Bruce Gagnon is coordinator of the Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear Power in Space.
He offers his own reflections on organizing and the state of America's declining empire....
Friday, December 27, 2024
Report on today's Feast of the Massacre of the Holy Innocents Witness at the Pentagon
Brazilian right-wing debated BRICS as they host the 2025 conference
By Lucas Leiroz at Strategic Culture
A very important event recently took place in Brasília, the capital of the Federative Republic of Brazil. Congress members and experts gathered in a public hearing to discuss the expected role for Brazil in the context of creating a multi-polar world. The hearing marked a significant step in the Brazilian public debate on topics such as geopolitics, international relations, defense, and national development.
Called by Deputies General Pazuello and Celso Russomano, the public hearing, held on December 10th by the Committee on Foreign Relations and National Defense of the Chamber of Deputies in Brasília, addressed Brazil’s role in the BRICS group, which includes Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa, Iran, Egypt, Ethiopia, and the United Arab Emirates. The meeting featured several debaters who highlighted the importance of Brazil’s economic engagement within the bloc but also warned of the need for the country to establish its own agenda, avoiding any form of automatic alignment.
In 2025, Brazil will assume the presidency of the group, and the
global context, marked by intense ideological divisions, was highlighted
as an important factor in defining Brazil’s foreign policy priorities.
On one side are the United States and countries aligned with the West;
on the other, China, Russia, Iran, and other non-aligned nations. In
this scenario, the experts present suggested that Brazil should
focus on strengthening its position within BRICS as an economic forum,
thus taking advantage of the bloc’s initiatives to foster domestic
development and national reindustrialization.
Brazilian Deputy Luiz Philippe de Orleans e Bragança defended the positive points of BRICS, highlighting its decentralization and respect for the national sovereignty of the member countries.
He also noted that the bloc emerges at a time when the dollar has become a hegemonic currency, making it legitimate for emerging countries to challenge the dominance of the U.S. dollar by increasing the representation of their own currencies in the global market. However, the parliamentarian warned that Brazil needs to find its own agenda within BRICS, defending its interests and strengthening its institutions.
Another interesting point in Bragança’s speech was his understanding of BRICS as a new international organization with broad geopolitical scope, potentially replacing the UN. He stated that the first intention to create such an organization emerged with the Congress of Vienna and the Holy Alliance. Subsequently, the failed League of Nations and the UN took on that role.
He believes that the future of managing the geopolitical order belongs to BRICS, which will eventually replace the UN.
An important criticism raised during the hearing was the lack of investments in essential areas for national development, such as innovation, technology, infrastructure, and defense. The representative of the Navy, Commander Robinson Farinazzo, argued that Brazil has not made substantial investments in these sectors, which weakens its position within BRICS. According to him,
…the absence of a solid strategy in these areas puts Brazil as the weakest member of the bloc, transforming it into a territory of dispute rather than a country with its own assertive agenda. A similar statement was made by Professor Ricardo Cabral from the Naval War College, who highlighted Brazil’s gap in defense technology and expressed hope that solutions would be achieved alongside BRICS partners.
Other extremely important speeches were made by Rodolfo Laterza, a military analyst and president of the Brazilian Police Delegates Association, and Colonel Marco Antônio Freitas from the Brazilian Army, who is a former Defense Attaché of Brazil in Moscow. Both emphasized the opportunities for the country to participate in various BRICS multilateral cooperation projects. Special attention was given to Russo-Brazilian cooperation, with the participation of Kirill Kostin, head of the Russian organization “Smart Civilization.”
I participated in the discussions representing the BRICS Journalists Association. In my intervention, I criticized Brazil’s posture within BRICS, highlighting the need for the country to create its own vision and actively engage in the discussions within the bloc.
I explained why I believe Brazil should go beyond mere adherence to BRICS and seek ways to make the bloc more materialized, with the creation of specific organizations and forums. I argued that the country needs to create spaces for debate and events that allow Brazil to influence the group’s agenda, as other member countries already do. I elaborated on how it is essential for Brazil to build its own structure within the bloc, allowing its voice to be heard and more effective in the international arena.
Thus, the public hearing highlighted both the opportunities and challenges that Brazil faces in its relationship with BRICS. While the group offers a strategic space to strengthen economic relations, Brazil’s lack of a clear agenda could undermine the country’s position within the bloc. Active participation and the construction of an independent posture appear to be essential elements for Brazil to maximize the potential of BRICS while maintaining its independence and strengthening its own institutions.
What caught attention was the alignment of thought among Brazilian right-wing parliamentarians with the view that BRICS represents the future of the geopolitical order and is a potential substitute for the UN.
Traditionally, the Brazilian public debate on BRICS has been controlled by left-wing parties, but these institutions seem increasingly alienated from geopolitical reality, abandoning their classical principles and adhering to the agendas of the U.S. Democratic Party and the European Union.
Definitely, the hearing was an important step toward building a Brazilian vision of BRICS – certainly, new steps will be taken soon, as the country will host the next BRICS summit.
