and China

The other day an Australian journalist was giving me a hard time for not criticising Russia and China the way I go after the US empire, calling me morally bankrupt for not criticising all governments equally. He said the ethical thing to do would be to criticise the US, but also criticise the governments the US doesn't like for balance.

Graham Maddox: The undermining of conventions on responsible government by Kerr and Morrison

Graham Maddox: The undermining of conventions on responsible government by Kerr and Morrison

The solicitor-generals response that Morrisons secret swearing of himself into five extra government portfolios was not illegal has done us no favours. On the 7.30 Report, Laura Tingle announced that Stephen Donaghues findings were not about the legality or constitutionality of the findings, although Donahues report did go on to say that the principles of responsible government are fundamentally undermined.

Ruan Zongze: US must stop sleep walking in the Taiwan Strait

Both sides of the Taiwan Strait belong to one and the same China. Taiwan is part of Chinas territory. Although the two sides have been politically against each other for a long time, Chinas state sovereignty and territorial integrity has never been split.

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