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1 Reuven Bank and Andrew Kim: When the Ocean Lost Its Stars 30:54
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Did Israel and the US win in Syria? Professors Mohammad Marandi & Radhika Desai discuss
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Did Israel and the United States win the Syria war? What about NATO member Turkey? Were Iran and the Axis of Resistance defeated? Political economist Radhika Desai discusses with Mohammad Marandi, a professor at the University of Tehran. VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Za2HfCFbHt8 This is part of the show Geopolitical Economy Hour. You can watch other episodes of the program here: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDAi0NdlN8hMl9DkPLikDDGccibhYHnDP
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Did Israel and the United States win the Syria war? What about NATO member Turkey? Were Iran and the Axis of Resistance defeated? Political economist Radhika Desai discusses with Mohammad Marandi, a professor at the University of Tehran. VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Za2HfCFbHt8 This is part of the show Geopolitical Economy Hour. You can watch other episodes of the program here: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDAi0NdlN8hMl9DkPLikDDGccibhYHnDP
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1 Israel's war on Iran was made in USA: Trump supported attacks, while faking peace talks 30:28
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Israel attacked Iran in an aggressive act of war. The US government supported the strikes, providing intelligence and planning with Netanyahu. Donald Trump cynically used nuclear negotiations with Tehran as cover, as he oversaw the joint US-Israeli operation. Ben Norton reviews the evidence. VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0s7O8RU9V0 Topics 0:00 USA supported Israeli attacks 1:38 Trump's fake "peace talks" with Iran 3:13 USA provided Israel intelligence 3:49 Trump gave Israel green light 5:07 US military helped Israel 6:01 Marco Rubio's lies 6:40 Israel: unsinkable US aircraft carrier 7:15 Netanyahu is an American 8:07 USA arms Israel 8:45 USA protects Israel at UN 9:37 ICC charges Netanyahu 10:34 Trump threatens Iran 12:41 Trump's 60 day deadline 13:37 Iran nuclear deal (JCPOA) 15:24 Lessons from Libya 17:24 Israel's nuclear weapons 18:37 Nuclear weapon free zone 19:20 Alliance with apartheid South Africa 20:26 Germany condemns Iran 21:37 Western neo-colonialism 22:20 France's Macron criticizes Iran 23:07 Iranian civilian victims 24:11 Human shields 27:29 US & Israel: imperial bullies 28:44 Iran hits back 29:13 US military aid to Israel 29:55 Outro…
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1 Trump sends military to repress protests in Los Angeles: US empire's tactics come home 24:51
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Donald Trump deployed the US military to repress protesters in Los Angeles, California, as people flooded the streets to denounce the abuse of immigrants by ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement). Ben Norton discusses how the oppressive tactics used by the empire eventually return home. VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYcRBkB2KCw Topics 0:00 LA protests 0:28 California government rebukes Trump 1:10 Police shoot journalists 1:48 Empire's tactics come home 2:11 Militarization of US police 2:59 Private prison corporations 3:43 Trump wages war inside his country 4:43 Foreign flags and Israel 5:27 Trump deports pro-Palestine protesters 6:13 Mahmoud Khalil, political prisoner 7:05 Lawlessness of ICE 8:26 ICE targets children 8:50 ICE's criminal behavior 12:54 ICE targets migrants with tattoos 14:11 Trump's police state budget 15:24 Scapegoating immigrants 16:26 Unemployment 17:14 Essential workers 18:03 Taxes 18:47 Crime rates 19:34 US imperial hypocrisy 19:46 Hong Kong riots 21:02 US coups in Latin America 22:18 US guns in Mexico 23:38 Obama, Biden, and Trump 24:12 Imperial boomerang 24:38 Outro…
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1 Asia is uniting, creating a new post-West global order 31:29
