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UN experts condemn US sanctions for violating Iranians' human rights
Top United Nations experts wrote a letter to the United States government, emphasizing that its illegal unilateral sanctions on Iran violate the human rights of the Iranian people, calling for them to “be eased or lifted completely.” VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=VTFBsXnUcnk Sources and more information here: https://multipolarista.com/2022/12/24/un-us-sanctions-iran-human-rights Check out our related report "UN expert: ‘Outrageous’ Western sanctions are ‘suffocating’ Syria, may be crimes against humanity": https://multipolarista.com/2022/11/12/un-expert-western-sanctions-syria
West opposes rest of world in UN votes for fairer economic system, equality, sustainable development
The West opposed the rest of a planet in United Nations General Assembly votes that called for a new international economic order based on sovereign equality, sustainable development, and biological diversity. VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=hfcvmxieug4 Sources and more information here: https://multipolarista.com/2022/12/22/west-un-vote-economic-system-equality
Latin America rejects coup in Peru, as US supports unelected regime killing protesters
Most of Latin America has opposed the US-backed coup in Peru, standing with elected President Pedro Castillo, including Mexico, Argentina, Colombia, Bolivia, Venezuela, Cuba, Nicaragua, and several Caribbean nations. Meanwhile, the unelected regime is massacring protesters, with Washington's support. VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=0-bbzsiqFN0 Report on CIA agent turned US ambassador meeting with Peru's defense minister one day before the coup: https://multipolarista.com/2022/12/14/coup-us-ambassador-peru-cia Joint statement by Mexico, Argentina, Colombia, and Bolivia: https://multipolarista.com/2022/12/13/mexico-argentina-bolivia-colombia-peru-castillo-coup ALBA's statement: https://multipolarista.com/2022/12/15/alba-peru-castillo-coup-argentina-kirchner Honduras' statement: https://multipolarista.com/2022/12/13/honduras-coup-peru-pedro-castillo
Peru coup: CIA agent turned US ambassador met with defense minister day before president overthrown
The US ambassador in Peru, Lisa Kenna, worked for the CIA for 9 years, as well as the Pentagon. One day before the coup against elected left-wing President Pedro Castillo, Kenna met with Peru’s defense minister, who then ordered the military to turn against Castillo. VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=QhVdgvgCBtA Source and more information here: https://multipolarista.com/2022/12/14/coup-us-ambassador-peru-cia En español aquí: https://geopoliticaeconomica.com/2022/12/15/embajador-eeuu-peru-cia-golpe
What's going on in China? Protests, zero Covid shift, Middle East visit challenges petrodollar
In this joint stream of Multipolarista with Ben Norton, the Left Lens with Danny Haiphong, and Friends of Socialist China with Carlos Martinez, we discuss the latest developments in China, including: - the government's response to protests, - relaxation of its zero-Covid policy, - President Xi Jinping's historic visit to the Persian Gulf, - Beijing's plan to buy oil and gas in its currency the yuan, directly challenging the petrodollar VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=RdeeeTdwVDw
British empire killed 165 million Indians in 40 years: How colonialism inspired fascism
A scholarly study found that British colonialism caused approximately 165 million deaths in India from 1880 to 1920, while stealing trillions of dollars of wealth. The global capitalist system was founded on European imperial genocides, which inspired Adolf Hitler and led to fascism. VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=Ob_lIQRAnYM Sources here: https://multipolarista.com/2022/12/12/britain-100-million-india-deaths-colonialism
Peru rises up after coup against elected President Pedro Castillo
Peru's elected left-wing President Pedro Castillo was overthrown in a coup by the right-wing-controlled congress. Ben Norton speaks with Peruvian activist Daniela Ortiz about the protests demanding a new constitution and the freedom of Castillo, a humble teacher and union organizer from a rural, indigenous-descent community in a country whose political system has long been dominated by racist elites. VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=ek2evCbKYKU TRANSCRIPT: https://multipolarista.com/2022/12/10/peru-coup-president-pedro-castillo Daniela's website: https://daniela-ortiz.com Follow Daniela on Twitter at https://twitter.com/danillaortiz
2 coups in Latin America in 2 days: Peru and Argentina - What happened?
