Geopolitical Economy Report

The CIA and special operations forces from Britain, France, and Canada are physically in Ukraine, helping direct the proxy war on Russia, overseeing weapons, training, and intelligence. Some Ukrainian fighters have US flag patches. VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=R3szI4GRmqU Read more here https://multipolarista.com/2022/06/26/cia-special-ops-ukraine-proxy-war-russia

Multipolarista host Ben Norton speaks with historian Aaron Good about his book "American Exception: Empire and the Deep State," detailing the breakdown of democracy, the criminality that lies at the heart of US government policy, and the corporate interests driving it. VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=mY82b8hC7JQ This is the first part in a joint series between Multipolarista and Aaron's podcast American Exception. You can get the book here: https://skyhorsepublishing.com/9781510769137/american-exception Follow Aaron on Twitter at https://twitter.com/Aaron_Good_

France and Germany pressured African Union leaders for months to join a brief Zoom call with Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelensky. 51 of 55 African heads of state (93%) boycotted the meeting, showing clear neutrality over the Western proxy war with Russia. VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=v-EzrUzaZ6M Read more here: https://multipolarista.com/2022/06/22/africa-zelensky-call-neutrality-ukraine

The chief of the UK Army, Patrick Sanders, told his troops to prepare for World War III with Russia. Benjamin Norton discusses how Western imperialists are threatening nuclear apocalypse to try to save their declining empires. VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=MKO1v65OSt0

Multipolarista host Benjamin Norton speaks with Venezuelan journalist Jesús Rodríguez Espinoza, editor of independent news outlet the Orinoco Tribune, about the victory of left-wing candidate Gustavo Petro in Colombia's presidential election, the easing of a few US sanctions, and Venezuela's 20-year cooperation agreement with Iran. VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=wpouWfsvLYI Read the Orinoco Tribune at https://orinocotribune.com

Benjamin Norton discusses the historic victory of left-wing candidate Gustavo Petro in Colombia's June 19 presidential election, who he and his running mate Francia Márquez are, and what it means for the country, Latin America, and the world. VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=RORUdBlmmss Written analysis: https://multipolarista.com/2022/06/19/colombia-gustavo-petro-election

Multipolarista host Benjamin Norton is joined by Beijing-based journalist Ian Goodrum to discuss the Chinese government's campaign against inequality, its crackdown on billionaires, and its push for what it calls "common prosperity." VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=TiJ2-Uw_0tA Follow Ian on Twitter at https://twitter.com/isgoodrum

Multipolarista host Benjamin Norton interviews the secretary of the Bolivarian Alliance (ALBA), Sacha Llorenti, about Latin America and the Caribbean's rebellion against the US government's Summit of the Americas. Presidents of eight countries in the region boycotted the conference. We discuss ALBA's alternative summit in Cuba, and growing efforts at economic integration against imperialism. VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=TQu4UcEKCwU TRANSCRIPT: https://multipolarista.com/2022/06/08/alba-summit-americas-sacha-llorenti

Multipolarista host Benjamin Norton interviewed US Congress candidate Geoff Young, who is running in Kentucky's 6th district on an anti-war platform calling for abolishing the CIA. We discussed Young's 12-point program, which also seeks to "End the failed 'War on Drugs,'" prevent nuclear war, establish a Medicare-for-All system of universal healthcare, dismantle the US military's Africa Command (AFRICOM), increase taxes on billionaires and millionaires, and "Get Big Money out of politics." VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=JyKdEizCOII Young's website: https://young4ky.com

Colombia's presidential candidate Gustavo Petro of the left-wing Pacto Histórico coalition won round one of the May 29 elections in a landslide. He will compete against a far-right hundred-millionaire real estate mogul, Rodolfo Hernández, in a runoff vote on June 19. Multipolarista editor Benjamin Norton speaks with members of the anti-imperialist Troika Kollective in Colombia to discuss the election and the political situation in the country. VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=SfIJ9uf40sU Troika Kollective website: https://troikakollective.com Support our work on Patreon at https://patreon.com/multipolarista