The Lead

A New World Is Dawning, but Will the Old World End Us All?

by Jason Ross (EIRNS) — Oct. 13, 2024

The assembly of top leaders from dozens of countries next week in Kazan, Russia, may prove to be truly historic, particularly as it contrasts with the devastating decisions being taken by Anglo-American NATO and Israel.

The potential for significant financial changes is seen in a short commentary following the meeting of BRICS finance ministers and central bank heads this week in Moscow, former Vice President of the New Development Bank (the “BRICS Bank") Paulo Nogueira Batista Jr. says that “the current international monetary and financial system controlled by the West is actually unreformable.” Therefore, Nogueira says, “We need to construct an alternative international payment system immune to extraterritorial sanctions from the United States and others. We need to build a new unit of account, which could be a basket of currencies of the BRICS, or a subset of the BRICS. We need to use this perhaps as a transitional device to construct a new reserve currency, which would be an alternative to the U.S. dollar and the euro.”

Representatives of Palestine will attend, and they have been informed by their host President Vladimir Putin that Israel’s ongoing assault against them in both Gaza and the West Bank will be the theme of one of the events at the summit.

The fact that justice is coming neither from Anglo-American NATO, nor from the United Nations Security Council as it currently operates, draws greater attention to the BRICS as a meaningful discussion platform.

And a new paradigm is needed:

Rather than cease military strikes that damage UN facilities and wound UN peacekeepers in southern Lebanon, Israel’s prime minister instead insists that the UN personnel leave! The United States will send a missile defense battery to Israel. Although nominally a defensive system, its presence will embolden Israel to take more aggressive action against Iran. Casualties among the 95 U.S. soldiers needed on the ground to operate the system could be the spark that escalates to global conflict. Nicaragua has broken diplomatic relations with Israel, citing Israel’s ongoing genocide against the Palestinian people.

Things are not going well for NATO in Ukraine. Leading German politician Sahra Wagenknecht continues to warn of the danger of nuclear war, and it is reported that Germany is pulling back its “support” for Kyiv. As for the fighting, reports are that Russia is breaking through the Ukrainian lines in Kursk. Ukrainian President Zelenskyy had pointed to the Kursk offensive as a major success for Ukraine, but it is proving to be short-lived. Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto of Hungary has reiterated his views that the whole conflict could have been prevented, if the concerns Russia expressed in 2021 had been addressed.

Some on this planet have their sights set upon higher goals. NASA plans for a Monday launch of its latest mission to Jupiter. And SpaceX has achieved a spectacular landing of its reusable Super Heavy booster rocket.

Shifting the United States is a big job. For an example of those taking on the challenge, see the powerful interview of U.S. Senate candidate Diane Sare, released Saturday night, Oct. 12 and the X Space with candidate for U.S. Congress Jose Vega, from Sunday night.