RUNNING UPDATES ON THE CONFLICT IN UKRAINE - 21.10.2024
Including geopolitical issues affecting the balance of power in the ongoing end game war to establish our common future, a closely monitored prison planet or tolerance for diverse modes of governance.
THE ROAD TO THE ULTIMATE CONCLUSION OF WORLD WAR III RUNS THROUGH HERE
*** BRICS IS ULTIMATE ANSWER TO WESTERN WARMONGERING ***
“Ukraine. What is the truth...?
Why won’t western media tell both sides…?”
VIRTUALLY UNREPORTED ATROCITY IN LUGANSK, 2nd JUNE 2014
A lot has been said about atrocities in the western media claimed to have been perpetrated by the Russians, for example at Bucha and Mariupol among others. These assertions are conveyed on the say so of the Ukrainian authorities. How willing though are western news broadcasters to convey atrocities attributed to the Ukrainians? The following will I think provide the answer.
If anyone wonders if they are receiving accurate coverage of the conflict in Ukraine I would suggest watching the video below of an event which occurred on the 2nd of June 2014 and ask themselves if they recall hearing about it on any mainstream media news channel at the time.
The video is harrowing to watch. The bodies (five women and three men) are real. Yet across western media there was only one single news report that occurred a day later. This was from CNN and occurred only because a CNN team happened to be nearby at the time of the atrocity and so the network could hardly ignore it as all others so obviously did.
The video below shows the unvarnished truth that was not considered newsworthy in western mainstream news.
THE SINGLE WESTERN MSM REPORT ON THE LUGANSK ATROCITY, 3rd JUNE 2014
The video at the CNN link below is the crime scene sanitised by CNN, though played straight with honest reporting on the scene not playing things to Kiev’s tune.
(There was a time early in the war in the Donbass when CNN were not afraid to contradict the Ukrainian regime in Kiev.) Watch, because it's the first and last time you will see this.
5 women and 3 men died, all civilians.
Air attack on pro-Russian separatists in Luhansk kills 8, stuns residents.
COLLECTIVE WEST-UKRAINE <-> RUSSIA
SHAMELESS WESTERN MEDIA IGNORED THIS:
Airstrike in Lugansk - 10 Year Anniversary.
A new world order in the making: Here’s why this BRICS summit will be special.
The potential presence of the UN secretary-general in Kazan would send a strong signal that the world is moving towards a new architecture.
By Egountchi Behanzin, founding president of the international African Black Defense League, spokesperson for the Pan-African Brothers, political analyst, and pan-African activist
The upcoming BRICS summit in Kazan, Russia could mark a turning point in global geopolitical history. Faced with the slow erosion of the Western world order, a new balance is emerging, driven by a coalition that seems increasingly determined to chart its own course. This unique event brings together 24 heads of state from various nations, including iconic figures such as China’s Xi Jinping. The inclusion of Antonio Guterres, the Secretary-General of the United Nations, in this assembly raises major questions about the current dynamics of global governance.
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The quest for genuine cooperation
Traditionally, the UN has been seen as a bastion of multilateralism, but its alignment with the Western powers is being called into question. This summit in Kazan could be the catalyst for a strategic repositioning, where the UN might seek to navigate between old alliances and emerging trends. The BRICS are no longer just an economic coalition; they are asserting themselves as a viable alternative to the historical dominance of Western countries. The unipolar world, as we have known it, seems to be giving way to a multipolar era, where several emerging powers are claiming their rightful place in the global decision-making process.
The Kazan summit represents an unprecedented opportunity for the BRICS to draw a new map of international cooperation. The heads of state present will discuss a multitude of issues, ranging from the economy to security, including environmental challenges.
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By forming strategic alliances, this group, which represents over 45% of the world’s population, seeks not only to strengthen its influence but also to offer an alternative platform for developing countries that often feel marginalized within traditional Bretton Woods institutions like the IMF or the World Bank. These discussions could lead to agreements that, depending on their scope, might redefine the rules of the international economic game.
The West’s response
The West, rather than standing on the sidelines, is forced to respond to the growing and increasingly popular BRICS dynamic. Western governments, which often disagree and are divided over their approaches, may be compelled to reassess their relationship with emerging market countries. The current situation is marked by growing tensions, as illustrated by the declining confidence in Western-centered institutions. The stance of NATO and European actors towards the BRICS could become the focus of heated debates, highlighting an inevitable need for adaptation.
