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Dmitri Shostakovich – “Leningradskaia”: The End of the Siege and the Triumph of the Spirit
by Nora Hoppe for the Saker blog In Celebration of the End of the Siege of Leningrad… 27th January 1944 Shostakovich’s Seventh Symphony was written in 1941, primarily during the Siege of Leningrad by the Nazi forces. When it had its premiere in the war-torn city on 9th August 1942 – performed by the emaciated, surviving musicians of the Leningrad Radio Orchestra that was supplemented with military performers, before a
Pakistan is facing a hybrid war
by Zamir Ahmed Awan for the Saker blog It is believed that the world is changing rapidly, technology has been improving at an accelerated speed, geopolitics is also changing, new alliances are emerging, and trade pattern has been transformed, and so on. But, one thing is not changed – the suffering of humankind. Human beings are still killed and forced to flee from their homes, and countries and poverty have
Mussolini Re-Dux? Could Italy’s new foreign policy trigger a passage to a multipolar world order?
By Gerardo Papalia for the Saker blog By switching its allegiances, Italy played a decisive role in the outcomes of both the First and Second World Wars. If Italy were to abandon the US centred world system to join BRICS it could once again decisively turn world history onto a radically different path. The conflict in Ukraine has brought the world, and Europe in particular, to a turning point. In
The Oldest Lie and Why the End of the American Empire Was Delayed
By Batiushka for the Saker blog Robbers of the world, having by their universal plunder exhausted the land, they rifle the deep. If the enemy is rich, they are rapacious; if he is poor, they lust for control; neither the east nor the west has been able to satisfy them. Alone among men they covet with equal eagerness poverty and riches. To robbery, slaughter and plunder, they give the lying
Journalists Pointed Out The Inadequacy Of Existing Organizations For Protecting The Rights Of Media Workers In The West During The Press Forum Of The Foundation To Battle Injustice
by Mira Terada for the Saker blog On January 19, 2023 an international press forum of the Foundation to Battle Injustice «Journalists under the gun: attacks on freedom of speech and reprisals against reporters. How to preserve lives and guarantee safety?» took place on the platform of a Patriot Media Group. At the event, which was attended by foreign journalists, the idea of creating an independent international organization to protect
By popular demand: “How I became a 9/11 ‘truther'” reposted
Since I get a lot of requests for that file, which Google modified with some kind of “security update”, which forces people to ask for a viewer permission (sigh) so I am reposting this old article of mine here. I hope that this solves this issue. Andrei
How Atlantic Integrationists and 5th columnists came to power in Russia
When watching this, please remember who told you that there were no Atlantic Integrationists in power in Russia, and there is was no 5th column either.
Is Andrei Martyanov right in his criticism of US ruling “elites”?
Those of you who, like myself, try not to miss any videos or articles by Andrei Martyanov know that one of his “favorite” topics is the utter incompetence of Western elites in general and US ruling elites specifically. I am sure that his criticisms appear to be over the top to many people and that is normal. It is completely counter-intuitive to assume that the ruling class (because that is
Russia, now the South and East’s counterpoint to Israel
by Ramin Mazaheri for the Saker blog There is no doubt that were Israel threatened with the forced implementation of even something as fundamentally just and decent as a two-state solution they would resort to using nuclear bombs. They are dead-set on waging war until they get all the Palestinians’ lands, and they have made it clear that there is no place for non-Jews (non-White Jews, actually) inside this land
Probabilities and “Experts”
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Going, Going, Gone: Fiddling While the West Burns
By Batiushka for the Saker blog So when is the Russian winter offensive going to begin? Some thought it would be in December, when the ground had frozen. Now we are nearing February. However, just remember that the so-called Russian winter offensive was thought up by armchair generals. Of course, it may well exist as one of a number of scenarios among the Russian General Staff and may still happen
