PEPE ESCOBAR—These basic facts, which now are permanently noted in the playbook of any minimally serious geopolitical analyst, by themselves do not compose the full picture. In the panoramic tableau of the contemporary geopolitical situation, we have the dizzying decline of the Anglo-Saxon Empire, dragging along with it its European vassals, NATO and its rules-based international order. The inexorable decline of the dollar, the euro and the other currencies in the imperial basket is at this point inevitable.
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A wide ranging discussion of the past, present and probable future of the confrontation between Russia and the West, precipitated by the US/NATO coalition decision to besiege, vanquish and balkanise Russia. in Part 3 the strategists explore the many pathways to American military defeat and strategic failure, and how these have worked in concert, as they are now culminating in Ukraine.
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CAITLIN JOHNSTONE—Billionaires only come to the rescue in movies and comic books. Elon Musk is no more likely to save the day than Tony Stark or Bruce Wayne. People only believe he’s a hero because Hollywood has trained us to look for heroes, but Hollywood only does that to keep us searching for heroes outside ourselves.
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JOHN GERASSI—Che Guevara had no illusions about what this will mean in Latin America. He wrote: “The present moment may or may not be the proper one for starting the struggle, but we cannot harbor any illusions, we have no right to do so, that freedom can be obtained without fighting. And these battles shall not be mere street fights with stones against tear-gas bombs, nor pacific general strikes; neither will they be those of a furious people destroying in two or three days the repressive superstructure of the ruling oligarchies. The struggle will be long, harsh, and its battlefronts will be the guerrilla’s refuge, the cities, the homes of the fighters–where the repressive forces will go seeking easy victims among their families–among the massacred rural populations, in the villages or in cities destroyed by the bombardments of the enemy.”
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GLENN GREENWALD—I want to share a story about Cabo Daciolo. It has nothing to do with the election. Vote for whoever you want. David and Daciolo only met a few months ago, when they found themselves in the same party. A friendship quickly formed. David talked a lot about their bond. Since David was admitted to the ICU two months ago, Cabo Daciolo hasn’t stopped calling to ask about David, send prayers, give comfort. He went to David’s room in the ICU to pray with and for David – including just days before his election day. Few in Brazil’s political world have done as much. He did all this without seeking any attention. Indeed, he told me he didn’t want any media attention. He didn’t want any publicity.