Multipolarista host Ben Norton was invited on Lee Camp's show to explain the two coups that happened in Latin America in two days: the right-wing judicial coup against Argentina's Vice President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner on December 6 and the right-wing congressional coup against Peru's President Pedro Castillo on December 7. We also discuss Latin America's attempt to create a new financial system to free itself from the hegemony of the US dollar and sanctions, as well as the Latin American left's leading role in campaigning for the freedom of political prisoner Julian Assange. VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=Kf1b95SGUp0 Support Lee Camp at https://LeeCamp.net
'Free Assange!' say Latin American leftist leaders: Lula, AMLO, Petro, Maduro, Ortega, Kirchner, Evo
Latin America’s leftist presidents are leading the campaign to free Julian Assange. The WikiLeaks journalist has the support of Brazil’s Lula da Silva, Mexico’s Andrés Manuel López Obrador, Argentina’s Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, Colombia’s Gustavo Petro, Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro, Nicaragua’s Daniel Ortega, Bolivia’s Evo Morales, and Honduras’ Manuel Zelaya. VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=cPLLuBUAhRk Sources and more information here: https://multipolarista.com/2022/12/06/free-julian-assange-latin-america-left-leaders
How oil corporations influenced US President Eisenhower and CIA coup in Iran
Historian Aaron Good explains how the Western Big Oil corporations that dominated the global crude industry, known as the "Seven Sisters," had significant influence in the government of US President Dwight Eisenhower and inspired the CIA's first ever coup, the 1953 putsch against Iran's elected Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddegh. VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=kv9n4q7IM64 This is PART 14 of the Empire and the Deep State series Multipolarista editor Ben Norton is co-hosting with 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
Latin America's plan to challenge US dollar with new currency and 'regional financial architecture'
Advising Brazil’s President-elect Lula, Ecuadorian economist and leftist presidential candidate Andrés Arauz made a blueprint for a “new regional financial architecture” to unite Latin America, including an international currency to challenge the hegemony of the US dollar and IMF. VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=4acHVf_rnJ8 Sources here: https://multipolarista.com/2022/12/01/latin-america-us-dollar-currency Brazil’s Lula proposes creating Latin American currency to ‘be freed of US dollar’ dependency: https://multipolarista.com/2022/05/04/brazil-lula-latin-america-currency-us-dollar
Europe angry that US profits from Ukraine proxy war while destroying EU economy
EU leaders are furious that the US is making lots of money from the proxy war in Ukraine by selling weapons and exporting expensive natural gas. Meanwhile European industries are being destroyed as high energy prices and US subsidies push its companies to go overseas. VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=N3wWaoOtVZI Sources in our article here: https://multipolarista.com/2022/11/28/europe-us-profits-ukraine-war-economy
Bolivia resists new far-right coup attempt in US-backed separatist stronghold
The Nazi-saluting fascist gangs that carried out the US-backed coup against Bolivia's democratically elected socialist President Evo Morales in 2019 are once again using violence to try to topple current leader Luis Arce, burning down farmers' unions buildings. Bolivia-based journalist Ollie Vargas discusses the violent tactics of the right-wing extremists in Santa Cruz, a bastion of separatism which has received longstanding support from Washington. VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=qIbZ-7mVN0k Follow Ollie at https://twitter.com/OVargas52 Support Kawsachun News at https://kawsachunnews.com
German military preparing for potential war with Russia, leaked internal report reveals
A leaked confidential strategy paper shows Germany is preparing for a potential war with Russia, as it boosts its budget and plans to become the world’s third-biggest military spender. VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=toyPvPg7Yaw Sources here: https://multipolarista.com/2022/11/24/germany-military-war-russia
Media regurgitates fake news from US spies, risking World War III with Russia
Top news outlet the Associated Press falsely claimed Russia fired a missile at NATO member Poland, risking World War III. This fake story came from an anonymous US spy. AP’s correspondent insisted, “I can’t imagine a U.S. intelligence official would be wrong on this.” VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=ZQNDOT2IivI Sources here: https://multipolarista.com/2022/11/23/ap-fake-news-us-spy-russia-poland
French ambassador: US 'rules-based order' means Western domination, violating international law
