Geopolitical Economy Report

Multipolarista host Ben Norton is joined by historian Aaron Good joins to discuss how oil is used as a geopolitical weapon, analyzing the 1973 OPEC oil embargo, Saudi-US alliance, petrodollar, Nixon shock and Volcker shock, and Washington-orchestrated 2014 oil crash. VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=Cq8z3Cwgk6Q Check out the playlist for our US Empire and the Deep State series: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDAi0NdlN8hNArLl765PXe8tsTKmOciGL Follow Aaron on Twitter at https://twitter.com/Aaron_Good_ Support Aaron's podcast American Exception at https://patreon.com/americanexception

On the 60th anniversary of the Cuban Missile Crisis, the world is closer than ever to nuclear apocalypse, with the NATO-Russia proxy war in Ukraine. Historian and political scientist Aaron Good discusses the important lessons to learn. VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=veAEYf6ZxJE SOURCES: https://multipolarista.com/2022/11/15/nuclear-war-cuban-missile-crisis Check out our playlist for the US Empire and the Deep State series here: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDAi0NdlN8hNArLl765PXe8tsTKmOciGL Follow Aaron on Twitter at https://twitter.com/Aaron_Good_ Support Aaron's podcast American Exception at https://patreon.com/americanexception

Julian Assange, journalist granted asylum in the Ecuadorian embassy, reveals how the US government allegedly conspired with a right-wing political party to meddle in Ecuador's election and use him as a bargaining chip. They discuss the corruption case of Carlos Parreja Janusselli, the relationship between Ecuador's right-wing party and corrupt former energy minister, and the accusations against former president Rafael Correa. They also dive into the political betrayal by Lenin Moreno and the economic crisis in Ecuador caused by corruption and the devaluation of currency.

After years backing a failed coup attempt, France's Emmanuel Macron and US climate envoy John Kerry met with Venezuela's constitutionally elected President Nicolás Maduro at the UN's COP27 conference in Egypt. The Biden administration still technically recognizes unelected coup leader Juan Guaidó, but is desperate to lower oil prices after Saudi Arabia and OPEC+ refused Washington's requests to increase production. SOURCES here: https://multipolarista.com/2022/11/09/macron-kerry-venezuela-maduro-oil VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=ONakKTA87Bs Check out our related report "How Trump and John Bolton attempted a coup in Venezuela": https://multipolarista.com/2022/07/14/trump-john-bolton-coup-venezuela CIA backed failed 2020 invasion of Venezuela, top coup-plotter says: https://multipolarista.com/2022/02/02/cia-invasion-venezuela-cliver-alcala

Political economist Radhika Desai discusses the looming debt crisis in the Global South, with a focus on the imperialist nature of the international financial system. They explore parallels to the Third World debt crisis of the 1980s and the challenges faced by countries in servicing their dollar-denominated debt. The podcast also delves into the impact of inflation, the devaluation of international currencies against the US dollar, and the potential for a wave of debt crises. Additionally, they discuss the relationship between capitalist countries and the Global South, the neoliberal model's reliance on cheap labor, and the economic models of China and India.

The history of how Wall Street capitalists helped to create the US national security state under the Harry S. Truman administration, as Washington built its post-World War II empire. VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=IOviqBC3o-0 This is PART 12 of the Empire and the Deep State series I am co-hosting with historian Aaron Good and producer Seamus McGuinness of the American Exception podcast. PLAYLIST with past episodes in the series here: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDAi0NdlN8hNArLl765PXe8tsTKmOciGL

For the 30th year in a row, almost every country on Earth voted at the United Nations General Assembly to oppose the illegal six-decade US blockade of Cuba. 185 nations voted against just two: the United States and Israel. VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=cpiF6JYepfI SOURCES here: https://multipolarista.com/2022/11/03/un-vote-blockade-cuba-us-israel

Colombia’s first-ever left-wing leader Gustavo Petro took a historic trip to Venezuela, pledging regional unity following the anti-imperialist model of Simón Bolívar. Meeting with President Nicolás Maduro, Petro said it is “suicidal” to divide the countries, “because we are the same people,” in "historically one single Bolivarian nation, reunited." VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=u3lJW3Y6Pqo Read more here: https://multipolarista.com/2022/11/02/colombia-petro-visits-venezuela-unity-bolivar Petro's powerful UN speech: https://multipolarista.com/2022/09/24/war-drugs-un-colombia-gustavo-petro John Bolton admits planning US coup in Venezuela: https://multipolarista.com/2022/07/12/trump-john-bolton-coups-venezuela Trump wanted US military attacks on Venezuela: https://multipolarista.com/2022/05/19/trump-us-military-venezuela-mark-esper

The United Nations General Assembly voted overwhelmingly, 152 to 5, to tell the Israeli apartheid regime to get rid of its nuclear weapons, which are illegal under international law. VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=xxtl5oAIT5M SOURCES here: https://multipolarista.com/2022/10/31/un-vote-israel-nuclear-weapons

Brazil-based journalist Brian Mier discusses the importance of Lula da Silva's victory in Brazil's October 30 presidential election against far-right incumbent Jair Bolsonaro. Lula has vowed to strengthen Latin American regional integration and expand the BRICS system, while fighting poverty and hunger at home. VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=HuDWw5l-yoU Follow Brian at https://twitter.com/BrianMteleSUR Check out Brasil Wire at https://brasilwire.com