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American Elections Cannot End the Wars That Corporate Power Requires
The United States has not suspended intelligence sharing with Ukraine, the war in Ukraine is a proxy war against Russia that began in 2014 and continues to escalate, and the midterm elections are scripted performances designed to prevent the public from recognising the corporate interests that actually determine policy Editorial Analysis | October 2026 The… Continue reading
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The Abandonment of Ukraine That Never Was
The narrative of US withdrawal from Ukraine is a mechanism for forcing Europe to pay for and fight a proxy war that serves American interests, while the arms industry collects the profits and the working class bears the costs Editorial Analysis | October 2026 The narrative that the United States is abandoning Ukraine has been… Continue reading
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How the United States Is Using Proxies to Destroy the AI Infrastructure of Its Rivals
The strikes on Yandex facilities in Russia reveal a strategic campaign to degrade the technological foundations of multipolar competitors while the Atlantic alliance fractures and the diesel deal buys time for further aggression Editorial Analysis | October 2026 The United States is directing Ukrainian drone strikes on Russian data centres as part of a systematic… Continue reading
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Is the US Insurgency Strategy Against Iran Now in Play?
How Brookings’ Which Path to Persia? envisaged support for armed opposition and what the escalating insurgency in Sistan and Baluchestan reveals about the wider campaign against Tehran. Editorial Analysis | October 2026 The escalation of armed violence in Sistan and Baluchestan during 2026 corresponds precisely to a strategic option formally examined in the Brookings Institution’s… Continue reading
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Social Unrest in Europe: A Revolt of the Excluded
From Madrid to Berlin, from Paris to Rome, the working classes of Europe are rising against austerity, housing speculation, and a war economy that serves an oligarchy while demanding their sacrifice Editorial Analysis | October 2026 A wave of social unrest is sweeping across Western Europe, from the housing protests in Spain triggered by the… Continue reading
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The Generals in Kiev: Die for the Alliance, But Don’t Ask to Join
NATO alliance’s top military body visited Ukraine to show solidarity while the US says membership that would require them to defend Ukraine is “not on the table” Editorial Analysis | October 2026 The NATO Military Committee’s visit to Kiev on 7 October 2026, the first such visit in eight years, constitutes a strategic communication exercise… Continue reading
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How the White House Sold a Pyramid Scheme to the American People
The billionaires who gathered at the White House signed a non-binding promise to police themselves, while their data centres drain the water and electricity of American towns and their AI models replace the jobs of American workers Editorial Analysis | October 2026 The White House gathering on 29 September 2026 brought together the most powerful… Continue reading
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When China Challenged Western Human Rights Criticism at the United Nations
Beijing rejected accusations over its human rights record and turns scrutiny back on Britain, Australia, Canada, Japan and other Western governments General Article | October 2026 China mounted a forceful response at the United Nations on October 5, 2026, after the United Kingdom, Australia, Japan, Ireland, Czechia and Lithuania criticised China’s human rights record during… Continue reading
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The Cannibal Economy
How the US is converting civilian industry to arms production and draining its clients to sustain primacy Editorial Analysis | October 2026 The United States has entered a phase of imperial decline in which the strategies employed to sustain global primacy are themselves accelerating the erosion of the material foundations upon which that primacy rests.… Continue reading
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Putin Warns of Nuclear Risk and ‘Digital Totalitarianism’ in Marathon Valdai Address
Regarding the conflict in Ukraine, now approaching its fifth year, Putin reiterated that Russia’s objectives are rooted in security concerns rather than territorial ambition MOSCOW – Russian President Vladimir Putin delivered a sweeping indictment of Western policy and a stark warning about the future of artificial intelligence during a more than three-hour address at the… Continue reading
