Global South

1. Thank You China!

Support is cherished by those besieged and subjugated by neocolonialism, struggling to live.

By Bruce Gagnon at the Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear Power in Space.

Free from bondage: Another world is happening.

China's announced it's writing off some loans owed by Zimbabwe which is struggling with heavy debt. The gesture was made during the African country's independence celebrations marking 44 years of freedom from British colonial rule.

This is why the west hates China.

The western 'Rules Based Order' does not allow for this biblical mandate of forgiving debt. Capitalism does just the opposite. It takes everything of value the debtor has and keeps the debtor in bondage.

"At the end of every seven years you shall grant a release. And this is the manner of the release: every creditor shall release what he has lent to his neighbor. He shall not exact it of his neighbor, his brother, because the Lord's release has been proclaimed." ~ Deuteronomy 15:1-2

China lived under the yoke and the whip of western extractive capitalism for a long time. The Chinese understand what much of the Global South is going through these days.

The western 'way of life' resulted from more than 500 years of thievery from the Global South. The reason the US-UK-EU are now at war with the rest of the world is the colonial occupiers know the vise is turning and squeezing them. Thus they move to terrorism in the vain attempt to hold onto power and domination.

But it is not working.

Thank you China.

Bruce

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2. Abu Obeida’s Revolutionary Message

Gaza's resistance could be transformative for the Arab World

By Abdel Bari Atwan at Rai Al Youm.

Millions of people around the world eagerly await the occasional televised appearances of Abu-Obaida, the official spokesman of Hamas' military wing the Izzedin al-Qassam Brigades.

There are several reasons for this. His speeches are short and to-the-point. He conveys morale-raising good news about the resistance's achievements in confronting the occupation. And he does not seek personal fame or attention: he covers his face completely, and it is his resonant voice alone that lifts moods and strengthens the spirit of steadfastness and resistance.

In his latest videotaped appearance on Tuesday night marking 200th days since the start of Israel's assault on the Gaza Strip he made several key points.

— He called for stepped-up resistance activity in all its forms in every arena. This suggests there will be an escalation on the various confrontation fronts in the coming days and weeks.

— He affirmed that the enemy remains mired in the sands of Gaza, reaping only defeat and disgrace and 'achieving' only mass death and destruction — and that it will be costly for it either to withdraw or remain.

— He reaffirmed that military pressure on the Brigades and the resistance will only make them hold faster to their positions and the full rights of the Palestinian people, and that no concessions whatsoever should be expected.

— Hamas will not abandon its demands for the full withdrawal of Israeli forces from Gaza, lifting of the siege, and return of all displaced people to their homes — and that the movement is firmly rooted and will remain.

— He alluded to Iran's military retaliation against Israel involving 360 drones and missiles as a rewriting of the rules of engagement that confounds the enemy's calculations.

— He praised the escalating resistance against the occupation in the West Bank despite Israel's brutal repressive measures, and cast its hysterical reaction as a mark of its despair and confusion.

— He expressed great thanks and appreciation to all the peoples and groups in the Arab world — mentioning Lebanon, Yemen, and Iraq in particular — and around the globe who have taken action in solidarity with the Palestinians.

The resistance in the starved and besieged Gaza Strip forced the head of Israel's military intelligence to resign and its army to withdraw most of its brigades and battalions to cut their losses. It trashed the myth of Israeli deterrence, undermining the very foundations of the Zionist enterprise. It is entitled, 200 days on, to celebrate its achievements, its steadfastness and resistance, its foiling of the enemy's plans, and its confounding of its setters and supporters.

Thanks to that steadfastness and resistance, and the 'unity of fronts', Iran has become a 'confrontation state'.

Yemen has developed into a regional naval power that fearlessly confronts Israeli shipping in the Red Sea and the US-led naval forces deployed to protect it.

The Galilee region of northern occupied Palestine has become an inferno, with hundreds of thousands of settlers evacuated because of the long-term drone and missile war of attrition waged by Hezbollah.

And now, the Iraqi resistance has engaged forcefully, directing drones and missiles at US military bases in Iraq and Syria and Israeli transport and energy infrastructure.

So long as Yahya al-Sinwar and his comrades continue leading the heroic struggle in Gaza, and Abu-Obaida speaks out, we can hope for a change and the emergence of a New Arab World that achieves the goals of victory and justice.

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@Middle_East_Spectator:  Full translated speech by the spokesman of the Al-Qassam Brigades, Abu Obaidah |video|

3. An Overdue War

A hypothetical war with Iran

4. Wars for Peace

That is what they all say: Let us go to war to bring about Peace. It is like killing to make life worth living.

