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Historian Aaron Good discusses US President John F. Kennedy's policies in Latin America, the CIA's terror war on Cuba, the coup against Brazil's left-wing President João Goulart, and the assassination of dictator Rafael Trujillo and coup against President Juan Bosch in the Dominican Republic.

VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=_5xAypPNe2Y

This is the Empire and the Deep State series that Geopolitical Economy Report editor Ben Norton is co-hosting with Aaron Good and Seamus McGuinness of the American Exception podcast.

This is part 5 of our historical analysis of the JFK administration.

PLAYLIST with past episodes in the series here: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDAi0NdlN8hNArLl765PXe8tsTKmOciGL

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History of US empire: Latin America & JFK - CIA terror war on Cuba, coups in Brazil & Dominican Rep.

Wars the US waged in Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria, Yemen, and Pakistan following September 11, 2001 caused at least 4.5 million deaths and displaced 38 to 60 million people, with 7.6 million children starving today, according to studies by Brown University.

VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=owjYEjib23M

Sources and more information here: https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2023/05/18/us-911-wars-million-deaths-displace

US post-9/11 wars caused 4.5 million deaths, displaced 38-60 million people, study shows

Argentina is trapped in unpayable odious debt owed to US vulture funds like BlackRock and the International Monetary Fund (IMF). This is fueling extreme inflation and far-right demagogues such as Javier Milei, who are calling for dollarization, adopting the dollar as the country's currency.

VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=1BRx90DhYWM

Sources and more information here: https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2023/05/25/argentina-us-dollar-inflation-neocolonialism

How Argentina has been trapped in neocolonial debt for 200 years: An economic history: https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2022/12/18/argentina-neocolonial-debt-history

How a US debt trap in Argentina is fueling inflation, dollarization, far right

Political economist Radhika Desai discusses how capitalism is inherently imperialist, what the class struggle looks like at the international level, and how "the dominant ideas are the ideas of the ruling classes of the dominant nations".

This is a discussion of chapter 3, "The geopolitical economy of capitalism and socialism", from Radhika's book "Capitalism, Coronavirus and War: A Geopolitical Economy".

VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=hhYsynUTc30

Other episodes in the series: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDAi0NdlN8hNZoKp0XsLFwSxxlMQu6ye8

You can download Radhika's book for free here: https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2023/02/17/capitalism-coronavirus-war-geopolitical-economy-radhika-desai

Why capitalism is inherently imperialist: Class struggle at the international level

Major media outlets have claimed China is building a secret station in Cuba to spy on the US, citing anonymous intelligence officials. But the Pentagon admitted this story is false. It is part of a larger information warfare campaign against Beijing, and could sabotage any attempts at diplomacy.

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

Debunked: Media falsely claims China is building spy base in Cuba

The US Congress held a hearing titled "Dollar Dominance: Preserving the U.S. Dollar’s Status as the Global Reserve Currency", while countries around the world are joining the de-dollarization rebellion against Washington's exorbitant privilege.

VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=94YZ9TKFOac

US Congress plots to save dollar dominance amid global de-dollarization rebellion

WATCH this interview on YouTube: https://youtu.be/SEoEUjQI0MA?si=f-pGqkGpangqDz_q

Among the most attacked of Israel's critics, the bold Mia Khalifa joins Abby Martin to discuss her childhood under Israeli occupation, the Gaza genocide and the anti-Arab racism at the heart of Israeli propaganda.

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Mia Khalifa & Abby Martin: Confronting Israel's Racism & Propaganda

These were the most important geopolitical and economic issues of 2023, including the wars in Gaza and Ukraine, US-China tensions, BRICS expansion, growing de-dollarization, inflation crisis, crypto fraud, bank crashes, European de-industrialization, and more. Journalist Ben Norton reviews the chaotic year.

VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=nA9qSH6uHu8

Links here: https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2023/12/31/stories-2023-gaza-ukraine-china-brics

Topics
0:00 Top stories of 2023
5:01 Israel's war on Gaza
8:24 Ukraine losing in NATO-Russia war
13:02 Africa's Sahel rebels
14:42 Growing global inequality
16:10 BRICS expansion
19:10 De-dollarization
25:52 Inflation (and 'greedflation')
29:40 Debt crises
34:19 Bank failures (and US bailouts)
41:39 Crypto fraud
43:21 Europe: stagnation and de-industrialization
46:12 China's economic transition
56:06 US new cold war on China
1:01:09 India grows closer to US (and Russia)
1:03:55 Pakistan's Imran Khan imprisoned
1:05:08 Brazil's Lula returns
1:07:40 Argentina's Javier Milei
1:09:53 Peru coup
1:12:03 US-Mexico tensions
1:13:26 Biden loses supports as 2024 election nears
1:15:43 Outro

Most important stories of 2023: Gaza, Ukraine, China, BRICS, dedollarization, bank crises, inflation

Abby & Robbie continue the discussion from last week's episode 'Digital God' about Israel's brazen assassination campaign, including assassinating pregnant Palestinian women holding white flags in broad daylight.

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