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American scholar Dr Paul Craig Roberts – Published on PressTV.ir, June 26, 2015 (video 2.53 min).

The growing conflict between the United States and Russia over the Ukraine conflict is a result of Washington struggling to maintain its hegemony and making “extremely provocative moves” in Eastern Europe, according to an American political and economic scholar … //

… It’s a serious situation in which the United States is driving Europe into a conflict with Russia, and it’s all about the United States protecting its hegemony, protecting its unique power status,” Dr. Roberts told Press TV on Friday.

“And in order to protect its status, it has to bring tremendous pressure on Russia and also on China in order to try to make those countries accept Washington’s leadership and to comply with Washington’s foreign policies,” he added.

So this is a dangerous situation but the fault is entirely in Washington … //

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Find on YouTube – AUDIOS with Dr Paul Craig Roberts about actual concerns,

• Bond Bubble In Big Trouble, 19.13 min, uploaded by The Alex Jones Channel, June 25, 2015 … his website;
• Great Dangers Ahead, 17.50 min, uploaded by Smidge TV, 2015: June 2, 2015 … former assistant treasury secretary : We have two dangers ahead . One is reckless policy of federal reserve . That policy is reckless because they are creating money from nothing in order to support balance sheets of the banks that should fail . The other danger is inability of Washington to realize that is not uni power who can dominate the world . They have seen extraordinary failure of their policy in recent past and yet they continue with more of the same …;
• On Economy, Greece, Russia, China, 9.29 min, uploaded by Smidge TV, May 12, 2015 … looting of Greece by IMF and ECB . Greece is invited to become the sixth member of the BRICS New Development Bank (NDB) …; BRICS’ New Development Bank NDB on Google Web-search;
• Ahead Dollar Collapse and Worst Crisis in History, 45.04 min, uploaded by Kim Hwenam, April 18, 2015;
• Interview on Ukraine Crisis, 68.01 min, uploaded by Gold and Silver Market, registred March 25, 2015 – uploaded June 4, 2015;

Other Links:

Streit über Hilfsprogramm – wie es jetzt mit Griechenland weiter geht, auf Spiegel Online, von Stefan Kaiser und Nicolai Kwasniewski, Brüssel, 27. Juni 2015: Die Verhandlungen über das Griechenland-Programm sind gescheitert, und sehr bald muss Athen Geld an den IWF zahlen. Was droht in den kommenden Tagen?

College Is Wildly Exploitative: Why Aren’t Students Raising Hell? on naked capitalism, by Yves Smith, June 26, 2015;

Confronting the Past: America Finally Turns Its Attention to Rampant Racism, on Spiegel Online International, a commentary by Markus Feldenkirchen, June 26, 2015: Why is America only now having an honest debate about racism? The dead from Charleston are also the dead of a nation that has long refused to work through its past mistakes. The United State excels at dealing with the injustices of other countries. They often even help other countries to cope with their shameful past. Germany will always be grateful to the US for sending American troops across the Atlantic to defeat the Nazis. And for insisting that the Germans be held accountable for the crimes they committed. The Nuremberg trials gave Germans the opportunity to own up to what they had done. They could no longer deny it …;

The TPP Isn’t Over, It Can Still Be Stopped, 7.02 min, uploaded by The Alex Jones Channel, June 25, 2015;

The ICC is now an instrument of imperialism, on Pambazuka News, by Motsoko Pheko, June 25, 2015: Former US President George W Bush and former British Prime Minister Tony Blair destroyed entire countries in their military adventurism. Yet they are free men enjoying their retirement without any fear of international justice. The ICC must have the substance and manifestation of justice and fairness;
(on en.wikipedia: International Criminal Court ICC is an intergovernmental organization and international tribunal that sits in The Hague in the Netherlands. The ICC has the jurisdiction to prosecute individuals for the international crimes of genocide, crimes against humanity, and war crimes …; /See also; /External Links; - Not to be confused with the International Court of Justice ICJ);

War in Ukraine and the NATO offensive in eastern Europe, on The New Cold War/Ukraine and beyond, Video of public forum in Vancouver June 12, 2015; (also published on YouTube, 58.59 min, uploaded by dgSolidarity, June 18, 2015).