Trump’s Monroe Doctrine 2.0 Meets a Multipolar Hemisphere. Interventionism.

 

Trump’s Monroe Doctrine 2.0 Meets a Multipolar Hemisphere. Interventionism. The U.S. Wants to Push China Out of Latin America By Michelle Ellner and Megan Russell Trump-era policy in Latin America has relied heavily on economic threats: punitive tariffs, aid suspensions, and sanctions designed to force governments to reduce engagement with China. While these tactics may have discouraged some bilateral deals, they reflect a fundamental weakness in U.S. foreign policy: Washington is no longer able to compete through constructive means, particularly on the economic front. Read here

Celebrating India’s 78th Independence Day: Comforting Myth in a Dispossessed Reality. Colin Todhunter By Colin Todhunter As India celebrates its 78th Independence Day on 15 August, the tricolour will flutter proudly across the nation. Speeches will echo the triumphs of freedom, resilience and progress. But beneath the patriotic fervour will lie an uncomfortable truth: independence means little if the nation’s food, land and farmers are being surrendered. Read here

Dr. Reiner Fuellmich: “All this chaos is staged and just an illusion to put us in panic mode” By John C. A. Manley Now, if anybody had a right to panic, it would be Fuellmich, a lawyer who headed up the German Coronavirus Investigative Committee. He’s been in prison now for over 19 months for exposing the COVID-19 fraud. Read here

Missile Proliferation Threatening Indo-Pacific: US Fueling Arms Race By Uriel Araujo From deployments in the Philippines to Japan’s missile tests, the rapid buildup of advanced weaponry signals a dangerous shift in the strategic landscape, one that threatens to spiral into unintended conflict. Read here

Slaying and Censoring the Journalists: The Murder of Anas al-Sharif. Binoy Kampmark By Dr. Binoy Kampmark The murder of al-Sharif and his colleagues by Israeli forces constituted the effective wiping out of Al Jazeera’s team, one of the few able to offer consistent, unsmothered coverage about the IDF’s remorseless campaign in Gaza. Read here

Video: On the Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki: The “Evil” American History By Edward Curtin and Regis Tremblay Right from the start the American colonizers were involved in massive killing because they considered themselves divinely blessed and guided, a chosen people whose mission would come to be called “manifest destiny.” Read here

Putin-Trump Meeting: What’s Next Post-Alaska, Endgame or PR Event? Jack Rasmus By Dr. Jack Rasmus If we’re to believe the US media, the meeting is about Trump and Putin negotiating an end to the war in Ukraine. But does the meeting signify the start of serious negotiations and the beginning of the end of the war in Ukraine? Not necessarily. Read here