Peter Koenig
25 April 2025

War for Peace has never worked in the history of mankind. Those who say War is Peace, know it is a lie. Those who say it, also never go to war. They plan wars – they force young people to the front and fight their wars for naught. Sorry. Not for naught, for profit and power for those who are planning these wars for Peace.

These young men and women propagandized and brainwashed to believe that war makes Peace, help the war industry making profit from killing. They bathe death in a sea of gold. Death is sacrifice, death is shiny, death is good for Peace.

One may legitimately ask, why are people at large still going along?

Propaganda, is certainly one reason. Massive propaganda. Propaganda never talks about killing, about the thousands, millions of deaths wars bring about – no. Wars bring Peace and tranquility.

People at large – the YOUs and the MEs – we want a quiet, peaceful life in harmony, where our children can grow up without fear. And if the media tell them, this WAR is for Peace – after this war there are no more wars – this is the war of all wars – leading to PEACE, their wish for peace is so immense, so deep. they believe it.

So, once more they tolerate the misery, the indiscriminate killing, bombing of humans. Our brothers and sisters are being slaughtered in the name of Peace.

Take the Zionists

They are convinced to be the Chosen People. They have captured Israel, way before Israel was created on stolen Palestinian land – the story has been recorded at nauseatum – but not by the mainstream media – to become the Greater Israel in control of most of the Middle Eastern natural resources, predominantly oil and gas.

See [01] and [02] and [03].

Alternatively, will Peace look the other way? [04]

Peace will call for War to protect its integrity

The God of Zion, Yahweh, the God of Israel, will overcome us all – in the Name of Peace. He is part of the "Chosenness" of the People of Zion.

Therefore, Iran must go too. They are the stumbling block to Peace. Muslims and gentiles, who do not bend to Zion, are enemies of Peace.

Once they, the omni-present Zionists, have reached that goal, PEACE for all, they and the (western) world will live in Peace. Because Zionist-Israel will peacefully reign over good and evil – and distribute life-economy sustaining energy to the world as they see fit.

Before reaching this noble goal – Peace for All, massive killing and slaughtering is necessary – in the name of Peace, supported by the warrior leaders for Peace, called the United States and Europe.

Peace be with us. Peace is the objective of War.

Peace costs money. The United States has within the last two years allocated about 200 billion dollars for Peace, supplying Ukraine with weaponry and cash – so they can fight and kill for Peace. This is money from the tax-payers. From the very people who only want Peace, for living in Peace.

They are not saying NO to the allocation of their money for killing to eventually live in Peace. Killing and atrocities are intermediary stages for Peace.

The US Congress has just allocated another 95 billion dollars to Ukraine and Israel – to continue killing themselves and each other into the final stages of Peace. Still, people in the name of Peace do not say NO, as in NO, do not give our money for slaughtering more people – they may hope Peace will come and engulf them all.

Otherwise, it is not fathomable that they let their money being transferred into guns and tanks and bombs – so they may kill – working towards Peace.

The final eternal Peace.

We all want Peace.

But we know Peace does not come without war, so we are told, and so we believe – for generations after generations, after generations. For societies after societies, after ever more societies; and ultimately, for civilizations, after civilizations, after endless civilizations – war will bring Peace. It has always been that way. And it will stay that way, as long as humanity exists.

Unless humanity breaks some rules, seeing Peace not as the result of wars, but as an end in it-self. – Forget it. That would be a dream. Warriors for Peace do not dream.

Rules must be followed. So, we are told. And we MUST believe. We, the People, MUST always believe the higher echelons, our leaders, because we elected them, we gave them our trust, we delegated them our authority, and now we must give them our money, so they will lead us to Peace via wars.

The US government has made its choice in favor of war, siding with evil and supporting fascism, the Russian Ambassador to Washington, Anatoly Antonov, recently said.

He commented on the latest massive American military aid package for Ukraine.

US President Joe Biden just signed a US$95-billion foreign-aid package, including $61 billion for Ukraine and some US$ 26 billion for Israel and US$ 8 billion for Taiwan. The US Congress voted overwhelmingly for the US$ 61 billion for Ukraine – as Peace in this part of the world is of high priority.

And not to be shamed, Congress also voted an additional US$ 9 billion for humanitarian aid for civilians in Gaza and other war zones. Of course, humanitarian aid is the grease that lubricates first war and then Peace.

