Calling people on the extreme Left "dangerous people" seems rather odd since it is now the "extreme-Middle" who are in the process of starting WW3.

Guest:

Fabrizio Fenghi is an assistant professor of Slavic studies at Brown University specializing in contemporary Russian culture and politics, with a specific focus on the relationship between art and literature and the shaping of post-Soviet public culture. His first book is It Will Be Fun and Terrifying: Nationalism and Protest in Post-Soviet Russia published by University of Wisconsin Press.

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Economist Michael Hudson joins Multipolarista host Ben Norton to discuss partial student debt relief in the US, inflation and the Fed, disaster capitalism in Ukraine, and China's challenge to the petrodollar.

VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=AEZBOaPKWjw

TRANSCRIPT: https://multipolarista.com/2022/09/08/michael-hudson-debt-inflation-ukraine-petrodollar

Prof. Hudson's official website: https://michael-hudson.com

Economist Michael Hudson on debt relief, inflation, Ukraine disaster capitalism, petrodollar crisis

Originally published to Patreon on 9/11/2021. 

In this third edition of Shano's Brainos (really, that's still what we're calling it) on the 20th anniversary of 9/11, Shane talks through the disastrous and ongoing war on terror, how imperial ideologies get formed, and considers what it means to live through history.

Unlocked: Shano's Brainos - 9/11

Direct link to this broadcast's Patreon with Eugene Puryear and William Whiteman: https://www.patreon.com/posts/eugene-puryear-72095852

Historian Gerald Horne discusses the relationship between the British Crown and empire, how historians should look at the legacy of the Queen and the how countries are severing ties with The British monarchy. 
Then British-born Iraqi journalist Ahmed Twaij and Mish Rahman, an elected member of the National Executive Committee (NEC) for the Labour Party discuss join us from across the pond to talk about the legacy of the Queen Elizabeth and whether the monarchy should be finished.

Gerald Horne holds the Moores Professorship of History and African American Studies at The University of Houston. His research has addressed issues of race in a variety of relations involving labor, politics, civil rights and war. He is the author of over forty books. 

Ahmed Twaij is a journalist and filmmaker, whose bylines include The Independent, The Guardian, Foreign Policy and more. His latest piece is "There are lots of reasons to end the British monarchy. King Charles III is the best." (https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/queen-elizabeth-king-charles-iii-end-monarchy-rcna47104)

Mish Rahman is an elected member of the National Executive Committee (NEC) for the Labour Party and also elected Vice Chair of Momentum, which is the largest left wing campaign group in the UK, set up to support Jeremy Corbyn during his time as leader. He's a socialist and trade unionist as well as being an anti racist campaigner.

For the full discussion, bonus content, to support independent media & help make this program possible, please join us on Patreon at - https://www.patreon.com/thekatiehalpershow

Link to full broadcast - https://www.patreon.com/posts/full-broadcast-71954212

Gerald Horne, Queen Elizabeth & Empire

We mark Queen Elizabeth's passing by looking at towering work of royalist kitsch, THE KING'S SPEECH (2010). We discuss how this Oscar-winner humanizes the monarchy in order to uphold it.

See Luke speak at the Toronto International Festival of Authors on September 27 - https://festivalofauthors.ca/event/critical-conversation-new-working-class/

Hear Will on Canadaland - https://www.canadaland.com/podcast/815-our-royals-our-elves/

Join us on Patreon for an extra episode every week - https://www.patreon.com/michaelandus

Michael and Us

#366 - Coronation Training Montage

Historian of Italian politics David Broder returns to PTO to discuss the victory of Giorgia Meloni, who is set to lead the most right-wing government since World War II. We talked about the history of the Brothers of Italy and their neofascist roots, and why the far left achieved such a poor result in the election.

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The far right victorious in Italy w/ David Broder

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

EU calls China and Russia ‘threats’ in ‘war for the future of the entire world’

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

In neocolonial rant, EU says Europe is 'garden' superior to rest of world's barbaric 'jungle'

The 20-year filmmaking career of Alexandra Pelosi has been building up to this moment: a hagiographic documentary portrait of her mother, the outgoing U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. We watched PELOSI IN THE HOUSE (2022).

Join us on Patreon for an extra episode every week - https://www.patreon.com/michaelandus

"Nancy Pelosi’s Daughter Makes Awful Documentaries Fawning Over the Establishment" by Will Sloan - https://jacobin.com/2022/12/nancy-alexandra-pelosi-documentary-filmmaking-establishment

"Nancy Pelosi Delivered Little for the Left, but We Might Miss Her Anyway" by Branko Marcetic - https://jacobin.com/2022/11/nancy-pelosi-house-speaker-democratic-party-center

"The Obamanauts" by Corey Robin - https://www.dissentmagazine.org/article/the-obamanauts

#388 - House of Pelosi

Charles and Alex listen to Soulja Boy's Limewire collab and read through Rivers Cuomo's A.I. generated tweets. Fortune Kit on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fortunekit

143 - Build Your Last Days Library!

A classic lo-fi no Will episode to relax/study to. We try to put some odds on various possible events of the Biden administration occurring, but mostly end up talking about casinos and marshmallow fluff and shit.

Chapo Trap House

492 - Marshmallow Fluff (1/25/21)

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