November 9, 2019 – Page 2 – THE OVAL CIRCLE

World

Germany marks fall of Berlin Wall but forgets DDR lessons – US ‘socialist defector’ Victor Grossman

Posted on November 9, 2019November 9, 2019By Editor

Germany celebrating 30 years since the fall of the Berlin Wall is seen as a moment of unity. Yet, lessons East Germany once had to offer were cast aside, a US-born publicist and author, who defected to East Germany in 1952, said. … Read More >Germany marks fall of Berlin Wall but forgets DDR lessons – US ‘socialist defector’ Victor Grossman

Op-ed

A winter of Kremlin’s content: Construction boom shows doomsayer ‘experts’ wrong on Russia

Posted on November 9, 2019November 9, 2019By Editor

The cottage industry of ‘experts’ predicting the inevitable demise of Russia for years is ignoring the hard evidence of progress such as the infrastructure projects that the West is unable or unwilling to undertake itself. … Read More >A winter of Kremlin’s content: Construction boom shows doomsayer ‘experts’ wrong on Russia

World

‘Cold War mentality & zero-sum mindset’: Chinese embassy blasts Pompeo over ‘authoritarianism’ claim

Posted on November 9, 2019November 9, 2019By Editor

The Chinese embassy in Germany has dismissed the US secretary of state’s accusations of the Chinese government’s growing authoritarianism as the product of a “Cold War mentality and zero-sum game mindset.” … Read More >‘Cold War mentality & zero-sum mindset’: Chinese embassy blasts Pompeo over ‘authoritarianism’ claim

EU

380,000 Soviet troops in East Germany were told not to interfere with bringing down the Berlin Wall – Gorbachev

Posted on November 9, 2019November 9, 2019By Editor

The USSR had scores of soldiers deployed in East Germany in 1989 but all of them were ordered to stand down to allow for Berlin’s “wall of mistrust” to fall, former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev said. … Read More >380,000 Soviet troops in East Germany were told not to interfere with bringing down the Berlin Wall – Gorbachev

Op-ed

‘We are on a path of war again’: 30 years after the Berlin Wall fell, Europe betrays its own hopes (By Willy Wimmer)

Posted on November 9, 2019November 9, 2019By Editor

Three decades after the fall of the Berlin Wall, one of the symbols of the Cold War, Europe remains divided because it chose confrontation over a common future, Willy Wimmer, Germany’s former State Secretary for Defense believes. … Read More >‘We are on a path of war again’: 30 years after the Berlin Wall fell, Europe betrays its own hopes (By Willy Wimmer)

Shows

HK’s Regina Ip: Hong Kong’s police are far more restrained than Western counterparts!

Posted on November 9, 2019November 9, 2019By Editor

On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to Regina Ip, a member of Hong Kong’s Executive and Legislative Council, about the continuing protests, … Read More >HK’s Regina Ip: Hong Kong’s police are far more restrained than Western counterparts!

EU should fear the jihadists it’s backing in Syria, not refugees – Assad to RT

Posted on November 9, 2019October 8, 2020By Editor

In an exclusive interview with RT’s Afshin Rattansi, Syrian President Bashar Assad said it’s hypocrisy for European nations to fear that Ankara will send refugees to Europe, but continue to sponsor terrorism in Syria. … Read More >EU should fear the jihadists it’s backing in Syria, not refugees – Assad to RT

Shows

The News with Rick Sanchez – November 8, 2019

Posted on November 9, 2019November 9, 2019By Editor

Rick Sanchez reports on violent protests against inequality and corruption in Chile, Lebanon and Iraq, which have already left hundreds dead. … Read More >The News with Rick Sanchez – November 8, 2019

USA

‘Innocent people being hunted down’: ABC’s Epstein whistleblower ‘still inside’ network shares ‘anger & confusion’

Posted on November 9, 2019November 9, 2019By Editor

he whistleblower who leaked ABC’s hot-mic Epstein tape to Project Veritas has condemned the network for its handling of both the leak and the original story, after it got a producer accused of the leak fired from CBS. … Read More >‘Innocent people being hunted down’: ABC’s Epstein whistleblower ‘still inside’ network shares ‘anger & confusion’

USA

Outraged that Trump might attend V-Day parade in Moscow, MSM gets history & Russia all wrong AGAIN

Posted on November 9, 2019November 9, 2019By Editor

US President Donald Trump managed to trigger his critics again by saying he would love to go to Russia for the celebration of victory in WWII – which a reporter and most media misnamed as the long-nonexistent “May Day parade.” … Read More >Outraged that Trump might attend V-Day parade in Moscow, MSM gets history & Russia all wrong AGAIN