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Klaus Schwab in Davos: “The future is shaped by us”

The globalist agenda

Published 27 January 2025
– By Editorial Staff
Trump joined via video link and did not mince his words.
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“Collaboration for the intelligent age” was the main theme as leaders from all corners of the globe gathered for this year’s power conference.

The Trump presidency, artificial intelligence, the war in Ukraine, deregulation and the future of Europe’s economy were some of the topics on the agenda of the Davos powers that be this week.

The 55th annual meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland, ended on Friday after five days of discussions, networking and grandiose statements from the power elite. Under the theme “collaboration for the intelligent age“, nearly 3000 participants from over 130 countries gathered, including more than 350 government leaders and 60 heads of state and government.

– This transition from the Industrial to the Intelligent Age is occurring at an exponential pace, carrying unprecedented risks for humanity as we strive to prepare and adapt for its complexities, declared Forum founder and chairman Klaus Schwab.

– Yet, it also offers significant opportunities to transcend our current challenges and spark a new renaissance – one defined by advancements in knowledge, health, culture and societal welfare, the ultra-globalist continued.

“The future is shaped by us”

Schwab called on the global community to approach the situation with “constructive optimism” and urged stakeholders from all sectors – government, business, civil society and academia – to unite in finding solutions to common challenges.

– By embracing constructive optimism and believing in our collective capacity and commitment to improving the state of the world, we can shape the Intelligent Age as an age where every human being can realize their full potential, he continued

– The future is shaped by us here in this room, he added proudly.

Schwab’s words, however, were met with skepticism from critics who argue that the WEF has not delivered concrete results despite decades of lofty rhetoric. This year’s conference focused on five key areas: “Reimagining Growth”, “Industries in the Intelligent Age”, “Investing in People”, “Safeguarding the Planet” and “Rebuilding Trust”.

Middle East and Ukraine

Talks on Middle East peace intensified following ceasefires between Israel, Hamas and Hezbollah. Speculation grew that Donald Trump, back as US president, could be the one to convince Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to accept a Palestinian state.

Meanwhile, Iran chose to use the forum to signal a willingness to renegotiate the nuclear deal. Vice President Javad Zarif stressed that Iran has no ambition to build nuclear weapons and called for a policy based on opportunities, not threats.

Peace negotiations for Ukraine also took center stage, with Trump expressing via a video link his willingness to meet immediately with the Russian president to negotiate an end to the conflict. However, Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelensky, demanded a 200,000-strong European peacekeeping force as a condition for an agreement – a request that Russia rejected. Meanwhile, Ukraine continues to prepare for increased privatization and foreign investment to support its reconstruction.

Trump at the center

Deregulation in the US was described as a catalyst for economic growth and mergers across industries. At the same time, cryptocurrencies continued to be a topic of debate, with many players awaiting upcoming US regulations before fully integrating crypto-assets into the traditional financial world.

Two years after the breakthrough of ChatGPT, tech leaders discussed how AI could transform the labor market, especially through the automation of repetitive tasks. The United States is currently ahead of China in AI development, but the need for technology-friendly policies and infrastructure investments was emphasized as crucial to maintain the lead.

Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw the United States from the Paris Agreement and his efforts to boost the country’s energy exploration have received mixed reactions. Europe has often been urged to speed up its own energy transition to remain competitive, while many policymakers in Davos pointed out that China and the EU, rather than the US, are the de facto drivers of the “global climate transition”.

The President-elect’s decision to dismantle federal programs for alleged diversity, equality and inclusion has caused some concern among left-liberal businesses, which argue that these initiatives have been crucial to their success. Discussions therefore took place on how to reformulate strategies to continue to promote what they claim is equality and representation of minorities in the workplace.

“Existential” challenges for Europe

Trump’s return to the White House has also raised concerns among Chinese business leaders and investors that bilateral relations between the world’s two largest economies could deteriorate further, but the US president unexpectedly refrained from imposing tariffs on China on his first day back in office, and during his Davos video address he expressed a need for China’s help to end the war in Ukraine. The move led some to speculate about a coming rapprochement between Washington and Beijing.

Global investors said they retain an interest in China-related assets but are keen to see more concrete stimulus measures. They will pay particular attention to clues about how Beijing plans to tackle the protracted property crisis, the high indebtedness of local governments and weak consumer demand.

European Central Bank chief Christine Lagarde described Europe’s economic challenges as “existential”. EU leaders called for faster action to facilitate innovation and prevent new businesses from moving to the US. At the same time, businesses want to see concrete liberalization measures to increase Europe’s attractiveness.

