Waiting for Shenzhen; or for a land invasion of Iran ?
Pepe Escobar
It's as ominous at is sounds. Talk about a choice road towards a new world war. Will Shenzhen be able to prevent it ? Don't hold your breath.
SHANGHAI - After spending 95 minutes on the phone with Mohsen Rezaee, the secretary-general of the Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) and number two of the Iranian government, three days later President Putin sent his private plane to Tehran to bring Rezaee and a small Iranian delegation to Moscow for a youtube .
Democracy Under Oligarchy
michael-hudson.com
Western Democracy Was Always a Managed Oligarchy. Now It's Breaking, Michael Hudson with Radhika Desai, Geopolitical Economist, November 3, 2026.
Radhika Desai: Hello and welcome to another Geopolitical Economy Hour, the socialist and anti-imperialist conversation that illuminates the fast changing political economy and geopolitical economy of our times. You're watching Radhika Desai, Geopolitical Economist, and I'm Radhika Desai.
Colonialism Comes Back to Europe
michael-hudson.com
Nima Alkhorshid: Hi, everybody. Today is Thursday, October 15, 2026, and our dear friends Michael Hudson and Richard Wolff are here with us. Welcome back, Richard and Michael.
Richard Wolff: Glad to be here.
Nima Alkhorshid: Let me start with what happened yesterday.
In the last four or five days, we've heard multiple ships and vessels have been hit in the Strait of Hormuz, at least six of them the day before yesterday.
Janones vai salvar as esquerdas mundiais ?
Bruna Frascolla
O "milagreiro" André Janones, mentiroso confesso e corrupto, é exportado para salvar as esquerdas mundiais. Espanha, México e EUA que se cuidem.
Escreva para nós: infostrategic-culture.su
A esquerda global encontrou num milagreiro a explicação para o inacreditável resultado eleitoral do Brasil: o influencer e deputado federal André Janones. Ele criou um canal de WhatsApp chamado "Exército do Lula", no qual ficava fazendo lives, repassando material e dando ordens aos seus dez milhões milhões de seguidores.
Jd Vance is on the right side of history - and has Trump's ears on Iran
By M. K. BHADRAKUMAR
The US Vice-President JD Vance's famous statement within hours of the midterm results that "the reason we lost is the Iran war" may appear to be a calibrated distancing from President Donald Trump. Indeed, he alluded to Trump: "If you'd like to argue it [Iran war] was worth it, that losing the Senate for the next 6 years was worth it, then do so. Argue it was a worthwhile cost to pay.