Geopolitical Economy Report

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September 13 BRICS grows stronger: US threats unify China, India, Russia, as they challenge dollar system
Trump's attacks on BRICS have backfired, forcing China, India, and Russia closer together. The Global South-led organization held a summit in New Delhi, where leaders discussed plans to challenge the US dollar system, by connecting new payment systems using local currencies. Ben Norton explains.
VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=feQmxuMB2xw
Topics
0:00 Rise of BRICS
1:04 BRICS summit in New Delhi
2:52 China and India improve relations
5:10 Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO)
7:28 BRICS challenges US dollar system
9:32 Local currency payment systems
14:13 Debates about replacing US dollar
16:19 Central banks stockpile gold
17:43 Gold overtakes US Treasuries in reserves
18:40 Trump threatens BRICS
19:10 Trump's aggression against India
20:29 US strategy to recruit India against China
23:28 Modi, BJP, and Congress
25:41 US attacks on BRICS backfire
27:18 India-Russia relations
29:40 BRICS+: 10 members and 10 partners
30:28 BRICS: 56% of world population
30:51 BRICS: 44% of global GDP
31:56 BRICS overtakes G7 in economy
33:21 Indonesia's PM Prabowo
33:55 Ethiopia's PM Abiy Ahmed
34:35 Vietnam participates in BRICS summit
35:52 Malaysia's PM Anwar supports Iran
37:20 India balances between Iran and Israel
38:27 Internal conflict: UAE attacks Iran
39:43 BRICS agrees to joint statement
40:46 Reform of UN Security Council
42:32 US unilateralism strengthens BRICS
43:12 Outro
44 min
September 11 Biden & Trump families scam their own supporters with meme coins
More and more US politicians are promoting crypto rug pull scams targeting their own supporters. Hunter Biden, the son of former President Joe Biden, created a meme coin called the Laptop token, the price of which crashed by 99% an hour after launching. Donald Trump and his wife Melania also launched meme coins that immediately imploded, with fans losing their money while insiders cashed out. Ben Norton explains the extreme corruption in the United States, which is spreading to other countries like Argentina.
VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCf0Kd7w57g
Topics
0:00 US financial schemes
1:11 Hunter Biden's Laptop meme coin
2:26 Hunter Biden's excuses
3:57 Extreme hypocrisy
5:20 Cynical US politics
6:37 Trump meme coin rug pull
7:15 Melania meme coin rug pull
7:46 Trump family makes billions on crypto
8:31 Impunity for US politicians
9:03 NYC Token of ex Mayor Eric Adams
9:46 Javier Milei promotes Libra token scam
10:54 Argentina's political scandal
12:14 Blatant corruption in Washington
14:07 Trump tries to buy midterm elections
15:08 Insider trading in US Congress
16:54 China imprisons corrupt billionaires
18:40 Rule of law: China vs USA
20 min
September 08 USA voted against the ENTIRE WORLD, opposing equal representation of Africa
The United States votes against the entire world in a United Nations General Assembly resolution that called for the UN to adopt a more accurate Equal Earth world map, replacing the colonial-era Mercator projection (of year 1569), which distorts the size of the West, making it look much larger, while Africa appears small. Ben Norton explains how the US empire opposes decolonization and is trying to revive colonialism.
VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJBb87BUP4M
Topics
0:00 US is a rogue state
0:43 UN vote: 164 to 1 (USA)
1:15 More accurate world map
1:39 Mercator projection
2:34 True size of Africa
3:26 African proposal
3:48 How countries voted at UN
4:21 Ukraine opposes Global South
4:59 US calls it "radical ideology"
5:53 USA is NOT center of universe
6:55 US rewrites history
7:51 Imperialist McKinley
8:55 Trump vows to expand US empire
9:04 (CLIP) Trump: 'enlarge' US territory
9:55 Trump threatens to annex neighbors
11:17 US empire revives colonialism
11:57 Donroe Doctrine
13:56 USA wants to reverse decolonization
14:54 (CLIP) Marco Rubio colonialist speech
16:19 It's not just about a world map
17:34 Outro
18 min
September 05 Why the warmongering CIA supported 'feminist' icon Gloria Steinem
Liberal feminist icon Gloria Steinem, a close ally of warmonger Hillary Clinton, has passed away at age 92. What many people don't know is that she was a CIA agent. Ben Norton explains how the CIA has cultivated a pro-imperialist, anti-communist "compatible left", who spread propaganda portraying the US empire as a "progressive" force, while the USA oppresses the Global South, waging nonstop wars and organizing countless coups d'etat.
VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQCeMM9fOK8
Topics
0:00 Gloria Steinem, CIA agent
1:42 Hillary Clinton, warmonger
2:57 US-NATO war brought slavery to Libya
3:44 Imperialist 'feminism'
4:38 Steinem's work for the CIA
6:18 CIA's 'compatible left'
8:18 (CLIP) Steinem admits to CIA work
9:37 CIA coup in Iran
10:46 CIA coup in Guatemala
12:08 CIA meddling in foreign elections
12:26 CIA interfered in Italy's 1948 elections
13:41 US empire opposes real democracy
14:31 US-backed atrocities in Indonesia
17:45 Imperialist feminists for war
19:02 US wars cause millions of deaths
20:42 US interventions
21:31 Congress for Cultural Freedom
22:52 Propaganda on 'totalitarianism'
23:17 Soviet Union defeated Nazi Germany
25:02 CIA supported Hannah Arendt
27:58 CIA funded anti-communist intellectuals
30:48 'Democracy vs autocracy' narrative
33:24 AOC's liberal imperialism
34:49 US empire's true face
36:22 Outro
37 min
September 02 Why the world prefers China over the USA
Poll after poll shows that the world increasingly prefers China over the United States. So why are people in so many countries, especially the youth, "Chinamaxxing"? Ben Norton explains how China has developed a new political, economic, and technological model; promoted a non-interventionist foreign policy, which supports the sovereignty of the Global South; and built a socialist market economy, which offers an alternative to the neoliberal capitalism imposed by the West.
VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYgRMgKtup0
Topics
0:00 Polls show China more popular than USA
0:54 Global South prefers China
2:31 Global South tired of US interventions
4:21 Even Europe now prefers China
5:41 Younger people prefer China
6:17 Why China is more popular
6:47 Multipolarity vs US-led unipolarity
7:11 Media propaganda on "Chinamaxxing"
8:12 Media attacks Hasan Piker
9:06 Why are people "Chinamaxxing"?
9:35 War on Iran
10:36 US empire's war on international law
12:23 China's alternative vision for world
12:57 US vs China: imperialism vs multipolarity
13:31 (CLIP) Marco Rubio praises colonialism
15:11 (CLIP) Wang Yi promotes multilateralism
16:26 Foreign policy: China vs USA
17:32 Why young people like China
19:27 US political-economic system in crisis
20:17 Increasing interest in socialism
22:10 China's poverty reduction
24:36 Alternative to neoliberal capitalism
26:09 China's socialist market economy
27:37 Public ownership in China
28:40 State-owned enterprises (SOEs)
29:15 Perspective on socialism: USA vs China
31:13 Capitalist propaganda
32:27 China's peaceful alternative
33:03 China's technological progress
34:45 Global Governance Initiative
37:08 Growth of new multipolar world order
38:19 Why China is increasingly popular
39:11 Outro
40 min
August 28 The most important political scandal you haven't heard of
An enormous scandal is unfolding in Latin America, which says everything about politics in the 21st century. Far-right Argentine election meddling specialist Fernando Cerimedo was arrested in Bolivia after hiring hitmen to try to assassinate his pregnant ex-girlfriend, Nadia Beller. They failed, and she is now revealing the truth.
Cerimedo has deep links to the US government and Donald Trump's top allies, such as Marco Rubio. Cerimedo worked for many US-backed right-wing leaders in Latin America, including Argentina's Javier Milei, Bolivia's Rodrigo Paz, Brazil's Bolsonaro family, and Honduras' Nasry "Tito" Asfura. Cerimedo is now also being investigated for drug trafficking.
