Sunday, January 16, 2022

Links — 16 Jan 2022

Global Times (China)
Biden admin loses control over Taiwan policy, mirroring loss of control at home
Interview with Zheng Yongnian
https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202112/1243564.shtml?id=12

Global Inequality
Capital: The explosion of Delhi —The metaphor of global capitalism as told by Rana Dasgupta
Branko Milanovic | Visiting Presidential Professor at City University of New York Graduate Center and senior scholar at the Stone Center on Socio-economic Inequality, senior scholar at the Luxembourg Income Study (LIS), and formerly lead economist in the World Bank’s research department and senior associate at Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
https://branko2f7.substack.com/p/capital-the-explosion-of-delhi

Internationalist 360º
The Settler Blindness to the U.S. Empire’s Internal Violence
Ranier Shea
https://libya360.wordpress.com/2022/01/16/the-settler-blindness-to-the-u-s-empires-internal-violence/

Sputnik International
NATO-Russia Relations Near Red Line Due to Alliance's Military Support of Ukraine, Peskov Tells CNN
https://sputniknews.com/20220116/nato-russia-relations-near-red-line-due-to-alliances-military-support-of-ukraine-peskov-tells-cnn-1092300360.html

Some of America's NATO Allies Were 'Unsettled' by 'Certain US Ideas' at Security Guarantee Talks
https://sputniknews.com/20220116/some-of-americas-nato-allies-were-unsettled-by-certain-us-ideas-at-security-guarantee-talks-1092298501.html

TASS
Negotiations with Moscow necessary to defuse tension in Europe, Macron says
https://tass.com/world/1388765

Pravda.ru (Russian private media) [Pravada.ru is different from Pravda, which is state-sponsored]
Russian submarine with 160 nukes on board surfaces off US coast
https://english.pravda.ru/news/world/150057-russian_submarine/

CaitlinJohnstone.com
False Flags Suddenly No Longer A Crazy Conspiracy Theory
Caitlin Johnstone
https://caitlinjohnstone.com/2022/01/16/false-flags-suddenly-no-longer-a-crazy-conspiracy-theory/

Counterpunch (Right and left totalitarianism are the political extremes of capitalism and socialism)
As Long as Capitalism Exists, the Threat of Fascism Exists
Pete Dollack
https://www.counterpunch.org/2022/01/16/as-long-as-capitalism-exists-the-threat-of-fascism-exists/

Strategic Culture Foundation
Defying U.S. Caesar Act, China Admits Syria Into BRI
Giorgio Cafiero
https://www.strategic-culture.org/news/2022/01/15/defying-us-caesar-act-china-admits-syria-into-bri/

Politico
Mitt Romney: Putin can’t be allowed to rebuild the Soviet Union
David Cohen
https://www.politico.com/news/2022/01/16/romney-russia-ukraine-nato-527207

Tom Dispatch
Eurasia’s Ring of Fire—The Epic Struggle over the Epicenter of U.S. Global Power
Alfred McCoy
https://tomdispatch.com/eurasias-ring-of-fire/

ECNS
China, Iran jointly announce implementation of bilateral comprehensive cooperation plan
Xinhua  (Chinese state-sponsored media)
http://www.ecns.cn/news/2022-01-15/detail-ihauveie2087339.shtml

1 comment:

Andrew Anderson said...

re As Long as Capitalism Exists, the Threat of Fascism Exists:

Sure IF your definition of "capitalism" includes
1) Government privileges for private credit creation; eg government-provided deposit guarantees.
2) No limits to land ownership.

Both are contrary to the Bible so there's skating on thin ice for you - even for non-believers given the relative success of the somewhat Bible-believing West.