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  • While Donald Trump's supporters falsely claim he is an "isolationist", he is threatening to colonize the Panama Canal, annex Canada, and seize Greenland (and its rare earth elements). The Trump team also plans to invade Mexico, bomb Iran, and wage proxy war on China. Ben Norton explains.

    VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MG_UzMTh82w

    Topics
    0:00 Trump's warmongering foreign-policy record
    1:35 Trump threatens Panama, Greenland, Canada
    2:59 Colonial Christmas threat
    3:49 Trump followers revive Manifest Destiny
    4:41 Top Pentagon official invokes Monroe Doctrine
    5:42 US interventions are not jokes
    6:32 Seizing the Panama Canal
    8:45 Elon Musk backs colonialism in Latin America
    10:29 China defends Panama's sovereignty
    11:44 US colonial Monroe Doctrine
    13:29 History of US imperialism in Panama
    16:07 Panamanian revolutionary Omar Torrijos
    18:03 CIA and Manuel Noriega
    19:10 US invasion of Panama in 1989
    20:20 Trump wants Greenland's rare-earth minerals
    22:37 Annexing Canada
    23:51 Pro-Trump influencers promote colonialism
    26:08 Plans to invade Mexico
    27:56 Bombing Iran
    28:50 Cold war on China
    30:30 DOGE will cut social programs, not military
    31:51 Cabinet full of billionaire oligarchs
    32:27 Bipartisan imperialism
    34:19 Outro

  • The Global South-led organization BRICS continues to expand, adding 9 partner countries in January 2025, after admitting 4 new members in 2024. The group now makes up roughly half of the global population and more than 41% of world GDP (PPP). It's an economic powerhouse, with top producers of key commodities like oil, gas, grains, meat, minerals, and more. Ben Norton analyzes the growing influence of BRICS+.

    VIDEO with charts and maps here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_shuhJvvBY

    BRICS MEMBERSHIP (9 members + 9 partner countries)
    - 5 original members are Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa.
    - 4 new members officially admitted in January 2024 are Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, UAE. (Saudi Arabia has neither accepted nor denied the invitation. Argentina rejected the offer.)
    - 9 confirmed partner countries are Belarus, Bolivia, Cuba, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Malaysia, Thailand, Uganda, Uzbekistan.
    - 4 invited partner countries have not yet given a response: Algeria, Nigeria, Turkey/Türkiye, Vietnam.

    Check out our related video on BRICS' plan to transform the global financial system: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3pHr5yzLEHA

    BRICS plans ‘multi-currency system’ to challenge US dollar dominance: Understanding Russia’s proposal - https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2024/10/19/brics-russia-multi-currency-system-us-dollar/

    Topics
    0:00 History of BRICS expansion
    0:45 9 new partner countries
    1:38 Map of BRICS membership
    3:45 BRICS is an economic powerhouse
    5:00 What does partner status mean?
    5:39 De-dollarization of international financial system
    7:06 1/2 of global population
    8:35 BRICS economies are bigger than G7
    9:24 41% of world GDP (PPP)
    10:20 US GDP is overstated
    12:49 Food production
    17:32 Oil & gas production
    18:32 Renewable energy
    19:21 Mineral production
    20:43 Building a global alternative
    22:07 Outro

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  • Syrian rebel commanders have admitted that the US military helped them overthrow the government of Bashar al-Assad. NATO member Turkey and Israel played a key role as well. Ben Norton reviews the evidence.

    VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qicLi6kqt7M

    Topics
    0:00 Intro
    0:41 US troops occupy Syria's oil & wheat fields
    2:56 US military oversaw Syrian rebel assault
    6:22 Turkey backed Syrian rebel operation
    6:48 Israel helped Syrian rebels
    8:06 US military funded Syrian rebels
    10:54 Rebranded Al-Qaeda takes over Syria
    12:19 USA & Turkey carve up Syria
    13:05 Israel colonizes Syrian land
    14:31 Jake Sullivan: "AQ is on our side in Syria"
    15:15 CIA armed & trained Syrian rebels
    16:18 Jabhat al-Nusra rebrands as HTS
    17:20 US diplomats meet with HTS leader al-Jolani
    19:12 Western media whitewashes Al-Qaeda 2.0
    21:05 Outro

  • 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

  • After helping to overthrow leader Bashar al-Assad, Israel destroyed Syria's military capabilities and is seizing territory, annexing the Golan Heights and occupying more land. The Al-Qaeda-linked Salafi-jihadist rebels who now rule Syria, led by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), have allowed Israel to do this. HTS leader (and former Al-Qaeda chief) Abu Mohammad al-Jolani said "We are not looking to engage in a conflict with Israel". Ben Norton reports.

    VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tEOiNDVFJ_o

    Topics
    0:00 USA & Israel occupy Syrian territory
    2:49 Israel destroys Syria's military capabilities
    4:14 Israel expands illegal settlements in occupied Golan Heights
    5:26 UN vote demands Israel withdraw from Syrian Golan
    6:33 Israel supported Syrian rebels (including Al-Qaeda)
    7:52 Netanyahu: "We are changing the face of the Middle East"
    8:51 Israel threatens Iran
    10:50 HTS leader al-Jolani wants peace with Israel
    13:35 (CLIP) HTS refuses to criticize Israel
    14:23 The US empire's "Syrian Revolution"
    15:08 US State Dep't talks with Al-Qaeda 2.0
    16:27 UK sends millions to rebranded Al-Qaeda
    17:10 CIA armed & trained Syrian rebels
    17:43 Syrian rebels vow neoliberal "free-market" shock therapy
    19:08 Uyghur extremists declare war on China
    21:34 HTS denies rights to Syrian women
    23:00 HTS stoned Syrian women to death
    23:30 Outro

  • South Korea's US-backed President Yoon Suk Yeol launched a coup attempt, but failed. He tried to provoke war with North Korea by attacking with drones, hoping to justify imposing martial law, but the DPRK showed restraint. Ben Norton analyzes the geopolitics of the crisis, addressing NATO, China, Japan, and more.

    VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGXKAkieFkY

    Topics
    0:00 Intro
    1:10 Yoon Suk Yeol, DC darling
    2:11 Authoritarianism in South Korea & Japan
    3:07 Washington's anti-China alliance
    3:46 Yoon plotted war with North Korea
    6:15 Yoon ordered military to assault lawmakers
    7:51 South Korean opposition
    9:00 Crazy coup plot
    10:55 Coup planned in advance
    11:39 Opposition warned of martial law
    12:11 Yoon's corruption & unpopularity
    14:01 Class war
    15:02 Chaebols: corporate oligopolies
    17:21 US military bases
    18:49 South Korea: a US "client"
    19:54 (CLIP) Yoon's speech to US Congress
    22:23 Yoon blames "Chinese spies"
    23:04 US cultivates anti-China assets
    23:54 Lee Jae-myung opposes conflict with China
    26:20 Japan
    29:32 NATO
    30:30 USA targets "Axis of Adversaries"
    31:14 US nuclear threats
    33:12 NYPD spends more than DPRK military
    34:06 Korean War
    34:43 USA killed 20% of North Korea's population
    36:56 UK plans for world war
    38:00 Outro

  • The Syrian government was overthrown, and Salafi-jihadist rebels led by a rebranded version of Al-Qaeda called Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) took power in Damascus. US President Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu boasted of helping topple Bashar al-Assad. NATO member Turkey played a key role as well. Ben Norton explains how the West dealt a major blow to the Axis of Resistance and Iran.

    VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8pZgwOdIuA

    Al-Qaeda-linked ‘rebels’ in Syria say they ‘love Israel’. USA gave them billions in weapons & support: https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2024/12/06/al-qaeda-rebels-syria-israel-usa/

    US troops are occupying Syria’s oil fields. Congress refuses to withdraw them: https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2023/12/12/us-troops-occupy-syria-oil-congress-withdraw/