~ Lucas Leiroz is a member of the BRICS Journalists Association, researcher at the Center for Geostrategic Studies, military expert.
Thursday, December 26, 2024
US-UK run a 'ruthless empire'
Matt Kennard is an investigative journalist and author.
He was a Bertha Fellow and then Director at the Centre for Investigative Journalism in London.
While still a student journalist, Kennard exposed one of his university’s lecturers as a white supremacist, sparking an international story, and leading to the lecturer’s early retirement.
After receiving
the Guardian’s top student journalism prize, Kennard went on to
gain a masters at the Columbia University School of Journalism in New
York, where he was a Stabile investigative fellow.
Matt Kennard's book: The Racket: A Rogue Reporter vs The American Empire
How can we stand idle in the face of extermination?
In moments of great human suffering, silence is not just an absence of words—it is complicity. History has shown us the devastating consequences of indifference, and yet, here we are again, standing on the precipice of unimaginable horror in Gaza, Palestine. War crimes and genocide are not mere political events; they are acts of evil that shatter human dignity, destroy generations, and scar the conscience of humanity. And in the face of such atrocities, silence emboldens the perpetrators while forsaking the victims.
Today, United States, Europe is driven by greed, hatred, and a hunger for domination rains destruction upon innocent lives and cherished lands. Its unchecked aggression has led to the annihilation of families, the erasure of entire communities, and the desecration of sacred heritage. Hospitals, homes, schools—places that should offer sanctuary—are being turned into graves in Gaza and West Bank, Palestine, parts of Lebanon, Yemen, Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, Syria and many parts of Africa. Entire cities are reduced to rubble, and the cries of children lost to the chaos of war echo across borders.
To those who remain silent out of fear or apathy, I ask: as we witness the deliberate extermination of our fellow human beings? How can we justify our silence when it is precisely this inaction that history will judge most harshly?
Decades of propaganda, misinformation about Arabs and Muslims, weaponization of antisemitism, and the conditioning of complacency may have blurred the lines between truth and lies. But truth is not as elusive as we have been led to believe. War crimes, mass displacement, and genocide are facts, not opinions. The perpetrators like current politicians and leaders in Washington and other parts of Europe of such atrocities count on your doubt, your hesitation, and your silence to continue their campaign of destruction.
If we fail to speak out now, the consequences will extend far beyond the immediate victims of occupied Palestine. A world where genocide is tolerated, where war crimes are excused, and where accountability is a relic of the past is a world without justice or safety for anyone. The destabilization caused by such unchecked aggression has ripple effects that threaten global stability—economic systems falter, millions are displaced, and hatred becomes normalized.
Make no mistake: this is not just Palestinians fight. It is ours. When we speak out, we send a message that humanity will not tolerate evil. When we remain silent, we allow the darkness to spread. The moral cost of inaction far outweighs any risk or discomfort associated with raising our voices.
I implore you to reflect on what truly matters. Will fear keep you quiet while others perish? Or will you rise above decades of conditioning and misinformation to demand justice, to demand accountability, and to demand peace?
Speak out—through peaceful protests, social media, letters to representatives, and conversations with friends and family. Support humanitarian efforts and amplify the voices of those who cannot be heard. Every voice matters, and yours may inspire others to join this global chorus for justice.
The world cannot afford your silence. The victims of occupied Palestine cannot afford your silence. And one day, when the weight of this moment settles into the annals of history, may it never be said that you were on the side of indifference.
With hope and determination,
Human and civil rights activist
Wednesday, December 25, 2024
Holiday Prayer
I want,
whenever I want to',
is the prevailing consciousness
of the west.
Mad hatters
for sure.
The corporate
that run this
western cowboy show
don't feel they
have to care
about any consequences.
The logic of domination
and empire
is anti-life.
They are like
with a bad hand.
How do we
counter this
dark empire?
What can
one person
actually do?
We each
are an autonomous
living creature,
We must take
determined strides
on our path of resistance
becomes
our singular purpose,
like breath
and heartbeat,
every cell
focused each moment
peace,
justice,
Our community,
global this time,
surges
to re-build
the fires of light
to reverse
the darkness
I can see
your fire in the
night.
Tuesday, December 24, 2024
Biden's Final Days - The Race to Armageddon
Bruce Gagnon joins me in a wide ranging discussion beginning with Joe Biden’s final days. Bruce insists that it’s the Zionists like Tony Blinken, Jake Sullivan, and others around Biden with AIPAC on top calling the shots.
These Zionists including Obama and the Clintons are doing all they can to make this more difficult for Trump. And, segueing to Trump, Bruce points out that Trump is against BRICS because he recognizes what is happening to the US Dollar and the balance of trade and power with this emerging new world order.
With Donald Trump in office there will be the continued expansion of NATO into the Asia Pacific and the Arctic; there will be a continuation of the wars in Ukraine and the Middle East; and Trump will continue to bully the rest of the countries that do not fall in line with sanctions and tariffs.
