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13 October 2026

Michael Hudson and Kathleen Tyson discuss gold, trade settlement and the practical difficulties of building alternatives to the dollar.

NIKA DUBROVSKY
Hi, I'm Nika Dubrovsky, and I'm really happy to invite you to the series of talks, The Economy at the End of the World, at the David Graeber Institute. So today, Michael Hudson and Kathleen Tyson are going to talk about gold, and it's specifically interesting for me because it's my first time in my life in Hong Kong, which looks like it will become one of many hubs that will host this new international financial infrastructure.

The Target

Iran's Covert Missile Strikes Revealed, US Threatens MOAB Attack & The Arab-Israeli Plot Exposed  

Robert Inlakesh  

Iran releases the shocking claim that it killed 200 US Soldiers in its strikes on bases in Jordan alone, provoking a denial from CENTCOM and threats to use the Mother Of All Bomb (MOAB)'s against the Islamic Republic. In the latest episode of The Target, MintPress News' Robert Inlakesh looks at the escalatory measures being implemented across West Asia and Israel's threats to carry out another attack on Tehran.

Lorenzo Maria Pacini

The U.S. negotiates with Moscow and Europe is left commenting. Zakharova's "none of her business" says it all.

A Senate session

On October 14, 2026, in her address to the Senate ahead of the European Council, Giorgia Meloni did something that, until just a few years ago, would have seemed unthinkable for a right-wing Italian government: she publicly distanced herself from the President of the United States to defend a position even more uncompromising than his own.

Lorenzo Maria Pacini

Dalle strade del Sud arriva una domanda che riguarda tutto il Paese: chi decide quanto costa produrre in Italia, e chi ne paga il prezzo quando la decisione viene presa altrove.

Una mappa che segue l'energia

A metà ottobre, per un camionista siciliano, tenere il mezzo fermo nel piazzale costa meno che metterlo in strada. Con il gasolio intorno ai 2,40 euro al litro sull'isola, il Comitato autotrasportatori siciliani stima fra 700 e 900 euro di perdita al giorno per ogni camion.

By Patrick LAWRENCE

In her revelatory work The Cultural Cold War, the late British author was the first to shine so unblinking a light on the sprawl of the C.I.A.'s cultural interventions.

Frances Stonor Saunders was fond of epigraphs (as am I). At the front of The Cultural Cold War: The C.I.A. and the World of Arts and Letters (The New Press, 1999), the British journalist, documentarian and author quotes some lines from Dante's Inferno, the last of which is, "Before my age was full, I went astray."

Lucas Leiroz

Considerations on the boundaries between secularism, sovereignty, and social stability\

The controversy surrounding the wearing of the hijab in Azerbaijani schools took on new dimensions in October, following the implementation of dress code rules that resulted in female students and teachers being denied entry to public institutions. The episode sparked demonstrations, arrests, and criticism from international organizations, while also drawing reactions from Turkey.

Pepe Escobar

L'Iran e il Pakistan sono fortemente impegnati nella costruzione di un ordine finanziario post-americano nel punto di incontro tra l'Asia occidentale e l'Asia meridionale.

Andiamo subito al nocciolo della questione: dopo aver esaminato attentamente la scacchiera, la leadership politica e militare di Teheran è già giunta alla conclusione che un attacco congiunto statunitense-israeliano, la cui pianificazione procede a ritmo frenetico, sia inevitabile.

Raphael Machado

Macron, com 15% de aprovação, prepara guerra com Rússia e dissolve associação Egalité et Réconciliation de Alain Soral por "extremismo político".

Escreva para nós: infostrategic-culture.su

Macron é, hoje, muito possivelmente, o presidente mais impopular do planeta, contando com apenas 15% de aprovação, segundo uma enquete Ipsos BVA-Cesi. Sob seu comando, a França se depara com a estagnação econômica (crescimento de 0,6% em 2025) e com o endividamento (120% do PIB).

Lorenzo Maria Pacini

Ninguna forma de gobernanza inclusiva puede sostenerse sin el respeto por las identidades culturales de los pueblos: ahí es donde se puede reconstruir la confianza, el bien que más le falta al mundo hoy en día.

Escríbenos: infostrategic-culture.su

¿Dónde persiste el crecimiento y a qué costo?

Quienes estudian las crisis económicas suelen imaginarlas como choques repentinos: un colapso que desata el pánico, un mercado bursátil que se desploma en una sola sesión, una frontera que se cierra.

By K. J. NOH, POPULAR RESISTANCE

Over seventy years ago, the US took control of South Korea's military. To this day, it still controls it.

Why?

This confounds every notion of state sovereignty: a supposedly sovereign country - South Korea - has its own military subjugated under US control.

Opcon (operational control) of one nation's army by another country is usually temporary, usually during wartime among allies.

By Katie FORSTER

STARK warnings from artificial intelligence researchers that advanced forms of the technology could wipe out humanity have raised questions over whether governments are moving fast enough to regulate it.

What are the potential dangers of "superintelligent" computer systems, and should we be worried?

AI experts have long described the threat as critical.