France's ex US Ambassador Gérard Araud criticized Washington for frequently violating international law and said its so-called "rules-based order" is an unfair "Western order" based on "hegemony." He condemned the new cold war on China, instead calling for mutual compromises. VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=XrGjuGpj5bI Sources here: https://multipolarista.com/2022/11/21/gerard-araud-france-us-rules-based-order
How the US military-industrial complex was created (with historian Aaron Good)
A history of how the US military-industrial complex was created, with its deep links to Wall Street, following the National Security Council's top secret memo NSC 68: a blueprint for the first cold war. First cold war architect George Kennan wrote in 1987: "Were the Soviet Union to sink tomorrow under the waters of the ocean, the American military-industrial complex would have to go on, substantially unchanged, until some other adversary could be invented. Anything else would be an unacceptable shock to the American economy." VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=iWEsD2Tm9mk This is PART 13 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
Oil war: How US and Saudi crashed crude prices to hurt Russia, Iran, Venezuela in 2014
Multipolarista host Ben Norton discusses an important yet little known US-Saudi "oil war" in 2014, when Washington pressured Riyadh to overproduce crude and make prices plummet on the global market in order to hurt the export-reliant economies of Russia, Iran, and Venezuela. VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=OuArMYIZ-Ck SOURCES: https://multipolarista.com/2022/11/18/oil-war-us-saudi-crash-russia-iran-venezuela-2014 Check out our interview with historian Aaron Good for more information on how oil is used as a geopolitical weapon: https://multipolarista.com/2022/11/16/oil-geopolitical-weapon-opec-saudi-petrodollar
Oil as a geopolitical weapon: US hegemony, OPEC, Saudi Arabia, and the petrodollar
Multipolarista host Ben Norton is joined by historian Aaron Good joins to discuss how oil is used as a geopolitical weapon, analyzing the 1973 OPEC oil embargo, Saudi-US alliance, petrodollar, Nixon shock and Volcker shock, and Washington-orchestrated 2014 oil crash. VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=Cq8z3Cwgk6Q Check out the playlist for our US Empire and the Deep State series: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDAi0NdlN8hNArLl765PXe8tsTKmOciGL Follow Aaron on Twitter at https://twitter.com/Aaron_Good_ Support Aaron's podcast American Exception at https://patreon.com/americanexception
US-Russia proxy war risks nuclear apocalypse, 60 years after Cuban Missile Crisis
On the 60th anniversary of the Cuban Missile Crisis, the world is closer than ever to nuclear apocalypse, with the NATO-Russia proxy war in Ukraine. Historian and political scientist Aaron Good discusses the important lessons to learn. VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=veAEYf6ZxJE SOURCES: https://multipolarista.com/2022/11/15/nuclear-war-cuban-missile-crisis Check out our playlist for the US Empire and the Deep State series here: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDAi0NdlN8hNArLl765PXe8tsTKmOciGL Follow Aaron on Twitter at https://twitter.com/Aaron_Good_ Support Aaron's podcast American Exception at https://patreon.com/americanexception
Corruption exposed: US meddled in Ecuador's election, using Julian Assange as bargaining chip
A former minister of Ecuador testified that the US government conspired with a right-wing political party to run a disinformation campaign against the leftist Correísta movement, backing a millionaire banker for president in exchange for giving up journalist Julian Assange, who had asylum in the Ecuadorian embassy. VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=SASR9NXIQpU SOURCES here: https://multipolarista.com/2022/11/11/capaya-us-meddled-ecuador-election-assange
Europe and US meet with Venezuela's real President Maduro, desperate for lower oil prices
After years backing a failed coup attempt, France's Emmanuel Macron and US climate envoy John Kerry met with Venezuela's constitutionally elected President Nicolás Maduro at the UN's COP27 conference in Egypt. The Biden administration still technically recognizes unelected coup leader Juan Guaidó, but is desperate to lower oil prices after Saudi Arabia and OPEC+ refused Washington's requests to increase production. SOURCES here: https://multipolarista.com/2022/11/09/macron-kerry-venezuela-maduro-oil VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=ONakKTA87Bs Check out our related report "How Trump and John Bolton attempted a coup in Venezuela": https://multipolarista.com/2022/07/14/trump-john-bolton-coup-venezuela CIA backed failed 2020 invasion of Venezuela, top coup-plotter says: https://multipolarista.com/2022/02/02/cia-invasion-venezuela-cliver-alcala
Is debt crisis coming in Global South, with war, interest rate hikes, overvalued dollar?