The future for NATO and the EU does not look good and Trump will rape and pillage what is left of their industries and economy, using high LNG costs and tariffs….and all this on [so-called] friends and allies. Everyone is dispensable for America is the “one indispensable nation.”
We talked a great deal about BRICS and what it means to the rest of the world such as the Asia Pacific, Africa, S. America, and Cuba. Bruce highlighted how it is Russia in the person of Vladimir Putin who is leading this movement, betting, along with China, that not falling into the trap of irreversible escalation, the BRICS movement will ease the world into a new world order without the threat of a nuclear war. It’s a huge gamble. Will it succeed?
The Biden White House continues to escalate and cross Russia’s red lines every day with missile and drone attacks deep inside Russia. Russia is responding, but not as fast and forcefully as many hope. Bruce points out that it the USA that is bankrupt and in disarray, not Russia. He believes that Russia will force an unconditional surrender on Ukraine, the USA and NATO.
Meanwhile, China has been publicly blistering the US as the greatest cause of instability, war, and conflict in the world. People around the world are cheering on China for having made public this essential truth to the world.
I asked Bruce what Americans are feeling, thinking. Are they waking up? Are they believing in Trump and his MAGA? Who knows what Trump might be able to do, but at who’s expense.
As a life-long organizer, Bruce loves America, the people, the birds and animals too much to quit the fight. He tells people to “keep paddling,” the waters are rising. Things are changing. The system is falling apart, and it is only a matter of time before it collapses, just like the Soviet Union in the 1990’s. There are so many similarities because of the corruption and the massive debt. We don’t have a Vladimir Putin who can help [America] rise from the ashes and that’s a huge problem.
Bruce issued a blistering attack on Elon Musk, whom he calls a space colonizer, not to provide a new [space civilization] for humans, but to mine Mars and the planetary bodies for precious resources. He’ll use the money from federal government to fund this.
Finally, what is Israel’s final plan? Israel will not quit until it is completely destroyed. How much longer will the Arab populations stand by and watch Israel continue their murderous acts and land grabbing? How much longer will the Arabs continue to allow Israel to continue this move for world domination?
Is this a battle of good vs evil? Is it the celestial battle of good angels and bad angels? I offered a personal belief about religion, spirituality, and our roles as stewards of Mother Earth, the Garden of Eden, left for us by the Great Spirit, the Creator.
Brainwashing the kids
The warmongers rarely miss an opportunity to push their global domination program.
Monday, December 23, 2024
Gaza - A Children's Graveyard -- 3 Arrested!
Why must we tell our government that murdering children and conducting a genocide is wrong, against the law and a crime against humanity?
Our Resistance Solidarity included Veterans For Peace, Up-State Drone Action, Peace Action, Jewish Voice For Peace, Pax Christi NYS, Downtown Berrigan Collective - Ithaca, and Students For Justice in Palestine.
Concerned citizens of NYS dug a grave for the children of Gaza at the Federal Building in Syracuse, NY on December 9, 2024.
On December 9, 1948 the UN adopted he Conventions against genocide unanimously.
Is this what Sweden wants?
Sweden invaded Russia around 12 times in the last several hundred years. They most often lost.
They appear to be preparing to try again in another US-NATO folly.
Are the young men of Sweden really ready to sign up for this so-called 'mission'?
Are the leaders in Sweden nuts?
What are the Swedish people doing to stop this insanity from happening?
Bruce
Sunday, December 22, 2024
Remembering the 1979 South Korea coup
12.12: The Day" is a 2023 Korean Netflix blockbuster film based on a real-life incident that reshaped Asia's course.
Following the assassination of President Park in 1979, martial law was declared. On December 12th, Defense Security Commander Chun Doo-kwang led a coup, sparking a power struggle with Capital Defense Commander Lee Tae-shin amidst military chaos.
As the conflict between the two men grows, the military leaders postpone their decisions, and the Minister of Defense disappears.
In this chaos, The Seoul Spring, the democratization movement which everyone longs for, heads in an unexpected direction.
~ See the full film here
Saturday, December 21, 2024
Palestine solidarity event amidst holiday shoppers at L.L. Bean
Forty of us gathered in Freeport, Maine today (a holiday shopping mecca in our state) right in front of the famous L.L. Bean store. This was our monthly statewide coalition protest that we've been doing for a couple of years in different busy traffic areas across the state.
It was 28 degrees out and a bit windy but we braved the cold for 90 minutes due to the huge crowds on the main road thru town and the busy foot traffic on the sidewalks.
We lined up along both sides of the street in the center of the shopping district for about forty minutes and then walked slowly, single-file, down both sides of the street for several blocks and then each side of us crossed to the opposite sidewalk and walked back to the starting point.
Along the way we handed out hundreds of BDS flyers asking the public to boycott major corporations in the US that have shown big support for the zionist wars in the Middle East aimed at Palestine, Lebanon, Yemen and more recently Syria.
