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Europe admits 'world becoming more multipolar', Western imperialism declining
The president of the European Central Bank, Christine Lagarde, gave a speech acknowledging "the tectonic plates of geopolitics are shifting faster" a…
2 years, 10 months ago
Sanctions ‘undermine hegemony of dollar’, US Treasury admits
US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen admitted to CNN that Washington’s unilateral sanctions on countries around the world “could undermine the hegemony…
2 years, 10 months ago
BRICS Bank is de-dollarizing, promises loans in local currencies to help Global South develop
The new chief of the BRICS bloc’s New Development Bank, Brazil’s leftist ex-President Dilma Rousseff, revealed they are gradually moving away from th…
2 years, 10 months ago
Brazil’s Lula travels to China and calls to end US dollar dominance
Brazil's President Lula da Silva took a historic trip to China, where he signed many cooperation agreements and pledged to challenge the dominance of…
2 years, 10 months ago
Russia leaves neoliberal West to join World Majority
Economists Radhika Desai and Michael Hudson discuss Russia's economic transition away from the neoliberal West and integration with what it calls the…
2 years, 10 months ago
France’s Macron opposes US cold war on China, wants independent Europe – but is it just rhetoric?
France’s President Emmanuel Macron told Xi Jinping that he opposes the US war drive against China and wants an independent Europe with “strategic aut…
2 years, 10 months ago
US bank bailout benefited billionaires, exposing corruption: ‘I understand why Americans are angry’
Before it collapsed and its billionaire depositors were bailed out by the US government, Silicon Valley Bank successfully lobbied Congress to remove …
2 years, 10 months ago
History of US empire: When JFK butted heads with Wall Street
Historian Aaron Good discusses US President John F. Kennedy's economic policies and his clashes with US Steel and Wall Street, as well as the deaths …
2 years, 10 months ago
West vs the rest: World opposes sanctions, only US & Europe support them
The UN Human Rights Council voted overwhelmingly to condemn sanctions. The only countries that expressed support for unilateral coercive measures wer…
2 years, 10 months ago
Countries worldwide are dropping the US dollar: De-dollarization in China, Russia, Brazil, ASEAN
The global de-dollarization campaign is gaining momentum, challenging the hegemony of the US dollar. China and Russia are trading in their own curren…
2 years, 10 months ago