Epic Foolery: in dire straits
By Nat South Graphic: natsouth How a strategy failure left the Strait of Hormuz empty and the U.S. in dire straits The Strait of Hormuz is often described as the world's most important oil transit chokepoint. A key global maritime chokepoint, it is a narrow strip of water separating Iran from the Arabian Peninsula, through...
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By Nat South Graphic: natsouth How a strategy failure left the Strait of Hormuz empty and the U.S. in dire straits The Strait of Hormuz is often described as the world's most important oil transit chokepoint. A key global maritime chokepoint, it is a narrow strip of water separating Iran from the Arabian Peninsula, through...
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LULA and Petro at the CELAC Summit
US wants ‘to colonize us again’ – Lula to Latin American leaders Brazil’s president has slammed the US kidnapping of Nicolas Maduro and the oil blockade of Cuba. Reported by RT The Bogota summit highlighted CELAC’s current limitations, significantly weakened by ideological divisions and polarization among the governments of its member countries. Although leaders from...
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US wants ‘to colonize us again’ – Lula to Latin American leaders Brazil’s president has slammed the US kidnapping of Nicolas Maduro and the oil blockade of Cuba. Reported by RT The Bogota summit highlighted CELAC’s current limitations, significantly weakened by ideological divisions and polarization among the governments of its member countries. Although leaders from...
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MOATS : George Galloway - 48 HOURS | Day 23 | Trump Hormuz deadline | Energy ‘obliteration’ threat | Missiles pound Israel
Day 23 and the clock is ticking. Donald Trump issues a deadline over the Strait of Hormuz, warning of “energy obliteration” as missiles continue to pound Israel and the risk of a full scale regional war intensifies. The world’s most critical shipping lane is now at the centre of the crisis. Tonight George Galloway breaks...
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Day 23 and the clock is ticking. Donald Trump issues a deadline over the Strait of Hormuz, warning of “energy obliteration” as missiles continue to pound Israel and the risk of a full scale regional war intensifies. The world’s most critical shipping lane is now at the centre of the crisis. Tonight George Galloway breaks...
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Cuban oil blockade
By Nat South The embargo on Cuba by the U.S. has long running geopolitical struggle in the Western Hemisphere. One recent aspect of specifically targeting maritime energy transport has created a critical chokehold on the island. First, it was the blockade of Venezuelan oil tankers since December 2025, then the imposition of additional tariffs on...
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By Nat South The embargo on Cuba by the U.S. has long running geopolitical struggle in the Western Hemisphere. One recent aspect of specifically targeting maritime energy transport has created a critical chokehold on the island. First, it was the blockade of Venezuelan oil tankers since December 2025, then the imposition of additional tariffs on...
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What is better? AI Slop or Trump Slop?
Professor Marandi says: Seyed Mohammad Marandi @s_m_marandi · 3h There are no direct or indirect talks taking place with the Trump regime. Trump simply backed down. Trump is telling this beautiful story to his press this morning, including that he might manage the Strait of Hormuz together with the Ayatollah. Taking the clips from RT...
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Professor Marandi says: Seyed Mohammad Marandi @s_m_marandi · 3h There are no direct or indirect talks taking place with the Trump regime. Trump simply backed down. Trump is telling this beautiful story to his press this morning, including that he might manage the Strait of Hormuz together with the Ayatollah. Taking the clips from RT...
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Prof. Jeffrey Sachs : Iran War is the End of US Hegemony
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"This conflict will set back the global trade and economic system for years"
Russian Presidential Assistant Nikolai Patrushev on the situation in the Middle East and beyond Interview with Kommersant The situation around Iran, against which the United States and Israel have launched a full-fledged war, remains extremely tense. The consequences of the confrontation are being felt far beyond the Middle East. Kommersant's special correspondent Elena Chernenko asked...
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Russian Presidential Assistant Nikolai Patrushev on the situation in the Middle East and beyond Interview with Kommersant The situation around Iran, against which the United States and Israel have launched a full-fledged war, remains extremely tense. The consequences of the confrontation are being felt far beyond the Middle East. Kommersant's special correspondent Elena Chernenko asked...