Is Iran the next Israel-US target for 'regime change'? The zionists must be careful because Iran can actually fight back.
When we passed by the Starbucks coffee shop we chanted 'Boycott Starbucks' repeatedly as people paused at the door and didn't enter until we passed by. I wonder how their drink tasted after that?
We closed the protest with strong words from Palestinian human rights activist Faisal Khan. (See some of his recent writings that I will put on this blog the day after Christmas.)
Our next monthly statewide protest will be in Camden, Maine (along the coast on Hwy 1) sometime in January. We don't have a date yet but will send out info soon.
Thanks to all for helping to make this a great action. We must keep coming together to call for an end to these insane genocidal zionist war$.
Bruce
Another big Ukrainian offensive coming before Trump?
Kiev will not “rush” into any agreements with Russia, Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky has said. In an interview with French news outlet Le Parisien published on Wednesday, Zelensky declared his reluctance to make concessions, either territorial or in relation to Kiev's NATO and EU ambitions, to achieve peace.
Zelensky has previously insisted that the only viable path to peace with Russia was his ten-point ‘peace formula’, which includes a complete withdrawal of Russian forces from former Ukrainian territories and the restoration of the country’s 1991 borders. Widely touted by the West, the proposal was never taken seriously in Moscow.
However, Zelensky has signaled in recent weeks that he would be willing to relinquish territorial claims if Kiev becomes a NATO member. Recent media reports have also suggested that US President-elect Donald Trump, who met Zelensky in Paris earlier this month, could persuade the Ukrainian leader to ‘freeze’ the conflict along the current line of contact and enforce negotiations between Kiev and Moscow. Trump previously pledged to end the conflict within 24 hours upon returning to the White House in January next year.
Friday, December 20, 2024
British media gloating betrays masterminds behind Kirillov’s killing
By Finian Cunningham (Strategic Culture Foundation)
The reveling by the British news media over the assassination of a top Russian general in Moscow is revealing in several ways.
First of all, it is a sickening display of wretched so-called journalism. The celebratory tone in British media outlets at the sight of Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov’s bloodied corpse lying in the snow speaks volumes of a despicable lack of respect. It says something about the depraved depth of British culture.
By comparison, the reporting of the assassination by American media outlets was relatively mundane and matter-of-fact.
Not so in Britain. The British media were almost euphoric in their reaction.
The Pentagon’s response was significant. Spokesman Patrick Ryder denied any U.S. involvement in the killing. He said the Americans were not forewarned about the assassination and he added that the United States did not support such action.
Of course, such denials should always be treated with skepticism.
However, while the Americans had the decency to remain reserved, the British were giddy in their ghoulishness.
The London Times editorial board declared that Lt Gen. Kirillov was a “legitimate target” for assassination.
The Daily Telegraph ran an oped piece by Hamish de Bretton-Gordon with the headline: “Putin’s chemical weapons henchman Kirillov was a truly evil man. He deserved to die.”
Meanwhile, the BBC blithely used the Foreign Office’s description of Kirillov as a “notorious mouthpiece for Kremlin disinformation” to convey an implicit justification for murder.
Over at the Guardian, their Russophobic reporter, Luke Harding, abandoned all pretense of journalistic standards by glorifying Ukraine’s military intelligence service (SBU) for its “success,” adding: “The agency has cemented its reputation as an outfit that administers its own form of brutal extrajudicial justice. It is an abrupt and swift form of vengeance, delivered as if from the heavens.”The Ukrainian secret services were no doubt involved. The SBU is claiming responsibility and distributing a video to Western outlets of the bombing outside the Moscow apartment block, which killed Kirillov and his assistant as they walked out of the building on Tuesday morning.
Russian security services (FSB) have reportedly arrested a 29-year-old Uzbek national who says Ukrainian agents recruited him to plant the explosive-laden scooter at the street-side doorway of Kirillov’s apartment block. The suspect says he was promised payment of $100,000 and a European passport.
That all points to the higher involvement of NATO military intelligence services in the assassination. The American CIA and Britain’s MI6 are the two principal players behind Ukraine’s military intelligence.
But the circumstances indicate that the British are the primary culprits.
In October, Britain put sanctions on Kirillov after London accused him of overseeing the use of chemical weapons on the battlefield in Ukraine, a charge that Moscow vehemently denied. The British provided no credible evidence – only hackneyed claims – and, besides, the allegation does not make sense, given that Russia is decisively winning the conflict. Why would it need to resort to using chemical weapons?
Lt Gen. Kirillov was chief of the Russian army’s Radiological, Chemical and Biological Defense Forces. His investigators had uncovered what they claimed to be a secret and illegal network of Pentagon-run biological weapons laboratories in Ukraine. The investigations provided substantive evidence that the bioweapons labs were authorized at U.S. presidential level and involved major American pharmaceutical companies. Typically, the West rubbished the claims as “Kremlin disinformation” without considering the information.
