As a Thanksgiving treat from London, MintPress News Senior Staff Writer Alan MacLeod highlights 10 recent events that prove that the US's grip on hegemonic power is weakening.
In October, Saudi Arabia and other OPEC nations ignored a US request to increase oil production.
Lula da Silva's recent electoral victory in Brazil, and other recent victories in Colombia and Nicaragua, came with a host of declarations from the Latin American nations to buck the power of the United States.
Defiance from the BRICS nations and Qatar:
Singapore and other ASEAN nations have recently refused to take sides with the United States against China.
India responded to US sanctions against Russia's energy industry by expanding its trading relationship with both Russia and China.
Pakistan's new leadership, which took power after ousting Imran Khan from the premiership with the support of the US, reaffirmed its collaboration with China on the Belt and Road Initiative this month.
A UBS chairman recently stated that he was bullish on China's economic prospects at a Hong Kong banking summit.
The Chancellor of Germany will soon be making two moves that go against US interests by visiting Beijing and supporting negotiations with Russia to end the war in Ukraine.
And finally, the US's bet that it could collapse the Russian economy through sanctions has proven false. The ruble is actually performing well.
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An exclusive MintPress investigation has exposed the videogame Call of Duty as a US military psyop.
Virtual games like Call of Duty, the NSA wrote, were an “opportunity” and a “target-rich communication network”.
The military holds considerable influence over the direction of Call of Duty games. In 2010, its producers approached the Department of Defense (DoD) for help on a game set in 2075.
The collapse of FTX is, at this point, a ubiquitous story.
The angle that isn't receiving as much attention is that Ukraine made a high-level fundraising agreement with the DNC-connected cryptocurrency exchange.
Kit Klarenberg's latest investigation explores the details of how FTX collapsed and what that could mean for the $60 million raised for Ukraine, the DNC's fundraising efforts, and the cryptocurrency market in general.
The corporate media have stayed away from the most interesting part of the FTX story.
✅ Its deep ties with the Ukrainian government that’s currently fighting a proxy war against Russia for NATO.
Honest Reporting – an organization that is connected to the Israel lobby, military, and government — has dedicated itself to hounding journalists who criticize Israel out of their jobs.
Jessica Buxbaum investigates:
Honest Reporting got two journalists fired from The New York Times in October and pressured the Reuters Foundation to rescind an award from a Middle East Eye journalist.
Simon Plosker, one of Honest Reporting's founders, has also worked for:
‣ The Israeli military’s spokesperson’s unit,
‣ NGO Monitor — targets NGOs for alleged anti-Israel bias,
‣ United Nations Watch — attacks the UN for alleged anti-Israel bias. mintpressnews.com/honest-reporti…
Former-Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro reversed measures to protect the Amazon rainforest. Deforestation rates grew by more than 50% under his presidency.
This weekend, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro proposed a new South American summit in defense of the Amazon.
French President Emmanuel Macron speaks with Nicolas Maduro, recognizing him as the leader of Venezuela, and promises diplomacy between the nations.
Macron had met with Juan Guaido in 2020 when the US attempted to use him to usurp power in Venezuela.
In this shocking investigation, Jessica Buxbaum exposes how Jair Bolsonaro’s campaign and its anti-democratic strategies leading up to the October 30 run-off election are connected to an Israeli cyber security firm named CySource.
CySource signed an agreement with the Brazilian Army in March 2022. The Army denies the agreement is related to these elections but it was signed with the Army’s Cyber Defense Command, which is the unit overseeing the electoral process.
The cyber security firm was founded by veterans of Israeli intelligence and it has employed Brazilians with deep connections to Jair Bolsonaro, who’s expected to lose the upcoming elections.