The Coming Changes in the International Monetary System: Dedollarization, Massive Public and Private Debt Levels

 

The Coming Changes in the International Monetary System: Dedollarization, Massive Public and Private Debt Levels By Prof Rodrigue Tremblay In 2025, central banks around the world crossed an important threshold. For the first time in three decades, their combined gold holdings have exceeded their total holdings of U.S. Treasury bonds in their international reserves. This is because the U.S. dollar has become a heavily indebted fiat currency that is subjected to persistent inflation. Read here

The Never-Ending Ukrainian Corruption, the Never-Ending Ukrainian War By Mojmir Babacek On Wednesday, January 14, 2026, Ukraine’s National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) and the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office (SAP) informed long-time Ukrainian politician Yulia Tymoshenko, leader of the Batkivshchyna (Fatherland) party, that she is suspected of running a system of regular, long-term payments to members of her party in exchange for voting for or against certain laws. Read here

Bad Bunny, MAGA, and the Destruction of Puerto Rico By Kurt Nimmo During the Super Bowl, the Puerto Rican “King of Latin Trap” Bad Bunny performed at halftime. Jake Paul called Bad Bunny, aka Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio, a “fake American.” Paul is a boxer, influencer, actor, and racist Islamophobe. Ocasio had the temerity to sing in Spanish. Paul and MAGA were outraged, as were thousands of incensed others who posted to social media after the headline performance. Read here

DANGEROUS CROSSROADS: The End of an Era of Arms Control: “Nuclear Balance of Power” in post-New START World By Drago Bosnic New START February 5 might have seemed like any other day, but it will certainly go down in history as the definite end of an era – arms control. Namely, starting in the 1970s, when the Soviet Union acquired a significant quantitative and qualitative strategic lead over the US-led political West, Washington DC realized that diplomacy was the only way to buy some time. Read here

Farmers in India Reject the Seeds Act and the Corporate Enclosure of Seeds By Critical Globalisation Research Collective In India, the central government plans to replace the Seeds Act of 1966 with the Seeds Act 2025, a comprehensive reform that it says will modernise India’s seed regulation system. The stated aims of the proposed new law are to ensure the availability of high-quality seeds, improve transparency and address farmers’ concerns over spurious and sub-standard seeds amid advances in technology and biotechnology. Read here

Why Vietnam Just Does Not Trust the US Government: ‘The Second U.S. Invasion Plan’ and Regime Change in Hanoi? By Timothy Alexander Guzman Vietnam is just taking precautions when dealing with Washington’s Hegemonic ideology. Project 88‘s article focuses on Vietnam’s plan to prepare for war if the US decided to invade their country once again. The plan was being formulated during a celebration for their 50th anniversary since the end of the Vietnam War. Read here

To the People of Cuba: Is Washington Preparing a “Soft Coup”? The Co-optation of Cuban Intellectuals By Prof Michel Chossudovsky The Cuban Revolution constitutes a fundamental landmark in the history of humanity, which challenges the legitimacy of global capitalism. In all major regions of the World, the Cuban revolution has been a source of inspiration in the relentless struggle against neo-colonial domination and US imperialism. Read here