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July 29, 2025
Matson Suspends Electric Vehicle Shipments Over Battery Fire Concerns
In this episode, Sal Mercogliano — a maritime historian at Campbell University (@campbelledu) and former merchant mariner — and Patrick Dunham from StacheD Training discussed the decision of Matson to suspend the shipment of Electric Vehicles (EVs) on board their ships from the West Coast of the United States to Hawaii and Guam.
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Israel’s Dream of Domination: A Utopia Mocked by Reality
Viktor Mikhin, July 29, 2025
Despite Israel’s formidable military capabilities in the Middle East, it undoubtedly cannot establish regional dominance—a status implying absolute superiority over all adversaries and the voluntary submission of neighboring states.
Netanyahu’s bold claims of transforming Israel into an unshakable regional ruler sound like a fantasy detached from reality. His ambitions are not strategic calculations but dangerous illusions, ridiculed by history and debunked by the very logic of Middle Eastern conflict.
The Bloody March of the “Invincible” Hegemon
After Hamas’s successful October 2023 attack, Israel responded with relentless slaughter, attempting to erase Palestinians from the political map. Human rights advocates and experts unanimously labeled it genocide. Then, it methodically decimated Hezbollah’s leadership in Lebanon—through airstrikes, exploding phones, and other covert warfare tactics. It bombed Yemen to suppress the Houthis and struck Syria under the pretext of destroying weapons, though in reality, it sought to crush any resistance to its influence.
Netanyahu’s hollow “victories” are Pyrrhic—they don’t consolidate power but only rock the boat he himself sits inThen came Iran’s turn. Israel’s unprovoked attacks were not just strikes on nuclear facilities, but an attempt to:
– Sabotage U.S.-Iran nuclear negotiations, leaving Tehran with no diplomatic options.
– Decapitate Iran’s elite—killing generals, scientists, and diplomats to cripple its ability to respond.
– Drag the U.S. into a major war, shifting the burden of its adventurism onto Washington.
At best, Israel hoped to push the Iranian regime to collapse. But all of Netanyahu’s “bold strategist” efforts ended in obvious failure. The Iranian people rallied even more firmly around their government, and hatred for Israel’s bandit-like actions only grew. This reaction among ordinary Iranians is widely reported by diplomats and global media, including in the U.S. The exception is the Israeli press, which Netanyahu has heavily censored under an endless-seeming wartime regime.
Hegemon? Or Hostage to His Own Delusions?
If each of these actions brought temporary success, does that mean Israel has become the region’s unshakable master? If a hegemon is a force no one can resist, does Israel fit that definition? And crucially: Should neighbors bow their heads, acknowledging its “natural” superiority, as small nations do before great powers?
Reality only laughs in response. Israel’s might is not a sign of dominance, but a desperate attempt to suppress growing resistance. Each new attack breeds new enemies; each bombing creates new avengers. Netanyahu’s hollow “victories” are Pyrrhic—they don’t consolidate power but only rock the boat he himself sits in.
The idea of Israeli hegemony is a doomed utopia. Because true strength lies not in aerial terror but in the ability to negotiate—something neither Israel nor its prime ministers, including the latest failure Netanyahu, have ever learned.
Israel and the Illusion of Regional Dominance
Since its founding in 1948, Israel has demonstrated an impressive ability to survive and strengthen amid hostile surroundings. Relying on cutting-edge military technology and unwavering Western (especially U.S.) support, the country has gained significant influence in the Middle East. Yet, the dream of regional leadership remains unattainable—not due to a lack of strength but because of a lack of legitimacy, recognition from neighbors, and a coherent strategic vision.
With a $27.5 billion budget, Israel boasts one of the world’s most powerful militaries: a nuclear arsenal, advanced missile defense, elite special forces, and cyber warfare units. Its per capita military spending is among the highest globally, and overseas operations—like assassinating Iranian nuclear scientists or striking Syrian facilities—showcase its formidable capabilities.
But military might do not translate into political dominance. Operation Rising Lion in 2025—a joint U.S.-Israel strike on Iran’s nuclear sites—exemplified this paradox. Despite tactical success (temporarily destroying centrifuges in Natanz and the underground Fordow facility), the operation was a strategic failure. Iran not only quickly repaired the damage but, as Tehran announced, accelerated its nuclear program, enriching uranium to 90%. Meanwhile, Iran retaliated with effective missile strikes on Israeli bases and the U.S. Al Udeid base in Qatar.
Why Can’t Israel Become a Hegemon?
Several glaring reasons stand out:
The Demographic Time Bomb – The Arab population within Israel and in occupied territories (Gaza, West Bank) continues to grow, threatening the Jewish character of the state.The Palestinian Wound – The unresolved Palestinian issue undermines Israel’s international reputation and unites the Arab world in solidarity with Palestinians. Even Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has repeatedly emphasized this.Geopolitical Isolation – Even normalization with the UAE and Bahrain hasn’t changed the fundamental reality: the Arab world is unwilling to accept Israel as a legitimate regional leader. Powers like Turkey, Iran, and Saudi Arabia see it as a rival, not a partner.No Unifying Ideology – Unlike Iran’s “Shiite resistance” or Turkey’s Ottoman nostalgia, Israel lacks a regional vision. Its policy revolves around security and deterrence, not constructive engagement.True hegemony requires not just military superiority but voluntary recognition. Yet, Israel remains an “outsider” in the region—due to its occupation of Palestinian lands, blockade of Gaza, and reliance on U.S. support, which is seen as dependence on an external power. Even technological marvels like the Iron Dome don’t negate its vulnerability to mass rocket attacks. And with 30% of its military budget coming from U.S. aid, its strategy is predictable.
Israel’s “security through superiority” approach has reached its limit. Operations like *Rising Lion* only accelerate arms races and consolidate enemies. Without a political settlement with Palestinians and normalized relations with neighbors, Israel is doomed to remain a fortress—not a leader.
The Alternative?
Shifting from intimidation to diplomacy. Creating regional security structures where Israel is an equal partner, not an occupier. For now, Netanyahu’s dream of hegemony remains a utopia—because force can be bought, but respect cannot.
