The chief of the UK Army, Patrick Sanders, told his troops to prepare for World War III with Russia. Benjamin Norton discusses how Western imperialists are threatening nuclear apocalypse to try to save their declining empires.

VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=MKO1v65OSt0

British army chief tells troops prepare for World War III with Russia

Cutting-edge research has recently revealed that festive movie The Muppet Christmas Carol is actually based on a book. Many are now speculating that there may even be historical context at play. But what could it be? To unwrap the politics of A Christmas Carol, Eleanor Penny is joined by James Butler, co-founder of Novara Media and a contributing editor at the London Review of Books. 

Together they discuss the hungry 1840s, deflationary economics, Scrooge's miserly capitalism and why Charles Dickens' conversion story is our most enduring ghost of Christmas past.

Happy Christmas from everyone at Novara Media!

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Novara FM: A Christmas Carol w/ James Butler

Ukraine’s leader Volodymyr Zelensky admitted he refused to implement the 2015 Minsk II peace deal with Russia. Germany and France said Kiev used the agreement to “buy time” to prepare for war. Israel's ex Prime Minister Naftali Bennett revealed the West "blocked" attempt to hold negotiations.

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

Sources and more information here: https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2023/02/10/ukraine-zelensky-minsk-peace-russia

West killed peace proposal to end Ukraine war, Russia supported negotiated settlement: https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2022/09/03/west-peace-proposal-ukraine-russia

US, UK, France promised USSR not to expand NATO east of Germany, newly discovered document proves: https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2022/02/20/us-uk-france-russia-expand-nato-east-germany

US gov’t body plots to break up Russia in name of ‘decolonization’: https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2022/06/23/us-government-decolonize-russia

Ukraine’s Zelensky sabotaged peace deal with Russia, West blocked negotiations

Economist Radhika Desai and Ben Norton discuss the neoliberal myth of "globalization", the contradictions of US hegemony, and the crisis of capitalism.

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

This is part 1 in a series discussing Radhika's new book "Capitalism, Coronavirus, and War: A Geopolitical Economy".

You can download Radhika's book for free here: https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2023/02/17/capitalism-coronavirus-war-geopolitical-economy-radhika-desai

Other episodes in the series: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDAi0NdlN8hNZoKp0XsLFwSxxlMQu6ye8

You can get Radhika's previous book "Geopolitical Economy: After US Hegemony, Globalization, and Empire" here: https://plutobooks.com/9781849648400/geopolitical-economy

The 'globalization' myth, US hegemony, and crisis of capitalism, with Radhika Desai

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

Historian Aaron Good explains US President John F. Kennedy's policies on the wars on Vietnam and Laos, and JFK's conflict with the generals in the Pentagon's Joint Chiefs of Staff.

VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=vkslqu9_q0w

This is from the Empire and the Deep State series that Geopolitical Economy Report editor Ben Norton is co-hosting with Aaron Good and Seamus McGuinness of the American Exception podcast.

This is part 2 of our historical analysis of the JFK administration.

(This episode was recorded in November 2022.)

PLAYLIST with past episodes in the series here: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDAi0NdlN8hNArLl765PXe8tsTKmOciGL

History of US empire: JFK and wars on Vietnam and Laos

Lucy, Theo and Andrew bring you: The medium-sized theft of a tiny house, an absence of Nazi gold in a Dutch village, stolen valour at an ultra marathon, and how not to illegally buy your boxes of body parts.
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Cory Doctorow — returning champion, friend of the show, and author of the new novel Red Team Blues — joins us to chat about fiction (science), finance (crypto), forensics (accounting), and much more. You never knew forensic accounting could be so radical and thrilling, but Red Team Blues is an immanent critique of techno-financial capitalism in the guise of a page ripping novel. We cover a lot of ground, all of it fascinating, as we always do when Cory comes on TMK.

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257. Red Team Blues (ft. Cory Doctorow)

On today's episode Brian Becker and Prof. Richard Wolff discuss the massive wildfires in Canada that blanketed the East Coast in a haze of smoke for days. As the climate crisis intensifies, hazardous conditions are set to become more and more common in every part of the world. But for the capitalists, the only thing that matters is that their employees keep coming in to the job, regardless of the severe health dangers. Without workers working, the capitalists make zero profits.

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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Capitalists Wage War on Nature

In this Live Interview with Nell McShane Wulfhart, we discuss the hidden labor and humiliation of the Airline Industry's "Swingin' 60's" image and how the "pretty faces" behind the tawdry ads fought back.

News Brief: "Go Fly Yourself": Marketing 'Sex' and the Great Stewardess Rebellion of the 1970s

Alexander Edward from Minion Death Cult joins us to talk about the possible upcoming UPS strike. But first, what the fuck just happened in Russia??? We sort of catch you up ish.

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Big UPS w/ Alexander Edward

News and views about the world for those who want to change it, with Brian Becker

The People of the World Stand With Cuba Against the U.S. Blockade

The Socialist Program with Brian Becker