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Everywhere you look, you can see the decline of Western hegemony, as the world is increasingly multipolar. Ben Norton analyzes the rise of China, development of Global South economies, and increasing unity in Asia. A symbol of this was the historic ASEAN-GCC-China Summit held in Malaysia, which supplements BRICS in pursuit of dedollarization, South-South economic integration, and infrastructure construction. VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nRGkCw-Sqk0 Topics 0:00 Weakening US dominance 0:22 Industrial production 0:46 China is world's largest economy 1:22 Decline of Western hegemony 1:53 Rise of Global South 2:45 Global South is Global Majority 3:44 Trump is accelerating US decline 4:28 BRICS expansion 5:46 ASEAN-GCC-China Summit 7:21 ASEAN 7:41 Southeast Asia's population 8:54 Southeast Asia's economy 9:41 GCC (Gulf Cooperation Council) 10:50 ASEAN-GCC-China Summit joint statement 11:26 ASEAN's trade with China 11:47 RCEP 12:22 Palestine 12:54 Opposition to Trump's tariffs 13:44 De-dollarization 14:57 Petroyuan challenges petrodollar 16:09 Infrastructure 16:32 Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) 16:57 New Silk Road 17:32 Railroads linking China to SE Asia 18:59 Energy 19:54 China: world leader in renewable energy 20:08 China's solar power capacity 20:44 China's affordable green energy tech 24:38 Nuclear power 27:16 Other issues discussed 27:55 Multipolarity 28:41 The ASEAN Way 29:35 Cautious optimism 30:31 Global South-led alternatives 31:05 Outro…
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1 'We are preparing for war' with China 'threat', says US military 32:49
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US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth delivered an extremely hawkish speech in which he demonized China as a "threat" and said, "We are preparing for war". Ben Norton analyzes the top Trump admin official's aggressive remarks at the Shangri-La Dialogue 2025 summit. He explains the geopolitics of the Asia-Pacific region, and Washington's unsuccessful attempt to pressure countries to join its new cold war on Beijing. VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kLOTTVI_LAA US defense secretary declared 'holy war' on China, left & Islam: https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2025/03/07/us-defense-secretary-hegseth-overthrow-china-crusade/ Is war on China coming? The US military is seriously preparing: https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2025/04/28/us-military-war-china-silicon-valley/ Topics 0:00 (CLIPS) US defense secretary speech 0:30 US military prepares for war 1:05 (CLIP) "We are preparing for war" 1:25 Trump admin's war threats 1:55 (CLIP) Trump "will never hesitate to" use force 2:13 (CLIP) "Deterrence" and war 2:24 Shangri-La Dialogue 2025 summit 2:41 Asia-Pacific region 3:59 (CLIP) USA is "here to stay" in "Indo-Pacific" 4:19 US empire seeks hegemony 4:50 (CLIP) Pentagon says China is a "threat" 5:11 Pete Hegseth, extremist US "crusader" 6:31 Myth of Chinese "hegemony" 7:24 (CLIP) Hegseth on China "threat" 8:01 China opposes hegemony 9:34 China doesn't want hegemony 10:33 US pressures Asia to cut ties with China 11:17 (CLIP) USA opposes "economic cooperation" 11:47 Taiwan 13:05 (CLIP) Hegseth on Taiwan 13:32 Hegseth's hawkish rhetoric 13:56 (CLIP) US "warfighters" and "warfighting" 14:31 US military budget of $1 trillion 14:40 (CLIP) Trump boosts US military spending 15:02 Military interventions 15:32 (CLIP) USA tells Asia: Join us against China 15:48 US divide-and-conquer strategy is failing 16:23 China, Japan, South Korea cooperate 16:47 Trump's tariff threats 17:25 RCEP trade deal 17:55 ASEAN-GCC-China summit 18:36 India 18:43 (CLIP) Hegseth on US-India partnership 19:00 India-China relations 20:24 Philippines volunteers to be Ukraine of Asia 21:21 US military bases and missiles in Philippines 21:51 Militarization of first island chain 22:48 Regional non-alignment 23:19 Philippines and Australia 24:40 Colonialist Monroe Doctrine 25:03 (CLIP) Hegseth threatens Panama Canal 25:31 US imperialism is bipartisan 26:03 Biden official praises Trump's China policy 27:02 Republicans vs Democrats 27:39 US empire says war is peace 28:32 (CLIP) USA doesn't seek encirclement? 28:45 US "grand encirclement plan" for China 29:34 Biden admin's China policy 30:02 (CLIP) Antony Blinken on China containment 30:15 Imperial hypocrisy 31:05 Cold War Two 31:54 Silicon Valley profits from war preparations 32:15 Outro…