In other words, Kirillov’s work was mainly focused on interdicting NATO-run weapons of mass destruction, not on overseeing their use, as the British claimed.
Kirillov was the most senior Russian military commander to have been killed since the conflict in Ukraine erupted three years ago.
The British objective was to demonize Kirillov as a “chemical weapons henchman” and “an evil man.” That move was then followed by the Ukrainian secret services accusing the Russian general of being a “war criminal”. This week, on the day before his assassination, the Ukrainian published a death notice.
One could argue that the Americans had more motive to eliminate Kirillov than the British, given his potentially incriminating investigations into the bioweapons and the way it implicated President Biden.
But, arguably, that was not the motive behind his assassination. He was merely a high-profile target for a psychological operation.
Ukrainian opposition political figure Viktor Medvedchuk makes the important observation that Britain has taken over from the United States as the main intelligence player behind the Kiev regime. He says that the British are using the Ukrainian puppet president Vladimir Zelensky and his cronies to launder much of the U.S. and European money sent to Ukraine to end up in London’s banks.With the incoming U.S. President Donald Trump expressing concern about winding down the Ukraine conflict and cutting off the financing of the Kiev junta, Britain wants to sabotage any such initiative. It wants to prolong the conflict and the money racket.
Assassinating a senior Russian commander in Moscow is aimed at humiliating the Kremlin and provoking an escalation of the conflict in a way that scuppers any possible peace negotiations with Trump, who takes up office in four weeks.
The British media’s gloating about the murder of Igor Kirillov and his assistant Ilya Polikarpov reveals Britain’s nefarious hand.
Not only was the victim vilified and condemned, the killing was glorified. The BBC, in particular, showed a keen interest in reporting on the “deep shock” felt by Muscovites in the immediate aftermath of the deadly explosion.
The state-owned outlet opined: “People living in the area told the BBC of their deep sense of shock. Even after nearly three years since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, for many Muscovites, the war is something that is happening a long way away – something they only see on TV or on their phones. The killing of a Russian general in Moscow is a sign that this war is very real and very close to home.”
Russia has vowed to retaliate for the murder of Igor Kirillov. Zelensky and his cronies in Kiev are no doubt bracing themselves. The British werewolves of London might want to re-check their security arrangements, too.
Questions have to be asked about Russian security services. How could they be so easily penetrated only a few kilometers from the Kremlin – and not for the first time? Only last week, a senior missile scientist, Mikhail Shatsky, was shot dead in Moscow in an attack ascribed to Ukrainian secret services.
But also it should be questioned if Russia is being too soft in exacting revenge. Should the masterminds of terrorist operations beyond the puppets in Kiev not also be “legitimate targets,” as the British are so fond of saying?
Thursday, December 19, 2024
Syria turns into latest example of Libya
It did not take long for a marketplace of Horror: Syria’s Darkest Chapter
A harrowing video has emerged showcasing the depravity of those who came to power in parts of Syria, celebrating the enslavement of Yazidi, Kurdish, and Christian women. The perpetrators chained the wives of murdered “kafir” husbands and established a barbaric sex slave market, openly inviting their “brave warriors” to take what they claimed as their divine entitlement.
This gruesome display underscores the depths of human suffering inflicted in the name of ideology, where women become trophies of conquest and humanity is erased in the process.
When the West props up their pet terror factions, Zionist or neo-Ottoman under the guise of “freedom fighters in suits,” this is the reality they would rather you not see – a marketplace of depravity funded by proxy wars and imperial ambitions. The hypocrisy screams louder than their slogans, leaving a legacy of destruction far from the ideals they claim to uphold.
~ For more on Syria see Pepe Escobar's article Anarchy in the Levant here
Also read A new geo-political map is unfolding – The end of Syria (and of “Palestine” for now) by Alastair Crooke here
Who actually runs the show?
Ian Carroll explains how the deep state is an organized crime ring.
His journey into investigative journalism only took root when events such as Covid-19, the 2020 elections, and the GameStop ordeal primed him to question everything.
From the corruption of the financial system, the concentration of power in a handful of news media conglomerates, and how the whole market is built out of lies, Carroll’s passions quickly shifted away from his teaching background toward wanting to help disseminate all of the information he was independently learning with an engaged audience.
Wednesday, December 18, 2024
Bring light to these dark times
Friend Ken Jones (super sign maker) sent this from Asheville, North Carolina of his new bright sign from a bridge.
He and his partner Melody have been doing hurricane relief work in western North Carolina but still find time to keep up their Palestine solidarity efforts as well.
Now, more than ever, we must keep doing this important anti-imperialist work in support of the people living under the zionist (Israel-US-EU) bombs in Palestine, Lebanon, Yemen and Syria.
Is Iran next on the list to be bombed?
Don't let the bastards have a free reign on their genocide!
Stand up, speak out, hit the streets - do what ever you can....we must defeat this dark agenda by bringing the light!
