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The CIA and special operations forces from Britain, France, and Canada are physically in Ukraine, helping direct the proxy war on Russia, overseeing weapons, training, and intelligence. Some Ukrainian fighters have US flag patches. Read more here https://multipolarista.com/2022/06/26/cia-special-ops-ukraine-proxy-war-russia || Multipolarista || Please support Multipolarista at https://multipolarista.com/support Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/multipolarista Podcast: https://soundcloud.com/multipolarista Telegram: https://t.me/multipolarista

More than 1 million Iraqis died in a US war that devastated their country. Now China is investing billions of dollars there, building infrastructure and 1000 schools, integrating Iraq into its Belt and Road Initiative. The difference could hardly be more stark. || Multipolarista || Please support Multipolarista at https://multipolarista.com/support Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/multipolarista Podcast: https://soundcloud.com/multipolarista Telegram: https://t.me/multipolarista

Multipolarista host Ben Norton speaks with historian Aaron Good about his book "American Exception: Empire and the Deep State," detailing the breakdown of democracy, the criminality that lies at the heart of US government policy, and the corporate interests driving it. You can get the book here: https://www.skyhorsepublishing.com/9781510769137/american-exception Follow Aaron on Twitter at https://twitter.com/Aaron_Good_

France and Germany pressured African Union leaders for months to join a brief Zoom call with Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelensky. 51 of 55 African heads of state (93%) boycotted the meeting, showing clear neutrality over the Western proxy war with Russia. Read more here: https://multipolarista.com/2022/06/22/africa-zelensky-call-neutrality-ukraine || Multipolarista || Please support Multipolarista at https://multipolarista.com/support Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/multipolarista Podcast: https://soundcloud.com/multipolarista Telegram: https://t.me/multipolarista

Mexico’s left-wing President López Obrador denounced US hypocrisy and reiterated his call to free Julian Assange, calling him a “prisoner of conscience” and the “best journalist of our time, in the world.” At a press conference, AMLO played a WikiLeaks video showing the US military killing civilians in Iraq. Read more at https://multipolarista.com/2022/06/21/mexico-amlo-julian-assange || Multipolarista || Please support Multipolarista at https://multipolarista.com/support Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/multipolarista Podcast: https://soundcloud.com/multipolarista Telegram: https://t.me/multipolarista

The chief of the UK Army, Patrick Sanders, told his troops to prepare for World War III with Russia. Benjamin Norton discusses how Western imperialists are threatening nuclear apocalypse to try to save their declining empires. || Multipolarista || Please support Multipolarista at https://multipolarista.com/support Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/multipolarista Podcast: https://soundcloud.com/multipolarista Telegram: https://t.me/multipolarista

Multipolarista host Benjamin Norton speaks with Venezuelan journalist Jesús Rodríguez Espinoza, editor of independent news outlet the Orinoco Tribune, about the victory of left-wing candidate Gustavo Petro in Colombia's presidential election, the easing of a few US sanctions, and Venezuela's 20-year cooperation agreement with Iran. Read the Orinoco Tribune at https://orinocotribune.com || Multipolarista || Please support Multipolarista at https://multipolarista.com/support Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/multipolarista Podcast: https://soundcloud.com/multipolarista Telegram: https://t.me/multipolarista

Benjamin Norton discusses the historic victory of left-wing candidate Gustavo Petro in Colombia's June 19 presidential election, who he and his running mate Francia Márquez are, and what it means for the country, Latin America, and the world. Written analysis: https://multipolarista.com/2022/06/19/colombia-gustavo-petro-election || Multipolarista || Please support Multipolarista at https://multipolarista.com/support Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/multipolarista Podcast: https://soundcloud.com/multipolarista Telegram: https://t.me/multipolarista

The US government has turned on Honduras' former right-wing narco-dictator, Juan Orlando Hernández (JOH), after Obama, Trump, and Biden supported him for years. There are historical parallels to Noriega, Trujillo, and Saddam. Read more at https://multipolarista.com/2022/02/19/us-honduran-narco-dictator-juan-orlando-hernandez-support (This video was originally published on February 19, 2022.) || Multipolarista || Support Multipolarista: https://multipolarista.com/support Rokfin: https://rokfin.com/multipolarista Rumble: https://rumble.com/multipolarista Telegram: https://t.me/benjaminnorton

