Ben Norton (2023-06-23). US woos India's far-right PM Modi to help wage new cold war on China. geopoliticaleconomy.com The US government is trying to divide the BRICS bloc and recruit India for its new cold war on China. Biden doesn't care that far-right Prime Minister Modi is closely linked to fascistic Hindu-supremacist groups that violently oppress minorities.

midwesternmarx (2023-06-23). The World Economy Is Changing—the People Know, but Their Leaders Don't By: Richard D. Wolff. midwesternmarx.com The year 2020 marked parity between the total GDP of the G7 (the U.S. plus allies) and the total GDP of the BRICS group (China plus allies). Since then, the BRICS economies grew faster than the G7 economies. Now a third of total world output comes from the BRICS countries while the G7 accounts for below 30 percent. Beyond the obvious symbolism, this difference entails real political, cultural, and economic consequences. Bringing Ukraine's Zelenskyy to Hiroshima to address the G7 rec …