Argentina’s newly elected president, Javier Milei, shocked many participants with a controversial speech in which he sharply criticized what he called a destructive “woke ideology” and called for a return to libertarian principles. Milei’s speech exemplified the growing divide between left-liberal and conservative forces that characterized this year’s forum.

Growing criticism

During the forum, Chinese vice-premier Ding Xuexiang also sought to defuse tensions with the West by stressing China’s openness to trade and improved business climate, while South African president Cyril Ramaphosa took the opportunity to speak about his country’s priorities as G20 chair ahead of the Johannesburg summit later this year, highlighting the importance of solidarity, equality and sustainable development.

His French counterpart, Emmanuel Macron, argued for increased joint investment within the EU and deeper cooperation between member states’ capital markets. At the same time, his vision of a more “united” Europe is being questioned by voices concerned about European countries losing their national sovereignty.

While discussions in Davos revolved around geopolitical uncertainty, climate change, the economy and technological advances, especially in AI, frustration grew outside the conference center. Activists and critics argue that the WEF has become an exclusive club for the elite, far removed from the realities and concerns of ordinary people. Despite promises to address global challenges, concrete action has often failed to materialize after previous forums.

Many critics also question the relevance of an event where the world’s richest and most powerful gather to discuss problems they themselves often help create or exacerbate, describing it as a club of mutual admiration with no real popular influence.

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Reports: Bilderberg meeting to be held in Sweden

The globalist agenda

Published 8 April 2025
– By Editorial Staff
Bilderberg Group board member Marcus Wallenberg, view of the Grand Hotel to the right.
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The globalist-oriented Bilderberg Meeting is, according to yet unconfirmed reports, set to hold this year’s gathering in Sweden. The exact date and participant list have not yet been officially confirmed, but the meeting is reportedly planned to take place in Stockholm in mid-June.

The Bilderberg Group’s controversial gatherings have long faced strong criticism, primarily due to the meetings being described as an important arena for the actual power establishment of the Western bloc – where the economic and political elites are effectively brought together – while lacking public transparency about what is actually discussed and decided beyond general agenda items. The meetings follow the so-called Chatham House Rule, which allows participants to use information from discussions but prohibits revealing who said what.

Wallenberg family key Swedish figures

A long line of Swedish prime ministers have attended the meeting, including the last four, Ulf Kristersson, Magdalena Andersson, Stefan Löfven, and Fredrik Reinfeldt. The most prominent Swedes within the group are the power players surrounding the Wallenberg dynasty and their investment company Investor. Both Marcus Wallenberg and his uncle Peter Wallenberg have for many years been members of the meeting’s so-called steering committee.

The meeting has been held in Sweden on four previous occasions, in 1962, 1973 and 1984 at the Wallenberg-owned Grand Hotel in Saltsjöbaden, and in 2001 at the Hotel Stenungsbaden in Stenungsund in connection with the EU summit in Gothenburg. Last year’s meeting was held in Madrid.

Once dismissed as a “conspiracy theory”

The public denied for a long time that the meeting was organized, or even existed, and was dismissed in the mainstream media for many years as a “conspiracy theory”. In the 21st century, as a result of independent media coverage, it has since been recognized that the meeting has actually been taking place since 1954, with high-profile lists of participants typically ranging from 120-150 specially invited participants.

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https://nordictimes.com/world/goldman-sachs-veteran-takes-over-canada/

World

Goldman Sachs veteran takes over Canada

The globalist agenda

Published 12 March 2025
– By Editorial Staff
Mark Carney has claimed, among other things, that climate change-related deaths “will be the equivalent of a coronavirus crisis every year”.
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As expected, it will be the top banker and Bilderberg veteran Mark Carney who succeeds the heavily criticized Justin Trudeau as leader of the Liberal Party and thus Canada’s new Prime Minister.

Carney, who previously served as the central bank governor for both Canada and the UK, also has a long background as an executive at investment bank Goldman Sachs and has sat on the board of the globalist World Economic Forum’s foundation.

Mark Carney was the clear favorite in the Liberals’ internal vote this weekend, eventually winning 85.9% of party members’ votes.

– I will work day and night with one purpose, which is to build a stronger Canada for everyone, he promised after the election win and also took the opportunity to further fuel the conflict with the Trump administration’s United States.

– The Americans – they want our resources, our water, our land, our country. If they succeed, they will destroy our way of life.

Donald Trump has repeatedly expressed a desire for Canada to cease being an independent nation and become a US state, and it is precisely the very strained US-Canadian relations that paved the way for Carney’s rise to power. Although he has no real political experience, he has been touted as the best person to handle the trade war with the US.