Bruce
Ukraine war project collapse & women stop the grabbing of men for war
The overall international situation is extremely negative for Kiev. The outgoing administration of Joseph Biden promises to deliver the maximum number of weapons by January 20, 2025. However, this will clearly not be enough for a long-term war against Russia. The rhetoric of Donald Trump and his inner circle is clearly aimed at a peace agreement. Such an outcome of the conflict is a verdict for Vladimir Zelensky. Kiev has adapted to the realities of war. Ukraine’s ruling elite lives in war mode. There are no sponsors, competencies, or desire for peaceful reconstruction. The current president has no prospects outside the conflict. That is why we see attempts at escalation.
Future U.S. National Security Advisor Michael Waltz rejected the endless financial support for the AFU.
“This just, kind of, forever war that we seem to be backing into. What does success look like in line with our interests? How do we end the war? Who’s at the table? How do we drive, you know, all sides to the table, and what’s the framework for- for an agreement? Those are things that we’re thinking through with his fantastic team that he’s [president-elect] assembling,” said an associate of Donald Trump.Support for Ukraine is waning not only in the United States, but also in Europe. In the run-up to the snap parliamentary elections, the German Social Democratic Party has added to its platform a refusal to supply Kiev with Taurus missiles. The SPD is also promising voters to prevent NATO from being drawn directly into the war. The leader of the Christian Democrats, Friedrich Merz, is characterized by more aggressive rhetoric, but even he uses certain anti-Ukrainian narratives. For example, Merz has promised to drastically cut spending on aid to Ukrainian refugees in Germany. Along with the U.S., Germany is one of the main sponsors of the war in Eastern Europe.
Pope Francis also added to Vladimir Zelensky’s irritation. He prayed to the Blessed Virgin Mary for “the long-awaited peace of the Ukrainian and Russian people,” and said:
“They are brothers, cousins. May they come to an understanding! War is always defeat. Peace to the world!”The Ukrainian government views such passages as “equating the aggressor with the victim” and has previously harshly criticized the head of the Catholic Church for “pro-Russian” remarks. Pressure from the new U.S. presidential administration and changing sentiments in Western Europe are only part of Vladimir Zelensky’s problems.
Mobilization activities are facing great difficulties. Roman Kostenko, secretary of the Defense Committee of the Supreme Council of Ukraine, admitted:
“In general, there is a tendency to reduce mobilization, and we cannot allow this under any circumstances. This will be a big problem for us”.
According to him, since September 2024, the rate of conscription of citizens for military service has decreased. The Internet is flooded with videos of forced mobilization. There is no desire among conscripts to go to the front. This inevitably leads to a decrease in the combat effectiveness of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Journalist Yuriy Butusov claims that in the 155th brigade “Anna Kievskaya”, which fought near Pokrovsk (Krasnoarmeysk), deserted about 1,000 people. Almost all the deserters were forcibly mobilized on the street.
Journalist Vladimir Boyko described the transfer of reserves from the Kherson direction to Kurakhovo. Only three out of 90 people reached the front line, the rest simply scattered on the road. This situation leads to a catastrophic lack of personnel. There is no one to defend the fortifications. The statistics of criminal cases for desertion and AWOL are truly frightening for Kiev. Boyko quotes official data: in November 2024, 18,984 criminal cases were opened under these articles. For comparison: in October – 9,487, in January – 3,448. Total for the war – 114,280. That is, last month left the Armed Forces of Ukraine 5.5 times more people than at the beginning of the year. The 30 days of November 2024 accounted for more than 16% of all desertions since February 24, 2022.
Vladimir Boyko believes that the real numbers are much higher:
“If in November 2024, 19,000 reports were entered into the Unified Register of Pretrial Investigations of Ukraine, it does not mean that so many servicemen deserted. It is at most half of the real number of deserters”.
Thus, we can talk about the desertion of at least 38,000 people in November 2024. This further weakens the ability of the Ukrainian state to mobilize. It is necessary not only to make up for the losses in killed and wounded, but also to catch fugitives and replace deserters with new soldiers. In the spring of 2025, the Ukrainian army can “simply disperse,” the journalist said.
The Biden administration accuses the Ukrainian authorities of being unwilling to lower the mobilization age to 18. Kiev defends itself by claiming that the problem is not a lack of people, but a lack of weapons.
“This is not a position – this is reality. Warriors must be provided for. I personally perceive this as a desire to remove responsibility for the agreements that were previously in place,” says Ukraine’s Deputy Prime Minister Olga Stefanyshina.The presidential administration is not yet able to mobilize young people. Such a decision will eventually multiply Vladimir Zelensky’s ratings. Experts predict that Trump will demand from Kiev to hold presidential elections. In such conditions, the team of the current head of Ukraine is not ready to make unpopular decisions.
Tuesday, December 17, 2024
Who Gains From the Syrian Collapse?
Kevork Almassian, a Syrian of Armenian origin, runs a popular podcast.
He's been covering the Syrian calamity for many years.
