Pepe Escobar : Interview with The Press Project
From a unipolar to a multipolar world. This is my itvw with the wonderful folks at The Press Project in Greece. In English, with Greek subtitles.
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Sitrep Operation Z: Yes, it is ‘The Grind’
For the Saker Blog by Saker Staff This is a short sitrep just to bring the latest information together. First, Brian Berletic does a fine job of describing the battlefield for us, without drowning it in detail. He makes a lot of sense and touches on those ‘wonderful M777 howitzers’, which, if we believe the Wurlitzer Media, are making a decisive difference. Well, they are not. A summary of Berletic’s
Germans ´schwedt´ hard for Russian oil
´Krautensuiciden´: by Jorge Vilches for the Saker Blog Germans will soon passionately conjugate a very strange new verb amongst themselves, the infinitive form of which is “ to schwedt ”. Of course, all sorts of ironic phraseology will emerge in the blogosphere with creative commentariati wondering whether “to schwedt or not to schwedt”… or millennials surely indicating to “chill it, don´t schwedt it ”… So, you may wonder what exactly
Azov surrenders. Who will be the sacred martyr now?
By Batko Milacic for the Saker Blog On the night of May 17, after brief negotiations, Ukrainian army units, blocked by Russian troops at Azovstal in Mariupol, began to surrender. Initially, it was announced that the Ukrainian military wanted to hand over to Russia their wounded whose condition in the cellars of a huge factory was hopeless. However, it soon became clear that the entire “Mariupol garrison” as the remnants
Moveable Feast Cafe 2022/05/21 … Open Thread
2022/05/21 23:30:07Welcome to the ‘Moveable Feast Cafe’. The ‘Moveable Feast’ is an open thread where readers can post wide ranging observations, articles, rants, off topic and have animate discussions of the issues of the day. The ‘Moveable Feast Cafe’ will have two new open threads each week. The Saker stated moderation policy will apply eg ‘no caps’, no obscenity … etc to all post. The Cafe is now open for
WHY Sanctions have FAILED against RUSSIA – Inside Russia Report
A lovely conversation detailing how the ordinary Russian adapted to sanctions.
More Gonzalo Lira: No More Lies, No More BS
And this is the real issue: And a little real history and situation today, that would be fine to discuss at a barbecue and probably not at a formal summit.
Michael Hudson: Interview with RT – Transcript
Michael Hudson’s interview with RT – May 19 2022. Peter Scott, RT anchor: Joining us now is Michael Hudson, economist and author of “Super-Imperialism” and the recently-published “Destiny of Civilization”. Welcome to the programme, Michael. Michael Hudson: It’s good to be back. PS: Let’s say all these European programmes like the REPOWER Programme come into effect, how do you expect the EU standing to be on the stage after that?
Russia Rewrites the Art of Hybrid War
Hybrid War is being fought predominantly in the economic/financial battleground – and the pain dial for the collective West will only go up. By Pepe Escobar, posted with the author’s permission and widely cross posted. The ironclad fictional “narrative” imposed all across NATOstan is that Ukraine is “winning”. So why would weapons peddler retrofitted as Pentagon head Lloyd “Raytheon” Austin literally beg since late February to have his phone calls
Andrei Martyanov: Feeling Sitrepish on May 20
Andrei Martyanov talks about a very important issue almost buried in the other issues. That is the Global Conflict which he describes as the west against the global community coalescing around Russia and China now. On the Saker Blog, Andrei Raevski called it Zone A and Zone B, we can simply call it the west against the rest. Please visit Andrei’s website: https://smoothiex12.blogspot.com/ and support him here: https://www.patreon.com/bePatron?u=60459185
So How Serious is Ukraine’s neo-Nazi Romance?
By Cynthia Chung for the Saker Blog In the history of civilization, Politics has more often than not, been a matter reduceable to the question of “whose side are you on?” Granted it is not an easy affair to discern what most-nearly approaches truth in the fog of “the present.” Hindsight is 20/20 they say, although that is also not entirely true, for the interpretation of history is just another
Sitrep Operation Z: The Ukrainian fighters’ will to resist is deteriorating fast
For the Saker Blog by Saker Staff Khodakovsky’s (commander of Vostok Battalion) noted that they have +1,800 prisoners of war in custody. Another 80-90 surrendered over the past 24 hours and the estimate is that a few hundred is still in the hole. It is visible! It is palpalable! Morale in the both the Armed Forces of the Ukraine as well as in the general society is dropping like a
Gonzalo Lira: There Is No “Open Corridor” Through West and Central Ukraine (UPDATE with new video!)
Update: More on Scott Ritter … this time with the gloves off: Here is the article and I was on the point on commenting on when the new video appeared. https://www.energyintel.com/00000180-d669-d410-aba9-f66dbd120000
Briefing by Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova, Moscow, May 18, 2022 (Extensive)
https://www.mid.ru/en/foreign_policy/news/1813888/ Table of contents Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov to attend BRICS Foreign Ministers’ meeting Sergey Lavrov’s participation in the 100 Questions for the Leader project at the Yevgeny Primakov Gymnasium Update on Ukraine Involving minors in Ukrainian nationalist formations Statement by Western leaders accusing Russia of cyberattacks against the Ukrainian communications infrastructure EU allegations of Russia’s “responsibility” for global food insecurity Biological warfare research in Ukraine Closing Canada’s CBC bureau
To Yellow Vests he’s the radical: Macron imposes ‘radical centrism’ for Brussels
by Ramin Mazaheri for the Saker blog During the only debate featuring the five principal 2017 presidential candidates the National Front’s Marine Le Pen zinged Macron with the night’s best line: “You have a crazy talent: You just managed to speak for seven minutes, and I am incapable of summarising your thoughts – you’ve said nothing. It’s completely empty,” she said, and then turned around to the audience and admired,
The brutal invasion of Iraq: Media – he made an unfortunate mistake
This speaks for itself and needs no comment. This is the single best thing that has ever happened. There has never been a better thing than this. https://t.co/bYkZmsDgcm — Caitlin Johnstone ⏳ (@caitoz) May 19, 2022
Toward a Theory of Impossibility: Column Upends Science
By Fred Reed for the Saker Blog In today’s column, we will revolutionize science, and establish that much of what we believe, at least regarding living things, is at best improbable and likely impossible. Science won’t notice, so no harm will be done. As we explicate the Theory of Impossibility, we must begin with particle physics. This will give the column a touch of class. Specifically, the Fundamental Theorem of
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Moveable Feast Cafe 2022/05/18 … Open Thread
2022/05/18 12:00:02Welcome to the ‘Moveable Feast Cafe’. The ‘Moveable Feast’ is an open thread where readers can post wide ranging observations, articles, rants, off topic and have animate discussions of the issues of the day. The ‘Moveable Feast Cafe’ will have two new open threads each week. The Saker stated moderation policy will apply eg ‘no caps’, no obscenity … etc to all post. The Cafe is now open for
Sitrep Operation Z: NATO surrenders in Azovstal
For the Saker Blog by Saker Staff with thanks to Pepe Escobar for that prescient title Nazi Azovites – from rats in a hole to fish in a barrel – This is what denazification looks like! The New York Times prevaricates as follows: Ukraine ended its “combat mission” in Mariupol and said fighters were being evacuated, signaling that the battle at a steel plant was over. https://nyti.ms/3sIon9B Zelensky adds some