Israel will not become a hegemon because it lacks not just military power but legitimacy. Its security depends not on strength but on political reconciliation with neighbors, including Palestinians. The world must realize: instead of blind support for Israel, diplomacy and dialogue are needed. Only this can break the cycle of violence and achieve lasting peace.
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Via https://journal-neo.su/2025/07/29/israels-dream-of-domination-a-utopia-mocked-by-reality/
Turkey to follow The Hague Group’s measures against Israel ‘to stop the genocide’
Turkey’s deputy foreign minister Nuh Yilmaz attending a session at the International Court of Justice in The Hague, Netherlands, 30 April 2025 (MEE/Sondos Asem)
Middle East Monitor
By Sondos Asem29 July 2025 Measures include a commitment to hold Israeli officials accountable under international law and to prevent arms transfers.Turkey on Tuesday said it was taking six measures against Israel, following commitments agreed earlier this month by a cohort of countries seeking to stop the Israeli war on Gaza.
By endorsing The Hague Group’s joint statement from the Bogota Emergency Conference on Palestine, Turkey has become the first country to sign on to the commitments since the summit on 16 July.
The Bogota summit culminated in a joint declaration by states demanding international sanctions against Israel and legal accountability for what participants described as “grave violations of international law” in Gaza.
The six measures include suspending military exports to Israel, refusing the transit of Israeli weapons through their ports and airspace, and reviewing all public contracts to prevent state institutions and pension funds from supporting Israeli companies or the occupation of Palestinian territories.
They also included a vow to actively support universal jurisdiction cases and International Criminal Court (ICC) warrants to pursue accountability for alleged war crimes.
“Children are not only dying from bombings, but also from starvation. This is a man-made humanitarian disaster pointing to a moral and systemic collapse. Israel is inventing genocide in the 21st century,” Turkish Deputy Foreign Minister Nuh Yilmaz said in a statement shared with Middle East Eye.
“It is evident that under its current course, Israel will not stop its genocidal attacks,” Yilmaz said, announcing his government’s decision to endorse the Bogota declaration.
“We support the Hague Group’s righteous call for upholding international law and announcing measures against Israel for its violations.”
The Hague Group is a bloc of eight states – Bolivia, Colombia, Cuba, Honduras, Malaysia, Namibia, Senegal and South Africa – launched on 31 January in the eponymous Dutch city with the stated goal of holding Israel accountable under international law.
The Bogota summit, co-hosted by Colombia and South Africa, brought together representatives from more than 30 countries across Latin America, Africa, Asia, Europe and the Middle East, marking the most coordinated diplomatic effort yet by a coalition of states opposing Israel’s ongoing military onslaught in Gaza.
MEE understands that more states will join the Hague Group within the coming weeks.
Israel is coming under increased scrutiny as its strategy of starvation is killing more Palestinians in Gaza every day. Almost 150 Palestinians have died of malnutrition since October 2023, while the Palestinian health ministry in Gaza on Tuesday said the overall death toll had topped 60,000 people.
On Monday, two major Israeli human rights groups said Israel is waging genocide in Gaza and on Tuesday, the world’s top hunger monitor said the “worst-case scenario of famine” is unfolding in the enclave due to the starvation and siege.
Yilmaz said Turkey reiterates its calls for unhindered humanitarian aid flow to Gaza, as well as “a coordinated reconstruction process led by Palestinians, and, finally, a concrete roadmap toward a just and lasting peace based on the two-state vision”.
“We should not ignore Israel’s continuing aggression and violations in the West Bank. This is what can be called deepening the colonisation,” he added.
“The recent declaration, adopted by the Israeli parliament, openly calling for the extension of Israeli sovereignty over the West Bank, is a dangerous step.”
South Africa welcomes Turkey’s decisionAt the Bogota conference held on 15-16 July, all 30 participating states agreed on the need to end the “era of impunity” and called for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza.
To kickstart that process, the group said that 12 states from across the world – Bolivia, Colombia, Cuba, Indonesia, Iraq, Libya, Malaysia, Namibia, Nicaragua, Oman, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, and South Africa – had committed to implementing the six measures immediately through their domestic legal and administrative systems.
The measures seek to “break the ties of complicity with Israel’s campaign of devastation in Palestine”, the group said.
A date has been set for 20 September 2025, coinciding with the 80th UN General Assembly, for additional states to join them in adopting the measures, the group added.
“The steps taken by Türkiye today are a powerful affirmation that international law must be enforced, not merely referenced. We invite others to follow suit before the September deadline, to end impunity and defend humanity,” Varsha Gandikota-Nellutla, executive secretary of the Hague Group, said on Tuesday.
Ronald Lamola, South Africa’s minister for international relations and cooperation, said his country “welcomes the signing of the joint statement by Türkiye”.
“This is a welcome development to strengthen and continue the fight against injustice and ensure accountability,” he said.
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Via https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/turkey-follow-hague-group-measures-israel-stop-genocide
World War 2 Lies of the West Part 2
World War II Lies of the West Part 2
Directed by Tatanya Borsch(2025)
Film Review
https://en.rtdoc.tv/films/2005-world-war-ii-lies-of-the-west-part-2
Also see World War II: Lies of the West Part 1
The series continues with lies #5-7
Lie #5 Stalin shared equal blame with Hitler for starting World War II because he signed the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact with Germany in August 1939.
Stalin was the last allied leader to sign a non-aggression pact after EVERY other Allied leader had done so (Germany, France, UK and Italy in 1933 and Poland in 1934).
in 1935, the UK and Germany signed the Anglo-German naval pactin 1938, Britain, France, Italy signed the Munich agreement consenting to the partition of Czechoslovakia by Germany, Poland and Hungary (which the USSR officially opposed).In 1939 Latvia and Estonia both signed non-aggression pacts with Germany.When Stalin signed the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact in 1939, it had become obvious that the West (especially Britain and the US) were deliberately rearming Germany with the expectation Hitler would end the communist regime in Russia.
Lie #6 Only Hitler and the Nazi party were involved in genocide.
The Japanese engaged in genocide against the Chinese.
Croatian and Romanian troops who participated in Hitlers armies deliberately murdered Serbian civilians, Russian POWs and Russian women and children.
