Geopolitical Economy Report

Journalist Ben Norton fact-checks the deeply misleading claims US President Joe Biden made in his speech at the United Nations General Assembly. VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=khzHWQSxwg0 SOURCES: https://multipolarista.com/2022/09/22/un-speech-biden-war

Two former US diplomats admitted that 87% of the world's population has refused to enforce the West's sanctions on Russia, showing neutrality over the proxy war in Ukraine. They said "the outbreak of Cold War II" has led countries "to become increasingly multi-aligned," especially in the Global South. VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=OG7UPNGRWH4 Read more here: https://multipolarista.com/2022/09/21/global-south-west-cold-war-russia

The FBI harassed Black revolutionary Darren Seals and compiled a 900-page report on his organizing against racism and police brutality in Ferguson, Missouri, birthplace of the Black Lives Matter movement. He was shot to death in 2016, then set on fire in his car in an unsolved murder. VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=scBiUIaBx9s

"The Geopolitical Economy Report" features political scientist Aaron Good, who joins the host to analyze US imperial theorist Fukuyama's endorsement of the deep state. They discuss Fukuyama's changing ideologies, critique his views on the deep state, and examine the failures of neoliberalism. They also explore concerns about rent-seeking, public-private partnerships, US imperialism, and the need for state building. A thought-provoking analysis of the deep state and its implications on democracy and freedom.

Guests Ben Norton and Danny Haiphong discuss the absurd concepts of MAGA 'communism' and 'patriotic socialism' in the imperialist US. They explore the grifting behavior of pro-Trump opportunists and the influence of racism on the Trump phenomenon. The distorted interpretation of Lenin and Mao for patriotic socialism is also discussed, along with the comparison between Nazism and American patriotism. They address the history of working class whites, socialism, and criticize online behavior.

The US military launched at least 251 interventions between 1991 and 2022, according to the Congressional Research Service. Washington’s meddling abroad drastically increased after the end of the first cold war. VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=h4Pr9g_7Nhc Maps, graphs, and sources here: https://multipolarista.com/2022/09/13/us-251-military-interventions-1991

In his 1956 book "The Power Elite," New Left sociologist C. Wright Mills detailed how decision-making in the United States is not democratic; it is determined by (1) Wall Street capitalists and large corporations, (2) the Pentagon and military-industrial complex, and (3) the corrupt political class. This is PART 8 of the Empire and the Deep State series Multipolarista editor Ben Norton is co-hosting with historian Aaron Good and producer Seamus McGuinness of the American Exception podcast. VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=1PGah9yfulw

Economist Michael Hudson discusses partial student debt relief, inflation crisis, disaster capitalism in Ukraine, and China's challenge to the petrodollar. Topics also include asset price inflation, neoliberal era, natural resource protection, factors contributing to the strength of the US dollar, and the future of Prince Charles after the death of Queen Elizabeth.

While Palestinians are forced off of buses for being Arab, apartheid Israel is now requiring foreigners to officially notify the regime if they fall in love with a Palestinian in the occupied West Bank. If they marry, they must leave Palestine for a 6-month "cooling-off period." VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=D6M_Q3R97jw SOURCES: https://multipolarista.com/2022/09/07/israel-palestinians-report-relationships

Historian Aaron Good discusses the undemocratic structure of the US state. Topics include the dual state concept, secret plans for nuclear war, influence of Dr. Strangelove, American exceptionalism, myth of checks and balances, role of Supreme Court, and US government structure.