Mahathir Mohamad Makes Incredibly Important Speech Endorsing Gold Standard

Mahathir Mohamad Makes Incredibly Important Speech Endorsing Gold Standard

Dr. M goes for gold Veteran Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad has made a speech calling for all of east Asia to begin trading on the basis of a new currency based on a classical gold standard. While Mahathir did not suggest that this currency should be used to settle daily transactions between individuals, he…

Perry’s Attack on Russia’s Nord Stream 2 and the Empire’s Lost Grip on Reality

Perry’s Attack on Russia’s Nord Stream 2 and the Empire’s Lost Grip on Reality

On Tuesday May 21st, US energy secretary Rick Perry made headlines after paying a visit to the newly elected administration of Volodymyr Zelenskiy. The visit itself wasn’t the cause of the headlines but rather Perry’s hubristic attack on Russia’s Nord Stream 2 pipeline and prophesying that a sanctions bill against western companies building the pipeline…

Australia’s Suspicion of China’s South Pacific Investments Is a Zero-sum Game

Australia’s Suspicion of China’s South Pacific Investments Is a Zero-sum Game

The mainstream media revived its narrative of fear-mongering about China’s South Pacific investments during the Vanuatu Prime Minister’s visit to Beijing and ahead of the recently re-elected Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison‘s trip to the Solomon Islands next week.  There were very serious fake news claims being spread last year about China’s supposed plans to open…

With Friends Like These…

With Friends Like These…

American foreign policy can be so retro, not to mention absurd. Despite being bogged down in more military interventions than it can reasonably handle, the Trump team recently picked a new fight — in Latin America. That’s right! Uncle Sam kicked off a sequel to the Cold War with some of our southern neighbors, while…