Letter from the Hungarian Peace Forum to Viktor Orbán
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| Ukrainian SBU (secret services) HQ in Kiev |
Magyar Békekör Egyesület Hírek
The leaders of six Hungarian social and political organizations have written to Prime Minister Viktor Orbán suggesting that they use social-state cooperation to support the government’s peace policy against American, European and domestic circles committed to the war.
The leaders of the Forum for Peace movement, Hungarian Peace Circle, Hungarian Workers’ Party, Association for the Rule of Law, Hungarian Anti-Fascist League, Conquest 2000, Go Hungarians for a Better Future, are watching with concern the efforts of pro-war forces to undermine the position of the pro-peace Hungarian government.
They asked the Prime Minister for a personal meeting to come up with political proposals to secure a mass base essential for the success of peace policy amid the escalation of the conflict.
They see missile attacks on Russia, Russia’s response to them and plans to send NATO troops to Ukraine as warning signs.
The success of our international peace diplomacy depends largely on its domestic support. The peace of the country could be endangered if the pro-war parties succeeded in inciting the people against the policy of peace! In order to avoid this, measures are called for to alleviate the worsening livelihood problems and against the perversities that undermine people’s sense of justice.
In their letter, the leaders of the six organizations of the Peace Forum mention a joint socio-state peace demonstration and indicate their readiness to cooperate with the government to broaden the mass base of peace policy and to establish a just and lasting peace.
Reklámok
Monday, December 16, 2024
Impeach Yoon rally on Jeju Island
'Hammer and Blade' (by Cho Seong-il) at Yoon Seok-yeol Impeachment Rally on Jeju Island, South Korea
Romania: Coup d’État, Instigated by the EU
Europe is ever faster on a course of self-destruction
By Peter Koenig
Europe is on a fast, very fast descent into darkness, followed by disappearance. Europe, especially the European Union (EU), is a Washington construct. To be sure, the EU never was a European idea. That is a different story. But is a fact.
Presidential elections were held in Romania on 24 November 2024. A second round was to be held on 8 December 2024, as no candidate achieved an absolute majority. The top runner, Calin Georgescu’s made a surprise first round win, with almost 23%, compared to the leftist candidate, Elena Lasconi, with about 19.2%, while the current Social Democrat Prime Minister, Marcel Ciolacu, received 19.15%.
A run-off election was planned for Sunday 8 December.
But it did not happen. Because Romania’s Constitutional Court canceled the elections of 24 November 2025. A specific reason was not given, only that the elections were not fully held by the norms of Romanian legality, and citing the usual – “suspected Russian interference.”
Mr. Georgescu, highly popular with the people, is likely to have won the run-off. He is against Romania’s current pro-NATO position and against squandering more money for Ukraine, for more killing in an endless war – Romanian tax-money that Romania could put to much better internal use. Mr. Calin Georgescu’s position was also pro-Russian and against sanctioning Russia.
Obviously, this displeased Brussels, especially the WEF and Washington mandated unelected Madame Von der Leyen. So, very-very likely the EC coerced the Romanian Constitutional Court to annul the first election, ordering them to repeat the full election cycle, at a later date. Meaning, there will be time enough to prepare election manipulation (fraud), so that a pro-western, and pro-NATO candidate may win.
This may backfire, as this Constitution Court decision comes as a slap in the face of most of the Romanian people, even those who did not vote for Georgescu. They may go all out and vote for him in the next elections.
On Friday, 7, December, Georgescu, is quoted by Realitatea TV, as saying, “The corrupt system in Romania showed its true face by making a pact with the devil.” He added that the current Romanian government is afraid of losing power and facing revelations, which were not further elaborated on. But one can only guess in what direction such revelations may have gone.
Of course this was countered by well-prepared western media outlet lies, such as, “Declassified information from Romania’s intelligence agencies had alleged that the sudden rise of Georgescu in the first round of the election was “not a natural outcome.”
This was a clear Coup d’État, most likely by the very organization of which Romania is a member – the EU.
Understanding Europe’s corrupt and scandalous colonial and exploitational history, makes such non-ethical behavior even more understandable.
Europe has never confronted herself with her own history, to the contrary, by their, to this day assumed superiority, most Europeans have not even noticed, how they were being used as a tool for the US, to eventually dominating Russia. So far it has not worked. And it will never work. Russia and her riches, have never been dominated – and will never be dominated.
This goes as far back as the two World Wars, both inspired by Washington with the same objective, overrunning and domineering Russia. WWII, engineered at the orders of Washington, was shamelessly financed by the Federal Reserve via the Bank for International Settlement (BIS), conveniently located in Basle, Switzerland, close to the border to Germany.
The first President of the BIS was Mr. Gates McGarrah. He was a former director of the FED New York, and later was appointed as FED New York Chairman of the Board, before he became President of the BIS. In 1924, he was appointed as the American director of the general Council of the German Reichsbank, i.e., German Central Bank.
There are no coincidences.
