the fund (Sondervermögen Bundeswehr) was already planned by the new ruling coalition  last year, but they used the war to push it through.

Die Linke isn't socialist though. they only want a better capitalism.

Donald Trump announced on Tuesday that he’s running for president again, despite only delivering a “red trickle” in the midterm elections and losing the presidency by seven million votes in 2020. What was his real record in office?

Brian is joined by Eugene Puryear, an author, activist, and co-host with Rania Khalek of The Freedom Side LIVE, a live video show every Thursday from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. ET on BreakThrough.

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Trump’s 2024 Announcement Speech Debunked — His Real Record Against Workers

A leaked confidential strategy paper shows Germany is preparing for a potential war with Russia, as it boosts its budget and plans to become the world’s third-biggest military spender.

VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=toyPvPg7Yaw

Sources here: https://multipolarista.com/2022/11/24/germany-military-war-russia

German military preparing for potential war with Russia, leaked internal report reveals

EU leaders are furious that the US is making lots of money from the proxy war in Ukraine by selling weapons and exporting expensive natural gas. Meanwhile European industries are being destroyed as high energy prices and US subsidies push its companies to go overseas.

VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=N3wWaoOtVZI

Sources in our article here: https://multipolarista.com/2022/11/28/europe-us-profits-ukraine-war-economy

Europe angry that US profits from Ukraine proxy war while destroying EU economy

Multipolarista host Ben Norton was invited on Lee Camp's show to explain the two coups that happened in Latin America in two days: the right-wing judicial coup against Argentina's Vice President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner on December 6 and the right-wing congressional coup against Peru's President Pedro Castillo on December 7.

We also discuss Latin America's attempt to create a new financial system to free itself from the hegemony of the US dollar and sanctions, as well as the Latin American left's leading role in campaigning for the freedom of political prisoner Julian Assange.

VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=Kf1b95SGUp0

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2 coups in Latin America in 2 days: Peru and Argentina - What happened?

Patreon only: Jeff Sachs on Anthony Fauci and the lab leak theory. https://www.patreon.com/posts/75690871

Jeff Sachs talks about the proxy war in Ukraine and how the West provoked Russia. Norman Solomon talks about the "Don't Run, Joe" campaign, why Biden 2024 would be a "disaster," and the danger of corporate Democrats.

Jeff Sachs is an economist, director of the Center for Sustainable Development at Columbia University and president of the U.N. Sustainable Development Solutions Network. 

Norman Solomon is an American journalist, media critic, author, activist and is co-founder and national coordinator of RootsAction.org. His latest book, "War Made Invisible: How America Hides the Human Toll of Its Military Machine," will be published by The New Press in June 2023.

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Jeff Sachs On Ukraine Proxy War & Norman Solomon on 'Don't Run, Joe'

As the U.S. government plans to send its most advanced surface-to-air missile system to Ukraine. Meanwhile, the masses of people in Ukraine and the rest of Europe are falling further into poverty as conditions worsen and prices rise. Rather than promoting peace and advocating for negotiations, the United States, European Union, and NATO are publicly discussing escalating the war, while the IMF, World Bank, and corporate interests speculate on how much profit they can make in the future rebuilding of Ukraine, having moved the country decisively away from Russia and into the Western fold.

Brian is joined by Ben Norton, an investigative journalist based in Latin America, and editor of the independent news website Multipolarista, at multipolarista.com.

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The Big Business of War & Ukraine’s Neocolonial Future w/ Ben Norton

Lula da Silva has returned as Brazil's president. This will cause a major geopolitical shift. Meanwhile, far-right leader Jair Bolsonaro fled to Florida, fearing legal consequences for his corruption.

Brazil-based journalist Brian Mier joins to discuss what a third Lula government means for Latin America and the world.

VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=CQq1kTubYQQ

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Brazil's President Lula is back - and Bolsonaro fled to Florida

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

Historian Aaron Good explains US President John F. Kennedy's policies on the wars on Vietnam and Laos, and JFK's conflict with the generals in the Pentagon's Joint Chiefs of Staff.

VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=vkslqu9_q0w

This is from 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 2 of our historical analysis of the JFK administration.

(This episode was recorded in November 2022.)

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

History of US empire: JFK and wars on Vietnam and Laos

On today's episode Nicole Roussell interviews Brian Becker about the indictment of Donald Trump, the leader of Taiwan meeting with Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy, the ever expanding story about who destroyed Nordstream 2, and the win for abortion rights in Wisconsin.

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The Politics of the Trump Indictment

The elite European Council on Foreign Relations, which is funded by many Western governments, warned that the EU is becoming a "vassal" of the United States, losing its independence.

VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=-xcVy-Fta1I

Read the original report here: https://ecfr.eu/publication/the-art-of-vassalisation-how-russias-war-on-ukraine-has-transformed-transatlantic-relations

Europe is becoming ‘vassal’ of US, EU-funded think tank warns

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