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#WorldSystem: "Rail freight from #China to #Iran has increased tenfold since the #US imposed a maritime blockade on Iranian ports, as Tehran brings three rail corridors online and expands capacity at its northern ports" thecradle.co/articles/ira...
Iran–China freight trade grows tenfold amid US naval blockade
The expanded land network can accommodate future oil exports of over 300,000 barrels per day
thecradle.co
September 30, 2026 at 9:07 AM
prabhuguptara.bsky.social
Want to go beyond #mantris & #mantras to understand what's now needed to compete & thrive in the new #worldsystem of #Trump #Putin & #Xi

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global.oup.com
September 14, 2026 at 1:25 PM
resisdance.bsky.social
#WorldSystem/#UnequalExchange: " #France net-appropriated 226 million hectares of embodied land and 122 billion cubic meters of water from the CFA zone through direct trade, mostly in the form of agricultural products." jasonhickel.substack.com/p/unequal-ex...
September 11, 2026 at 4:31 AM
macintaministries.bsky.social
Look into Resh, verses 156 to 160, Vectors Of Victory From Psalm 119
#podcast : archive.org/details/resh...
#merciesofGod #mercy #adversaries #enemies #world #worldsystem #disgust #tenacity #stability #trust #trustworthy #WordOfGod #certainty #MacintaMinistries
Resh, Part 2, Psalm 119:156-160 Vectors Of Victory
It must be remembered that the Holy Spirit wrote the Holy Bible through holy men chosen by God in the ancient languages of Hebrew, Aramaic, and Koine Greek. Thanks to the grace of God, the availabilit...
archive.org
September 11, 2026 at 12:45 AM
resisdance.bsky.social
#WorldSystem: "why are the poorest countries also those richest in wildlife,containing a high number of different species? The reason, acc to new research, is that colonial exploitation of that #biodiversity by now-rich countries created #poverty legacies that persist today"
phys.org/news/2026-08...
Legacy of colonial biodiversity exploitation explains poverty in biodiversity-rich countries
Nature provides resources to society, and the diversity of species (think of pollinators, for example) is expected to underpin human economies. So why are the poorest countries also those richest in w...
phys.org
August 24, 2026 at 7:08 AM
resisdance.bsky.social
#WorldSystem/#EarthSystem: "The research links wartime mobilization to the period known as the Great Acceleration in #energy use, material #consumption and ultimately detrimental environmental impact."
phys.org/news/2026-08...
Modern consumption patterns traced back to WWII mobilization
Research in the International Journal of Sustainable Development has examined eight nations involved in World War II, both Allied and Axis countries, and shows how that period of history helped set so...
phys.org
August 24, 2026 at 6:58 AM
macintaministries.bsky.social
Defy The Killer Heat
#podcast : drive.google.com/open?id=1ZDv...
#world #worldsystem #persecution #trouble #troubles #tribulation #conquer #victory #MacintaMinistries
Defy The Killer Heat.MP3
drive.google.com
July 31, 2026 at 11:34 PM
bauhauspolemicist.bsky.social
Insights from @jasonhickel.bsky.social on inequality, capitalism, and where we go from here. Read and RT!

bauhauspolemicist.co.uk/book-review-...