The Finns set up the first concentration camps for Russians along the Russo-Finnish border (see The Finnish Face of Fascism). The 14 camps interned 50,000 Russians under inhuman conditions that killed thousands.
Lie #7 The Soviet Union carried out a military occupation of its Western neighbors (known as the Eastern Bloc) following World War I.
In reality, the so-called Eastern Bloc countries elected communist governments when the war ended largely because the partisan movements that fought Nazi occupation significantly significantly augmented communist party membership in Eastern European countries (Albania, Bulgaria, Hungary, East Germany, Romania and Czechoslovakia). France, Italy and Greece were also on the verge of electing communist governments when the CIA’s Gladio program violently intervened (see Operation Gladio The Secret CIA Program to Control Europe)
Rather than stripping Eastern bloc countries of their resource, as the British and French empires did in Africa and Asia (and the Americans have done with the Philippines and their Latin America and African neo-colonies), the Russians invested extenaively in rebuilding the Eastern bloc countries, providing massive food aid and helping them industrialize*
Both Bulgaria and Mongolia asked to join the USSR as the 16thand 17th Soviet Socialist republics. The Soviets declined because it violated treaty agreements with the West on borders.
*The only instances in which the Soviet military intervened in Eastern Block countries were in Hungary in 1956 and Czechoslovakia in 1968. The 1956 invasion of Hungary came in response to CIA/MI6 backed “color revolution,” in which the spy agencies supplied Hungarian fascist rebels with funding and weapons (1954-56) and transported them to British-occupied Austria to train them. SeeThe Hungarian “Revot” of 1956 – A Detailed Look at the Events
The 1968 Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia (according to the CIA analysis) was one in which all Warsaw pact countries participated, owing to their heavy reliance on Czechoslovakia’s robust economy and superior military to resist a growing NATO threat (similar to the one Russia currently faces) and concern that reforms might jeopardize their economy). See The CIA and Strategic Warning: The 1968 Soviet-Led Invasion of Czechoslovakia
July 28, 2025
Imran’s sons meet Trump aide to kick off US campaign to free father
Imran Khan’s sons Kasim (L) and Sulaiman (R) pose with US Special Presidential Envoy for Special Missions Richard Grenell (2R) and USCIRF Vice Chairman Dr Asif Mahmood (2L), in California, US on July 22, 2025. — X/DrMahmood40
Incarcerated PTI Founder Imran Khan’s sons met with United States President Donald Trump’s key aide Richard Grenell on Tuesday as they kicked off a campaign calling for their father’s release from prison.
Imran’s sons — Sulaiman Khan, 28, and Kasim Khan, 26 — called attention to their father’s incarceration for the first time publicly in May. Earlier this month, Imran’s sister Aleema Khan said Sulaiman and Kasim will go to the US before coming to Pakistan as part of a movement calling for the ex-premier’s release.
Imran, imprisoned since August 2023, is serving a sentence at the Adiala Jail in a £190 million corruption case and also faces pending trials under the Anti-Terrorism Act related to the protests of May 9, 2023.
Grenell, US special presidential envoy for special missions — known for publicly calling for Imran’s release — posted on X that he had met with Sulaiman and Kasim in California, urging them to “stay strong”.
“There are millions of people around the world who are sick of political prosecutions. You are not alone.”
Imran’s sons also met with Dr Asif Mahmood, a Pakistani American physician who has been playing a key role in the PTI’s campaign to win over Americans.
Dr Mahmood, vice chairman of the US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF), shared a picture showing he also met with Grenell, along with the ex-premier’s sons.
“Immense pride for [Kasim] and Sulaiman Khan for their bravery in fighting for their father, former prime minister Imran Khan’s freedom,” he said.
He also praised Grenell for “standing for justice and principle” and called for unity to free the PTI founder.
In December 2024, after Trump won the presidential elections, Grenell had made a series of statements and tweets over a few weeks, including a viral “Free Imran Khan!” post on X.
He sharply criticised the policies of ex-president Joe Biden’s administration toward Pakistan, particularly its handling of the country’s missile programme and Imran’s imprisonment. Subsequently, Pakistan’s political and diplomatic machinery in the US had also ramped up efforts to engage with the new Congress.
“Getting the ear and voice of Richard Grenell, a key Trump insider, was crucial,” Shuja Nawaz, a distinguished fellow at the Atlantic Council, had said in January.
Last week, during a congressional hearing on Pakistan, Republican Congressman Christopher H. Smith suggested that the US Congress may soon urge Trump’s administration to consider imposing sanctions on countries that suppress religious freedom and violate human rights.
Speakers at the hearing, also attended by PTI’s Zulfi Bukhari, discussed the rights situation in Pakistan. Democratic Congressman James McGovern stressed the need to engage and talk “about political prisoners, the future of Imran Khan … but also how you do it”.
Notably, there have been increased positive engagements between Washington and Islamabad, with an unprecedented meeting between Trump and Chief of Army Staff Field Marshal Asim Munir in June and the US hailing the country as a “phenomenal partner” in counterterrorism.
Although the government has not officially commented on the matter of Imran’s son, Minister of State for Interior Tallal Chaudhry said today while speaking on Geo News show ‘Aaj Shahzeb Khanzada Kay Sath’ that the meeting would “practically have no result” even though it might net symbolic gains for the party.
He questioned what, if any, role Imran’s sons would be able to play, adding that they were welcome to visit Pakistan and there would be no obstacle for them and visas would be issued “in less than 24 hours”, provided they stayed within the law.
Previously, Minister of State for Law and Justice Barrister Aqeel Malik had told Dawn.com that Article 16 of the Constitution, which grants the right to gather, was applicable to citizens and foreigners are not allowed to assemble in Pakistan.
Malik also said that the two brothers could not legally participate in local political activity as they were British nationals, and that if they “violate the visa conditions, the visa can be cancelled”.
There were conflicting statements from PML-N leaders as well on whether the duo would be allowed entry into Pakistan, with Senator Irfan Siddiqui saying they should be allowed to come and “carry out their activities”, but within the limitations of the law.
