I don't know what a 'liberal' means? As I recall 'liberals' in the U.S.A. a few decades ago were not perceived as wanna-bes, but rather shunned. Strangely, as a Canadian living in the Great White North, the liberal party has ruled this land for at least as long as the existence of dodo birds, and thus, in the North, being a 'liberal' was a step towards governing the land, while in the U.S.A. it was an unwelcomed label.  Go figure!  Bernie Sanders cannot bring himself to utter the word 'genocide', Go figure! Palestinian women, in spite of being bombed, starved and threatened from every facet of the human condition, are forced by male laws to wear a veil, go figure! I certainly can't!

Many Latin American countries have accused Israel of genocide against the Palestinian people, even comparing it to Nazi Germany. Ben Norton explains the responses of Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Peru, and Venezuela.

VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=63Zj691F8Iw

Topics
0:00 Intro
0:54 Latin American countries that support Palestine
1:47 ICJ or ICC? Differences
2:41 ICJ says Israel can be investigated for genocide
3:32 Israel's war on Gaza is most destructive in modern history
4:20 Brazil's President Lula compares Israel to Nazi Germany
6:01 Israeli media compares Netanyahu's government to Nazis
8:18 Colombia's President Gustavo Petro accuses Israel of genocide
9:43 Bolivia's ex-President Evo Morales accuses Israel of genocide
10:22 US imperialism in Latin America and West Asia
12:08 Venezuela compares Israel to Nazi Germany
13:07 Nicaragua's President Ortega blasts West's "horrendous crimes"
13:56 Nicaragua joins South Africa's ICJ case
16:04 Cuba accuses Israel of genocide
16:39 Bolivia breaks diplomatic ties with Israel
16:58 Belize breaks diplomatic ties with Israel
17:08 Honduras recalls its ambassador in Israel
17:19 Latin America's right-wing governments support Israel
18:41 El Salvador's Nayib Bukele supports Israel
19:23 Argentina's Javier Milei supports Israel
20:21 Latin American left vs right
21:13 Latin America's anti-imperialist leadership
23:18 Outro

Latin America charges Israel with genocide, compares it to Nazi Germany

One of the main reasons the self-immolation of Aaron Bushnell is having such an earthshaking impact on our society is because it's the single most profound act of sincerity that any of us have ever witnessed.

Reading by Tim Foley.

A Profound Act Of Sincerity

Alfred de Zayas discusses how democracy and media and institutions in the West have become fake and are morphing into Orwellian totalitarianism. However, the world is changing, we are no longer the unipolar world of Washington and Brussels, we are a multipolar world...the global majority is not anymore with the West. NATO is a criminal organization with a history of violence and violation of the UN Charter. The EU is a scam. We are living the totalitarian dystopia that George Orwell predicted. He explains the true history behind the Russia-Ukraine War. With the support of the U.S., Israel is committing genocide in Gaza. Julian Assange's fate does not look good. He doesn't think the West has it in them to start WW3. He never gives up hope and is optimistic in the long-term.

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Alfred de Zayas: The West Has Become a Totalitarian Dystopia, The World Has Become Multipolar #404

This week we hear about Haiti, the tainted investigations of the 2021 assassination of Jovenel Moise, the 20th anniversary of the US coup against president Aristide, and the impending U.S. occupation. But first we hear about the Abandon Biden campaign which was created in the wake of U.S. and Israeli war crimes in Gaza.

Black Agenda Radio March 1, 2024

You have either consciously chosen to side with the people who are being continually massacred by Israel, or you have consciously chosen to side with Israel, or you have sided with Israel by being "neutral", or you have sided with Israel by being indifferent.

Reading by Tim Foley.

You Have Already Taken A Side On Israel-Palestine (Whether You Admit It Or Not)

In the case of suicide as we conventionally understand it, death is the goal. It is the both the means and the end, in and of itself. Aaron Bushnell's self-immolation was a means to a very different end: a free Palestine and the cessation of an ongoing genocide.

Reading by Tim Foley.

Aaron Bushnell's Death Can't Rightly Be Called An Act Of Suicide

There's an infuriatingly common type of liberal who purports to oppose Israel's actions in Gaza while also saying they support "Israel's right to exist", as though Israel's existence is somehow separable from its genocidal murderousness.

Reading by Tim Foley.

On Palestine And The Worthlessness Of The Western Liberal

The European Union’s top diplomat, Josep Borrell, admitted that the “era of Western dominance has indeed definitively ended”. He warned that the EU must not divide the world into “the West against the Rest”, as “many in the ‘Global South’ accuse us of ‘double standards’”. Ben Norton analyzes the historic shift.

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

Sources and more information here: https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2024/02/26/western-dominance-ended-eu-josep-borrell/

Related videos:
- EU confesses 'our prosperity was based on China & Russia': cheap energy, low-paid labor, big market: https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2022/10/18/eu-prosperity-china-russia-energy-market/
- West votes against democracy, human rights, cultural equality at UN; promotes mercenaries, sanctions: https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2023/11/26/west-vote-democracy-human-rights-un-sanctions/

Topics
0:00 "Western dominance has ended"
2:41 Europe's "prosperity was based on China and Russia"
4:05 West vs. the Rest
5:07 Ukraine and NATO
7:05 Europe becoming US "vassal"
8:06 West votes against rest of world at UN
12:44 US-led imperialist system
18:58 Terms "Global South" and "West"
24:54 Outro

‘Western dominance has ended’, EU foreign-policy chief admits, warning of ‘West against the Rest’

The Biden administration is supposedly planning to set up a temporary pier in Gaza to allow for the large-scale shipment of sorely needed goods into the enclave, which reportedly will take weeks to build and will still be subjected to an Israeli checkpoint.

Reading by Tim Foley.

Pretending The US Can't Just Drive Aid Into Gaza

Dr. Gerald Horne is an author and historian who currently holds the John J. and Rebecca Moores Chair of History and African American Studies at the University of Houston. His most recent book is "I Dare Say: a Gerald Horne Reader."
He joins us to discuss US/Israeli policy, which has culminated in war crimes and a genocide in Gaza. We also discuss the U.S. proxy war in Ukraine and other international issues.

Dr. Gerald Horne Discusses the Crises of Imperialism

Political economists Radhika Desai and Michael Hudson are joined by Professor C.P. Chandrasekhar to discuss what is really happening in India's economy, if its government growth statistics and other official data are accurate, the policies of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his party BJP, and the country's 2024 elections.

VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=3zt1ZYzWP7k

You can watch other episodes of their program Geopolitical Economy Hour here: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDAi0NdlN8hMl9DkPLikDDGccibhYHnDP

Is India's economy truly thriving? Or is it exaggerating its growth?

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