Our heroes discuss the strengths and weaknesses of an overall delightful comic book series.

We Just Watched... Peacemaker (Season One)

BAYC Bubba

bordertown trail

My track submission for The Producer Corner challenge #289

Wake Up

Wake Up - LyricalLisa

Here Without You

Insomnia

Chris and Molly read Inherent Vice, part 1. Shasta asks Doc for help. Discussion starts at around 30:00.  Groovy new show art TBA.

Infinite Cast

Inherent Cast Part 1

The United States voted against a proposed humanitarian truce in Gaza, opposing the vast majority of the world in the United Nations General Assembly and protecting Israel as it kills thousands of Palestinian civilians. Journalist Ben Norton analyzes the geopolitical situation.

VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=Vph4YDi17Ps

Our report on the US vetos of the UN Security Council ceasefire proposals: https://youtube.com/watch?v=rgD7pweEgG8

An explainer on how Palestinians have a legal right to armed resistance against Israeli colonialism: https://youtube.com/watch?v=JwO6cGnn-M8

Colombia's president warned that Israel's destruction of Gaza is the West's fascistic plan for the Global South: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kC8YMcHn9nE

US votes against peace in Gaza, defying vast majority of planet at UN

This week, on the Global Research News Hour, we are marking the 60th anniversary of the Kennedy assassination with two outstanding guests who have probed one of the most talked about moments in American history. In our first half hour, we speak with Jeremy Kuzmarov of Covert Action Magazine about the current state of affairs in the JFK Assassination, and what we have learned after 6 decades of research and sabotage of the facts. Then in Our second half hour, we are joined by Phillip F Nelson, a JFK researchers who will outline the facts surrounding his vice president Lyndon Baines Johnson as to his guilt in the affair and where researchers and activists of the current age should be devoting their attention in getting at the culprits of this great tragedy.

JFK 60 Years after his Death Part One: The CIA, the Case against LBJ and Beyond

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

Western media outlets have absurdly claimed China's economy is collapsing, due to a crisis in the real estate sector. But in reality, this is part of an intentional transition away from infrastructure, toward more investment in technological production. Ben Norton explains.

VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=VlXUy65hqv4

Check out our related video "How China became the world's industrial superpower - and why the US is desperate to stop it": https://youtube.com/watch?v=BT7Th2aV0wM

China's economy is not 'collapsing'. It's transitioning.

The third part of the disquiet junto challenge. 
I added a horn section to the beautiful track by Torsten Goerke (@torstengoerke) and Anatol Locker (@analoc), "Right Beside You [disquiet0637]":https://soundcloud.com/analoc/right-beside-you-disquiet0637?in=disquiet/sets/disquiet-junto-project-0637

3 of 3 (Disquiet0638)

Rating:  Mature
Original Text:  https://archiveofourown.org/works/1021303
Summary: The letters have been written, read, and discussed. But that doesn't mean anything's been resolved. Yet.
Music:  Run Away With Me by Richard Lacy

Letters

Letters, Resolved 9

Geopolitical Economy Report is an independent news outlet that provides original journalism and analysis to understand the changing world.

China's economy is not 'collapsing'. It's transitioning.

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