Global South: Gold-backed currencies to replace the US dollar
by Pepe Escobar, first published at The Cradle, reposted here by the author’s permission The adoption of commodity-backed currencies by the Global South could upend the US dollar’s dominance and level the playing field in international trade. Let’s start with three interconnected multipolar-driven facts. First: One of the key take aways from the World Economic Forum annual shindig in Davos, Switzerland is when Saudi Finance Minister Mohammed al-Jadaan, on a
Painful Similarities Between the German and Aztec Collapses
Painful Similarities Between the German Collapse and the Aztec Empire – with Some Clarification On The Transformation Of Europe Against Mesoamerica By Thorsten J. Pattberg for the Saker blog JUST IN, so funny: ‘Shove Your Democracy Up Your Ass’ went viral in China and Taiwan. My sense of humor! If you can, grab five mint copies for your study group! Part I. The Arrival The Aztec Empire, also known as “the
‘Fragmented world’ sleepwalks into World War III
by Pepe Escobar for PressTV, cross posted with the author’s permission The self-appointed Davos “elites” are afraid. So afraid. At this week’s World Economic Forum meetings, mastermind Klaus Schwab – displaying his trademark Bond villain act – carped over and over again about a categorical imperative: we need “Cooperation in a Fragmented World”. While his diagnosis of “the most critical fragmentation” the world is now mired in is predictably somber, Herr
Game-Changing Russia
By Batiushka for the Saker blog Meanwhile, Circuses While America is prepared to pay for the last Ukrainian to die for America – the Western world is talking about something else: Harry Windsor has revealed the family secret. The family secret was that Harry is an idiot, whose strings are pulled by an American actress. Now the secret is out. Harry has himself told the whole world he is an
Tanks for Nothing: NATO Keeps On Demilitarising Itself in Ukraine
by James Tweedie for the Saker blog It has been said often over the past year, most recently by Emmanuel Todd, that the conflict in Ukraine is “existential” for Russia. Certainly, the Great Bear cannot abide a NATO ballistic missile launchpad just 300 miles from Moscow in a country run my rabidly-Russophobic Nazis — not neo-Nazi skinhead cosplayers but the literal descendants of the real deal. But others have argued
Revisiting Russian objectives in the Ukraine
Check out this list of headlines, all from one source only, RT and all from the past week or so: https://www.rt.com/news/569764-ukraine-peace-summit-un/ https://www.rt.com/news/569736-zelensky-bust-capitol-resolution/ https://www.rt.com/russia/569914-ukraine-blogger-russians-genocide/ https://www.rt.com/news/569917-us-democrat-calls-for-biden-impeachment/ https://www.rt.com/news/569959-russia-france-orthodox-cemetery/ https://www.rt.com/news/569969-cia-chief-secret-meeting-zelensky/ https://www.rt.com/russia/570005-russian-standing-army-boost/ https://www.rt.com/sport/569994-tennis-australian-open-russia-embassy/ https://www.rt.com/sport/569988-australian-open-bans-russian-flag/ https://www.rt.com/russia/569986-shoigu-minister-headquarters-ukraine/ https://www.rt.com/news/569985-milley-inspects-ukrainian-troops/ Some are only “more of the same” (like the Ukronazis making the Aussies ban Russian flags at the Open), some are rather disgusting (like the Ukronazi blogger who wants to exterminate the Russian people), some are revolting (like the
All Quiet (Panic) on the Western Front
Pepe Escobar for the Saker blog Shadows are falling / And I’ve been here all day / It’s too hot to sleep / And time is running away / Feel like my soul / has turned into steel /I’ve still got the scars / That the sun didn’t heal / There’s not even room enough / To be anywhere / Lord it’s not dark yet, / but it’s getting there
Help! The Beatles to Save America?
By Batiushka for the Saker blog I need somebody, Not just anybody, You know I need someone, help! So much younger than today, I never needed anybody’s help in any way, but now these days are gone, I’m not so self-assured. And now I find I’ve changed my mind And opened up the doors. In, oh, so many ways My independence seems to vanish in the haze. But every now
