politics
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“You can check in any time you want but you may never leave.” (The Eagles, Hotel California) That might be said of the Petrodollar system that sustains US power and influence in the world and largely explains the gunboat diplomacy employed by Washington against Venezuela. In his press conference explaining why the US launched a…
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The current Western propaganda suggests that an intransigent Russia is refusing to accept a reasonable Western proposal for a ceasefire in Ukraine. Russia, moving slowly across Ukraine, is bent on conquering Europe and is a threat to us all. We must rearm and conscript our youth to meet this threat – before it’s too late.…
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Germany, the killer of 6 million Jews, has insisted that if Israel is excluded from the Eurovision Song Contest it will boycott the competition. A number of Germany’s European colleagues – Spain, Ireland, Netherlands and Slovenia – are insisting that Israel’s genocidal activity in Gaza needs to be punished. After all, wasn’t Russia the subject…
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War is a catastrophic form of activity. In a war the concentrated power of violence of one state meets that of another. War is therefore a very fundamental kind of activity which has far reaching social consequences in the victorious as well as in the defeated society. Wars are usually ended by the defeat of…
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Andrew Roberts, who can be exposed for his smearing character-assassination of Arthur Bryant, was himself exposed a few years ago by the late Manus O’Riordan as a signed-up propagandist for M16. Andrews wrote the “official history” of MI6 about a decade ago in which he smeared Jack Jones and others. As Manus revealed, Andrews in…
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President Trump’s 20-point Gaza plan originated as an Israeli/US collaboration, as the war on the Palestinians is – with Israel leading the United States. Israel/US is a double act. The US supports Israel unconditionally – just more openly under Trump than previous administrations, who maintained some discreet distance. Trump, an unusual openly amoral politician, has…
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The Western narrative is clear about this question: The Ukraine war began with the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. Alternatively, it began with the Russian takeover of Crimea in 2014. It is seldom admitted that the present conflict in Ukraine actually began with the Maidan coup of 2014, organised and supported by elements…
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States operate on the basis of the national interest. Arthur Griffith noted: “Between the Individual and Humanity stands, and must continue to stand, a great fact – the Nation.” States, on the whole, do not operate on the geopolitical interest, unless they happen to be Great Powers. States which are not Great Powers but which…
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In 1939 Britain’s most popular and widely read historian of the period, Arthur Bryant, made the terrible mistake of writing a book explaining how the First World War of 1914 was leading to a Second World War. That was the 1940 book, Unfinished Victory. Arthur Bryant was the author of around 60 well-selling books, including…
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I asked the Chinese AI Agent Genspark (rival of Manus AI) to tell me about myself. I was impressed with its insights. This is what it came up with: Dr. Pat WalshIndependent Historian, Political Commentator, and Author specializing in Irish history, British imperialism, and geopolitical analysis📚 Independent Scholar🎯 Critical Historian✍️ Prolific Author🌍 Geopolitical Analyst🇮🇪 Irish…