Biden added that within hours the US will send weapons and military equipment to Ukraine. Most likely they will do the same for Israel. Maybe for Taiwan too. Because war with Taiwan over China can turn the world around – into a huge camp of Peace.

What the Russian Ambassador got wrong is that these are not weapons of evil, but weapons for Peace.

For heaven's sake, they are not weapons of mass destruction, they are weapons for building true Peace.

Both Ukraine and Zionist Israel are shooting, bombing, ravaging, and killing their way to Peace.

If this puts the world on the brink of a direct clash between nuclear powers, it means that a final mushroom cloud, or several of them, may bring final Peace to the world. Just in case, if there is no other way to Peace, nuclear may be the way.

See [05] and [06].

We must never forget, no matter how much killing, slaughtering, burning, destruction war MUST bring to finally reach Peace – it's all worth it. Because this rotting, warring world must be destroyed to be rebuilt in PEACE. No worries, BlackRock is there to help.

And rebuilt it will be, by all those who generously plan war for Peace – but for the safety of future Peace, they stay clear of war. Of course, who else would rebuild the world into Peace, if not the thinkers and shakers of this world?

Those who finance wars, the Military Industrial complex the BlackRocks et al, they know it. That is why they finance wars. They will never stand in the way of wars, nor in the front line of wars, but they are ready to rebuild the devastated world into a glowing new world of Peace.

The world needs these people, generous thinkers of Peace for humanity.

They know what they are doing. We must believe them and support their efforts, equally generously with our tax money. Nothing is more important than war and killing for Peace.

And yes, before its forgotten or overseen, let us remember that the Biden Administration sacrifices the lives of ordinary people for the insatiable but generous war industry which helps us find the way towards Peace.

All great Peace-loving nations must bring sacrifice, lest Peace may not prosper, nor prevail and last. We are talking about sustainable Peace.

People of this world, let us continue vouching for war as Peace is our ultimate goal. Our minds are strong. If we can make war – we must be able to see through the haze that war will make Peace.

Amen.

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Peter Koenig is a geopolitical analyst and a former Senior Economist at the World Bank and the World Health Organization (WHO), where he worked for over 30 years around the world. He is the author of Implosion – An Economic Thriller about War, Environmental Destruction and Corporate Greed; and co-author of Cynthia McKinney's book "When China Sneezes: From the Coronavirus Lockdown to the Global Politico-Economic Crisis" (Clarity Press – November 1, 2020)

Peter is a Research Associate of the Centre for Research on Globalization (CRG).
He is also a non-resident Senior Fellow of the Chongyang Institute of Renmin University, Beijing.

5. Daily Chronicles … OT April 25

The Multipolar Alliance closes ranks against common foes. There's always a reaction. Time to cut the Puppeteer's Strings. Security and BRICS planning, crafted around China's Global Security Initiative, appear the foci.

"Hidden from sight, evil plays,
Pulling strings in unseen ways.
Like puppets, we dance to its tune,
Under the sun, the stars, the moon.

Each string, a lie, a deceit,
Moving us with invisible feet.
Controlled, guided, without a clue,
Of the hands that guide what we do.

Yet when the strings are finally cut,
We see the path from the rut.
The puppeteer's game, at last revealed,
In the light, the truth unsealed."
— Maya Anthony

BRICS security chiefs meet in St. Petersburg. Security Council chairman Nikolay Patrushev met with his Chinese counterpart Chen Wenqing on the sidelines of the 12th International Security Summit of Russia … Representatives from over 100 nations are in attendance, including the security chiefs of Iran, India, Brazil, South Africa and Iraq. |media|

April 26

@Fotros Resistance:
Iran built the gigantic 618m "Uma Oya" irrigation and hydroelectric complex for Sri Lanka, equal to Shanghai's tower's height, underground.
With Raisi's visit to Sri Lanka & the inauguration of the Uma Oya, Sri Lanka will now also reveive flights by the Iranian Mahar Air airliner.
This is a significant power move by Iran to have Mahan Air fly to Sri Lanka since Mahan Air is sanctioned by the West.
As on the larger canvas, so in West Asia: The US destroys, China builds. Zion destroys, Iran builds, from Venezuela, Africa to South Asia….

Iran calls on BRICS to play role in stopping Israeli crimes

Iran has called on the BRICS group of emerging economies to play a role in putting an immediate stop to Israeli crimes against the Palestinians.