The US-dominated IMF has said a "wave of debt crises" may be coming in the Global South, warning "the worst is yet to come," as the depreciation of most currencies against the dollar and rising interest rates make it hard for countries to service their dollar-denominated debt. Political economist Radhika Desai discusses the imperialist nature of the international financial system, and parallels to the "Third World debt crisis" of the 1980s. VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=lPTiSi8h8oQ Follow Prof. Desai on Twitter at https://twitter.com/raddesai Read her article on inflation: https://multipolarista.com/2022/11/07/inflation-neoliberal-financialization Geopolitical Economy Research Group: https://geopoliticaleconomy.org Check out the International Manifesto Group: https://internationalmanifesto.org
How Wall Street gave birth to the CIA and US national security state (with historian Aaron Good)
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. VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=IOviqBC3o-0 This is PART 12 of the Empire and the Deep State series I am 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
Entire world votes 185 to 2 against blockade of Cuba - US and Israel are rogue states at UN
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. VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=cpiF6JYepfI SOURCES here: https://multipolarista.com/2022/11/03/un-vote-blockade-cuba-us-israel
Colombia’s new president reverses US coup, visits Venezuela, pledges unity in 'spirit of Bolívar'
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." VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=u3lJW3Y6Pqo 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
UN votes 152 to 5 telling Israel to get rid of its nuclear weapons
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. VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=xxtl5oAIT5M SOURCES here: https://multipolarista.com/2022/10/31/un-vote-israel-nuclear-weapons
Lula wins Brazil election: Game-changer for BRICS and Latin America
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. VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=HuDWw5l-yoU Follow Brian at https://twitter.com/BrianMteleSUR Check out Brasil Wire at https://brasilwire.com
NAFO troll operation founded by literal Nazi: Researcher exposes far-right Ukrainian networks
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. VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=hG5XLThOpQY 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
EU admits new cold war is not ‘democracy vs autocracy’: Many 'authoritarian regimes on our side'
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.” VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=Avqt0Fie-wk 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
Pakistan coup regime bans Imran Khan, dissidents killed, as US eyes China ties, Israel normalization
After Prime Minister Imran Khan was overthrown in a US-backed soft coup, Pakistan's unelected "imported government" 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. We also address the assassination of prominent dissident journalist Arshad Sharif. VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=Ugzu1pTiWXQ Check out our previous discussion here: https://multipolarista.com/2022/08/25/pakistan-coup-imran-khan-terrorism-charges
US waging brutal economic and tech war to halt China's rise, DC elites say openly
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." VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=SFnMY_rNWx4 Sources here: https://multipolarista.com/2022/10/24/us-economic-tech-war-china
Authoritarianism is at heart of US capitalist 'liberal democracy' (with historian Aaron Good)
An analysis of undemocratic dark power and how liberal capitalism and authoritarianism are not opposites; they are inextricably linked together. VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=IZ1P_b13l28 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
China plans 'new era' of revolution in 20th CPC national congress
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. VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=4IztA3jlUKs Read more in our report here: https://multipolarista.com/2022/10/21/china-20th-cpc-national-congress
EU confesses 'our prosperity was based on China & Russia': cheap energy, low-paid labor, big market
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. VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=ajIRkk1FOkM 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
How the far-right co-opts 'anti-war' rhetoric to push imperialism
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. VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=DH_8lQTijjg 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