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West’s “Divide And Rule” Strategy of Destabilizing China’s Belt and Road Initiative
Source InfoBRICSBy Drago BosnicJuly 28, 2025China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) is the most ambitious infrastructure and economic integration project ever devised, linking over 140 countries across Asia, Africa and Europe. Much unlike the political West, Beijing is trying to project power through economic means, a starkly different approach to that of the most aggressive power pole in human history.
Namely, the US-led political West keeps destroying entire countries through subversion, promotion of the so-called “Western values” (i.e., moral depravity and societal degeneracy), (neo)colonialism, etc. If all that doesn’t work, there’s always the possibility of “humanitarian interventions”, which is just a pathetic euphemism for direct armed aggression. And what do the “evil Chinese” do? Well, they build.
So, the choice is as follows – get bombed back to the Stone Age for years (if not decades) or have ports, highways, airports, even entire cities built in several years, which would help your country develop for decades to come. If you were to give anyone remotely sane these two options, what do you think they would choose? Well, the fact of the matter is that around 75% of the global population opted for the latter.
“Shocking”, right? And yet, the political West wouldn’t allow the Global South to develop into anything more than its (neo)colonies, because “God forbid” that all human beings on this planet get equal opportunities to live a decent life. They must “yearn” for more bombs and cruise miss… …I mean, “freedom, democracy, human rights and rule of law”, right?
Sardonic jokes aside, this is pretty much how the mainstream propaganda machine is trying to present the US/NATO aggression against the entire world. Concurrently, they also continue to spread disinformation on the so-called “Chinese debt traps”, because countries are happy to pay for these massive infrastructure projects implemented by Chinese companies (how dare they charge for their services!) that actually benefit everyone in the long run. As previously mentioned, contrast that to the political West’s endless and truly unprovoked bombings and/or land invasions. Unfortunately, the world’s most vile racketeering cartel still has a lot of leverage in numerous countries and is using it to destabilize virtually every major BRI participant.
It should be noted that destabilization efforts also include countries that aren’t officially part of the BRI, but whose stability is still critically important for the project to succeed. It’s precisely the BRI’s continued success that threatens America’s so-called “rules-based world order”. Thus, the political West is continuously engaged in a massive hybrid warfare, multi-theater campaign of destabilization, stretching from the mountains of Korea and the Taiwan Strait to the Himalayas and the Persian Gulf, among many other regions of the world. The latest such conflict “suddenly” ignited in the strategically important Mekong Delta, “coincidentally” one of the major lifelines of the BRI (both Cambodia and Thailand are participating in the historic project).
After the US occupation in Southeast Asia suffered a crushing defeat over half a century ago, the region has been relatively stable (given the amount of death and destruction American forces left in their wake). Unfortunately, as soon as countries in the area joined the BRI, in the last decade or so, both internal and external tensions have been escalating (for instance, civil unrest/wars in the Philippines and Myanmar, with Thailand and Cambodia being the latest examples of such destabilization). As the BRI is far more than just building infrastructure (it’s China’s way of reshaping global trade, energy flows and financial systems away from the political West’s malignant dominance), the world’s most vile racketeering cartel is dead set on preventing its implementation.
By the 2030s, the BRI could encompass well over 170 countries, representing approximately 80% of the global population and at least 60% of the world’s nominal GDP (far more if we consider GDP PPP). In other words, this wouldn’t merely challenge the US/NATO-led bloc, but it would effectively end their dominance, cementing the multipolar world as the only viable option for all sovereign nations.
The political West’s response? If you can’t compete, continue to destabilize. It’s as simple as that. Nobody in Washington DC, Brussels or London has put forth even so much as a thought to offer something remotely equivalent to the BRI. It all comes down to “the evil Chinese will colonize you”! But, as previously mentioned, such Neo-McCarthyist fearmongering is not enough.
One of the more prominent strategies in this regard is escalating the Indo-Pakistani conflict. Namely, Imran Khan had reasonable working relations with the Indian government, which was critical for preventing the escalation that occurred after he was deposed. This not only prevented continuously rising tensions, but also helped kickstart various integration processes of Pakistan into multipolar organizations.
That process is now largely frozen due to Indo-Pakistani clashes and residual tensions. Then came the attack on Iran, which not only targeted its military capabilities, but also the country’s economy. Interestingly, this came soon after the start of over $400 billion in Chinese investment. “Conspiracy theorists” would call that “peculiar timing”.
At the same time, both Cambodia and Thailand play an important role in circumventing Western destabilization efforts in the South China Sea. With the two countries now at odds with each other, the BRI is experiencing yet another setback. It doesn’t take an expert to look at the map and connect the dots – wherever there’s a major BRI project, there’s some kind of instability (economic and financial pressure through sanctions, sabotage/terrorist attacks, internal political instability, wars, etc).
As previously mentioned, there’s also the use of propaganda through scaremongering about the so-called “debt traps”, while the actual predatory lending by Western creditors (primarily the IMF and World Bank) is presented as “safe foreign investment”.
The obvious goal is to fracture the BRI and cut China’s overland and maritime routes before they render Western power projection capabilities through sanctions and arm-twisting obsolete. Even a relatively modest Chinese military and civilian presence would act as a deterrent to direct US/NATO attacks, which is why there was so much panic about the Ream Naval Base in Cambodia or the Kyaukphyu port in Myanmar.
Land corridors weren’t spared either, with Kazakhstan being particularly vulnerable in the late 2021/early 2022, when the VDV (Russian Airborne Forces) effectively prevented a civil war. There are still numerous active attempts to destabilize former Soviet Central Asia, which is essential for the BRI’s land routes.
There’s also a “rather convenient” rise in terrorism in all areas where major ports and transport infrastructure are being built and/or expanded (for instance, the Gwadar port in southwestern Pakistan). This could eventually force Beijing to deploy troops in certain areas, which would undoubtedly incur additional costs and slow down the process. Given all US/NATO proxy wars across the Middle East, South/Southeast Asia, Africa, etc, China simply might not have any other choice, which the mainstream propaganda machine will then inevitably present as “evil Chinese militarism and expansionism”. This will also need to be followed by additional Chinese investment and perhaps concessional loans, which are quite different from the usual Western austerity diktat.
