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MOATS George Galloway: STINKING SHIP | Day 170 | Abe Lincoln mutiny | Trump denies | Drone wars | Indonesia earthquake Donald Trump is facing a deepening crisis as the United States remains locked in confrontation with Iran and the consequences of war continue to reverberate across the Middle East. Tonight on **The Mother of All Talk Shows**, George Galloway asks where America goes from here — and whether Trump's ship is beginning to sink.  **Journalist... 🔗 Read More

Transcript : Michael Hudson and Glen Diessen - When Allies Become Assets https://michael-hudson.com/2026/08/when-allies-become-assets/ There is a plan. And Michael understands the plan and lays it out. "It’s very easy to dismiss Trump and say, Trump’s losing the war with Iran. The whole memorandum of understanding, in effect, seemed to be a capitulation to Iran. And you can see that it seems futile for Trump to try to... 🔗 Read More

81 years after WWII: How Japan's wartime history is still shaping Asia today August 15 marks 81 years since Japan's defeat in World War II. Yet eight decades later, Japan's failure to fully confront its history of aggression remains a source of concern. From downplaying wartime atrocities to questioning aspects of the postwar settlement, efforts to reshape historical narratives continue to raise questions about Japan's commitment to the... 🔗 Read More

Netanyahu’s réprise of the ‘Iraq WMD deceit’ – re-launched to promote war on Iran Trump’s pivot to economic pressure as the key to Iranian capitulation is not a credible strategy. Alastair Crooke President Trump took Secretary of War Hegseth’s military cheerleading (‘U.S. military potency is awesome’) at face value, only belatedly to discover that the U.S. is out of interceptors in a war that hinges on air defences. ‘The... 🔗 Read More

TRANSCRIPT : Richard Wolff & Michael Hudson: The Bill Comes Due: Trump & Netanyahu’s War Spirals Out of Control 2026.08.06 – with Nima Alkorshid, Dialogue Works This transcript describes the state of Trump's war, the situation with Japan and how this exactly happened, debt, inflation and hopefully a debt repudiation - "That’s going to be the economic and a political break that is essentially going to be the catalyst that is splitting the whole... 🔗 Read More

Sanctions against Iran: Curse or Blessing? by Tariq Marzbaan | Al Mayadeen English The Imperial Logic of Containment "The most effective way to destroy a fleet is to not allow it to be built in the first place." This saying, often attributed to British naval officers of the First World War, reveals the perennial logic of colonialism. If we translate "fleet"... 🔗 Read More

China Makes Major Announcement To Reshape Global Finance Paul and Ken assess recent announcements by both the Beijing government and the PBoC which have never been made so explicitly in the context of the ongoing global financial paradigm shift which is now upon us. The context is extremely important in understanding not just what these announcements mean but also the time frame for... 🔗 Read More

Issuing ‘digital passport’ in Panama - US overreach goes too far Global Times - Editorial The US is preparing to pilot a so-called "digital passport" in Panama. In essence, this is an attempt to extend the tentacles of its tech containment against China into international shipping lanes by using third countries. Washington is trying to package its "Pax Silica" initiative tightly with a "new Monroe Doctrine,"... 🔗 Read More

THE DOGS BARK - as the multipolar juggernaut moves on.... relentlessly From our dear friend Colin Maxwell - with great thanks for this brilliant summary.   Work Brothers, we are taking our planet back!  The methods that Colin detail here are not yet seamless.  We need more local banks, but you know what, with Russia's new Crypto laws, has it sunk in that you, and I, can... 🔗 Read More

Is Russia’s New Crypto Law a Licence To Kill Sanctions? UK Column On 4 August 2026, Russia's president, Vladimir Putin, signed a law called On Digital Currency and Digital Rights which makes crypto part of the Federation's financial system. The law formalises a market that has expanded since 2022, when Western sanctions pushed Russian trade towards crypto rails, as detailed by Bitcoin Magazine's coverage of... 🔗 Read More

THE DOGS BARK - as the multipolar juggernaut moves on.... relentlessly From our dear friend Colin Maxwell - with great thanks for this brilliant summary.   Work Brothers, we are taking our planet back!  The methods that Colin detail here are not yet seamless.  We need more local banks, but you know what, with Russia's new Crypto laws, has it sunk in that you, and I, can... 🔗 Read More

US Conditions Defense of NATO on Fealty to Trump The Clash Report Washington has distributed a detailed questionnaire to NATO members to measure their adherence to Donald Trump's foreign policy and defense procurement demands, conditioning America's conventional military shield on overt political fealty. NATO members must now demonstrate political and commercial loyalty to President Donald Trump's global doctrine.  Ideological alignment will decide on planned... 🔗 Read More

Brian Berletic: Cracks Grow Amid US Military Amid Iran War and Wider War on Multipolarism The USS Abraham Lincoln is suffering fresh food shortages, low morale, and mechanical failures following overextended deployment as part of the ongoing US war of aggression against Iran; Disruption in West Asian ports prevent replenishment at sea (RAS) operations from delivering fresh food before it spoils while critical repairs requiring port facilities go un-addressed; The... 🔗 Read More

Radhika Desai - Geopolitical Economist and Jedaal English Six months into the war, is Iran's military triumph being quietly undone by its own negotiators? Ali Alizadeh, prominent commentator on West Asian affairs and host of the popular YouTube channel Jadal, joins me to unpack how Iran's 12-day and 40-day wars exposed the limits of US power, from the 8-hour command recovery after Israel's... 🔗 Read More

The New Great Game, revisited By Pepe Escobar and first posted on Geopolitics Prime (So, I hear a large part of 'our world' shouting out at me.  And they are saying ... Amarynth!  What the hell are you doing?  Shhhhh grasshoppers - I'll explain.   I just started a new essay titled Those Pesky Middle Countries and have another one in... 🔗 Read More

Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s interview with VGTRK broadcasting company, Moscow, August 14, 2026 Question: In its military doctrine, Japan has designated Russia as its main threat. What would be your comment on this matter, and could this have happened under Shinzo Abe’s government? Sergey Lavrov: Shinzo Abe had a lot of tact as a politician, and he understood that working with the Russian Federation was essential for asserting... 🔗 Read More

Iran Highlights BRICS Role in Global Energy Security Iran underscored the growing role of BRICS countries in strengthening global energy security during SPIEF 2026. Photo: @ActualidadRT teleSUR Iran says BRICS countries are assuming a growing role in global energy security and should help build a more inclusive international energy framework. Iranian envoy says BRICS members have a shared responsibility to help build a... 🔗 Read More

In Deep Ship Via David Rumsey via Michael Minn indi.ca I point you to a map that shows the United States of America 10,000 km away from Iran. Most empires have been limited by 'can I walk there?' but White Empire has overcome this with naval power, air power, and the power of Satan. But that power is... 🔗 Read More

Exclusive: Scholars trace Imperial Japanese Army’s germ-warfare outrage across Asia, calling for preventing atrocities from recurring A documentary revisiting the Imperial Japanese Army's lethal human experiments and biological warfare program has attracted more than 1 million views online, bringing renewed global attention to one of World War II's darkest chapters and a history still little known outside Asia. Global Times By Xing Xiaojing and Feng Fan Produced by Singapore-based Channel NewsAsia... 🔗 Read More

The Cockroaches Have Learned to March From Colombo to Kathmandu, a stratum treated as disposable has learned to bring down governments – but power keeps passing to armies, technocrats, and the right. Why? Dear friends, Greetings from the desk of Tricontinental Asia. This summer, students marched through Delhi, India, in cockroach masks. The masks were a response to India’s Chief Justice... 🔗 Read More