thank you, karl, for your work to keep us abreast & informed. as you know i live in victoria bc & our battle with nazis & their agenda to rule & erase history & rewrite it is now becoming apparent to the 'thriving majority' (@ mh). thank you for being a stalwart historian fearlessly calling attention to the truth.
asia times afforded pepe a haven, neither perfect nor safe, but i've hoped & trusted there will come a day when he will find such shelter again. sputnik is difficult for many hosts to broadcast, SC remains a target & so long as nazis hold the keys to our freedom SC will be attacked. i continue to hope some host, perhaps, smoothie or amarynth or ben norton will give him a welcoming couch. pepe, like his many comrades & fans, although accustomed to backpacking & couch surfing, must be ready for a forwarding address & a comfortable nook to pause long enough to share all that he's learned/gleaned.
For the moment, Pepe seems to like Moscow/Russia as it's where the action is and is in close proximity to the many other places he likes to frequent. When and where he'll settle down are valid questions, but since he moved from Asia Times he seems to be published at more outlets and more often than before without having to worry about being "politically correct." The world needs ten more Pepe Escobars to keep up with the many events that are happening in too many places to be at once.
I know Typepad is programed to block comments having specific URLs and have long learned which ones to omit. But I just posted a comment yesterday with a Sputnik URL, which is where Pepe's essay is published. I'm fortunate I have this outlet to use and many barflies read my substack, but I'd rather not have to do this repeatedly.
I can't imagine that MoA censored this post, but what do I know. I do agree with the conclusion mere "regime change" will not resolve the problems the west/USA has, the problems are much much deeper.
Remember, it's not b who barred it from posting; it's the Typepad software that's the issue.
Yes, we have very deep problems that've been accumulating for many decades and it will take more than just one major lesson to alter the societal fabric.
Fascism is the inevitable outcome of capitalism in crisis, unless prevented by revolution. Isn't that what the rise of Hitler's Germany was all about and why the UK, US and other imperialist states backed Hitler?
The key structures that defined the post-war development strategy of the West were the central financial institutions of Great Britain and the United States — the Bank of England and the Federal Reserve System (FRS) — and the associated financial and industrial organizations set out as a means to establish absolute control over the financial system of Germany and its ability to control political processes in Central Europe.
[…]
The new project was developed in the depths of “JP Morgan & Co.” under the instruction of the head of the Bank of England, Montagu Norman. At the core of his ideas was representative of the “Dresdner Bank” Hjalmar Schacht, who formulated it in March 1922 at the suggestion of John Foster Dulles (future Secretary of state in the Cabinet of President Eisenhower) and legal adviser to President W. Wilson at the Paris peace conference.
Dulles gave this note to the chief Trustee “JP Morgan & Co.”,which then recommended H. Schacht in consultation with Montagu Norman, Governor of the Bank of England.
In December, 1923, H. Schacht became Manager of the Reichsbank and was instrumental in bringing together the Anglo-American and German financial elites.
Don't know if you saw Pepe's appearance with Danny Haiphong the other day but according to Pepe his essay was read by the Beltway because it appeared in Zero Hedge which apparently is read there. It was a pretty good interview. Highly recommended.
Pepe Escobar: China Has DEFEATED the Neocon Agenda as US War Fails Before It Starts
Oh, Pepe is getting on. He’s more calm, more in control of his emotions, less excited. Must be his time in China. If he and Edward S. have a good “can” from a samovar, it will be beneficial. Kissinger is dangerous because of the variety of his network, he even managed to place this Samantha Power, the sunflower of the human rights brigade.
I wouldn't bother with MoA. b sometimes writes something valuable, I think, but he doesn't write much and it's not like its something totally new and illuminating.
For the rest it is merely a chaotic assembly of egomaniacs, colonel blimps, would-be wannabees and so on all blatting on as hard as they go secure in the knowledge the format doesn't support threaded discussion so nothing can ever come to anything.
It's a pub alright. A pub where you can't even find a quiet corner. A pub that doesn't have quiet back rooms.
