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How has the turmoil of Jan 6th and talk of coups affected American ability to control global events, especially as regards to China? The basis for fascism exists in the U.S. as a significant number of people who voted for Trump support a more racist and repressive state. Historian Gerald Horne on theAnalysis.news with Paul Jay.

How has the turmoil of Jan 6th and talk of coups affected American ability to control global events, especially as regards to China? The basis for fascism exists in the U.S. as a significant number of people who voted for Trump support a more racist and repressive state. Historian Gerald Horne on theAnalysis.news with Paul Jay.

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Paul Jay

Hi, welcome to the Analysis.News. I'm Paul Jay. Please don't forget the donate button at the top of the Web page.

The events of Jan. 6 have exposed the naked truth about American democratic institutions. The United States as the global model of democracy is a fairy tale that decades of Cold War education and propaganda have created in the American public mind. The reality is a system in turmoil maintained by violence. Four years of Trump, ending in an attempted coup and the storming of Congress on Jan. 6,  have shown how easily this model of democracy can unravel, how it teeters towards fascism. Now, joining us to discuss the global consequences of Jan. 6 and the mass basis of fascism in the United States is Gerald Horne.

Gerald holds the John J. and Rebecca Moores chair of history and African-American studies at the University of Houston. He's the author of many books, most recently "Storming the Heavens: African-Americans and the Early Fight for the Right to Fly" and "The Apocalypse of Settler Colonialism: The Roots of Slavery, White Supremacy, and Capitalism in 17th Century North America and the Caribbean." And also, and most recently, "The Bittersweet Science: Racism, Racketeering, and the Political Economy of Boxing." Thanks for joining us, Gerald.

Gerald Horne

Thank you for inviting me.

Paul Jay

So, Gerald, let's start with some of the international consequences of what happened on the 6th, and then let's dig in more into this idea that there's a real mass basis for fascism in the United States. And I'm going to ask you what you make of this Senate impeachment. But let's start more internationally with a particular focus on China.

Gerald Horne

Well, appropriately enough for a pandemic, I think the events of Jan. 6 unmasked, to a certain extent, the United States and the state structures. There are so many questions that need to be answered. However, what we do know already is quite disturbing. For example, we do know, according to Yahoo! News, that just before Jan. 6, there was $500,000 worth of Bitcoin cryptocurrency transferred into the virtual wallets of some prominent right-wingers in the United States from sources in France.

And this points up to these transatlantic, indeed global networks of white supremacists and neofascists, which should not come as a surprise, since those of us like myself who've studied the United States relationship with apartheid South Africa, recognize that during that pre-1994 era there was a ramified network supporting apartheid South Africa in some ways with headquarters right here in the United States. And so some of the reportage that's emerging points to the United States being sort of an exporter, not only of right-wing ideology but capital to support right-wing forces across the globe, particularly in Western Europe, who in return scratch the back of the United States of America.

Paul Jay

That's where Steve Bannon has been very active.

Gerald Horne

Well, of course,

How has the turmoil of Jan 6th and talk of coups affected American ability to control global events, especially as regards to China? The basis for fascism exists in the U.S. as a significant number of people who voted for Trump support a more racist and repressive state. Historian Gerald Horne on theAnalysis.news with Paul Jay.

The Biden administration announced an end to US support for Saudi Arabia's war in Yemen. This is in larger part thanks to the constant activism and mobilization of peace groups around the US. Guest host Greg Wilpert talked to Hassan el Tayyab, the Legislative Manager for Middle East Policy of the Friends Committee on National Legislation, shortly before the announcement was made. He outlines the background of the war, the history of US support, what an end to US support would mean, and what further steps need to be taken to put an end to the devastation in Yemen.

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Welcome to the Analysis News podcast. I'm your guest host, Greg Wilpert. On Thursday, February 4th, President Joe Biden announced that the United States will withdraw its support for Saudi Arabia's war in Yemen. The announcement comes five years after the Obama administration began supporting the effort, which was continued throughout the Trump administration. The war in Yemen, led by Saudi Arabia in coalition with eight other Arab states, represents the world's most serious humanitarian crisis, according to the United Nations.

So far, the war has cost 230000 deaths, most of them from indirect causes such as lack of access to food, health services and infrastructure. 24 million Yemenis depend on food assistance. The U.S. supported the effort by supplying Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates with tens of billions of dollars in advanced weaponry, mid-air refueling capacity and bomb targeting. The outgoing Trump administration made the situation even worse when it declared the government in Yemen to be a foreign terrorist organization, a declaration that took effect only one day before Biden's inauguration.

Greg Wilpert

I conducted the following interview with Hassan El Tayyab a few days before the Biden administration announced with the withdrawal of U.S. support for the war effort, even though the announcement will significantly change the course of the war. I believe that the issues we discuss in this interview, such as the sanctions, the foreign terrorist organization designation and the importance of a new War Powers Act resolution are still valid. Hassan is the legislative manager for Middle East policy at the Friends Committee on National Legislation, which has been spearheading the effort for Congress to invoke the War Powers Act resolution with regard to the U.S. support for the war in Yemen. Thanks for joining me, Hassan.

Hassan El Tayyab

Thanks so much for having me, Greg.

Greg Wilpert

So, before we get into the latest developments, let's go over what's brought us here so far, that is with regard to the war in Yemen. Briefly, what's the U.S. involvement been like and what has Congress done and how did all of this get started?

Hassan El Tayyab

Yeah, thank you so much. It's a really it's a really horrible thing that's going on in Yemen right now. It's the world's worst humanitarian crisis on the planet and what the U.N. considers the worst place in the world to be a child. This started in 2011 when the Arab Spring took, you know, spread all over the Middle East, including Yemen. And the people nonviolently ousted the then president dictator, President Saleh and Saleh, you know, was allowed to stay in Yemen and move around freely.

Hassan El Tayyab

And they appointed a Hadi to be the interim president as they move to a more representative form of government. There's you know, it's kind of complex. There was corruption charges. There is still a lot of poverty. And the the Houthis rose up and ousted President Hadi with the help of the former President Saleh.

The Biden administration announced an end to US support for Saudi Arabia's war in Yemen. This is in larger part thanks to the constant activism and mobilization of peace groups around the US. Guest host Greg Wilpert talked to Hassan el Tayyab, the Legislative Manager for Middle East Policy of the Friends Committee on National Legislation, shortly before the announcement was made. He outlines the background of the war, the history of US support, what an end to US support would mean, and what further steps need to be taken to put an end to the devastation in Yemen.

The Biden administration announced an end to US support for Saudi Arabia's war in Yemen. This is in larger part thanks to the constant activism and mobilization of peace groups around the US. Guest host Greg Wilpert talked to Hassan el Tayyab, the Legislative Manager for Middle East Policy of the Friends Committee on National Legislation, shortly before the announcement was made. He outlines the background of the war, the history of US support, what an end to US support would mean, and what further steps need to be taken to put an end to the devastation in Yemen.

Laura Carlsen talks to guest host Greg Wilpert about Andrés Manuel Lopez Obrador's first two years in office, including his mixed record on the pandemic, corruption, social justice, and immigration.

Laura Carlsen talks to guest host Greg Wilpert about Andrés Manuel Lopez Obrador's first two years in office, including his mixed record on the pandemic, corruption, social justice, and immigration.

Laura Carlsen talks to guest host Greg Wilpert about Andrés Manuel Lopez Obrador's first two years in office, including his mixed record on the pandemic, corruption, social justice, and immigration.