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1 This is why Trump's tariffs will NOT bring manufacturing back to the US 45:05
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Donald Trump claims his tariffs will bring back good manufacturing jobs and help to reindustrialize the United States, but all the evidence suggests this will fail, because he has no coherent industrial policy, is gutting the state's capacities, and refuses to challenge Wall Street. Ben Norton explains how the US economy was financialized, and what it would take to truly revive industry. VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GxWBnA_bQN0 Topics 0:00 (CLIPS) Intro 1:07 Trump's tariffs 2:09 Wells Fargo study 3:23 Industrial policy 3:51 China's industrial policy and planning 6:49 Biden's half-baked attempt 8:00 Survey: US manufacturing is not coming back 11:08 Tariff revenue was paid as subsidies 11:43 US government debt and deficit 12:28 Contradictions in tariff policy 13:25 Data on deindustrialization of US economy 15:45 The American System 18:44 Abraham Lincoln 19:13 Henry Clay 19:26 (CLIP) Trump on Henry Clay 19:59 (CLIP) Trump invokes the American System 20:22 Trumpism = Reaganism + protectionism 20:47 Financialization of US economy 21:20 Trump's tax cuts on the rich 21:55 Corporate incentives 22:43 GE and Boeing 23:28 Wall Street 24:24 US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick 25:41 (CLIP) Howard Lutnick on factory jobs 26:46 Manufacturing jobs 27:33 Views on manufacturing in USA 28:22 Lack of skilled labor in USA 29:01 Apple 29:42 (CLIP) Apple CEO Tim Cook on China 32:09 Wages in China 33:50 Vietnam and market socialism 35:37 Elon Musk and Tesla 36:57 US oligarchs 37:39 Policy proposal for reindustrialization 39:52 Challenging capital 40:38 Neoliberal globalization 42:31 Trump's tax policy helps rich, hurts poor 44:52 Outro…
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1 Why Trump is angry at Russia: Reality strikes in Ukraine war 1:01:42
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Donald Trump lashed out at Russian President Vladimir Putin, warning that he is "playing with fire", because the US has been unable to end the Ukraine war on its own terms. Political economist Radhika Desai analyzes the geopolitical situation with Russia expert Richard Sakwa. VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jL1ObLixT8M This is part of the program Geopolitical Economy Hour. You can watch other episodes of the show here: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDAi0NdlN8hMl9DkPLikDDGccibhYHnDP…
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1 US VP JD Vance announces new strategy of blatant imperialism, aimed at China 20:49
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US Vice President JD Vance revealed the Trump administration's "generational shift in [foreign] policy", emphasizing "great power competition" and preparation for war with China. They're abandoning soft power and focusing on "hard power" and "overwhelming force", in a return to blatant, 19th century-style imperialism. Ben Norton reports. VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2Yqc-8uVHc The US military is seriously preparing for war on China: https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2025/04/28/us-military-war-china-silicon-valley/ Topic 0:00 (CLIP) JD Vance speech highlights 0:23 US VP declares "new era" of foreign policy 1:59 (CLIP) End of US unipolar dominance 2:24 Preparing for war 2:51 (CLIP) A "new and very dangerous era" 3:01 Emphasizing hard power 3:17 (CLIP) Hard power vs soft power 3:22 Containing China 3:31 (CLIP) Targeting China 3:43 Shifting priorities 4:17 (CLIP) Great power competition 4:37 Redirection of foreign policy 4:48 (CLIP) A "generational shift in policy" 4:59 Rise of China 5:46 (CLIP) Era of US hegemony 6:37 USA wants China regime change 7:07 This is not isolationism 7:35 (CLIP) "When we send you to war" 7:58 Taking the mask off US empire 8:49 (CLIP) "We throw a punch hard" 9:07 Trump boosts US military spending 9:28 (CLIP) Trump: $1 trillion military budget 9:49 US foreign military bases 10:19 19th century-style imperialism 10:39 William McKinley, imperialist 11:30 (CLIP) Trump vows "enlarged country" 11:54 Expanding US territory 12:18 (CLIP) Trump: expand US empire 12:56 Monroe Doctrine 13:51 Training "war fighters" 14:07 (CLIP) JD Vance on "war fighters" 14:10 Pete Hegseth 14:25 (CLIP) Hegseth on "war fighters" 14:39 A "peacemaker" for war 14:58 US war on Yemen 15:18 (CLIP) Vance boasts of bombing Yemen 15:33 Future war threats 15:51 (CLIP) US "red lines" for war 16:12 US "ideological crusades" 16:33 (CLIP) Vance on "ideological crusades" 16:46 Pete Hegseth, self-declared "crusader" 17:34 US empire rebrands 18:37 The main target is China 19:34 (CLIP) Marco Rubio on China "threat" 20:17 Preparing for war on China 20:36 Outro…