It's where you go when you're thirsty for news on this war and American and NATO insanity and you can't find any... so you go there and everyone is blatting on and on....
It's a substitute for actually learning something, actually engaging...
In some respects, your comment's correct, but I was very surprised and humbled by how many people avidly looked for and read my commentary and the many educational links I posted which was proven when I established my substack and almost 300 barflies signed up. And as with MoA, they mostly lurk and read, seldom commenting. But I know they're here.
MoA and b are German and by law are subject to some serious restrictions regarding antisemitic, racist or pro-nazi comments content publication. If you quoted that comment by Medvedev you may have hit a tripwire- especially in that he was referring to NATO (which includes Germany). Nobody wants him to get censored (and busted!) so I would cut him some slack on this one.....
As a self-admitted lurker for perhaps the past two years only, I'm taken aback --but not surprised by-- the actions of Bernhard (or whomever really runs MoA), given what has occurred in silencing the voices of the rabble such as myself. The totalitarianism as evidenced by the (lack of) social discourse is on the rise. I never used to see complaints in the Commentary, but now see increasingly them.
Wow.
Wow.
Wow....
Solution: We will have to resort more and more to Substacks as they seem to--still-- fly under the RADAR.
I seldom criticize b's actions for I can imagine the pressures he experiences trying to balance activism and homelife in an occupied Neoliberal country having no genuine freedom of the press/speech. The rancor during Covid I didn't join since I saw it as both distracting and counterproductive. Substack is a better platform technically, but still has its negatives. Will b move to a new platform? Only b knows.
For me, anyway, the Saker preceded MoA--they, too, went by the wayside. I think Andrei had health issues(?). Perhaps the pressures became too much. I'm 70 and, other than having a big mouth, no longer care to carry on a long fight. My heart goes out to those who still have fire in the belly and decades left.
While I don't disagree about the personal bloviating that goes on with some folk, there are lots of informative links. I don't speak Russian or Ukrainian; I'd have no idea what to even look for without the many links I find on MoA.
That's a fair comment. I've found a few interesting byways and highways that way. In the end it got too laborious though... I've got a life full of distractions and tantalising byways etc. already.. concerning this war I really want pithy topical telling commentary and I can't find it.
For there's a great mystery isn't there?
What, exactly, IS the war?
Clearly not the crude mechanical battleground.
But once you start expanding away from there one just gets lost.
The range of opinions is enormous.
So I retreat from that 'want' and try to understand simply the 'crude mechanics' of the battleground. But even there information is incredibly sparse to where people like - I suppose you know - Ritter, macgregor, the Duran, the New Econ , military summary etc are held to be shining lights when in fact they are nothing like it.
Nowadays I simply check any vid with a map up front - perhaps Rybar on Telegram or military summary and see for myself where the front line is and then scout some Telegram channels like two majors perhaps, viktor viktor, info defense english and a couple of Russian or Ukrainian - my desktop unigram gives me instant translation. And I forgot: I get a feed from Komsomolskaya Pravda via email.
thank you, karl, for your work to keep us abreast & informed. as you know i live in victoria bc & our battle with nazis & their agenda to rule & erase history & rewrite it is now becoming apparent to the 'thriving majority' (@ mh). thank you for being a stalwart historian fearlessly calling attention to the truth.
asia times afforded pepe a haven, neither perfect nor safe, but i've hoped & trusted there will come a day when he will find such shelter again. sputnik is difficult for many hosts to broadcast, SC remains a target & so long as nazis hold the keys to our freedom SC will be attacked. i continue to hope some host, perhaps, smoothie or amarynth or ben norton will give him a welcoming couch. pepe, like his many comrades & fans, although accustomed to backpacking & couch surfing, must be ready for a forwarding address & a comfortable nook to pause long enough to share all that he's learned/gleaned.
For the moment, Pepe seems to like Moscow/Russia as it's where the action is and is in close proximity to the many other places he likes to frequent. When and where he'll settle down are valid questions, but since he moved from Asia Times he seems to be published at more outlets and more often than before without having to worry about being "politically correct." The world needs ten more Pepe Escobars to keep up with the many events that are happening in too many places to be at once.
