Geopolitical Economy Report

Part two of the Empire and the Deep State series that Multipolarista editor Benjamin Norton is co-hosting with historian Aaron Good, of the American Exception podcast. We discuss deep politics and the history of the US empire up until World War Two. VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=vJmEwRRsjbo American Exception website: https://americanexception.com

Western governments and corporations met in Switzerland to plan harsh neoliberal economic policies to impose on post-war Ukraine, calling to cut labor laws, “open markets,” drop tariffs, deregulate industries, and “sell state-owned enterprises to private investors.” VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=rbxudlFTN1E Read more here: https://multipolarista.com/2022/07/28/west-neoliberal-recovery-conference

The 1997 Hollywood film "Wag the Dog" perfectly predicted the propaganda tactics the US government and media would use decades later in its wars in Ukraine, Iraq, Syria, Libya, and beyond. In this special joint episode, Multipolarista host Benjamin Norton is joined by Sina Rahmani of The East Is a Podcast to discuss the movie and how shockingly relevant it still is today. VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=BIZFAOtD5rM Support The East Is a Podcast at https://patreon.com/east_podcast Follow Sina at https://twitter.com/urorientalist

After the corporate media spent years spreading the fake "Havana Syndrome" conspiracy theory, CIA Director William Burns admitted there is no evidence that a foreign country like Russia, China, or Cuba has attacked US spies and diplomats with "sonic attacks" or "directed energy weapons." VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=R_BI7eiNdjE Credit to Kawsachun News: https://kawsachunnews.com/cia-director-admits-theres-no-havana-syndrome Our report "CIA’s ‘Havana Syndrome’ conspiracy implodes: Here are media’s worst fake news stories": https://multipolarista.com/2022/01/23/cia-havana-syndrome-conspiracy-media

Russian President Vladimir Putin visited Iran, signed a $40 billion energy cooperation agreement, and pledged to strengthen their economic and military alliance with China. Moscow and Tehran also called to drop the US dollar and use local currencies for trade. VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=n60R8NooXa0 SOURCES: https://multipolarista.com/2022/07/23/iran-russia-dollar-china-alliance

Part one of the Empire and the Deep State series that Multipolarista editor Benjamin Norton is co-hosting with historian Aaron Good, of the American Exception podcast. We discuss the origins of the US empire and deep state, why US foreign policy remain unchanged across administrations, and why democracy has declined with the rise of the US global dominance. VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=i1FlXcwhsp4 American Exception website: https://americanexception.com For early access, subscribe to Multipolarista at Patreon: https://patreon.com/multipolarista For early access, subscribe to American Exception at Patreon: https://patreon.com/americanexception

US President Joe Biden visited Saudi Arabia not only to discuss oil but also to pressure Riyadh to cut ties with China and Russia. This comes after Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) killed key CIA ally Jamal Khashoggi and purged rivals in the royal family who were most loyal to Washington. VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=Yf1raQ4FBt8 SOURCES: https://multipolarista.com/2022/07/17/biden-saudi-china-russia-cia-mbs

Donald Trump's neoconservative US National Security Advisor John Bolton admitted he “helped plan coups d’etat” in Venezuela and “other places,” in a CNN interview. Benjamin Norton analyzes Bolton's book "The Room Where It Happened: A White House Memoir," which details the US hybrid war on Venezuela. VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=tzoJ_UVBV7w Read more here: https://multipolarista.com/2022/07/12/trump-john-bolton-coups-venezuela

Sri Lanka owes 81% of its external debt to US and European financial institutions and Western allies Japan and India. China owns just 10%. But Washington blames imaginary “Chinese debt traps” for the nation’s crisis, as it considers a 17th IMF structural adjustment program. VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=U52tT5hgtSk SOURCES here: https://multipolarista.com/2022/07/11/debt-trap-sri-lanka-west-china

Japan's longest serving prime minister, Shinzo Abe tried to rewrite the genocidal history of the fascist Japanese empire. And he and his Nazi-collaborating grandfather enjoyed staunch Western support. After World War II, the US government pardoned and recruited many of the fascists who had led imperial Japan, like Abe's grandfather Nobusuke Kishi, putting in power war criminals who had committed genocide in China, Korea, and Southeast Asia, carrying out biological warfare, human experimentation, and mass sexual slavery. Benjamin Norton discusses how Japan's political system still today is a one-party right-wing regime run by descendants of these fascist war criminals. VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=5WWJ3EOmPkY SOURCES: https://multipolarista.com/2022/07/09/fascism-japan-shinzo-abe-empire

While condemning China and Russia as “threats” to “democracy,” British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss refused to admit that Saudi Arabia is authoritarian, declined to condemn the monarchy’s execution of 81 people in one day, and would not acknowledge a single human rights abuse. VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=ZX3ZEt4SahM Read more at https://multipolarista.com/2022/07/06/liz-truss-uk-saudi-arabia-authoritarian

CNBC pundit Jim Cramer called for “cyber terrorism” against Russia and a “blank check” for US weapons corporations – including the same companies he encourages his viewers to invest in. VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=VYthL0qmoi8 Read more at https://multipolarista.com/2022/07/05/cnbc-jim-cramer-cyber-terrorism-russia

Neoconservative ex CIA Director and US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo admitted NATO seeks to prevent a “Russian-Chinese axis” and “pan-Eurasian colossus.” Benjamin Norton analyzes a speech in which Pompeo outlines Washington’s imperial strategy in the new cold war, to maintain “economic hegemony” and control over fossil fuels and other resources. Read more at https://multipolarista.com/2022/06/30/nato-eurasia-us-hegemony-mike-pompeo

The US government’s Helsinki Commission held a Congressional briefing plotting ways to break up Russia as a country, in the name of supposed “decolonization.” VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=LfWYtRMbMnk Read more at https://multipolarista.com/2022/06/23/us-government-decolonize-russia

The US organized a meeting with top military officials from apartheid Israel, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Jordan, Egypt, the UAE, and Bahrain to conspire against Iran, as Jordan’s king calls for a “Middle East NATO.” VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=siPtgYa-Efo Read more at https://multipolarista.com/2022/06/27/israel-saudi-arabia-qatar-uae-iran

Economist Michael Hudson explains the inflation crisis and the US Federal Reserve's "austerity program to reduce wages." So-called experts are openly calling to boost unemployment. A depression is coming, in which the poor will suffer so the rich can get richer. VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=-AJwMvCxwm0 Read Prof. Hudson's article "The Fed’s Austerity Program to Reduce Wages": https://michael-hudson.com/2022/06/the-feds-austerity-program-to-reduce-wages