By attending this event, Guterres is likely illustrating the UN’s desire to revitalize its role in a changing world. His intervention could underscore the growing importance of South-South dialogue, and exchanges aimed at establishing cooperative partnerships that transcend the usual divides.
An opportunity for the Global South
This summit could also offer a window of opportunity for Global South countries, which seek to make their voices heard on the international stage. These nations, which are often overlooked in global discussions, can benefit from the experiences and resources of the BRICS to establish development models tailored to their needs. The challenge lies in forging strong and lasting ties that are not solely based on economic foundations but also integrate social and environmental considerations.
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The future of multilateralism
Multilateralism, as it was conceived after World War II, is facing a period of uncertainty. Established institutions struggle to effectively address contemporary challenges such as climate change, growing inequality, and governance crises. The BRICS summit could offer a new vision of multilateralism, more inclusive and adapted to current realities. This model could create synergies among the countries of the Global South, proposing an alternative to the rigidities of the current Western framework.
The future looks fascinating with the BRICS summit in Kazan. This is not just a series of diplomatic discussions but a laboratory for forging a new global architecture. As the West may witness a redistribution of power in international affairs, the developing countries, represented by the BRICS, are taking the reins of this transformation.
This summit could mark the beginning of the end of Western supremacy and the emergence of a new era where the voice of the Global South is finally heard. The events in Kazan thus promise to have lasting repercussions on how we conceive the world order in the decades to come.
A new world order in the making: Here’s why this BRICS summit will be special.
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ISRAEL-WEST <-> PALESTINE-IRAN-SYRIA-IRAQ-LEBANON-YEMEN-VENEZUELA-DPRK
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COLLECTIVE WEST <-> GLOBAL MAJORITY
Assange’s Father: Vladimir Putin Became First World Leader to Defend Julian’s Interests.
WikiLeaks Party founder and Julian Assange’s father John Shipton, as well as BRICS Journalists Association co-chair Mira Terada, spoke with Sputnik about free speech in the West, Biden's crackdown on dissent, and the US's efforts to dominate other nations.
During an interview with Sputnik, Shipton stressed that Russian President Vladimir Putin became “the first head of state to defend Julian's interests as a publisher and a citizen” in 2012, just as Assange “was receiving every smearing lie and calumny that the institutions of state and those hangers on in the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia could deliver upon his head.”
“Putin defended his interests as a publisher and journalist. For that, I extend my affection to your president. And my thanks,” he said.
On Julian Assange’s Release
Shipton says he was “elated” to finally be able to hug his son when the latter was finally released after a lengthy incarceration in a British prison.
Julian Assange is in good health now and is “repairing himself,” with his children “teaching him how to be a parent, as all children do,” Shipton said.
He noted, however, that United Nations rapporteur on torture and unusual punishment, Professor Nils Melzer and two other doctors specializing in psychological torture who together attended Assange while the latter was incarcerated in Belmarsh prison, concluded that Julian “was showing all the effects of prolonged psychological torture.”
“We have the diagnostic views of two experts accompanying Professor Melzer to the prison, who did a diagnostic review of Julian and wrote it up and presented it to the United Nations General Assembly, where it was accepted,” Shipton stated.
Assange’s Father: Vladimir Putin Became First World Leader to Defend Julian’s Interests.
WikiLeaks Party founder and Julian Assange’s father John Shipton, as well as BRICS Journalists Association co-chair Mira Terada, spoke with Sputnik about free speech in the West, Biden's crackdown on dissent, and the US's efforts to dominate other nations.
During an interview with Sputnik, Shipton stressed that Russian President Vladimir Putin became “the first head of state to defend Julian's interests as a publisher and a citizen” in 2012, just as Assange “was receiving every smearing lie and calumny that the institutions of state and those hangers on in the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia could deliver upon his head.”
On Julian Assange’s Release
Shipton says he was “elated” to finally be able to hug his son when the latter was finally released after a lengthy incarceration in a British prison.
Julian Assange is in good health now and is “repairing himself,” with his children “teaching him how to be a parent, as all children do,” Shipton said.
He noted, however, that United Nations rapporteur on torture and unusual punishment, Professor Nils Melzer and two other doctors specializing in psychological torture who together attended Assange while the latter was incarcerated in Belmarsh prison, concluded that Julian “was showing all the effects of prolonged psychological torture.”
“We have the diagnostic views of two experts accompanying Professor Melzer to the prison, who did a diagnostic review of Julian and wrote it up and presented it to the United Nations General Assembly, where it was accepted,” Shipton stated.