Karl, I don't know what happened at MoA, but Pepe's piece was on the front page of Zerohedge yesterday, so it's not like it's been completely buried.
Yes, he told me so himself--50,000 US-based viewers first day! He's working hard and producing more than before.
Karl, I witnessed this many times at the bar so I’ve given up to comment on the site.
I know Typepad is programed to block comments having specific URLs and have long learned which ones to omit. But I just posted a comment yesterday with a Sputnik URL, which is where Pepe's essay is published. I'm fortunate I have this outlet to use and many barflies read my substack, but I'd rather not have to do this repeatedly.
I use a Tinyurl extension if Typepad rejects. Works every time.
Perseus, I don't suppose you are the person who posted under that username at Pete Tamburro's chess forum?
No. Don’t even know the chess forum.
Thanks. I figured it was a long shot.
I can't imagine that MoA censored this post, but what do I know. I do agree with the conclusion mere "regime change" will not resolve the problems the west/USA has, the problems are much much deeper.
Remember, it's not b who barred it from posting; it's the Typepad software that's the issue.
Yes, we have very deep problems that've been accumulating for many decades and it will take more than just one major lesson to alter the societal fabric.
Fascism is the inevitable outcome of capitalism in crisis, unless prevented by revolution. Isn't that what the rise of Hitler's Germany was all about and why the UK, US and other imperialist states backed Hitler?
Appropos this, see:
https://stuartbramhall.wordpress.com/2023/10/01/hidden-history-hitler-financed-by-federal-reserve-and-bank-of-england/
Yuri Rubtsov
The key structures that defined the post-war development strategy of the West were the central financial institutions of Great Britain and the United States — the Bank of England and the Federal Reserve System (FRS) — and the associated financial and industrial organizations set out as a means to establish absolute control over the financial system of Germany and its ability to control political processes in Central Europe.
[…]
The new project was developed in the depths of “JP Morgan & Co.” under the instruction of the head of the Bank of England, Montagu Norman. At the core of his ideas was representative of the “Dresdner Bank” Hjalmar Schacht, who formulated it in March 1922 at the suggestion of John Foster Dulles (future Secretary of state in the Cabinet of President Eisenhower) and legal adviser to President W. Wilson at the Paris peace conference.
Dulles gave this note to the chief Trustee “JP Morgan & Co.”,which then recommended H. Schacht in consultation with Montagu Norman, Governor of the Bank of England.
In December, 1923, H. Schacht became Manager of the Reichsbank and was instrumental in bringing together the Anglo-American and German financial elites.
More:
Ukraine: Has P.M. Trudeau Succumbed to Nazi Ideology?
Is The Liberal Party Supportive of Ukraine's Neo-Nazi Party Svoboda?
https://michelchossudovsky.substack.com/p/ukraine-pm-trudeau-succumbed-nazi-ideology
IMO, Dulles and his brother were prototypes of today's Neoliberalcons. As I've noted, much grew out of WW1 that has yet to be fully realized.
I wrote an essay on the subject here: https://investigatingimperialism.wordpress.com/2014/04/09/the-bush-family-saga-airbrushed-out-of-history-by-william-bowles/ later published in an anthology 'Devastating Society' editied by Bernd Hamm, Pluto Press
I seem to recall reading something similar to your essay at the time. I'll comment further after reading it completely.
Don't know if you saw Pepe's appearance with Danny Haiphong the other day but according to Pepe his essay was read by the Beltway because it appeared in Zero Hedge which apparently is read there. It was a pretty good interview. Highly recommended.
Pepe Escobar: China Has DEFEATED the Neocon Agenda as US War Fails Before It Starts
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3uIxU49UY8k&t=10s
Pepe appears quite frequently at the 'hedge. It's where I first read him.
Oh, Pepe is getting on. He’s more calm, more in control of his emotions, less excited. Must be his time in China. If he and Edward S. have a good “can” from a samovar, it will be beneficial. Kissinger is dangerous because of the variety of his network, he even managed to place this Samantha Power, the sunflower of the human rights brigade.