Benjamin Norton discusses the real purpose of NATO, as an instrument of US imperialism aimed at keeping Europe subordinated to Washington and crushing socialism around the world, and its history of supporting former Nazis and fascists from Operation Gladio to today. This presentation was delivered as part of Toronto Association for Peace and Solidarity's panel "NATO - Facts vs. Fiction": https://youtube.com/watch?v=7bFEdpj5dYU || Multipolarista || Please support Multipolarista at https://multipolarista.com/support Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/multipolarista Podcast: https://soundcloud.com/multipolarista Telegram: https://t.me/multipolarista

Multipolarista host Benjamin Norton is joined by Beijing-based journalist Ian Goodrum to discuss the Chinese government's campaign against inequality, its crackdown on billionaires, and its push for what it calls "common prosperity." Follow Ian on Twitter at https://twitter.com/isgoodrum

Benjamin Norton discusses Washington's new cold war, why US imperialism is desperate to prevent a multipolar world, and how multipolarity creates space for socialist movements to take power. This presentation was part of the Friends of Socialist China panel "The Empire Strikes Back: Imperialism's global war on multipolarity": https://youtube.com/watch?v=n2XpIchk7g4 || Multipolarista || Please support Multipolarista at https://multipolarista.com/support Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/multipolarista Podcast: https://soundcloud.com/multipolarista Telegram: https://t.me/multipolarista

Multipolarista host Benjamin Norton interviews the secretary of the Bolivarian Alliance (ALBA), Sacha Llorenti, about Latin America and the Caribbean's rebellion against the US government's Summit of the Americas. Presidents of eight countries in the region boycotted the conference. We discuss ALBA's alternative summit in Cuba, and growing efforts at economic integration against imperialism. TRANSCRIPT here: https://multipolarista.com/2022/06/08/alba-summit-americas-sacha-llorenti Follow Sacha on Twitter at https://twitter.com/SachaLlorenti Support our work at https://patreon.com/multipolarista

Mexico’s left-wing President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) denounced the illegal US blockade of Cuba as a “type of genocide” and “tremendous violation of human rights.” Read more here: https://multipolarista.com/2022/06/07/mexico-amlo-us-blockade-cuba-genocide || Multipolarista || Please support Multipolarista at https://multipolarista.com/support Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/multipolarista Podcast: https://soundcloud.com/multipolarista Telegram: https://t.me/multipolarista

With a diplomatic boycott by Western governments, corporate media propaganda has demonized China over the 2022 Winter Olympics. Britain's Financial Times openly declared, "Beijing Winter Olympics: the new front line in the US-China cold war." Actual China expert Carl Zha joins Multipolarista to pick apart the propaganda and explain what's really happening. (This was originally livestreamed on February 11, 2022.) Follow Carl on Twitter at https://twitter.com/CarlZha You can support Carl's Silk and Steel Podcast on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/silknsteel || Multipolarista || Support Multipolarista: https://multipolarista.com/support Rokfin: https://rokfin.com/multipolarista Rumble: https://rumble.com/multipolarista Telegram: https://t.me/benjaminnorton

Mexico's President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) said he refuses to attend the US government's Summit of the Americas, protesting the exclusion of Cuba, Venezuela, and Nicaragua. AMLO condemned US "hegemony" and its "old policy of interventionism, of a lack of respect for nations and their peoples." Read more here: https://multipolarista.com/2022/06/06/us-summit-americas-mexico-boycott || Multipolarista || Please support Multipolarista at https://multipolarista.com/support Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/multipolarista Podcast: https://soundcloud.com/multipolarista Telegram: https://t.me/multipolarista

