June 5, 2019 | Astute News

Belt and Road, Consolidation of Russia-China Economic Relations: President Xi in Saint Petersburg

June 5, 2019

Chinese President Xi will attend this week’s Saint Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) and likely broker some Belt & Road Initiative (BRI) deals with his Russian counterpart. Thousands…

From the SCO to the G20: United Eurasia Stands, Divided It Falls?

June 5, 2019

Opinion

This month’s SCO and G20 Summits will see Eurasia first make a pretense of unity in Bishkek prior to Trump exploiting its preexisting fault lines in Osaka, with the US attempting to play Russia, India…

As a New Paradigm of East and West Cooperation Emerges, Martin Luther King’s Assassins Try Killing Him Again

June 5, 2019

Opinion

A new assassination is now being attempted 51 years after the life of Martin Luther King was cut short by a bullet on the balcony of the Loraine Motel on April 4, 1968. A story has gone viral across t…

The Pentagon’s Spoiling for a Fight — But With China, Not Iran

June 5, 2019

Opinion

The recent White House decision to speed the deployment of an aircraft carrier battle group and other military assets to the Persian Gulf has led many in Washington and elsewhere to assume that the U.…

How America Has Declared War Against Russia

June 5, 2019

Opinion

How did America declare war against Iraq? It started in 1990 when the U.S. received an opportunity to win the approval of the American people and of much else of the world, to initiate economic sancti…

Thoughts on the Protected Race

June 5, 2019

Opinion

“Know that we have taken into our hand, custody, and protection Leo the Jew our goldsmith and all his affairs. And therefore we command that you keep ward and defend the said Leo and all his affairs, …

Everything About the BBC/CNN Account of Tiananmen Square Is a Lie

June 5, 2019

History

• There was no “Tiananmen Square Massacre” as such. There was considerable loss of life in two-sided clashes in parts of Beijing adjacent to the square, but no firing into the crowd in the square…

32 Tips for Navigating a Society That Is Full of Propaganda and Manipulation

June 5, 2019

Opinion

For as long as there has been human language, humans have been using it to manipulate one another. The fact that it is possible to skillfully weave a collection of symbolic mouth noises together in su…