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Economic Hit Man (EHM) John Perkins discusses his new book and how the Chinese have appropriated the EHM model for global takeover. He argues that the use of the EHM model by both the Anglosphere and Beijing is creating a death economy. He sees the New Cold War as a race to disaster. However, China's model is different, it's got a great growth story to tell, and it doesn't impose draconian conditions like the West does. He discusses meeting luminaries such as Nursultan Nazarbayev and Sergey Glazyev and how colonial resentment is growing against the U.S. as Washington loses hegemony and China takes over. But this is all leading to a global death economy and we need to change the system.

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Website https://johnperkins.org
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About John Perkins
As Chief Economist at a major international consulting firm, John Perkins advised the World Bank, United Nations, IMF, U.S. Treasury Department, Fortune 500 corporations, and countries in Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Middle East. He worked directly with heads of state and CEOs of major companies.

John’s classic, Confessions of an Economic Hit Man (2004) spent 73 weeks on the New York Times bestseller list and has been published in more than 35 languages. It was a groundbreaking exposé of the clandestine operations that created the current global crises. The New Confessions of an Economic Hit Man (2016) brought the story of economic hit men and jackal assassins up to date at that time and chillingly home to the U.S. It went on to provide practical strategies for each of us to transform the failing global death economy into a regenerative life economy. The two books have sold more than 1.9 million copies.

In addition to economics, politics and global intrigue, John has also written books on indigenous cultures and what they can teach us about sustainability and transformation, including The World Is As You Dream It, Spirit of the Shuar, and The Stress-Free Habit.

John has lectured at Harvard, Oxford, and more than 50 other universities around the world. He has been featured on ABC, NBC, CNN, NPR, A&E, the History Channel, Time, The New York Times, The Washington Post, Cosmopolitan, Elle, Der Spiegel, and many other publications, as well as in numerous documentaries including The End of Poverty?, Zeitgeist Addendum, and Apology of an Economic Hit Man.

He is a founder and board member of Dream Change and The Pachamama Alliance, nonprofit organizations devoted to establishing a world that future generations will want to inherit. He was awarded the Lennon Ono Grant for Peace, and Rainforest Action Network Challenging Business As Usual Award, among other accolades.

*Podcast intro music is from the song "The Queens Jig" by "Musicke & Mirth" from their album "Music for Two Lyra Viols": http://musicke-mirth.de/en/recordings.html (available on iTunes or Amazon)

John Perkins: China & West Are Both Creating Death Economy Using Hit Man Model #361

Security Expert Lee Slusher discusses the state of Pax Americana and how the post-WWII status quo is failing. The West's foray into Ukraine is a fool's errand and it's likely we've reached peak NATO and EU. He analyzes the recent Prigozhin incident and evaluates Russian power. Lee lived and worked in Taiwan and believes the U.S. no longer has the capability to defend Taiwan. He feels countries are making concrete steps toward multipolarity. We also discuss the destabilization of Hungary, the U.S.-Mexico border crisis, the global elite, and how the goal on all fronts is control.

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Lee Slusher on TNT Radio https://tntradiolive.podbean.com/e/lee-slusher-on-the-hrvoje-moric-show-16-november-2022
Lee Slusher on Tommy's Podcast https://rumble.com/v2l55qk-taiwan-lee-slusher-tpc-1207.html
Lee Slusher on TFTC https://tftc.io/tftc-podcast/417

About Lee Slusher
Lee is an international strategic security expert with over twenty years of analytical and operational experience supporting the U.S. intelligence community and special operations, as well as the private sector. He has worked with the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, the U.S. Army’s Asymmetric Warfare Group, the National Ground Intelligence Center, and the Department of Defense’s cryptologic community. In addition, Lee is currently a geopolitical intelligence and national security expert with the international consulting platform, Poligage.

*Podcast intro music is from the song "The Queens Jig" by "Musicke & Mirth" from their album "Music for Two Lyra Viols": http://musicke-mirth.de/en/recordings.html (available on iTunes or Amazon)

Lee Slusher: Post-WWII Order Collapsing, World Moving Toward Multipolarity, Elites Seek Control #367

Renown Swiss historian Daniele Ganser discusses his new book "USA: The Ruthless Empire", the Military-Industrial-Complex and Security State, the Washington elite, and how the establishment continues to falsely pretend that America is not an empire. Illegal NATO regime change operations and expansion provoked Russia's illegal Ukraine invasion. He is convinced the multipolar world is here and in the making. U.S. elite don't want a strong Europe and the Nord Stream false flag was a demonstration of that. He believes we are witnessing 'imperial overstretch' as tactics such as color revolutions become less successful. He also comments on COVID-19 and the danger of "digital empire" and the Chinese-style social credit system coming to the West.

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NATO's Secret Armies: https://www.danieleganser.ch/buecher/natos-secret-armies

About Daniele Ganser
Daniele Ganser, born in Lugano in 1972, is a historian who specializes in contemporary history since 1945 and international politics. His main research focuses on peace studies, geostrategy, covert warfare, resource conﬂicts, and economic policy. He is the founder and director of the Swiss Institute for Peace and Energy Research in Basel, and is the author of Illegal Wars: From Cuba to Syria—How NATO Countries Sabotaged the UN.

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Daniele Ganser: America is a Ruthless Empire, but Multipolarity is in the Making #372

I speak to journalist Brian Berletic about Russia's military and realpolitik strategy in Syria. While many people have a reactionary response to Israel's persistent aggression against Syria - Russia, Syria, Iran and allies are studying the long-term strategy which is agreed upon with Damascus in the driving seat.

Why doesn't Russia do more when Israel attacks Syria? Brian Berletic interview

The US could strengthen its arguments about the legitimacy of its military buildups on the borders of Russia and China by opening the door to Russia and China militarizing Latin America.

Reading by Tim Foley.

A Helpful Suggestion

A new US warship has been ushered into service in Sydney. The ship is called the USS Canberra to honor the military union of the United States and Australia, and, if that's still too subtle for you, it has a literal star-spangled kangaroo affixed to its side. 

Reading by Tim Foley.

The Star-Spangled Kangaroo

These stories about the space militarization race aren't getting the attention the much more entertaining UFO stories are getting, but it seems likely that those who are responsible for moving the war machinery around are paying a lot more attention to the former than the latter. The US Space Force took its first steps toward becoming a reality in 2017, the same year these mainstream UFO stories started coming out, with the explicit purpose of countering Russia and China.

Reading by Tim Foley.

Funny How The UFO Narrative Coincides With The Race To Weaponize Space

The Blow - The Love That I Crave

Keep breaking the spell and drawing attention to what's really going on, and you can stomp out the abuse at its source.

Reading by Tim Foley.

Disrupt The Culture Wars

Ask an anti-imperialist what's the worst thing Trump did and they'll talk about real things like Yemen, Venezuela, Soleimani, Assange, the JCPOA, and the new cold war. Ask a Democrat what's the worst thing Trump did and they'll talk about pretend nonsense like Russian collusion and insurrection.
The US government is doing literally hundreds of things right now as you read this that are more harmful and concerning than a pretend "insurrection" that never at any time had a higher than zero percent chance of succeeding, but that's the issue liberals have been shrieking about for the last two and a half years.

Reading by Tim Foley.

Democrats Don't Care About Trump's Real Crimes

Readings of all Caitlin Johnstone's articles, usually by her co-writer Tim Foley.