In neocolonial rant, EU says Europe is 'garden' superior to rest of world's barbaric 'jungle'
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.” VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=R4hRs1svQlk Read more here: https://multipolarista.com/2022/10/15/eu-europe-garden-jungle
EU calls China and Russia ‘threats’ in ‘war for the future of the entire world’
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. VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=fW4Sc6JAJEs 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
The deep state is not a crazy conspiracy. It's how empire overrides democracy
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. VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=2gaVtjKNWbY 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
What is the deep state? A scholarly analysis of top-down corporate rule (with historian Aaron Good)
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 I am co-hosting with historian Aaron Good and producer Seamus McGuinness of the American Exception podcast. VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=RiLTLUnNc3E You can support American Exception at https://patreon.com/americanexception
Who sabotaged Nord Stream pipelines? US boasts 'tremendous opportunity' to weaken Russia. CIA knew.
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. VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=nhux0KbAe-s Read our investigation, with links to all sources, here: https://multipolarista.com/2022/10/06/sabotage-nord-stream-pipelines-us-russia-cia
Brazil elections: Leftist Lula wins, goes to round 2 against far-right Bolsonaro
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. VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=Mkh1QKhZvC8 Follow Camila on Twitter at https://twitter.com/camilapress Support Camila and her work at Kawsachun News: https://patreon.com/KawsachunNews
'Higher immorality' of US ruling class: Criminality of capitalist elites (with historian Aaron Good)
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. VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=mxcyvUfrXsc You can support American Exception at https://patreon.com/americanexception
At UN, Bolivia presents revolutionary 14-point socialist program to transform world
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. VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=Kqzrvo_vC68 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
Imperialism and capitalism are ‘bleeding the world dry’: At UN, Nicaragua calls for global rebellion
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. VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=DcsYtdEIQu0 Read the transcript here: https://multipolarista.com/2022/09/26/imperialism-capitalism-un-nicaragua
Geopolitical reasons for Ukraine conflict and US new cold war on Russia & China
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. VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=nyitwFjX0GI You can support American Exception at https://patreon.com/americanexception
‘War on drugs has failed’: At UN, Colombia condemns ‘addiction to money and oil’
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. VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=qbiIoIAgxws 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
In fiery UN speech, Honduras condemns colonialism, neoliberalism, coups, corporate exploitation
Journalist Ben Norton analyzes the UN speech of Honduras’ new left-wing President Xiomara Castro. She denounced colonialism, “neoliberal injustice,” and corporate exploitation while calling for multipolarity. VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=udvjVaxP96s Read more here: https://multipolarista.com/2022/09/22/un-speech-honduras-xiomara-castro Report on Honduras' unpayable odious debt: https://multipolarista.com/2022/01/31/coup-honduras-unpayable-odious-debt
In mind-blowingly hypocritical UN speech, Biden tries to rewrite history
Journalist Ben Norton fact-checks the deeply misleading claims US President Joe Biden made in his speech at the United Nations General Assembly. VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=khzHWQSxwg0 SOURCES: https://multipolarista.com/2022/09/22/un-speech-biden-war
87% of world doesn't support West's new cold war on Russia
Two former US diplomats admitted that 87% of the world's population has refused to enforce the West's sanctions on Russia, showing neutrality over the proxy war in Ukraine. They said "the outbreak of Cold War II" has led countries "to become increasingly multi-aligned," especially in the Global South. VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=OG7UPNGRWH4 Read more here: https://multipolarista.com/2022/09/21/global-south-west-cold-war-russia