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Category Archives: china rising

The global tyrant

25 Aug

A few snippets from Caitlin today: People tell me, “If you lived in Russia or China you’d be thrown in prison for talking the way you do.”  If I lived in Russia or China I’d still be focusing all my … Read More »

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Russia’s banking system and the West’s

10 Aug

For some time I’ve been hammering away at the point that China’s capitalists are subordinate to the state, while in the West the reverse applies. My aim is not to counter mainstream media propaganda, predictably immense and ceaseless; upmarket no … Read More »

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The most effective propaganda is subtle

19 Jul

This morning I read two short pieces before I’d even had coffee. The first, in the Daily Express – Londoner speaks out after stunning Just Stop Oil zealot into silence with ingenious offer –  opened with this: A London commuter … Read More »

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On Russia leaving the neoliberal West

21 Apr

Earlier this week I promised: … three discussions which progressively widen the focus: from Alex Mercouris on Kiev’s much heralded spring counter-offensive, through Brian Berletic on strategic aspects of Washington’s war on Russia, to Michael Hudson and Radhika Desai on … Read More »

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War over Taiwan? A gorgeous stupidity!

17 Apr

Most hawks have no military experience, much less in combat, and seem pathologically aggressive: Bolton, Pompeo, Biden, Nulan, Rubio. Like spoiled children whom they closely approximate, they will throw hissy fits if they don’t get their way. Here I am … Read More »

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WW3? A matter of chips freedom!

12 Apr

“Through their own words,  sang Sinead O’Connor in The Emperor’s new clothes, “they shall be exposed.”   It’s sadly the case that the overwhelming majority of Westerners still have not caught on to the truth – once seen, never unseen – that … Read More »

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Debt forgiveness: a lesson in our time

9 Apr

While taking on the belligerent idiocy of the Observer’s Simon Tisdall two weeks ago, I blamed his elephant-in denialism – and that of his employer and corporate mass media at large – re the existence of the US Empire. The … Read More »

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Is Beijing paranoid?

7 Apr

See Caitlin’s post today, April 7 2023 – The West Has Been Planning To Crush China For A Very Long Time * * *

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“Because I’ve got a brain!”

15 Mar