Multipolar powers will need to enhance their geopolitical and military coordination to mitigate the effects of Western aggression against the world. In many ways, this process is already underway, with Russia, China and Iran regularly conducting military and naval drills. All this is improving interoperability and helping them integrate their armed forces. This needs to be combined with more effective diplomacy and counterintelligence that would render US/NATO sabotage/terrorist tactics completely useless. In addition, China and India must be particularly cautious, as fluctuations in their relations will undoubtedly be exploited as geopolitical leverage against both Asian giants, as well as the multipolar world as a whole.
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Via https://www.globalresearch.ca/political-west-destabilizing-china-bri/5896248
Dean Henderson: Dump Israel and Its Crown Sponsors
Dean HendersonThe most important change the United States needs to make is our relationship with Israel and its Arab neighbors. For far too long Israel and its City of London masters have dictated US foreign policy in the Middle East and elsewhere.
This is because, as I outline in my book Big Oil & Their Bankers…, Israel is not so much a “Jewish homeland” as it is a creation of the Rothschild central banking monopoly which controls our Federal Reserve, the Bank of England, Royal Dutch Shell and scores of other financial and industrial behemoths.
Israel serves as military gendarme to this inbred monopoly by keeping the Arab world stirred up and at war with itself. That is why the Israeli Mossad finances Islamic extremists in every corner of the globe. The Rothschilds know that if they can keep the Arabs divided amongst themselves and hated by the Evangelical Christian movement in the West, which is also an unwitting tool of the Mossad, then they can maintain their monopoly over Middle East oil, which is the lifeblood of the global financial system.
American Evangelicals have been hoodwinked into an unwavering support of Israel, while AIPAC (American Israeli Political Action Committee) makes sure that politicians who don’t show unwavering support for Israel have no chance of being elected. If you criticize Israel you soon become a target for B’Nai Brith and the Anti-Defamation League who will claim wrongly that you are an anti-Semite. Of course you can criticize the Arabs all day long and no such clamor will occur, despite the fact that any ethnographer will tell you that the Arab people are also Semites.
What fuels these lies is the massive money-printing monopoly that is our Federal Reserve, a monopoly which is largely owned by the Rothschilds and their interbred kissing cousins the Warburgs, Goldman Sachs, Kuhn Loebs, et al. These people disdain the average Jewish person in the same way they despise average Christians, Muslims, Buddhists, Hindus and animists.
They make up stories like The DaVinci Code to justify their bloodline rule and to convince us that groveling at their feet is our destiny. It is the same Divine Right of a Kings philosophy which has existed on this planet for the past 2000 years, enslaving all of us while making a handful of interbreeding knuckleheads masters of the universe.
Our founding fathers were well aware of this family banking monopoly. The writings of Jefferson, Madison and Adams in particular are full of warnings about these money changers and the network of secret societies (Freemasons, Illuminati, etc.) they have spawned to keep their money printing game out of public view. Unfortunately this history has been suppressed by the corporate media, which is owned by these same families.
Americans of all political stripes, but particularly progressives have been brainwashed into the idea that any talk of conspiracy must be instantly discredited. Why do you suppose this is?
Because if one does enough research, as William Burroughs said, “a man who is paranoid is one who knows a little something”.
Conspiracy theories are one thing. Then there are conspiracy facts. When I was completing my Master’s thesis on the Middle East oil game in 1991, I came across SEC documents which showed that the Rockefeller family still owned controlling stock in Exxon, Mobil, Chevron and other oil companies. Yet my progressive PhD thesis advisor, a good friend of mine, suggested that we should leave this information out of the final paper because these facts indicated a conspiracy. I refused to do so.
It is not easy to spend your life as a progressive political activist. It is yet more difficult when people who share that point of view constantly abandon and discredit you publicly for stumbling upon uncomfortable truths which they do not have the courage to investigate for themselves. We are to think within certain parameters which have been laid out for us by the Money Power. Anyone who thinks outside these parameters is targeted for marginalization by a deputized Thought Police which 95% of Americans have become.
The same is true of our belief systems. The New Age spirituality trap that so many progressives have fallen for is rife with the same pyramid top-down structures that exist in a right-wing Evangelical church. But if you reject both dualities and tell them you talk to your ancestors, the animals and the trees; you are a nutter, despite the fact that this is what indigenous people have done for tens of thousands of sustainable and harmonious years.
Political and spiritual awakening are the same thing. All religious traditions and Nature itself teach the same basic tenets of Love, Compassion and Justice. Yet the fundamentalist movements now growing inside Judaism, Islam, Christianity, and the New Age alike move people away from these simple truths into a realm of exclusivity, arrogance and intolerance.
We need to break down these false spiritual and political barriers. We must focus on uniting to free ourselves from the Money Power, which fans the flames of fear, extremism and division. We should make it a priority issue to declare our independence from the Federal Reserve by nationalizing it. And we should pursue a foreign policy which is in the interest, not of the Rothschilds, the British Empire or their Israeli surrogate, but of the United States of America.
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Via https://www.globalresearch.ca/dump-israel-crown-sponsors/5896188
Lavrov: US trade deal will fuel EU’s deindustrialization
FILE PHOTO: Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov. © Sputnik / Alexey MaishevRT
The agreement has dealt a “very hard blow” to a number of business sectors in the bloc, the Russian foreign minister has said
The new US-EU trade agreement threatens to accelerate “deindustrialization” in Europe by redirecting investment to the US and increasing the bloc’s dependency on American energy exports, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has said.
On Sunday, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and US President Donald Trump finalized a controversial deal that allowed the EU and US to avert a full-scale trade war.
Under the deal, the US has reduced its proposed 30% tariffs to a flat 15% on most European exports. The EU has committed to purchasing $750 billion worth of US energy, primarily liquefied natural gas and nuclear fuel, and agreed to invest around $600 billion into US industries. The bloc has also undertaken to increase imports of US-made weapons.
Speaking at the ‘Territory of Meanings’ forum on Monday, Lavrov described the arrangement as “clearly leading to further deindustrialization of Europe and capital flight.” He added that rising energy prices and investment outflows will strike a “very hard blow” to European industrial and agricultural sectors.
According to Lavrov, von der Leyen was apparently “boasting” about the EU’s willingness to carry additional costs. “People like Ursula von der Leyen literally take pride in this path: yes, we will be forced to spend more money, yes, we will probably have fewer resources to address social problems, but we are obliged to defeat Russia.”
