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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…
3 years, 3 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…
3 years, 3 months ago
History of US empire: The Global South and JFK
Historian Aaron Good discusses US President John F. Kennedy's policies toward Africa, particularly Congo and its anti-colonial leader Patrice Lumumba…
3 years, 3 months ago
Inside Russia: Economists describe impact of Western sanctions and Ukraine war
From inside Russia, economists Radhika Desai and Alan Freeman report on the impact of Western sanctions and the Ukraine war. They discuss Moscow's in…
3 years, 3 months ago
US invites authoritarian far-right regimes to ‘Summit for Democracy’
The Joe Biden administration invited numerous authoritarian far-right leaders to the US State Department's so-called "Summit for Democracy", includin…
3 years, 3 months ago
Anti-TikTok laws threaten free speech to preserve US tech monopolies
The US government threat to ban TikTok is part of a new cold war strategy to sabotage Chinese companies and ultimately all foreign competitors to Sil…
3 years, 3 months ago
UN lies about US military occupation of Syria, reporter calls out Ukraine hypocrisy
US troops have illegally occupied Syria's oil-rich territory for years, but a top United Nations official, Farhan Haq, falsely claimed "there's no US…
3 years, 3 months ago
US threatened to invade International Criminal Court. Now it loves ICC for targeting Putin
The US government imposed sanctions on the International Criminal Court, threatened prosecutors' family members, and passed a "Hague Invasion Act". B…
3 years, 3 months ago
Did Wall Street take over the Treasury? Bank crisis exposes public realities of private banking
Economists Radhika Desai and Michael Hudson discuss the US banking crisis in this episode of their program Geopolitical Economy Hour. VIDEO: https://…
3 years, 3 months ago
China & Russia pledge 'changes not seen in 100 years': Xi & Putin take aim at US dollar hegemony
China's President Xi Jinping traveled to Russia to meet Vladimir Putin, where they pledged "changes the likes of which we haven’t seen for 100 years"…
3 years, 3 months ago