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Read more about the article Empires, power, money and war

Empires, power, money and war

April 14, 2022 Opinion by Greg Ray Case number 1: Ukraine seeks to join NATO. Russia complains that this will bring US weapons bases to its very doorstep and that this is a security risk it can’t afford to tolerate. The US empire says Russia shouldn’t be so precious. Anyway, it’s all about freedom. Ukraine wants to join NATO and it should be allowed to. Result? A proxy war in Ukraine between Russia and the US empire. Case number 2: The Solomon Islands sign a security deal with China. Australia and the US complain that this…

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Australia declares its hand against China

September 17, 2021 Comment by Greg Ray The announcement that Australia is dumping its deal to buy French submarines in favour of American nuclear subs shouldn’t be much of a shock. While Australia's conventional diesel-electric submarine fleet has had some advantages in the past, it has also had its limitations and - frankly - having more nukes in the region suits the strategic needs of the US. Those needs are spelled out in the creation of “AUKUS”, a new tripartite deal between the anglophone nations of the USA, the UK and Australia to share military technology…

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Vaccines, viruses and global politics

US President Joe Biden announced recently that the United States was boosting exports of Covid vaccines. Great news. I guess this is because Joe and his government care deeply about the suffering of people in other countries and want to do their bit to help. Oh, wait, no. He's doing it to "reclaim American leadership" in the pandemic fight. Specifically, he wants to put Russia and China in their places because - as one news report puts it - "Moscow and Beijing have been taking advantage of the worldwide crisis to spread influence through distribution of…

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