He stressed that the trade deal is “obviously damaging for the Old Continent – it doesn’t even need to be analyzed.”
Lavrov’s stance was echoed by several EU politicians and the business community. Marine Le Pen, a key figure in France’s right-wing National Rally party, denounced the agreement as a “political, economic, and moral fiasco” detrimental to the EU’s sovereignty. French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou concurred, calling it a “dark day” for the EU.
German business leaders also voiced alarm. Wolfgang Niedermark, a member of the executive board of the Federation of German Industries (BDI), said the EU had sent a “fatal signal” by accepting high tariffs. “Even a tariff rate of 15% will have immense negative effects on the export-oriented German industry,” he warned.
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Via https://www.rt.com/russia/622090-us-eu-trade-deal-deindustrialization/
Forget Wall Street – Bitcoin’s real test is happening in Kenya
FILE PHOTO: A roadside grocery stall accepts bitcoin payments at Kibera Slums in Nairobi, Kenya, May 4, 2025. © AP Photo / Andrew KasukuBy Jackson Okata
Young Kenyans in urban centers are rapidly embracing Bitcoin as a form of payment
Kenya is touted as Africa’s hub for technology and innovation. Across the East African nation, mobile money has become the most common and widely used form of payment and banking, both in the formal and informal sectors of the economy. But even as mobile money dominates Kenya’s economy, a new wave of cryptocurrency payment is taking root in urban areas across the country.
A 2022 UN report listed Kenya as the largest market of crypto users in Africa, with four million crypto owners. Kenya’s crypto sector is estimated to register 4% growth by the end of 2025.
’It saves me time and money’Since 2022, Brian Omondi has operated an electronics and gaming shop in Kibera, Kenya’s largest urban slum, 10km south of the Capital, Nairobi. The 26-year-old business management graduate has embraced Bitcoin as a form of payment, which he says is “more effective.”
Women walk to church in the Kibera slum in Nairobi, Kenya. © Andrew Renneisen / Getty Images“I have clients from across the country, and online marketing is central to my business. Bitcoin payments are fast and secure because once the funds are in my wallet, they can’t be reversed, unlike mobile money,” Omondi told RT.
He says most of his customers are tech-savvy young Kenyans and college students who are increasingly turning to cryptocurrency.
“With Bitcoin, there’s no need to visit an agent to deposit or withdraw money. All I need is a smartphone and internet access. There is no bureaucracy, no transaction charges,” he said.
Omondi, who gets his electronics supplies from China, says using Bitcoin has also made it easier to restock his shop by transacting directly with suppliers who accept cryptocurrency.
“With Bitcoin, I can place orders and make payments instantly, bypassing currency conversions or international banking procedures,” he explains. “It saves me time and money, and my goods arrive faster.”
Young Kenyans in urban centers are rapidly embracing Bitcoin as a form of payment, with many turning to the cryptocurrency as a flexible, borderless alternative amid limited access to traditional banking due to a lack of formal employment. Increased Bitcoin usage is also driven by the digital lifestyles of Kenyan youth, widespread smartphone usage, and enhanced internet connectivity.
’Bitcoin guarantees financial freedom to users’In 2022, AfriBit Africa, a Kenyan fintech company, introduced the use of Bitcoin in Kibera. Ronnie Mdawida, AfriBit Africa co-founder, told RT that “Bitcoin guarantees financial freedom to users since it does not require the same documentation as traditional banking.”
Small-scale traders and motorcycle taxi riders are among those accepting bitcoin payments in Kenyan towns. AfriBit Africa claims to have invested approximately $10,000 worth of bitcoin in Kibera since 2022.
Mohammed Rajab, a taxi operator in the tourist city of Mombasa, says he began accepting Bitcoin in 2023 because many of his foreign clients prefer to pay using cryptocurrency.
“Bitcoin is safe because I own and control my funds without relying on a third party,” Rajab told RT.
Rajab says most of his foreign clients find it easier to pay in crypto rather than converting currency or using cards.
“Bitcoin comes with the flexibility of saving and converting when rates are favorable,” he said.
With the rise of remote freelance work, Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies have become essential for many young Kenyans earning a living through digital platforms.
Sarah Thuo, based in Kisumu City, Western Kenya, has been a content writer for the past six years and has been accustomed to crypto payments.
“All my clients are from the international market, and having a Bitcoin wallet enables faster payments, unlike bank transfers, which are prone to delays and restrictions,” she told RT. For Sarah, Bitcoin also shields her earnings from currency fluctuations and high bank transfer fees.
Flip side of the BitcoinIn 2024, the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) collected approximately $77.3 million (Ksh 10 billion) from virtual asset service providers (VASPs).
In 2023, under the Finance Act 2023, the Kenyan government introduced the Digital Assets Tax (DAT). Under the provision, crypto incomes are taxed. The law introduced a 3% tax on the transfer or exchange of digital assets.
But experts warn that even as Bitcoin use gains momentum across Kenya, legal loopholes could expose many to the risk of fraud.
Ali Hussein Kassim, chair of the FinTech Alliance in Kenya, told RT that many Kenyans are oblivious of the risks associated with bitcoin.
“The investors are more interested in making profits and do not educate the users about the potential risks of bitcoin; no one takes to evaluate the risks involved,” Kassim warns.
Kassim notes that the population being exposed to cryptocurrency is vulnerable. According to him, Bitcoin lacks the same protections as other financial services due to a lack of strong regulations.
However, Mdawida told RT that, to cushion Kenyans against crypto risks, they have invested in financial literacy training and crypto courses for those using Bitcoin.
Cases of cryptocurrency-related fraud have previously been reported in Kenya. In February 2025, two Kenyans were arrested for defrauding a Chinese national in a crypto scam.
Will fines work?In January 2025, the IMF, in a Technical Assistance Report for Kenya has called for the enhancement of the country’s safety and regulation of the crypto sector.
According to the IMF report, Kenya currently lacks a clear regulatory framework to oversee crypto-related activities. This loophole, the IMF said, has exposed cryptocurrencies to unlawful purposes.
