Links — 24 Jan 2020

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Asia Times (Historical and geopolitical backgrounder)Why the New Silk Roads are a ‘threat’ to US bloc Pepe Escobar Kazakhstan (Think it's nowhere? Think again. Dimash is here to tell you it ain't so — and to prove it.) Center for Citizen Initiatives (Background on Putin)Shake-up in the Kremlin? Putin Selects a New Leader? Sharon Tennison Counterpunch (Historical backgrounder)The Long History of Elite Rule: What Will It Take To End It?Chuck Churchill Counterpunch (Chapin as social critic)Charlie Chaplin and Truly Modern Times Daniel Warner Counterpunch (more about the transition away from neoliberal globalization)A Modest Proposal for Socialist Revolution Chris Wright Craig Murray BlogThe Troubling Decline of International LawCraig Murray, formerly British ambassador to

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