The Bilderberg Group and the World Economic Forum

Mark Carney, an economist by training, worked for Goldman Sachs for 13 years – in the investment bank’s Boston, London, New York, Tokyo and Toronto offices. He joined the credit risk department as early as 1988 and rose to more prominent positions, eventually becoming responsible for debt advice to governments in Europe, the Middle East and Africa.

In 1998, he moved to Goldman Sachs in New York, where he was responsible for corporate transactions and mergers, before moving to Canada, where Carney was eventually appointed managing director of the firm’s investment banking division.

In 2003, Carney left Goldman Sachs to join the Bank of Canada – five years later he headed the country’s central bank and was appointed Governor of the Bank of Canada in 2013 – a post he held until 2020. Since then, he has worked as an adviser to Justin Trudeau – including during the Canadian lockdown policy during the coronavirus crisis.

The Liberal also has extensive experience in various influential circles of power, having served on the board of Klaus Schwab’s World Economic Forum foundation and attended meetings of the shadowy Bilderberg Group for several years.

During his time as a bank manager, he has also built up a considerable private fortune and, although he cannot compete with the most wealthy people in power, he is currently estimated to be worth almost $7 million.

Comparing climate change to covid

Carney also has a background as the UN Special Envoy for Climate Action and Finance, and has argued in various climate alarmist pronouncements that the world needs to come together to combat alleged climate change – something that is also claimed to be “a huge economic opportunity” for private actors.

– One of the biggest issues is you cannot self-isolate from climate. That is not an option. We cannot retreat in and wait out climate change, it will just get worse, the Liberal has previously said.

– When you look at climate change from a human mortality perspective, it will be the equivalent of a coronavirus crisis every year from the middle of this century, and every year, not just a one-off event. So it is an issue that needs to be addressed now, he argued in 2021.

During the coronavirus era, Canadian repression was particularly totalitarian, with those in power imposing martial law, among other measures, to combat protesters who opposed the harsh restrictive policies in the capital, Ottawa. Others had their bank accounts frozen and a large number of peaceful protesters were detained or subjected to violence by the police.

It is worth noting that a general election is expected to be held in Canada later in 2025, and that the Liberal-Conservative opposition Conservative Party of Canada would have received the most electoral support had an election been held today.

Trudeau – Schwab’s disciple

It is noteworthy that the outgoing Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, also has very close ties to the World Economic Forum and has been described as something of a disciple of founder Klaus Schwab.

Schwab has previously proclaimed that humanity is facing “a fourth industrial revolution” that will “lead to a fusion of our physical, digital and biological identities”, and Trudeau in particular has been praised as an ultimate representative of this world order.

– I couldn’t imagine anybody (than Trudeau) who could represent more the world which will come out of this fourth industrial revolution, Schwab said back in 2016.

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https://nordictimes.com/world/hungarys-warning-soros-globalist-network-is-fleeing-to-brussels/

World

Hungary’s warning: “Soros’ globalist network is fleeing to Brussels”

The globalist agenda

Published 20 February 2025
– By Editorial Staff
Montage. Photo: Alexander Soros/FB, President of Azerbaijan/CC BY 4.0
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Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán is warning the world that ultra-globalist and currency speculator George Soros’s political influence campaign network is leaving the United States – and seeking to strengthen its influence over Brussels and Europe.

“WARNING! Our fears have come true: the globalist-liberal-Soros NGO network is fleeing to Brussels, after President Trump dealt a huge blow to their activities in the US”, writes Hungary’s leader.

He points out that 63 of these organizations have already asked those in power in Brussels for funding and financial support – often under the pretext of working on various human rights projects.

However, Orbán declares that Soros’ networks are just as unwelcome in Europe as they are in the US.

“Not going to happen! We will not let them find safe haven in Europe! The USAID-files exposed the dark practices of the globalist network. We will not take the bait again!” he proclaims.

Trump froze funding

Orbán is referring to a petition in which the International Commission of Jurists lobby group and some 60 other NGOs are demanding that EU countries take over the funding of their activities – after US President Donald Trump recently issued an executive order freezing all US foreign aid for 90 days.

“(We) call on EU leaders to take immediate action to address the global development aid crisis triggered by recent decisions by the U.S. administration”, the left-wing organizations write.

“The appeal urges the EU, as the world’s largest foreign aid provider, to step up its leadership and ensure continued support for democracy, human rights, global health, and humanitarian assistance”, they add.

According to the NGOs, it is particularly important for the EU to spend money on groups and projects working on “reproductive rights, gender equality and LGBTIQ rights” and to put diplomatic pressure on the US to resume payments to left-wing activist organizations.