RT: (Joker's edition)
"Moscow issues diplomatic warning to Washington"
"Russia is considering the option of downgrading the status of diplomatic relations with the USA in case of practical measures to confiscate its assets," RIA Novosti quotes Deputy Foreign Minister Ryabkov.
This merely formalizes the de facto situation. But it will increase gridlock and lack of maneuver room for the combined West worldwide. Nothing will get done without either the goodwill or the blessings of Russia…..

"Russia freezes assets of largest US bank"
"A St. Petersburg court ordered the freezing of funds owned by US banking giant JPMorgan Chase in Russia on Wednesday."
Even before official severance of relations, Russians are quick to act in warning.. This is as big as the Houthis interdicting Red Sea trade… The stuff of wars in the good old days. The flagellation of the former Hegemon continues.. What will topple the USUK zombie Ponzi? Iran @ Hormuz, fleeing of external investors due to this open piracy, debt, black swan…?

Beached Admiral Radakin: … "Forward, the Light Brigade!" Was there a man dismayed? Not though the soldier knew …

"Belarusian president Alexander Lukashenko says he once had an intimate moment with a nuclear warhead."

"Milei reforms make Argentine Peso world's top performing currency – Bloomberg"
Well, kill society, its prospects and all demand, there's a silver lining in the cloud according to western "economists."

"US considers 'mobile bases' for Pacific war" – Civilian oil platforms could be modified into supply depots and missile launchers (against China).
This idiocy was debunked by Smoothie (here). Reminds of certain Hollywood movies with flying aircraft carriers…. are they that stupid, or engaging in time-filler narratives for a raving internal audience??

April 25

@Russian MFA:
Briefing by Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova (Moscow, April 18, 2024)
Terrorist attacks by Ukrainian neo-Nazis against Russian medical workers
#Ukraine #KievRegimeCrimes
With obsessive cruelty, fighters from the Ukrainian Armed Forces hunt down the medical workers who are helping the victims of shelling attacks and target them in an attempt to destroy them and prevent them from saving civilians.
Hospitals, outpatient clinics, rural health posts and other medical buildings in the DPR and LPR, as well as the Belgorod, Bryansk, Zaporozhye, Kursk, and Kherson regions, regularly come under fire from neo-Nazis.
We are not going to leave the above crimes unpunished. The perpetrators will be identified and held accountable to the full extent of the law.
Remind you of Gaza?? The same MO by similar imperial proxies, both commanded by the same USUK general staff…

#BRICS2024
On April 22-23, Moscow hosted a meeting of BRICS Sherpas/Sous-sherpas, chaired by Deputy Foreign Minister, Russia's Sherpa in BRICS Sergey Ryabkov. The participants of the meeting discussed current issues on the agenda of the Russian year in BRICS, including the implementation of decisions adopted at the Johannesburg Summit on August 22-24, 2023.
Russia's representatives also informed the participants regarding the ongoing preparations for the upcoming BRICS Foreign Ministers' Meeting, scheduled to take place in Nizhny Novgorod on June 10-11, 2024.
This upcoming June meeting is of UTMOST importance, setting the agenda for the October Summit of Heads of State. Organizing current and aspirant members is like herding cats. With the overt Imperial war on BRICS, this is an additional reason May is expected to be red-hot against Russia/BRICS, in order to lower the needed security climate to focus on planning the fair multipolar future.

@Strategika51:
All of a sudden, AIPAC, the Jewish Anti-Defamation League, Netanyahu and the entire global Zionist movement are alarmed by what is currently happening on the campuses of some US universities.
"Anti-Semitic mobs have invaded major US universities. We are seeing this exponential rise in anti-Semitism throughout America and Western societies, as Israel attempts to defend itself against terrorist genocide."
Statement by Netanyahu, Israeli Prime Minister.
What is both remarkable and paradoxical is that the noisy anti-Zionism that was widespread in the countries of the so-called Global South and even some former Eastern Bloc countries during the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s, has now spread to America and deserted its former territories.
The global Zionist movement attributes this "rise in anti-Semitism" in America to the Chinese social network Tik Tok and consequently wants to ban it, but the phenomenon is far more complex and is reported in unprecedented degrees having broken all historical records in Japan, China, both Koreas, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, Central Asia, South America and Africa.

@Intel Slava Z:
The United States admits that the Russian Federation may have new tactical successes in Ukraine in the coming weeks – White House.

6. Persian Patience, Flexibility & Encirclement Pushed to Direct Deterrence

Why does Iran behave the way it does? What geopolitical strategy drives her? What are the secret origins of how the Iranian leadership sees the world? Parables of mountain climbing, wrestling and highways in Persian history..