And again, as usual, Washington always dances on several weddings at once: Fighting against Hitler’s Germany as a Russian ally, and simultaneously funding Hitler’s war against Russia.
Today, the Rothschild controlled BIS is also called the Central Bank of Central Banks, controlling more than 90% of the worldwide monetary flow, and except for some minor central banks, is in control of them all, including the Chinese and the Russian central banks.
The colonial times of Europe have become part of the European culture. Even though African and Latin American colonies have been “liberated”, in Africa in the 1950s’and 1960’s, and in Latin America in the 19th Century – none of those so called “independent countries” is really free. They are all under modern financial and economic colonization, alias, exploitation, predominantly by Europe in Africa, and by the US (the former British Empire having moved across the Atlantic) in Latin America.
Case in point is France with the most shameless exploitation of their 14 former “official” French colonies, through the so-called Franc CFA (Communauté Financière Africaine, i.e. “African Financial Community” in English).
The currency is “guaranteed” (controlled) to the tune of some 80% by the Banque de France. So, these countries still do not have any autonomy of deciding over the economy by adjusting their currencies, as would be normal for most other countries (except for those attached to the Euro).
Many West African governments who have instigated movements for monetary independence, did not survive for long. [An example was] Thomas Sankara, former Prime Minister of Burkina Faso, who was assassinated in 1987, after serious attempts of achieving financial and monetary autonomy for all French colonies.
In some philosophies, the rapid descent of Europe into oblivion, would be called “karma”. The faster the EU collapses, the better off will be countries like Romania, Hungary, and many others, who so far do not dare pronouncing themselves, due to potential “consequences”.
Viva Neutrality and Sovereignty!
~ Peter Koenig is a geopolitical analyst and a former Senior Economist at the World Bank and the World Health Organization (WHO), where he worked for over 30 years around the world. He is the author of Implosion – An Economic Thriller about War, Environmental Destruction and Corporate Greed; and co-author of Cynthia McKinney’s book “When China Sneezes: From the Coronavirus Lockdown to the Global Politico-Economic Crisis”. Peter is a Research Associate of the Centre for Research on Globalization (CRG). He is also a non-resident Senior Fellow of the Chongyang Institute of Renmin University, Beijing.
Sunday, December 15, 2024
Big brave Army General has proxies do America's fighting.....
Major General Lawrence G. Ferguson (USA)
Commanding General
1st Special Forces Command (Airborne)
H-3531 9th Infantry Street (Stop A), Fort Liberty, North Carolina
The US trains, arms, directs foreign proxies to do its fighting. Then threatens nuclear war if anyone suggests these big bad Green Berets (who lost badly in Vietnam and Afghanistan) ought to do their own fighting.
Note how he says his troops have been inside Ukraine since the US orchestrated coup in 2014. What does that tell you?
Saturday, December 14, 2024
Fascist Prez Yoon impeached in South Korea
South Korea’s National Assembly voted to impeach President Yoon Suk Yeol on Saturday, suspending him from office after his stunning declaration of martial law earlier this month caused widespread outrage and plunged the country into a constitutional crisis.
With the impeachment vote, Mr. Yoon has been suspended from office. Under South Korea’s Constitution, Prime Minister Han Duck-soo will step in as interim leader.
The impeachment motion against Yoon passed 204-85, with three abstentions and eight invalid ballots, after all 300 members of the Assembly cast their votes.
K. J. Noh writes: Yoon's impeachment is simply the first step.Yoon could have resigned. That would have resulted in a new election in 90 days. That would mean the opposition DP would get into power, and it would likely dismantle most of the Obama-Biden plans to turn South Korea into a staging ground and war zone against China.First, the constitutional court, which will adjudicate Yoons' removal is vacant 3 of its 9 seats. It needs a quorum of 7 to even take the case, and 6 justices to vote in favor. 3 of the current judges are Yoon appointees.Second, even if the court can agree on new judges, it's unclear who would do the appointing (traditionally, the president approves the appointments).Then, once fully seated, it can take up to 180 days to deliberate. It could clear him of charges, or uphold them. That's a 50-50 proposition. If upheld, snap elections would be held in 90 days.
What's also prominent about the impeachment protests is that young women in their 20s and 30s take up a significant portion of the participation.
What's motivating them to take the lead in these street rallies?
Young women are stealing the spotlight at the protests calling for the impeachment of President Yoon Suk Yeol. A noticeably large number of female protesters can be seen in the crowds, many of them passionately waving their LED light sticks in the air.
"I do not want to see the country fall because of a few incompetent people."
Follow the blood money....
The global corporate mafia at work once again.
The western loaded gun is being pointed at many heads around the world as the desperate reigning oligarchs fear they are losing control and have reached for the only thing they really know - create chaos.
They don't care about the people, the land, the air, the water, or the sky above us. They are blinded with the sickness of the 'Green Frog Skin' which is the now fading dollar bill.
Beware where you get your information and keep paddling.
Bruce