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1 Trump protects Israel as it vows to 'take over' Gaza and expel Palestinians 27:35
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Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pledged to colonize Gaza, saying, "We will take control of all the territory of the Strip". US President Donald Trump is trying to expel Palestinians to Libya or other countries. Trump imposed sanctions on the International Criminal Court (ICC), and, like Joe Biden, he is selling Israel billions of dollars of weapons. Ben Norton reports. VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QzG98YklawA Why the US supports Israel, explained: https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2023/11/12/why-us-support-israel-geopolitics-michael-hudson/ Topics 0:00 USA backs Israel's crimes 0:56 Netanyahu: Israel will control all of Gaza 1:34 Trump gave Israel green light 2:17 Trump wants to expel Palestinians to Libya 3:47 Israel's goal: total colonization 4:38 Mass hunger in Gaza 5:41 Israeli minister: "We're destroying Gaza" 6:50 Netanyahu's "aid" PR 8:10 Israel's strategy: Use hunger as a weapon 10:27 Bezalel Smotrich 11:19 "Voluntary" migration 11:59 "Total annihilation" of Gaza 12:52 Starvation 13:39 Israel vows to annex West Bank 15:02 Trump sanctions ICC 15:56 Biden admin threatened ICC 16:22 USA attacks ICC 17:51 Microsoft aids Israel 18:23 Impact of sanctions 18:52 Is Trump really "frustrated"? 19:52 (CLIP) Trump is Israel's "best friend" 20:07 Trump wants to colonize Gaza 20:44 (CLIP) Trump: US will take over Gaza 20:59 Trump gives Israel weapons 22:49 Netanyahu thanks "greatest friend" Trump 23:05 (CLIP) Netanyahu praises Trump 23:12 Biden's support for Israel 23:46 Obama's support for Israel 24:26 Israel can't wage war without USA 25:02 Israel is US unsinkable aircraft carrier 25:36 Netanyahu is American 26:15 Israel is an outpost of US empire 26:39 (CLIP) Biden: US would create Israel 27:05 Geopolitics of Israel 27:22 Outro…
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1 What caused US deindustrialization, and can Trump fix it? Economists explain 1:02:29
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What caused the deindustrialization of the US economy? Can Donald Trump really reindustrialize the USA with tariffs? Economists Radhika Desai and Michael Hudson discuss. VIDEO with charts: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vpNql8U6WvE This is part of the program Geopolitical Economy Hour. You can watch other episodes of the show here: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDAi0NdlN8hMl9DkPLikDDGccibhYHnDP…
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1 Trump's attempt to divide Russia & China is failing, badly 43:08
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Donald Trump claimed he would "un-unite" Russia and China, but the US divide-and-conquer strategy is failing. In a meeting in Moscow celebrating the 80th anniversary of their nations' victory in World War Two, Presidents Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin reaffirmed that "China-Russia relations have reached the highest level in history" and will "jointly resist any attempts to interfere with and disrupt the traditional friendship and deep mutual trust between China and Russia". Ben Norton explains. VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLJ6K_95uWk Topics 0:00 USA tries to contain China 0:49 (CLIP) Trump vows to divide Russia & China 1:05 Marco Rubio targets China 1:34 (CLIP) Marco Rubio on China "threat" 2:17 Trump admin's Russia strategy 2:33 (CLIP) Rubio wants to "partner" with Russia 2:41 China & Russia are "friends of steel" 3:43 80th anniversary of Victory Day 4:05 Soviet Union defeated Nazi Germany 5:23 China's sacrifice in World War II 6:21 Vietnam resisted Japanese empire 6:50 Putin reaffirms "highest level" China ties 10:23 China-Russia trade 11:52 USA can't offer Russia much 12:36 NATO expansion 13:34 Xi compares US imperialism to fascism 14:38 China-Russia relations 15:16 Xi Jinping on Russia ties 16:46 Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) 17:42 Reverse Nixon? 