On September 16, 1994 at least 62 children between the ages of six and twelve witnessed something incredible and beyond explanation, over two decades later the children who witnessed this strange event recount their experiences in the recently released documentary film, Ariel Phenomenon.

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Ariel Phenomenon, When 62 Children Saw Something Extrordinary

Historian Aaron Good explains how Western colonial powers meddled in Indonesia to try to control its massive gold reserves. He also discusses the Suez Crisis in Egypt in 1956, and the Dwight Eisenhower administration's response.

This is PART 16 of the Empire and the Deep State series Geopolitical Economy Report editor Ben Norton is co-hosting with Aaron Good and Seamus McGuinness of the American Exception podcast.

VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=xYLGNw-GZ8w

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How Western empires meddled to exploit Indonesia's huge gold reserves (with historian Aaron Good)

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Legendary rapper Immortal Technique joins Abby to discuss the escalating tensions of the post-Trump era, the duopoly playing Americans, right-wing cooptation of conspiracy theory and deep-state critique, teaching real history and much more. 

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Abby Martin & Immortal Technique: Civil War

Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Seymour Hersh reported the US government destroyed the Nord Stream pipelines that delivered Russian gas to Germany. The Biden administration approved the CIA operation, which used explosives and Navy divers, with help from NATO member Norway.

VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=bZ5VLdqac-0

Read Seymour Hersh's article: https://seymourhersh.substack.com/p/how-america-took-out-the-nord-stream

Sources and more information here: https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2023/02/08/us-nord-stream-pipelines-seymour-hersh

Our report from back in October - "Who sabotaged Nord Stream pipelines? US boasts ‘tremendous opportunity’ to weaken Russia. CIA knew": https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2022/10/06/sabotage-nord-stream-pipelines-us-russia-cia

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

US blew up Nord Stream pipelines connecting Russia to Germany, journalist Seymour Hersh reports

Author and scholar Norman Finkelstein on how the Left undermines class politics from within; the legacy of Barack Obama; censorious culture within US academia and his new book, “I'll Burn That Bridge When I Get to It."

Guest: Norman Finkelstein. Author and scholar whose new book is “I'll Burn That Bridge When I Get to It."

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Norman Finkelstein On How The Left Cancels Itself

Economists Radhika Desai and Michael Hudson explain the rise of the US dollar system, its central role in imperialism, and why it ultimately failed to accomplish Washington's hegemonic goals.

VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=q3q7p_IElpY

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The rise of US dollar imperialism, and why it failed - with Radhika Desai & Michael Hudson

A study by the EU-funded European Council on Foreign Relations found that the West is increasingly out of touch politically with the rest of the world. Most people in China, India, and Türkiye see Russia as an important ally, and they want a multipolar world, not continued “American global supremacy”.

VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=6onX5CKS3hM

Sources and more information here: https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2023/02/25/west-rest-world-eu-study

West is out of touch with rest of world politically, EU-funded study admits

On today's episode John Prysner and Prof. Richard Wolff discuss how one year into the war in Ukraine, the U.S. government has committed $100 billion dollars to this bloody proxy conflict that is threatening the whole world with catastrophe. But while huge numbers of people suffer and die, some capitalists are focused on getting their share of this enormous sum of money. Who profits from war?

Professor Richard Wolff is an author & co-founder of the organization Democracy at Work. You can find his work at rdwolff.com.

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Ukraine War Turns 1: A $100 Billion Giveaway to the Arms Industry

Abby Martin speaks with journalist Vincent Bevins about the hidden CIA genocide in Indonesia, which created the model for US extermination campaigns against communists in 22 countries during the Cold War. 

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CIA Stories: The Jakarta Method w/ Vincent Bevins

The United States tries to keep people in the dark about the blockade against Cuba and the many accomplishments of the Cuban Revolution. This is part of the U.S. campaign to overturn the socialist government in Cuba that has successfully led its people through more than 60 years of attacks, attempted coups, sanctions, trade embargoes, and the Covid pandemic.

Brian is joined by Gloria La Riva, the coordinator of the Cuba and Venezuela Solidarity Committee and a longtime leader of brigades to Cuba to learn and expose people in the United States to the realities on the ground, and Aminah Sheikh, who is a labor and community organizer active in the Canadian peace movement.

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The People of the World Stand With Cuba Against the U.S. Blockade

Economists Radhika Desai and Michael Hudson discuss the evolution of the US dollar system after it was taken off the gold standard in 1971.

VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=dRlOfxWR-qE

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The dollar system's contradictions after de-linking from gold, with Radhika Desai & Michael Hudson

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