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Regarding the way Assange’s release was secured, Shipton suggested that it was the “understanding of how power flows between states and between the institutions of states” that helped free Julian.
He also agreed with the assessment of former US independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy who criticized the plea deal Assange had to take, with Kennedy branding it a “big blow to freedom of the press.”
As per the deal Assange pleaded guilty to one charge of conspiracy to obtain and disclose national defense information, and was sentenced to time already served.
“It now has become a worldwide concern of the capacity of ordinary people within the West to access the frank and revealing articles,” Shipton observed. “We, particularly in Australia, have certain legislation which specifically aims to restrict our access to information and information that will become knowledge within the society specifically aims to restrict.”
On Importance of Assange’s and Manning’s Disclosures
The facts revealed through the efforts of Assange and US whistleblower Chelsea Manning gave people “an understanding of how the United States empire institutes itself into the states that it wishes to have as vassals or goes about destroying those states,” Shipton said.
The facts revealed through the efforts of Assange and US whistleblower Chelsea Manning gave people “an understanding of how the United States empire institutes itself into the states that it wishes to have as vassals or goes about destroying those states,” Shipton said.
⚡️ASSANGE’S FATHER: COLOR REVOLUTIONS AND INFORMATION CONTROL THREATEN GLOBAL STABILITY
John Shipton, the father of Julian Assange, warned about the dangers of information control and the role of "color revolutions" in destabilizing nations during a discussion on the… https://t.co/yJJt0soRKk pic.twitter.com/ty0zPgAr3z— Sputnik (@SputnikInt) October 20, 2024
“One of the current understandings is the phrase ‘color revolutions’. This is brought about by NGOs and news agencies, news publishers and journalists being suborned to undermine the cohesion of a state,” he explained. “So we can see clearly what can be done to a state by controlling the information that people get through a series of color revolutions, which happens next door to Russia in Ukraine and almost happened in Belarus, almost happened in Kazakhstan, almost happened in Georgia and so on.”
Very few people realize the “density of propaganda” in the United States, Shipton added.
“The density of propaganda and the willingness of government and its institutions to delude the people and mislead the people is completely ruthless,” he told Sputnik.
The US government, Shipton explains, actively resists efforts by American people to express their own opinions via social media, with Washington insisting on a “unity of policy.”
As the option of ensuring the populace’s obedience by siccing the military on them is unavailable to a democratic government, Washington employs media to convince people to follow its policies, Shipton said.
“This is a really important understanding to understand how a government or in a contemporary state institutes its policies,” he suggested.
What Does Washington Do to Its Prospective Vassals?
Shipton also remarked that “the US government as an empire” understands that “the state is the highest form of human organization” and thus “makes every effort to demoralize institutions of state in those countries that it wants to vassalize.”
“So you can see in the EU is now a contention between the declarations of the EU and those states within the EU,” he said.
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While people such as Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban or Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico strive to maintain the “quality” of their respective states, Brussels attempts to keep them in line by threatening to withhold their own money.
“The centralized distribution of money for the European Bank, the European Community Bank, ECB, it is all of the state's money goes into the ECB and then it's redistributed to those states,” Shipton pointed out. “This gives the ECB and the EU enormous power and removes a fundamental power from those states so involved the ability to raise your own money. If you can't raise your own money, you cannot improve the quality of your people by directing funds to those areas that will improve those qualities.”
Scott Ritter Knows How to ‘Manage Relations Between Nuclear Superpowers’
Former US Marine Corps intelligence officer and ex-UN weapons inspector Scott Ritter is a man whose understanding “of the power flows between states” and of “what is necessary to reduce tensions between nuclear armed states is second to none,” Shipton said.
“He brings that before the people who attend to his broadcasts, of which there are many and continuous. This is really important. This supersedes in many ways the discomfort of. Scott being banned from, or warned off, Sputnik,” Shipton remarked.
“It is really important to have a voice as an experienced, knowledgeable and fair as Scott speaking about how to reduce the tensions and how to manage the relationships between nuclear superpowers,” he added. “It’s profound.”
The Current State of the West
Much of the so-called West, Shipton noted, is currently in a state he describes as “inert,” with people there showing no apparent inclination to reproduce.
