China has gone from one of the poorest countries on Earth to building the world's largest economy, responsible for nearly one-third of global manufacturing. Meanwhile, the US de-industrialized and financialized its economy. Journalist Ben Norton explains how.

VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=BT7Th2aV0wM

How China became the world's industrial superpower - and why the US is desperate to stop it

The United States is the largest historic contributor to climate change, yet Washington is condemning Beijing for supposedly not doing enough. In reality, China is leading the world in the transition to renewable energy technology.

VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=pJ3ItSYBaJs

US hypocritically attacks China on climate change, while Beijing leads world in renewable energy

The US constantly claims to uphold the so-called "rules-based international order" (which it never clearly defines), but China released a devastating report detailing Washington's hypocrisy on economic policies and "free trade".

VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=x8dJ1iiXLbI

EU admits new cold war is not ‘democracy vs autocracy’: Many 'authoritarian regimes on our side': https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2022/10/27/eu-cold-war-democracy-authoritarian

China condemns ‘US hegemony’, war crimes, CIA coups, 400 foreign interventions: https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2023/02/22/china-report-us-hegemony-wars-coups-intervention

China blasts US hypocrisy in violating 'rules-based order'

The BRICS bloc of Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa is holding a historic summit in Johannesburg, discussing expansion and de-dollarization, amid an internal debate: Will it openly challenge the Western-led G7 and its exploitation of the Global South, or will it simply promote neutrality?

VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=wQN7Uh_XMbA

US threatened to invade International Criminal Court. Now it loves ICC for targeting Putin: https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2023/03/29/us-invade-icc-putin

Iran joins group with China & Russia, calls to drop US dollar in trade: https://youtube.com/watch?v=YVKNh1gLSO0

BRICS debates mission at summit: Challenge West's G7 or be neutral?

Western sanctions are backfiring: The EU is now importing Russian liquified natural gas at record levels, and China has made high-tech breakthroughs despite US export restrictions. Ben Norton discusses how this is strengthening their economic sovereignty while blowing back on Europe.

VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=U5fycw5vkjo

US now world's top LNG exporter, as Europe boycotts cheaper Russian gas: https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2023/01/04/us-lng-exporter-europe-russia-gas

Europe pays more for banned Russian oil, resold by India - as EU wages fall: https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2023/04/30/europe-russia-oil-india-wages

Journalist Seymour Hersh says US blew up Nord Stream pipelines connecting Russia to Germany: https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2023/02/08/us-nord-stream-pipelines-seymour-hersh

Topics
0:00 Introduction: US economic warfare
3:49 Western sanctions on Russia backfire
20:47 China resists US tech sanctions
30:48 Outro: Sanctions are failing

Western sanctions failing: EU imports more Russian gas, China beats US tech war

Around the world, debt is skyrocketing - and rising interest rates are making it unsustainable. In this first part, Ben Norton discusses the impending crisis in the United States, before explaining in part two how Wall Street traps the Global South in debt.

VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=Ib3QOBbQR2g

US government bailout of Silicon Valley and banks is $300B gift to rich oligarchs: https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2023/03/19/fed-bailout-silicon-valley-banks

4 US banks crash in 2 months: Banking crisis explained by economist Michael Hudson: https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2023/05/05/first-republic-bank-crisis-michael-hudson

A huge debt crisis is coming

On September 11, 1973, the CIA sponsored a coup that overthrew copper-rich Chile's democratically elected socialist President Salvador Allende and imposed a fascist military dictatorship led by General Augusto Pinochet. Journalist Ben Norton reviews the historical evidence.

VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=mkB08AKNjQ0

Peru resource battle - CIA-linked US ambassador talks 'investments' with mining/energy ministers: https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2023/01/19/peru-resources-mining-gas-investment

The first 9/11: How the CIA overthrew Chile's democracy (and pillaged its copper)

Condemning Washington's "hegemonic mindset" and sanctions, China strengthened its strategic partnership with Venezuela. The oil-rich South American nation's President Nicolás Maduro took a historic trip to Beijing, and applied to join BRICS. Ben Norton analyzes the important geopolitical and economic consequences.

VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=n-jYaEb5SE0

How Trump and John Bolton attempted a coup in Venezuela: https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2022/07/12/trump-john-bolton-coups-venezuela

China deepens ties with Venezuela, challenging US 'hegemonic mindset'

Political economists Radhika Desai and Michael Hudson are joined by geopolitical analyst Pepe Escobar to discuss the rapidly changing world order at a time of summits of BRICS, G20, and G77 and the UN General Assembly.

VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=IJSzHN71Qj8

Transcript: https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2023/09/23/brics-nato-summits-radhika-desai-michael-hudson

You can watch other episodes of their program Geopolitical Economy Hour here: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDAi0NdlN8hMl9DkPLikDDGccibhYHnDP

BRICS or NATO? G20 or G77? Summits mark rapidly changing world order

Burkina Faso's revolutionary nationalist government delivered a fiery speech at the United Nations General Assembly, condemning Western governments for neo-colonial policies that seek to "pillage Africa" and exploit the continent's plentiful natural resources.

VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=3Af_En3ojC0

Check out our related video "Niger coup: 78% of people support military government's anti-colonial policies": https://youtube.com/watch?v=tAcc6U69E6o

Neo-colonialists are 'pillaging Africa': At UN, Burkina Faso blasts Western hypocrisy

International law clearly shows that the Palestinian people have a legal right to armed struggle against Israeli colonialism, just as South Africans did against apartheid. Gaza suffers under an illegal Israeli blockade that even a former British prime minister recognized to be a "prison camp". Journalist Ben Norton looks over the evidence.

VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=JwO6cGnn-M8

Palestinians have a legal right to armed resistance against Israeli colonialism

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