As the US government's Summit of the Americas opens in Los Angeles, California, the presidents of Mexico, Bolivia, and Honduras have refused to attend, protesting the exclusion of Cuba, Venezuela, and Nicaragua. Benjamin Norton discusses this major diplomatic failure by the Biden administration. || Multipolarista || Please support Multipolarista at https://multipolarista.com/support Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/multipolarista Podcast: https://soundcloud.com/multipolarista Telegram: https://t.me/multipolarista

The United States plans to spend billions of dollars to surround China with missiles. But a US military-sponsored study concluded its Pacific allies South Korea, Japan, the Philippines, Thailand, and Australia are unlikely to host the offensive weapons. Read more here: https://multipolarista.com/2022/06/03/us-china-missiles-country-host || Multipolarista || Please support Multipolarista at https://multipolarista.com/support Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/multipolarista Podcast: https://soundcloud.com/multipolarista Telegram: https://t.me/multipolarista

Multipolarista host Benjamin Norton interviews US Congress candidate Geoff Young, who is running in Kentucky's 6th district on an anti-war platform calling for abolishing the CIA. Geoff's website: https://young4ky.com || Multipolarista || Please support Multipolarista at https://multipolarista.com/support Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/multipolarista Podcast: https://soundcloud.com/multipolarista Telegram: https://t.me/multipolarista

Iran proposed a new currency for trade with China, Russia, India, Pakistan, and other members of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO). This could help circumvent illegal Western sanctions and weaken US dollar hegemony. Read more here: https://multipolarista.com/2022/06/02/iran-currency-shanghai-cooperation-organization || Multipolarista || Please support Multipolarista at https://multipolarista.com/support Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/multipolarista Podcast: https://soundcloud.com/multipolarista Telegram: https://t.me/multipolarista

Colombia's presidential candidate Gustavo Petro of the left-wing Pacto Histórico coalition won round one of the May 29 elections in a landslide. He will compete against a far-right hundred-millionaire real estate mogul, Rodolfo Hernández, in a runoff vote on June 19. Multipolarista editor Benjamin Norton speaks with members of the anti-imperialist Troika Kollective in Colombia to discuss the election and the political situation in the country. Troika Kollective website: https://troikakollective.com Follow them on Instagram and Twitter at @troikakollectiv Support our work on Patreon at https://patreon.com/multipolarista

Colombia's top vice presidential candidate, Francia Márquez, warned that the US government is meddling in the country's elections to hurt her left-wing Pacto Histórico coalition, just days before the May 29 vote. She called out US meddling and criticized the "ultra-right-wing" lobby in Washington, DC, at an event organized by a US government-affiliated think tank. Read more here: https://multipolarista.com/2022/05/17/us-meddling-colombia-election-francia-marquez || Multipolarista || Please support Multipolarista at https://multipolarista.com/support Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/multipolarista Podcast: https://soundcloud.com/multipolarista Telegram: https://t.me/multipolarista

The New York Times published a propaganda piece whitewashing the US prison camp at Guantánamo Bay, occupied Cuban territory, promoting its McDonald's. (This video was originally published on December 29, 2021.) || Multipolarista || Support Multipolarista: https://multipolarista.com/support Rokfin: https://rokfin.com/multipolarista Rumble: https://rumble.com/multipolarista Telegram: https://t.me/benjaminnorton

In the far-right narco-regime in Colombia, which the United States considers to be a model for "democracy" in Latin America, at least 323 people were killed in 91 massacres in just 2021 alone - an average of nearly 2 massacres per week. (This video was originally published on December 27, 2021.) || Multipolarista || Support Multipolarista: https://multipolarista.com/support Rokfin: https://rokfin.com/multipolarista Rumble: https://rumble.com/multipolarista Telegram: https://t.me/benjaminnorton

Apartheid Israel plans to spend more than $300 million to double its colonialist settlers in the illegally occupied Golan Heights, sovereign Syrian territory. (This video was originally published on December 31, 2021.) || Multipolarista || Support Multipolarista: https://multipolarista.com/support Rokfin: https://rokfin.com/multipolarista Rumble: https://rumble.com/multipolarista Telegram: https://t.me/benjaminnorton