Ben Norton explains this insane scandal, which exposes how powerful US-backed right-wing groups, with funding from rich oligarchs, are manipulating elections and destroying democracy.
VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hqIJDC5gsl8
Sources and links here: https://www.geopoliticaleconomy.report/p/fernando-cerimedo-elections-latin-america-trump-us
Topics
0:00 Huge election meddling scandal
1:05 Criminal Fernando Cerimedo
1:40 La Derecha Diario
3:06 Attack on Nadia Beller
4:18 Drug trafficking allegations
5:26 Bot farms spread disinfo
7:36 Bots dysfunction after arrest
8:49 US government propaganda
9:36 Shield of the Americas
11:03 Neocolonial Donroe Doctrine
11:33 Op against Latin American left
13:29 Argentina's Javier Milei
13:57 Elon Musk in Argentina
14:42 Corruption in Argentina
18:42 Bolivia's Rodrigo Paz
21:01 Honduras' Nasry "Tito" Asfura
21:42 Trump pardons drug lord JOH
22:17 Election meddling in Honduras
24:22 Election interference
25:18 Coup attempt in Brazil
26:41 Bolsonaro family
28:15 Mar-a-Lago & Latino Wall Street
30:48 Cerimedo's links to US gov't
31:35 Damián Merlo, lobbyist
32:50 Mauricio Claver-Carone, Trump advisor
33:50 Lobbying in Washington
35:02 Marco Rubio & María Elvira Salazar
36:20 Brad Parscale, Trump campaign chief
39:58 La Derecha Diario erases evidence
40:58 Javier Negre, new owner
42:17 La Derecha Diario's fake news
44:18 Javier Negre takes credit for elections
45:31 US neocolonialism in Latin America
46:23 This is NOT "democracy"
47:33 Outro
48 min
August 25 The truth behind Trump's trade war with Canada: It will blow back
Donald Trump has restarted his trade war with Canada. Prime Minister Mark Carney revealed that the US government made last-minute demands for control over Canada's trade deals, critical minerals, and French language policies, violating the country's sovereignty. Ben Norton explains how the trade war could blow back, given the USA's dependence on Canadian oil, exacerbating the global energy crisis caused by Trump's war on Iran.
VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D97iyWy4-KU
Check out our related video explaining why the US lost its trade war with China: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PtuYVMrXmAM
Topics
0:00 US trade war with Canada
1:17 US dependence on Canada's oil
2:35 Potential blowback on US economy
3:25 Trump sabotages his own USMCA
4:52 Trump's "art of the deal"
5:52 US violated deals with Iran
6:48 US "power play" with Canada
7:57 (CLIP) PM Mark Carney on sovereignty
9:03 US demands of Canada
9:52 (CLIP) PM Carney on trade deals
10:14 Canada's critical minerals
11:02 French language in Canada
13:11 "51st state" threats
14:41 Canadians see USA as top threat
14:57 US official talks of war with Canada
15:48 (CLIP) Transport Secretary Sean Duffy
16:11 Canada's trade surplus with USA
17:40 Canada defends itself
19:31 Prime Minister Mark Carney
21:38 (CLIP) Carney admits Western hypocrisy
22:20 Canada moves closer to China
23:33 Carney's speech on trade war
23:57 (CLIP) Carney: USA can't be trusted
24:48 More US demands of Canada
26:00 (CLIP) Canada energy exports to US
26:40 Canadian crude and US refineries
28:24 US oil imports
32:18 US energy vulnerability
32:46 US oil reserves running out
34:09 Gasoline prices rise before midterms
34:54 Why Trump will likely lose
36:56 Trump lost his trade war with China
37:48 Outro
39 min
August 19 How USA & Israel put drug cartel-linked puppet in power in Colombia
Colombia's former President Gustavo Petro formally accused the USA and Israel of meddling in his country's election to put in power new far-right leader Abelardo de la Espriella, a US citizen and Trump ally who worked as a lawyer for years in Miami, Florida, defending drug traffickers. Ben Norton explains.
VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9rBhz7_rlg0
Check out our related video on the Sandinista Revolution and Nicaragua's resistance against US imperialism: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xIXMyFvMeMc
Topics
0:00 US & Israeli meddling in Colombian election
2:34 US-backed coups in Latin America
4:23 Abelardo de la Espriella, US citizen
6:36 De la Espriella defended drug traffickers
8:19 US govt supports drug traffickers
11:17 De la Espriella's business interests
12:14 De la Espriella's botox scandals
13:40 Far-right paramilitaries in Colombia
15:42 Sociopathy
16:23 Colombia's new right-wing regime
16:52 Marco Rubio
17:27 US military alliance with Colombia
18:27 US-backed narco leader Álvaro Uribe
19:58 Marco Rubio's extremist ties
20:34 War on Drugs 2.0
22:13 Ecuador's narco-dictator Daniel Noboa
23:38 Operation Condor 2.0
25:27 Colonialist Donroe Doctrine
26:53 Gustavo Petro cut ties with Israel
28:48 Israel's new alliance with Colombia
29:53 Colombia: the Israel of Latin America
31:08 Israel occupies Syria's Golan Heights
32:50 Morocco occupies Western Sahara
33:23 Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic
36:00 Morocco supports Israel
36:53 US backs Morocco in Western Sahara
38:09 Colombia's relations with China
39:39 US Cold War Two against China
40:22 US puppet regimes in Latin America
41:15 US National Security Strategy
42:45 Neocolonialism
43:56 Anti-imperialist resistance
45:23 Outro
46 min
August 14 Dollar system in crisis: Why the US bailed out Japan
The US government quietly bailed out Japan. The Treasury intervened in the foreign exchange market to try to stabilize the yen, the Japanese currency. Ben Norton explains how this reflects a larger, structural problem with the dollar system. Japan is the largest holder of US Treasury securities (US government debt), and Washington doesn't want other countries to sell its bonds, fearing that yields could rise and cause a debt crisis.
VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngGQrWxNdV4
Topics
0:00 USA bails out Japan
1:04 Japanese yen falls against USD
1:29 USA will "do whatever it takes"
2:21 Japan's holdings of US Treasuries
3:03 China de-dollarizes
3:31 US empire and Japan
4:26 Japan's role in dollar system
5:32 Carry trade
7:24 Wall Street benefits
8:24 Real reason for US intervention
9:39 US fears sales of its bonds
10:37 US bond yields rise
11:38 US government debt
12:14 Inflation in US
12:56 Foreign demand for US bonds
14:35 Seizure of Russian assets
16:06 Central banks buy gold
16:55 US bond market problems
17:58 US Treasury sells euro
19:37 Crisis in dollar system
22:07 Dollar dominance in decline
24:30 Why the yen is falling so much
24:51 Energy crisis and Iran War
26:57 Inflation in Japan
27:47 Interest rates in Japan
29:25 US govt backs carry trade
30:36 Economic stagnation in Japan
31:03 Enormous debt to GDP in Japan
33:10 US debt problems
33:44 Slow-motion financial crisis
34:46 Outro
36 min
August 10 Jaw-dropping corruption: Trump admin insiders profit from war on Iran
Donald Trump administration insiders have been widely accused of corruption, insider trading, and market manipulation related to the US war on Iran. Ben Norton analyzes the evidence, showing why this may explain Washington's contradictory policies and flip-flopping between bombings and peace talks.
VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NUkg472Ia1Q
Topics
0:00 Trump TACOs on Iran War
1:40 USA has no clear strategy
2:49 Market manipulation
4:30 Oil market volatility
5:50 Options trading
6:49 Iran alleges US corruption
8:31 Steve Witkoff & Jared Kushner
9:56 Insider trading accusations
10:57 Shady trades on Wall Street
11:28 Corruption in US Congress
12:43 Trump sells early access
14:12 Big Oil sees record profits
14:42 USA is losing the war
15:22 Rich oligarchs are winning
17:27 Outro
18 min