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Sanctions now form a key part of what is a strategic plan by the US to ruin the Venezuelan economy, says Tim Young.… It's not socialism that is sinking Venezuela but capitalism — neoliberalism, that is, whose corollaries are neo-imperialism and neocolonialism. Tim Young recounts now capitalist America is mounting an illegal hybrid war against socialist Venezuela, pure and simple, not only based on political ideology but mostly for, you guessed it, for capturing the oil.You see, Maduro is...

Brussels sets up a 'special purpose vehicle' to bypass the US dollar and allow financial transactions with Tehran to continue... This single initiative means Brussels is attempting to position itself as a serious geopolitical player, openly defying the US and essentially nullifying the Iran demonization campaign launched by the White House, CIA and State Department.... Asia TimesEU finally stands up to US ‘bullying’ over Iran sanctions Pepe Escobar

The perception in Russia and China ab0ut US sanctions is that US policy is based on the assumption that to keep America rich and in the drivers seat of the global economy countries must be kept poor. They view sanctions as anti-competitive, designed to perpetuate American monopolies.Strategic Culture Foundation‘It’s the Economy, Stupid’: What Really Drives US Sanctions Against Russia Arkady Savitsky See also at SCF Thus, the State Department must now be considered a party to triggering...

European Union Foreign Affairs Chief Federica Mogherini Says the EU Signatories Remain Committed to the Nuclear Deal With Iran That the US Has Quit. The Group Is Working to Create Special Payment Channels to Do Business With Iran. Mogherini Read From a Statement Following a Ministerial Meeting of the Remaining Signatories of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) Deal at the Sidelines of the UN General Assembly. The Statement by the Five Nations –Russia, the UK, Germany, China and...

Since its first announcement I have been convinced the Nordstream 2 pipeline would be built. I have followed every twist of this story from my days writing for Newsmax.And the reason for my confidence can be summed up in one word. Money.  Nordstream 2 simply makes too much economic sense for any amount of political whining from the U.S. and Poland to stop it. Poland has no power within the European Union.Germany does. And while I’m no fan of Angela Merkel getting another political...

The US Treasury has slapped the Chinese Military Commission's Equipment Development Department with sanctions, accusing the agency of violating US sanctions against Moscow by buying ten Russian Sukhoi Su-35 4++ generation fighter jets and Russia's S-400 surface-to-air missile system.… Desperation play.Back to the Cold War with the US erecting an iron curtain economically.Sputnik InternationalUS Sanctions Chinese Entity Over Purchase of Russian Fighters, S-400s - TreasurySee alsoZero HedgeUS...

Uncle Sam’s failure is unsurprising. As Lord Acton famously intoned: “Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely.” It doesn’t matter whether the intentions of Washington policymakers are good. The consequences of American policies have been bad, often disastrous. "The road to hell is paved with good intentions." The American Conservative Washington’s Endless Sanctions Are Finally Backfiring Doug Bandow | senior fellow at the Cato Institute and former special assistant to...

The Empire Files is temporarily appealing for donations on a one-time and monthly basis to continue production in the midst of US attacks on the TeleSUR Network. As a result of US sanctions against Venezuela, The Empire Files has been forced to completely shut down operations. The Empire Files, which airs on TeleSUR throughout Latin America and on Free Speech TV and The Real News Network in the United States, has been funded through a contract with the TeleSUR network. As Abby Martin’s...

Not one of his best, but Pepe is always worth the read. It's August, so not much happening to report anyway. Asia TimesSo what will The Sanctioned supergroup do? Pepe Escobar

US farmers, lots of them in the State of Iowa, are not happy about losing the Chinese market, fearing it not come back once China substitutes.This article suggests their fear is justified. Earlier this week, Russia offered to bail out China from the trade war with Washington. Moscow offered 1 million hectares (2.5 million acres) of arable land available to Chinese farmers to meet its large-scale demand for soybeans — and of course, prevent a massive soybean shortage that would lead to...