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Pepe Escobar with Glen Diesen : Iran's Strategy of Attrition Warfare
Recorded right after TACO on hitting Iran's power plants. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bzy0p_FeW30&t=652s
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Recorded right after TACO on hitting Iran's power plants. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bzy0p_FeW30&t=652s
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Pepe Escobar : The infernal escalation machine
The death cult in West Asia strikes South Pars, part of the world’s largest gas field, shared with Qatar’s North Dome. Then it strikes Natanz nuclear power station. Strategic Culture Red line after red line broken in sequence. The architecture of an infernal escalation machine – with no way out – is unforgiving. The death...
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The death cult in West Asia strikes South Pars, part of the world’s largest gas field, shared with Qatar’s North Dome. Then it strikes Natanz nuclear power station. Strategic Culture Red line after red line broken in sequence. The architecture of an infernal escalation machine – with no way out – is unforgiving. The death...
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Michael Hudson : This time the U.S. attack on Iran will be for real – and for keeps
First of all,the Strait of Hormuz has remained open. Iran is letting ships from India, Japan and other countries use it. So there is no need to “liberate” it. That’s not what the imminent U.S. attack is about. And it’s certainly not about Iran seeking an atomic “weapon of mass destruction.” That’s been the cover...
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First of all,the Strait of Hormuz has remained open. Iran is letting ships from India, Japan and other countries use it. So there is no need to “liberate” it. That’s not what the imminent U.S. attack is about. And it’s certainly not about Iran seeking an atomic “weapon of mass destruction.” That’s been the cover...
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The War on Iran Comes to the Indian Ocean - The Fifth Asia Newsletter
Tricontinental Asia Featured image: Gulam Mohammed Sheikh (India), Whose World, Mappamundi, 2017. Dear friends, On 4 March, two days after the United States and Israel attacked Iran, killing Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and hundreds of others, including over 170 children in a strike on a girls’ school, US nuclear submarine USS Charlotte torpedoed and sank an...
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Tricontinental Asia Featured image: Gulam Mohammed Sheikh (India), Whose World, Mappamundi, 2017. Dear friends, On 4 March, two days after the United States and Israel attacked Iran, killing Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and hundreds of others, including over 170 children in a strike on a girls’ school, US nuclear submarine USS Charlotte torpedoed and sank an...
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Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s opening remarks at a meeting of Alexander Gorchakov Public Diplomacy Fund’s Board of Trustees,
Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s opening remarks at a meeting of Alexander Gorchakov Public Diplomacy Fund’s Board of Trustees Colleagues, I am pleased to welcome all members of the Board of Trustees of the Alexander Gorchakov Public Diplomacy Fund to this meeting. Before we begin, I would like to thank all Board members for their help...
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Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s opening remarks at a meeting of Alexander Gorchakov Public Diplomacy Fund’s Board of Trustees Colleagues, I am pleased to welcome all members of the Board of Trustees of the Alexander Gorchakov Public Diplomacy Fund to this meeting. Before we begin, I would like to thank all Board members for their help...
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All wars are resource wars
From the typewriter of Periol Additional Links https://climateandsecurity.org/2017/01/chronology-of-the-u-s-military-and-intelligence-communitys-concern-about-climate-change/ https://scientificmagz.blog/ghawar-oil-field-drying-up https://carnegieendowment.org/russia-eurasia/research/2026/03/russia-oil-situation-assessment https://nationalsecurityzone.medill.northwestern.edu/archives/oilchangeproject/how-do-we-protect-the-flow-of-oil/index.html
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From the typewriter of Periol Additional Links https://climateandsecurity.org/2017/01/chronology-of-the-u-s-military-and-intelligence-communitys-concern-about-climate-change/ https://scientificmagz.blog/ghawar-oil-field-drying-up https://carnegieendowment.org/russia-eurasia/research/2026/03/russia-oil-situation-assessment https://nationalsecurityzone.medill.northwestern.edu/archives/oilchangeproject/how-do-we-protect-the-flow-of-oil/index.html
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Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur oPt
Francesca has her new report out. In Gaza, #WestBank & East Jerusalem, Palestinians are subjected to a continuum of suffering - @FranceskAlbs denounces torture of Palestinians, says it extends beyond Israeli prison walls. “There is no refuge. No safe place to exist.” @UN_HRC #HRC61https://t.co/9IBBWMCF9C pic.twitter.com/QRRsh53y6j— UN Special Procedures (@UN_SPExperts) March 23, 2026 Francesca calls it...