#inequality #UnfetteredCapitalism #WorldSystem
Book Review, Jason Hickel: The Divide | Bauhaus Polemicist
bauhauspolemicist.co.uk
June 28, 2026 at 9:02 AM
resisdance.bsky.social
#WorldSystem/#PlutOligarchy: "The Handala files contain thousands of records concerning Barak’s and #Epstein’s efforts to control oil, gas, and minerals across the African continent during the 2010s"
www.dropsitenews.com/p/epstein-ba...
How Jeffrey Epstein’s Israeli Network Shaped Congo’s Deadly Mineral Trade
Leaked documents reveal how military contractors linked to Israeli intelligence secretly trained a special operations strike force in mineral-rich eastern Congo.
www.dropsitenews.com
June 25, 2026 at 8:06 AM
resisdance.bsky.social
#WorldSystem: "Before the crisis, 60% of south-east #Asia’s imports of crude oil & a third of its imports of gas came from the Middle East, according to the IEA. The region’s #energy import bill is projected to reach $160bn this year–double the $80bn bill in 2024" www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘Compound shock effect’: why the Middle East crisis and El Niño could spell disaster in south-east Asia
Millions of tonnes of the world’s food could be lost amid the uncertainties surrounding the strait of Hormuz and the dangers of a ‘Godzilla-strength’ El Niño
www.theguardian.com
June 24, 2026 at 7:24 AM
resisdance.bsky.social
#WorldSystem/#EnergySystems: "Some nations spend up to 25% of their #GDP on securing #fuel, even before this year's price spikes. In recent months, authorities in the Marshall Islands and Tuvalu announced emergency measures to conserve fuel."
phys.org/news/2026-06...
The fuel crisis has hit the Pacific hard. The region is responding—but tough choices lie ahead
The past five years have not been easy for the people of the Pacific. COVID restrictions disrupted tourism and upended supply chains, while global fuel shocks raised prices and hit island economies ha...
phys.org
June 24, 2026 at 6:50 AM
budum.bsky.social
The greeks were savages on the outskirts of the worldsystem they had no culture
June 20, 2026 at 10:59 PM
resisdance.bsky.social
#WorldSystem: "Global #migration has risen sharply from approximately 13 million people per year in 2000 to around 35 million people per year in 2023."
phys.org/news/2026-06...
Annual global migration has nearly tripled since 2000, reshaping where and how people move
Global migration has risen sharply from approximately 13 million people per year in 2000 to around 35 million people per year in 2023. This is according to a new dataset on human migration published i...
phys.org
June 20, 2026 at 8:01 AM
resisdance.bsky.social
#WorldSystem/#Biodiversity: "more than half of the impacts are attributable to #consumption in other countries. The #EuropeanUnion, #China and the #UnitedStates together account for more than 80% of these externalized impacts" phys.org/news/2026-06...
Palm oil, coconut and soybean drive more species extinction than previously thought
Oils from crops such as coconut, palm oil and soybean are used in a range of applications, from cosmetics and makeup to margarine and spreads, and from medicines to animal feed. These oil crops, as th...
phys.org
June 20, 2026 at 7:22 AM
resisdance.bsky.social
#WorldSystem/#Decoupling/#Recoupling: "Import competition from China also reduces emissions from Danish companies, but #emissions in China rise significantly more, so global emissions actually increase."
phys.org/news/2026-06...
Competition from Chinese imports is causing CO₂ emissions to rise globally, research reveals
Danish companies emit less CO₂ when they relocate certain tasks abroad. At the same time, emissions rise correspondingly in those countries. However, global emissions increase when companies are under...
phys.org
June 20, 2026 at 7:15 AM
resisdance.bsky.social
#EarthSystem/#WorldSystem: "Due to lack of research, our understanding of the #AMOC #collapse impacts on the socio-ecological systems is incomplete." pub.norden.org/temanord2026...
June 11, 2026 at 6:03 PM
resisdance.bsky.social
#WorldSystem: "Industrial-scale #mining in #Africa to support global supply chains is leading to unprecedented #deforestation across the continent, with 34 hectares of forest removed for every single hectare of active mine site." phys.org/news/2026-06...
Infrastructure for African mines destroying forests at 34 times the rate of the mines themselves
Industrial-scale mining in Africa to support global supply chains is leading to unprecedented deforestation across the continent, with 34 hectares of forest removed for every single hectare of active ...
phys.org
June 9, 2026 at 5:30 PM
resisdance.bsky.social
#WorldSystem/#Imbalances: "this essay argues that the mainstream narrative rests on flawed accounting interpretations, selective #history and a neglect of production realities." warwickpowell.substack.com/p/the-saving...
Beggar Thy Neighbour and The Savings Glut Myth: Production, Offshoring and the Real Origins of Trade “Imbalances”
Why deficit-country capital, fiat liquidity and historical North-South extraction — not surplus-country thrift — drive today’s global patterns
warwickpowell.substack.com
June 4, 2026 at 6:03 AM
resisdance.bsky.social
#Inequality/#WorldSystem: "If we want a less unequal global economy, #development policy cannot be limited to domestic reforms in poorer countries. It also requires reforming the international monetary, financial and trade #systems." blogs.lse.ac.uk/inequalities...
Does the international monetary system sustain inequality?
The world’s richest countries receive sizeable net incomes from the rest of the world. The reason? The basic structure of the international monetary system
blogs.lse.ac.uk
June 4, 2026 at 5:38 AM
resisdance.bsky.social
#WorldSystem/#Work: "Police in #Italy have arrested two Pakistani nationals for the alleged murder of four migrant #workers found dead in a burnt-out minivan, according to Italian media reports." www.bbc.com/news/article...
Two arrested after four migrant farm workers killed in Italy minivan fire
CCTV images showed two people blocking the van's doors from the outside and throwing liquid inside to start a fire.
www.bbc.com
June 3, 2026 at 12:43 PM
resisdance.bsky.social
#WorldSystem/#UnequalExchange: "More than 900 million tonnes of #materials, 4 million km2 of #land, & 53 billion hours of #labor. This is the scale of #resources that the Global North net appropriated from Latin America thrgh international #trade in 2020" phys.org/news/2026-05...
How unequal trade with Global North leaves Latin America supplying land, labor and raw materials
More than 900 million tonnes of materials, 4 million km2 of land, and 53 billion hours of labor. This is the scale of resources that the Global North net appropriated from Latin America through intern...
phys.org
June 1, 2026 at 4:10 AM
resisdance.bsky.social
#WorldSystem #FoodSystems: "The findings challenge #food-security strategies that focus mainly on increasing domestic food production while overlooking their dependence on shocks to production abroad and #energy supplies."
phys.org/news/2026-05...
Global food shock model reveals self-sufficiency alone may not prevent crises
Global food systems are fragile. Recent shocks such as the closure of the Strait of Hormuz and the Russian invasion of Ukraine have raised prices and exacerbated food insecurity. Governments are incre...
phys.org
June 1, 2026 at 3:16 AM
resisdance.bsky.social
#EarthSystem/#WorldSystem: "The growing extraction of rainforest #resources is pushing the #Amazon and similar biomes towards breaking point, a report has shown." www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Rainforests pushed to breaking point by new demands for resources, report says
Need for minerals, biofuels and pulp adding to pressures from ranching, monocrops, oil and logging, analysis finds
www.theguardian.com
May 28, 2026 at 8:02 AM
resisdance.bsky.social
#WorldSystem/#Teleconnections: "British demand for everyday global commodities can be linked to more than 29,000 hectares of #deforestation worldwide in a single year, with tens of thousands of hectares stripped directly from overseas ecosystems."

phys.org/news/2026-05...
Analysis reveals overseas environmental toll of UK consumption
British demand for everyday global commodities can be linked to more than 29,000 hectares of deforestation worldwide in a single year, with tens of thousands of hectares stripped directly from oversea...
phys.org
May 27, 2026 at 8:34 AM
economyandspace.bsky.social
OnlineFirst - "Behind the rising periphery: Divergent paths in the World City Network" by Qiujie Shi:

#pathways #producerservices #worldcitynetwork #worldsystem #Asia

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May 4, 2026 at 5:15 PM