We talk with Jefferson Morley about the latest developments in the JFK assassination—specifically the documents which were released in part yesterday, Thursday the 15th of December. Unsurprisingly, the CIA is still withholding many documents, after 59 years and counting.

Jefferson Morley is a Washington author and veteran journalist whose novelistic non-fiction books explore untold chapters in the history of the American nation. His latest book is Scorpions' Dance: The President, the Spymaster, and Watergate. Some of his other books include The Ghost: The Secret Life of CIA Spymaster James Jesus Angleton and Our Man in Mexico: Winston Scott and the Hidden History of the CIA.

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Special thanks to Dana Chavarria for the sound engineering!

Music: "This Nation" by Mock Orange

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Episode 92: What is the CIA Hiding About Lee Oswald? w/Jefferson Morley

Secret documents appear to reveal the internal assessments of Pentagon officials regarding the war in Ukraine, the extensive US direction of the proxy war, and how even its close allies are not safe from U.S. spying.

Brian is joined by Walter Smolarek, editor of Liberation News and producer of this show, to help explain and dissect what’s going on in Ukraine, the destruction of the Nordstream pipeline, and recent inflammatory coverage of China.

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Leaked Pentagon Docs Show US Elites Want Never-Ending Ukraine War

To analyze the conflict in Ukraine, political economists Radhika Desai and Michael Hudson are joined by economic geographer Mick Dunford. They discuss the aggressive neoliberal reforms being imposed by the Ukrainian government and Europe's suicidal policies.

VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=6bF3QkHIB7I

Transcript: https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2023/05/15/ukraine-neoliberalism-europe-economic-suicide

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

Ukraine's neoliberalism on steroids, Europe’s economic suicide

Rising corporate profits have caused 45% of inflation in Europe, compared to 40% for rising import prices and just 15% for wages, according to research by IMF economists.

VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=qdZbq1iw-ho

Sources and more information here: https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2023/06/26/corporate-profits-inflation-europe-imf

US Federal Reserve says its goal is ‘to get wages down’: https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2022/05/24/us-federal-reserve-wages-inflation

How corporate profits are driving inflation, not workers' wages

Political economists Radhika Desai, Michael Hudson, and Ann Pettifor discuss how the international financial system traps Global South countries in debt, reinforcing a neocolonial system.

Transcript: https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2023/07/11/colonialism-sovereignty-financial-system-debt

VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=x13cSy8S8To

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Colonialism or sovereignty? How the global financial system traps countries in debt

As world leaders from the Global South convene in South Africa for the BRICS Summit this week, the West is watching closely. 23 countries have applied to join Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa in the grouping, which is focused on trade and development in their regions — typically dominated by colonizing powers in Europe and the United States. Where is BRICS headed and what unifies the grouping?

Brian Becker is joined by Mikaela Nhondo Erskog, member of secretariat of Pan Africanism Today, researcher at Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research, member of No Cold War, and host of the podcast The Crane: An Africa-China podcast coming from the DongSheng News collective.

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BRICS Summit: China, Africa, Russia and the 23 New Applicants

On today's episode Brian and Prof. Richard Wolff discuss the criminal inaction of the White House and Congress against inflation and the rising costs of basic goods we need to live.

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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Inflation and the Next Crash

What is life like in China? How does its economy work? Is it obsessed with censorship, or actually defending its sovereignty against foreign interference? Journalist Ben Norton discusses his experience living in the country.

VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=EeuYRuOZ6rU

Watch our related video "How China became the world's industrial superpower - and why the US is desperate to stop it": https://youtube.com/watch?v=BT7Th2aV0wM

Check out our report "How China strengthened food security and fought poverty with state-funded cooperatives": https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2022/05/31/china-food-security-poverty-cooperatives

Topics
0:00 Why I moved to China
1:34 China's remarkable economic growth
2:24 The most sovereign country?
4:32 Technological sovereignty
7:40 Dangers of a new cold war
9:28 An unnecessary disclaimer
11:35 Unprecedented economic development
19:33 China's unique sovereignty
23:32 De-industrialization
24:42 China's sovereign social media space
28:28 China's sovereign technological space
31:20 Digitalization of the economy
34:09 Phones
36:29 Cars and computers
39:08 US sanctions and tech war
41:16 Censorship, or digital tariffs?
46:59 Problems
47:31 Energy security and green transition
50:42 Food security
52:15 Debt
54:18 Inequality
55:48 Democracy?
59:14 Protecting sovereignty is not isolationism
59:55 Export- or consumption-based model?
1:05:05 Comparative advantage: a critique
1:19:30 Outro

A look inside China: Is this the most sovereign country on Earth?

All the debt in the world is three-and-a-half times the size of the global economy: 349% of GDP, or $37,500 per person on Earth. It is unpayable. But poor countries are forced to pay high interest rates to rich bondholders on Wall Street, while Western vulture funds profit. Journalist Ben Norton analyzes the deeply unequal international financial system.

VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=WRkhWQ0sRn4

Watch the first part here - "A huge debt crisis is coming": https://youtube.com/watch?v=Ib3QOBbQR2g

Global debt is unpayable: How Wall Street traps poor countries, profiting rich ones

Prof. Marandi of the University of Tehran says a larger war, involving Iran, Hezbollah and others, is becoming more likely by the day as Israel continues its bombardment of Gaza. President Biden is now visiting Israel, doubling down on the United States’ unconditional support of the apartheid regime. Days after the Un documented how Israel had struck schools and hospitals where Palestinians had taken refuge, a major hospital suffered a direct hit, killing more than 500.

Brian Becker is joined by Professor Mohammad Marandi. He is an expert on American studies and postcolonial literature who teaches at the University of Tehran.

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Iran Analyst: Regional War is Coming Unless Israel Stops Its Attack

On today's episode Brian and Prof. Richard Wolff discuss how inflation is hitting our paychecks—despite financial reports stating good news.

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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