Geopolitical Economy Report

The history of how Wall Street capitalists helped to create the US national security state under the Harry S. Truman administration, as Washington built its post-World War II empire. This is PART 12 of the Empire and the Deep State series Multipolarista editor Ben Norton is co-hosting with historian Aaron Good and producer Seamus McGuinness of the American Exception podcast. PLAYLIST with past episodes in the series here: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDAi0NdlN8hNArLl765PXe8tsTKmOciGL You can support American Exception at https://patreon.com/americanexception Subscribe to the American Exception channel: https://youtube.com/channel/UCOEHHwEXH8a86-CmcYbzkWQ || 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

For the 30th year in a row, almost every country on Earth voted at the United Nations General Assembly to oppose the illegal six-decade US blockade of Cuba. 185 nations voted against just two: the United States and Israel. SOURCES here: https://multipolarista.com/2022/11/03/un-vote-blockade-cuba-us-israel || 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 first-ever left-wing leader Gustavo Petro took a historic trip to Venezuela, pledging regional unity following the anti-imperialist model of Simón Bolívar. Meeting with President Nicolás Maduro, Petro said it is “suicidal” to divide the countries, “because we are the same people,” in "historically one single Bolivarian nation, reunited." Read more here: https://multipolarista.com/2022/11/02/colombia-petro-visits-venezuela-unity-bolivar Petro's powerful UN speech: https://multipolarista.com/2022/09/24/war-drugs-un-colombia-gustavo-petro John Bolton admits planning US coup in Venezuela: https://multipolarista.com/2022/07/12/trump-john-bolton-coups-venezuela Trump wanted US military attacks on Venezuela: https://multipolarista.com/2022/05/19/trump-us-military-venezuela-mark-esper || 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 Nations General Assembly voted overwhelmingly, 152 to 5, to tell the Israeli apartheid regime to get rid of its nuclear weapons, which are illegal under international law. SOURCES here: https://multipolarista.com/2022/10/31/un-vote-israel-nuclear-weapons || 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

Brazil-based journalist Brian Mier discusses the importance of Lula da Silva's victory in Brazil's October 30 presidential election against far-right incumbent Jair Bolsonaro. Lula has vowed to strengthen Latin American regional integration and expand the BRICS system, while fighting poverty and hunger at home. Follow Brian at https://twitter.com/BrianMteleSUR Check out Brasil Wire at https://brasilwire.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

Independent researcher Moss Robeson documented how the vociferously pro-Ukraine, anti-Russia troll operation NAFO was founded by a Hitler-admiring anti-Semite. He discusses the campaign's far-right roots, and also how the fascist LaRouche cult has tried to disrupt the anti-war movement. Read Robeson's report on the Nazi origins of NAFO: https://mossrobeson.medium.com/ukes-kooks-spooks-nafo-735b66e48508 Check out Robeson's article "LaRouche’s ‘Ukrainian Nazi’ Legacy": https://mossrobeson.medium.com/larouches-ukrainian-nazi-legacy-7ab93aea3ea7 Robeson's "Bandera Lobby Blog": https://banderalobby.substack.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

The European Union’s top foreign-policy official Josep Borrell admitted the West’s new cold war on China and Russia is not a conflict of “democracies vs. authoritarians,” conceding, “On our side, there are a lot of authoritarian regimes.” He acknowledged that their economic “systems are in rivalry.” Read more here: https://multipolarista.com/2022/10/27/eu-cold-war-democracy-authoritarian Check out our related report "In neocolonial rant, EU says Europe is ‘garden’ superior to rest of world’s barbaric ‘jungle’": https://multipolarista.com/2022/10/15/eu-europe-garden-jungle || 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

After Prime Minister Imran Khan was overthrown in a US-backed soft coup, Pakistan's unelected "imported" regime has banned the country's most popular politician from office, sparking huge protests. Pakistani scholar Junaid S. Ahmad speaks with Ben Norton about army chief Bajwa's friendly trip to Washington and US efforts to pressure Pakistan to weaken ties with China, arm Ukraine in its war with Russia, and recognize apartheid Israel. Check out our previous discussion here: https://multipolarista.com/2022/08/25/pakistan-coup-imran-khan-terrorism-charges || 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 Biden administration's aggressive sanctions aim to "kneecap" China's tech sector. A former Pentagon official acknowledged it is a "disproportionate" and "unilateral" attack, a "form of economic containment." Sources here: https://multipolarista.com/2022/10/24/us-economic-tech-war-china || 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