19:08 China's economy 20:31 Kissinger plan to divide Russia & China 23:05 Obama-Clinton "Russian reset" attempt 26:00 China-Russia joint statement 27:29 World Anti-Fascist War 29:09 Closest China-Russia relations in history 31:17 Multipolarity 34:07 BRICS 35:08 Russia joins the Global Majority 36:17 Brazil 36:49 Venezuela 37:27 Cuba 38:18 Burkina Faso leader Ibrahim Traoré 39:08 Palestine 40:14 Vietnam 41:40 US hegemony is declining 42:55 Outro…
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1 Donald Trump is uniting the world against the US 36:28
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Donald Trump's tariff threats, trade war, and other aggressive policies are uniting the world against the United States. Meanwhile, China is deepening its cooperation with Europe, Southeast Asia, Russia, and even South Korea and Japan. Ben Norton explains. VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G4soTzm9uMQ Trump's tariffs turbocharge de-dollarization: https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2025/05/05/trump-tariffs-dedollarization-sell-us-dollar/ Topics 0:00 Trump's contradictory policies 0:15 (CLIP) Trump vows to be "peacemaker" 0:45 (CLIP) Trump promises imperial expansion 1:23 Massive US war budget 1:44 (CLIP) Trump's $1 trillion military budget 2:04 Ukraine peace talks failed 2:18 Trump bombs Yemen, threatens Iran 2:36 Trump backs Israel's crimes 3:13 Neocon hawk Marco Rubio 4:09 Crusader Pete Hegseth 4:53 Trade war 5:31 China talks 6:20 Dedollarization 7:00 Trump isolates USA 7:29 (CLIP) Trump: USA will be "strongest" 7:50 Blowback 8:25 Poll: Trump is very unpopular 10:01 Fox News poll: Trump is unpopular 10:56 Global anger at US aggression 11:58 US "encirclement" plan for China 13:49 China, Japan, S Korea, ASEAN cooperate 14:53 China, Japan South Korea coordinate 16:15 Japan pushes back against Trump 17:40 China & Vietnam deepen relations 18:28 ASEAN prefers China 19:38 ASEAN's trade with China 20:04 China diversifies its trade 21:50 China-Russia partnership 22:21 (CLIP) Trump: Divide Russia & China 22:37 Xi Jinping's trip to Russia 23:53 China & Russia commemorate WWII 25:13 Europe & China improve relations 27:11 Trump unites the rest of the world 27:43 Poll: China more popular than USA 29:48 US imperial decline 30:09 China: world's no 1 trading partner 30:28 China: world's no 1 economy 30:51 China: world's no 1 manufacturer 31:36 USA: world's no 1 oil producer 32:24 Canada's election 34:12 Australia's election 35:25 The Trump effect 36:14 Outro…
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1 Trump's tariffs turbocharge de-dollarization: World sells US dollar assets, seeking alternatives 35:06
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Donald Trump said he wanted to save the dominance of the US dollar as the global reserve currency, but his aggressive tariff threats and trade war are accelerating dedollarization. Countries and foreign investors are selling US stocks and bonds (Treasury securities, ie, US government debt), seeking alternative reserve assets. Ben Norton explains. VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VnWnyL3WGjg Topics 0:00 Donald Trump's plan 0:24 (CLIP) Trump on dedollarization 0:51 (CLIP) Trump on dollar dominance 1:23 Dedollarization 2:00 BRICS 2:48 Financial markets are de-dollarizing 4:11 Blowback 5:06 Trump's "Liberation Day" tariffs 5:25 Trade war on China 5:49 US "grand encirclement" plan 6:35 China & Vietnam deepen ties 7:11 China, South Korea, Japan cooperate 7:56 Japan pushes back against USA 9:16 US bond market problems 10:43 Foreign holders of US Treasuries 11:13 China's US Treasury holdings 12:17 China is de-dollarizing 12:46 US asset seizures 14:03 China's dedollarization 15:17 Mar-a-Lago Accord means default 16:58 China de-dollarizes its reserves 19:00 Central banks buy gold 20:53 Gold price skyrockets 22:05 USD falls against yen & euro 23:21 Japanese & European bonds 24:35 Exchange rate risk 25:22 Japanese investors sell US assets 27:26 Dedollarization accelerates 28:37 Multipolar currency world 29:46 US current account deficit 30:40 Foreign holdings of US Treasuries 31:57 Scott Bessent fails to lower yields 32:30 Interest payments on US debt 33:20 Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell 33:58 Dedollarization will continue 34:52 Outro…