To address the challenges and guard cryptocurrencies against misuse, the IMF advised Kenya to implement robust anti-money laundering laws and counter-terrorism financing measures.
In 2022, the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) explored the possibility of introducing a digital shilling dubbed the Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC), but the plan was abandoned due to the clear effectiveness of the already existing Kenya’s leading mobile money infrastructure, M-Pesa.
Cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin are not illegal in Kenya, and the law allows owning and trading of crypto. They are, however, not recognized as legal tender, nor accepted for official transactions like paying taxes, bank transactions or paying fees charged for government services.
The growing adoption of crypto, especially among the young and tech-savvy population, has prompted the government to draft legislation that aims to regulate digital asset services and related activities.
Kenya’s Finance Ministry introduced the Virtual Asset Service Providers (VASP) Bill, 2025, which outlines the licensing requirements for crypto service providers.
The proposed law, which is currently before parliament, requires virtual asset service providers to register as formal businesses and obtain a government-issued license.
The law proposes fines of up to KES 20 million ($150,000) for companies and KES 10 million and/or up to ten years in prison for individuals found in violation of the regulations.
To enhance consumer protection and financial integrity, the law proposes fines of up to KES 30 million or imprisonment for up to a decade for offences related to scams, pump-and-dump schemes, or market manipulation.
At the same time, the Kenyan government also requires crypto companies to implement strict Know Your Customer (KYC) and Anti-Money Laundering (AML) policies to enhance accountability and combat financial crime.
And just like banks and traditional financial institutions, crypto companies are required to report any suspicious activities to the Financial Reporting Centre (FRC).
Kassim argues, however, that the global nature of cryptocurrency makes it difficult for Kenya to regulate users who access international platforms outside its jurisdiction.
“Most cases of the fraud being reported have a foreign link, and many of those defrauded never recover their money,” he told RT.
Just as with the AI, Kenya cannot run away from the cryptocurrency reality and all it needs are strong and implementable policies that will cushion the public from exploitation. “The world is headed the cryptocurrency way and Kenya must not be left out. We must however get it right even as we join the bandwagon,” Kassim concluded.
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Via https://www.rt.com/africa/622084-kenyas-blockchain-economy-is-booming/
July 27, 2025
What Happens When Big Pharma Pulls the Plug?
Dr. Joseph MercolaJuly 27, 2025
Big Pharma Isn’t in the Business of Saving Lives
Story at-a-glanceBig Pharma prioritizes financial gain over saving lives, discontinuing unprofitable medicines even when patients desperately need them, causing preventable deaths worldwidePharmaceutical companies artificially create scarcity by withdrawing established medicines, then reintroducing them at higher prices to maximize profits and control marketsDespite regulations, pharmaceutical companies consistently overpower governments in negotiations, setting arbitrary prices that citizens and health care systems cannot afford or challengeCritical medications for cancer, allergies, and rare diseases become unavailable due to supply manipulation, forcing doctors to ration treatments using wartime triage methodsTo avoid pharmaceutical dependency, focus on optimizing natural health through avoiding processed oils, improving gut health, reducing toxin exposure, and enhancing detoxificationMedicine is supposed to save lives, but this isn’t even the focus of Big Pharma. Instead, it’s in the business of making money. This is what the documentary “Big Pharma — How Profits Kill Patients” by ENDEVR shows.1
One of the primary themes highlighted in this film is the shortage of medications worldwide. According to the narrator, “Today, there are stock shortages of medicine even in rich countries.” As seen in the COVID-19 pandemic, hospitals experienced shortages in medicine, equipment, and other items medical professionals need to treat patients.
Even worse, this is still happening today — Patients are dying because they’re not getting the medicine they need. The reason? Big Pharma discontinued their production because they’re “unprofitable.”
What Happens When a Drug Stops Making Money?As noted by the narrator, “health is an international business.” Hospitals around the world rely on medical devices and medicines to help treat patients. However, supply issues are now a prominent problem.
• Medicines are now getting harder to come by — Yannis Natsis, a policy manager at European Public Health Alliance, said that despite the massive profits of Big Pharma, shortages are occurring:
“In the past, it was only a problem that had to do with southern Europe or Eastern Europe and now, it touches upon even the richest and wealthiest EU member states in the west. And this is why this issue has gained a bit more prominence.”
• Big Pharma always wins — While being bound by laws, drug manufacturers always seem to have an upper hand on governments and doctors because they’re too important. As one expert noted, “In the arm wrestling between the pharmaceutical industry and governments, the pharmaceutical industry invariably wins.”
• Priorities are always on the moneymakers — In Mexico, 1,600 have died due to medicine shortages. Yet, Viagra is always available, demonstrating how Big Pharma values its different consumer groups.
• Digging deeper into the supply issue — Globalization has allowed health institutions to purchase medicines from around the world, but this is causing pressure among buyers when faced with shortages.
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The Economics Behind MedicinesCompetition within Big Pharma is fierce. Whenever a new drug is produced, governments allow the manufacturer special privileges to maintain profitability.
• Patents are held for a long time — The documentary explains how manufacturers control the prices once a new drug enters the market:
“The profitability of a drug evolves with time. At the beginning, the medication is protected by a patent. A high price is accorded to the maker who has the monopoly on sales for 10 to 20 years. This is the most profitable period when the price and volume of sales are at their highest. When the patent expires, the drug can be copied in generic form. It therefore becomes less profitable due to the reduction in price and the competition.”
• Big Pharma manipulates the market — Despite knowing the importance of certain medicines, Big Pharma willingly removes them to create scarcity. Natsis explains:
“We see a lot of products, a lot of medicines, which have been widely used. And long-established medicines being withdrawn from the market only to be reintroduced to the market with higher prices, for instance. Or, there is a push to say that ‘if you don’t want to have shortages then you need to pay the highest.'”
• Another example of Big Pharma’s lack of cooperation — In another interview, a teenager explains that she has allergies and needs an epinephrine pen to keep the symptoms at bay. However, ALK, the manufacturer that makes them, has discontinued production, despite hundreds of thousands relying on this life-saving drug:
“ALK laboratory produces them for 500,000 clients around the world. But in 2017, it stopped selling auto injectors in Spain. It refused a government-imposed price drop. For patients the product became difficult to obtain.”