“Transatlantic oligarchy”

This is far from the first time Orbán has harshly criticized Soros’ network. The Nordic Times has previously reported on how he believes that Brussels today is “occupied by a left-wing transatlantic oligarchy”, and that the EU’s constant attacks and threats against Hungary are orchestrated “by the liberal united front funded by George Soros” that seeks to influence Europe’s political direction.

The newspaper has also reported on how the United States Agency for International Development (USAID ) has spent billions funding various forms of left-liberal projects and advocacy campaigns in other countries – including Soros’ Open Society Foundations.

According to Viktor Orbán, the agency funded “virtually the entire left-wing media in Hungary” during the Biden administration – with the aim of trying to force a regime change in the country.

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https://nordictimes.com/world/usaid-central-in-global-propaganda-war/

World

USAID central in global propaganda war

Disinformation in the media

  • New serious revelations continue to emerge about the US aid agency USAID.
  • Among other things, it shows that the agency has been systematically used to run advocacy campaigns in more than 30 different countries.
  • In Ukraine, as many as nine out of ten media companies have been entirely dependent on US aid money – with USAID reportedly the main funder.
Published 12 February 2025
– By Editorial Staff
US aid money has funded a worldwide propaganda apparatus.
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The Nordic Times has previously reported on how Trump may completely shut down USAID. This after his efficiency chief, Elon Musk, described it as a “purely criminal organization” and stated that it “is time for it to die”.

The White House has also confirmed that the aid organization has funded LGBTQ propaganda, jihadist terror groups and other subversive activities in a wide range of countries.

A review also shows that USAID has played a central role in the US propaganda war and has funded a very large number of pro-Western media around the world – media that are now threatened with closure if US support is cut.

In Ukraine, for example, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) points out that “9 out of 10 outlets rely on subsidies and USAID is the primary donor”.

– 80% of our budget is affected, laments Anna Babinets, CEO and founder of Slistvo.Info.

“Almost everyone had grants”

According to RSF, USAID funds “independent media” in over 30 countries and has funded “training and support for 6,200 journalists, assisted 707 non-state news outlets, and supported 279 media-sector civil society organizations”.

In 2025 alone, $270 million was budgeted to support “independent media and the free flow of information”.

– The problem is that almost everyone had grants. The question is that for some, these grants amounted to 100% of their income and they could only survive thanks to grants. These grants amounted to 40–60% for some, less for others, explains Oksana Romaniuk of the Ukrainian Institute of Mass Information.

She clarifies that media funding came not only from the US but also from the EU and the UN.

“The puppet masters pulling strings”

The “independent journalism” funded with US aid money is accused by many critics of being a propaganda machine pushing issues and topics deemed important to the political establishment in Washington.

“USAID has pushed nearly half a billion dollars through a secretive US government financed NGO, ‘Internews Network’ (IN), which has ‘worked with’ 4,291 media outlets, producing in one year 4,799 hours of broadcasts reaching up to 778 million people and ‘training’ over 9000 journalists. IN has also supported social media censorship initiatives”, WikiLeaks wrote in a post on X.

Former USAID director Samantha Power has also spoken openly in the past about how the agency funds and influences media reporting in countries like Moldova and Nicaragua.

“USAID set up insurance funds for journalists, which was just a fancy way of saying they were controlling the narrative. Over in Moldova, they pushed for memberships and subscriptions, essentially deciding who gets the cash flow. And in Nicaragua, USAID was restructuring media businesses, which is a nice way of saying USAID was calling the shots on how news gets made and distributed”, notes political commentator Ian Miles Cheong.

“They were the puppet masters, pulling strings to shape the media landscape to their liking”, he concludes.

Orbán: USAID has a strong presence in Hungary

In practice, it remains unclear whether the agency will be closed down completely, reformed or resurrected in a modified form. In many quarters, hopes are now being expressed that in that case it will focus on aid work rather than advocacy.

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, among others, has said that the agency funded “basically the entire left-wing media in Hungary under the previous US administration”.

“And they called me ‘disruptor of the year’ … I think the world owes a debt of gratitude to President Donald Trump for uncovering and putting an end to this dark conspiracy”, he wrote.

Not a new phenomenon

It should be noted that attempts by the US establishment to simultaneously control and manipulate media reporting are not a new phenomenon – nor are they limited to USAID alone.

During the Cold War, for example, the CIA launched “Operation Mockingbird”, which aimed to manipulate US and international media to spread pro-American propaganda.

By recruiting journalists and using front organizations, the CIA influenced news reporting, sometimes by planting false stories.

The program was partly uncovered by journalist Carl Bernstein in 1977, who claimed that over 400 journalists collaborated with the CIA in various ways.

Editorial Staff
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