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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

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

Economist Radhika Desai and Ben Norton analyze imperialism, the failure of neoliberalism, and the new cold war that the US is waging against China and Russia.

VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=RVIpyOwJRW4

This is part 2 in a series discussing Radhika's new book "Capitalism, Coronavirus and War: A Geopolitical Economy".

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Imperialism, neoliberalism's failure and the new cold war, with Radhika Desai

In an interview with the Chamber of Commerce, US Ambassador Nicholas Burns referred to China as a “threat”, “great challenge”, and “very difficult government”, stating arrogantly, “The United States is staying in this region. We’re the leader in this [Indo-Pacific] region”.

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

Sources and more information here: https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2023/03/04/us-ambassador-china-leader-region

US admits weather pushed Chinese balloon off course, US shot down hobbyists’ $12 balloon in $2M missile attack: https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2023/02/18/us-weather-chinese-balloon-hobbyist

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

US arrogantly tells China ‘threat’: ‘We’re the leader in this region (Asia)’!

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 US banking crisis in this episode of their program Geopolitical Economy Hour.

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Did Wall Street take over the Treasury? Bank crisis exposes public realities of private banking

We mark the 20th anniversary of the Iraq War by revisiting some of the classic clips from our cowed and deferential news media circa 2003. PLUS: What is artificial intelligence and what does it mean for the future? Pulitzer-winning columnist Thomas Friedman doesn't know, but that didn't stop him from writing about it.

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