An analysis of undemocratic dark power and how liberal capitalism and authoritarianism are not opposites; they are inextricably linked together. This is PART 11 of the Empire and the Deep State series Multipolarista editor Ben Norton is co-hosting with historian Aaron Good and producer Seamus McGuinness of the American Exception podcast. PLAYLIST with past episodes in the series here: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDAi0NdlN8hNArLl765PXe8tsTKmOciGL You can support American Exception at https://patreon.com/americanexception Subscribe to the American Exception channel: https://youtube.com/channel/UCOEHHwEXH8a86-CmcYbzkWQ || 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 Communist Party of China (CPC) is holding its 20th national congress to plan the next five years of policies. It says its goal is to "write an even more magnificent chapter for socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era." Carlos Martinez, Danny Haiphong, and Ben Norton discuss the importance of the party congress in this joint production co-sponsored by Friends of Socialist China, The Left Lens, and Multipolarista. Read more in our report here: https://multipolarista.com/2022/10/21/china-20th-cpc-national-congress

EU foreign-policy chief Josep Borrell confessed the West’s neoliberal economic model was “based on cheap energy coming from Russia,” “access to the big China market,” and low-paid Chinese workers. Europe has now lost that, and is thus in crisis. Read more here: https://multipolarista.com/2022/10/18/eu-prosperity-china-russia-energy-market Check out our previous episode "West’s neoliberal ‘age of abundance’ is over, as war and sanctions boomerang home": https://multipolarista.com/2022/08/27/west-end-neoliberalism-abundance || 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

Ben Norton is joined by journalist Marlon Ettinger to discuss how the right wing has tried to infiltrate and co-opt the anti-war movement while supporting US imperialism, looking at Tucker Carlson, Donald Trump, and Tulsi Gabbard. We analyze the same phenomenon in France, where far-right politicians Marine Le Pen and Éric Zemmour superficially criticize war while advocating to strengthen French imperialism. And we explain the deceptive tactics of the fascist cult of Lyndon LaRouche. Also see our past episode "Exposing the neocon 'right-wing populism' scam, from Trump to Tucker Carlson": https://youtube.com/watch?v=_QHoW8Vf8wg Marlon's blog: https://footnotesnews.substack.com Follow Marlon on Twitter: https://twitter.com/MarlonEttinger || 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

EU foreign-policy chief Josep Borrell showed the West’s neocolonial mentality claiming “the world needs Europe” as a “beacon” and beautiful “garden” to civilize the barbarous “jungle” in the Global South. He also called for regime change to create a “post-Putin Russia.” Read more here: https://multipolarista.com/2022/10/15/eu-europe-garden-jungle || 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

European Union leader Ursula von der Leyen warned China and Russia are a “global challenge” to Western hegemony. She called for weakening their influence in the Global South, cutting their access to raw materials, opposing Beijing’s Belt and Road Initiative, and expanding the EU. Read more here: https://multipolarista.com/2022/10/13/von-der-leyen-eu-china-russia-threats Our past report "NATO’s 2022 plan declares second cold war on Russia and China": https://multipolarista.com/2022/07/08/nato-2022-strategic-concept-russia-china || 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 editor Ben Norton was interviewed by TRT World to discuss Nicaragua's Sandinista government breaking diplomatic relations with the United States and European Union. // (Con subtítulos en español -- El periodista Benjamín Norton, editor de Multipolarista, explica en el medio de comunicación TRT World porque el gobierno sandinista de Nicaragua, con dignidad, rompió sus relaciones diplomáticas con Estados Unidos y la Unión Europea.) Full TRT World video here: https://youtube.com/watch?v=rWhvyFi9Kik || 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

