Right here’s the important thing takeaway of those frantic days in Moscow: Regular-o-philes of the world, unite.
These have been frantic multipolar days on the capital of the multipolar world. I had the dignity to personally inform Russian Overseas Minister Sergey Lavrov that nearly the entire World South appeared to be represented in an auditorium of the Lomonosov innovation cluster on a Monday afternoon – a form of casual UN and in a number of points far more efficient relating to respecting the UN constitution. His eyes gleamed. Lavrov, greater than most, understands the true energy of the World Majority.
Moscow hosted a back-to-back multipolar convention plus the second assembly of the Worldwide Russophiles Motion (MIR, in its French acronym, which implies “world” in Russian). Taken collectively, the discussions and networking have supplied auspicious hints on the constructing of a very consultant worldwide order – away from the agenda-imposed doom and gloom of single unipolar tradition and Eternally Wars.
The opening plenary session within the first day fell beneath the star energy of Overseas Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova – whose primary message was crystal clear: “There can’t be freedom with out free will”, which may simply change into the brand new collective World South motto. “Civilization-states” set the tone of the general dialogue – as they’re meticulously designing the blueprints of financial, technological and cultural improvement within the post-Western hegemonic world.
Professor of Worldwide Relations Zhang Weiwei at Fudan College’s China Institute in Shanghai summarized the 4 essential factors relating to Beijing propelling its function as a “new impartial pole.” That reads like a concise marker of the place we are actually:
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1.Beneath the unipolar order, every thing from {dollars} to pc chips will be weaponized. Wars and colour revolutions are the norm.
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China has change into the most important economic system on the earth by PPP; the most important commerce and industrial economic system; and it’s at present on the forefront of the Fourth Industrial Revolution.
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China proposes a mannequin of “Unite and Prosper” as a substitute of a Western mannequin of “Divide and Rule”.
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The West tried to isolate Russia, however the World Majority sympathizes with Russia. Thus, the Collective West has been remoted by the World Relaxation.
Preventing the “theo-political struggle”
“World Relaxation”, by the way, is a misnomer: World Majority is the secret. The identical applies to “golden billion”; those who revenue from the unipolar second, principally throughout the collective West and as comprador elites within the satraps, are at finest 200 million or so.
Monday afternoon in Moscow featured three parallel periods: on China and the multipolar world, the place the star was Professor Weiwei; on the post-hegemony West, beneath the title “Is it potential to save lots of the European civilization?” – attended by a number of dissident Europeans, teachers, suppose tankers, activists; and the principle deal with – that includes the frontline actors of multipolarity.
I had the dignity to average the superior World South session, which ran for over three hours – it may have been the entire day, really – and featured a number of gorgeous shows by a stellar solid of Africans, Latin Individuals and Asians, from Palestine to Venezuela, together with Nelson Mandela’s grandson, Mandla.
That was the multipolar World South in full flight – as my crucial was to open the ground to as many individuals as potential. Had been the organizers to launch a Best Hits of the shows, that might simply change into a worldwide hit.
Mandla Mandela emphasised the way it’s about time to maneuver away from the unipolar system dominated by the Hegemon, “which continues to help Israel”.
That complemented Benin’s charismatic activist Kemi Seba – who brilliantly personifies the African management of the longer term. Within the plenary session, Seba launched a key idea – which begs to be developed around the globe: we live beneath a “theo-political struggle”.
That neatly summarizes the Western simultaneous Hybrid Warfare on Islam, Shi’ism, Christian Orthodoxy, in reality each faith, other than the Woke Cult.
The subsequent day, the second congress of the Worldwide Russophiles motion supplied three debate periods: essentially the most related was on – what else – “Informational and Hybrid Warfare”.
I had the dignity to share the stage with Maria Zakharova – and after my free jazz-style presentation, targeted on over 40 years of practising journalism throughout the planet and watching first-hand the utter degradation of the trade, we carried a hopefully helpful dialogue on media and smooth energy.
My suggestion not solely to the Russian Overseas Ministry however to everybody all throughout the World South was easy: neglect about oligarchy-controlled legacy/mainstream media, it’s already useless. They don’t have anything related to say. The current and the longer term depend on social media; “different” – which isn’t different anymore, quite the opposite; and citizen media, to all of which, after all, the best requirements of journalism ought to be utilized.
Within the night, earlier than everybody obtained all the way down to celebration arduous, a number of of us have been invited for an open, frank and enlightening working dinner with Overseas Minister Lavrov in one of many magnificent frescoed rooms of the Metropol Resort, one the grand inns of Europe since 1905.
A legend with a depraved humorousness
Lavrov was relaxed, amongst pals; after an preliminary, gorgeous diplomatic tour de power which coated fairly a number of highlights of the latest many years all the best way to the present gloom and doom, he opened the desk to our questions, taking notes and answering every one among them intimately.
What’s so putting when you’re head to head with essentially the most legendary diplomat on the earth for fairly a while, in a relaxed setting, is his real unhappiness when confronted with the craze, intolerance and complete absence of important thought exhibited particularly by the Europeans. That was way more related all through our dialog than the truth that U.S.-Russia relations are at an all-time low.
Lavrov although stays extremely pushed due to the World South/World Majority – and the Russian presidency of the BRICS this yr. He massively praised Indian FM Jaishankar, and the great relations with China. He advised the Russophiles Motion ought to take a worldwide function, playfully suggesting we should always all be a part of a “Regular-o-philes” motion.
Effectively, Lavrov The Legend can be identified for his depraved humorousness. And humor is best when it’s lethal severe. So right here’s the important thing takeaway of those frantic days in Moscow: Regular-o-philes of the world, unite.
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