Kenya had been praised to the heavens by the West in yesteryear: it was a beacon of hope and prosperity; East Africa’s most prosperous nation; a success story of capitalism and “development”; and (most important of all) a bulwark of the West amidst encroaching Chinese influence on the continent.

Kenya is a member of China’s Belt and Road Initiative, and Ruto just sent the Kenyan Police to Haiti. 🤷🏼‍♀️

Full text of Xinhua’s interview with Putin

May 21, 2024May 21, 2024 Ms. Cat

MOSCOW, May 15 (Xinhua) — On the eve of his two-day state visit to China, which starts on Thursday, Russian President Vladimir Putin took a written interview with Xinhua.

Full text of Xinhua’s interview with Putin

New era of inequality: Billionaires pay less in taxes than the working class

May 6, 2024May 6, 2024 Ms. Cat

Economist Gabriel Zucman’s analysis reveals that for the first time, U.S. billionaires have a lower effective tax rate than working-class Americans, sparking a renewed debate on wealth tax.

New era of inequality: Billionaires pay less in taxes than the working class

Sean Gervasi, 1992 lecture: The US Strategy to Dismantle the USSR

May 2, 2024May 2, 2024 Ms. Cat

Source

Sean Gervasi, 1992 lecture: The US Strategy to Dismantle the USSR

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Economic factors affecting Soviet foreign and defense policy: a summary outline

The Costs of the Soviet Empire

Sitting on bayonets : the Soviet defense burden and the slowdown of Soviet defense spending

Moscow’s Economic Dilemma: The Burden of Soviet Defense

Exploiting ‘fault lines’ in the Soviet empire: an overview

Venezuela’s election in the crosshairs of new U.S. regime change scheme

March 20, 2024March 20, 2024 Ms. Cat

Twenty-five years after Hugo Chávez took office and began the Bolivarian Revolution in Venezuela, US officials have still not tired of dreaming up new plots to overthrow the country’s government
Venezuela’s election in the crosshairs of new U.S. regime change scheme

China Has Billionaires: Introduction

December 3, 2023December 3, 2023 Ms. Cat

China Has Billionaires: Introduction via Dessalines

China Has Billionaires

AI: open or closed?

November 21, 2023November 21, 2023 Ms. Cat

The shock sacking of Sam Altman, the founder of OpenAI, by his own board reveals the contradictions emerging in the development of ChatGPT and other ‘generative artificial intelligence’ models driving the AI revolution.
AI: open or closed?

When Even The Nazis Aren’t Nazis

October 4, 2023October 4, 2023 Ms. Cat

In what Matt Taibbi has described as “the worst op-ed in history”, Politico Europe has published an astonishing article titled “Fighting against the USSR didn’t necessarily make you a Nazi”, which defends the scandal of the Canadian parliament applauding a literal SS Nazi veteran as a “complicated” issue that is being exploited by “propagandists”.
When Even The Nazis Aren’t Nazis