Geopolitical Economy Report

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

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.