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Having just returned from nearly a month treating the wounded in Gaza, emergency physician Dr. Thaer Ahmad talks with Abby Martin about the abduction/torture of doctors and hospitals under constant siege. Cutting through mainstream propaganda, Dr. Ahmad also sets the stage for the coming crisis of starvation. Dr. Ahmad is the Global Health Director at Advocate Christ Medical Center in Chicago. 

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Unprecedented War Crimes: Eyewitness Truth in Gaza Hospitals w/ Dr. Thaer Ahmad

The US government has sent troops to Taiwan, just a few kilometers from mainland China, while also selling billions of dollars of weapons and military equipment. Is Washington preparing for war? Ben Norton analyzes the geopolitical situation.

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

After Ukraine, US readies ‘transnational kill chain’ for Taiwan proxy war: https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2024/03/01/ukraine-us-kill-chain-taiwan-war

Topics
0:00 Intro
2:15 US sends troops to Taiwan
4:39 US general threatens war on China
5:28 Nuclear weapons
7:03 US once had nukes in Taiwan
10:22 US "arms Taiwan to the teeth"
13:27 US military surrounds China
16:22 Pentagon's "kill chain for the Pacific"
18:23 Elon Musk's role
19:19 US military interoperability with Taiwan
20:57 Washington threatens Chinese sovereignty
22:58 US communiqués recognizing One China policy
27:46 US violates agreements
29:28 Parallels to Ukraine
31:48 Outro

US sends troops & weapons to Taiwan. Is it preparing war on China?

Six months of this now. Half a year.
Half a year of genocide apologia.
Half a year of the most outrageous lies you can possibly imagine.
Half a year of seeing children's bodies ripped to pieces and starved to skeletons on our social media feeds.

Reading by Tim Foley.

Six Months Of Hell On Earth

Argentina's libertarian President Javier Milei ordered his intelligence agency to give full power to the CIA, while the US spy agency's director is welcomed to Buenos Aires. Ben Norton discusses how self-declared "anarcho-capitalist" Milei withdrew from BRICS, allied with Israel, and is implementing neoliberal shock therapy, selling off the South American nation in mass privatizations, as most workers live in poverty.

VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=4VBlUW4BpYs

Check out our related video "How extremist Javier Milei became Argentina's president: A story of debt, crisis, and empire": https://youtube.com/watch?v=FN6hoIb-QqA

Topics
0:00 Foreign meddling in Argentina
1:08 Javier Milei
1:41 CIA
3:24 Billionaire oligarch
4:03 Anarcho-capitalism
5:05 IMF
7:17 Inflation
8:25 Poverty
9:43 Israel
11:00 Milei's geopolitical alignment: US & Israel
11:33 BRICS
12:13 US corporations
13:32 Beat the status quo... by joining it
14:24 US-backed coup & dictatorship
18:24 Outro

CIA and Wall Street are taking over Argentina: President Milei sells off his country

Stop telling us about the president’s feelings. Stop telling us he’s “angry” and “frustrated” with Israel. No one cares. Nobody gives a shit how Biden’s feelings feel about the government he’s helping carry out a genocide. All that matters is that he’s helping them commit genocide.

Reading by Tim Foley.

Stop Reporting On Biden's Angry Feelings Toward Israel. It's Not News. It's Not Interesting.

This week Black Agenda Report’s poet in residence discusses his work and learn why Bill Clinton, the CIA director and Tony Blair have all recently visited Guyana. But first we discuss the Black vote and election year politics in the pivotal state of Michigan.

Black Agenda Radio April 5, 2024

Israel has generously and compassionately reopened the Erez crossing to allow aid into Gaza, as it is the only way to ensure that the US will keep sending them weapons to kill the people in Gaza.

Reading by Tim Foley.

Israel Lets Some Aid Into Gaza So The US Will Keep Giving It Weapons To Kill People In Gaza

We cannot allow them to neuter this political moment with spin and propaganda.

Reading by Tim Foley.

As Support For Gaza Goes Mainstream, Don't Let The Empire Co-Opt The Movement

Australia's Defence Department has refused a Freedom of Information request about the details of an arms deal with Israel on the grounds that such information "could harm Australia's international standing and reputation," which suggests the details must be pretty damning.

Reading by Tim Foley.

Australian Military Refuses To Disclose Arms Deal With Israel To Protect Its 'Reputation'

Japan's currency the yen has fallen significantly against the dollar. It its economy in crisis? What is the role of US interest rates, inflation, debt, and deficits? What about China? Ben Norton explains the complex geoeconomic situation.

VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=sz3r36ZTe7Q

Topics
0:00 Intro
1:40 Yen plunges against US dollar
3:32 Rising exports, falling imports
4:40 Did Germany overtake Japan?
5:58 Nominal GDP is misleading
7:27 PPP is much more accurate
9:25 Misunderstanding GDP figures
10:53 US deficits & debt drive GDP growth
12:37 Strong US dollar
13:58 Industrialization & manufacturing
15:31 Current account
16:15 US Treasury securities
18:09 Why is the yen falling?
18:43 Interest rates
20:37 Bond yields
23:28 Why doesn't Japan raise interest rates?
23:50 Japan's debt
26:18 Inflation
29:32 US Treasurys
30:29 De-dollarization: China drops US bonds
33:14 TL;DW (conclusion)
35:07 Outro

Is Japan in crisis as yen crashes? Or is USA exporting its economic problems?

Israel prepares for a bigger war in Gaza despite its failures and the global condemnation for the invasion of Rafah. Even though Hamas has agreed to a deal, Joe Biden claims the problem with reaching a ceasefire is Hamas and the Palestinian resistance.

Brian Becker is joined by Layan Sima Fuleihan, a Palestinian organizer with the Shut It Down for Palestine coalition, a popular educator, the Education Director at The People’s Forum, and an editor at 1804 Books.

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Israel’s Real Plan: Expand War, Reject Ceasefire, and String Biden Along

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