⚡️ASSANGE’S FATHER: BRICS SURPASSING US AND EUROPE IN GLOBAL ECONOMIC POWER
"BRICS is the rest of the world, manifestly abandoning the United States," John Shipton, Julian Assange's father, told Sputnik as he highlighted the bloc's growing global influence. He pointed out that… https://t.co/ifYkuJHzZh pic.twitter.com/7igqXFDX9a— Sputnik (@SputnikInt) October 20, 2024
“What is happening in the West is a decline that might be started 80 or 90 years ago. And that decline manifests itself in the anxiety of states to control what the populace understands and what information the populace may take and may be converted into social knowledge so that we can act upon it,” he remarks. “This is not good news for those institutions of state that have to govern those societies in the West. Inertia and decline are never comfortable.”
The State of Freedom of Speech in the West
While a certain form of freedom of speech does exist in the West, it is a “very limited form,” said international human rights activist and BRICS Journalists Association co-chair Mira Terada.
According to her, “alternative media and journalists and opinion leaders” who dare to challenge the narrative pushed by the West are being persecuted by countries such as the United States.
“It is a terrible trend and it does affect journalism. It does affect the way how information spreads around the world and what kind of information spreads around the world,” Terada lamented. “But there are still people who stand up for the truth and their idea to put their life for it.”
What is Biden Admin Afraid Of?
The Biden administration, Terada claimed, fears the truth that media outlets such as Sputnik bring out.
“They are afraid of the influence that this media has around the world. They are afraid that Western propaganda is not working well enough. They are afraid that they are going to lose those minds and hearts that they filled up with their lies, to Sputnik and to RT. They're afraid that they will lose complete control over the people that they need to control in order to get the results that they are looking for,” she said.
Thus the Biden administration seeks to “suppress the truth” along with any opinions and narratives dissenting from theirs, “because they believe that the only right narrative and the narrative that has the right to exist is theirs, and no others.”
She also urged people to “use critical mind” when absorbing information and to listen to their hearts.
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MULTIPOLARITY - RUSSIA-CHINA / BRICS
BRICS Summit in Russia’s Kazan: What’s on Agenda?
The BRICS Summit in Kazan will be the centerpiece of Russia's 2024 chairmanship, which aims to strengthen multilateralism for fair global development and security, with new members Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, and the UAE joining the group, and over 30 countries expressing interest in partnership.
The 2024 BRICS Summit, which opens in the Russian city of Kazan on October 22, is a three-day event that was touted by Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov as "one of the main events on the global agenda."
What are the expectations surrounding the gathering?
During the event, Russia will propose initiatives outlined within the framework of its current BRICS chairmanship and related to humanitarian, economic, financial, parliamentary, and other fields.
The summit will consist of two parts, with the first one due to be held under the slogan of "Strengthening Multilateralism for Equitable Global Development and Security," while the second - "BRICS and the Global South – Jointly Building a Better World."
Participants are expected to discuss the creation of a BRICS digital payment platform, BRICS Bridge, and ways to increase trade in national currencies.
Russian President Vladimir Putin will hold 17 bilateral meetings with foreign counterparts on the sidelines of the summit, which will start ahead of the official opening of the gathering, on October 21. Putin, in particular, is due to sit down with Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian to discuss comprehensive strategic partnership.
What is so unique about the summit?
With more than 30 countries already confirming participation, the summit “could turn into Russia’s largest-ever foreign policy event,” according to Russian presidential aide Yury Ushakov.
In this vein, mapping out clear-cut criteria for admission of new BRICS members and cooperation with partner countries in various formats is expected to be high on the summit's agenda.
Yury Ushakov earlier stressed that Moscow seeks to ensure "the smoothest possible entry of new BRICS members into the group’s existing multi-level cooperation architecture."
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In addition to Russia, Brazil, India, China, and South Africa, BRICS – created in 2006 – also includes new members, such as Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, and the United Arab Emirates.
Russia, which has held the group’s rotating presidency since January 1, 2020, adds to "enhancing the role of BRICS in the international monetary and financial system, developing interbank cooperation and expanding the use of national currencies in mutual trade,” according to President Putin.
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VICTORY BELONGS TO RUSSIA: IT IS ONLY A MATTER OF TIME
Each day that passes makes a conclusive Russian victory in the Donbass and beyond more certain. As Russia bolsters her forces, and weaponry, those of Ukraine decrease. Russian forces gain ready access to rest and recuperation as troop numbers increase. The increasingly exhausted and demoralised Ukrainian troops have an ever decreasing prospect of such respite. This situation is likely to bring them to complete breakdown as Russia unleashes the firepower of the more modern and advanced weaponry that is arriving with the newly mobilised Russian troops.