    Topics
    0:00 Syrian government is overthrown
    3:17 Al-Qaeda leader Abu Mohammad al-Jolani
    4:39 AQ rebrands: Jabhat al-Nusra to Jabhat Fatah al-Sham to HTS
    6:16 Western media whitewashed Osama bin Laden
    7:53 Jake Sullivan: "AQ is on our side in Syria"
    8:49 CIA spends billions arming Salafi-jihadists
    10:06 Diplomat says HTS is US "asset"
    11:33 HTS' medieval rule in Syria
    12:44 Libya: where NATO brought back slavery
    15:40 (CLIP) Biden takes credit for overthrowing Assad
    16:58 Syrian Al-Qaeda got US weapons
    17:24 Turkey backed Syrian assault
    17:50 Ukraine's role in Syria
    18:30 Israel boasts of Syria regime change
    19:12 (CLIP) Netanyahu: Israel helped topple Assad
    19:26 Israel supported Syrian rebels
    20:38 Syrian rebels say they "love Israel"
    22:09 Israel seizes more Syrian territory
    23:15 Axis of Resistance is weakened
    25:15 Syria's territorial integrity
    26:41 US military occupies Syria's oil fields
    27:19 (CLIP) Trump boasts: I took Syria's oil
    27:46 Congress backs US military occupation of Syria
    28:33 US starved Syria of oil revenue
    29:43 Western sanctions suffocated Syria's economy
    32:42 Inflation in Syria
    33:35 This is not about "authoritarianism"
    36:08 US strategy to collapse Syrian state
    37:30 (CLIP) US official outlines Syria regime-change plan
    39:46 Will Syria's borders be changed?
    41:41 Iran: the ultimate US target
    42:45 (CLIP) Wesley Clark: US planned to topple 7 governments
    43:38 US collapsed 6 of 7 states on regime-change list
    44:34 Will US war on Iran be next?
    46:24 Outro

  • While the United States provokes conflicts across the world, China has promoted economic development, lifting hundreds of millions of people out of poverty, building infrastructure, and encouraging win-win cooperation. Political economists Radhika Desai and Michael Hudson are joined by Beijing-based scholar Mick Dunford to discuss the significance of the 75th anniversary of the Chinese revolution.

    VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QuKG___qK-8

    This is part of the show Geopolitical Economy Hour. You can watch other episodes of the program here: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDAi0NdlN8hMl9DkPLikDDGccibhYHnDP

  • The United States spent billions over years arming and training militants in Syria, many linked to Al-Qaeda and ISIS. The extremist "rebels" who took over Aleppo (and rule Idlib) said they "love Israel". Ben Norton documents the Western dirty war on Syria, and how Washington is trying to divide and conquer the anti-colonial Axis of Resistance in West Asia (the Middle East).

    VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cl-vX1RBapo

    Sources and links here: https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2024/12/06/al-qaeda-rebels-syria-israel-usa/

    Topics
    0:00 CIA armed & trained "rebels" in Syria
    2:14 Rebranded Al-Qaeda (HTS) takes over Aleppo
    4:54 Jake Sullivan: "AQ is on our side in Syria"
    6:04 Syrian Al-Qaeda (Nusra Front) got US weapons
    6:50 Israel supported Salafi-jihadist "rebels" in Syria
    7:52 Syrian "rebels" say they "love Israel"
    11:47 US demands Syria cut ties with Iran & Hezbollah
    13:14 Israel violated Lebanon "ceasefire" 100 times in 1 week
    14:09 USA tries to divide Axis of Resistance
    15:31 Geopolitics of West Asia (Middle East)
    16:23 Israel is US empire's unsinkable aircraft carrier
    17:46 (CLIP) Biden: If Israel didn't exist, US would have to create it
    18:11 USA uses Israel to crush anti-colonial resistance
    19:59 ISIS got US weapons
    22:05 (CLIP) Biden: US allies supported ISIS & Al-Qaeda in Syria
    24:10 DIA memo shows Pentagon knew ISIS & AQ led Syrian opposition
    29:21 NATO-backed Israeli think tank said ISIS was "useful tool"
    31:30 US-led war on Syria continues
    32:15 Outro

  • As the NATO-Russia proxy war in Ukraine escalates, the US Army is funding research on "the impacts of nuclear weapons on farm systems" in Eastern Europe. Numerous scientific studies warn that this would cause a nuclear winter that would starve billions and kill off the majority of the human population. Ben Norton discusses the extreme dangers.

    VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KV8rCGchY-k

    94% of Americans want to end Ukraine war, but US rejects China peace deal, opposes talks with Russia: https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2024/06/08/end-ukraine-war-us-china-peace-deal-russia/

    Topics
    0:00 Intro
    0:27 Doomsday Clock is 90 seconds to midnight
    2:09 US Army studies effects of nuclear weapons on agriculture
    3:47 Scientists say nuclear war would kill billions
    5:46 Nuclear winter
    6:47 Escalation of Ukraine proxy war
    7:48 Ukraine (and NATO) is losing
    8:58 Most Americans want to end Ukraine war
    10:03 US nuclear war strategy
    11:37 USA spends trillions on nuclear weapons
    14:39 Donald Trump tore up Russia arms treaties
    17:37 Trump gave Ukraine lethal weapons
    18:23 (CLIP) Trump boasts of Ukraine arms shipments
    18:40 Trump is not anti-war
    19:11 Bipartisan US war drive
    20:19 Outro

  • To defend their colonialism in Gaza, the United States and Israel have attacked every single legal institution upholding international law, including the UN, the International Court of Justice (ICJ), the International Criminal Court (ICC), and more. Ben Norton explains how the imperial war on Palestine is a neocolonial assault on multilateralism and multipolarity.

    VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8EAAytPjQzc

    Check out our related video - US threatens ICC & allies over Netanyahu arrest warrant: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RqBtZxSYwaU

    Topics
    0:00 Intro
    0:40 US vetoes Gaza ceasefire in UN Security Council
    2:24 Israel uses food as weapon in Gaza
    4:19 Israel violates ICJ rulings
    5:26 US attacks ICC over Netanyahu arrest warrant
    6:36 Washington Post: ICC is for Global South & Russia
    7:59 Billionaire oligarch Jeff Bezos owns Washington Post
    9:20 ICC was "built for Africa" & Russia
    10:26 (CLIP) ICC prosecutor on Western pressure
    10:51 Rules-Based International Order
    12:47 UN Security Council
    14:27 Wolfowitz Doctrine
    15:35 US unipolarity
    17:02 Western colonialism
    18:23 Israeli colonialism
    19:25 Israel is ethnically cleansing Gaza
    20:45 Israeli minister Smotrich vows to annex West Bank
    21:52 Israel attacks UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres
    23:42 Trump's UN ambassador pick Elise Stefanik
    24:26 Trump withdrew US from UN Human Rights Council
    25:15 Biden-Harris administration
    25:54 UN experts warn Gaza war destroys international law
    27:42 Outro

  • The Western alliance is divided over Israel, after the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued an arrest warrant for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, charging him with crimes against humanity in Gaza. The United States is threatening sanctions. Ben Norton discusses the severe political crisis in the "rules-based order".

    VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RqBtZxSYwaU

    Sources and links here: https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2024/11/24/west-israel-us-threat-icc-netanyahu-arrest/

    Here you can see the September 2024 UN vote demanding an end to Israel's illegal occupation of the Palestinian territories: https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2024/09/19/end-israel-occupation-palestine-un-vote/

    Topics
    0:00 ICC issues arrest warrant for Netanyahu
    0:25 West divides over Israel
    0:57 US politicians threaten allies
    1:35 UN accuses Israel of g-cide
    3:03 Israel is ethnically cleansing Gaza
    3:41 ICC tries to save its reputation
    4:36 ICC delayed arrest warrants for 6 months
    5:01 US sent Israel $18 billion in military aid in 1 year
    5:25 US pressure on ICC
    6:20 (CLIP) US Senator Lindsey Graham warns: "We're next!"
    6:44 Biden attacks ICC
    7:27 The "rules-based international order"
    7:55 Senator Tom Cotton wants to invade the Hague
    8:25 Hague Invasion Act
    9:27 Trump officials threaten ICC
    10:07 Trump sanctioned ICC personnel
    11:23 House of Representatives calls to sanction ICC
    12:14 Australia, Canada, UK support ICC
    13:54 Senator Lindsey Graham threatens US allies
    14:31 (CLIP) Lindsey Graham calls to sanction US allies
    14:53 US threatens Western allies
    15:27 EU backs ICC arrest warrants
    16:32 France, Italy, Netherlands, Belgium, Ireland back ICC
    16:51 UN vote on Israel-Palestine
    17:33 Viktor Orbán's Hungary supports Israel, attacks ICC
    18:24 Javier Milei's Argentina backs Netanyahu
    19:17 Germany refuses to honor ICC warrant
    19:48 West is split on Israel
    20:49 Outro

  • US politicians and media outlets complain about China's growing global influence, but offer no alternatives to help countries develop. China has the world's largest economy, produces inexpensive manufactured goods everyone wants, invests trillions in infrastructure, and doesn't interfere in internal affairs of foreign nations. Ben Norton compares what Washington and Beijing have done in Latin America, especially Peru and Nicaragua.

    VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fRpe7W4vxHY

    Topics
    0:00 US politicians fearmonger about China
    1:32 Non-interventionist foreign policy vs US wars
    2:21 China: world's largest economy & manufacturer
    3:49 China: biggest trading partner of most countries
    4:36 Latin America
    6:48 Belt & Road Initiative (BRI)
    9:19 US alternative: tariffs & privatized infrastructure
    11:42 BlackRock plans to buy up infrastructure
    12:39 BlackRock CEO Larry Fink at G7 summit
    13:49 China builds Peru's Chancay mega-port
    15:56 USA threatens Latin America over Chinese-built port
    18:09 US-backed coup in Peru
    19:47 USA sells Peru old trains from 1980s
    21:31 What US offers vs what China offers
    23:40 Nicaragua canal plans
    25:04 US attacks on Nicaragua's Sandinista Revolution
    26:10 Why China is winning influence
    29:02 Outro

  • To run the US military in his second term, Donald Trump has nominated as Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, a neoconservative self-declared "crusader" who is eager for a Western civilizational war on China and Iran. Ben Norton reviews the extremely hawkish history of the Fox News host turned likely Pentagon chief.

    VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m9WBjcfVhu4

    Topics
    0:00 Trump's defense secretary nominee Pete Hegseth
    0:31 An "American Crusade" (against China & Iran)
    1:53 Hegseth called on Trump to bomb Iran
    4:44 Trying to divide China & Russia
    5:39 Fearmongering about BRICS & de-dollarization
    7:48 "Axis of Evil": neocon ideology
    8:26 Neocolonialism in Latin America
    9:47 Preparing for war with China
    11:33 Outro

  • Donald Trump has appointed neoconservative Marco Rubio to oversee US foreign policy as secretary of state. Ben Norton reviews his extremely hawkish record pushing for war on China, Iran, and beyond, as well as the Florida senator's shady support for his drug lord brother-in-law, Orlando Cicilia, who was imprisoned for trafficking $15 million in cocaine.

    VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ncw2VCsJFI

    Topics
    0:00 Intro
    0:32 China is threat to US unipolar dominance
    1:21 Rubio loves Israel
    1:55 Rubio wants "disproportionate" attack on Iran
    2:25 Religious fundamentalism
    3:47 China is "far more dangerous than the cold war"
    4:33 Neocolonialism in Latin America
    6:03 Rubio wants USA to invade Venezuela
    6:25 Monroe Doctrine
    7:42 China and Latin America
    8:39 Scapegoating China
    9:28 Chinagate: the new McCarthyism
    10:55 Censorship
    11:41 Rubio wants to censor "disinformation"
    12:08 Threatening Mexico
    13:05 Rubio's shady links to drug lord brother-in-law
    14:02 Outro

  • Donald Trump has nominated warmongering neoconservatives to run his foreign policy, including Marco Rubio as Secretary of State, Mike Waltz as National Security Advisor, Pete Hegseth as Defense Secretary, John Ratcliffe as CIA Director, and Elise Stefanik as UN Ambassador. Ben Norton reports on their extremely hawkish views.

    VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwsrUUkDBWg

    Topics
    0:00 Trump's warmongering cabinet
    3:54 Strategy: try to divide Russia & China
    5:05 Summary of foreign policy of Trump's 1st term
    8:31 Mike Waltz, National Security Advisor
    12:49 Pete Hegseth, Defense Secretary
    19:52 Neocolonialism in Latin America
    23:00 Marco Rubio, Secretary of State
    29:20 John Ratcliffe, CIA Director
    32:07 Elise Stefanik, UN Ambassador
    34:53 Outro

  • How will the return of Donald Trump as US president affect the world? What will his foreign policy and economic strategy be? Ben Norton explains.

    VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJQKIwe2BYo

    Topics
    0:00 Intro
    0:33 Summary of Trump's foreign policy
    10:44 Neocons in Trump's cabinet
    14:41 China
    18:48 Tariffs & trade with China
    24:47 US dollar & re-industrialization
    29:39 Protectionism
    37:01 Russia & Ukraine
    42:23 Israel-Palestine
    44:31 Iran
    46:36 Middle East (West Asia): Yemen, Iraq, Syria
    49:41 Latin America: Mexico, Venezuela, Cuba, Nicaragua, Bolivia
    53:17 Africa
    54:32 Europe
    56:11 Japan & South Korea
    57:53 Outro

  • Donald Trump won the 2024 US presidential election in a landslide. Why did Kamala Harris lose so badly? Ben Norton explains the failure of the billionaire-funded Democratic Party to provide an economic alternative to the billionaire-funded Republicans' pseudo "populism", as working-class people suffer.VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mSBi0m5xCJsTopics0:00 Donald Trump wins 2024 presidential election1:07 Who really is Kamala Harris? Does anyone know?4:42 DNC strategy: sacrifice workers for moderate Republicans in suburbs5:48 Harris campaigns with neoconservative Cheney family6:56 Harris had no democratic mandate7:42 Out-trumping Trump on immigration? Really?8:04 Hillary Clinton 2.010:05 Low Democrat turnout11:12 The status quo loses12:34 Dems' extreme pro-Israel stance lost swing state voters16:01 Rashida Tlaib & Ilhan Omar won; Harris lost17:37 "Never Trump Republicans" barely exist18:30 It's the economy, stupid20:09 US GDP growth is not benefiting workers21:39 Wealth inequality 22:32 Poverty & hunger increased under Biden-Harris23:33 Trump scapegoats24:09 (CLIP) Trump vows: "We are going to take other countries' jobs"24:58 Trump's false promises25:27 Deindustrialization26:22 Immigration28:40 Trump's tax cuts help rich elites, hurt workers31:12 Billionaires Elon Musk & Stephen Schwarzman funded Trump32:11 Inflation, debt, deficits35:11 Tariffs 35:40 Conclusion

  • Billionaire BlackRock CEO Larry Fink said it “really doesn’t matter” who wins the US presidential election, because both Donald Trump and Kamala Harris will be good for Wall Street. Ben Norton shows how the United States is not a democracy but rather an oligarchy, in which big corporations buy politicians and lobbyists create policies.

    VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=chPfp01rsD0

    Topics
    0:00 US election season
    0:42 BlackRock CEO: it “really doesn’t matter” who wins US elections
    2:20 The "Big Three" Wall Street asset managers
    3:06 S&P 500 and Nasdaq bubbles
    4:35 Richest 10% of Americans own 93% of stocks
    5:30 Princeton study: USA is oligarchy, not democracy
    6:26 Billions spent buying US elections
    7:54 Money buys seats in Congress (90% of the time)
    8:50 Crypto industry funds Republicans & Democrats
    10:51 Biden promised rich donors "nothing would fundamentally change"
    11:59 Extreme wealth & income inequality in USA
    15:12 US wages stagnated while productivity soared
    15:42 Financialization of US economy
    17:09 Inflation & cost of living crisis
    18:43 House prices grow much faster than wages
    20:48 Blackstone: the world's largest landlord
    22:49 Private equity
    24:03 Blackstone CEO Stephen Schwarzman funds Trump
    24:28 Kamala Harris & Trump woo Wall Street
    25:25 Trump tax cuts make rich much richer
    27:19 BlackRock makes economic policy for Biden & Harris
    28:10 USA is an oligarchy
    29:41 Outro

  • For the 32nd year, the entire world voted at the UN General Assembly to demand an end to the illegal US embargo against Cuba. The USA and Israel opposed the international community in a vote of 187 to 2. Ben Norton explains why the US empire has waged such a vicious economic war on Cuba for six decades.

    VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NTX4zSfCQYM

    TOPICS
    0:00 US economic war on Cuba
    1:39 UN General Assembly vote against US blockade
    2:06 Map of UN vote against US embargo of Cuba
    3:25 Venezuela & Afghanistan lost UN voting rights due to US sanctions
    5:15 Argentina's Milei fires foreign minister for voting with 97% of world
    7:08 UN votes against US embargo in 2023 & 2022
    8:41 Why the US empire wants to crush Cuba
    10:29 Goal of US sanctions: "hunger, desperation, and overthrow"
    13:39 Dedollarization & BRICS
    15:40 Bipartisan barbarism: Biden continues Trump's war on Cuba
    18:01 West votes against rest of world at UN
    20:08 US imperialism is a global dictatorship
    23:17 Outro