Journalist Ben Norton and historian Aaron Good discuss what the deep state actually is -- a top-down structure used to maintain imperialism and override popular democracy so capitalists can maximize their profits -- and what it is not -- a right-wing conspiracy scapegoating a cabal of people of a particular ethnic, religious, or identity group. Check out our more in-depth episode "What is the deep state? A scholarly analysis of top-down corporate rule": https://youtube.com/watch?v=RiLTLUnNc3E PLAYLIST of the Empire and Deep State series: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDAi0NdlN8hNArLl765PXe8tsTKmOciGL You can support the American Exception podcast at https://patreon.com/americanexception || 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

A scholarly explanation of the history of the deep state, a top-down structure used by capitalism to subvert democracy and maintain unaccountable corporate power. This is PART 10 of the Empire and the Deep State series Multipolarista editor Ben Norton is co-hosting with historian Aaron Good and producer Seamus McGuinness of the American Exception podcast. PLAYLIST with past episodes in the series here: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDAi0NdlN8hNArLl765PXe8tsTKmOciGL You can support American Exception at https://patreon.com/americanexception Subscribe to the American Exception channel: https://youtube.com/channel/UCOEHHwEXH8a86-CmcYbzkWQ || 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

Russia’s Nord Stream pipelines with Germany were sabotaged mere hours before the EU opened its own Baltic Sea pipeline from Norway to Poland. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken gloated that the attacks were a “tremendous opportunity” to weaken Moscow. Read our investigation, with links to all sources, here: https://multipolarista.com/2022/10/06/sabotage-nord-stream-pipelines-us-russia-cia || 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 is joined by journalist Camila Escalante from Brazil, where she is reporting on historic elections. Leftist presidential candidate Lula da Silva won with 48.4% and over 6 million more votes than far-right incumbent Jair Bolsonaro. We talk about the round two coming on October 30, the Workers' Party, and the PT's grassroots strategy. Follow Camila on Twitter at https://twitter.com/camilapress Support Camila and her work at Kawsachun News: https://www.patreon.com/KawsachunNews

A sociological analysis of capitalist criminality and the imperial US deep state, based on the concepts of the "higher immorality" and "crackpot realism," introduced by scholar C. Wright Mills in his book "The Power Elite." This is PART 9 of the Empire and the Deep State series Multipolarista editor Ben Norton is co-hosting with historian Aaron Good and producer Seamus McGuinness of the American Exception podcast. Check out past episodes in the series here: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDAi0NdlN8hNArLl765PXe8tsTKmOciGL You can support American Exception at https://patreon.com/americanexception Subscribe to the American Exception channel: https://youtube.com/channel/UCOEHHwEXH8a86-CmcYbzkWQ || 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

Bolivia’s leftist President Luis Arce used his platform at the United Nations General Assembly to propose a revolutionary 14-point program to transform the world. Translation and more info here: https://multipolarista.com/2022/09/27/luis-arce-un-bolivia-14-point-program Our report ‘War on drugs has failed’: At UN, Colombia condemns ‘addiction to money and oil’: https://multipolarista.com/2022/09/24/war-drugs-un-colombia-gustavo-petro || 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

At the United Nations General Assembly, Nicaragua’s Sandinista government called for a global rebellion against the “imperialist and capitalist system” that is “bleeding the world dry.” Condemning illegal sanctions and war, it urged a new multipolar order. Read the transcript here: https://multipolarista.com/2022/09/26/imperialism-capitalism-un-nicaragua || 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

An analysis of the geopolitics behind the proxy war in Ukraine, from Russia's oil and gas exports and the Nord Stream pipelines to Washington's strategy to prevent Eurasian integration and keep Germany's economy dependent on the US. Ben Norton is joined by historian Aaron Good and Seamus McGuinness of the American Exception podcast. Check out the Empire and the Deep State series here: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDAi0NdlN8hNArLl765PXe8tsTKmOciGL You can support American Exception at https://patreon.com/americanexception Subscribe to the American Exception channel: https://youtube.com/channel/UCOEHHwEXH8a86-CmcYbzkWQ || 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 first ever left-wing President Gustavo Petro delivered a historic UN speech declaring, "The war on drugs has failed." He warned capitalism is destroying the environment, with its "addiction to money and oil," and called for debt relief for the Global South. Read the speech here: https://multipolarista.com/2022/09/24/war-drugs-un-colombia-gustavo-petro Our report on Honduran President Xiomara Castro's speech: https://multipolarista.com/2022/09/22/un-speech-honduras-xiomara-castro || 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