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Francesca has her new report out. In Gaza, #WestBank & East Jerusalem, Palestinians are subjected to a continuum of suffering - @FranceskAlbs denounces torture of Palestinians, says it extends beyond Israeli prison walls. “There is no refuge. No safe place to exist.” @UN_HRC #HRC61https://t.co/9IBBWMCF9C pic.twitter.com/QRRsh53y6j— UN Special Procedures (@UN_SPExperts) March 23, 2026 Francesca calls it...
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Michael Hudson : The need for a systemic response by creating a new international economic order
This is a logical continuation of this short essay by Dr. Hudson: It is in fact Dr Hudson's answer to the problems that he highlighted: Michael Hudson : This time the U.S. attack on Iran will be for real – and for keeps These two essays is equal to having a personal discussion with Dr...
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This is a logical continuation of this short essay by Dr. Hudson: It is in fact Dr Hudson's answer to the problems that he highlighted: Michael Hudson : This time the U.S. attack on Iran will be for real – and for keeps These two essays is equal to having a personal discussion with Dr...
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China unveils full-process demonstration of Atlas drone swarm operations system
This has taken the Internet by storm. China does it Bigger! An official media report on Wednesday offered the first full-process demonstration of China's Atlas drone swarm operations system. A military affairs expert told the Global Times that the system not only showcases expanding battlefield applications for drone swarms, but also reflects rapid advances in...
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This has taken the Internet by storm. China does it Bigger! An official media report on Wednesday offered the first full-process demonstration of China's Atlas drone swarm operations system. A military affairs expert told the Global Times that the system not only showcases expanding battlefield applications for drone swarms, but also reflects rapid advances in...
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Alastair Crooke : As the wheels come off the Iran conflict, it compels the decision: ‘Where do we stand?’
Americans urgently need to discuss how to recover the elements that could lead to a recovery of a state governed by Americans’ own interests. Strategic Culture Western propaganda machinery – the West’s most powerful strategic weapon – has repeatedly asserted that U.S. forces have been winning a swift and sweeping victory over Iran. In tandem,...
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Americans urgently need to discuss how to recover the elements that could lead to a recovery of a state governed by Americans’ own interests. Strategic Culture Western propaganda machinery – the West’s most powerful strategic weapon – has repeatedly asserted that U.S. forces have been winning a swift and sweeping victory over Iran. In tandem,...
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Richard Wolff & Michael Hudson: US Dominance Is Crumbling… Here’s Why Iran Matters
With Nima Alkorshid of Dialogue Works https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nrbBoO9ehUE
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With Nima Alkorshid of Dialogue Works https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nrbBoO9ehUE
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Iran – Trump – Strait of Hormuz – Who is the “Bad Guy”?
By Peter Koenig “Let me get one thing straight: Egypt charges $200,000 to $700,000 per transit through the Suez Canal. Large container ships or tankers can exceed $1 million. Panama charges $100,000 - $450,000 per transit. Large Neopanamax vessels cost up to $500,000 to transit the Panama Canal. Turkey charges fees for the Bosphorus Strait. Canada charges fees for the...
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By Peter Koenig “Let me get one thing straight: Egypt charges $200,000 to $700,000 per transit through the Suez Canal. Large container ships or tankers can exceed $1 million. Panama charges $100,000 - $450,000 per transit. Large Neopanamax vessels cost up to $500,000 to transit the Panama Canal. Turkey charges fees for the Bosphorus Strait. Canada charges fees for the...
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Pepe Escobar: New World Busy Being Born While Old One is Busy Dying
The 15-point plan that Team Trump presented to Iran is already D.O.A. It’s an imposed capitulation: a surrender document disguised as “negotiation”. The non-plan plan – imposing demands while begging for a one-month ceasefire - includes zero uranium enrichment on Iranian soil; full dismantlement of Natanz, Isfahan and Fordow installations; all enriched uranium out of...
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The 15-point plan that Team Trump presented to Iran is already D.O.A. It’s an imposed capitulation: a surrender document disguised as “negotiation”. The non-plan plan – imposing demands while begging for a one-month ceasefire - includes zero uranium enrichment on Iranian soil; full dismantlement of Natanz, Isfahan and Fordow installations; all enriched uranium out of...
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