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1 Canada's new elite banker PM is not a real alternative to Trump 53:21
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Canada's new Liberal Prime Minister Mark Carney is a center-right banker, not a real alternative to Donald Trump's right-wing agenda. They both serve the interests of rich elites and large corporations. Political economist Radhika Desai analyzes Canada's 2025 election results with journalist and lawyer Dimitri Lascaris. VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HH9PzE1Agt0 You can follow Dimitri Lascaris' independent media outlet Reason2Resist here: https://www.youtube.com/@reason2resist This is part of the program Geopolitical Economy Hour. You can watch other episodes of the show here: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDAi0NdlN8hMl9DkPLikDDGccibhYHnDP…
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1 Is war on China coming? The US military is seriously preparing 45:28
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The US military is preparing for war on China, and has missile systems in the Philippines aimed at major Chinese cities. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says the USA is making "Japan into a war-fighting headquarters". Ben Norton discusses the extremely aggressive policies of Trump, Biden, and beyond. VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4f43dPOWgo Trump's nuclear trade war targets China - but will blow back on USA: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9k7132Iyeo US Defense Secretary Hegseth wants to overthrow China’s government, in ‘crusade’ against left (and Islam): https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2025/03/07/us-defense-secretary-hegseth-overthrow-china-crusade/ Topics 0:00 USA prepares for war on China 0:54 US missile systems in Philippines 2:01 Cuban missile crisis 2:59 Bipartisan warmongering 3:47 Economic war 4:51 Trump boosts military budget 5:05 (CLIP) Trump: $1 trillion military budget 5:36 Deficit, DOGE, & Elon Musk 6:24 Pete Hegseth: an imperial "crusader" 7:04 (CLIP) Hegseth promises "lethality" 7:18 Hegseth's "American crusade" 8:16 Pentagon memo on war with China 9:01 Heritage Foundation 9:46 Pentagon memo on war with China 11:57 Trump's goal with Ukraine 12:27 (CLIP) Trump: divide Russia & China 12:42 Pentagon dubs China top "threat" 14:37 China's challenge to US hegemony 16:40 Taiwan as US imperial outpost 18:25 US troops & weapons in Taiwan 18:53 US-China three communiqués 20:47 USA backs Taiwan separatism 21:16 (CLIP) Marco Rubio on Taiwan 21:49 Taiwanese authoritarianism 22:56 Polls on Taiwan separatism 24:17 Taiwan's semiconductors 25:47 Hegseth's trip to Japan 27:16 USA promises peace through war 28:03 Trump admin's top 3 military goals 28:18 US aggression 30:31 Hegseth's trip to Philippines 31:26 (CLIP) USA has "real war plans" 32:12 Philippines as US imperial proxy 34:31 Silicon Valley prepares for war 35:11 Billionaire Palmer Luckey 38:54 Pentagon contractor Anduril 39:35 CIA-backed Palantir 40:02 Oligarch Peter Thiel 40:57 Venture capital & military-industrial complex 42:35 USA is an oligarchy 43:45 US war on China 45:02 Outro…
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1 Is Trump the last straw for the dollar system? 59:33
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Will US President Donald Trump be the tipping point for the dollar system? Even Western financial outlets now warn of the beginning of the end of dollar dominance. To discuss, host Radhika Desai is joined by economist Michael Hudson and economic geographer Mick Dunford. VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGZXDzmL10k This is part of the program Geopolitical Economy Hour. You can watch other episodes of the show here: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDAi0NdlN8hMl9DkPLikDDGccibhYHnDP…
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