“Caj” not can
Thanks.
I wouldn't bother with MoA. b sometimes writes something valuable, I think, but he doesn't write much and it's not like its something totally new and illuminating.
For the rest it is merely a chaotic assembly of egomaniacs, colonel blimps, would-be wannabees and so on all blatting on as hard as they go secure in the knowledge the format doesn't support threaded discussion so nothing can ever come to anything.
It's a pub alright. A pub where you can't even find a quiet corner. A pub that doesn't have quiet back rooms.
It's where you go when you're thirsty for news on this war and American and NATO insanity and you can't find any... so you go there and everyone is blatting on and on....
It's a substitute for actually learning something, actually engaging...
In some respects, your comment's correct, but I was very surprised and humbled by how many people avidly looked for and read my commentary and the many educational links I posted which was proven when I established my substack and almost 300 barflies signed up. And as with MoA, they mostly lurk and read, seldom commenting. But I know they're here.
MoA and b are German and by law are subject to some serious restrictions regarding antisemitic, racist or pro-nazi comments content publication. If you quoted that comment by Medvedev you may have hit a tripwire- especially in that he was referring to NATO (which includes Germany). Nobody wants him to get censored (and busted!) so I would cut him some slack on this one.....
As I've stated, I absolve b and accuse Typepad. Germany's political situation is a whole different issue.
Most of my subscribers came from MoA as well. although I 'm picking them up from Substack as well as direct and even Google searches.
As a self-admitted lurker for perhaps the past two years only, I'm taken aback --but not surprised by-- the actions of Bernhard (or whomever really runs MoA), given what has occurred in silencing the voices of the rabble such as myself. The totalitarianism as evidenced by the (lack of) social discourse is on the rise. I never used to see complaints in the Commentary, but now see increasingly them.
Wow.
Wow.
Wow....
Solution: We will have to resort more and more to Substacks as they seem to--still-- fly under the RADAR.
Long May You Run.
I seldom criticize b's actions for I can imagine the pressures he experiences trying to balance activism and homelife in an occupied Neoliberal country having no genuine freedom of the press/speech. The rancor during Covid I didn't join since I saw it as both distracting and counterproductive. Substack is a better platform technically, but still has its negatives. Will b move to a new platform? Only b knows.
For me, anyway, the Saker preceded MoA--they, too, went by the wayside. I think Andrei had health issues(?). Perhaps the pressures became too much. I'm 70 and, other than having a big mouth, no longer care to carry on a long fight. My heart goes out to those who still have fire in the belly and decades left.
Andrei had to weigh his responsibilities and duties to his family, and after the hurricane leveled his home, IMO he made the right choice to withdraw.
As a Miamian, I understand.
Well yes, Karl, everyone is hungry for real information and you provide that. :)
While I don't disagree about the personal bloviating that goes on with some folk, there are lots of informative links. I don't speak Russian or Ukrainian; I'd have no idea what to even look for without the many links I find on MoA.
That's a fair comment. I've found a few interesting byways and highways that way. In the end it got too laborious though... I've got a life full of distractions and tantalising byways etc. already.. concerning this war I really want pithy topical telling commentary and I can't find it.
For there's a great mystery isn't there?
What, exactly, IS the war?
Clearly not the crude mechanical battleground.
But once you start expanding away from there one just gets lost.
The range of opinions is enormous.
So I retreat from that 'want' and try to understand simply the 'crude mechanics' of the battleground. But even there information is incredibly sparse to where people like - I suppose you know - Ritter, macgregor, the Duran, the New Econ , military summary etc are held to be shining lights when in fact they are nothing like it.
Nowadays I simply check any vid with a map up front - perhaps Rybar on Telegram or military summary and see for myself where the front line is and then scout some Telegram channels like two majors perhaps, viktor viktor, info defense english and a couple of Russian or Ukrainian - my desktop unigram gives me instant translation. And I forgot: I get a feed from Komsomolskaya Pravda via email.
And the comment that MoA blocked, was it a link to Escobar's piece?
I can't be 100% certain but that does appear to be the case.