• Big Pharma doesn’t want to be controlled — While manufacturers set the price, governments also do their best to lower it to ensure all citizens have immediate access. However, as the vice president for the epinephrine manufacturer justifies:
“When we launched the product, it was €34 back in 2011 in Spain. Then, there was a price decrease or a few, but at least it ended on €27. And then there was the last imposed price decrease in 2018, getting it down to less than €24. That was the last draw for me.
What Happens When Cancer Patients Can’t Get Treatment?The €24 would be, by far, the lowest price in Europe, and this comes back to my point that in essence, you could say the one who pays the lowest price, eventually, it will be the price for everyone. This would kill then the entire business force. And this was why I said, ‘Sorry, dear Spanish government. We cannot honor this anymore. It’s impossible for us the price was already too low.’ We need to say, ‘no thank you.'”
Bladder cancer affects tens of thousands of people worldwide, and they rely on certain medications to maintain their condition. One example is BCG-Medac. In France, however, it’s been in shortage for several years because, as you can guess, it’s not as profitable as other medicines.
• Cancer medication supply is being controlled — BCG-Medac “is experiencing severe supply difficulties,” explains a hospital pharmacist interviewed in the documentary.
• A quota system develops — According to the documentary, supply shortages give rise to a medical quota system. Here, medicines in short supply are only given to priority patients, making them unavailable to people who are also just as deserving in receiving treatment.
• Other labs are not interested in saving lives — A French patient explains that he needs BCG-Medac for his bladder cancer. However, his urologist told him that there are no treatments available:
“Since 2020, only the German laboratory Medac sells this treatment in France but it does not have the capacity to fill hospital demand. And none of the large laboratories are interested in this old medication resulting from a vaccine invented more than a century ago. The famous BCG [vaccine] given to children against tuberculosis.”
• Triage is now commonplace — The practice of prioritizing which patients to treat comes from wartime experiences. To distribute BCG-Medac, a French professor was forced to apply a triage scheme:
“It’s always difficult to tell a patient they can’t have access to treatment. But if this has to be the case, it’s better that medical reasons be used to select or — to use a word that mustn’t be abused — sort patients. By which I mean in terms of gravity of the illness.
How Are Drug Prices Set?It was above all to ensure equity of medical access across the country, so that a patient in a remote region wouldn’t have less chance of access to treatment than somebody in a large city. It was also to make sure there was no financial influence, that a wealthy patient would not have more chance of receiving treatment.”
In an effort to keep medicines in stock, as well as prices down, governments are always meeting with representatives of Big Pharma to find a middle ground. The documentary explains how this process works in France:
• A committee is formed — Representatives from the government and drug manufacturers discuss via committees. Philippe Bouyoux, president of the Economic Committee for Health Products, explains that “for every medicine, we examine the proposition made by a laboratory, and the committee reacts accordingly.” Going deeper into this:
“Each week, the committee brings together representatives from the health and finance ministries behind closed doors. This is where the arm wrestling between the state and the laboratories takes place.
For each drug, we look at the medical service which it provides, then we consider it for this particular health objective … It’s quite a challenge to satisfy the expectations and needs of patients without putting in danger the sustainability of the public purse.”
• Supply prices and distribution are abused by Big Pharma — The documentary also interviewed a Belgian mother whose child has spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), a rare genetic illness affecting 1 in 10,000 children. However Zolgensma, a gene therapy available for this disease, was priced at a whopping $2.125 million by Novartis — impossible for ordinary citizens.
Furthermore, the gene therapy was only released in the U.S. “In Europe, it was neither reimbursable nor even approved by the European Medicines Agency,” the documentary explains. Fortunately, the mother was able to help her daughter through a fundraising campaign.
• Big Pharma will give you the cold shoulder — If you can’t pay the price set by manufacturers, they will ignore you. The mother shares her experience:
“Novartis contacted us saying that they sympathized. That they were deeply touched by our story, but that they couldn’t give us a reduction. In fact, what they said was if you don’t have the $2 million, she can’t have the treatment.”
• Prices are pulled out of thin air sometimes — How does a single drug cost millions of dollars? While companies’ base prices on manufacturing costs, certain products are priced arbitrarily. As noted by the documentary:
“Novartis did not calculate the price in terms of production costs, but instead, according to what society is prepared to pay to have access to the treatment.”
• Monopolies are hurting citizens — Manufacturers can set high prices for special medications because of its rarity. While problematic, it is still legal, and no one can challenge Big Pharma, as they’re too powerful. If a patient was able to purchase the medication they need, they’re now drowning in medical debt. Wilbert Bannenberg, president of the Pharmaceutical Accountability Foundation, explains:
What Happened When Mexico Challenged Big Pharma?“Pharmaceutical companies have the right to do this. It isn’t forbidden. They have the monopoly. They ask the price which they consider right, but it’s like throwing a life belt to somebody who’s drowning. Then, when the person asks, ‘How much do I owe you?’ You reply, ‘I saved your life. You’ll live for another 20 years, so that’s 20 times €80,000 which makes €1.6 million.'”
Governments know how strong Big Pharma’s grip on economies, and many are trying to challenge this powerful group. In Mexico, former president Andrés Manuel López Obrador canceled corrupt contracts, closed unsafe plants, and tried to import generics.
• A systematic reset is needed — In a press conference, Obrador explains, “The whole system was defective. Production, distribution, and the buying of medicaments. It was just another business. But we are talking about medicaments. And there was so much corruption as well.”
• Exposing the drawbacks of corruption — The government of Mexico singled out PiSA Farmaceutica, which is responsible for half of the anticancer drugs sold in the country. Here’s what authorities found afterward:
“The drug agency inspected their factory and realized that it wasn’t up to standard. Bacteria had spread through the laboratory when the production line was halted. What did PiSA do? PiSA met with the directors of the agency and tried to pressure them into production to continue without carrying out improvements.”
• Big Pharma isn’t afraid to fight back — When the government of Mexico closed down several factories due to poor conditions, PiSA refused to supply the market. Consequently, this showed how drug manufacturers are able to influence public health simply because they don’t want to be held accountable.
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