Nicholas Khoo Nicholas Khoo is an Associate Professor in the Politics Programme, School of Social Sciences, University of Otago in New Zealand. University of Otago Russia’s war with Ukraine is now at a critical turning point. The relentless missile and drone strikes on the capital Kyiv may look like
As China increasingly rattles its sabres at Taiwan, many China apologists and Western defeatists assume that it’s only a matter of time before the PLA simply hops across the Strait and takes Taiwan by force. There’s only one problem with this scenario: for all its military might, an
Peter Imanuelsen petersweden.substack.com Also known as PeterSweden | Swedish journalist | Political commentator | Supporter of freedom, kindness and liberty | Right now the WHO is holding its annual World Health Assembly at the UN building in Geneva, Switzerland. They are working on planning the pandemic treaty which will see the WHO
libertynation.com While Chinese Minister of Commerce Wang Wentao looked for ways to pick America’s financial pockets in a meeting with US counterparts Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo and US Trade Representative Katherine Tai, Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin visited Beijing for collaborative discussions with President Xi Jinping and
ronpaulinstitute.org George Orwell wrote in 1984 that “Who controls the past controls the future: who controls the present controls the past.” Governments work relentlessly to distort public perceptions of the past. Regarding the Ukraine War, the Biden administration has repeatedly and falsely claimed that the Ukraine War started with
ronpaulinstitute.org The kids are two years behind in education. Inflation still rages. White-collar jobs are disappearing thanks to the reversal of Fed policy. Household finances are a wreck. The medical industry is in upheaval. Trust in government has never been lower. Major media too is discredited. Young people are
It’s fair to say that the Chinese Communist Party has little regard for history. After all, it’s estimated that some three-quarters of China’s vast wealth of cultural heritage was deliberately destroyed during the orgy of mass murder and destruction of the Cultural Revolution. With Mao’s demented
Olivia Pierson oliviapierson.org Some of the long form interviews on Reality Check Radio have been outstanding. I have to say that one of my favourites so far has got to be Chantelle Baker interviewing the polymath Thierry Baudet while she was in Holland. Leader and founder of Forum for
NZ First Media New Zealanders will be highly concerned that the World Health Organisation proposes to effectively take control of independent decision making away from sovereign countries and place control with the Director General. W.H.O International Health Regulations on future outbreaks of disease aim to give the Director
mercatornet.com Many moons ago I endured a course entitled “Western Civilization.” The class was way ‘woke’ before anyone knew of the word as a staple of PC discourse. That was because the professor was down on Western civilization and did his utmost to ensure that us callow Western youth
ronpaulinstitute.org The world’s most powerful and influential geopolitical voices are meeting from Thursday to Sunday in Portugal to navigate several global crises (many of which they’ve helped to facilitate) and, oddly enough, the corporate media has no interest in reporting on this secretive gathering of powerful figures.
Bruce Gillies’ paper The Case for Colonialism provoked a storm and resulted in something not seen since Galileo and Lysenko: a double-blind, peer-reviewed scientific paper was memory-holed under threat of violence. That this dangerously regressive step went almost unremarked apart from near-universal approval from the academic establishment is testament to
libertynation.com Global geopolitics is roiling as the Chinese-Russian collaboration intensifies, posing a threat to Europe and the Indo-Pacific. The expanding military alliance between two adversaries of the United States and its allies is more than troubling. Beijing’s attempts to be peacemaker in Russia’s war on Ukraine complicate
Remember when Ukraine was “the most corrupt country in Europe”? It still is, of course. The mainstream media, bootlickers for the military-industrial complex that they are, just want you to forget that. They’ve got a new narrative to spin now, to keep the war machine turning. The propaganda narrative
Andrew Torba CEO, Gab.com news.gab.com Recent events involving Twitter and Elon Musk complying with the Turkish government’s request to censor political content during their elections have raised concerns about the potential consequences for free speech. Late Friday evening Twitter released a statement noting “In response to
ronpaulinstitute.org One of the interesting aspects of the Russia-Ukraine war is that the regimes in both countries have resorted to conscription to get soldiers to “serve their country”. One would think that if a war is just, citizens would not have to be forced to fight in it. With
