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NATO failed in Ukraine against Russia. Now it's targeting China
Political economists Radhika Desai and Michael Hudson are joined by geopolitical analyst Pepe Escobar to discuss how NATO has shifted from its proxy …
2 years, 7 months ago
US hypocritically attacks China on climate change, while Beijing leads world in renewable energy
The United States is the largest historic contributor to climate change, yet Washington is condemning Beijing for supposedly not doing enough. In rea…
2 years, 7 months ago
How neoliberalism devastated the economy, fueling financial instability and extreme inequality
Political economist Radhika Desai discusses the origins of neoliberalism as a fringe ideology and how it became dominant, fueling extreme inequality,…
2 years, 7 months ago
Colonialism or sovereignty? How the global financial system traps countries in debt
Political economists Radhika Desai, Michael Hudson, and Ann Pettifor discuss how the international financial system traps Global South countries in d…
2 years, 7 months ago
Iran joins group with China & Russia, calls to drop US dollar in trade
Iran has become a full member of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, along with China, Russia, India, Pakistan, and Central Asian nations. The SCO…
2 years, 7 months ago
Biden joins Trump in appointing war criminal involved in genocide: Meet Elliott Abrams, coup expert
US President Joe Biden appointed notorious neoconservative war criminal Elliott Abrams as an advisor for "public diplomacy". Abrams previously served…
2 years, 7 months ago
What is neoliberalism? How the 'Washington consensus' was imposed on the world
Neoliberalism is often misunderstood, but it is very important to understand this ideology that has dominated global economics and politics for decad…
2 years, 7 months ago
How China became the world's industrial superpower - and why the US is desperate to stop it
China has gone from one of the poorest countries on Earth to building the world's largest economy, responsible for nearly one-third of global manufac…
2 years, 8 months ago
How corporate profits are driving inflation, not workers' wages
Rising corporate profits have caused 45% of inflation in Europe, compared to 40% for rising import prices and just 15% for wages, according to resear…
2 years, 8 months ago
Europe is becoming ‘vassal’ of US, EU-funded think tank warns
The elite European Council on Foreign Relations, which is funded by many Western governments, warned that the EU is becoming a "vassal" of the United…
2 years, 8 months ago