Geopolitical Economy Report

Journalist Ben Norton and historian Aaron Good discuss the deep state as a top-down structure used to maintain imperialism and override democracy. They explore the relationship between government, property, and the deep state in a capitalist system, and clarify its concept in relation to capitalism. The podcast also delves into the deep state's relation to empire and democracy, and highlights the US and British responses to economic crises and their impacts in Guatemala and Indonesia.

Historian Aaron Good explains the deep state, a structure used by capitalism to subvert democracy. They discuss academia's shortcomings, dual state theory, Mills's work, power structures, false flag operations, and historical implications of the deep state.

Russia’s Nord Stream pipelines with Germany were sabotaged mere hours before the EU opened its own Baltic Sea pipeline from Norway to Poland. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken gloated that the attacks were a “tremendous opportunity” to weaken Moscow. VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=nhux0KbAe-s Read our investigation, with links to all sources, here: https://multipolarista.com/2022/10/06/sabotage-nord-stream-pipelines-us-russia-cia

Multipolarista host Ben Norton is joined by journalist Camila Escalante from Brazil, where she is reporting on historic elections. Leftist presidential candidate Lula da Silva won with 48.4% and over 6 million more votes than far-right incumbent Jair Bolsonaro. We talk about the round two coming on October 30, the Workers' Party, and the PT's grassroots strategy. VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=Mkh1QKhZvC8 Follow Camila on Twitter at https://twitter.com/camilapress Support Camila and her work at Kawsachun News: https://patreon.com/KawsachunNews

Historian Aaron Good joins the podcast to discuss the 'higher immorality' of the US ruling class. They explore the divorce of power and wisdom in the ruling elite, the relationship between power and secrecy, the flaws and limitations of international institutions, the existence of institutionalized conspiracy among powerful actors, crackpot realism, and challenging the status quo for peace.

Bolivia’s leftist President Luis Arce used his platform at the United Nations General Assembly to propose a revolutionary 14-point program to transform the world. VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=Kqzrvo_vC68 Translation and more info here: https://multipolarista.com/2022/09/27/luis-arce-un-bolivia-14-point-program Our report ‘War on drugs has failed’: At UN, Colombia condemns ‘addiction to money and oil’: https://multipolarista.com/2022/09/24/war-drugs-un-colombia-gustavo-petro

At the United Nations General Assembly, Nicaragua’s Sandinista government called for a global rebellion against the “imperialist and capitalist system” that is “bleeding the world dry.” Condemning illegal sanctions and war, it urged a new multipolar order. VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=DcsYtdEIQu0 Read the transcript here: https://multipolarista.com/2022/09/26/imperialism-capitalism-un-nicaragua

An analysis of the geopolitics behind the proxy war in Ukraine, from Russia's oil and gas exports and the Nord Stream pipelines to Washington's strategy to prevent Eurasian integration and keep Germany's economy dependent on the US. Ben Norton is joined by historian Aaron Good and Seamus McGuinness of the American Exception podcast. VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=nyitwFjX0GI You can support American Exception at https://patreon.com/americanexception

Colombia's first ever left-wing President Gustavo Petro delivered a historic UN speech declaring, "The war on drugs has failed." He warned capitalism is destroying the environment, with its "addiction to money and oil," and called for debt relief for the Global South. VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=qbiIoIAgxws Read the speech here: https://multipolarista.com/2022/09/24/war-drugs-un-colombia-gustavo-petro Our report on Honduran President Xiomara Castro's speech: https://multipolarista.com/2022/09/22/un-speech-honduras-xiomara-castro

Journalist Ben Norton analyzes the UN speech of Honduras’ new left-wing President Xiomara Castro. She denounced colonialism, “neoliberal injustice,” and corporate exploitation while calling for multipolarity. VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=udvjVaxP96s Read more here: https://multipolarista.com/2022/09/22/un-speech-honduras-xiomara-castro Report on Honduras' unpayable odious debt: https://multipolarista.com/2022/01/31/coup-honduras-unpayable-odious-debt