The various Ukrainian offensives are now weak when confronted by the reinforced Russian lines. A few futile efforts achieve quite miserable results before fire reigns down on the Ukrainian troops and they are forced back to their starting positions.
And now, all this being said, we have arrived at the wet, and later, freezing conditions where these pathetic Ukrainian forces will be subject to myriad forms of abject misery with death and injury all around them while they lie sodden or frozen, abandoned to their fate by Kiev.
The pitiable young and old of Ukraine have been frogmarched to their deaths as cannon-fodder while the bestial elites of the collective West urge their "president" to add more to their number there at the gates of Hell and their doom. We must feel for the majority of them as they are not the Nazis we revile, in most part they are decent men, fathers, sons, brothers, husband and uncles, who no doubt saw through the coup of 2014 for what it was. But sadly, their fate seems sealed.
Nothing will stop Russia now. Every factor favours them. Victory will be Russia's. In Donbass and beyond and in due course across the world.
Victory belongs to Russia: It is now only a matter of time.
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THE BRICS BRUSH CAN SWEEP THE WORLD CLEAN OF ITS WARMONGERS
For those who dream of a world where nations build trust rather than bombs, & tolerance & interchange between them make peace rather than war the rule... we now stand at the cusp of that possibility.
In a few days time arguably the most important event in recent history will begin. That event is the BRICS summit from October 22nd to 24th in Kazan, capital of Tatarstan, Russia. Old and new members will meet to discuss the next steps in reinforcing the trading network between them. The hot topic for this summit will be the creation of a system of financial transfers between all members that releases them from the grip of the USA and those confined to its orbit.
The movement away from the West and toward Eurasia and the East will be still further reinforced at the coming summit. Undoubtedly more nations will announce their interest in joining BRICS. In recent months Türkiye has expressed its strong interest. Some 30+ other nations have also done so in the past year. This alliance of trading nations is attracting all those countries who seek an alternative to the West-dominated systems that have dominated world trade for so long now. Institutions such as the G7 and G20, the IMF and World Bank.
The BRICS bank will provide investment capital under far better conditions than any western institution while the general ethos of the BRICS grouping will provide a safe, tolerant space for nations with all manner of governance systems. Building relations through trade and cultural exchange will replace the generally cold, threatening, intolerant and unforgiving systems of the West that have dominated the world until now. There will be an end to western sanctions regimes and none will be required within BRICS. The new systems being built within BRICS now will exclude the possibility of the USA or any other western nation imposing bilateral sanctions on any BRICS nation.
Increasingly local, national currencies are being used for trade across BRICS nations. The dependency on the US dollar as the world reserve currency is diminishing and in due course the USA will be unable to threaten, blackmail and impose sanctions on nations. The world outside the area controlled by the West will no longer be at the mercy of western “values” imposed as Holy Writ. Nations will be free to enjoy full sovereignty, an inalienable and treasured right that has been denied them until now. No longer will nations be coerced into assisting the West in its regime change wars of choice.
Slowly but surely as a result of the BRICS group growing in strength the political elites of the West with their attitudes of self-rewarding, self-regarding and self-interested exceptionalism and superiority will lose their power to threaten others either economically or militarily. They will sooner or later have to accept that in a world where there is multipolarity there is no place for any single nation or group of nations to have and exert overweening power, influence and right to command, threaten and punish others. The world of the past where the collective west demanded all others bow to it or else, will end.
The until now responsibility-free ability of the western elites to interfere worldwide, even to the extent of invading other nations, will be curtailed and ultimately ended altogether. There will be no obedience to the West’s demand that all work under the banner of ‘Western Values’ rather than the principles enshrined in the charter of the United Nations. That end game ploy to insist upon western dominance as opposed to collective responsibility within the UN will not stand. As the BRICS group expands, the ability of the USA to demand and exert unwarranted influence will shrink and ultimately will enter a time of full quarantine.
It will be up to the leadership of the USA and its partner nations to bite the bullet, acknowledge that they are nations equal to others but not superior to them. When this becomes fully internalized where the previous notions of exceptionalism and superiority have been fully exorcized from western elite minds, then these nations will be ready to join all others on the road to a truly civilized world. Though naturally there will be problems to resolve in that new world the chances that they can be resolved without threat, blackmail, coercion or violence will be exponentially greater than before. That world will see bridges built, not burned, hands reaching out in friendship rather than fists aimed at “adversaries” and every effort will go into building trust, not barriers. This new world awaits… and in just a few days time strong foundations for that world will be laid in Kazan.
